"Comrade Zhang Xingrong, you're working too slowly. Do you know how to work?"
"That's right, the work is so slow, I doubt the terraced fields you mentioned are feasible at all! If we build it and it can't be used, then all our work will be in vain!"
Some of the other educated youth couldn't help but turn to look at Zhang Xingrong, full of worry.
They also felt depressed about having to suddenly come and cut corn. The workload had increased, and who wouldn't be depressed?
With this and the double harvest in half a month, they will have to do heavy work for two months in a row. How can they not curse?
Zhao Xiaomei was not far away. In fact, she was also skeptical about the terraced fields, but since her family had made the decision, she naturally supported it and said, "Okay, Comrade Zhang Xingrong used to live outside the mountains. There are not many corn plants there, so it's normal that he doesn't know how to cut corn stalks!"
After hearing this, the villagers agreed and nodded.
Zhang Xingrong originally had a bad reputation, but she came here and worked obediently. What is there to blame her for?
But even with this said, many educated youth were still dissatisfied.
Zhang Xingrong gave Zhao Xiaomei a grateful look before turning around and saying, "Do you want to compete with me to see who can finish the work first?"
There is no end to the corn ridges because the mountain is curved. They have just started and there is still a lot of work ahead!
After the challenge was issued, why would the two educated youths on the opposite side not dare to accept it?
They didn't take Zhang Xingrong seriously at all.
"Let's compete. Whoever is afraid of who will lose will lie on the ground and bark like a dog!"
"Yes, lie down and bark like a dog!" The male educated youth couldn't help but look Zhang Xingrong up and down with a somewhat obscene look.
Zhang Xingrong coldly slapped the young man and said, "If you keep looking at me like that, I'll dig out your eyes, believe it or not?"
Seeing Zhang Xingrong being so arrogant, the young man immediately got angry: "What's wrong with you? You look like this so that people will see you. Why are you pretending to be pure? Look at you..."
"Kong Ruixiang, if you dare to talk nonsense again!" Luo Darong shouted from a distance. "I'm telling you, our production team doesn't do that kind of nonsense. If you dare to talk nonsense, I'll personally drag you to the commune. Do you believe it?"
There are already few people in their production team. If things get even more chaotic, what will happen?
Kong Ruixiang didn't dare to speak for a moment.
Zhang Xingrong said with a smile, "Let's have a competition. The loser will have to lie on the ground and bark like a dog! Aunt Mei, please help us!"
She had to teach these two educated youths a lesson today! If a tiger doesn't show its might, would you think it's a sick cat?
"Okay!" Zhao Xiaomei nodded. Competition was a good way to motivate everyone to work harder. "Then get ready."
“Let’s get started!”
The cornstalk chopping competition began.
Here, cutting corn stalks does not mean simply cutting the stalks, but digging into the soil with a small hoe and digging out the corn heads as well.
If they were working in a production team outside, they wouldn't have to go through so much trouble. They had tractors. But Lugou Village is mountainous, and tractors can't reach the hills. Here, oxen are the only way to till the soil. The ends of the corn stalks are very sharp, and if they weren't dug out, it could easily injure people or even oxen when tilling the soil. So they just dug them out.
It turned out that Zhang Xingrong was a little behind Kong Ruixiang and Yuan Jiawen, but she was not in a hurry. She grabbed the corn stalks with one hand and used a small hoe with the other to dig into the soil accurately. After a while, she dug out the corn stalks with the roots and soil.
Very quick movements!
Kong Ruixiang and Yuan Jiawen in front of her looked back at her with disdain in their eyes while working.
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