When Yao Qiyue saw the little baby sleeping soundly after eating, she felt that her own affairs were settled.
"Auntie, to be honest, this is our first time doing farm work. We don't have any idea of how to do it. I'm afraid if we do something wrong, it will affect the harvest."
"We have a family with many young and old, and we'll have to rely on work points to support them. I'm really at my wit's end, so I've come to you to discuss this."
When Ji Ping and Li Hong heard what Yao Qiyue said, they knew what she meant by bringing milk powder.
Ji Ping was a little hesitant, because all the easier jobs in the village were wanted by people.
Whatever Yao Qiyue and the others said came later. If he took extra care of her, it would easily lead to gossip.
Ji Ping hasn't figured out what to say yet.
Li Hong gritted her teeth for the two bags of milk powder Yao Qiyue brought and said, "Auntie, I won't hide it from you. There are so many jobs in the village and they are all counted."
"If you want to earn work points, there's no easy work in the village..."
Yao Qiyue nodded: "Aunt, I know all this in my heart. I'm not trying to find an easy job for myself."
"It's my younger sister. She's just fifteen this year, just finished school, and has never done any work at home."
Ji Ping had some impression of the sister Yao Qiuyue mentioned. She looked like a quiet and gentle girl, not young at all.
He doesn't quite understand the thinking of today's young people. They have finished junior high school, but they insist on going to the countryside.
Of course, he only thought about this in his mind and would not say it out loud.
"I know what you mean. Don't worry, I'll pay close attention these two days. If there's a suitable job, I'll arrange one for your sister."
Yao Qiyue finally breathed a sigh of relief and said goodbye to Ji Ping and Li Hong with gratitude.
"Then we won't bother you, uncle and aunt. We'll go back first. We're new here and have a lot of things to pack."
After Yao Qiyue left, Ji Ping sighed to his wife.
"This is a difficult matter. If there are educated youth coming here again, I can't bend the law for personal gain. My hands are burning from handling these two bags of milk powder."
Li Hong looked at her sleeping grandson and glared at Ji Ping.
"Didn't you say that Yao Qiyue's family also has elderly people and three children?"
"I see that the strong laborer in their family is not in good health. We can't just watch them starve to death, right?"
"How old is her sister this year? She's fifteen. What's wrong with us taking care of her?"
Li Hong was so imposing that Ji Ping had nothing to say.
"The farm was just established not long ago, and they're in need of someone to cut the grass."
Li Hong disagreed and asked, "Are there two new bad guys in the cowshed? The commune has asked us to keep an eye on them."
"Can we send their good children there?"
When Ji Ping heard this, he smiled meaningfully.
"What bad elements are there? They are just carrying manure in the cowshed and are not with the grass cutters. Don't worry."
What Ji Ping didn't say was that he thought Yao Qiyue knew the couple living in the cowshed.
Anyway, as long as he doesn't cause trouble in Yanjiang Village, he can turn a blind eye to the fact that Yao Qiyue knows some bad guys and pretend he doesn't know anything.
"Okay, let's do this for now."
Li Hong is not satisfied with the job of mowing the lawn.
After all, Yao Qiyue took two bags of milk powder, which was her grandson's life-saving food.
Besides, there wasn't much milk powder, not even enough for two months. She even wanted to ask Yao Qiyue to buy some.
There really isn't any easy work in the village. I'll think of Yao Qiyue when I find some good work in the future.
…
Early the next morning.
Yao Qiyue made a large pot of milk powder for the whole family.
Each family got half a cup, and the rest was put into Chen Qingyun's green military water bottle.
When he got to work early in the morning, Ji Ping took a small notebook to arrange his work.
Yao Qiyue and Jiang Ye followed the villagers to farm.
Jiang Mei went to cut grass and feed the cows. Ji Ping had no work for Chen Qingyun, Damao, and the others.
But he told Chen Qingyun: "We need a lot of firewood in the winter. You can take your two little kids to collect firewood."
"Although we are near the river, there are many woods here. You can go and have a look."
Chen Qingyun had no objection to this job.
Everyone started a new day of busy farming work.
…
There is a lot of spring planting work to do, and there are not as many large machines as there are now. Even if it is a tractor from the county, it is unknown when it will be the turn of Yanjiang Village.
So at this time, we rely on old oxen to plow the fields.
Yao Qiuyue followed the villagers and was responsible for digging holes and burying seeds in the plowed fields.
She followed a villager beside her and carefully learned each step.
Dig the hole at a certain distance, make the hole deep, and throw in a few seeds.
Seeing Yao Qiyue studying diligently, the woman beside her couldn't help but ask, "Are you a new educated youth? I'm Gensheng's wife. You can call me Sister Guihua."
Yao Qiyue nodded and said sweetly, "Sister Guihua, my name is Yao Qiyue, and I'm a new educated youth."
Everyone worked not far away, with one person on every two ridges.
A girl with pigtails and a slightly tanned face said with a sneer.
"Sister Guihua, don't let these city people fool you."
"Look at the crooked hole she dug. How can she grow crops well?"
Wang Guihua continued working and said loudly, "Cuixia, don't say that. I think July is a quick learner, and she works much faster than you."
Zhao Cuixia threw the pickaxe in her hand to the ground in dissatisfaction.
"Sister Guihua, what do you mean? We've been in the same village for so long, and yet we're no match for an educated youth from outside?"
"You're going to bury me just for her?"
Wang Guihua said these words because she knew too well what kind of person Zhao Cuixia was.
"You're targeting July because the new educated youth took your job mowing the lawn."
"If you have any dissatisfaction, go to the organization. The work is assigned by the organization."
"Who wants to see your ugly face every day?"
Zhao Cuixia pointed at Wang Guihua: "You..."
"you……"
"You can only bully me, huh, I won't do it anymore!"
Zhao Cuixia found an excuse and left the field, leaving Yao Qiyue stunned.
She now suspected that Zhao Cuixia just didn't want to work, so she was deliberately picking on her.
Wang Guihua looked at Zhao Cuixia's quickly running back and sneered.
"Oh……"
"She's just trying to be lazy. Spring planting is a busy time. If she comes home like this, she'll get scolded. Let's just leave her alone."
Wang Guihua took a look and turned back to farming.
The sky is vast, the earth is vast, and food is the greatest.
Yao Qiyue took a look and then looked away. She was still a little clumsy and struggling to work.
After working for a while, she felt that the pickaxe in her hand was too heavy.
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