Based on this point alone, Captain Sun felt that he should be a little nicer to him. Then, listening to the sincerity and seriousness in Li Jianmin's tone, and not having the superior feeling that the female educated youth had, his tone became even gentler.
"Well, sure. As long as you can do your job well, it doesn't matter if you do it slowly."
Li Jianmin had a proper smile on his face. "Well, then I'd like to ask the team leader if you could show us how to turn the soil more accurately and save effort?"
When Captain Sun heard that Li Jianmin wanted him to teach them how to work, the icy expression on his face seemed to melt away in June. "Okay, I'm telling you, when you turn the soil, you have to be quick and decisive. Don't hesitate. And when you do it, make sure to check if there's anyone in front of the rake, to prevent it from falling and hitting someone..."
As Captain Sun spoke, he took the two-toothed iron rake from Li Jianmin, demonstrated it skillfully several times, and finally returned the rake to Li Jianmin.
Li Jianmin took the iron rake and operated it a few times according to Captain Sun's movements. He was pleasantly surprised to find that, as Captain Sun said, he saved a lot of effort and increased the speed...
Team Leader Sun took another look at what the other male educated youth were doing. Although their work wasn't as good as the team members', it was much better than before. So he nodded slowly and said, "Not bad, just do it this way. You may not be able to surpass the strong laborers in the team right away, but in two days you will be as capable as the girls in our team!"
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The male educated youths, with frustrated expressions on their faces, said in unison in their hearts that they did not think that being as capable as the female team members, especially those younger than them, was something worth bragging about...
"Just do this today. Starting tomorrow, I'll divide up the land for each of you. You'll get work points based on how much you work. The more you work, the more food and money you'll get for the winter. If you work less, you'll starve! Anyway, the brigade and the farm won't give you any extra food!"
"Of course, if your family sends you food to support you children who are already adults but still need to be breastfed, I have no control over it!"
Breastfeeding children, "..."
Captain Sun had a lot of things to do. He couldn't just keep watching the educated youth. When he saw that they had done their job well, he turned around and left. As for Song Jiao, the troublemaker and hypocritical girl? Captain Sun didn't even give her a glance...
Song Jiao felt that Captain Sun was targeting her, and she felt extremely wronged. She squatted on the ground and cried. The other female educated youths saw this and walked a few steps away from her as if they didn't see anything.
"Brother-in-law, it's time to eat..."
Chu Tian was just working to regain his senses when he heard Yao Xiuli's voice. Turning around, he saw Yao Xiuli standing at the edge of the field waving at him. Because spring plowing could not be delayed, workers were not allowed to go home for lunch after work. Basically, the women or children at home would go back in advance to prepare meals and bring them to the field to eat, or they would bring the meals with them when they got up early.
Chu Tian didn't bring any lunch when he got up early because Yao Xiuli said she would bring him lunch at noon.
Sun Weiguo's voice came from beside him, "Brother Tian, let's go eat. My family has also sent food..."
Chu Tian put the hoe upright in the place where it stood, swung his sore arms and walked towards the edge of the field.
Yao Xiuli held the pottery jar and said, "Brother-in-law, I'll pour it for you. Can you wash your hands first?"
"Um···"
Chu Tian washed his hands and sat on the ground. He watched Yao Xiuli take out a bowl of black and unappealing stuff from the basket. He frowned and spoke in a disgusted tone.
"What the hell is this?"
Yao Xiuli smiled and handed Chu Tian a white flour steamed bun. "Brother-in-law, this is the onion and meat sauce I made this morning. Come and try it. Although it doesn't look ugly, it's really not bad. Big sister and Wu Ya both said it's delicious."
Chu Tian pinched the steamed bun and hesitated for a long time before tentatively scooping half a spoonful with a small spoon and taking a bite of the steamed bun. His eyes lit up instantly, and before he swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth, he looked at Yao Xiuli in disbelief.
"It tastes good... although the soy sauce tastes a bit strong... Hmm, it seems to have a hint of chili and cumin. Where did you get the chili and cumin? We don't seem to have them at home!"
Yao Xiuli's eyes curved, "Last night, Aunt Wu and her grandson who live next door came back. Since they just came back, they didn't go to the fields today. When they came to see my eldest sister this morning, they heard that I wanted to make meat sauce, so they gave it to me..."
Chu Tian took another bite, savored it carefully, and said, "Well, it tastes good, but I feel that the chili powder is a little lacking. It would be better if you could add some pepper powder... It would be even better if the meat could be replaced with beef..."
Yao Xiuli, "..."
Sun Weiguo was also eating not far away. The one who brought him the food was his wife Li Meiling. The couple were always very affectionate when they were together, so whenever they were together, Chu Tian didn't want to be next to them.
By the way, Li Meiling was very lucky. She found out that she was pregnant just a few days before the spring plowing. It just so happened that Chu Tian often liked to tell Sun Weiguo that pregnant women should not do too tiring work, especially the first three months which are very important.
So when Sun Weiguo learned that his wife was pregnant, he immediately went to discuss with his father, Captain Sun, to see if he could let Li Meiling do some less tiring work.
Captain Sun asked Li Meiling to help manage a piece of land, record the work points of the workers, and cook for her family. This was the easiest job during the busy spring farming season.
In this era, it is impossible for a pregnant woman to not do any farm work from beginning to end. So when Sun Weiguo said this, Chu Tian felt that Sun Weiguo was really worthy of being treated well. He really listened to what he said. It was worth it that he treated him better than his original brother...
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