Jiang Li turned her head and saw Xu Yuanyuan holding a straw hat in her hand, which was the same hat that Lu Chaoli wore on her head yesterday.

Xu Yuanyuan put on her own hat and then walked over with Lu Chaoli's hat: "Xiao Jiang, is this your family's hat? Why does it look like a man's?"

"Yeah, it's my uncle's."

Jiang Li took the hat handed to her by Xu Yuanyuan without changing her expression, then put it on her head and tightened the hat string under her chin like Lu Chaoli did yesterday.

Although the man's big straw hat looked a little weird on her head, it was better than nothing.

After Jiang Li adjusted her hat, she went out of the yard with Xu Yuanyuan. Zhou Guoqing and others were already waiting in the yard.

Liu Jiayi and Li Zhixiu were standing at the edge. When Liu Jiayi caught a glimpse of Jiang Li and Xu Yuanyuan from the corner of her eye, she snorted coldly and turned her head away instantly.

Jiang Li and Xu Yuanyuan were too lazy to pay attention to her and walked straight towards the gate of the Youth League Institute.

"Let's go, everyone is here, I'll take you to the fields!"

Zhou Guoqing spoke first, then walked in front and led a few people to go to the fields to earn work points.

There is no land distribution in Taohua Village. Everyone works together. In order to make the villagers more motivated to work, the village chief goes to the fields every day to assign tasks to everyone.

Those who work more get more work points, and those who work less get fewer work points. This is quite fair, and no villager has ever had any conflict over work points.

When Jiang Li and others arrived at the fields, many villagers were already working. The morning air was fresh and cool, and the villagers liked to get up early and go home early before the sun burned their skin.

A while ago, a villager worked in the fields at noon in order to earn more work points. As the weather was too hot, he caught a heat stroke that day and had to rest at home for two or three days before he recovered.

Not only did they suffer, but they almost collapsed. The villagers would never dare to imitate such a loss-making act.

Now we get up early in the morning when it is cool to work, and go home early when the sun is too hot.

"Aunt Zhang, Aunt Zhou, Uncle Liu, why are you here so early?"

After seeing those familiar figures, Xu Yuanyuan greeted them.

On the first day they arrived, many villagers brought home-grown vegetables and sweet potatoes to the educated youth center. These people in front of them were the ones who had spoken to Xu Yuanyuan. After seeing the clothes they were wearing, Xu Yuanyuan recognized them at a glance.

The villagers who were bending over to work turned their heads when they heard her voice. When they saw that it was these young educated youth comrades, they stopped what they were doing and turned to look at them.

"Several young comrades are here. Have you had breakfast?"

Aunt Zhang was concerned about whether they had eaten breakfast before coming, because if they didn't eat in the morning, their bodies wouldn't be able to hold on.

Lin Jiye, who was walking in the front, replied: "Don't worry, Aunt Zhang, we have eaten."

"That's good. There are so many of you. The vegetables sent over the day before yesterday won't last for many meals. Tell auntie when you're almost done, and she'll pick some more for you from home!"

"Thank you, Aunt Zhang! When we earn work points, we can go to Aunt Zhang to exchange them for vegetables!"

"Oh, these are all vegetables grown by my family. We can't eat them all. Whoever wants to eat them can just pick them. Don't be so formal with your aunt!"

When Aunt Zhang spoke in such a loud voice, all the villagers in the fields heard it and turned their heads to look back.

"Hey, who is this?"

Aunt Zhang looked at Jiang Li beside Xu Yuanyuan curiously, and was sure that she had not seen this young comrade when she went to the Youth League Institute last time.

"Hello, Aunt Zhang. I am an educated youth who came to Taohua Village with Yuanyuan and the others. I just had something else that day and missed the train, so I was delayed for a day."

"Xiao Jiang, the sweet and fragrant sweet potato you praised yesterday was planted by Aunt Zhang right in front of you!"

When Aunt Zhang heard Jiang Li praising the sweet potatoes she grew, she was so excited that she couldn't close her mouth.

"So it's Comrade Xiao Jiang. If you like the sweet potatoes that I grow, come home with me in the afternoon and I'll get you some!"

"No, no, there are still a lot left at the Youth League Institute. Aunt Zhang, keep them for yourself."

Jiang Li waved her hand to refuse, but couldn't resist Aunt Zhang's enthusiasm: "Let's put it this way, after lunch, you and Comrade Xiao Xu will go home with me to get the sweet potatoes!"

Jiang Li looked at Xu Yuanyuan beside her, and Xu Yuanyuan raised her eyebrows, as if to say: See, I told you that the villagers here are very enthusiastic!

"And you guys, tell me what you want to eat. I have a big yard and a garden of vegetables!"

Aunt Zhang looked at Zhou Guoqing and the others with a smile. She really liked these young and polite comrades! Aunt Zhou also smiled and said, "I grow a lot of vegetables at home. You can just go to my house and pick whatever you want to eat!"

"Have you finished the two bottles of peach blossom wine I gave you the day before yesterday? Let me know when you've finished, and I'll bring you two more bottles the next day. They're all brewed at home, and you can't get them anywhere else!"

When talking about the peach blossom wine he brewed himself, Uncle Liu was full of pride and did not hide it at all.

Jiang Li and others thanked the villagers for their enthusiastic attitude. Although they had never met each other before, they quickly became friends.

At this time, the village chief came over from other fields. Although he had gray beard and was already sixty years old, he was agile and energetic, and his figure could be seen everywhere in the fields.

"village head."

Zhou Guoqing and others greeted the village chief, who walked towards them with his hands behind his back, looking around at the seven educated youth.

"Everyone is here. Follow me. I will assign tasks to you. This place is different from the city. In the city, you get money for working, but here you get work points."

The village chief introduced everything while leading everyone towards the fields in front.

"But you don't have to worry. There are places in town where you can exchange work points for money. When you go to town, you can exchange your work points for money to spend."

"I understand, Village Chief."

Zhou Guoqing and his companions nodded, followed the village chief and stopped in front of a field.

The village chief pointed to the field in front of him and said, "This is your task today. You guys are all from the city, so you may have never done such hard work. If you don't understand something, just ask the villagers."

Zhou Guoqing patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Village Chief, we will definitely finish all the work you assigned!"

The village chief picked up a hoe beside him and divided the field in front into seven pieces.

"Girls have less energy and should do less work, while boys have more energy and should do more work. They will get the same work points after completing the task. Do you have any objections?"

“No problem!”

Zhou Guoqing and others quickly shook their heads.

The village chief stroked his beard and said, "Okay, I'll go over there and take a look. Call me if you need anything."

"Comrade Xiao Jiang, let me teach you how to use this hoe!"

(End of this chapter)