But seeing everyone like this, Sun Shengnan comforted them: "In fact, there is not always work in the village all year round. In the winter, there is nothing to do and we almost rest for the whole winter.
The winter in Northeast China is long, lasting almost four months. Others still think that life is too idle, after all, not working means no work points to earn.
Of course, if you want to do easy work, there are some, such as cutting grass for pigs, which is not tiring, but this kind of work is usually done by children, and it is only two centimeters. Then there are herding cattle and cleaning the pig pens in the village. These jobs are not tiring but the work points are high, so they are usually assigned to the more difficult families in the village. "
Lu Xia and the others nodded after hearing this, and were all thinking about what to do next.
Soon everyone returned to the educated youth point.
Chen Xue and Zhou Lai'er, who came back early, had already prepared lunch. It was still coarse grain porridge, fried cabbage and mixed cucumber.
The taste was average, but everyone was hungry, so we ate it all.
No one spoke after the meal. Perhaps they were too tired and wanted to go back and rest for a while. Lu Xia glanced at Jiang Junmo and saw that his legs were shaking again. He didn't know if he could hold on any longer.
Sure enough, when Jiang Junmo went to work in the afternoon, he heard Gu Xiangnan and the village chief asking for leave, so he could not go to work.
The captain frowned after hearing this, but then thought of Jiang Junmo's frail body. In the end, he didn't say anything and agreed.
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However, the villagers began to talk and discuss the fragility of the educated youth in front of them.
All the educated youth heard it, but the old ones seemed to be used to it and didn't care. The newcomers Lu Xia and others didn't seem to care much either and pretended not to hear it.
When Lu Xia came in the afternoon, he made preparations in advance and put a wet towel on his head. He felt much better, but when he got off work, he was so tired that he almost couldn't get up.
They earned four work points that day, and Sun Shengnan and her friends earned six centimeters. Compared to that, it was not a small amount on the first day of work, so the village chief was quite satisfied with them.
He limped back to the educated youth point.
Dinner was not ready yet, so Lu Xia fetched some water and wiped himself. He felt refreshed and recovered, then he asked Sun Shengnan about making the box.
After hearing this, Sun Shengnan said directly: "There is an old man named Yu in the village. He is a carpenter. If you want anything, you can ask him to do it. You can go and have a look."
Lu Xia asked about the distance and found out it was not far, so he decided to go over and take a look. Su Man, who was standing nearby, also wanted to go over and take a look after hearing this.
So the two of them went out together.
Lu Xia and Su Man were not familiar with each other, and Su Man probably didn't care about Lu Xia, so the two didn't talk much on the way.
Arriving at the place Sun Shengnan mentioned, the two knocked on the door outside. After waiting for a while, no one answered. Lu Xia looked around and thought that no one would hear the door in this rural area, so he just shouted, "Is anyone there?"
Then an old lady came out, saw them and asked, "Little girls, who are you looking for?"
Su Man said to her, "Is this Grandma Li? We are new educated youth and would like to ask Grandpa Li if he can make boxes for us."
Hearing her say this, Grandma Li understood. There were only the old couple in her family, and there were no younger generations at home, and they could not go to work. The village chief took care of them and let them do some carpentry work to supplement the family income, but it was only in the village. After all, they were not allowed to buy and sell freely outside. But this also improved their lives a lot.
When she heard that they wanted to buy boxes, Grandma Li took them to the backyard, where Grandpa Li was pushing wood. When he saw them coming, he looked up and greeted them.
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