From now on, that won't happen anymore. Everyone will be notified directly by loudspeaker to go to work or do casual work, and there will be scorekeepers patrolling the fields to record the results.

"First of all, let's welcome the educated youth from our village who have come to the countryside. Let me introduce them to you."

"They are Song Qinghe, Chen Shili, Wu You, Li Dabao, and Sun Cuiping. Please welcome them!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sparse round of applause broke out from the crowd, clearly indicating that people were not very welcoming of them.

But they didn't dare to say a word.

If it's arranged by the organization, then it makes sense.

It's no use if they disagree; there's still someone to do the work, isn't there?

I must say, the new educated youth, Song Qinghe, is really good-looking.

Although his face wasn't very pale, that paleness or not was no big deal to country folk.

Anyone exposed to wind and sun will inevitably get tanned.

The dark spots are healthy, and besides, they're not very dark; they're just right.

Everyone was quietly observing, their gazes mostly fixed on Song Qinghe.

Wu You was furious. Everyone was here to go to the countryside, but she was the only one who was so smug.

Sun Cuiping didn't say anything; her appearance wasn't particularly outstanding to begin with.

Moreover, she doesn't care much about other people's opinions. She came to the countryside because she wanted to live out these few years in peace and quiet.

No one can say for sure what will happen in the future.

Their household registrations were all transferred here, so they're practically considered locals now.

It's better to maintain good relations with the surrounding villagers; otherwise, if something happens in the future, there won't be anyone to help you.

Song Qinghe was speechless. She had already transformed herself into this state, so why were they still staring at her?

Is it because the makeup wasn't ugly enough?

Lu Jinguang didn't care what they were thinking; he wasn't there to hold a mobilization meeting.

The main task is to arrange farming; everything else is secondary.

"Our main task today is to plant peanuts. We'll work in groups of five, with each group responsible for one acre of land."

"Now, those whose names are called, step forward and form teams!"

Lu Jinguang took out the name list and began to call out names. Of the five people, three were villagers from the village, and the remaining two were educated youth sent to the countryside.

This separate approach makes the work a little faster.

If villagers sought out other villagers and educated youth sought out other educated youth, then the educated youth would starve to death. Such a distribution is relatively reasonable.

We've tried that before, the kind of approach where villagers go to each other, but the result was that the educated youth almost starved to death.

When Song Qinghe heard him call her name, she walked back to her team.

Five people, three men and two women.

Unfortunately, the other woman was Wu You, who had also come to the countryside.

Wu You couldn't help but roll her eyes when she saw Song Qinghe, and said directly, "Village Chief, I'm not working with a vixen!"

Lu Jinguang was taken aback: "Vixen? Who? You?"

She looks like a chubby baby at best, not a vixen at all.

As soon as Lu Jinguang finished speaking, a burst of laughter rang out from the surroundings.

Wu You immediately blushed and cried, saying in a tearful voice, "Anyway, I won't team up with Song Qinghe. She's a vixen."

“A woman like her should be driven out of the village. If she stays, she will only corrupt the village’s morals.”

Are you crazy?!

Upon hearing Wu You's words, Song Qinghe retorted without hesitation, "Is she out of her mind? I shouldn't have bothered with her, but she's actually going out of her way to provoke me."

I saw Wu You muttering to herself on the side, but she didn't say anything.

Unexpectedly, Wu You actually stepped forward on her own—