He took three steps in two and pulled Ruan Xianxian up from the field: "I told you to plant the rice seedlings upside down, not upside down."

"I was planting rice seedlings, that's right!" Ruan Xianxian said stubbornly, insisting that she was right no matter what the jar said.

When the brigade leader came to this spot, he saw a creature standing upside down in the field, doing a handstand.

The squad leader, who was adept at dealing with troublemakers, was squatting on the edge of the field smoking when the brigade leader squatted down beside him. "What's wrong? Got thorns on your feet?"

Gangzi took a deep drag on his cigarette, threw the butt on the ground, and said fiercely, "Hey Ruan, come here! Go pull weeds in the cornfield."

At first, he wanted to see if she was faking it or not, but she stubbornly stuck the rice seedlings upside down for 10 minutes, her face flushed red and her feet refusing to come down.

If this is fake, I'll admit defeat.

Weeding, a simple weeding activity, shouldn't cause any trouble, right?

Indeed, no matter how shady she is, she wouldn't do something like maliciously damaging crops, but do you think that's all she can do?

Ten minutes later, just as Gangzi and the brigade leader were exchanging glances and showing satisfied smiles, thinking that she couldn't cause any trouble, an auntie who was also pulling weeds in the cornfield let out a scream.

"Huh! What is that?"

The aunt stepped on a soft, fluffy thing. Looking down, she saw a person on the ground with their butt sticking out, sniffing the tender new shoots of corn!

After a moment of confirmation, he happily plucked a weed and asked, "Kid! What are you doing?"

At home, Aunt Guihua, who bosses her daughter-in-law around like a headless chicken, doesn't dare to breathe loudly, afraid that the child might jump up and bite her.

When Xiang Hongjun and Gangzi arrived, she was excitedly pulling up a weed and was about to smell the next one when another aunt was so frightened by her behavior that she stood up and ran away...

"Ruan Xianxian! I told you to pull the weeds, what are you smelling in the ditch?"

Those around him, whether they had work to do or were just slacking off, all crowded around, pointing and whispering about Ruan Xianxian, who was crawling on all fours and sniffing around on the ground.

With a bit of dirt on her nose and a blank expression, Ruan Xianxian innocently said to the furious jar, "Pulling weeds!"

"I can't tell the difference between corn seedlings and weeds, I can only rely on my nose."

"You motherfucker, there's such a big difference between corn seedlings and weeds, can't you tell the difference?" Gangzi's voice was tinged with a hint of despair!

"They're all green." To prove her point, she even nodded her little head!

The man in the jar completely broke down, grabbing the captain's sleeve and yelling, "Get her out of here! Get her out of here right now! If she won't leave, I will!"

After countless attempts, the brigade leader finally confirmed one thing: the child was sick, seriously ill. "You, come with me to the brigade headquarters."

Mu Xia, who had been waiting for an opportunity, rushed forward and helped Ruan Xianxian up with both hands. "Girl! Don't mind if I take advantage of this opportunity?"

There are still people in this world I care about. I want to take the plunge, but I really can't!

"What about those two ounces of brown sugar?" Ruan Xianxian whispered to her.

Mu Xia immediately said, "What brown sugar? If you don't have brown sugar, I owe you two ounces."

"That's more like it." Satisfied, Ruan Xianxian led her back to the brigade headquarters, following behind the brigade leader.

The three sat on chairs, and Xiang Hongjun asked her to place her small, bleeding hand, which had been pricked in the paddy field, on the table. She took out a small bottle of mercurochrome from a drawer and patiently applied it to the wound.

"Xiao Ruan, should I report this to the organization? You can return to the city."

Ruan Xianxian lowered her head and fidgeted with her fingers, "My grandfather..."

"Stop!" Xiang Hongjun said helplessly. "I know, I know! Your grandfather dies several times a month. Now, let's talk properly. Can you stop mentioning him all the time?"

“My grandfather doesn’t want me anymore…” Ruan Xianxian finished speaking, “If this causes you any trouble, you can send me back to the city.”

"It's alright to go to the most arduous farms in the far northwest. I have no home anymore; I'll go wherever the organization assigns me."

Mu Xia lowered her eyes. She knew that although there was an element of playing the victim, what Ruan Xianxian said was true.

She suddenly looked up, "Every month we hand over a wild boar to the brigade, and in return, the two of us only earn a share of the profits per head."

"Is this alright, Captain? We'll take care of our own food. As long as I have something to eat, she won't go hungry."

The captain waved his hand, "Forget about the wild boar, it's too dangerous up in the mountains. It's not that you two can't just focus on getting kills and points, though."

"Let me make this clear from the start: during the busy farming season, you need to work as usual. If you run out of food rations at the end of the season, the production brigade won't lend you any."

The two women nodded simultaneously, their eyes sparkling.

He picked up the large tea mug on the table, took a sip of water, and said to the Red Army, "As for accommodation, there is a small house left by the previous residents in the backyard of the educated youth settlement."

"If you tidy it up, it'll be habitable, you two..."

"Captain! I'd like to pay out of my own pocket to build a room next door. I'm sure with our fighting skills, no fool would dare to come knocking on our door."

The captain wanted to suggest that the two of them share a room so they could look after each other, but after listening to Mu Xia's suggestion and looking at her large size, he realized that the small room wouldn't be big enough for her.

So he nodded, "That's fine! Let's make it clear beforehand that if you ever have the chance to return to the city, this house will belong to the brigade, and the brigade will not refund the money spent on building it."

"If there's nothing else, you can go back first. Tidy up the small house; that newly built kang (heated brick bed) won't be long before it's habitable."

I'm making an exception for you two, and I hope that from now on you'll cause me less trouble.

Pingtou Village is determined to win the title of Outstanding Brigade this year. Anyone who ruins this opportunity will face my wrath.

Before leaving, Ruan Xianxian took a deep look at the exhausted brigade leader who was rubbing his temples, and said, "Good people are rewarded! This year's outstanding brigade will definitely belong to you, and to our Pingtou Village."

"Thank you for your kind words," Xiang Hongjun said with a smile.

Ruan Xianxian smiled. This wasn't just a lucky prediction; the brigade leader would find out in a few days!

The two girls moved away from the group and stopped at the same time. They clapped their hands together, their mouths almost stretched to their ears in a wide grin. Mu Xia put her arm around one of their small shoulders.

"Thanks to you, I'll give you one of the burners in my double stove. You can eat separately from now on."

"Okay!" Although she agreed verbally, Ruan Xianxian still hadn't given up on having Wenrou and Liu Xiatian take care of her bodily functions and feed her.

At the very least, I must make them pay back for all the sins they committed against me in my past life, and take revenge tenfold, so that I will not have lived in vain as someone who was an enemy to everyone in my past life.

...

While Ruan Xianxian was recklessly crawling, rolling, doing push-ups, and planting rice seedlings upside down in the shadows of the paddy field...

A figure in green military uniform stood not far away. The man's gaze swept over her bizarre and inexplicable behavior, but he did not show any unusual expression.

Qi Guofu recovered from his astonishment. "Young lady, you've got some skills. Da Bai, do you think I can squeeze money out of your grandfather by using this trick?"

Feng Bai glanced at him expressionlessly, walked to the villager's house where he was temporarily staying, knocked on the door, and packed two changes of clothes and a sketch of the dam reconstruction design.

They quickly and thoroughly cleaned the villager's yard and refilled the empty water tank. A girl's triumphant voice rang in their ears:

"Someone died? Even if someone died, it's still better than your head full of lice. You'll be able to taste meat when you kiss your partner in the future. Whoever marries you will be lucky!"