Although she kept squatting and picking up stones, she felt tired as the sun rose higher and higher. In less than an hour, her hands began to feel hot.
He looked at his hands, which had already started to turn red, and muttered, "This is too delicate. Fortunately, I didn't pull out weeds, otherwise I would have blisters by now."
She shook her sore hands and looked at the two fields next to her. She looked at Su Tao and Aunt Li who were also picking stones with her and realized that she was already far behind them.
There was no choice but to go to the edge of the field, get my water cup, drink a sip, come back, put on gloves and continue picking up stones.
She thought no one would notice her little action just now, but Aunt Li had already noticed it as soon as she looked over. After all, she was also paying attention to Song Tanglan next to her. Seeing that the little girl was obviously tired, but had no intention of giving up, she nodded secretly.
Although she told her son that he would help her, who doesn't like a hardworking and capable little girl?
"Lan girl, Tao girl, if you are tired, you can sit by the edge of the field and rest for a while. At our current speed, we can finish the work before dinner."
Su Tao was still working hard, thinking of helping Lan Lan later, but he suddenly heard what Aunt Li said. Then he felt his mouth was a little dry and his lips were starting to peel.
So I calculated the time and realized that I hadn't had any water for more than an hour.
"Okay, Aunt Li, do you have any water? If not, I can share some with you."
"I brought it, I brought it, you two girls can take a break."
"Okay." Song Tanglan and Su Tao said so, but after drinking water they went back to the fields to continue working. However, this time the atmosphere was not so tense. The three of them chatted while picking up stones.
Aunt Li also told the two little girls gossip about the village, such as who had a new baby girl and how much her mother-in-law disliked her, and where someone's daughter got married.
Aunt Li was very excited and talking about the gossip she knew, which made Song Tanglan and Su Tao listen with great interest and ask a few questions from time to time.
At this time, Su Tao thought of the limited food she had and asked.
"Auntie, what else do we eat here besides the food we are given?"
She suddenly mentioned food, and the three educated youth all pricked up their heads, waiting for Aunt Li to explain to them. After all, they didn't have much food on hand, and they wouldn't get much of the food distributed before the autumn harvest this year.
So the two people present were worried about how they would spend the next year. Song Tanglan was just curious and wanted to listen. After all, she had enough food and had no worries in this regard.
Aunt Li thought about the situation of this group of educated youth and explained it to them.
"In addition to the grain we received from the autumn harvest, we also had vegetables grown in our private plots, and we often went up the mountain to find some dried goods and wild vegetables. As long as we were diligent in our Red Star Brigade, no one would go hungry. Didn't the old educated youth tell you this?"
When Su Tao heard this question, she immediately shook her head. What she said was indeed true. The old educated youth did not tell them anything. Even the things they needed in daily life had to be bought from Song Tangcheng.
When Aunt Li saw her reaction, she looked at Sun Jianhua again and found that the two were not talking, so she frowned.
When these old educated youth first came, although these farmers disliked them, they still introduced the situation in the brigade to them.
Unexpectedly, when this group of new educated youth arrived, these old educated youth did not give them any guidance at all.
"Since they didn't tell me, I'll tell you something. You can find some nuts, wild fruits, and some mushrooms in the mountains. There are still some dried goods in the mountains in October, but they will become less and less in November. If you can't finish the dried goods, you can exchange them for money in town. But when you go up the mountain, you must not go deep into the mountains. You can only move around on the periphery. There are wild boars and wolves in the deep mountains. And you must go up the mountain with someone who knows the way, otherwise it's easy to get lost."
Song Tanglan had also heard from her second sister about the horror of the deep mountains, so although she wanted to make money, she never dared to think about it. After all, her fighting power was too low, and a random poisonous snake could take her life.
But maybe it’s because humans are curious and adventurous about unknown things, but she actually felt eager to try the mountain behind the house.
When Su Tao heard that she could exchange it for money, she immediately became excited. This proved that as long as she worked hard enough and saved more mountain products, she could exchange them for more money. It shouldn't take long for her to earn back the money she spent on building the house.
Seeing that the two little girls were so excited, Aunt Li knew that they were not frightened by the horror of the deep mountains, and smiled helplessly.
"You probably don't know which wild vegetables and mushrooms are edible! After work, my eldest daughter-in-law is going to the mountains to pick some wild vegetables and mushrooms. You can come with them and let them teach you."
Su Tao thanked her very sincerely, thinking of bringing some snacks from her hometown to thank Aunt Li when the time comes.
It was not until their backs and waists ached that the three new educated youth followed Aunt Li to register with the scorer.
The scorer is also a daughter-in-law of the Cheng family, but she is the daughter-in-law of Aunt Li's sister-in-law. The relationship between the two families is pretty good and they often interact with each other.
When scorer Xu Ci saw that the three new educated youth were brought by Aunt Li, he didn't want to make things difficult for them, but he carefully checked the land and found that although they looked embarrassed, they were still quite careful at work.
So I happily recorded their work points in the scorebook.
Song Tanglan took a look while filling out the form and found that she only had three work points, while her good sisters Su Tao and Sun Jianhua both had 4 work points. She felt a little disappointed.
Fortunately, she didn't care about these work points. She didn't intend to make a living by doing farm work. As long as the work was not too bad and she was not looked down upon by others, it was enough.
She had heard that people in the countryside loved to make up stories, so she just wanted to keep a low profile and live a good life. She thought that if she could earn three work points in the morning and two work points in the afternoon, five work points a day would be enough for her situation.
At this time, she was still secretly happy in her heart, but when she returned home, she found that her hands had a big blister and several small blisters as soon as she washed them.
The secret joy I just felt suddenly disappeared.
She guessed that her body, which had never worked before, could not withstand such long hours of farm work. On the way back, she felt sore in her back and waist, and even her legs were a little numb from squatting for so long.
Thinking that I still had to make lunch later, I had no choice but to go back to my room, get out a needle, prick the blister, apply some medicine, and then start making my own lunch.
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