Chapter 20 020 Q&A
She forgot to bring Qin Ye and Qin Wei's gifts; she'll check her spatial storage later to see if she has anything nice for them.
Qin Ye and Qin Wei didn't mind and happily watched Qin Xiaoxiao give gifts to the others.
After dinner, Qin Xiaoxiao felt a little sleepy, so she said goodbye and planned to go back to sleep and come back in the evening.
Back at the educated youth compound, Qin Xiaoxiao went straight to her room, lay down, and fell asleep shortly afterward, not waking up until after 3 p.m.
After stretching comfortably and folding the quilt neatly, Qin Xiaoxiao took the basin and went out to fetch water.
There was a well in the educated youth compound, located in the backyard. Usually, the male educated youth would wait for the female educated youth to wake up in the morning before coming to fetch water and fill the water jugs. It was at this time that the male educated youth would come to the backyard. At other times, they would be very careful to stay in the front yard and not come over, so as not to cause gossip and harm to the female educated youth.
As Qin Xiaoxiao stepped out the door, the new educated youth who was tidying up his room in the courtyard immediately looked up and stared intently at her.
Qin Xiaoxiao paused, her brows furrowing slightly.
Does she have eye boogers? Otherwise, why is everyone looking at her?
Qin Xiaoxiao pretended that she had sand in her eyes and rubbed them with her hands, not forgetting to lift her eyelids. As a result, the corner of her eye was clean and there was nothing there.
Qin Xiaoxiao was relieved, then looked up and smiled slightly at everyone, "Good afternoon."
Zou Jing narrowed his eyes, finding Qin Xiaoxiao quite interesting.
Others might not have seen it, but due to the angle, he saw it clearly; Qin Xiaoxiao's action of wiping the corner of her eye did not escape his notice at all.
"Hello, we met on the train, we came together."
Qin Xiaoxiao looked over and saw that it was the handsome man from the train, and then smiled.
Zou Jing took the initiative to strike up a conversation, and Qin Xiaoxiao naturally gave him face, especially since Zou Jing was quite good-looking.
Qin Xiaoxiao wasn't someone who cared about appearances, but good-looking people and things always pleased her and at least made her feel better.
Qin Xiaoxiao nodded politely to Zou Jing, "Hello, my name is Qin Xiaoxiao."
"Zou Jing is from Beijing."
“I know, and I know what the other people’s names are.”
Qin Xiaoxiao glanced at all the new educated youth and nodded to them.
I know your names, which means I value you and intend to get along well with you. As for whether we can actually get along, that remains to be seen.
Qin Xiaoxiao's friendly attitude immediately changed everyone's opinion of her, making them think she was quite polite and not as cold-hearted as some people said.
Everyone had their own thoughts, but they immediately struck up a conversation with Qin Xiaoxiao, asking her about Qinjiagou.
Qin Xiaoxiao answered every question. If she didn't know the answer, she would write it down and say that she would ask her uncle when she got home later, and then come back to tell them.
The meeting was very satisfactory to everyone. At least they had a basic understanding of Qinjiagou, which they were going to develop in the countryside, so they wouldn't be completely clueless and end up offending people without even realizing it.
Before leaving, Jiang Xiaotian talked about some things related to Qinjiagou, but there wasn't enough time, so he didn't say much. Now, after hearing Qin Xiaoxiao's explanation, everyone had a general idea of what was going on.
"Xiaoxiao, is the brigade leader your uncle? Why are you sent to the countryside?"
The one who asked the question was Su Yun. Qin Xiaoxiao looked over and met her curious gaze.
Qin Xiaoxiao doesn't shy away from answering these kinds of questions. It's better to explain things clearly now that everyone will have to know sooner or later.
It wasn't that she was petty or suspicious, but there was another scheming woman in the educated youth compound who was eyeing her covetously. She could easily fall into her trap if she wasn't careful. If she were to reveal anything about her, she might add a lot of embellishments, which would likely damage other people's impression of her.
Qin Xiao smiled and said, "My parents sacrificed themselves to save supplies at the mine. I'm not an adult yet, and I don't have any relatives back home, so I'm thinking of going back to my hometown."
There happened to be a policy of sending people to the countryside, so I thought I might as well go back to my hometown as an educated youth. Firstly, it would allow me to go home and take care of my parents, and secondly, it would be in response to the national call to go to the countryside and be with the farmers. So I asked the leaders of our mine for help, and luckily, my hometown needed educated youth, so I came.”
After listening, Su Yun nodded, and a hint of sympathy appeared in his eyes when he looked at Qin Xiaoxiao.
With her parents dead, where else could a young girl like her go if she didn't return to her hometown?
If she goes back to her hometown, someone will take care of her; but if she's all alone...
The outcome is predictable; it will likely not end well.
The other educated youth nodded in agreement. Seeing that Qin Xiaoxiao was gentle and polite, they also asked for the information they wanted to know.
"Is there a carpenter in the village?"
"Yes, Old Li's family at the east end of the village is a carpenter. Old Li is a master carpenter, and people from the county often ask him to make furniture. I heard that when a girl from the county gets married, it's a great honor for the family to have furniture made by Old Li."
Is there a primary school in the village?
"Yes, there have been some for several years. Two of the teachers were educated youth from our college, and there were also two high school graduates from the village who became teachers."
"Is it hard working in the fields? Is it very tiring?"
"Of course it's tiring, but to be honest, I've never worked in the fields before, so I don't know exactly how hard it is. But seeing my grandparents so tired every day that they don't even want to talk, I know that working in the fields is tough."
Do you think we can earn the full work points?
It was Zou Jing who asked this question. Qin Xiaoxiao looked back at him with complicated emotions. "Maybe so, but those who don't know how to work at the beginning probably won't earn full work points."
Our brigade was divided into ten teams. Teams one through three earned ten work points each, and the points for teams four through ten decreased sequentially. The tenth team earned the fewest, only three work points, but this team consisted mostly of children; there were almost no adults.
What kind of work do people who earn ten work points do?
"We did the hardest and most tiring work, such as turning the soil, sowing seeds, watering, and transplanting rice seedlings. It was even harder to earn ten work points during the autumn harvest. Others only needed to harvest half an acre to seven or eight fen of land to harvest wheat, while those who earned ten work points had to start from at least one acre."
Everyone gasped in shock upon hearing this, completely dumbfounded.
One acre? That much? Is it even possible to complete?
Qin Xiaoxiao glanced at the crowd's expressions and then continued to criticize, "Actually, a young woman can also finish the harvest during the busy autumn harvest season if she is willing to work hard. A quick one could even harvest an entire acre and two-tenths of an acre."
Her aunt could manage an entire acre of land by herself, but she wasn't from the first to third team; she was from the seventh team. Her family was wealthy, so she didn't need to work so hard. She could just earn some work points as a token gesture.
Her grandmother was from the eighth team, and she earned five work points a day. Not only were they not enough, but she also had to pay extra during the autumn harvest.
There are many elderly people like her grandmother in Qinjiagou. They go out to earn some money, but they would never tire themselves out to earn work points. They would never do something that is not worth the effort.
These old ladies are shrewd!
(End of this chapter)
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