Xia Wan nodded, remaining silent as she pondered how to visit the Xia family without being noticed.
After talking for a while, Aunt Cuihua clapped her hands and remembered: "You know what, Xia, the educated youth, has the same surname as them! In our brigade, there are only a few families with the surname Xia, and they all settled here after fleeing famine a few years ago!"
"What a coincidence! My name used to be Qiao Xiawan, but I severed ties with my adoptive father, and his biological daughter went back home, so it wouldn't be appropriate for me to keep the surname Qiao, so..."
Xia Wan's smile was somewhat forced, and her feigned strength, combined with her appearance, made her look extremely pitiful: "Sigh... every family has its own troubles, it's good to have elders to help out at home!"
He said this because he was worried that if the villagers found out she was the Xia family's biological daughter, they would say she was heartless and didn't care about her adoptive parents.
After all, Zhao Jiaojiao had also signed up to go to the countryside before she came, but it was unknown whether she would come to Heping Commune!
"You heartless bastard, bullying a little girl like this, aren't you afraid of retribution!" Aunt Cuihua patted her head with pity, and seeing that she was in a bad mood, she brought up the Xia family again.
"Hey, speaking of which, Xia Jianguo is much more unlucky than you. He has parents and brothers, but they're all heartless! They're quick to take the money, but they won't do the dirty work!"
Aunt Cuihua shook her head, clearly looking down on the Xia family.
Xia Wan raised an eyebrow; this was not much different from what Qiao Qiao had said!
"Let's go, it's time to get to work, the scorekeeper will be here to check soon!" Aunt Cuihua picked up the basket beside her and walked into the field with a shout!
Xia Wan agreed and got up to go to work.
Although she was strong, she didn't think about standing out when working. Her main goal was to find out about the Xia family, so she kept a similar pace to Aunt Cuihua.
Luckily, he drew the skill of being as strong as an ox, otherwise, working like that would have exhausted his small body!
Today was the first day of work for the newly arrived educated youth. The brigade leader went around to each group to take a look, and when he came to the place where Xia Wan and the others were working, he was really surprised!
He knew that Xia, the educated youth, was strong and would definitely be more efficient than the other educated youths in their work, but he did not expect her to be so fast. You know, Liu Cuihua was known for being fast in their village!
"Xia, the educated youth, is quite good. Her speed is more than enough to make any of them reach the full centimeter mark!" Wu Guohua estimated this based on Liu Cuihua's speed!
Hearing his words, Aunt Cuihua turned her head and praised, "That's right, Xia, the educated youth, is very efficient at work, much better than those lazybones. They're all educated youth, so how come there's such a big difference?"
"Alright, Liu Cuihua, stop complaining! You should be secretly happy that we assigned Xia, the educated youth, to lead you!" The other newcomers from yesterday haven't even walked two meters yet; they're all so weak and pathetic, it's really annoying to look at them!
The brigade leader shook his head and sighed. He also felt that they were all educated youth and city kids, so why was there such a big difference between them?
Fortunately, we replaced Xia, the educated youth, because none of the male educated youths can work as fast as Xia!
"It's all thanks to Aunt Cuihua's excellent teaching. She taught me some useful techniques, which is why I can work so quickly and not hold everyone back," Xia Wan said with a modest smile.
The captain said a few more words of encouragement before leaving.
The two of them work quickly and can go home a little earlier at noon!
After greeting Aunt Cuihua, Xia Wan skipped back to the educated youth settlement.
It wasn't time to finish work yet, and the other educated youth were still working in the fields.
On her way back, Xia Wan didn't forget to gather some firewood. She had already inquired with the people at the educated youth settlement before leaving.
The pots and stoves in the educated youth compound were provided by the village for the educated youth, so she could use them too!
She was too lazy to deal with the grain that the brigade leader sent, but luckily her godmother had brought her some dried noodles. She cooked herself a bowl, and it tasted pretty good with the meat sauce!
We need to find a way to get the brigade leader to help us set up a stove so that we can buy pots and pans and cook for ourselves, instead of having to squeeze in with the other educated youth and take turns using the kitchen!
However, it's busy farming season now, so we'll have to wait a few more days before we can build a new stove or buy a pot!
"Oh my, has Sister Ya already come back and made dinner? How come you're back so fast today? Let me see what delicious food you've made!"
"What delicious food can you make? It's the same few dishes every day. Don't you know what kind of food you've paid? You can't expect Liu Hongya to give you extra oil and water, can you?"
Xia Wan had just filled her bowl to eat when she heard two women talking outside. After spending the night together, it wasn't hard to tell that the voices belonged to Li Zhaodi and Zhang Wenwen.
Xia Wan frowned. These two sarcastic and disgusting people were really irritating. In order not to waste food, she decided to go back inside.
Unfortunately, she tried to dodge, but before she could, she was caught off guard.
Li Zhaodi entered the educated youth compound and happened to see Xia Wan carrying a meal out of the kitchen.
They seemed to have forgotten what Xia Wan had said that morning, and Zhang Wenwen strutted around like a fighting rooster.
"You cooked Xia Wan's meal? We gave all our food to Sister Liu. You didn't open our food bags, did you? The educated youth compound has rules that prohibit opening other people's food bags without permission!"
Xia Wan sneered: "You're dreaming. I'll cook for you? Are you still dreaming?"
"You...you...what do you mean? Didn't you cook for us? Why should we?" Zhang Wenwen questioned.
They ate from the same pot; whoever cooked always cooked for the entire educated youth compound together!
Xia Wan walked up to him in a few steps: "Want to know why? Are you deaf? Didn't you hear me say this morning that I wanted to cook alone! Do you need me to fix your ears?"
Xia Wan rolled up her sleeves, poised to throw a punch. Seeing this, Li Zhaodi immediately dodged to the side, showing no intention of helping Zhang Wenwen at all!
She didn't want to be accidentally hurt by Xia Wan. To be honest, Zhang Wenwen was also a fool. Knowing that Xia Wan was crazy, she still dared to provoke her!
Zhang Wenwen was naturally scared too; she had been beaten up yesterday and was still in pain.
She wasn't lying when she told everyone she wanted to ask for leave in the morning, but after the brigade leader came and said those things, she didn't dare to speak up again!
"No, no, no, you can't hit me!" Zhang Wenwen said, trembling, and involuntarily took a few steps back.
Xia Wan looked at her with disdain, her eyes filled with threat: "Look at you, you coward. I won't hit you today. If you know you're a coward, then don't mess with me! You hear me?"
"I...I heard it..." Zhang Wenwen nodded hurriedly. She dared not provoke this crazy woman again, who would attack at the slightest provocation!
Xia Wan scoffed, picked up her bowl, and went inside. She didn't want to waste time with these two cowards!
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