Zhong Wanwan heard from Zhong Songbai last night that because of Zhou Xiaohong and Bai Yueyao's troublemaking, Director Wei was furious, and because of the two, all the educated youth were punished as well.
During the previous rush to harvest, Director Wei did not specify how much each educated youth had to harvest.
Of course, it was impossible to let the educated youth take advantage of the farm; the only thing to do was to have the scorekeepers give them work points at the end of the day based on how much work they did.
Things are different now. Director Wei said that since the educated youth are so idle that they have time to watch whether others are doing work or not, it can only mean that they have too little work to do.
Therefore, Director Wei immediately set a quota for all the educated youth, and they could not leave work until they finished their tasks.
This was a complete shock to Zhou Xiaohong and Bai Yueyao, as they offended all the educated youth in the courtyard.
Most importantly, the two of them were the slowest workers. According to the quota set by Director Wei, they wouldn't finish their work by nightfall without anyone's help!
When the villagers finished their work, the two women shamelessly begged others for help, but who isn't tired during the harvest season? Normally, who would have the strength to help them?
Two old bachelors wanted to help Zhou Xiaohong husk corn, but Li Jing and the other female educated youths chased them away!
If Zhou Xiaohong is willing to marry into the farm, they naturally won't stop her.
However, if she were to tarnish the reputation of all the female educated youth because of this, they would absolutely not agree to it!
And so, Zhou Xiaohong and Bai Yueyao worked together in the cornfield until it got dark.
Now, let alone picking a fight with Zhong Wanwan, the two of them didn't even have the energy to say a few more words!
Zheng Nannan was on duty for the first day, so after inspecting the tractor, Zhong Wanwan, Xiao Baiyang, and Wei Maisui carried baskets and went into the mountains.
The mountains behind Hongxing Farm are part of the Lesser Khingan Mountains, which are rich in resources but also relatively dangerous.
So as soon as Wei Maisui entered the mountain, she instructed Zhong Wanwan and Xiaobaiyang:
"Master, let's search at the foot of this mountain. We can't go into the deep mountains; it's too dangerous!"
Zhong Wanwan wasn't afraid of going deep into the mountains. As long as she marked the area, she had her own space, so even if she encountered any wild animals, she could quickly enter her space without any danger.
However, taking Wei Maisui and Xiao Baiyang with her was definitely not an option. She didn't want to expose the space, and she was even more unwilling for the two of them to get hurt. So Zhong Wanwan decided to split up.
She instructed Wei Maisui:
“Wheat Ear, let’s split into two groups. You take Poplar and search here, and I’ll search over there.”
Wei Maisui nodded and said:
"Then please be careful, Master. We'll meet here at noon and go down the mountain for lunch together!"
Zhong Wanwan agreed and left with her basket on her back.
As Zhong Wanwan walked, she began to compare the traces of nearby trees with the plot in her original book where Bai Yueyao found a large area of hazelnut trees.
The original book doesn't describe the area near the hazelnut trees much. It only says that Bai Yueyao got lost while walking and was anxiously trying to find her way back when she saw a few scattered hazelnut trees, and then a large area of hazelnut trees.
This situation is quite disadvantageous for Zhong Wanwan in finding the exact location!
In order to find a large area of hazelnut trees more quickly, Zhong Wanwan took out paper and pen and wrote down all the plots in the original book that she could remember, and carefully sorted and analyzed them to ensure that nothing was missed.
Then they divided the way into eight directions and marked each direction.
After that, starting from the first marker, head straight into the mountains!
After walking along the mountain path for two hours, Zhong Wanwan saw not only two individual hazelnut trees, let alone a large area of them.
Of course, in order not to delay the progress, Zhong Wanwan did not stop picking hazelnuts.
It was almost noon, and apart from a handful of wild hawthorns she had picked at random, Zhong Wanwan had nothing to show for it.
Zhong Wanwan was afraid that Wei Maisui and Xiao Baiyang would get anxious, so she didn't go any further in and ran towards the agreed location.
When Zhong Wanwan arrived, Wei Maisui and Xiao Baiyang were already waiting at the same spot.
Upon seeing Zhong Wanwan arrive, Wei Maisui happily shared with her:
"Master, Xiaobaiyang and I went this morning to the places I marked last year. Sure enough, going there early makes a difference. We picked up two baskets of hazelnuts and pine nuts!"
"Master, what have you found all morning? Let me see!"
Zhong Wanwan brazenly showed the two of them her basket, which contained only a few scattered hawthorns at the bottom. Wei Maisui chuckled dryly.
"It's alright, Master. It's normal that you can't find anything because you're not familiar with the back mountain! You'll definitely find it once you get used to it in a few days!"
Zhong Wanwan didn't think these words were meant to comfort her at all. She had come to dig up the large amount of mountain products that Bai Yueyao had found in the mountains, so how could she have come up empty-handed!
She's probably not familiar with the mountains. If she were, she would definitely have found it!
Thinking that they were both unfamiliar with the mountains, Bai Yueyao managed to find a large area of hazelnut trees even after getting lost.
She spent the whole morning working hard on planning and drawing maps, but she didn't even see a large area of hazelnut trees. It's really frustrating to compare yourself to others!
Could it be because they didn't get lost?
If all else fails, she could go into the mountains in the afternoon and pretend to be lost.
I wonder if this method will work without the female lead's halo!
Thinking of this, Zhong Wanwan sighed again!
Seeing Zhong Wanwan sighing so deeply, Wei Maisui assumed she was still heartbroken about not finding the reason.
However, she was really not good at comforting her master. After thinking for a long time, Wei Maisui's eyes lit up, and she suggested:
"Master, how about from now on, Nan Nan, Xiao Bai Yang, and I will go up the mountain to find mountain products, while you stay at the farm and we can split the mountain products we find equally among the four of us!"
"If there's any work to be done, you won't need to be banging a gong at the mountain pass anymore; you can just handle it yourself!"
Zhong Wanwan was already feeling bad after her first defeat, and now her own apprentice had shot her in the chest. Zhong Wanwan snorted coldly and said:
"I think you've gotten a bit carried away. I fixed the tractor right there on the farm, so you don't need to learn from me, do you?"
Wei Maisui stuck out her tongue, so engrossed in happily collecting mountain goods that she completely forgot about the important matter!
Zhong Wanwan glanced at her guilty-looking apprentice out of the corner of her eye and revealed a triumphant smile!
You little brat, you think I can't handle you?
You still want to go into the mountains every day to find local products? Wait until you become a master craftsman before you start dreaming about that!
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After searching in different directions for two days, Zhong Wanwan finally saw several hazelnut trees in the seventh direction.
Zhong Wanwan cheered and ran forward quickly. Sure enough, she found a large patch of hazelnut trees not far ahead...
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