Chapter 76: The busy farming season is here

Lu Miao was afraid of cows, so she was naturally happy that she didn't have to herd cattle anymore. However, after relaxing for a while, she couldn't help but become nervous again.

Although the plan was well thought out before, Lu Miao was still worried about encountering any unexpected and difficult problems during the upcoming busy farming season...

Of course, more of it comes from concerns deep in my heart.

Because after gradually realizing the "hardships" hidden during this period, she found that she could no longer feel at ease to be lazy.

Fu Jingyou also had concerns, no less nervous than Lu Miao, and he was more worried.

He is a young man and one of the best laborers in the team. The work that can be assigned to him during the busy farming season is not only large in quantity but also heavy. The probability that Lu Miao will be assigned with him is basically zero.

And once they separated, he would no longer be able to "take care" of Lu Miao.

"When things get really busy and there's a lot to do, there's a high probability that you won't get a share... You, you have to rely on yourself."

Fu Jingyou lowered his brows and spoke in a deep tone. After he finished speaking, he was afraid that Lu Miao would feel pressured, so he slowly soothed him:

"Don't be too nervous. Don't look at others when you're working, just focus on yourself."

"Take your time. If you have a positive attitude, the captain won't say anything."

"Um."

Lu Miao responded softly.

No matter how much you worry or concern yourself, nothing will change, so just stop thinking about it.

The cow was taken away, so Lu Miao had no reason to stay.

Fu Jingyou carried the rice back and she followed him.

The bamboo cup dangling from his waist attracted Lu Miao's attention. Lu Miao asked:

"Fu Jingyou, did you make this water cup? When did you make it?"

"...Yes." Fu Jingyou's tone was unnatural, and then it became even lower. "I made this to kill time at noon. It's not very fine... If you don't like it, just give it back to me."

As he spoke, his free hand reached behind him.

"Shameless!" Lu Miao pouted and slapped his palm. "It's already mine, how can you take it back?"

Although she is a bit tsundere, her words and actions reveal her love for him.

Fu Jingyou chuckled softly and walked with the gait of a tiger, carrying a load of rice on his shoulder.

On the surface, she looked unconcerned, but in reality, her slightly red ears had already revealed her inner joy...

Lu Miao got off work early, and when she returned to the educated youth site, she was the only one there.

He quickly filled a basin with water and took a bath. When he was pouring the water, he remembered the vegetable patch in front of the door. Lu Miao picked up a bamboo pole and walked towards that place while knocking on the bamboo pole.

When I got closer, I found that the melon seedlings I planted before had already produced small cucumbers. I don’t know who in the educated youth camp built several tripods using bamboo poles and branches. At present, the cucumber vines were climbing along the racks, and several new wrinkled cucumbers were hanging halfway up the racks.

Perhaps because he had participated in the planting process before, Lu Miao felt particularly happy when looking at the small cucumbers covered with velvety thorns.

She childishly stretched out her hand to gesture the size of the cucumber, and saw cracks in the soil under the vine in her peripheral vision. She looked around and found that the weeds in the vegetable garden were all cleaned up, but the soil surface was white and severely cracked, which showed that it had been dry for a long time and no one had watered it.

Lu Miao ran back to the kitchen to get a gourd ladle and a wooden bucket. He fetched water from the nearby pond, bucket by bucket, to water the fields. After watering the palm-sized vegetable patch, he was covered in sweat again.

The sky was getting darker by then, and Ren Bingxin, Gu Ying and others came back one after another.

Lu Miao went back to the house and put the bucket away. When she came out again, she couldn't help but talk about the cucumbers growing in the vegetable garden. She couldn't hide the joy on her face. Ren Bingxin was afraid of spoiling her good mood, so she smiled and cooperated and asked Lu Miao to take her to see it.

After receiving a positive response to the sharing, Lu Miao smiled brightly and felt even better. He took Ren Bingxin's arm and went out to the vegetable garden. However, they had only taken a few steps out of the door when they ran into the production team leader He Hongjin.

Before they even got close to the educated youth station along the path, He Hongjin began clapping his hands and shouting:

"Comrades, gather yourselves, I have something to tell you!"

All of a sudden, all the educated youth stopped playing, put down their work, and gathered at the entrance of the educated youth site.

He Hongjin counted the heads and found that there was one missing, so he asked:

"There should be sixteen people in total, why are there only fifteen? Who's missing?"

Everyone immediately turned to look around, and finally Geng Xiaoyun reacted first, raising his hand and saying, "Captain, it's Chen Miaomiao. Chen Miaomiao isn't here."

When he heard that it was a female educated youth, He Hongjin subconsciously glanced at the sky. Seeing that it was still early, he didn't care and waved his hand and said:

"Don't wait for her. One of you can tell her what happened later."

After that, he cleared his throat and started to talk about business:

"The team is about to get busy. In response to this busy farming season, the team has made the following arrangements for the educated youth sites. These are mainly for the new educated youth who arrived this year! The older educated youth are almost seasoned at the work, so everything will continue as before. We'll just go wherever the team needs us."

"Understood, Captain."

The old educated youth responded in unison.

He Hongjin pressed down and said, "There are two tasks assigned to the educated youth: one is harvesting rice, and the other is weeding the cotton fields. Considering that everyone is new to farm work, the team will arrange for an experienced farmer to lead the team for the first two days. When you get to the fields, you must do whatever the leader says and obey his instructions!"

The newly arrived educated youth also responded, "I understand, Captain."

He Hongjin was quite satisfied with the reactions of the educated youth.

Taking into account the large number of educated youth and fearing that there would be chaos due to the large crowd, He Hongjin made detailed assignments on the spot.

Having seen Fu Jingyou harvesting rice up close, Lu Miao knew that harvesting rice was a tiring job. Fearing that He Hongjin would assign her to the paddy fields as well, she raised her hand first to express her opinion:

"Captain, I want to go to the cotton field!"

He Hongjin frowned and looked Lu Miao up and down. It was not that he had any prejudice against Lu Miao. He felt that Lu Miao was not cut out for work from head to toe.

The work of harvesting grain was extremely hard, and he thought that Lu Miao would only cause more trouble if he went there, so he simply nodded in agreement. However, he also gave Lu Miao a very serious instruction and warning at the end:

"We're going to the cotton fields to weed, Lu Zhiqing. When you get there, please remember your mission! If I find out you've damaged a single cotton seedling, I'll deduct at least ten work points from you!"

Ren Bingxin and others were shocked!

Weeding is a relatively easy job, and they had originally considered applying to Xiang Hehongjin, but when they heard that making a mistake would result in a ten-point deduction, they immediately gave up the idea.

I work hard under the scorching sun all day and only get six work points!

Don’t go to the cotton fields, a day’s work won’t be enough to justify a deduction!

Lu Miao was not a very careful and cautious person. Ren Bingxin was afraid that she might get into trouble, so she wanted to persuade her. However, just as she pulled Lu Miao's hand and had no time to say anything, she saw Lu Miao puffing out his chest and making a firm promise:

"Don't worry, Captain, I will complete the mission perfectly!"

Ren Bingxin let out a "tsk" sound and scratched her forehead, feeling like her head was about to explode.