Just when Song Fuyu was full of questions and wondering who her companions were, a group of little kids carrying bamboo baskets ran towards them.
She counted them and found there were seven in total, four boys and three girls.
"Captain Grandpa, we are here."
"Good boy, stand still first."
"Yes, sir!"
"Yes, sir!"
The little ones saluted Wang Zhiyong in unison.
"I'm with them?"
Song Fuyu felt a little autistic.
The oldest of these kids was probably only six or seven years old. What could she do with them? Digging in the mud?
Did the captain have any misunderstanding about her?
Although she has never done farm work in modern times, she is a farm owner after all, and she is very strong, otherwise how could she dare to build a house outside by herself?
"You still have a wound on your head, so temporarily follow them to the foot of the mountain to collect grass for pigs. Two baskets are counted as one work point."
"I..."
Without waiting for her to protest, the captain closed the notebook and turned away from her sight.
"Sister Fairy, come on, we'll take you to a place with lots of pig grass."
"......"
Song Fuyu slung the water bottle across his shoulder, took the small backpack and put it on his back.
Several children vied to hold her hand, and finally it was the captain's five-year-old grandson and another older little girl who grabbed her hand.
The other little ones followed behind, pulling at her clothes.
Song Fuyu, like the moon surrounded by stars, had no choice but to follow them to the foot of the mountain.
She never thought that she would be treated like this on her first day of working in the countryside, which caught her off guard.
"Sister Fairy, this is pigweed."
The little girl holding her right hand cut a bunch of grass and placed it in front of her.
"Don't call me fairy sister."
"You can call me Sister Song, or Sister Fu Yu."
"Sister Fu Yu~"
"Sister Fu Yu~"
Seven people shouted her name.
"Good boy~"
After they calmed down, Song Fuyu took the pig grass and carefully identified its shape. She really didn't know what pig grass looked like before.
After that, a group of children happily showed her the pig grass they had caught. After taking turns to attack, she estimated that she would dream about the shape of pig grass tonight.
It took the eight of them, including her, more than an hour to fill the backpacks behind them.
It's not that pig grass is difficult to cut, but it is very scattered. It is not too easy to bend down and cut it. But it is definitely very simple compared to the physically demanding farm work in the fields, otherwise they would not let only children of this age come here.
On the way to register, she pretended to take out seven fruit candies from her pocket, but actually took them out from the space and gave one to each person.
"Thank you for teaching me how to identify pigweed. If it weren't for you, I definitely wouldn't know what pigweed looks like."
"Thank you, Sister Fu Yu."
"You're welcome. I should thank you, too."
She only packed three backpacks in the whole morning.
In other words, she only earned 1.5 work points in the morning.
Why...
There is still a long way to go~
"Sister Fu Yu, what did the captain ask you to do? Why didn't I see you?"
Tong Youyou, who had just returned from work, hurriedly pulled her hand and asked.
"The captain saw that my injury had not healed yet, so he asked me to go with the kids to collect grass for the pigs."
"Wow, I envy you."
"I have been weeding in the fields this morning and my waist and hands are in so much pain."
She showed her hand, which was cut by the grass, to Song Fuyu.
The originally delicate hands, after being tortured for a whole morning, now had several small cuts, some of which were bloody.
She poured a glass of mint water and handed it to Tong Youyou.
"I have gloves in my closet. Bring a pair over this afternoon."
"I won't be polite with you. Next time I go to the supply and marketing cooperative, I'll buy you a pair and return them to you."
There weren't many people wearing gloves, but there were two or three.
In order to prevent her hands from being tortured any further, she had to wear it even if she was a minority.
After lunch, everyone lay on the bed to rest.
I felt like I hadn’t fallen asleep yet, and the broadcast notifying everyone to go to work rang again.
As soon as she walked out of the room, she saw the little kids waiting for her at the gate.
"Sister Fu Yu, hurry up, we should go to work."
These little guys are really enthusiastic about their work.
She had no choice but to pick up the backpack and quickly catch up with them.
I can't be outdone by a group of kids.
With this mentality, Song Fuyu's speed when cutting grass for pigs became much faster.
While they were not paying attention, she also collected some of them into the space.
There is no need for grass seeds, just plant them on the land in the space, and it shouldn't take long to grow a large area.
Then you won't have to go through the hard work of cutting it bit by bit over and over again.
Although it is cheating by space, the pig grass cultivated in space may help the pigs in the village grow a few more pounds of meat after eating it.
After one day's work, he earned a total of four work points, one more point than the children.
She nodded with satisfaction.
"Sister Fu Yu, you are really amazing."
"Usually we can only earn three work points at most."
"Don't be discouraged. You are children and I am an adult. It is only natural that I should cut more than you."
She rubbed Xiaohua's head, the little girl who held her right hand in the morning.
"Go home quickly~"
"Goodbye, we'll go pick grass for pigs together tomorrow."
Song Fuyu responded with a smile.
In fact, I was thinking, I will take off the gauze on my head when I get back.
If she hadn't been afraid that someone would notice that her wound healed too quickly, she would have wanted to remove it a long time ago.
I haven't washed my hair for so long that I might have lice.
When she returned to the Youth League Home, she saw the team leader and his men measuring the land where she and Youyou were going to build their house.
She walked over and called out to the other person loudly.
"You're back just in time. We just divided the area. Can you take a look?"
Song Fuyu looked at the place marked with white lines and felt very satisfied.
The homestead is next to Jin Kai's house. Apparently the team leader thinks it would be safer to have boys around to look after her. If it can make him feel at ease, then it's fine to live next to her. She doesn't really care.
What made her most satisfied was that her private plot was located next to the house, which would make it much more convenient for her to grow vegetables in the future.
"Okay, that's fine for now."
She pretended to take a piece of paper out of her pocket.
"Uncle Wang, I drew a blueprint for building a house. Do you think it's feasible?"
Wang Zhiyong took her paper and read it carefully.
"If you build it like this, it will probably cost around two hundred and fifty dollars."
"If possible, I would build it this way. It doesn't matter if it costs more. But since we have decided to build it, we can't be too compromising."
Since she said so, Wang Zhiyong had no objection. After they left, the house would belong to the village anyway, so they would make a profit.