This was the first time in Yun Huaying's life that she had gone to the fields to do farm work. She didn't recognize any of the weed species in the paddy field and had never seen them before. She had just heard the names of these weeds from Yang Min.
"Revolutionary grass!"
Yun Huaying was holding a handful of weeds in her hand. Yang Min told her that this kind of weed was called revolutionary grass. It was an alien species with extremely strong vitality and was also one of the most common and rampant weeds in rural areas.
Yang Min didn't know the scientific name of revolutionary grass, but that's what the villagers called it.
It has extremely strong vitality and grows rapidly and is difficult to control, which seriously affects the yield of crops and destroys the ecological environment and balance.
All in all, it is a scourge that must be eradicated.
"Huaying, what are you looking at with this bunch of grass?" Lin Shan was a little far away from where she was standing and shouted at her.
"I've never seen this kind of grass before. Take a closer look at the leaves and rhizomes."
Yun Huaying lied a little and lowered her head to continue working. She also tossed the handful of revolutionary grass into the space without leaving a trace. She thought to herself, "The Yun Residence space needs the support of strong and tenacious creatures. If this revolutionary grass really grows as fast as they say, then I will collect all these weeds in the future."
There are not only revolutionary grass and other strong weeds in the paddy fields, but also barnyard grass, duckweed, duckweed, knotweed, etc. Yun Huaying harvested them along the way, threw a small part of the pulled weeds into the space, and used the rest to hand in homework.
Half an hour later, Yun Huaying's mind probed into the Yun Residence. Seeing the weeds growing luxuriantly on the surface of the soil, stretching to a lush green stretch as far as the eye could see, her eyes bulged slightly in surprise. "Today's farm work wasn't in vain. Now I don't have to go around looking for seeds to plant."
With this benefit of going to the countryside, Yun Huaying was full of energy. She kept her head down and worked hard all the way. At the beginning, her speed was the same as Lin Shan and the others, but gradually her speed increased and she soon left them behind.
Lin Shan didn't feel tired when she started working, but after bending over for an hour, she finally felt tired.
When she looked up and prepared to rub her waist, she saw that her best sister had already left her far behind. "Huaying, how come you are so fast?"
Yun Huaying glanced back at them and saw that they had fallen far behind. She blinked and said, "I was so engrossed in my pulling that I accidentally sped up."
Lin Shan: "...Then keep going. The more work you do, the more work points you'll get."
Jiang Yuan originally thought she was the best at farm work among the three, but she didn't expect Yun Huaying to be even faster. She glanced at the area she had weeded and saw it was clean. She was fast and efficient. She smiled and said, "Yun Huaying, those who work hard get more. You've done more work, so you'll get more work points later."
"No, just split it equally."
Yun Huaying worked faster, not because of these thoughts. "We each have our own strengths, so we can help each other. There's no need to calculate so clearly."
Jiang Yuan had only known them for less than a day, so she wasn't really that familiar with them and didn't want to take advantage of them. She said, "I promise to do my job well and not hold you back."
"Jiang Yuan, don't say that. If anyone is holding us back, it's me."
Lin Shan knew her own limitations. Jiang Yuan worked faster than she did, and she was the only one taking her time. She smiled ingratiatingly, "I'll definitely adapt as quickly as possible, do the work well, and finish early."
Jiang Yuan liked their personalities and said with a smile, "Keep going. We'll try to finish this field this morning. The field below is smaller, so we'll definitely be able to finish early this afternoon."
Zhao Xuelin went to a meeting at the commune that morning. When he came back, he put down his bicycle and ran to the fields to see how the new educated youth were doing. He saw that the three of them were working very well, and their speed was no less than that of the old educated youth. He stood on the ridge of the field with his hands on his hips and grinned: "Hey, you guys are doing well. It seems I misunderstood you yesterday."
Lin Shan was so tired that she couldn't even straighten her back. She bent over and spoke to him: "Captain, we don't want verbal praise, we want actual praise."
"I didn't say I wanted to praise you."
Zhao Xuelin saw through her and deliberately provoked her: "When I said you were good, I was comparing you to the other educated youth when they first arrived. Your performance is acceptable, but it's still far behind the girls of the same age in the team. The women in the village are assigned to the Hewankou area down below, and they're going to finish their work soon."
"Just pretend I didn't say anything." Lin Shan immediately shut up.
Zhao Xuelin pulled his face and his eyes fell on Yun Huaying, who worked the fastest. Her performance surprised him a little, and now he understood why Han Zheng had some thoughts about her.
He was about to go check out other fields when Yun Huaying looked up and called out to him, "Captain, could you lend me your bike this afternoon?"
"Are you going to the county town?" Zhao Xuelin asked back.
Yun Huaying nodded and said, "I want to go buy some things. We have pots and pans at home, but we don't have firewood, rice, oil, salt, etc. There are also some other small things that need to be purchased."
"Okay, come and get it this afternoon."
Bicycles were precious items in those days, and there were only four or five bicycles in the entire Dongjiang Brigade. When the educated youth had something to do in the county town, they would come to him to borrow bicycles. As a village cadre, he would also provide free help within his ability.
Yun Huaying quickly reached the end of the field and sat on the ridge to rest for a while. He picked up his military canteen and drank most of it. After regaining some strength, he picked up the basket and went to pick up the weeds that had been thrown on the edge of the field. He said to the other two, "Lin Shan, Jiang Yuan, you guys take your time. I'll take a load of weeds to the ravine for composting."
They had heard Yang Min say before that these weeds could not be thrown away randomly, but had to be sent to the ravine to decompose, and then mixed with cow dung and pig dung to be used as soil fertilizer in the future.
In her previous life, Yun Huaying devoted all her energy to studying medicine and treating illnesses. She did not have much knowledge about other industries, especially knowledge about crop planting. When she came here, she did not ask many questions. She listened to the arrangements of the village cadres and Yang Min, and went home after getting her work done every day.
Although her physical condition was okay, she had just started doing farm work. She was very tired after bending over and weeding for nearly three hours. She had never carried a heavy load before, so she had to take it one step at a time and first carried most of the basket over.
When she came back, Han Zheng also came down from the cotton field on the back mountain. Seeing that she was exhausted and panting, with her hair wet with sweat, he strode over to her and asked her with concern: "Huaying, are you okay?"
"A little tired."
Yun Huaying took a few deep breaths, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and asked him breathlessly, "Are you done?"
"Yeah, I'm done."
Han Zheng saw Lin Shan and Jiang Yuan still working in the fields not far away. The workload was light, so he curled his lips slightly and said, "You have just started working, don't rush. There is still an afternoon left. You can slow down a bit and speed up once you get used to it."
"I have to go to the county town this afternoon. I need to finish my work early and go back to rest." Yun Huaying said, waving her hand at him and said, "Let's go."
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