Today is the third day that Zhao Huanhuan and her group of educated youths have been assigned to weed.
Hoeing was something Zhao Huanhuan had never done in her previous life. She was born in the city and grew up mostly on concrete and marble floors, rarely having the opportunity to work in fields.
Although she had learned a lot from textbooks, she had never practiced it. But Zhao Huanhuan was clever; she first observed how others did hoeing.
Over the past few days, she felt she had come to know it completely, clearly distinguishing between seedlings and weeds.
Just as she was about to hoe a blade of grass, a scream came from behind her: "Stop!"
Zhao Huanhuan's hand trembled in fright, and the blade of grass was still snapped at waist height.
"My God, Comrade Zhao Huanhuan, do you know what you've done?"
"You've been here for three days, and I've been teaching you for three days. This is a corn seedling, not a weed, not a weed!"
"Even a blind person could tell the difference between grass and corn seedlings after a few days of study, right?"
The newcomer was a young man wearing glasses. Seeing Zhao Huanhuan's disappointed expression, he stomped his feet in anger.
Oh no, she's been caught by the captain! She clearly thought it was grass, it looked just like grass!
Zhao Huanhuan secretly glanced at Wen Yan.
Wen Yan thought Zhao Huanhuan was frightened by the captain, so she quickly ran over and stood in front of Zhao Huanhuan, grinning at her, "Senior Qiu, Huanhuan was just dozing off. She knows the difference between grass and seedlings!"
Qiu Xuechang, also known as Qiu Yi, is the captain of the educated youth team in Taojia Village.
Since there was no unified designated area for the educated youth, and they didn't live together, the team leader was responsible for gathering everyone to learn farm work and survival skills from the villagers. He was also responsible for supervising everyone's work in the fields and recording their work points.
Zhao Huanhuan remembered this person; he was the male lead's mortal enemy!
However, later, the protagonist's family used some means to get him to take over Qiu Yi's job and become the team leader of the educated youth settlement.
Qiu Yi, on the other hand, was crippled by the male protagonist and left in the village. He married a girl from the village, but was disliked by his wife's family and lived a very hard life. He died before he was forty.
At this moment, Qiu Yi, furious, put his hands on his hips and glared at Zhao Huanhuan, whose head was hanging low.
After Wen Yan said that, he couldn't scold her anymore. He angrily pointed at Zhao Huanhuan and said, "Do you know how many fewer ears of corn we'll harvest in the fall if you kill one of them?"
"How much?" Zhao Huanhuan was also curious about the answer and subconsciously looked up to ask.
Seeing her eager expression, Qiu Yi was immediately annoyed again. "Zhao Huanhuan, I'll teach you one more time. Tell me which is corn and which is grass."
"Oh!" Zhao Huanhuan silently looked down as he squatted down to explain to her. Actually, she knew, but what she had just heard seemed like grass, the seedlings were so small, even if it were corn, it probably wouldn't grow very tall. But the captain was always right, and she couldn't argue with him.
"These leaves that look like zongzi leaves are corn seedlings. These seedlings with leaves that grow on both sides and are a bit larger are also corn, but they have just sprouted and are still a bit small."
"Let me give you an example. You can't say that a newborn baby isn't a person, but an animal, right? You understand that, right?"
"From now on, don't distinguish between grass and corn seedlings by their size; distinguish them by the shape of their leaves."
"Fine, I'll just hoe right next to you. If you're unsure about anything, ask me. Don't kill any more corn seedlings, or we'll have our rations docked."
"I'm begging you, Grandma!" Qiu Yi said, his voice filled with helplessness and pleading.
If too many seedlings are killed by weeding, Director Tao and Captain Tao will hold him accountable.
Is this Zhao Huanhuan a stupid beauty? She only has a pretty face, but no brains?
I've taught her several times, but she still can't learn it.
"Understood, Captain Qiu, don't worry this time!" Under his careful guidance, Zhao Huanhuan remembered more clearly how to distinguish between corn seedlings and weeds, and began to bend down and hoe the ground.
Seeing that the two of them had finally stopped arguing, Wenyan felt relieved and went back to her other side to start hoeing as well.
The three of them quieted down, but the other group of young men and women were unhappy.
Hu Doudou said angrily in a low voice to Yang Man, who was with her, "Manman, I think Zhao Huanhuan is doing this on purpose. She's trying to seduce Captain Qiu with this kind of tactic, isn't she?"
Yang Man glanced indifferently at the three people who were hoeing the ground, and said in a low voice, "I don't know, it shouldn't be!"
"Hmph, I think so!"
Seeing that Yang Man didn't agree with her, Hu Doudou turned to Wei Pingping and said, "Pingping, I noticed that Captain Qiu was peeking at Zhao Huanhuan several times just now."
Actually, Qiu Yi was only worried that Zhao Huanhuan would kill the corn seedlings again, but Hu Doudou misunderstood.
She knew that Wei Pingping also liked Captain Qiu. Although they were rivals in love, she could temporarily put that aside and deal with Zhao Huanhuan, that vixen, first.
Wei Pingping bit her lip, straightened up, glanced in that direction, silently lowered her head, and continued hoeing the ground. She said in a low voice, "I'm no one to him, how can I tell him what to do about looking at other people?"
"I can't control her, but I have a way to make Captain Qiu hate that Zhao Huanhuan. How about it, do you want to cooperate with me?"
Wei Pingping bit her lip and continued hoeing the ground. After a long while, she asked in a low voice, "How do we do it?"
Hu Doudou said a few words in a low voice, and the two of them continued to hoe the ground, but several corn seedlings appeared under their hoes.
After a while, the two pretended to bend down and pick up the seedlings, stuffing them into the sleeves of their shirts, and walked towards Zhao Huanhuan and Wen Yan while pinching the cuffs with their fingers.
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