"I'm new here, how can I accept your food? Lunchtime is too rushed. How about this, I'll cook dinner myself tonight and treat everyone to a meal. I hope you can take good care of me in the future. I'm young and don't know many things, so I'll definitely have to trouble you."
"We're all former educated youth, so why are you talking about how troublesome it is?"
As soon as the words "I'll treat you to a meal" were spoken, everyone's eyes lit up, and even those who had been squatting on the side without much enthusiasm joined in.
"You're young, so we'll definitely take extra care of you. Don't worry."
Okay~~~
Li Nannan was beautiful, knew how to be charming, confident, and generous. In just ten minutes, she won the favor of almost everyone in the educated youth settlement. Even Yu Caihong couldn't feel any ill will towards her.
The allure of food is immense.
This was Li Nannan's home turf, and Qiao Cheng was just a supporting character. He quietly withdrew, and Yu Jiu took the opportunity to step forward and ask him in a low voice.
"Want to team up with me?"
"What?"
Qiao Cheng looked at Yu Jiu with a puzzled expression; he didn't yet understand the rules of the educated youth settlement.
"At the educated youth settlement, two people worked in pairs, taking turns each day to do chores such as fetching water and gathering firewood."
Yu Jiu gave a brief explanation and said that he could do everything from fetching water to gathering firewood and would never be lazy.
"good."
So that's how it is. Qiao Cheng readily agreed. He didn't want to be in a group with Li Nannan either, as he had just witnessed her spoiled nature.
Done.
Yu Jiu was relieved and stopped getting involved. She went out for a stroll to see the place where she would be living for the next few years.
The countryside is naturally incomparable to the city. The city is almost entirely made of brick houses, and there are also many tenement buildings. Here, however, there are rows and rows of low thatched houses, with only the occasional brick house standing out, which looks very grand among the thatched houses.
She walked over casually, feeling the intense sunlight on her body. She felt so real that she was alive. Here, the sky was blue, the clouds were white, the grass was green, the forest was fresh, the air was fresh, and the pristine scenery made her feel happy.
It's so much better than my last life, and it will only get better!
Yu Jiu smiled contentedly, then turned back, afraid of getting lost.
That evening, Li Nannan generously treated everyone to a meal, and the educated youth settlement was bustling with activity, with laughter and cheerful voices frequently heard. However, all of this had nothing to do with Yu Jiu. She didn't eat any of Li Nannan's food, and after quickly finishing her meal and taking a shower, she went to bed.
To conserve her energy, she could fall asleep even in the noisiest environments, which was probably the only positive quality she developed during those years of homelessness.
At four o'clock the next morning, without anyone calling her, she woke up on her own just by hearing everyone getting up. When she opened her eyes, she was not sleepy at all; her almond-shaped eyes were bright and she looked radiant.
Yu Caihong was frightened by her mental state.
"How come you're so energetic? Aren't you sleepy?"
As she spoke, she yawned. Last night, because Li Nannan kept talking to her, she didn't fall asleep until around 11 or 12 o'clock.
"I went to bed very early yesterday."
"Oh yeah, you went to bed really early."
The two lowered their voices and chatted while washing up. Soon, almost everyone was up except for Li Nannan.
"I'm so sleepy. It's only four o'clock. Why do we have to get up so early? Couldn't we have told the captain and at least postponed it to six o'clock? Look how dark it is. You could easily fall if you went out now."
Li Nannan was exhausted. The bed was hard and small, and she was in an unfamiliar place. She had been sleepless for most of the night and was woken up almost as soon as she fell asleep. Her temper as a young lady was starting to get out of control.
"Forehead····"
Yu Caihong was speechless, not knowing how to respond, but fortunately Yu Jiu saved her.
"Sister Rainbow, shall we go?"
"Come on, Nan Nan, today is your first day on the job, so hurry up, the team leader still needs to assign you tasks. We're leaving now."
Yu Caihong breathed a sigh of relief, gave a few words of advice, and immediately took Yu Jiu's hand and left, almost as if she were fleeing in panic.
It was past four in the morning, and the moon was still shining. The gentle moonlight was enough to make it possible to see the road clearly. There were many people walking on the road; they were all members of this production team, and they were all going to meet at the foot of the mountain.
Upon seeing Yu Jiu, this new educated youth, they merely glanced at him curiously, showing little interest in striking up a conversation. After all, so many educated youths had come in recent years that it was nothing special.
"Hurry up, all of you. You're dragging your feet and have no energy at all. The millet in the field will wither if you see you."
Xu Zi stood tall ahead, his handsome face slightly sullen, urging impatiently. When his sharp eyes swept over the radiant Yu Jiu, he couldn't help but nod secretly.
It seems the young educated youth slept well last night.
Everyone quickly quickened their pace and lined up at the front. Yu Caihong and Yu Jiu also stood on the side of the educated youth, and in no time, the foot of the mountain was filled with a huge crowd.
Xu Zijiang then looked down at the crowd and said forcefully.
"Three more educated youths have joined our team, one male and two female. You'll all get to know each other soon enough. I won't go into too much detail, but just remember this: whether you're an educated youth or a team member, don't cause me any trouble. Get along well, work hard, and don't try to stir up any problems."
"Now I'm going to redistribute tasks. If you have no objections, take your task and get to work. If you have objections, keep them to yourself and get to work. No one is allowed to leave until the work is finished."
His rules were generally known to everyone in the team, but he brought them up again on purpose, probably to give the three new educated youths a warning.
Unfortunately, the person he wanted to reprimand hadn't arrived yet. He had already assigned tasks to everyone else and it was all the educated youth's turn. Only then did Xu Zijiang realize that one person was missing.
"Where's Li Nannan?! Where did she go? I specifically told her not to be late for work, not to be late! Did she just ignore me? Didn't you wake her up before you left?"
Xu Zi raised his voice and scolded everyone at the educated youth settlement with a dark face. His high eyebrows were furrowed and his jawline was tightly pressed together, making him look very displeased.
Yu Jiu opened her eyes slightly, only then realizing that he had such a fierce side. But it was good that he was fierce, otherwise he wouldn't be able to manage a team.
Someone has started applying double standards.
"I called them, they're probably still washing up, they'll be here soon."
The explanation of the rainbow's trembling.
"Soon? Ha."
Xu Zijiang sneered, and the other educated youth fell silent. They couldn't help but start to complain in their hearts about Li Nannan. They said not to be late, not to be late, so why are you still so slow?
"Alright, you guys go harvest sweet potatoes in that field to the west today. Three people per mu, that's nine of you. As for Li Nannan, she can do it all by herself!"
Xu Zijiang was furious and determined to teach her a lesson.
"Yes, Captain."
No one dared to object; they hunched their shoulders and rushed off to work, with Yu Jiu following closely behind.
Some people tried to wait for Li Nannan, but she was too slow, so they had to leave first. After she finished washing up, she was confused as soon as she stepped out of the gate of the educated youth settlement.
"Where exactly is the meeting point? Which way do I go? Why hasn't anyone come to pick me up?"
She muttered to herself, completely unaware that disaster was about to befall her. It was Xu Zi who sent Gouzi to pick her up.
When she learned that she had to do the work of three people, she turned pale and pouted in dissatisfaction as she questioned him.
"Why? Why should I do the work of three people? How am I supposed to manage? Is the team leader targeting me?"
"Sister, you're late, do you know that? And you're late on your very first day! The foreman is already furious. I advise you to just focus on your work. You can finish it later, but you need to improve your attitude. You can't say things like that again."
Dog gets a toothache just looking at her now. How can anyone be so fearless? He was even scolded yesterday. Their captain's face, when he gets angry, makes you want to jump into the river, okay?
"Although I was late, it wasn't on purpose. It's only my first day here, and I'm not used to it at all. I didn't sleep at all last night, so it's good that I was able to get up and go to work."
"And I wasn't late by much. It's because you didn't come to pick me up that I was delayed, and I didn't know where to go. Take me to the captain, and I'll talk to him."
Li Nannan felt wronged and angry. She pouted and looked fierce. If Xu Zijiang were in front of her now, she would probably be about to punch him with her little fists.
"I can't be bothered with all that. I don't even know where the captain is. My job is just to get you to work on that piece of land."
The dog was too lazy to argue with her; this woman seemed stubborn and impossible to reason with. He didn't know whether to call her brainless or just reckless and fearless.
Li Nannan wanted to throw a tantrum and refused to go anywhere, but Gouzi didn't give her the chance and dragged her away.
Unexpectedly, Xu Zijiang happened to be in this area and was patiently and gently teaching Yu Jiu how to dig sweet potatoes.
A tall, strong figure stood beside Yu Jiu. He was holding a hoe, and with a swing of his muscular arm, the hoe easily sank into the soil. With a hook of the hoe, the pink sweet potato underneath was turned up.
He raised an eyebrow and asked with a roguish charm.
"Did you get it? It's not that hard, is it? If you don't, I'll demonstrate it for you again. Just take your time learning, it doesn't matter if you don't finish digging."
I'll come and help you when I'm done with my work.
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