"Huh? Oh, okay, okay, I got it."
Aunt Qi was caught red-handed by Yu Jiu and Gouzi, and she felt guilty. She had no idea what Yu Jiu was talking about. She tugged at her clothes and shouted loudly.
"Hongying, Lanzi, come back quickly!"
"What's wrong? Why are you going back? Don't be so loud. What if someone hears you? Are you stupid?"
Li Hongying's view was blocked by bushes as tall as a person, so even if she turned around, she couldn't see the two extra people standing outside. Zhou Lan couldn't see them either; she was the first one there and was about to go out when she was called back, which annoyed her.
"What are you doing? Don't you want to go home and sleep? If you delay any longer, they'll be here soon."
"What are you saying! What sleep? I just need to use the restroom. Hurry up and come back. Don't go so far to use the restroom. It's not like you have to go home. Hurry up, Yu Zhiqing and Gouzi are here, waiting for you."
Aunt Qi was quite righteous; even at this time, she didn't forget to cover for them, saying that it wasn't enough for her to go to the toilet, she also said that they needed to go home to use the toilet. It was truly a touching display of laziness.
"What?"
Zhou Lan and Li Hongying thought they had misheard, or that Aunt Qi was playing a trick on them, but after hesitating for a while, they quietly emerged from the bushes.
As soon as they came out, they saw Yu Jiu and Gouzi standing outside, their arms crossed, looking relaxed, as if they were watching to see what reasons or excuses they could come up with.
Ultimately, they were still timid. Wanting work points, their legs went weak and they almost fell. They quickly and sheepishly said...
"Yu Zhiqing, Gouzi, how did you get here? Hehe."
Their awkward smiles were practically bursting out of their heads.
"Aunt Qi, Aunt Hongying, Aunt Lan, what did you just say? Did I hear that right? Going back to slack off? Isn't it still working time?"
The dog tilted its nose up, questioning the dog with a rather aggressive air.
"No, you misheard, Gouzi. We're not like that. Didn't you hear what your Aunt Qi said? We just wanted to relieve ourselves. Our stomachs are a bit upset, so we wanted to go home to poop. We can poop in the field, but we can't poop in the bushes, can we?"
Li Hongying was the first to offer a defense.
"So all three of you need to go home to poop? What a coincidence."
Yu Jiu spoke coldly and calmly, his clear eyes seemingly seeing through the three's little scheme. However, Li Hongying and the other two resolutely refused to admit it and stubbornly argued their way out of it.
"Yes, isn't that a coincidence? We ate the same thing for lunch, and now we all have diarrhea. There's nothing we can do about it, Yu Zhiqing. Everyone has to go to the toilet sometimes. You can't expect us to not be allowed to go home to use the toilet just because we're working. What if we poop in our pants?"
"We don't have any extra pants to change into, and besides, it would be bad if the smell bothered others, and then they wouldn't be able to work."
The three women offered their plausible excuses, which sounded quite reasonable. Yu Jiu ignored them and asked directly.
"Which piece of land are you in charge of? Show me which part of the work you are responsible for."
"this····"
"Please hurry up, I still have to go on patrol. Aunties, please cooperate with me so I can explain things when your captain comes back."
Yu Jiu suddenly smiled, her eyes softening.
The aunties thought she was just trying to slack off on patrol to appease Xu Zijiang, so they felt much more at ease. They boldly pointed out the work they had done that day to Yu Jiu and shamelessly said...
“Yu Zhiqing, you don’t know how hard it is to work in the fields until you go down there. Picking corn is exhausting. It’s stuffy, hot and sunny inside. We almost fainted in there, and we didn’t even have a sip of water. We’ve been working since morning without stopping for a moment, and that’s all we can do. It’s really hard and difficult.”
"However, we can understand you. The team leader isn't here, so you've taken on this responsibility and don't want to delay the corn harvest, so you've been directing everyone to work. We're also trying our best to cooperate with you. Look at today's work points, shouldn't we get a full workday?"
Zhou Lan was quite bold, daring to fool Yu Jiu right in front of Gouzi. Yu Jiu didn't know how work points were recorded in the fields, but Gouzi did; earning the full work points wasn't easy. Usually, only the hardworking uncles, aunts, and young men could get the full work points.
Most people received seven or eight work points, while some, such as educated youth who were not used to farm work, or young men and women, could only receive four or five work points.
Even if Zhou Lan and the others didn't slack off, they could only get eight or nine centimeters of work points normally, and they had never gotten full work points. Today, she dared to directly deceive Yu Jiu, hoping to get full work points, and Gouzi laughed when he heard that.
"Aunt Lan, Yu the educated youth may not understand, but I grew up in the fields, how could I not understand? Are you really not afraid I'll tell the team leader? Let's not even talk about you wanting to leave early and not work today; just look at how much effort you've put in since this morning—more than usual? And you still expect to get full work points?"
Have you ever earned full work points?
The dog thought some people were really too arrogant. Zhou Lan's face turned pale and then red after being told that, but she still tried to argue back.
"Why aren't we working as much as usual? Go and see how others work, and then look at how we work. We've already tried our best, okay? It's hotter today than usual. Look at me, I've been scratched by these corn leaves, and I have several cuts. How can you say I'm not working hard?"
Yes, I don't usually earn full work points, but I think just for my positive attitude towards Yu the educated youth today, I deserve full work points. So what? You're not convinced? Why don't you go tell the team leader? I don't believe the team leader would say that it's wrong for me to cooperate with Yu the educated youth!"
She really knew how to twist the truth, and Yu Jiu couldn't help but laugh as she listened, unable to maintain her serious expression.
"Right, Yu Zhiqing thinks so too. Yu Zhiqing, we are very cooperative with your work. You have to say a good word for us in front of the team leader and don't let Gouzi complain and make the team leader misunderstand us."
Zhou Lan got more and more excited as she talked. Only Li Hongying and Aunt Qi noticed that Yu Jiu was acting strangely. The two of them didn't dare to say anything and could only secretly tug at her clothes, trying to get her to stop talking.
But Zhou Lan ignored her and continued to talk incessantly about how well the three of them cooperated with Yu Jiu, how much they respected Yu Jiu, and how much they respected Xu Zijiang, the team leader. Yu Jiu grew impatient listening to this.
She suddenly frowned, her face darkened, and she said in a low voice.
"Aunt Qi, Aunt Hongying, and Aunt Lan are all lazy and not working hard. They will receive one work point today."
"Okay, all done!"
Upon hearing this, the dog immediately jerked its head back and made a note of it.
"Hey! No way! Yu Zhiqing! Gouzi! This is too little! You should at least give us five or six work points! Yu Zhiqing! I..."
"What's wrong? Is there another problem? If there is, you can talk to Xu Zijiang when he gets back. Also, finish the rest of the work so I don't deduct your work points again tomorrow."
Yu Jiu reached out her hand to stop the group from continuing to explain, then turned and left swiftly with the dog.
She walked around, deducting work points from anyone she saw slacking off, and giving zero points to anyone who wasn't there. She proved with her actions that she wasn't someone to be trifled with, but rather a tough nut to crack down on!
"If anyone continues to work so slowly tomorrow and dawdles around here, they will all get zero points."
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