Chapter 4 Cousin, you've never even swept the floor at home.
Around 2 p.m., the sun was blazing and the late summer heat was quite intense. Everyone else had already adapted to the temperature, but Ji Yueyan was worried that the fair-skinned and soft-spoken Yin Xiaoyin wouldn't be able to adapt, so she kept glancing at her.
Yin Xiaoyin squinted and smiled at her.
Ji Yueyan tugged at her in an annoyed tone: "Let's walk in the shade."
There was no real shade, just the shadows of a few branches.
The female lead, Yin Wenying, is naturally a kind and capable person; otherwise, how could she be the beloved female lead in a period drama? By now, she should have been out of bed for a while. Seeing them coming over, she casually wiped the sweat from her forehead.
"I was afraid of disturbing your rest, so I came over first."
Then, worriedly, she asked, "Cousin, you've never swept the floor at home before, so how will you manage this work in the fields... But it's okay, I'll help you out in a bit."
The plot about this place also appeared in Yin Xiaoyin's mind.
"When Yin Xiaoyin first went to work in the fields, Yin Wenying was worried that her cousin would not be able to adapt and offered to help. Yin Xiaoyin refused and was criticized."
"Please complete the storyline check-in task, refuse Yin Wenying, and do not get out of bed properly. To be completed."
Ji Yueyan subconsciously pulled Yin Xiaoyin behind her. Just as she was about to say something, she heard Yin Xiaoyin tilt her head slightly and say, "You just want to say that I'm spoiled and don't need your help, that I can do it myself."
Seeing this, Aunt Li exclaimed, "Hey, you don't appreciate kindness! Wenying, you've worked hard all day, don't try to be nice to someone who's so cold-hearted."
"We're all sisters from the same family, so why are you so different?"
Yin Wenying spoke somewhat uneasily, "Aunt Li, my cousin didn't mean it, I, I'm okay..."
Then, as if summoning his courage, he spoke to Yin Xiaoyin again: "Xiaoyin, when we're out and about, we need to help each other. Don't be stubborn. Call me if you need anything."
Yin Xiaoyin: "Listen to me, thank you..."
Although it sounded like a thank you, Yin Wenying's expression stiffened for a moment, and it didn't quite feel like that.
The village chief came over with the work point book to assign today's tasks. He glanced at Yin Xiaoyin, frowned, and said, "You're already working in the fields on your first day here. Your awareness is good. However, the work in the fields isn't as simple as you think. You'll try weeding today..."
Yin Xiaoyin responded crisply.
While teaching Yin Xiaoyin to distinguish which weeds to pull, Ji Yueyan said, "She sometimes brings meat to the village for a treat, and the villagers are more or less biased towards her. Don't be foolish and run into the woodshed."
Yin Xiaoyin: "I don't have time to pay attention to everyone who says anything."
Looking at the land in front of me, it was almost harvest time, but the rice was sparse and sickly, while the weeds were lush and abundant.
"See? All of these need to be pulled out."
Ji Yueyan pointed to several kinds of weeds.
Because she had other tasks to do, Ji Yueyan went to attend to them.
Yin Xiaoyin rubbed her hands together. At this moment, the messy wheat field became clear data in her eyes. Although the weeds were gone, the roots and seeds fell to the ground and the weeds' vitality regenerated in the blink of an eye, competing with the wheat seeds for nutrients in the soil.
This creates a vicious cycle where even if this season's harvest is successful, the next planting season will be the only option.
She casually plucked a few weeds, looked at them, and then stood up and went to another spot.
Even if you don't work in the fields properly, you still have to complete the task.
Aunt Li, who was watching her from a distance, pouted and shouted angrily, "Look at this delicate girl from the city, she's not as hardworking as Yingzi, the educated youth. She's only worked for a short while and she's already sneaking off to rest."
Others would occasionally glance over and point.
Yin Xiaoyin squatted down, seemingly lost in thought, and picked up a twig, drawing something on the ground.
Even a skilled cook can't cook without rice, so although we have countless herbicide recipes in our minds these days, the only ones that are actually easy to find are the ones that can be put into practice.
She thought for a moment and then went to another place to find the village chief.
"herbicide?"
The village chief said with a stern face, "Weeding is hard work and tedious, but you can't resort to these crooked methods just because you're afraid of getting tired."
Yin Xiaoyin looked up and said seriously, "This is not crooked or evil, this is chemistry."
The village chief turned and left with a dark expression.
Meanwhile, Yin Xiaoyin's mind displayed a notification that the sign-in task was completed: "Ding dong, congratulations on obtaining one drop of Happy Fat Otaku Water."
Without even glancing at the reward, Yin Xiaoyin tossed it directly into her system inventory to gather dust.
The village chief was smoking snuff at home, surrounded by smoke, while his noisy grandson ran around him. Annoyed, he picked the boy up and gave him a good beating of bamboo shoots and pork.
The village chief's wife cried out, "Why did you hit him for no reason?"
"I get a headache when I think about things."
"What is it?"
"You tell me, are we farmers uneducated? Today, that educated youth who just came to the countryside said he was going to make herbicide, talking about some kind of flowery snow or something. I don't understand it, and I don't know if I should believe it. The crops in the fields are our lifeline. If something goes wrong, people will starve to death."
Upon hearing that it was such a serious matter, the village chief's wife forgot her anger and slapped her thigh, saying, "Go to the county town tomorrow and ask the leaders; maybe they'll know..."
The village chief nodded: "That's the only way."
They felt a little resentful. They were old farmers who had farmed all their lives. What did those educated youth sent to the countryside know?
snort.
He'll give her a good scolding once he finds out tomorrow.
The village chief waved his hand towards the yard: "I'll go take another look in the fields."
Yin Xiaoyin was sitting by the field, her nimble fingers weaving a dog's tail. She was surrounded by a group of children who called her "sister" this and "sister" that, saying, "Sister, I want you to weave one quickly..."
The village chief waved his hand dismissively, saying, "What are you all doing, causing such a ruckus..."
He was about to scold her when he saw Yin Xiaoyin looking at him with bright eyes. She said irritably, "Today is your first day of work, so you don't get any work points. I'll ask about it tomorrow. You take these kids to find some wild fruit, instead of just playing around here."
Yin Xiaoyin responded with a "yes," and with a wave of her hand, she generously distributed candy to the village children. She was also skillful and could weave some strange little things, which immediately attracted the children's attention.
So she shouted something, and everyone cheered and ran after her.
Several of Aunt Li's grandsons also got a taste of the sweetness. She nudged Yin Wenying, who was standing next to her, and said, "What's your cousin's background? She's really generous."
Yin Wenying's expression changed almost imperceptibly: "Both her parents work."
Aunt Li exclaimed "Oh!" and then asked Yin Wenying, "You two are sisters from the same family, so your parents must have stable jobs, right?"
"Of course."
Her voice trailed off, carrying a hint of bravado, but Aunt Li couldn't tell. She just smiled and said, "Oh, that's wonderful. I've always wanted someone in my family to be a worker, but they're all so disappointing."
She glanced at Yin Xiaoyin as she walked away and muttered, "City people are so nice..."
At that moment, she had no idea that for a long time to come, city dwellers would begin to envy rural life.
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