Seeing how excited several people were, Zhang Yun, the leader of the female educated youth, looked a little unnatural and reminded them.
"Don't be too happy too soon. There are only two bicycles in our team. You can imagine how valuable they are. The villagers have no other income and live very carefully. Not to mention that one bicycle costs more than 100 yuan, almost 200 yuan. Most people won't be willing to lend it to others."
"You're so stingy! It's just a bicycle." A seventeen or eighteen-year-old female educated youth with fair skin curled her lips.
Zhang Yun frowned. "It's not a question of being stingy. They don't even know you well. Why would they lend you something so valuable just because you ask to borrow it?"
Another female educated youth asked curiously, "It seems their family is one of the best in the village? That woman is a tractor driver, and she even has a bicycle at home."
"Well, Mrs. Du's husband is a retired soldier." After Zhang Yun said this, he reminded everyone.
"Never get into conflict with the villagers. Even though the village women quarrel and fight, that is an internal matter of the village. Once outsiders are involved, the villagers will unite to deal with them.
Don’t offend the hot-tempered Mrs. Du, she even dealt with her mother-in-law and her family, if she gets angry…”
The family didn't realize that in just a short while, someone had already boarded their rickshaw.
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The next day, as the new educated youth started their first day at work, they made all kinds of fools of themselves, and the fields were filled with laughter and scolding from men, women, young and old.
"Hey, little comrade, why did you pull out the grain?" The old lady was angry and distressed.
The young woman's face flushed red, and she almost buried her head in her chest. "I, I didn't mean it."
On the other side, the situation was no better for several male educated youth.
The villagers taught the new educated youth how to draw water. They threw a wooden bucket down, but no water came in. Only the bucket was floating on the river. In their panic, they almost fell in.
Either others helped to fetch two buckets of water, and the educated youth either couldn't lift it for a while with their shoulder poles, or they lifted it up tremblingly, and more than half of the two full buckets of water spilled out due to the shaking.
At this time, Du Xiaoying happened to be carrying two buckets of water, walking steadily and passing by several male educated youth.
Several male educated youth looked at each other in astonishment.
"This... is too amazing!"
Niu Erhong slapped her thigh and said, "Oh my god, why are these city kids so spoiled? They're too clumsy to even lift a bucket of water."
"That's right, you've grown so big, but you're still not as tall as my daughter..."
Du Xiaoying glanced at a few new educated youth with red faces not far away and said something fair.
"They have just arrived in the countryside and need to adapt to the new environment. Take Zhang Yun, the educated youth in the educated youth camp, for example. When he first arrived, he knew nothing and was as weak as a cat.
Now they are doing pretty well, almost as well as the people in our village."
"Yeah, everything has to be done slowly."
"Just don't lag behind when it comes time to harvest."
Du Xiaoying received the grateful looks from several female educated youth and smiled.
Speaking of these educated youth, the oldest was only eighteen years old, not much older than her daughter, so in her eyes they were just children.
The weather was dry and hot, time passed quickly, and soon it was time to get off work.
The threshing ground was crowded and noisy.
Everyone reported their tasks to the team leader one by one, recorded their work points, and returned the farm tools.
"Two work points."
When the female educated youth, whose lips were pale and cheeks were red from exhaustion, heard that they had worked so hard all day and only earned two work points, they were so dejected that they wanted to cry but had no tears.
After hearing this, the captain said nothing but sighed.
"Xiaoying, let's go." Liu Dajiao ran over with a smile on her face when she saw that the team leader had given her ten work points.
"Xiaoying, even though I can't read a single word, I know 10."
Du Xiaoying was amused and laughed out loud, "Our comrade Liu Heimei is indeed worthy of being the Iron Lady of our brigade. Even those who have received full work points only know 10."
Liu Dajiao opened his mouth and laughed out loud, "Oh, you're almost teasing me, it's like you're not the Iron Lady."
The two of them walked to the river while chatting and laughing, took off their shoes, and walked into the river.
"Oh~" Liu Dajiao half-bent his body, with his arms in the water, his dark red face glowing, "So many fish."
Du Xiaoying poured the lively fish in the backpack into the wooden barrel and put the backpack back.
"Mom, my sisters and I are going up the mountain." The tall and thin girl who spoke was Liu Dajiao's second daughter, Yueya, who is 15 years old this year.
Six girls stood on the shore in a charming manner.
Liu Dajiao warned, "Look after the sisters and come back soon."
"Got it~"
The two men walked back barefoot, holding their shoes in one hand and carrying a wooden bucket in the other.
Liu Dajiao grinned, "Xiaoying, thanks to you for teaching me how to cook this little fish, my kids' faces have obviously improved after eating it recently, and my parents-in-law are also feeling much better."
Du Xiaoying glanced at him angrily, "How are Uncle Zhao and Aunt Zhao doing?"
Liu Dajiao sighed, "Ever since my family's death, our health has been much worse than before. Plus, we have young children, so we can't bear to eat anything. We just think about the children."
In her previous life, Du Xiaoying experienced the pain of losing her husband and children one after another, and she knew how difficult it was for a woman to raise a child.
"Don't think too much. Life is much better now than it was in the past. Your Shanzi brothers and sisters are also filial and good children. Just wait and enjoy your life in the future."
What she said was absolutely true. In her previous life, she was also a widow with several children. Later, Liu Dajiao was taken to the city by several promising children to enjoy a good life.
"I just hope that my child will have a bright future. When I go to the underworld, I can stand up straight when I see my father Qinglai." As she said this, Liu Dajiao winked and said, "Tsk tsk, look at your man. He came to you as soon as he got home from get off work."
Du Xiaoying turned her head and her nose bumped against the man's hard chest. Before she could say anything, her hand felt lighter and the bucket was taken away by the man.
"I'll do it, you take a break."
Du Xiaoying was a person who couldn't sit still, so she left the work to her husband and prepared to go to the backyard to tidy up the vegetable garden and cut some leeks.
As soon as I walked to the back, I caught a glimpse of a figure looking around at the cowshed.
Looking closely, it turned out to be a new educated youth named He.
Just as she was thinking about it, He Zhiqing also noticed her, smiled and nodded at her from a distance, then went down to the river.
Du Xiaoying looked at the figure disappearing on the shore, her brows furrowed in confusion.
I always feel that He Zhiqing looks familiar, but I just can't remember where I have seen him.
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