But ever since she came here, I found that she was becoming more and more like before. I don’t know if it was because of her personality change or something else.
"It's okay, your skin isn't bad either."
Song Tanglan was still being humble here, but a voice that she didn't want to hear came from the other side.
"It's not cold here, but you're wearing so much. I don't know if there's something wrong with you."
Tian Yulan had dressed up carefully, hoping to impress everyone in the group, but she didn't expect to be outdone by the casually dressed Song Tanglan. How could she not be angry?
As soon as she finished her sarcastic remarks, Li Meifang, who had been following her, immediately agreed.
"Exactly. I think she just wants to get a heat stroke so she can avoid going to work."
In fact, Li Meifang also doesn't like Song Tanglan very much. They are both educated youth. Not only is she good-looking, she also lives a good life. She even lives alone. Looking at her fair skin, it is obvious that she has never worked.
With these comparisons, she, who was not favored at home and had to work constantly since childhood to have enough food, had to go to the countryside in place of her brother and follow Tian Yulan to please her in order to be valued by her family.
This made her jealous to the point of going crazy. They were both girls, so why was she like a grass-root ant, while she was a swan-like princess?
And why didn't she say hello to her? She even looked down on her with her eyes.
Tian Yulan is also stupid. If her family didn't have some money, she wouldn't bother to play with her.
The two spoke in low voices, but their voices were clearly heard by Su Tao and Song Tanglan. Su Tao heard their slander and was about to step forward to teach them a lesson.
Captain Cheng arrived at this time!
"Quiet! I'll arrange the work for the new educated youth. The male educated youth will go and open up the wasteland, and the new female educated youth will follow behind and pick up stones. As for you old educated youth, continue to pull weeds and open up the wasteland. When you finish your work, go find the scorekeeper to record your work points. The rest of you will follow the previous assignments."
After saying this, he didn't give them a chance to refute and turned around and left, leaving the new educated youth present looking at each other in confusion. They didn't know how to get to their destination and could only follow the old educated youth.
At this time, Chen Donghong acted like a leader. He took them directly to the place where they could get the tools and explained things to them on the way.
However, only the male educated youth could receive tools, and the work of the female educated youth was relatively simple, so they did not need any tools at all.
As soon as they arrived, they saw three team leaders who had been waiting for a long time.
The old educated youth had been divided into teams, so after receiving their tools, they set off for their destinations. The three team leaders looked at the group of frail new educated youth with disgust on their faces.
You can only pick the ones that you like.
Song Tanglan, Sun Jianhua and Su Tao were assigned to the third team. The team leader was a middle-aged man with a simple smile. On the way to the reclaimed land, he introduced the situation in the team to them.
"The farmers in our third team are all honest and hardworking. They work very efficiently. As long as you finish your part of the work, no one will bother you. Of course, if you slack off, don't blame the old women in the team for gossiping."
"If you slack off and end up earning fewer work points and not having enough food to eat, you can't blame the brigade. That's your own fault. But we in the Red Star Brigade are all hardworking people. No household has ever gone hungry. And if you work well, you'll even get a share of money at the end of the year!"
He was very happy after saying this, as if he had brought this honor upon himself.
Su Tao, who was originally immersed in the fact that she was assigned to the same team with Song Tanglan, immediately looked at each other in surprise when she heard the team leader's words, because it was obvious that this person's words were meant for the two girls.
It’s okay for me, at least I’m strong, but Lanlan has thin arms and legs, so I have to speed up so that I can help Lanlan later, so that Lanlan won’t be gossiped about.
Song Tanglan was still listening attentively to what the team leader in front of her was saying, and had no idea what her friend was thinking. If she knew, she would probably be both moved and want to vomit blood.
When they arrived at the fields assigned to the third team, they saw that many people had already started working. The workers in the Red Star Brigade worked in families, with the exception of the educated youth. Because they came from the city and knew nothing, they could only be taught slowly by the people in the village.
It’s just that the educated youth had a bad attitude and didn’t study seriously, which is why the people in the village didn’t like them.
They didn't do any work in the first place, but they still had to share their food. No one was happy about that.
Unexpectedly, this group of educated youth were ungrateful and kept clamoring about going to the countryside to build the rural areas. They did not think that these young kids could build any rural areas. Instead, they added burden to them and divided their food.
It would be strange if I could be nice to them in this situation.
Song Tanglan looked around at the people working and found that the Cheng family was also in the group. Looking at Aunt Li and Mrs. Sun waving at her, Song Tanglan also smiled sweetly and greeted them.
Seeing that they knew each other, the team leader smiled and said, "Since you know each other, then Sister Li, please take the trouble to teach these young people what to do."
"Okay, just let them follow us! Just let Fang Yuan lead the young man to open up the wasteland, and you two girls can follow behind them to pick up stones."
After Aunt Li finished speaking, she pointed to the land allocated to them. Perhaps because it was their first time doing farm work, the land allocated to them was very small.
Song Tanglan was also a very appreciative person, and she said directly with gratitude: "Okay, thank you for your help, auntie."
"Xiao Lan, we are all family, so why be polite?" Aunt Li waved her hand cheerfully.
She actually quite liked this little girl, even though she was small and delicate, but she was well-behaved and sweet-mouthed. Moreover, they were relatives, and they had a very good relationship with their in-laws.
The little girl didn't have any city girl's airs and didn't look down on them for being farmers. Now that they were in their own territory, of course they had to treat her better.
Su Tao was a very perceptive person. She knew that she was blessed by her good friend, so she followed Aunt Li and expressed her gratitude.
The three chatted for a while, and then started picking up stones after seeing that the people in front had already cleared a lot of land.
Song Tanglan took the dustpan placed aside and filled it with stones. She needed to pick up the stones from the soil, so she didn't wear gloves, thinking that as long as she was careful, there shouldn't be any problem.
But she didn't expect that she still overestimated herself.
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