Li Lin stood in the middle of the woods. As he spoke, he picked up a branch and knocked it on the ground a few times. After making sure that there was nothing hidden among the leaves, he began to collect them.
Seeing this, Hu Yingying went around to pick up some dry branches and placed them next to Li Lin.
The two men did not stop until the backpack was full and the branches could no longer be lifted.
"It's not even half past three yet. Let's go back quickly so we can come back later."
Li Lin looked at his watch, then carried the branch on his shoulders with difficulty, and let Hu Yingying carry the basket back home.
Hu Yingying looked at Li Lin carrying the heavy things on her back, pursed her lips, and walked back with the backpack without saying anything.
But after walking a short distance, she insisted that Li Lin exchange with her.
So the two of them took turns carrying things and returned to the educated youth point.
"Yingying, let's work harder these few days and fill the house with firewood. This way, even if it rains, we'll have some."
Although Li Lin had space, she still had to have these superficial things, so she was not afraid of being tired and talked to Hu Yingying.
Hu Yingying heard this, although with a bitter face, she still listened to Li Lin. After resting for a while, she went to collect firewood again.
But this time the two were not so anxious. Instead, they filled the baskets with dry leaves and tied up dry branches before going to dig wild vegetables.
"Dig a little less wild garlic and onions, and dig more wild ginger. Go back and dry them, and save them for later use."
Li Lin was used to playing with these things when she was a child in the countryside with her grandmother. Although she was a little confused by what Daya said just now, everything her grandmother gave her came back to her memory.
"Oh, okay." Hu Yingying did whatever Li Lin said, without any resistance.
Seeing that it was getting late, Li Lin asked Hu Yingying to carry her things home.
Fang Mingyi and Zhu Liyan did not return to the educated youth camp after work. They planned to go to the river to take a bath before going back. But as soon as they arrived at the river, they saw Li Lin carrying a huge bundle of dry branches on her slender shoulders.
I don’t know why, but I felt a slight pain in my heart.
This also led him to step forward, grab the branch from Li Lin's shoulder, carry it on himself, turn around and walk forward with big strides.
"Hey, Fang Zhiqing, I can take it back myself, I don't need your help."
Li Lin felt his shoulders go empty and was stunned at first. When he reacted, he hurriedly followed and shouted.
"It's just something that happens easily." Fang Mingyi said calmly.
But the stupid teammate was shouting: "Brother Yi, didn't we come here to take a shower? Are you coming back now?"
"Wash it yourself."
Upon hearing this, Fang Mingyi wanted to strangle Zhu Liyan, the big fool, but he remained calm on the surface and responded.
"Then I won't wash it either. Hu Zhiqing, give me the backpack and I'll carry it back for you."
Seeing that Brother Yi had left, Zhu Liyan decided not to wash himself and asked Hu Yingying, who was having difficulty walking in front, to take down the backpack and give it to him.
But Hu Yingying didn't want to receive favors for no reason, so she pretended not to hear and continued walking.
"Hey, this guy." Seeing that Hu Yingying didn't give it to him, Zhu Liyan went up and snatched it away
"Hey, what are you doing? Why are you stealing my things?"
Hu Yingying didn't expect that this big fool would snatch things without saying a word, which made her angry and anxious.
"Let's go quickly, otherwise if someone sees us alone, it will be hard to explain."
After Zhu Liyan said this, he strode up to catch up with Fang Mingyi in front of him.
Seeing this, Li Lin had no choice but to hold Hu Yingying's hand, pursed her lips and followed her back to the educated youth point.
"Hey, you just got here and you're already hooking up with a man to help you do work?"
“Pah…”