The village chief's wife kept glancing at Gu An'an as she worked, worried that she might collapse from exhaustion.

Previously, she wanted Gu An'an to be the brigade's scorekeeper, since the Party Secretary's daughter was going to marry into the commune in a few months, but since the person hadn't left yet, she could only wait.

Thinking about how many more months she would have to endure, she became worried. If she overworked herself, her nephew would definitely be heartbroken. "Mother, are you worried about Gu Zhiqing?"

Zhang Cuicui has been married into the Wang family for seven years and has given birth to two children. How could she not understand what her mother-in-law was thinking?

"That's right, let's hurry up and finish, then go take a look."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sped up and finished their task half an hour earlier than usual. They carried their hoes and walked for several minutes before reaching the plot of land assigned to Gu An'an. However, they couldn't find Gu An'an anywhere they looked.

Wang Xiaojuan walked over from the side with her scorebook in hand. Seeing that the two women seemed to be looking for someone, she asked, "Auntie, sister-in-law, who are you looking for?"

The village chief's wife turned around and saw that it was Wang Xiaojuan. She rarely showed a smile. "We have something to discuss with Xiao Gu, the educated youth."

Wang Xiaojuan recalled what she had heard before, and her gossipy nature was aroused, but she didn't ask directly.

"Gu Zhiqing has already gone back."

"You went back? Were you injured?"

It's inevitable that educated youth will bump into each other while working, and she's used to it, but this time it was her own person who was injured, so she couldn't stay calm.

"No, no, she wasn't injured. She left after completing her mission, and she did the work quickly and well. Many people in our village..."

It's not as good as that!

Fearing the two wouldn't believe her, she handed over her scorebook, where Gu An'an's entry clearly showed ten work points.

What does ten work points mean? The capable aunties and grandmas in the village only get eight work points, and even men rarely get full marks, but Gu An'an did it. You can imagine how surprised the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were.

"I couldn't believe it either. I thought someone had come to help. Aunt Chunliu said no one helped. Gu Zhiqing did it all by herself. Aunt Chunliu was exhausted from trying to catch up with her, but she still lost."

At this point, Wang Xiaojuan laughed, "Uncle really did a good thing, bringing Gu Zhiqing back. If she had gone to another village, we would have suffered a great loss."

Actually, what she wanted to say was that none of the educated youth this time, except for Gu An'an, were capable of doing their jobs well. Even Xie Yuan, who looked respectable, was good at shirking his responsibilities.

"Wow! Little Gu is really promising."

Although Gu An'an couldn't do the work, she could help find solutions, but ultimately, since they were going to the countryside, it would definitely be better if she could do it herself.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law praised Wang Xiaojuan a few times before happily carrying their hoes away.

Seeing the two of them acting as if they had found money, Wang Xiaojuan scratched her head and muttered to herself, "Brother Dashan and Brother Dahai have both married wives, so why is Aunt Qiuju so concerned about Gu Zhiqing?"

Unable to come up with a solution, Wang Xiaojuan had no choice but to give up, as she still had work to do.

Wang Xiaojuan was meticulous in her work and never made a mistake in recording her work points. Naturally, she liked Gu An'an, who was down-to-earth and hardworking. With her spreading the word, the whole village knew that the newly arrived educated youth, Gu, was not only good-looking but also did a great job.

Several elderly women were walking home from work when they saw Liu Chunhua walking with a dark face and her head down. They couldn't help but mock her, "Chunhua, Gu Zhiqing is both rich and capable, and you still spread rumors that she did that kind of thing for money. Don't you feel ashamed?"

Liu Chunhua didn't want to say anything, she just wanted to quicken her pace and get away from these gossipy people, but those aunties just wouldn't let her have her way.

The faster she walked, the faster they chased after her; there was no room for reason.

"I...I was tricked by a villain."

Thinking of Qin Xue and Li Yumei, Liu Chunhua still felt a burning hatred. She was about to say something when she saw Qin and Li walking over from the other side.

Qin Xue instinctively wanted to back away. The five yuan and ten eggs had almost emptied her wallet. What would she do if Liu Chunhua beat her badly?

She's not like Gu An'an, who has the village chief's family backing her up.

Seeing their cowardly appearance, Liu Chunhua sneered, "You dare to scheme against me with such little courage? Don't worry! I won't beat you up today. I just want to tell you some good news. Gu Zhiqing got full work points today and won't have to go hungry like you anymore."

"You all need to learn from this and put your minds to good use, so as not to hold our village back."

Sure enough, as long as I'm not the one being mocked, I always feel incredibly happy.

Gu An'an was unaware of the outside incident. Although the work in the morning was a piece of cake for her, she had a quirk: she wanted to eat something good whenever she was working.

As soon as Zhou Yue entered the door, she smelled the fragrance and almost burst into tears, "An'an, what will I do without you!"

Gu An'an, holding her bowl, nudged the sullen Zhou Yue aside with her elbow, saying, "Wash your hands and eat. We have to keep working tomorrow."

Hearing this, Zhou Yue felt that the food in front of her didn't taste as good as before. She had used all her strength today, but she only got four work points after a whole day of work.

She found out that with only three or four work points a day, the food she could exchange for at the end of the year would only be enough for her to survive the long winter.

Now she can only be grateful that she still has good parents.

"An'an, when will this kind of life ever end?"

"That depends on how you want to go back. Given how much your parents love you, it's quite easy for you to go back."

The article doesn't go into much detail about Zhou Yue's family background, but all indications suggest that the Zhou family is not simple. However, even if they could find an excuse to bring her back, it wouldn't be now.

As soon as they arrived in the countryside, they used their connections to get the people back. If no one was watching them, it would be fine, but if the Zhou family had any enemies, there would definitely be trouble.

Gu An'an knows this principle, and Zhou Yue certainly does too.

"It's okay. If it really comes down to it, I'll offer to cut pig feed in a while."

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