"cough!"
Lin Dongfang shuddered.
"Wow, you're so generous! If I don't treat you to a big meal, I'll be letting you down."
As she entered the house carrying her bag, Jian Dan's restlessness instantly subsided.
I threw myself onto the long-unused kang (heated brick bed), and the fatigue from a month of running around instantly spread through my limbs, from the top of my head to the tips of my toes. I didn't want to move an inch, not even a single hair.
There was no dampness or chill in the room, which had been uninhabited for a long time. She didn't want to move, so she simply went into the base space, washed herself thoroughly, and then fell asleep contentedly.
Hearing the work bell ring again, Jian Dan was still dazed, as if it were a lifetime ago.
When the bell rang a second time, she finally snapped out of her daze. Oh, she was back home in Liujiatun.
Get up, wash up, start the fire, cook, and feed the dog.
Then I went to work.
Sure enough, the educated youth were given sweet potatoes today. As soon as the village chief left, the group of friends gathered together.
"Hurry up and get to work. This whole area is ours. One piece for each of us. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can go home."
There were quite a few people in the educated youth compound. The new educated youth Bai Xiaoqin followed Tan Yajun and Lin Zhaodi, while the two male educated youths Chen Guofeng and Li Wenjun were chatting enthusiastically with the big guy Gu Jianjun. Chen Ruo followed Tang Cui at a distance.
Ling Weidong and Chen Jing, among others, didn't say much, but kept their heads down and diligently turned over the soil.
After looking around, I noticed that Jian Dan's lips were twitching; something seemed off.
The few female educated youths who came before the autumn harvest probably knew the least about Jian Dan, only that she was also an educated youth and did not live in the educated youth compound.
The autumn harvest was just a few days away, and the girls were all wilted like flowers without water. Picking sweet potatoes, which required no skill, was within their capabilities.
However, she didn't look well either.
The older educated youth all knew Jian Dan's strength, so they weren't surprised by her quick movements. However, the newer educated youth were quite astonished.
"How could she be so fast?"
Beside her was Wang Hongmei, who was too tired to gossip. She glanced up at them, looking completely unconcerned.
"Oh, that's easy, that's normal."
Chen Yu picked up the sweet potato with her fingers with disdain.
"Why is it all dirt?"
The other educated youth around her stared at her as if she were a fool. Li Guang's tone was exaggerated.
"It's not soil. Do you think this field is full of farmyard manure?"
"Farm manure?"
Chen Yu screamed and threw down the sweet potato she was holding, slapping it hard.
"Wait, did they use farmyard manure in this field?"
"Of course! Let me tell you, that's a treasure! Without farmyard manure, the harvest would be at least half as small."
Otherwise, with your meager work points, will you even have enough to eat?
They had just talked about farmyard manure when the topic turned to food. An image involuntarily flashed through Chen Yu's mind. With a "whoosh," he darted off a considerable distance, brushing past Jian Dan's returning figure carrying a fork, followed closely by several other figures rushing after him.
What happened?
Do you have an upset stomach?
Stomach ache?
Li Guang looked loyal.
"Sister, she's fine. It must have been the conversation that brought up some painful memories."
I'll just look at Li Guang and listen to your ramblings. Let's see what kind of tricks you can come up with.
Still have painful memories?
Is that a sad expression on your face? People are starting to hate you, okay?
What did you say?
Tan Yajun and Lin Zhaodi lowered their heads, biting their teeth and daring not to laugh out loud, putting all their strength into their feet.
The others didn't know what to say. They weren't greenhorns who had just arrived in the countryside. What the other person said wasn't wrong. This farmyard manure was indeed a treasure. People would collect it whenever they saw it on the road. Moreover, the oxcarts in the village all had bags of it on their backs. They were afraid that this good stuff would be taken advantage of by other villages.
Farmyard manure!
Ah, after glancing back at the group of people vomiting violently, I understood. She couldn't accept it when she first arrived, and she still can't accept it now.
Of course, she doesn't care if it doesn't go through her hands, since she doesn't use it in her own home anyway.
The sweet potatoes in Jian Dan's plot had all been dug up, but she didn't have the patience to squat down and sift through them one by one, so she simply swapped jobs with a few of her friends.
"Can you help me pick this up and I'll help you carry it to the field?"
Yes, they not only have to collect the goods, but also deliver them to the fields, and then the village will collect them all and take them to the village office. The oxcarts are very busy.
Watching her walk away briskly, carrying a large sack in each hand, the others were amazed and started looking for partners to help her, saying that this kind of heavy work was not something they could do.
When men and women work together, the work becomes less tiring; this is probably the situation described.
Indeed, it took three days. Three days later, the autumn harvest in Liujiatun was basically completed. Not to mention the educated youth, even the villagers who had worked for many years were exhausted. However, this was the happiest time of the year for the farmers.
There were only a few finishing touches left, so Jian Dan didn't participate anymore. The villagers, of course, wouldn't miss any opportunity to earn work points, and at this time Jian Dan was already tidying up her house.
After being away from home for a month, a thorough cleaning is a must. The east and west rooms, the kitchen, and all the shelves must be cleaned and wiped clean.
Along with the sheets, blankets, and curtains, all the fabrics were also taken apart. Hand washing was out of the question, so they were washed in the room and then taken out to hang on the clothesline outside.
She also took out the cotton quilts, and the cotton clothes she and her child wore to air them in the sun.
The main issue is cleaning the cellar. Since the cellar isn't a large space, its preservation effect is limited, and some things will spoil over time.
The crops that were just harvested are all fine, since they are fresh.
However, over the past month or so, many of the pastries and other items have become inedible. Taking advantage of the fact that no one else was around, I stored the replaced batch in my online space.
It also makes some room, as we'll be putting the grain in here in a few days, and we also need to make room for the autumn cabbages in the yard.
When you go to collect mountain produce, you need to have a place to put it in a visible way.
This busy period lasted two days. Just as I finished cleaning up, well, I was working alone again, and another job came in.
When Jixiang and the others called out, Jian Dan was sitting on the kang in the west room sewing a quilt sheet. Her skills weren't great, but fortunately, her requirements weren't high. As long as the sheets were aligned top to bottom, straight, and perfectly horizontal and vertical, there wouldn't be any mistakes.
Mingzhu came in carrying the child.
"Why have you been so quiet these past few days? You've slept for two days straight?"
He simply pointed to the cotton-padded jacket on the clothesline.
"No, just tidy up the house, take the blankets apart, and let it air out. It's been a bit damp all summer."
"That's right. The weather turned cold so suddenly."
He folded the blanket in half and put it aside, then told Mingzhu to put the child down.
"Didn't you say you didn't want to take the child out? If you need anything, you could just send one of the kids to call me. Why did you have to come all this way yourself?"
Mingzhu sighed.
"I came out to hide from people."
What?
"What do you mean?"
Liu Xiaoyun,
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Fang Xiaotong,
Chen Xiuying,
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