In order to make a good impression on the tea factory's secretary and the educated youth, Su Yun always got up the earliest.
It was barely dawn, and few people were up.
She never expected that Nanzhi had already gotten up.
She watched as Nanzhi walked outside and encountered Cheng Zhouyuan, who had just gotten up to wash, and politely greeted him.
When Cheng Zhouyuan first saw her without makeup, his eyes flashed with amazement, and he was stunned for a moment. He didn't react until Nan Zhi had walked quite a distance away.
Su Yun noticed that his gaze was off and stomped her foot in annoyance.
So what if it's a little pretty? What's so great about it?
The Lühe Tea Factory has the most tea fields, followed by some corn and potato fields, and it is currently the harvest season.
After having breakfast at the canteen, Nanzhi took her basket and went to the tea field.
On the way, they encountered some educated youths who were rushing to earn work points, and they were somewhat surprised to see her.
One of the girls mocked her, saying, "Wow, the sun must have risen in the west today! Our Miss Nan is up so early to earn work points!"
"What work points are we going to earn? I think she's just here to chase after Song You." Another girl scoffed. "She's just wasting our time every day. I really don't want to be on the same team as her anymore. If we don't finish digging up those potatoes, we'll lose more work points."
Nan Zhi wasn't actually on their team; Su Yun was.
But since Song You was also there, she switched places with Su Yun, wanting to dig potatoes with Song You to improve their relationship.
However, the original owner was delicate. Digging potatoes was tiring and dirty, so she stood aside serving tea and water to Song You, which delayed the team's potato-digging progress. Naturally, these people didn't like her.
As soon as Nan Zhi left, Su Yun chased after her.
Because Nanzhi was still limping, she caught up with her very quickly.
She was feeling smug as she watched people laughing at her, when she suddenly heard Nanzhi say, "I'm sorry, it was my laziness that delayed everyone."
As she spoke, she looked at Su Yun beside her and said, "Su Yun is in the same team as you. I won't switch with her anymore. She's hardworking and won't hold everyone back."
Su Yun: ...
She thought that Nan Zhi would apologize and then really work harder in the future, but who would have thought that she would actually ask her to go back and dig potatoes?!
Previously, Nanzhi was assigned to tea picking. Tea picking was much easier than picking corn or digging potatoes, and she was quite envious of it at the time.
Although she liked Song You, she didn't want to suffer with him.
That's why he lied to Nanzhi, making her afraid that Song You would fall in love with someone else while digging potatoes, and secretly switch places with her.
Now that Nanzhi wants to switch back, how could she possibly agree...?
After those female educated youths left, she pulled Nanzhi aside and asked, "Zhizhi, are you really not going to dig potatoes with Song You anymore?"
"No." Nan Zhi lowered her head. "Yunyun, Song You hates me too much. I'm too afraid to be with him now."
Seeing that Nan Zhi seemed genuinely sad, Su Yun felt a sense of relief.
She pretended to comfort her, and even tried to manipulate her into digging potatoes.
Nan Zhi forced a smile. "Yunyun, I'd better go pick tea. Oh, and please keep an eye on Song You for me."
She patted her hand, "Yunyun, you are my most trusted friend. You must keep a close eye on him and not let other girls get close to him."
Su Yun was disappointed when she heard that Nan Zhi insisted on not changing jobs, but then she heard Nan Zhi tell her to keep a close eye on Song You.
Su Yun's mind stirred slightly.
This would give her more opportunities to get closer to Song You and make him develop feelings for her!
But she still looked very troubled: "Okay, for my Zhizhi's sake, I'll try my best to keep a close eye on him."
Nan Zhi smiled and said, "Thank you, Yunyun."
Su Yun continued patting her hand: "Who told me to consider you my best friend too?"
At the intersection, Nanzhi and Suyun parted ways.
Su Yun went to the potato field, while Nan Zhi went to the tea plantation.
There were already some educated youths in the tea fields. When Nanzhi arrived, they were somewhat surprised, but because of the distance between them, they were all busy with their own things and did not speak to her.
After picking the branches for a while, some sweat appeared on Nan Zhi's forehead.
There was no way around it; the original owner was a true young lady, with a delicate constitution, and now that her feet were hurting, she was naturally a bit tired.
But Nam Zhi simply wiped her sweat and continued picking tea.
The tea field was very large. After picking tea for about an hour, she met Cheng Zhouyuan.
Cheng Zhouyuan was also on their team. He was carrying a basket of tea leaves and paused for a moment when he saw her.
Nanzhi nodded to him and continued picking.
Later, Cheng Zhouyuan glanced at her several times, but she was too busy to notice.
Nanzhi was dressed casually today, with two braids and no makeup, but even so, she was so beautiful that she was hard to ignore.
Cheng Zhouyuan was particularly mesmerized by the way she was picking tea leaves.
Just as he was about to go up and talk to her, he heard a commotion coming from not far away.
"Something terrible has happened! A little girl has fainted over there! Is there anyone here who is a medical student? Hurry and help her!"
Then Cheng Zhouyuan saw Nanzhi put down the basket and, ignoring her injured ankle, run quickly towards the distance.
He paused for a moment, then strode after him.
The person involved in the accident was Xu Min's younger sister, Xu Qingyuan.
Xu Qingyuan had been in poor health since childhood. Xu Min's father went to work in a coal mine to seek medical treatment for her, but he died in an accident.
Because the boss was from out of town, he was afraid of having to pay compensation, so he ran away.
Xu Min's mother didn't receive a single penny of compensation and, not wanting to support her two children, left with another man.
Only Xu Min and Xu Qingyuan remained at home.
In order to treat Xu Qingyuan's illness, Xu Min often went up the mountain to hunt wild game and then sold it in the city.
Seeing her brother working so hard, Xu Qingyuan wanted to help with some chores.
She drove the pigs up the mountain to graze today, but the pigs ran into the tea field and damaged many tea trees. In her panic, she couldn't breathe and fainted.
Several educated youths were currently surrounding Xu Qingyuan, but none of them had studied medicine and dared not touch her.
Seeing her face growing increasingly pale, her pig-herding companion panicked: "I'll go call her brother; she's probably not going to make it."
In the original storyline, the village's medical conditions were underdeveloped. Xu Qingyuan died in the tea field before she could even find out what illness she had. She didn't receive timely medical treatment.
Xu Min lost his beloved younger sister, as if he had suddenly lost the world. He became despondent and left Lühe Village, disappearing without a trace.
To prevent a repeat of the tragedy, Nan Zhi quickly stepped forward, ignoring the obstruction of those around her, and knelt down to begin CPR on Xu Qingyuan.
It's unclear how many times they pressed and performed artificial respiration, but Xu Qingyuan finally woke up coughing.
Upon seeing that she had woken up, the educated youth who had initially thought Nanzhi was no good immediately clapped and cheered.
"That's amazing, Nanzhi! I never expected someone so young to know how to save lives!"
"Yeah, that's amazing..."
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