"Here I am." Liang Xiaoman felt ashamed and hated her mother for not giving her face. After all, she was a scorekeeper of the Huaihua Brigade.

But in her mother's eyes, she was not as good as the lazy and gluttonous Liang Mantang, just because Liang Mantang had two more pounds of meat than her.

Seeing Chen Qiangwei digging bamboo shoots with a smile next to her, Liang Xiaoman felt that the corners of her mouth turned up as a mockery of her. She forgot to hide it for a moment and glared at Chen Qiangwei fiercely.

Chen Qiangwei was not happy. "What's going on? Are you still trying to argue? Or is this guy surnamed Liang from Nanshan? We can't even stand here?"

Liang Xiaoman was short of breath. "Chen Zhiqing is indeed a high school student. He can easily put accusations on others."

Chen Qiangwei retorted: "I am not only well-educated and cultured, but also have a clear mind and hate evil.

If someone provokes me, I will fight back immediately, unlike some people who are strong on the outside but weak on the inside and dare not confront the person they are dissatisfied with, but instead blame others."

Liang Xiaoman glared at Chen Qiangwei, then laughed again, not knowing what she was thinking about. She ran to Zhao Zhaodi and happily dug bamboo shoots.

Chen Qiangwei: ...She doesn’t have the ability to change her face. Only those with eight hundred tricks up their sleeves have this ability.

Huang Meixia, Jia Zhenzhen and other educated youth were also digging bamboo shoots. They were a little distance away from Chen Qiangwei.

Huang Meixia, who wanted to say hello to Chen Qiangwei, witnessed the fight between Chen Qiangwei and Liang Xiaoman. She opened her mouth but made no sound, silently digging for secrets.

They are not like Chen Qiangwei who has a backer in the city and speaks confidently and is not afraid of trouble.

They all came from other provinces and had no relatives here, so they were weak and dared not easily argue with the villagers.

Although there were many people digging bamboo shoots, the bamboo shoots grew well. After a while, everyone came down the mountain carrying a basket on their backs as they had to go back to work in the afternoon.

After carrying the bamboo shoots back home, Chen Qiangwei and the other two quickly processed the bamboo shoots. They shelled them, cut off the dirty parts at the bottom, washed them, cut them into sections, soaked them in clean water, and then put them in a pot to boil. After cooking, they took them out and rinsed them with cold water before taking them out for later use.

Chen Qiangwei clapped her hands and said, "Okay, I'll make stir-fried pork and bamboo shoots when I get home from work tonight."

The pork belly I brought back last night is now in a basket hanging under the eaves.

The afternoon work was to plant corn and peanuts. Chen Qiangwei and other educated youth were assigned the task of planting corn.

This job requires the cooperation of two people, one digs the hole in front, and the other puts corn kernels into the hole, usually 4 kernels, and finally fills the hole with soil.

Because the emergence rate of corn is different, thinning or reseeding will be required in the later stage, and finally there should be 2 corn seedlings in one pit.

If the emergence rate of some holes is high, the excess corn seedlings should be pulled out to fill the holes with less than two seedlings.

Chen Qiangwei and Wang Xiaomai worked together, taking turns digging the hole and placing the corn kernels, switching roles when they got tired. Their coordination was seamless, and their work was no slower than that of the veterans.

Liu Jinhua felt even more satisfied when she saw how efficiently Chen Qiangwei worked. She thought her little Wu had good taste.

Liu Jinhua glanced at the slow-paced Jia Zhenzhen and shook her head in her heart. This Jia Zhiqing was also an old educated youth, but he was not as efficient as Chen Zhiqing and Wang Zhiqing in his work.

There was a problem in the process. The farm next door to Chen Qiangwei and her friends was growing peanuts.

Planting peanuts is the same as planting corn, and two people are needed to work together. One digs the hole in the front, and the other puts the peanut seeds in the back, with 2-3 peanut seeds in one hole.

Widow Zhou's partner was Liang Fugui's daughter-in-law Zhao Zhaodi. The two agreed to take turns digging the pits, each digging one line.

First, Zhao Zhaodi dug the hole, and then Widow Zhou planted the peanut seeds. When it was Zhao Zhaodi's turn, there were only enough peanut seeds for half a row.

Zhao Zhaodi turned the bamboo basket upside down and looked at it again and again, shouting, "What's going on? Why are the peanut seeds gone? Widow Zhou, did you put too many in there earlier?"

Widow Zhou's face froze, and she touched her waistband awkwardly, "No, I only put two in one hole. Could it be that the seeds didn't germinate enough?"

Zhao Zhaodi went back to check and found that Widow Zhou only put two peanut seeds in each hole.

The women who were planting peanuts around them quickly said, "Impossible! The peanut seeds were distributed by Aunt Gu. Everyone has this much, and we still have quite a few left. There's definitely enough to plant two rows."

Old Mrs. Gu has been distributing peanut seeds for many years and has never made a mistake.

Shut up and shook the basket in his hand. "That's right, our seeds are fine. Could it be that you guys are stealing and eating them while you're planting them?"

Although Zhao Zhaodi loves to take advantage of small opportunities, she also knows the priorities and would never do something like stealing seeds.

Zhao Zhaodi threw the basket away, put one hand on her waist and pointed with the other (please imagine a teapot) and shut up, "Bullshit, you're the one who steals food, your whole family does, I've been working honestly, whoever steals is a grandson."

He shut up and put the basket down, "If you didn't steal the peanuts, how could there be so few peanut seeds?

If he didn't steal it, he hid it. Who doesn't know this little trick? "

He shut his mouth and looked at Zhao Zhaodi and Zhou Guafu with contempt. This kind of stealing or hiding food was something people would only do when they were very hungry during the famine a few years ago. As long as it was not excessive, the brigade cadres would turn a blind eye to such things.

But life is now many times better than it was in those years. The brigade cadres repeatedly warn people not to eat or steal things, but some people still turn a deaf ear to their words.

After hearing this, Liu Jinhua didn't care about her work anymore. The peanuts she had grown belonged to everyone, and now they were being stolen. Wasn't that damaging everyone's interests?

Liu Jinhua looked at Zhao Zhaodi and Widow Zhou seriously. "You are undermining socialism and harming the collective interests. No one can leave until this matter is clarified today."

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