Shi Lingheng adapted easily, carrying loads of grain on his back with ease, dressed in coarse cloth.
The male educated youth were mostly doing physical labor. The other educated youth couldn't match Shi Lingheng's brute strength, so they looked after each other.
The female educated youth had relatively easier tasks. They quickly sorted out the harvested grain and dried it in the sun while the weather was nice.
After all, the grain station in the county town is very strict in accepting grain. If it doesn't pass the inspection, it has to be brought back and dried again, which takes a lot of time.
Jiang Yi stood under the scorching sun, and before she even moved, she was already covered in sweat.
Not to mention how fast the machines are here. If it were manual harvesting, they wouldn't be so busy, but now they don't even have time to rest.
The threshing floor was covered with golden ears of wheat.
She felt her body swaying and was so tired that she didn't even want to lift her arms.
The village chief's daughter-in-law noticed her sway and quickly offered a helping hand, saying with disdain, "You've been in the village for so long, how come you can't even do such a simple job? It's such an easy job."
He muttered again, "You educated youth were supposed to come to the countryside to help us, but it's good enough if you don't cause any trouble."
Jiang Yi felt like she was on the verge of a breakdown. In her life, the most tiring thing she had ever done while living in the provincial capital was carrying back all the things she had bought while shopping.
But now, after being here for a few months, things are constantly pushing her limits.
Every morning when I wake up, my only thought is that my whole body aches, and every night before I go to sleep, my last thought is that I'm tired and hungry.
But these days seemed endless. She could only occasionally exchange a few words with her brother, Jiang Cheng, but now her brother was becoming more and more silent.
She knew she should cherish what she had now; compared to those people in the cowshed, their lives were already much better.
She saw Fan Xiaofan again. She was with her younger brother, holding onto her expensive, custom-made bicycle, her eyes crinkling as she talked to someone.
How enviable...
Despite having the same status as other educated youth sent to the countryside, she was able to work as a laborer in the county town, where she had no worries about food or drink and no hardship.
She and her brother had exhausted all their energy working these past few months, but the work points they had earned were not enough to pay off the grain they owed the team.
Jiang Yi felt that she couldn't endure it for much longer. The thought of living like this day after day, year after year, was worse than death for her.
She had originally set her sights on Shi Lingheng, who was efficient at his work, but Shi Lingheng didn't even spare her a glance. Even when she tried to scheme against him, such as pretending to fall so that people could see her and Shi Lingheng hugging and cuddling, Shi Lingheng always dodged quickly, never giving her any chance.
She looked down on everyone else in the village...
She had always looked down on those uncouth villagers who never even took a bath all year round.
She and her brother had initially considered working in a factory after learning that Fan Xiaofan could do so, but after their father's letter arrived, they gave up on the idea altogether, because they couldn't even pass the political background check for the job openings.
While Jiang Yi was complaining about Xiangyang Brigade, she had no idea about the situation in other villages. She was assigned the most tiring work because she was disobedient, and there were even some things she couldn't say.
Although the villagers of Xiangyang Brigade didn't like these educated youth, they never made things difficult for them. They were paid work points based on the amount of work they did, and Li Dafu, as the village head, tried his best to ensure a fair distribution of work.
This year, thanks to the upgraded tractors, Xiangyang Brigade has had a much easier time. If it were any other village, Jiang Yi wouldn't even have time to overthink things.
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