Today's task is to harvest sorghum. Men are responsible for cutting it, and women are responsible for tying up the cut sorghum.

Some people are responsible for carrying the bundled sorghum back, while others are responsible for threshing the sorghum in the threshing yard.

Tasks were assigned one by one, and the villagers acted independently under the leadership of their respective team leaders.

Zhou Ziwen and his mushroom group were assigned to the sorghum field, but before going to the sorghum field, they needed to go to the mushroom house first to water the mushrooms and ventilate them.

There wasn't much to do in the mushroom house. The ten members of the mushroom team completed the basic maintenance in just over half an hour.

When everything here was almost done, Zhou Ziwen took his team members back to the production team. They first went to the warehouse to get tools such as sickles and shoulder poles, and then went to the sorghum field to start their work.

Zhou Ziwen was not very familiar with these tasks, but fortunately there were familiar villagers in their group and with the help of team members, Zhou Ziwen and his team started the work smoothly.

In the sorghum field, there is a large area of ​​bright red sorghum, each plant is taller than a person. The villagers said that there are two ways to harvest sorghum: harvesting the whole plant and harvesting the ears.

In their village, they usually harvest the whole plant. Since the sorghum stalks have to be collected anyway, they might as well harvest them all at once to save trouble.

In the sorghum field, Zhou Ziwen, Zhou Chaoyang and several other men were responsible for harvesting, while several women were responsible for tying up the harvested sorghum and then sending it back for people to carry.

Next to their mushroom group, there are also many villagers working.

Seeing this enthusiastic scene, Zhou Ziwen also became motivated.

Humans are social animals and are easily influenced by the collective. Zhou Ziwen was also infected by this energetic spirit.

Zhou Ziwen had never harvested sorghum before, but when he saw others doing it, he followed their example and quickly became proficient.

Bending over, Zhou Ziwen held the sorghum stalk in one hand and the sickle in his right hand, and he could cut a whole nest of sorghum with one stroke.

After cutting a bunch of sorghum stalks, Zhou Ziwen did not let go. He took the new sorghum stalks in his hand and swung the sickle again.

He continued like this until his hands were full of sorghum stalks. Then he stood up and placed the sorghum stalks squarely on the ground behind him.

Behind him, Chen Qiaoyi followed closely, bending down to gather the sorghum stalks he had placed on the ground and tying them into small bunches.

When she had collected a lot of sorghum stalks, she would tie them together with the sorghum stalks collected by others, use hemp rope to bundle them together, and have people carry them back.

Of course, girls are not strong enough, so they are not needed for the bundling work, and it is the people who carry the sorghum who do it.

Zhou Ziwen has excellent physical fitness and quick movements, making him particularly suitable for cutting sorghum.

Compared with carrying sorghum, harvesting sorghum is more tiring.

After all, cutting sorghum requires constant bending over, which is a great test of waist strength.

People with weak waist strength will feel waist pain after working for a while, and that feeling is very painful.

Here, Zhou Chaoyang wanted to show off at the beginning, but after working for a while he just started to carry sorghum obediently.

Zhou Ziwen worked so fast that Chen Qiaoyi could hardly keep up.

"Sister, come over here and help me. Yiyi can't keep up alone."

Seeing her exhausted and sweating, Zhou Ziwen felt very distressed and hurriedly called Chen Shiying over from the other side.

"I'm coming!" Chen Shiying agreed, tied up the sorghum in her hand and ran over.

"Team leader, you work so fast that we can't keep up." The team members next to him were secretly amazed.

Although I had always heard that their team leader was very capable, it was only after seeing it with my own eyes that I realized that the rumors in the village were not exaggerated.

Zhou Ziwen cut the sorghum very quickly. He bent down, swung the sickle, grabbed more sorghum, swung the sickle again, and when his hand was full of sorghum, he turned around, put it down, and continued harvesting.

During the whole process, my waist will not straighten at all.

But it’s different for others. They will cut twice and straighten their backs, then cut twice more and straighten their backs again, otherwise their backs will not be able to bear it.

As native villagers, they naturally have ways to save energy.

But it was different for the new educated youth who had just arrived in the countryside.

The time they came was bad, as they had just arrived in the countryside and encountered the autumn harvest, without even having time to adapt.

After they started working, the villagers in the same team simply taught them some skills and asked them to follow them.

There aren't many skills involved in these jobs, and most of the time you still have to rely on your own physical strength.

It was not so bad for those old educated youth. After all, they had been in the countryside for one or two years and had experienced the autumn harvest once or twice.

But for the newly arrived educated youth and those who have only been there for a month or two, these tasks are difficult.

Some educated youth held sickles, but they couldn't bear it after working for a while.

My waist hurts, my back hurts, my whole body hurts.

In addition, the leaves of the sorghum stalks pricked my body and made small cuts on the skin of my hands. When sweat got on them, it felt so sour and painful.

After working for a while, some educated youth began to shout that they could not bear it any longer and needed to rest, but were scolded by their team leader.

They were scolded, saying they were not even as good as women. If they couldn't do the job, they could apply to the Youth League Office to leave, but once they arrived in the countryside, they had to obey the arrangements.

Of course, the educated youth knew that it was useless to apply to the Educated Youth Office. Without special reasons, their applications would not be approved.

Of course, if you have connections or can get some medical certificates, that's still possible.

For example, some educated youth contracted tuberculosis in order to return to the city, and the educated youth office allowed them to go back.

But this disease is contagious, and even if you go back home, you won't be able to return to a normal life. It's equivalent to social death, and your life is almost ruined.

After being scolded by the team leader, some educated youth were not convinced and shouted that they could not do it and were unwilling to do it.

Hearing this, the team leader came up to the educated youth with a gloomy face and said, "Listen carefully, we are not begging you to work. If you are willing to work, then do it. If you are not willing, then get out. Return the grain that the production team lent you, and you will not have to work anymore."

As soon as this happened, the educated youth who had been unconvinced just now suddenly fell silent.

Return the grain to the production team? Then what will he eat?

If he doesn't work, he won't get any work points. He is an educated youth who has just arrived in the countryside and knows nothing. If he doesn't work, won't he starve to death?

After just a brief thought about the consequences of not going to work, the educated youth became timid.

"snort!"

Seeing the educated youth surrender, the team leader snorted coldly.

How dare a spoiled little troublemaker turn the world upside down?

Perhaps the team leader was unlucky. Just as he suppressed the educated youth who wanted to cause trouble, trouble broke out again on the other side.

The one who caused the trouble this time was a female educated youth.

This female educated youth was much smarter. She didn't say anything, but just squatted on the ground and cried.

Several other educated youth who were with her tried to persuade her, but it was of no use.

Seeing this, the team leader's face turned even darker.

"What are you doing? You don't want to work, right? Fine, I'll grant you your wish. You don't have to work now. Just return the grain the production team advanced you. This includes all of you educated youth. Whoever returns the grain will not have to work in the future."

The team leader looked at the educated youth around him with a cold face. (End of this chapter)