Time will not stop for anyone!
Even if they didn't want to, these newly arrived educated youth had no choice but to start working.
It's mid-September now, the perfect time for planting late-season rice.
In Yunnan Province, rice is generally divided into three seasons: early rice, mid-season rice, and late rice. Early rice is usually planted from the end of March to mid-April and matures from the end of July to the beginning of August; mid-season rice is usually planted from mid-June to the end of July and matures from the end of October to mid-November; and late rice is planted from mid-August to mid-September and matures from the end of December to the beginning of January of the following year.
Rice needs a growth cycle from seed to maturity, which involves multiple stages such as growth, tillering, jointing, heading, flowering, grain filling, and grain filling.
Meanwhile, the corn gradually matures, and the corn harvest season lasts from August to October.
From November to April of the following year, sugarcane also needs to be harvested.
In short, Yunnan Province has a wide variety of crops, including cash crops, which ripen at different times, allowing for seamless farming without any off-season. Unlike Northeast China, where the winter can last four or five months with heavy snowfall, making it impossible to do anything.
Lu Shuqi and his group arrived at a good time; the late rice planting was almost complete, and they were just catching the tail end.
When Yu Yin arrived, they were in complete chaos.
He got leeches on his leg, his shoulder swelled up from carrying rice seedlings, and he planted the seedlings too shallowly, causing them to float away. He got a good scolding from the company commander...
The green military pants and white shirt were gone, leaving only mud-covered pants, their color unrecognizable. He was sweating, and when he wiped his face with his hand, he unknowingly smeared mud all over it.
"Sister-in-law, what brings you here?"
"I'm going to see my dad about something, and I thought I'd drop by to see you. How are you? You've been here for several days now, are you settling in yet?"
"Don't even mention it! It's chaos every day, everything's wrong, and I get criticized all the time!"
Lu Shuqi gestured and spoke, showing more youthful energy than before when he had been listless.
"You must be my sister-in-law. I'm from the same dormitory as Shuqi. My name is Qian Weiguo."
Qian Weiguo, a man who was very outgoing, squeezed in and, with his Beijing accent, gained a unique charm.
"Hello, I am Yu Yin, Lu Shuqi's sister-in-law."
"Sister-in-law, your cooking is even better! I've never forgotten it since I first tasted it, and I still crave it to this day!"
"hehe……"
Yu Yin was amused. This kid was quite interesting; he would say all sorts of nice things for a bite to eat.
"Really? I had no idea I was such a good cook."
"Sister-in-law, you're being modest. Your pickled vegetables are just as good as those from the old-brand pickles in Kyoto."
Qian Weiguo really went to great lengths just to have some food to eat; the praise is a bit excessive.
It's not Qian Weiguo's fault. The white rice in their canteen is unlimited, but the dishes are really disappointing. They're tasteless, bland, and oily. You feel like spitting out after just one bite.
"Thank you so much. I'm starting to think I made a Manchu Han Imperial Feast instead of pickled vegetables. Alright, stop joking. You can share these side dishes. Shuqi, I'm going home now. Come to my place sometime and I'll treat you to something nicer."
"Sister-in-law, can we go? From now on, you'll be our sister-in-law, even closer than blood relatives."
The heavy farm work did not break them; they maintained a cheerful and optimistic attitude, which is rare.
"Sure, just for your silver tongue, my door is always open to you."
After putting her things down, Yu Yin left.
"My sister-in-law is such a good person. She is beautiful inside and out."
"Come on, this woman calls me 'sister-in-law' more affectionately than I do. Anyone who didn't know better would think she's your sister-in-law!"
"We're like family, what a great destiny that brought us together from thousands of miles away. We eat and sleep together, why are you being so formal with me?"
Lu Shuqi thought he was pretty shameless, but he didn't expect this kid to be even more shameless than him.
"By the way, you have to let me know when you're going to your sister-in-law's house. Don't sneak off. She said we're welcome to come."
"Okay, I'll call you when we get there. Get to work, or the company commander will criticize us again."
The resigned worker ants have started their busy work again. Here, even if you have money and tickets, you can't avoid participating in labor, otherwise you'll be made an example of and criticized in a large meeting.
A few more days passed.
"Oh my god, it's finally over. I can rest tomorrow."
"That's right, if I don't rest soon I'll have to take sick leave, I'm too tired."
"After the late rice is planted, we still have to harvest the corn, which has no end in sight."
"Shuqi, let's go to your sister-in-law's house tomorrow and get acquainted. I miss your sister-in-law and nephew."
"Have you no shame? You've met my little nephew before, and you still want him?"
"Not seeing it doesn't stop me from wanting to see it. I'll see it tomorrow, won't I?"
"Shuqi, we're going to your sister-in-law's house tomorrow. I was wondering if we could bring some pickled vegetables or something. What would be a good idea for us to bring?"
Wang Wenye has also spoken up, and the matter is basically settled.
Lu Shuqi knew that his sister-in-law's invitation wasn't just a polite remark, so he figured he might as well go; he was craving it too. Besides, tomorrow was Sunday, and his cousins would be off.
"I don't really know about anything else, but formula should be fine. My sister-in-law's twins are on formula, so you should give them your formula instead, don't drink it anymore."
"Okay, let's pool our money and buy some more meat. We can just keep the meat coupons and eat at the state-run restaurants anyway, and the taste isn't much better there."
The next day, the group went to the grocery store early to queue up and actually bought three pounds of pork belly and several pounds of ribs, which was enough to make them feel satisfied.
Carrying meat and milk powder, we've eaten up everything else we brought; it's too hot to keep it all.
"Wow, your house is nice, sister-in-law. This stilted house must be a landmark building."
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