When the work bell rang, Xiangyang Village began to come alive, and people began to leave their homes to go to work.
The educated youth at the educated youth site continued to weed the peanut fields in the afternoon as the villagers continued to work.
Xu Zhiyi thought about how after work at noon, Gan Tiantian ran to her and cried, saying that she shouldn't have disobeyed her in the morning. Some weeds had sawteeth.
If you are not careful, small wounds will be cut on your tender hands. After a morning, there are still many small wounds on your hands.
After crying for a long time, Fang Kai finally asked another educated youth to exchange a pair of old gloves for her. She had no choice but to change into long-sleeved shirts and put on a hat.
The sun was even stronger in the afternoon, and many people wore homemade straw hats. Perhaps because the weather was too hot, everyone was obviously not in a good mood in the afternoon.
The educated youth had no interest in chatting, but the aunt next to them occasionally talked and looked at Xu Zhiyi from time to time, and they tacitly wanted to surpass Xu Zhiyi.
Xu Zhiyi knew nothing and was working hard in the peanut field. She planned to stop working today after pulling out this row of weeds.
After the scorer's inspection, he went to the mountains to practice.
Maintaining a speed similar to that of the morning, Aunt Liu next to her knew that this female educated youth had some talent for work.
If she wasn't so fair and tender, she would look like a country girl.
When the aunts saw Xu Zhiyi's speed, they felt something was wrong. They looked at each other, as if they had agreed on some secret code, and their hands moved faster and faster.
No time to chat, get to work first!
Surpass Xu Zhiyi!
In this way, Xu Zhiyi won again after a fierce competition.
Before the aunts had time to feel upset, Xu Zhiyi stood up and walked towards the scorer.
"Comrade, I've finished pulling out the weeds. Please inspect them."
The scorer was surprised for a moment, and then a little angry. How could one finish pulling out a row of weeds so quickly? Could it be that he was trying to fool around and save himself some trouble?
If she messes up, I'll definitely make her redo it. Humph! I'm very strict.
Thinking of this, I walked to the two rows of peanut fields allocated by Xu Zhiyi. I looked carefully and found that apart from peanuts, there was not a single weed in the field.
This is so clean!
The scorer was a little girl of about fourteen or fifteen years old, and the surprise was clearly visible on her face.
I have never seen any educated youth work so quickly. Even the women in the village who are good at work could not finish pulling out two rows so quickly.
When I think about how I just suspected that others were not working seriously, I feel really slapped in the face.
His face flushed red as he stammered, "Comrade... educated youth, you're really efficient at work. You've already earned eight work points on your first day."
Xu Zhiyi didn't know why the scorekeeper girl in front of him looked serious one second and her face turned red and she stuttered the next.
"Comrade Scorer, my name is Xu Zhiyi. You don't have to be so formal. We're all from the same village from now on. Just call me Zhiyi."
"......Okay, my name is Yang Xiaoxiao, you can call me Xiaoxiao." Wow, Zhiyi is diligent and has a nice voice.
"Okay, Xiaoxiao, I have something else to do. I'll leave first. See you tomorrow."
Xiaoxiao's face turned even redder, and she nodded with a smile and shining eyes.
Xu Zhiyi returned to the educated youth site, wiped his body with the hot water in the kettle, changed his clothes, and went to the back mountain.
The youth cadre site was a little far from the village, but quite close to the back mountain. No one would notice her if she went there by herself, and it was just right for her to go there to practice after finishing work.
After entering the mountains, the summer heat dissipated all of a sudden. The towering forests and deep mountain woods were filled with only the chirping of insects and birds.
Xu Zhiyi climbed back to his old place calmly, sat down in meditation and began to practice.
......
When Xu Zhiyi woke up from his practice, he found that he had consumed too much energy and was now extremely hungry.
After hurriedly getting down from the tree, I thought about catching some wild game to replenish my energy. Just then, a pheasant ran out from the grass, cackling with joy.
Xu Zhiyi picked up a small stone and shot it at the pheasant.
The pheasant died with a loud cry.
Xu Zhiyi walked up and picked up the pheasant, cleaned it in a small stream in the mountains, picked up some firewood, and roasted the chicken.
Although Xu Zhiyi knew that he was a killer in the kitchen, roasting a pheasant was just putting the chicken on the fire. What was so difficult about that?
Half an hour later, Xu Zhiyi looked at the charcoal on the branch, considering whether it was edible, and fell silent...
The more confident you are, the more you will be slapped in the face.
It turns out that she is a real kitchen killer. The food she touches becomes indescribable.
Xu Zhiyi had no choice but to face the facts. She had thought about hunting wild game and bringing it back to the educated youth camp to improve the food occasionally.
But in today's era where collectivism is the mainstream, doing so can easily lead to criticism.
Keeping in mind the principle of less trouble is worse than more, she would rather not eat!
Never mind, she doesn’t really want to eat!
As soon as Pei Yan came out of the mountain, he found Xu Zhiyi sitting by the fire in front of him, looking at the black charcoal in his hand that looked like a pheasant in confusion.
Is this person from the city so brave? He dares to go into the mountains alone. Pei Yan did not leave, but stood there and looked at her.
When he realized what was happening, he didn't want to be seen, so he tried to avoid it and take another route, but he accidentally stepped on a dead branch and made a noise.
Xu Zhiyi quickly turned around and looked at the person who came. "Who is it?"
Pei Yan didn't expect Xu Zhiyi to have such sensitive ears. He was silent for a while and said, "I was just passing by. I didn't see anything."
The young man who caught his eye had a smooth and fair face, a sharp and handsome look, dark and deep eyes, a tall and straight figure of 1.75 meters, and an aloof aura from head to toe. His voice was hoarse, as if he was entering the voice change period.
With messy hair and worn grey shirt and trousers, he looked like he hadn't had a good life.
Xu Zhiyi discovered that this younger brother was not only good-looking but also cautious.
She was not worried that this person would expose her. After all, anyone who could enter the deep mountains was not a timid person.
Xu Zhiyi nodded at him, covered the fire with earth, checked that the fire would not reignite, and walked down the mountain.
Pei Yan watched Xu Zhiyi leave, looked at her back, turned around and walked another way.
Xu Zhiyi still picked up a bundle of firewood on the way down the mountain. If any educated youth asked, he would say that he had gone up the mountain to collect firewood.
When Xu Zhiyi brought the firewood back to the educated youth site, someone was already preparing dinner in the kitchen.
Gu Liang was just picking vegetables in the garden when he saw Xu Zhiyi carrying a bundle of firewood and placing it in the corner of the firewood pile. "Comrade Xu, are you picking firewood again?"
"I went for a walk. Since there were so many of us, we needed firewood quickly, so I picked up some." Xu Zhiyi said.
"I didn't expect that Comrade Xu, who looks quiet and difficult to approach, is actually so down-to-earth." Gu Liang spoke in a straightforward manner.
“…”
Comrade girl, if you don't know how to speak, you don't have to keep silent.
Xu Zhiyi didn't want to respond to him, so she forced a smile and went into the house.
Gu Liang scratched his head. Did I say something wrong again? Unable to figure it out, he frowned and went to pick vegetables.
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