At the beginning of the new year, everything is new, but the villagers of Qingshan Village are facing a severe challenge.
Looking at the little food left in their homes, the villagers' faces showed deep anxiety.
They long to plant new crops as soon as possible so that their tables can be filled with abundant food again.
The team leader knew everyone's mood very well, so he decided to lead all the villagers to start planting potatoes.
After some discussion, the educated youth and villagers were reasonably allocated land.
Just when everyone was preparing to work hard, bad news came from upstream: due to the unusually heavy snow this year, the ice and snow have melted, and a large amount of snow water has gathered, causing the upstream dam to exceed the maximum water storage level.
Faced with such an urgent situation, the team leader acted decisively and called on all male members of the village to go upstream to build dams and clear the silt in the river to help the upstream discharge flood water as soon as possible.
He knew that the battle against the flood could not be delayed and that if no timely action was taken, the consequences would be disastrous.
However, building dams is not an easy task. Too much or too little water can cause serious problems, and how to strike the right balance becomes a major challenge.
The team leader knew that the task was arduous, but he did not back down. He led the villagers, male educated youth and the men in the cowshed to the front line of flood control.
At the same time, the female comrades in the village took on the responsibility of spring planting.
They must race against time to ensure that spring planting is completed on time, otherwise if the best time is missed, it will affect the harvest for the whole year.
Time was running out, and everyone rushed to work. However, the village chief's son-in-law, Wu Youcai, began to grumble, "This job is so tiring! I won't do it!"
However, when he saw the captain's serious expression, he couldn't help but back off.
So he secretly winked at his father-in-law, hoping to get help, but his father-in-law ignored him.
He knew in his heart that he probably couldn't escape this time, so he had no choice but to follow everyone.
Yue Yue was surprised to find that even Mr. Gu was ready to join in.
After all, he was already so old. However, the rules were the rules, and all males over the age of ten had to participate.
The situation is urgent and requires no delay.
Fortunately, after more than half a year of careful nursing, Mr. Gu's physical condition has improved significantly and he is much stronger than before.
On the brigade side, the brigade leader's wife is in charge of the work.
She arranged for the female educated youth to plant potatoes on the three acres of land in the north of the village today.
For these female educated youth, the three acres of land was indeed a heavy task, and they had to start work every minute.
Yue Yue's job today is to plant potatoes. The potato seeds here are relatively large, so they need to be split in two, smeared with wood ash on the cut, and then buried in a pre-dug pit.
This job is not difficult, but it is very strenuous, after all, the newly arrived female educated youth have never touched a hoe before.
Therefore, the task of digging the ground had to be left to the old educated youth.
However, as time passed, the old educated youth gradually slowed down because digging holes was too physically demanding.
In desperation, the old educated youth proposed to exchange jobs with the new educated youth.
The newly arrived educated youth knew that the task was arduous, so they gritted their teeth and agreed to change jobs.
It was also the first time for Yue Yue to pick up a hoe. She dug the land in front of her with all her strength a few times.
After being tempered by the spiritual spring water, her physical fitness was greatly improved. She was rapidly clearing the land in the front, and the female educated youth behind her even found it difficult to keep up with her pace.
They didn't expect Yue Yue to be so powerful, and they couldn't help but have a new understanding and opinion of her!
Yue Xin was given the task of taking out all the cow dung from the cowshed.
Because potatoes need the nourishment of cow dung so that they can grow big and good.
After a long winter of rest, Yue Xin had long forgotten the hardships and difficulties of carrying manure!
However, what she never expected was that she would have to continue to endure this pain after the beginning of the year.
But the team leader's wife, Aunt Guihua, kept a close eye on her, so she had no choice but to keep working hard.
Aunt Guihua knew very well how precious the cow dung was, because only the potato field they were responsible for planting was eligible to use it. As for the other educated youth, they could only get a small amount of wood ash as fertilizer.
Yue Xin watched helplessly as the cow dung he had dug out with great difficulty was carried away by the village ladies in the blink of an eye.
She couldn't help but become more and more impatient, and the aunts began to dislike her slow movements, so they asked her to go to the fields to help so as not to delay the overall progress due to her slow speed.
She thought to herself that she had to go to the fields to help quickly, otherwise she would go hungry today.
So she walked out of the cowshed all dirty and walked quickly towards the farmland.
From a distance, she saw Yue Yue digging the ground hard, sweating profusely, as if she had become a completely different person.
She really couldn't understand why Yue Yue, who used to be a spoiled young lady, could now wield a hoe so skillfully.
This made her think of what she had said to Mo Shihao. Yue Yue now was nothing like the original person. It felt like she had been possessed by something.
Just as she was daydreaming, Aunt Zhou next to her noticed that Yue Xin was slacking off. She glared at her fiercely and was about to call Aunt Guihua over.
Seeing this, Yue Xin quickly took action and threw the potatoes into the pits, completely ignoring the distance between the pits and not even looking at how Aunt Zhou next to her put them.
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