Xie Yuyao squatted down behind to pick sweet potatoes. She had to pick the sweet potatoes off the vines, remove the fine roots, and rub off the dirt stuck to them.
As time went on, she grew further and further away from Zhao Honghui in front of her, and while she quickened her pace, she also felt a little frustrated.
Seeing her slightly upturned lips, Zhao Honghui instantly understood.
His solution was to ask Yang Shumei to come and help him harvest the sweet potatoes.
Watching Yao Yao happily chatting and working with her best friend, Zhao Honghui shook his head, his eyes full of doting smiles, and turned back to continue digging.
In the afternoon, Zhao Jianbin also came to help. The two brothers worked together and quickly finished Yang Shumei's remaining portion.
Then the two of them helped Yu Wenbo harvest sweet potatoes, which made Jiang Yan, who had been secretly observing for a long time, grit her teeth.
She originally thought that after the two brothers finished collecting from Xie Yuyao and Yang Shumei, they would help the female educated youth collect from them, and then she could take the opportunity to get closer to Zhao Honghui. But instead, they went to collect from Yu Wenbo.
Even if Yu Wenbo is hospitalized, his share will be collected by male educated youths, so there's no need for the two of them.
She never imagined that with the male educated youths taking turns to care for her, the time already reduced considerably, would be even more unbearable if the temperature were to drop drastically.
All the sweet potatoes were brought back to their respective homes, washed clean, and then placed in a well-ventilated area to dry. They were then moved to the sun to dry completely during the day. Only after the moisture had evaporated could they be moved to the barn or cellar for storage.
That evening, the brigade leader announced that a health clinic would soon be established in Qingshan Village.
It turns out that a mobile medical team from major hospitals will soon be going to the countryside to support rural medical development and train rural medical staff.
Hongqi Commune was selected as the first stop for the mobile medical team.
In this way, all five production brigades under the commune's jurisdiction had to send people to participate in the training, taking this opportunity to cultivate a group of sanitation workers.
The captain called Xie Yuyao over and said earnestly, "Xie, I've learned that you were the first to provide emergency care to Yu Wenbo. With such a good foundation, you're fully capable of pursuing a career in medicine. Go to the training this time and work as a medic in the brigade first. When the opportunity arises, you can move to a hospital."
However, Xie Yuyao did not want to be too reserved, so she politely declined the captain's offer: "Thank you for your kindness, but I will return to Beijing sooner or later. You should choose a local."
"Oh? You're not marrying Honghui?" The captain's eyes widened.
Xie Yuyao looked completely innocent: "I can leave after marriage, I've already told him that."
The captain snorted coldly, "Those are all excuses. I knew you were naturally free-spirited and didn't like being restrained, but people always need to find something to do."
He paced back and forth a few times, then came up with an idea: "I will get two more medics, and they will be in charge on weekdays, so your whereabouts will not be restricted. But I hope you can train diligently so that you can save the day in a critical moment."
Xie Yuyao hesitated: "Wouldn't this be a bad idea?"
"It's fine, it's settled then!" the captain declared decisively.
The following day, the brigade headquarters began selecting and training personnel, mainly divided into two categories: members of the educated youth team and people with junior high school education or above from Qingshantun.
Because they have the ability to read and learn, after professional training, they can acquire basic medical and health knowledge, master primary medical and health skills, and undertake medical and health rescue tasks.
Apart from Jiang Yan, the other members of the educated youth team were not very interested.
They weren't locals and had no connections to advance their careers. The job of a sanitation worker in Qingshan Village only paid for work points and a small subsidy, which was less than what they could earn by working in a dried fruit factory after the New Year and getting a formal worker status.
Jiang Yan knew she had no hope of getting a job in the factory, so she wanted to use this opportunity to escape the heavy labor. However, the brigade headquarters, citing her flawed character, directly disqualified her from applying and suppressed her severely.
Six or seven people from Qingshantun signed up. In the end, three people were selected: Zhao Guangliang, a young man whose ancestors were barefoot doctors; Zhao Hongqin, the younger sister of Zhao Honghui; and Li Huixiu, the daughter of accountant Li.
Li Huixiu was not satisfied with being a farm tool keeper; she wanted to use the position of sanitation worker as a stepping stone to the commune health center, or even a large hospital in the county town.
Zhao Hongqin was spurred on by her aunt Zhao Chunling's business of picking and selling astragalus. If she could identify medicinal herbs, she could also pick them and make money.
The two girls gave the team leader a headache, so he simply sent them both to training and then assessed their performance.
That morning, Zhao Honghui pushed his bicycle and accompanied Xie Yuyao and her younger sister Zhao Hongqin to the oxcart parking spot at the village entrance.
Zhao Honghui: "Little sister, Yaoyao is your future sister-in-law, you must protect her well, do you hear me?"
Zhao Hongqin, who was a few years younger than Xie Yuyao, was dumbfounded. Was her older brother's heart really biased towards Xie Yuyao?
"hey-hey……"
Xie Yuyao laughed out loud, "Don't worry about me, I'm not a child."
Zhao Honghui shook his head with a smile. He wanted to relax, but he just couldn't!
As they walked, Li Huixiu, who had arrived at the oxcart ahead of them, saw Zhao Honghui and excitedly ran over, "Brother Honghui, you haven't gone to the transport team yet!"
Zhao Honghui nodded indifferently.
"How about we ride in an oxcart together? You haven't ridden one in a long time, have you?"
Zhao Honghui ignored her. "Yaoyao, are you really not going to have lunch together?"
"We don't know when it will end yet, you just eat."
Seeing that the two of them were acting as if no one else was around, a hint of jealousy flashed in Li Huixiu's eyes.
Then he grabbed Zhao Hongqin's arm and said loudly, "Qinqin, it's so good that you can come with us. It's good that we have company."
Zhao Hongqin pulled her hand away, "Let's go quickly, Uncle is waiting!"
She thought to herself: Don't get me into trouble, can't you see her brother is giving her a death stare!
Zhao Hongqin was always intelligent and had long known Li Huixiu's intentions in showing goodwill. After learning that her elder brother had no interest in her, she often avoided her to maintain appearances.
Now that the eldest brother has Xie Zhiqing, it's pointless for Li Huixiu to continue like this.
The group boarded the oxcart, and Zhao Honghui said goodbye to the driver's uncle before riding off.
Along the way, Li Huixiu kept Zhao Hongqin chatting about this and that, her intention to isolate Xie Yuyao was all too obvious.
Zhao Hongqin, however, seized every opportunity to chat with Xie Yuyao, calling her "Sister Yao" so affectionately that Xie Yuyao found it quite amusing.
I never expected her to be such a talent!
The only male comrade, Zhao Guangliang, looked left and right, watching the three women's drama with a smile.
Upon arriving at the commune health center, Zhao Guangliang saw a man in a white coat passing by. He quickly approached him and asked for directions: "Doctor, we're here from Qingshan Village for training. Could you tell us how to get to Director Tian's office?"
Director Tian is a veteran doctor from Hongqi Commune and is also the person in charge of this training program.
The man pointed in a direction: "You guys go to the central courtyard and wait there. Everyone who's here for training is gathering there."
"Okay, thank you!"
Zhao Guangliang, Xie Yuyao, and the other three then went to the courtyard of the health center.
When they arrived, Xie Yuyao saw that there were already two groups of people, each with 5-6 people. It seemed that the other brigades had more trainees than Qingshantun.
Does the production brigade really need so many sanitation workers?
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