Chapter 117 Breaking Corn

Shen Ruoqing didn't expect to receive the news that he would be going to study agriculture in the second week of school. Although Shen Ruoqing had prepared himself mentally before, he didn't expect it to come so soon.

"The school arranged this agricultural learning activity to allow everyone to better understand farmers' lives."

"You know, some of our students will have to go to support the construction in the future. If we don't come and see it in person, what will we do if we only know the vegetables in the school fields?"

Well, the school has the final say. They can only obey the arrangement.

Someone asked the teacher where we were going to learn agriculture this time. The teacher replied, "We will go to the farm run by our school. It's not far from here, only ten kilometers away. If you walk, it will take more than two hours to get there. It's a good opportunity for everyone to exercise. By the way, we will leave at five o'clock tomorrow, so everyone should go back and pack their things."

Shen Ruoqing looked at the classmates around her and found that most of them were quite interested in this matter. They were all students from the county town. A few who were from the village like her didn't react much.

Tao Tao was from the county. She was obviously quite excited. She took Shen Ruoqing's hand and asked, "Ruoqing, what do you think I should bring?"

Shen Ruoqing glanced at her and said, "The teacher said that this agricultural activity is mainly about harvesting corn. You'd better bring a pair of work gloves."

Although Shen Ruoqing had never worked as a corn harvester, she knew that it was a job that hurt her hands. Breaking corn was not difficult, but it required a lot of strength.

The girl is so excited now, but when the time comes to actually work in the fields, she will know how hard it is.

After announcing this, school was over.

Because all the first-year high school students study agriculture together, Shen Hansong has to go as well.

When I got home and told Old Lady Ji the news, she yelled at the top of her lungs: "What a rotten school this is. Why are they studying agriculture? My sweet boy is going to be a worker in the future. What's the point of studying this?"

Shen Ruoqing quickly stopped Old Lady Ji: "Mom, please don't say that. It will be bad if someone hears it. How can we be sure about what will happen in the future? Don't keep talking about my future as a worker. It will make people laugh if they hear it. It's better for us to know this among ourselves. We should keep a low profile."

Of course Shen Ruoqing would have to find a job in the future, and it would not be difficult for her. But every time Old Lady Ji nags Shen Ruoqing like this, she feels embarrassed.

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. What mom said is true. When you graduate, you must ask your brother to find you a job. Right, fourth brother?" Old Mrs. Ji looked at Shen Xiangbei.

Shen Xiangbei felt the pressure. He was just a small section chief and didn't have the power to recruit people into his factory. She had hoped to be promoted to deputy director before, but his reputation was ruined. Now his mother wanted him to promise to arrange a job for his sister, which was really difficult for him.

Nowadays, each job is assigned a specific position. It’s not that easy to arrange work.

But in order not to disappoint Old Lady Ji, Shen Xiangbei still gritted his teeth and agreed: "Okay, I will find a way to arrange a job for our little sister when the time comes."

No matter what, I was rescued last time thanks to my younger sister. Even if I have to beg for mercy and pay for it myself, I will buy a job for my younger sister.

After hearing Shen Xiangbei's assurance, Old Mrs. Ji felt relieved.

"My dear, what should I bring you tomorrow? It just so happens that your sister-in-law bought some meat today. You need to bring some dry food with you, right? I'll make you some buns."

Shen Ruoqing was also craving for meat buns, so naturally she agreed.

"Mom, please make a few more. I want to give two to my classmates."

Hearing that the meat buns were to be shared with classmates, Old Lady Ji felt a little distressed, but for Shen Ruoqing, she gritted her teeth and agreed: "Okay, Mom will make a few more for you tomorrow."

Early the next morning, Old Mrs. Ji got up and started making buns. By the time Shen Ruoqing got up at around four o'clock, the porridge was already cooked.

After packing their things, Shen Ruoqing and Shen Hansong took the buns and rode their bikes to school.

The bicycles must be parked in the school. It is impossible for everyone to walk. They must ride bicycles. If they want to walk, they must walk together.

When they arrived at the farm, Shen Ruoqing looked at the large field of corn, feeling calm.

After the teacher taught students how to break corn, he marked the areas and asked them to go to the fields.

Shen Ruoqing found Shen Hansong and handed him a pair of work gloves. "My classmate helped me get these so I don't hurt my hands. You can use them."

"Auntie, you can use it yourself. I'm used to it. It's okay."

"I specifically asked for an extra pair. I have them. Just take them if you're told to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

Shen Ruoqing raised his other pair of work gloves and returned to his classroom.

Tao Tao has already started.

In fact, there is a skill to breaking corn. You can't break it upwards, but break it downwards. This way, you can save a lot of effort. If you break it upwards, it will take a lot of effort.

There were many problems and jokes when everyone was picking corn.

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But maybe people of this generation have a natural adaptability to farm work, and even the unskilled ones will become proficient after a day of work.

At noon, Shen Ruoqing took out a big meat bun to share with Tao Tao, and Tao Tao also took out some dried meat to share with Shen Ruoqing.

Zhang Xiaoli, who was standing by, looked at Shen Ruoqing's big, greasy meat buns with envy, but she could only look at them and was not brave enough to go forward.

Anyway, at the end of the day, all the work of picking corn on the farm was done by these students.

It would take two or three days like in previous years, but this year there was more rain and less corn was planted, so it was finished in one day.

Shen Ruoqing felt that the school was treating them as free labor.

"Ruoqing, luckily I listened to you and prepared work gloves. You see, some girls in our class have blisters on their hands."

After all, the majority of the people were children from the county. Some of them were doing farm work for the first time and were relatively honest people. They worked so hard that their hands were covered with blisters.

Of course, only a few female students had blisters on their hands, and most of the students were fine. However, the school obviously had measures to deal with this situation, and the students who had blisters on their hands were all smeared with iodine.

On the way back, everyone was obviously not as excited as before.

"Ruoqing, farm work is really tiring. I worked all day and didn't do much. I'm much worse than you. If I have to rely on working in the fields to support myself in the future, I will definitely starve to death."

"Anyway, didn't you say that if you don't find a job after graduation, your mother would give it to you? And you won't have to work in the fields anymore. This is just a learning experience." Shen Ruoqing comforted him.

"Too."

I don’t know if it’s because he has been drinking the upgraded spiritual spring water for a long time, but Shen Ruoqing now feels that he has much more strength than before. He doesn’t feel tired after breaking corn for a whole day. Instead, he feels at ease.

(End of this chapter)