The more the squad leader listened to what she said, the more disgusted he became; the more he watched her pretend to be sick, the more annoyed he became.
“You’ve been frail and sickly since you were a child, but you don’t look sick to me, and you don’t look weak either.”
"Captain, I really am sick, I am."
Sixth Squad Leader: "..."
I think you're mentally ill, and seriously so.
"Alright, whatever you say, you look perfectly healthy to me. I'm not blind. You think I'd believe you just because you tell me you're sick? Let me tell you, we have real sick and weak educated youth in our team. Those are truly skinny as sticks, coughing every five steps and panting every three. You're nowhere near as bad as her."
Lin Sisi: "..."
If it really comes down to it, she probably can't catch up with Lin Qingyan.
She immediately clutched her chest and tried to breathe more heavily: "I... I'm coughing a lot too, and I'm having a hard time breathing."
The squad leader shook his head: "Other people's faces turn red when they have difficulty breathing, but your complexion is perfectly fine."
"I haven't even turned red yet, but she's trying hard to make her face flush, but she can't feel it."
"Alright, stop pretending." The squad leader, watching her performance, finally couldn't hold back his anger. "Honestly, do you really want me to give you the cold shoulder and expose you? Let me tell you, I've seen plenty of educated youth like you who pretend to be sick to avoid labor. You can't fool me at all, so save your energy."
For comrades like you who are regressing in their thinking and not enthusiastic about work, we need to assign you heavier tasks to help improve your work enthusiasm and reverse your declining morale.
That young educated youth, Lin, was genuinely physically weak, but he never asked me to do any manual labor. He even wanted to do the harder work, more work. Look at his awareness, and then look at yourself—your physical health is worlds apart, but your awareness is worlds apart.
"Squad leader, you mean Lin Qingyan? Didn't she go to gather pig feed?"
“I sent her because she really couldn’t do heavy work. You can forget about cutting pig feed. You’re perfectly healthy. I’ve decided to send you to weed the sweet potato field. Go ahead, and make sure you complete at least five work points every day.”
Lin Sisi doesn't yet understand how much work is worth in five work points, but it's definitely more than what Lin Qingyan does.
Back when she was at home, Lin Qingyan did all the housework, and she only had to sit and wait for Lin Qingyan to serve her. Now, however, she has to do more work than Lin Qingyan, which makes her feel resentful.
"team leader."
"No need to say anything, it's useless. If I listened to everything you said, I would be your leader, what else would you need me for? If you try to bargain with me again, I'll put a label of 'doing no work' on your record, which will affect your chances of getting a quota in the future."
"Indicators? What indicators?"
“For example, returning to the city, applying to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, becoming a teacher, in any case, these are all good things for you educated youth.”
Lin Sisi thought that if there were any benefits, she should definitely try to get them, and then she shut her mouth.
As they spoke, they arrived at the edge of the sweet potato field. "This is the sweet potato field. I'll tell you how to turn over the sweet potato vines in a bit, and then just pull out all the weeds. Don't pull up the sweet potatoes."
After the sixth squad leader finished teaching her how to do the work, he suddenly remembered something: "Your name is Lin Sisi, and you're from Jinshi. Little Lin, the educated youth, is also from Jinshi. You two aren't related, are you?"
"Are you talking about Lin Qingyan, the educated youth you mentioned?"
"That's right."
When Lin Sisi's team leader mentioned Lin Qingyan, his tone suddenly softened. Why?
"She is my sister."
"Your sister?" The squad leader's tone suddenly turned sour again: "So you two are sisters, but how come your character is so different?" He muttered to himself, "Alright, you'd better get back to work. You should learn from your sister and be more proactive in your work. Don't spend all your time thinking about how to avoid it."
After saying that, he went to supervise the construction elsewhere.
Lin Sisi pouted at his retreating figure.
She was told to learn from Lin Qingyan, whom she disliked the most.
She's used to wearing dresses and plastic sandals at home, and she wore them here too—not only were they cool, but they also looked pretty.
However, she soon lost her joy.
Because she had to squat on the ground while pulling weeds and turning over sweet potato vines, the hem of her skirt would naturally come into contact with the weeds and sweet potato seedlings in the field, and might even come into direct contact with the ground.
When she was working, her clothes would easily get caught on weed leaves and sweet potato leaves. The sap from the weeds and sweet potato leaves could be easily squeezed out, staining her skirt with small patches of green. The sap from the sweet potato leaves was especially green and thick, and it was impossible to wash off her clothes.
Lin Sisi hadn't noticed any of this yet, because she was only now realizing how hard farm work was.
Some weeds were difficult to pull out, requiring a lot of her strength and causing her hands to hurt.
As she pulled weeds, she cursed the squad leader for not assigning her any easy tasks, and at the same time, she cursed Lin Qingyan, an unlucky girl who was actually luckier than her.
This also made her subconsciously think of the phoenix jade pendant. She touched her neck and realized that it must be because she hadn't worn the pendant that she had bad luck on her first day of work.
Wearing a jade pendant should bring good luck, right?
But then she remembered the look in Shen Man's eyes when she looked at her, and temporarily gave up the idea.
Just bear with it for now, and wear the jade pendant again in a few days. Your luck will surely turn around.
So, while she was working, she cursed the sixth squad leader and Lin Qingyan, and she also cursed Shen Man.
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