"Besides eating well, getting enough rest is the most important thing."
"The rest is to keep your tools safe and not lose them. You have to hand them in after you're done, and you'll have to pay for them if you lose them."
"For anything else, you can ask others. Everyone will teach you if they have time. You've been here for half a year now, so I think you should know how everyone treats you."
Overall, the people of Hongqi Village treated the educated youth quite well, and no one ostracized them.
Everyone else agrees on this point; the people of Hongqi Village have indeed treated them well.
"I have a piece of advice for you: it's best not to be lazy, otherwise you won't get many work points and you won't get much grain in the end."
"If there isn't enough food, we'll go hungry next year," Song Lili said after thinking for a moment.
During the autumn harvest, there were always those who tried to cheat and take advantage of the situation, but when it came time to distribute the grain, they knew what was important.
Song Lili was afraid they would have such thoughts, so she finally told them anyway.
"Really?" Chu Ci asked, somewhat disbelieving, thinking that he had actually been planning to do so.
"Then you can give it a try." You can usually slack off for a while and turn a blind eye, but that's impossible during the autumn harvest.
"Phew... thank goodness you said so, otherwise I would have been so hungry after making it." Xue Jiao also looked relieved.
Believe it or not, several of them had the same thought; they had never experienced hardship before and simply couldn't bear it.
But now, after being warned by Song Lili, they felt a little uneasy and hid their thoughts.
Zhang Zeyu chuckled and said, "If you hadn't come over tonight to tell me, I probably would have actually done it."
When the time comes, the amount of grain allocated will be small, and in the end, we'll probably have to go to our uncle's house to beg for food.
After thinking it over, Zhang Zeyu was still unwilling, so he changed his attitude.
"Alright, I've said everything I needed to say. I'm going back now. You guys hurry up and start cooking."
That's all she wanted to say, and now that she's finished, it's time for her to leave.
However, when he reached the door, he bumped into Wang Shan who was coming in, and was then glared at.
"Hmph, meddling in other people's business."
Song Lili: "..." Your current behavior is more like that of a mad dog, isn't it?
However, she was too lazy to say anything, and even for Wang Daming's sake, she wouldn't say anything more.
Therefore, Song Lili merely glanced coldly at Wang Shan before leaving.
Before she had taken two steps, she heard Xue Jiao's voice, "Wang Shan, are you sick in the head? Why do you always treat Lili like this?"
"None of your business!" Wang Shan shouted angrily.
"Ha, you think I want to control you? If you hadn't gone too far, I wouldn't even bother talking to you," Xue Jiao said angrily.
Gradually, the sound grew fainter and fainter until it could no longer be heard.
Song Lili ignored their argument; she was busy getting home.
At home, Zhang Aiai cooked dinner tonight, so Song Lili was a little worried and wanted to go back as soon as possible.
When she got home, everyone was already back, and Zhang Aiai had already prepared dinner.
Although it wasn't as slow as Song Lili's cooking, it was still pretty good.
"You're back? Come and eat!" Zhang Qinghua said with a smile to Song Lili as she entered.
"Okay," Song Lili replied, and went to the kitchen to get a bowl.
In the room at night.
Song Lili leaned against Zhang Qinghua, her fingertips twirling a tuft of hair around her fingers.
"Qinghua, the autumn harvest is coming soon, and I want to go too." After struggling for a long time, she finally said what she wanted.
“Lili…” Zhang Qinghua sat up straight, turned Song Lili around, and made her look at him.
"You know how hard the autumn harvest is. I don't want you to suffer through that hardship, nor do I want you to be exhausted."
"I know," Song Lili said softly, taking Zhang Qinghua's hand and holding it gently.
"But I want to go; I really don't like staying at home."
She agreed to the job a while ago because there wasn't much work to do in the fields, so she figured she might as well stay home and do some chores.
But the autumn harvest is different; it's the most important time of the year, and it pays a lot of work points, so she didn't want to miss it.
"I don't want you to go." Zhang Qinghua looked at Song Lili with eyes full of helplessness.
“But I’m miserable at home with nothing to do all day. You might as well let me get out of bed.”
"Besides, you know I'm very strong. I won't get tired. I've been doing this for so many years, I'm used to it."
She's not used to resting now.
"Sigh... why do you insist on going?" Zhang Qinghua finally gave in. He couldn't refuse Song Lili's request.
So, the next day, everyone was surprised when they heard that Song Lili was going to go with them to the autumn harvest.
“Lili, you don’t need to go. The three of us can manage at home,” Zhang Shengtian said first.
"You and Ai Ai can just stay home and cook and do laundry. You don't need to work so hard."
Zhang Qingguo chimed in, "Yes, sister-in-law, women don't need to do farm work at home." He'd gotten used to it over the years.
Zhang Qinghua remained silent and said nothing.
Even Zhang Aiai looked at Song Lili in surprise, "Sister-in-law, are you going to do the autumn harvest? That's very hard work and tiring."
Song Lili smiled and looked around at the people staring at her, finally fixing her gaze on Zhang Shengtian.
"Don't worry, I've participated in the autumn harvest before, I know that."
"I just didn't want to stay at home, so I thought of going to the autumn harvest. I know all the hardships, I'm used to them."
Seeing that Zhang Shengtian remained unmoved, Song Lili patted Zhang Qinghua and said, "You should try to persuade him."
"Besides, I'm not used to staying at home. I have nothing to do and feel uncomfortable all over. You might as well let me get out of bed."
"That way, I'll have something to do, and I won't feel uncomfortable anymore."
Of course, this is also the main reason why she wanted to participate in the autumn harvest; she didn't want to stay at home.
“But…” Zhang Shengtian still disagreed.
"Sir, let her go, otherwise she'll be upset." In the end, it was Zhang Qinghua who spoke up to persuade her.
"Did you two plan this out?" Zhang Shengtian glared at the two of them and asked angrily.
Song Lili looked at Zhang Shengtian with a smile, and said in a slightly coquettish tone, "Big Brother, please say yes, otherwise I'll really feel terrible."
"Don't worry, I won't tire myself out. If I get tired, I won't go, okay?" Song Lili looked at Zhang Shengtian expectantly.
Zhang Shengtian sighed, "Fine, you guys figure it out yourselves, I'm not going to interfere anymore."
"However, you must remember what you said. If you feel tired, you can't go anymore."
“You don’t need to earn work points in our family. The three of us are enough to support you,” Zhang Shengtian finally reminded him.
"I promise"
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