This was an era of collective labor and the practice of earning work points through collective work, which resulted in many unfair drawbacks.

Whether you work diligently or carelessly, a day is still a day. Therefore, under conditions of equal distribution but unequal contributions, it is easy for the working people to become lazy.

The heavy rains of the past few days flooded the crops, completely destroying the newly planted autumn rice. Although the other farmland was severely flooded, some crops could still be harvested.

In the cornfield.

The tall man wasn't wearing a straw hat, and perhaps because the sunlight was too bright, he squinted, which made his eyes and brows appear even colder and harder.

He was quick and efficient, ignoring the stares of those around him, and just kept working silently.

The cornfield was right under the main road, and beyond that was a dirt mountain road, so the tractor stopped there.

Someone glanced up and casually remarked, "That kid Wang drove in again."

"Hey, isn't that..." The man thought he was seeing things, so he shielded his eyes with his umbrella and looked carefully for a while before saying, "Isn't that the lady from the city? And who's that man next to her?"

The man paused in his work, slowly turned around, and glanced expressionlessly at the dam.

Just then, I saw Xu Nuo getting off the tractor.

A young man was standing beside her.

The two were talking very close to each other, and the man lowered his head, as if whispering in her ear.

An old woman muttered, "Tsk, they're getting so close."

Li Xian turned his head indifferently, and with a single stroke of his sickle, he destroyed the bud and the branch together.

Those around him were startled and glanced at him sideways.

Seeing that he had no expression on his face and was working silently, I turned back to my own work.

"Are you feeling better?" Su Zhao asked with some concern, slinging Xu Nuo's bag over his shoulder. "Do you still feel nauseous?"

Xu Nuo patted her chest, letting out a breath that felt like she was going to vomit, and shook her head: "No, I probably ate too much for breakfast."

It was just a casual excuse, but Su Zhao took it seriously and asked hesitantly, "How much did you eat?"

"Hmm?" Xu Nuo tilted her head, looking a little stunned. Standing on the edge of a field, she looked exceptionally cute. She thought for a moment and said, "Two red bean cakes, one white sugar cake, and half a bowl of porridge."

I ate too much today, so even though I drank herbal water, I still felt uncomfortable on the tractor.

Su Zhao smiled, and then a female comrade walked out of the cornfield and called out, "Comrade Xu Nuo."

Xu Nuo turned her head and exclaimed in surprise, "Comrade Li Hong!"

Li Hong was unaware that Xu Nuo had gotten lost on the mountain, and was simply wondering why she had come to the village at this time: "Why are you here? Don't you have classes next week?"

Xu Nuo said, "I'm here to see Luo Chen. I need to talk to him. Could you call him for me?"

"Luo Chen?" Li Hong looked back, but Luo Chen was nowhere to be seen in the cornfield. She turned to Xu Nuo and said, "Luo Chen isn't here. He should be over in the bean field. Do you know how to get there?"

Xu Nuo wasn't very familiar with Luxian Village, so he shook his head. Li Hong then said, "Okay, I'll go talk to the brigade leader and I'll take you there."

Li Hong ran back and told Chang Youxin. When Chang Youxin heard that Xu Nuo had come to see Luo Chen about something, he immediately agreed: "Go quickly, go quickly, it might be something urgent."

With Chang Youxin's approval, Li Hong ran back in a few steps: "Come on, I'll take you there first."

Xu Nuo nodded, glanced at the tall figure, and quickly looked away, saying to Su Zhao, "Let's go, let's go find Luo Chen first."

Su Zhao nodded: "Okay."