The next day, just as dawn was breaking, a piercing whistle rang out repeatedly in the village. Yun Ningyan woke up immediately. Her body had become very healthy thanks to the nourishment of the spiritual spring water, but she was still very thin. She needed to take good care of herself after moving.

She opened her eyes and didn't move. After waking up, Lin Mengmeng stretched. Her whole body ached and she didn't want to go to work at all, but she still called out to Yun Ningyan beside her.

"Ningning, get up, it's time to go to work."

"good"

Yun Ningyan quickly got up and dressed, then turned to look at Song Pandi. She was still sleeping like a log, and hadn't woken up despite all the noise in the room.

The female educated youth left one after another.

Seeing that everyone had left, Yun Ningyan made a cup of malted milk powder with spiritual spring water. The aroma of the malted milk powder filled the room, and Song Pandi woke up immediately.

She sniffed and said, "Who drank this malted milk powder? It smells so good." Then she smacked her lips and went back to sleep.

Yun Ningyan ignored her words, gulped down her malted milk powder, picked up the water bottle, and left with Lin Mengmeng.

Today her job was still picking corn cobs. After a while, her arms started to itch. The corn leaves were prickly, and even though she was wearing long sleeves and pants, she still couldn't avoid getting pricked.

Suddenly, a suppressed sob came from the field next to hers. Lin Mengmeng was there. Her first reaction was that someone was bullying her.

She had read many novels in her past life, and it was not easy to find someone hiding in this cornfield.

She clenched her fists and rushed over. She was the one who squatted on the ground crying. When she saw her coming, Lin Mengmeng cried out, "Ningning, I want to go home so much. It's too hard here. I want to go home."

Yun Ningyan took out a handkerchief to wipe away Lin Mengmeng's tears and gently comforted her, "Mengmeng, you're just not used to being here yet, but you'll get better slowly."

The girl was a year younger than her and looked delicate and pampered. She had never done any work before, so it's normal that she couldn't bear the homesickness.

Her family must be well-off, otherwise they wouldn't have raised her like this.

She took out a White Rabbit candy and put it in Lin Mengmeng's mouth, and Lin Mengmeng suddenly stopped crying.

She was a little embarrassed. "I'm not a three-year-old child. You're trying to coax me with candy."

Yun Ningyan grinned. "I'm leaving. Call me if you need anything."

When she returned to the educated youth settlement for breakfast, Song Pandi pounced on her as soon as she entered the courtyard, raising her hand to hit her. She sidestepped and delivered a spinning kick.

"Song Pandi, what are you doing! Do you want to die?!"

After being kicked, Song Pandi looked at her and remembered the scene of him wanting to kill her at home. He immediately stopped and dared not hit her again.

She knew she couldn't beat her. Ever since that incident, this little bitch's fighting skills had skyrocketed. She really wondered if she had taken some kind of superpower.

She stubbornly refused to let Yun Ningyan off the hook, "Why didn't you wake me up this morning? Did you deliberately make me late so I'd get criticized by the brigade leader!"

The thought of the brigade leader speaking so harshly in front of so many people, saying that if she did it again, she would have to write a self-criticism at the general meeting, made her hate that bitch to death.

Yun Ningyan sneered, "Why should I wake you up? Do you want me to be your father or your mother? If you can call me 'Dad,' I'll wake you up tomorrow morning, how about that?"

Everyone burst into laughter, never expecting that this seemingly gentle and soft-spoken Yun could be so ruthless when she started cursing.

At this moment, Liu Zhijun was very glad that he had been sensible and had not completely angered Yun Zhiqing, otherwise he would probably be the one being ridiculed by everyone now.

Lin Mengmeng then spoke up, "You sleep like a log, even a pig is more diligent than you."

Seeing everyone else watching Yun Ningyan bully her, Song Pandi's eyes turned red with anger.

Liu Zhijun despised women like this, who blamed others for their own mistakes. He shouted at Song Pandi, "Quickly call him Dad!"

Song Pandi was trembling with anger. She pointed at everyone and said, "You, you, you are all bullying me."

Zhang Hongmei, an older educated youth, was the team leader of the female educated youth. She also looked down on Song Pandi and would always cause trouble for him.

But as the squad leader, she couldn't just stand by and watch the female educated youth cause trouble. "Song Pandi, this isn't Yun's fault. If this continues, I'll go find the brigade leader."

Song Pandi was so embarrassed that she didn't even have time to eat, so she went straight back inside.

Liu Zhijun said to Yun Ningyan in a fawning manner, "Yun, I did a good job just now, didn't I?"

Yun Ningyan nodded without saying anything; she couldn't quite figure out what Liu Zhijun was trying to do.

After receiving a nod of praise from Yun Ningyan, Liu Zhijun whistled smugly as he returned to his room.

He saw Hu Haiquan drinking malted milk powder, picked it up and gulped it down, saying smugly, "Haiquan, Yun Zhiqing just praised me, she praised me."

Hu Haiquan stared at Liu Zhijun, puzzled. "She just praised you once, and you're this happy?"

"You don't understand, you don't understand the meaning behind this."

After Yun Ningyan and Lin Mengmeng finished their breakfast, they each took their own lunch, which consisted of just two coarse grain pancakes. With the harvest in full swing, there was no time to come back and cook lunch; everyone was taking their breakfast with them to work in the fields.

Although she has plenty of food in her storage space, she won't let others have her food.

They walked into the fields, where many people were sitting at the edge of the fields; some hadn't gone home for dinner, and their families had brought them food.

She spotted Huo Junshan immediately in the crowd, while Li Xiangyun, with her sharp eyes, saw Yun Ningyan and waved to her, calling out, "Yun, have you eaten? Come and rest here."

Yun Ningyan smiled at her and said, "Auntie, I won't go. I work slowly and need to start early, otherwise I'll hold the team back."

Several older women had a much better impression of her. They had initially thought she was too thin and small to do much work, but they were surprised to find that this city girl was not at all spoiled.

Huo Junshan never looked up at her, keeping his head down the whole time. She frowned slightly and left.

A day passed quickly, and Yun Ningyan returned to the educated youth settlement feeling completely relaxed, thanks to the spiritual spring in her space.

When the two arrived at the educated youth settlement, Lin Mengmeng exclaimed with delight, "My house is repaired!"

She quickly began to complain, "Ningning, why is mine different from yours? Your kitchen has two walls, but mine only has a ceiling, supported by four wooden beams. It looks like it's about to collapse. How can Brother Huo be so biased towards me!"

Yun Ningyan subconsciously explained, "Maybe it's because we've been too busy with the autumn harvest these past few days!"

Lin Mengmeng nodded. She went back to her room, took the money, and went to the Huo family to pay the workers. Huo Junshan was making furniture at home. She said happily, "Brother Huo, you can make furniture? I'm moving soon, could you make a few pieces for me? I'll pay you."

Without hesitation, Huo Junshan replied, "No."

Li Xiangyun peeked out from the kitchen and saw this scene. She shook her head and continued cooking. She had thought her son had finally figured things out, but it turned out he was still like this.

Lin Mengmeng didn't feel embarrassed by the rejection; she simply left the money for the house repairs and left.

Li Xiangyun sighed and continued cooking. Huo Dasao, who had just returned today, asked curiously, "Mother, who does Third Brother make furniture for?"

Li Xiangyun: "I don't know either."

Sister-in-law Huo's eyes darted around; she felt that something was off about her third brother.