A simple and strong male educated youth came silently to the land on Jia Zhenzhen's left, and Jia Zhenzhen smiled at him.

"Newly arrived educated youth should spread out next to the older ones and not huddle together.

Yes, it’s you, Wang Xiaomai, right? Wang Zhiqing, come over here.” Gu Anyang looked around and pointed at Wang Xiaomai.

"Sister Weiwei, don't worry, I can do farm work..." Wang Xiaomai, who was chatting enthusiastically with Chen Qiangwei, felt like a chicken with its neck strangled.

Wang Xiaomai looked at Chen Qiangwei aggrievedly and walked to Jia Zhenzhen reluctantly.

She had just arrived and didn't dare to refute Gu Anyang. From the captain's attitude, it was not difficult to see that this tall and skinny girl was highly valued by the captain.

Except for the first day when she went out to collect firewood, Wang Xiaomai had never been out and about, so she didn't know that the skinny bamboo pole in her eyes was the captain's favorite.

After Wang Xiaomai left, Gu Anyang naturally came to the place where Wang Xiaomai had just been, picked up the hoe and skillfully weeded.

Jia Zhenzhen: ...It was a mistake, all my enthusiasm was wasted!

Although Jia Zhenzhen was secretly annoyed at Gu Anyang's lack of tact, she was more dissatisfied with Chen Qiangwei.

Although Chen Qiangwei did not take any leading actions, sometimes doing nothing is also a sin.

Gu Anyang had no idea that his action would cause dissatisfaction among the two female educated youth. With the woman he liked right beside him, he was now full of energy.

Although he looks thin, when he works, the muscles in his arms bulge and he looks full of power.

He used a hoe to push the grass aside, and when he stood up he found Chen Qiangwei standing on the edge of the field in a daze.

It was her first time going to the countryside, so she definitely didn't know how to do farm work.

Gu Anyang's heart softened, "Chen Zhiqing, what's wrong? Don't you know how to do it? Let me show you again."

Chen Qiangwei: ...Can she say that she worked overtime turning the soil in the middle of the night last night and now her hand joints are a little stiff?

"No, that's not necessary. Your demonstration and explanation just now were very detailed and clear."

Chen Qiangwei held the hoe handle with both hands, one above and one below, bent down slightly, tilted the hoe blade slightly, and easily dug out the weeds.

Gu Anyang looked at it and exclaimed in admiration, "Chen Zhiqing, you are so smart!"

There have been many educated youth who have come to Huaihua Brigade in recent years, but this is the first time he has seen someone like Chen Qiangwei who can accurately find the trick the first time she does the work.

Some educated youth, though eloquent, were only capable of brute force, hogging the ground until it was bumpy and time-consuming. It usually took several days to get the hang of it.

Chen Qiangwei: "Comrade Gu, thank you for your praise."

Seeing Gu Anyang blush again, Chen Qiangwei curled the corners of her mouth.

She should really let her best friends see that she is not unpopular with men. As long as she wants, she can make them come to her in droves just by snapping her fingers.

Xu Hongli looked at Chen Qiangwei's work gloves with envy and annoyance. Her father worked in a cotton mill, so why did she forget to ask her father to get her a few pairs of work gloves?

Xu Hongli was on Gu Anyang's right. She could clearly see Gu Anyang's attention to Chen Qiangwei. She felt a little unbalanced and suddenly came up with an idea. "Comrade Gu, weeding is too difficult."

"Team Leader Huang, Xu Zhiqing is new here and not familiar with farm work. Could you please teach him?"

Huang Meixia was on Chen Jiahui's left. She had been here for so long, but this was the first time she realized that Gu Anyang cared so much about someone.

She glanced at Chen Qiangwei, then came to Xu Hongli and patiently explained the method to her.

Xu Hongli: ...I can’t do anything and can only listen to Huang Meixia’s instructions in frustration.

"See, it's that simple. You just arrived and haven't mastered the skills yet. Just practice for a few days and you'll be able to figure it out on your own without anyone teaching you."

Huang Meixia slowed down and patiently demonstrated it to Xu Hongli.

Although Xu Hongli likes to pick on others and is a bit petty, she is not the kind of person who doesn't know what's good for her. "Sister Meixia, thank you. Without your guidance, I don't know how long it would take me to find the right method."

Huang Meixia smiled and said, "You're welcome. We are all here to build the countryside, help each other and make progress together." The educated youth who came this time were quite nice. Sometimes she didn't mind lending a hand, but she was afraid of being in a thankless position.

While Huang Meixia was explaining, Si Yujue and Han Qianshan also stopped what they were doing and listened carefully.

When they started again, they found that finding the right method could really achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Chen Qiangwei found that everyone was really working. Even when talking to people, they kept working. No one was laughing in the fields.

In her previous life, when she went to work with her grandmother, she loved listening to her uncles and aunts chatting.

Sometimes, when the conversation got so heated, the uncles and aunts would place their hoes sideways and sit on the handles to rest and chat. After all, it was their land, so it didn't matter if they arrived early or late.

Looking at the endless fields and thinking that food had to be exchanged for work points, Chen Qiangwei understood that with work points hanging in front and work points deducted from behind, she dared not relax even a breath.

At 10:30 am, Chen Qiangwei finally finished weeding. She laid the hoe horizontally and sat on the handle to rest. She had never been so tired in her two lifetimes combined.

She picked up the military water bottle beside her and gulped down a few mouthfuls of water.

"Hmm?" Chen Qiangwei shook the kettle. Not a drop of water was left. She had already drunk a whole kettle of water in just half a day.

Although Gu Anyang was working, he never stopped paying attention to Chen Qiangwei. Seeing Chen Qiangwei shaking the kettle desperately, he felt a little distressed.

"Chen Zhiqing, there's a small mountain spring nearby. The water there is very sweet. I'll take you there to get some water."

Xu Hongli, whose throat was about to smoke, was overjoyed when she heard this. "Really? Wherever it is, I want to go too."

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