Chapter 7 The Package from Father

Shen Jiale usually works, but she doesn’t work as hard as others, because she has money and tickets sent by her family, and she doesn’t expect to earn work points to exchange for food.

During this period, Shen Jiale asked to do the same amount of work as everyone else, and Wang Yanhong was waiting for Shen Jiale to be unable to bear the hardship and ask her for help.

As a result, Lu Mingfeng has been helping Shen Jiale with work, but Shen Jiale still goes home early. Wang Yanhong has complained about Lu Mingfeng meddling in other people’s business.

The village chief heard from the comrades of the Meteorological Bureau that it would rain in a few days, so all the grass in the field should be pulled out in these days so that the rain can irrigate the crops.

The educated youth pulled weeds in the sun every day and got tanned.

The weather in April was not too hot. The villagers were used to farm work for many years, but the female educated youth could not bear it.

Wang Yanhong took out a small mirror and looked at her sunburned face. Then she looked at Shen Jiale's still fair face and felt extremely jealous.

Is the sun so partial?

Under the same sunlight, they all looked like farmers, but Shen Jiale's face was just slightly red, which made her look even more charming.

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"Shen Jiale, your family sent you something again." The postman came to the edge of the field, stopped his bicycle, and handed the receipt in his hand to Shen Jiale.

Shen Jiale looked at the receipt in his hand, and his hands trembled with excitement.

The postman often delivered letters to Shen Jiale and was already familiar with her. He smiled and said, "Are you missing home, Shen Zhiqing?"

Shen Jiale choked up and said, "Yes, I miss home."

The postman said, "If you miss home, just write back often. As long as you keep in touch, your feelings will not fade."

"Thank you." Shen Jiale smiled and thanked the postman.

Just as he was about to speed up the weeding and go to the town to pick up the package, he saw the person who had been working with him for the past few days.

It turned out to be Lu Mingfeng.

Since what happened that day, Lu Mingfeng has never seen Shen Jiale smile.

When she first came, she liked to laugh.

Now she exudes a cold breath, giving people a sense of alienation, which is very different from before.

Today, he finally saw his long-lost smile again, and Lu Mingfeng felt that his mood had improved.

His father sent things at a normal speed, which meant that he was not disturbed by other things. Shen Jiale was very happy to see the things sent by his father immediately, and nodded to Lu Mingfeng with a smile.

Lu Mingfeng was very happy and asked, "Do you want to go to the town to pick up the package? You go, I'll do the rest."

"How can that be possible? It's not good to leave you alone to weed." Although Shen Jiale also wanted to get the package earlier, he had to finish the work he had to do.

In order to go back earlier, Shen Jiale and Lu Mingfeng both sped up, and soon, Shen Jiale's assigned task was completed.

Wang Yanhong was very dissatisfied when she saw Shen Jiale going home earlier than a few days ago. She said to Captain Zhou, "We all came here to help build the countryside. It's not good for some people to always leave early. They will hold us back."

Captain Zhou said, "No one is leaving early. If you want to get off work early, then stop talking nonsense. You can start working earlier and go home earlier."

Wang Yanhong said, "We only have one person doing the same work, but Shen Jiale has two people working on that piece of land. Of course we can't finish it early."

When Jiang Haoran heard this, he stood up, glanced at Wang Yanhong and shook his head at her.

Wu Li, who was good friends with Wang Yanhong, said, "We work a lot and get a lot of work points. It's okay to be a little tired now. When the grain is distributed

, we will get more than others." Wang Yanhong said sarcastically, "Do you think that they work less and will get less grain than us? I'm afraid they may get more than us."

Wu Li said, "No, they don't do that much work, so the scorekeeper can't record more."

Wang Yanhong said, "I saw with my own eyes that Shen Jiale's work points recorded every day are the same as ours."

The educated youth were furious when they heard this.

Although everyone was suffering from the sun these days, as long as they thought about getting grain during the summer harvest, the hardship and fatigue were not so important.

But there were exceptions. They didn't do the same work, but they had to share the same amount of food as them. Anyone would have an opinion.

So the educated youth went to find the scorekeeper Chen Qiao.

Shen Jiale was also puzzled. He didn't know the scorekeeper well, so he didn't want him to cheat for him, so he followed him.

Chen Qiao was very angry when he heard from the educated youth that there was a problem with his accounting: "I wrote down the work points of each person on the same day for you to confirm. You are doubting my character."

Wang Yanhong said: "There is no problem with our work points, but there must be a problem with Shen Jiale's."

"What's wrong with her?" A cold voice came from behind.

Chen Qiao said to Lu Mingfeng with a smile on his face, "Brother Mingfeng, are you still going to blame Shen Zhiqing?"

Lu Mingfeng nodded and left.

Chen Qiao hurriedly recorded the work points and said, "If you have the ability, find someone who is willing to credit your work points."

Wang Yanhong pointed at Lu Mingfeng who was leaving and said in surprise, "He credited the work points to someone else. Doesn't he want to share the rations?"

Chen Qiao said, "My brother Mingfeng came to work before dawn and earned 10 work points a day. He helped others without delaying himself. Do you think everyone is as lazy as you?"

When the other educated youth heard this, they all went back to work. It was impossible to wait for others to credit their work points. It would be better to do more work.

Wang Yanhong kicked the mud on the ground and went back to weeding with a belly full of anger.

Seeing Lu Mingfeng walking away, Shen Jiale wanted to ask for clarification, but she was thinking about going to the town to pick up the package.

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After returning to the Youth Educatorate, Shen Jiale changed her shoes and ran to the town.

The post office was still closed, and Shen Jiale got the package. She opened it and found a set of clothes and a letter. She

opened the letter with trepidation. There were various receipts in the letter, asking her if she was used to living in Yaoshui Village. Her father asked her to be patient in Yaoshui Village for the time being and would find connections to let her return to the city as soon as possible.

The letter also specifically mentioned that if the pants were too big, she should tighten the elastic band on the waistband.

Shen Jiale touched her pants and there seemed to be something inside the waistband.

Since the things were hidden, they certainly didn't want outsiders to know about it.

When they got to a deserted place outside the post office, Shen Jiale tore open the waistband of her pants and took out a rolled-up note.

The note was written very cryptically, saying that her wooden tiger was fine at home and had not been given away, so she could rest assured.

It also said that the candy she sent was just in time, and her father wanted to eat peanut candy and sesame candy. She was also told not to be afraid if she had a nightmare, and to write back and tell her family.

Shen Jiale knew that the wooden tiger was carved by her second uncle for her when she was a child. Peanut candy and sesame candy were her mother's favorites, but her father never ate them.

It seemed that her father understood what she meant. With her father's brain, he should be able to handle it as long as it was not a sudden thing.

Thinking of this, Shen Jiale's tense heart could finally be put down.