Chapter 80 was reported?
The ten people in the first round of competition immediately rushed into their own plots of land and picked up their hoes.
Although Aunt Sun was old, she was very skillful. She dug up the grass roots with her hoe, while Liu Jinfeng was strong and dug a piece at a time. The others also put in their best efforts.
Li Hongmei was among them, and she drew a piece of land on the edge.
At first she was waving the hoe properly, but after a few minutes she slowed down, breathing heavily, and the hoe only scraped the surface of the ground, without breaking off all the grass roots. She glanced at Shen Lingning and Zhou Weiguo from time to time.
Shen Lingning calmly walked along the edge of the plot, observing, while Zhou Weiguo was like a door god, recording the time.
Suddenly, Li Hongmei screamed "Ouch!" and squatted down, covering her foot. Her voice was filled with tears: "It hurts so much! This broken stone broke my foot!"
The assessment was interrupted and everyone looked over.
A daughter-in-law who was close to Li Hongmei immediately shouted, "Oh, is there blood? Stop it! This test is too painful!"
Someone echoed: "That's right, it's enough to just show your appreciation, why are you really testing yourself to death..."
The scene was a little chaotic for a while.
Shen Lingning walked over quickly and took a look at Wang Shufen's feet - even the skin was not broken.
She sneered in her heart, but her face remained calm: "Sister-in-law Li, if you are injured, don't force yourself. Just rest over there. Your health is more important."
Her words were flawless, but they directly disqualified Li Hongmei.
Li Hongmei was stunned. She wanted to take the opportunity to make a scene and prevent the assessment from going on, but she didn't expect Shen Lingning to kick her out directly.
Her face turned red and white, and she stood up awkwardly: "It...it doesn't hurt that much..."
"It's better to rest."
Shen Lingning's tone left no room for doubt, and he turned his gaze to the others: "The assessment continues! Twenty minutes left!"
Amidst everyone's mixed looks, Li Hongmei dejectedly squeezed out of the crowd.
After the assessment, the land situation of the ten people is clear at a glance.
Shen Lingning and Zhou Weiguo, together with Aunt Sun and Liu Jinfeng as family representatives, reviewed the case together.
Those who are fast, weed cleanly and loosen the soil deeply are naturally ranked at the front. Most of the ten people who were finally selected are willing to work normally and have real difficulties at home.
Although those who lost the election were disappointed, they couldn't say anything, after all, the gap was visible.
The results of the Chashan recruitment assessment spread throughout the family compound like a gust of wind.
The list written in black and white with a red stamp was posted on the earthen wall outside the committee. Ten names, including Aunt Sun and Liu Jinfeng, were prominently listed.
Those who are chosen are naturally overjoyed.
Aunt Sun pinched the corner of her clothes and confirmed her name several times, unable to suppress the smile on her lips.
Liu Jinfeng even hugged her two skinny sons and said in a choked voice, "Okay, okay! Now Mom has a job, and our family will have a better life in the future!"
Those who were not selected were mixed, some happy and some sad. Most people just sighed, knowing that their skills or strength were not as good as others and accepted it.
Only Li Hongmei, when she saw that she was not on the list, her face instantly became long and her slanted eyes almost spitted fire.
She spat bitterly and shouted at the onlookers in a sinister tone, "Humph! You're pretending to be so real! You just use whoever gives her gifts or flatters her. Just wait and see, you'll cry someday!"
Her words were like dirty water, trying to sully this rare fairness.
Some people around were frowning, some were silent, and some had flickering eyes, not knowing what they were thinking.
Shen Lingning ignored these sour words.
At dawn the next day, she took the ten selected people to the tea fields on the back mountain.
The sun in early summer is already scorching hot, making people's scalps burn.
The tea plantation had been abandoned for years, its rocks hurting my feet and its weeds more stubborn than anyone. When I dug with my hoe, I hit deep-buried tree roots, and the shock made my palms numb.
Without saying a word, Shen Lingning rolled up her sleeves, picked up the hoe and started working at the front. This was a job she had never done before, and the rough wooden handle of the hoe made her hands hurt.
Sweat quickly soaked the blue cloth smock on the back of her, sticking sticky to her skin, and dirt and grass clippings covered her trouser legs.
In less than one morning, several shiny blisters had formed on the palms of her hands, which were burning with pain.
She just stopped, found a needle, heated it over the fire, pricked it, squeezed out the water, wrapped it with an old cloth, and continued working.
Aunt Sun looked distressed and handed over the kettle: "Lingning, take a break and drink some water."
Shen Lingning took it, tilted his head back and took a few sips of boiled water. The water flowed through his dry throat, bringing a brief sense of comfort.
She wiped her mouth and said in a low voice, but loud enough for everyone to hear: "It's okay, Auntie. This mountain has been barren for a long time, so we have to work hard to clean it up. Once it's cleaned up and we see the benefits, all our hard work will not be in vain."
She didn't say anything profound, but used practical actions to tell everyone: I, Shen Lingning, am not here to enjoy myself, I am here to really work and lead everyone to a good life.
Her actions were completely different from the legendary young lady's behavior, which was noticed by many people.
Liu Jinfeng remained silent, but worked even harder.
Seeing how hard the contractors worked, the others' fears faded a lot and they put all their efforts into clearing the land that had been allocated to them.
The sound of hoes hitting rocks, heavy breathing, occasional conversations, mixed with the smell of turned soil and grass, constitute a primitive and vibrant picture of land reclamation.
It was also a lively scene that the military families at the base had not seen in several years.
However, the undercurrent below the mountain did not stop surging.
The more Li Hongmei thought about it, the angrier she became. She didn't believe that Shen Lingning didn't get any benefits.
Suddenly, she remembered that before Jiang Weiyi was driven away, he had secretly whispered to her that she had a distant cousin in the county revolutionary committee, who seemed to be a small leader.
I can't stand this kind of "doing private work" and "capitalist" behavior.
A vicious plan came to Li Hongmei's mind.
She found the other two daughters-in-law who had also failed to be selected and were feeling resentful, and they gathered together to whisper to each other.
"We can't just let it go like this! Why does she, Shen Lingning, have the right?"
"That's right! Let's write a letter of denunciation! Report her until she's brought down!"
Li Hongmei lowered her voice: "Just writing a letter is not enough... You have to find the right person. Jiang Weiyi has a cousin in the county..."
A malicious smile flashed in her eyes: "Let's sue her for abusing public power for personal gain, embezzling public funds under the guise of contracting, and accepting bribes to recruit workers! Let's make her look bad and see how she can still be so arrogant!"
They thought they were being discreet, but they didn't know walls had ears.
Tiedan was playing marbles and passed by when he vaguely heard the words "report" and "county".
I know that this matter is related to the young aunt of Fubao's family next door.
He threw down the marbles, waved to the friends following behind him to disperse, and trotted all the way to the tea mountain where they were working. Without even wiping the sweat off his face, he leaned over and whispered to Aunt Sun.
Aunt Sun's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly pulled Shen Lingning aside and told her about this with a worried look on her face.
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