Chapter 72: Purely Because of Laziness
The Red Star Brigade started the autumn harvest in full swing, with only one hour of break for lunch at noon. Jiang Hao was really worried that Shi Luo would not have enough time.
After hearing Jiang Hao's analysis, Shi Luo also felt it was troublesome, so he agreed to have lunch at the Jiang family. Of course, Shi Luo's lunch rations were Jiang Hao's dinner rations.
Originally, Shi Luo wanted Jiang Hao to take some food to the Jiang family, but Jiang Hao said that he would eat at the Youth League Home at night, so it was even and there was no need to send food over.
Although Jiang Hao said so, Shi Luo still sent a piece of clothing and some snacks to Liu Cuihua and Jiang Jianguo through Jiang Hao.
Shi Luo opened his lunch box, took a bite of scrambled eggs with cucumber, and said listlessly, "Autumn harvest is so tiring. How many more days of work are left?"
Jiang Hao felt really sorry for Shi Luo, but he couldn't say anything like stopping Shi Luo from going to work. After all, even children of four or five years old were picking peanuts and rice ears in the fields.
"It will take another ten days or so. Only after the grain is distributed and the autumn harvest is finally finished can it be considered completely over."
Shi Luo felt that he had no desire to live anymore.
Jiang Hao looked at Shi Luo and whispered, "Why don't you pretend to have heatstroke too."
Shi Luo opened his eyes and looked at Jiang Hao, thinking, he is indeed worthy of being the man I have lived with for such a long time, we have such a tacit understanding and can think of the same thing.
"I don't want it. I've thought about it today, but I still feel embarrassed. Even Xu Qianjin is fine.
If I fainted, I would be the first male educated youth to faint in the brigade. It would be so embarrassing."
Xu Qianjin is the new male educated youth. He is tall and thin, and his family is well-off. He rents the last room in the backyard and usually cooks alone.
He was average at farm work, and the work points he earned every day were comparable to Shi Luo's. He managed to persevere through the autumn harvest for such a long time, and he didn't faint even once.
Xu Qianjin has been in the Red Star Brigade for so long that Shi Luo can count the number of words he has said to him on one hand.
Shi Luo felt that Xu Qianjin had no other shortcomings except being a little lazy. He kept his distance from most of the educated youth, did not cause trouble, and always kept to himself.
Li Zhe was quite familiar with him, and the two of them had even gone up the mountain together to collect firewood.
As Jiang Hao cleaned his lunch box, he said, "I'm afraid Xu Qianjin won't be able to faint for the entire autumn harvest. If you want to wait for him to faint and then pretend to be sick, then there's really no hope."
When Shi Luo heard this, his curiosity piqued. "Why do you say that? I feel like he can't hold on for much longer."
Jiang Hao: "Don't you feel that Xu Qianjin is a very upright person? I saw him kill a little wild boar in the mountains last time.
Since then, I have observed him carefully, and Xu Qianjin gives me the feeling that he is somewhat like my elder brother.
Even if he had never been a soldier, there must be someone in his family who was a soldier, and he must have been trained.
Don't look at him because he's thin; he's quite strong. He earns few work points, so he doesn't show off his skills outside. He's probably trying to hide his abilities."
If Xu Qianjin knew what Jiang Hao thought of him, he would definitely say that he was overthinking it. His previous guess was not wrong. Xu Qianjin's two older brothers were soldiers, and even his parents served in the army.
So Xu Qianjin grew up in a compound since he was a child and was naturally trained. As for why Xu Qianjin did not join the army but chose to go to the countryside, it was because Xu Qianjin felt that being a soldier was too hard.
Xu Qianjin was lazy at work in the brigade and only earned five or six work points a day. It was not because he was trying to hide his incompetence, but simply because he was lazy.
Xu Qianjin's family sends him packages and money every month, so he feels that he has everything he needs. There is really no need to make things difficult for himself, and he should just be content with what he has.
After Xu Qianjin inspected all the educated youth in the Youth House, he found that Shi Luo earned the least work points every day among the male educated youth, but no one in the team said anything about him.
Xu Qianjin held himself to the same standards as Shi Luo did in terms of work points, aiming to earn five or six points a day, as long as he didn't break the team leader's bottom line for the educated youth.
It's no wonder that Xu Qianjin was lucky. He was assigned to the same team as Shi Luo. Hanzi could accept Shi Luo, and Jiang Hao, who earned so few work points, could naturally accept Xu Qianjin. That's why Xu Qianjin has never shown his true strength until now.
After hearing what Jiang Hao said, Shi Luo was stunned. "Is he that powerful? Then I can't pretend to be sick during the autumn harvest."
Jiang Hao thought for a moment and said, "How about I be the first one to faint tomorrow to help you attract some attention."
Shi Luo rolled his eyes and said, "Do you think your mother and father are stupid? If we both fainted at the same time, it would be obvious that we were faking illness. Besides, your parents know your physical condition, don't they?
Forget it, I'm holding on. It won't last a few days anyway. I've made it this far, so a few more days won't matter."
Jiang Hao touched Shi Luo's head and said, "You've worked so hard, my dear. I'll make you your favorite stir-fried pork and candied tomatoes when I get home tonight. Now it's time for us to go to the fields to work."
Shi Luo looked at his watch and saw that the time was almost up, so he went to the fields with Jiang Hao.
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