Walking on the road, Sun Yuqi was very curious. She had been here for half a month and knew most of the area around Zhengjiatun. But why didn't this direction look like going to the fields?
Chu Yan seemed to see Sun Yuqi's confusion and said with a smile.
"We are now heading to the hillside. There is a wasteland there. The team leader said last year that we should reclaim it this year and plant corn and soybeans. This will also bring more income to our construction team."
"Oh, so that's how it is. But there's gravel and some large bushes over there. This job won't be easy."
Chu Yan shook her head. "It's easy for us women, but the men will probably be tired. We're just going to pick up the rubble into piles and carry them down the mountain, but the men have to dig the ground."
Sun Yuqi finally understood what was going on. In her first life, she had been sent to the countryside in the south. There was little arable land there, and the corners of the mountains had long been reclaimed into fields, so she had never seen land reclamation.
After walking for nearly half an hour, they finally arrived at the wasteland to be reclaimed. Looking at the gravel all over the hillside, Sun Yuqi felt a bit overwhelmed. With only seven or eight female educated youth here, how long would it take to pick up the wasteland?
The man who led them here pointed to the road.
"Your task today is to pick up all the rubble here and pile it up. The laborers will come and carry it down later this afternoon."
Hearing him say this, Sun Yuqi and the other female educated youth breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, they were also a little worried! These gravels were not light when packed in the backpack.
The man left after he finished speaking, and the female educated youth then squatted down and started picking up stones.
Sun Yuqi and Lu Yao are a team responsible for a small area. To be honest, only Zheng Rongrong, Lu Yao and Sun Yuqi are newcomers, and the remaining five are all veterans.
In addition to Chu Yan, Qian Yumei, and Liu Jingjing whom we already know, there are two more people here, namely Wu Lanlan and Hu Qing.
Wu Lanlan has married the nephew of Accountant Zhang in the village. She went to the countryside in the summer of 1969. Less than a year later, in 1970, she married Zhang Lin, the nephew of Accountant Zhang. Now her son is over three years old.
The other Hu Qing was sent to the countryside in 1971. She was another female educated youth who lived outside the educated youth compound. However, she was a little unsociable and basically didn't talk to anyone.
Sun Yuqi had been paying attention to her all morning. From the time they gathered at the team headquarters to the time they started working here, she hadn't spoken to anyone.
Seven or eight female educated youth were picking up gravel on the hillside. It was no big deal for Sun Yuqi as she was wearing gloves, but Lu Yao's fingers were soon rubbed red. These stones seemed small, and some were quite heavy. However, this work was not a big deal for Sun Yuqi, but Lu Yao couldn't stand it. She was a person who never did housework at home. As she was picking up stones, the surface of the stones was very rough, and soon her fingertips were rubbed red.
Seeing her painful look, Sun Yuqi gave her the gloves helplessly.
They worked until noon and then went home. They had already done most of the work in the morning, and if they worked for another half in the afternoon, they should be able to finish it.
After returning home, Sun Yuqi lit a fire and cooked. A quarter of an hour later, the sweet potato porridge was ready. She also cut some braised meat for herself. After eating, she lay down on the bed to rest. According to the team leader, she would go to work only after hearing the bell in the afternoon, so there was no need to rush and she could rest as long as she could.
As expected, all the stones were picked up in the afternoon. Since there was nothing else to do, Sun Yuqi decided to collect some firewood nearby and see if there were any wild animals.
Wu Lanlan, Zheng Rongrong, Lu Yao, Qian Yumei, Chu Yan and Liu Jingjing also wanted to go. What could Sun Yuqi say? Just let them all go.
Several people walked towards the mountain.
I also started chatting with Wu Lanlan, and only then did I know that Wu Lanlan and Accountant Zhang's nephew were in true love. It was Accountant Zhang's nephew who fell in love with Wu Lanlan, and Wu Lanlan also fell in love with Accountant Zhang's nephew.
Seeing several people teasing, Wu Lanlan did not shy away, but said openly
"You don't know what I'm like at home. Although this is a rural area, I live a very comfortable life."
Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Wu Lanlan smiled bitterly.
"I've never said this before. Actually, I know many people say that I married Zhang Lin because I was afraid of hardship. But no one knows that I don't mind this little bit of hardship. I grew up in the countryside and I'm used to doing these kinds of work."
"I was born in the countryside. My father had already gone to Korea as a soldier at that time. My mother raised me. My father came back when I was five years old, but he divorced my mother when he came back." Wu Lanlan's eyes were a little moist when she said this.
"After the divorce, my father left again. I grew up with my mother until I was eighteen, when she passed away. A year later, in 1969, my father took me to the city. It was only then that I discovered I had a seventeen-year-old half-sister. I was born in 1950, and my sister was born in 1951. Isn't that ridiculous? He actually took me back to the city so I could go to the countryside in place of that so-called sister."
When she said this, Wu Lanlan started crying.
Everyone sighed and looked at Wu Lanlan with sympathy.
After crying, Wu Lanlan laughed and said, "So after I went to the countryside, I met Zhang Lin. We liked each other, so we got married. As for me, between the city and the countryside, I still prefer the countryside."
Sun Yuqi listened to the criticisms of Wu Lanlan's father from several people, but she didn't say anything. She felt that her experience was similar to Wu Lanlan's, but she just escaped it in this life.
It's all because of a bad father. Of course, in the first life, I didn't know how to fight for myself or stand up for myself. I only knew to place my hopes on the affection of my family who had no true feelings for me.
Sun Yuqi patted Wu Lanland and said.
"Think about it, it's just that I met a scumbag father. It doesn't matter whether I want a father like him or not. Didn't I grow up just the same without a father for the past ten years?"
Wu Lanlan laughed after hearing this. "Yes, when he asked me to go to the countryside in place of his daughter, I treated myself as if I had no father. Just like you said, I haven't had a father around for the past ten years, so I'll just treat him as if he didn't have one in the future."
"Hey, rabbit, come and catch it."
When Lu Yao screamed, a stone flew over and hit the rabbit on the head, and the rabbit fell to the ground.
They all looked at each other, then looked at Sun Yuqi together.
Sun Yuqi felt uneasy when being stared at.
"What are you looking at? Stop looking at me and go get the rabbit!"
After Sun Yuqi finished speaking, Lu Yao ran over quickly, picked up the rabbit and ran back.
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