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However, before they could finish speaking, a clear and loud gong sounded from the high platform in the square.
The captain then began his address and arrangements for the day.
While the battalion commander was speaking, He Monian quietly walked to Nan Qing's side. He pointed to a boy who looked only thirteen or fourteen years old and whispered to Nan Qing:
“He is Lin Guofu’s younger brother. Lin Guofu, I have already talked to Captain Lin, you just need to go and cut pig feed. Just cut one basket. When the time comes, you take the basket and go with Guofu and the others. Guofu will cut it for you. Then you just need to take it to the work point registration place to register it.”
He Monian showed no embarrassment whatsoever for ordering child laborers around.
A thirteen-year-old boy is already considered a young man. By the time he was fourteen, he knew all the farm work, from plowing to transplanting rice seedlings. Cutting a basket of pig feed was just a piece of cake.
Moreover, he had already made an agreement with Lin Guoyou to give him a White Rabbit milk candy every day, and the child happily agreed on his own.
"Sister Nanqing, you can just come with me when the time comes. I know where there's the most pig feed."
Nan Qing looked at the child, who was not even as tall as her shoulder but whose thin chest thumped loudly, nodded, and even reached out to touch the round head that had been shaved off.
It has to be said that she and He Monian are a perfect match.
Because she didn't feel embarrassed at all about ordering the children around. Children in those days didn't have much to eat, and coincidentally, she had an abundance of all kinds of food!
She loves such adorable children who help her with chores, and she's happy to feed such cute, obedient, and well-behaved kids.
And so, after the brigade leader finished speaking and assigning tasks, Nan Qing turned around and left with Lin Guoyou, under He Monian's lingering gaze.
She first went to get a basket and a sickle, and soon she was surrounded by a group of children.
The easiest jobs, like mowing the lawn, which also earn the fewest work points, are usually done by children. Oh, and now we've added a pretty girl named Nanqing.
However, if the work is easy, you'll get fewer work points. With fewer work points, you'll receive less food. But if you have enough to eat, no one can say anything, as long as you can complete the assigned tasks.
So neither the people from the educated youth center nor the other members of the brigade glanced at it, nor did they say anything inappropriate.
The group of children responsible for cutting grass were also overjoyed today. Children around ten years old are at the most curious age, so they were all very excited to see such a beautiful older sister like Nanqing cutting pig feed with them.
Several children, only seven or eight years old, were running around jumping and skipping, while others chattered around Nan Qing, telling her interesting stories.
Nan Qing has always had a lively personality. Back in the Nebula Realm, whenever she woke up from a deep sleep, she liked to frolic with all sorts of animals in the forest.
So when a dozen or so children surrounded her, she didn't find it annoying at all; on the contrary, she found the liveliness very interesting and enjoyed it.
So when Nanqing walked some distance away from the group and was surrounded only by herself and a group of children, she took out a handful of beef jerky about the thickness of a finger from the small bag she was carrying.
She made all the children line up obediently and gave each of them a piece of jerky.
A handful of dried meat earned Nanqing countless simple and innocent smiles, and one "Thank you, Sister Nanqing" after another.
So when Nanqing and a group of children walked to a place with lush vegetation, before Lin Guoyou could take her basket, several children snatched it away.
“I’m cutting pig feed for Sister Nanqing, Tiedan, let go.”
"No, I just told Sister Nanqing that I would cut pig feed for her before you would let go."
Nan Qing was both amused and exasperated to see her basket being snatched by several children, so she took the basket from them first before speaking:
"Okay, stop fighting. Can you each help me cut a bunch of grass? After you've cut your own pig feed, I'll give each of you a piece of candy. So stop fighting, or you'll all pull the basket out of shape."
Upon hearing Nan Qing's words, the children scattered and immediately began cutting pig feed with their sickles.
Perhaps tempted by Nanqing's candy, I cut pig feed much faster today.
Nan Qing kept her promise; after the children finished cutting pig feed, she gave each of them a fruit candy wrapped in cellophane.
He and He Monian bought this candy together at the Jiangcheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative.
Fruit candies are cheaper than White Rabbit milk candies, but she thinks they taste great and there are many flavors, so she packed a bunch in her bag today.
It was still early when Nanqing and a group of children took the baskets full of pig feed to register their work points. Lin Guoyou and the other children were also preparing to go again.
A basket of pig feed is worth only 1 work point. The team also raises more than a dozen pigs, so they usually cut two baskets in the morning and two more baskets in the afternoon, which earns them 4 work points a day.
However, the weather was really hot. It was past 10 o'clock, and the sun was getting strong. Nanqing, who hadn't brought any water, was extremely thirsty.
Moreover, He Monian told her that she only needed to cut one basket in the morning and another basket in the afternoon.
So she decisively chose to go home, without any intention of sticking with those kids, but she made an appointment with them to continue cutting pig feed together in the afternoon.
Because she had walked the route with He Monian that morning, Nan Qing knew the way.
After returning home, Nan Qing immediately drank several glasses of cool, sweet water and changed into a light and refreshing dress. As soon as she changed, she felt that the whole sky had turned blue.
Because of the limitations of the times, even on this sweltering day, she still had to wear long, thick trousers, and she felt like she was about to get heat rash.
Nanqing lay on her recliner under the tree, rocking slowly, while holding a handheld electric fan that was spinning rapidly in her hand.
Sure enough, buying a bunch of cute little things before was useful.
This little thing is cute, and it's surprisingly strong!
After lying down for a while, Nan Qing finally remembered He Monian. Thinking that he not only earned work points for her, but also for her, she suddenly felt a little sentimental.
So she grabbed a small fan, got up, and went into the kitchen, intending to make some sweet soup for He Monian and let it cool so he could drink it when he came back.
Following what she had seen on TV, Nan Qing put a few pieces of wood into the stove. Not knowing how to use matches, she took out a pink and blue gradient carved lighter from the Nebula Realm to light the fire.
But no matter what I do, I just can't light the firewood!
After struggling for a long time, the fire seemed to be lit, but black smoke kept coming out of the stove, choking her quite a bit.
"Cough, cough..."
"Xiao Ba, do you even know how to do this? Shouldn't the smoke come out of the chimney? Why is it coming out from here? Cough cough."
Xiao Ba frantically searched through the cached wilderness survival videos on its tablet in Nan Qing's mind.
But the process was correct...
【Host, how about... we wait for the Chosen One to return before we deal with it? It's definitely a problem with the stove. Xiao Ba's video is definitely correct. Look, we've already lit the fire, but the smoke isn't going where it's supposed to go.】
It was so pungent that Nan Qing had no choice but to leave the kitchen. She looked at the smoky kitchen and touched her nose awkwardly.
They immediately threw out a huge scapegoat: it must be that Xiao Ba is too stupid, and she's infected her with stupidity too!!!
No, she had to try again. How could a small earthen stove possibly be a challenge for a dignified little goddess like her!
So when He Monian pushed open the courtyard gate, what he saw was Nan Qing, who was sitting pitifully at the kitchen door with a small stool pulled up, his face still covered in some black stuff.
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