Chapter 162 Lacking the ability to see through appearances to the essence
After the family of three finished their meal and chatted about some light topics, they went back to their rooms to sleep.
The next day, Yin Qing and his wife had to go to work, but Xiao Taohua got a day off. Thinking about what was recorded on the panel, she went to the educated youth's place without hesitation.
He was very generous, sitting down under the big tree where the educated youth were working.
Jiang Yan glanced at the little peach blossom, then couldn't help but glance at it again.
"What are you looking at? Get back to work." Zhu Zhu was at her wits' end with Jiang Yan. She was lively, but sometimes she was too lively.
Even such tiring work didn't wear her down.
Sometimes she was even a little envious.
Although I had heard that going to the countryside was a tough job, I only understood how tough it was after experiencing it myself.
At first, the brigade leader probably wanted them to get used to things, so the tasks he assigned at the beginning weren't heavy. Although this wasn't considered heavy by the villagers, it was a painful ordeal for the new educated youth.
Then, during the busy farming season in May, all sorts of leeches and insects would come out to swarm the fields, screaming and screeching.
Finally, they became numb, realizing that unless they returned to the city, they would have to struggle with the land forever. They were absolutely certain that Zhu Zhu and the others would be able to return to the city, but before that, they had to live in the Xiaolin Village production team. If they didn't perform well, and someone here reported them, they wouldn't be able to go back even if they wanted to.
Only after going outside did I realize how naive my initial ideas were, and how many things don't go according to my expectations.
But there's no way around it; no matter how powerful someone is, if they have children, one of them has to step down. There are no exceptions.
Fortunately, I persevered. Although it was tiring, at least I managed to keep going.
But it's just tiring.
"Sister Zhu Zhu, I'm just envious. Look at Xiao Tao Hua, she can sit comfortably under the tree and enjoy the cool shade. It looks so refreshing." As she said this, Jiang Yan wiped the sweat from her face.
It's alright now, the sun hasn't risen yet. It will be even hotter when the sun comes up.
"So, as long as you complete your task, you can also sit under the tree and enjoy the cool shade." Zhu Zhu's expression remained unchanged.
Jiang Yan choked for a moment: "Sister Zhu Zhu, if I can finish the mission ahead of schedule, it will rain blood."
The tasks assigned by the Xiaolin Village production team were generally arranged on an individual basis. As long as you completed your daily task, you could do whatever you wanted afterwards without anyone interfering. But if you failed to complete it, you had to continue even in the dark.
"You know that too?"
"Sister Zhu Zhu, are you still my sister? Be careful, or I'll tell Brother Jiang Shang."
"Yes, yes, it's my fault."
"That doesn't count, it's still my fault." Jiang Yan chuckled.
Zhu Zhu looked at her helplessly.
"But Little Peach Blossom has it so easy. I heard she even gets paid, and all she does every day is go up the mountain to gather herbs. Plus, she has so many friends." Jiang Yan was genuinely envious. After all, she was described as a lively girl, and what do lively girls like to do most? Make friends.
But ironically, while she was a very popular girl in the city, here, it's all tears.
Apart from a few people from their educated youth settlement, the people in the production team didn't include them in their activities.
"You still have time to play?"
"There's still time to make friends."
"So you're really not tired."
"Well, it's alright." Jiang Yan quickly changed the subject, turned around and called out to Mi Ya, "Mi Ya, do you want some water? Let's go get some water together."
"Okay, let's go." Mi Ya wiped the sweat from her face and walked towards Jiang Yan with a smile.
Zhu Zhu smiled and said nothing when she saw the two of them go to the edge of the field, but when her gaze turned to Jiang Shang, she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Qin Jiajia was working silently by herself. Jiang Shang looked at her as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything.
But in the end, he couldn't help but say, "Comrade Qin Jiajia, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to do that."
Qin Jiajia paused for a moment while working: "It's all in the past, I've forgotten about it."
"But I'm still sorry."
"Hmm." Qin Jiajia didn't want to continue the discussion, so she turned around and went to the edge of the field to drink water.
Jiang Shang looked at her retreating figure with some annoyance.
Little Peach Blossom stared intently at the protagonist, but after a long time, she couldn't discern any complex inner thoughts. However, the description on the panel was extremely complicated. It mentioned that Jiang Shang felt incredibly flustered, never having imagined he would be so impulsive in his entire life, and Qin Jiajia's question about why this person was still asking. It also said that the matter was in the past, and for each other's sake, it was best to forget it...
Anyway, there are many more complicated descriptions later on, but after staring at it for a long time, all Xiao Taohua saw was that the two seemed to have said something, but not many words. One of them went to get a drink of water, and the other continued working. That was it, nothing more.
Unable to resist scratching her head, Little Peach Blossom took a deep breath, realizing that she would never learn this ability to see through appearances to the essence of things in her lifetime.
Or are the things on the panel all fake?
As for questioning the existence of the panel, Xiao Taohua felt that its very existence was the biggest irrationality, and it wouldn't be surprising to have another irrational existence. However, she decided not to tell her parents about it.
I used to say anything when I was little, but now that I'm older, I naturally know what I should and shouldn't say.
It's not that I want to hide anything from my parents, but I don't want them to worry.
Anyway, this thing doesn't seem to affect my life.
Thinking of this, Little Peach Blossom stood up and patted the straw off her clothes. She should take advantage of this rare holiday to go shopping at the town's supply and marketing cooperative.
I wonder if the supply and marketing cooperative received anything unusual this time.
I'm kind of looking forward to it.
Xiao Taohua is gone, but Jiang Yan's gaze follows her relentlessly: "How comfortable! I'm still envious." Easy work, a wealthy family, a very comfortable life—and more importantly, she doesn't need to go to the countryside anymore, because she already lives there.
Sigh, if only her family lived in the countryside, she could definitely live such a comfortable life.
But there's nothing we can do; she's from the city.
Ultimately, it's just envy.
Even in the city, Xiao Taohua's status would be considered top-notch. You wouldn't believe how many workers in the city live in cramped tenement buildings, with so many people crammed into such a small space. But Xiao Taohua's parents are a deputy factory director and a director, respectively. In a big city, they would be people who would fawn over her.
Miya didn't respond to Jiang Yan's words. In her opinion, life was full every day, and there was no time to think about too many complicated things. As if she had thought of something, Miya said, "Jiang Yan, have you heard? Our production team has a spot in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University."
"What?!" Jiang Yan suddenly turned to look at Mi Ya, unable to contain her excitement, and grabbed the other's arm, not even caring that the water bottle had fallen to the ground: "Are you telling the truth? Where did you get this information?" Then, realizing that she might have gripped a bit too hard, she quickly let go: "Sorry, did I hurt you?"
Miya rubbed her arm: "It's okay, the news should be true, I heard it from the people in the production team."
"You're amazing!" Jiang Yan was genuinely impressed.
Jiang Yan sometimes couldn't understand it. Mi Ya was lively, and so was she, but she always felt that the people in the production team preferred to talk to Mi Ya. Was this a case of fools having good luck?
(End of this chapter)
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