The team leader asked other educated youth to open up wasteland. When he saw that the two new female educated youth did not come, he did not say anything. If they did not work, they would not have work points, and without work points, they would have no food, and they would be the ones who would starve.
Xie Yun took the backpack and went up the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, she saw Niu Dan, Gou Dan and a few other children picking grass for pigs. Gou Dan saw Xie Yun and said happily, "Sister, why are you here?"
Xie Yun blushed slightly when she saw that they were all children. Was she hanging out with them? "Sister is here to pick pig grass too."
Goudan asked in surprise, "Sister, are you here to pick pig grass too? Then let's go together, I'll help you."
"No, no, just teach your sister which ones are pig grass." Xie Yun really didn't know which ones were pig grass.
"Then I'll teach you, this is the ash grass..." Goudan squatted down and taught Xie Yun seriously. Xie Yun also studied hard because she had read in novels that some people didn't know the difference between pig grass and took away the grass that the pigs couldn't eat, and even fed the pigs diarrhea.
Xie Yun worked while learning. After finishing a basket of pig grass, she stood up and stretched her waist. If she had to collect three baskets a day, it would take at least the whole morning. Fortunately, she didn't have to work in the afternoon.
She carried the pig grass on her back and walked towards the pig pen, where the pig feeder was counting. After pouring the pig grass, she started cutting the next basket. In this way, she had cut 3 baskets of pig grass by 11 o'clock and earned 2 work points. She returned home just in time to make lunch. She steamed some rice and made some boiled pork slices. After eating, she took a nap. When she woke up, it was already past two o'clock. She lay on the kang, took out the tablet from the space and started watching TV series. These were all downloaded by her in her previous life. In her previous life, she was more of a homebody, not sociable and had few friends. After getting the space, she became even more of a homebody. There were many USB flash drives in the space with many movies, TV series and novels downloaded, and now she was here, she just needed them.
In the evening, I ate the food prepared in the space directly, had some fruit after dinner, washed up, took a hot spring bath, did some skin care, and went to bed.
I was woken up by the alarm clock again in the morning. I didn't start the fire after getting up. I ate some ready-made food and started working. When I got to the wheat field, I stood next to the old educated youth again. I saw the two female educated youth there too. The team leader took one look at them and said, "You will be cutting grass for the pigs from now on. You don't have to report here every day. Just complete your daily tasks."
"Okay, Captain, I'll go get to work first." Xie Yun said, and was about to leave when the short-haired female educated youth said, "Why is her work so easy? I want to do it too."
The team leader frowned at the two educated youth. They hadn't shown up for work yesterday, and now they were looking for trouble. "You can go if you want. You'll get two work points a day, but you won't get much food at the end of the year. If you don't have enough to eat, you'll have to buy it yourself. The team can't lend you any food."
"Then why is she okay?" The short-haired female educated youth pointed at Xie Yun and said.
Xie Yun was also confused. The team leader assigned the work, so why did he bite her? She saw the short-haired female educated youth pointing at her and saying, "If you want to do it, do it. If you don't want to do it, forget it. What's wrong with me doing this job? I earn a few work points, but it's enough for me. What's it to you? You have nothing to do with it."
When the short-haired young woman heard this, she pointed at Xie Yun angrily and said, "You, you, you..."
"What do you mean? Don't you know that pointing your finger at others while talking is impolite? Where is your upbringing?" After saying this, Xie Yun said hello to the team leader and left.
The short-haired educated youth stood there with her face flushed with rage. The team leader looked at her and thought to himself that this educated youth Xie was quite formidable. The other educated youths nearby also thought to themselves that this person was not to be trifled with.
After Xie Yun left, the team leader said, "Let's all go to work," and then left.
The rest of the educated youth had left, leaving only the short-haired female educated youth there angry.
Xie Yun finished her work earlier than yesterday. After delivering the pig feed, she headed straight up the mountain, carrying her backpack. Once she reached the top and followed the path up, she saw that all the wild vegetables had been dug up. There was only a few pieces of firewood left, all of which had been picked up. After about another half hour of walking deeper into the mountain, she began to find more things. Xie Yun dug up some wild vegetables she recognized and prepared to head back. Instead of taking the mountain path, she walked down the ridge.
I started cooking when I got home. I made a cold salad of wild vegetables, steamed rice, and used the shrimp from my space to make some salt-baked shrimp. After eating, I took a nap. I didn't feel tired from climbing the mountain today, so I guess my body is still good. I woke up in the afternoon and continued watching TV. I was lucky to have bought a solar charger, otherwise, in this age without electricity, I would have been bored to death.
After that, Xie Yun settled into a routine of picking grass for the pigs, watching TV, and occasionally going up to Tianshan. Niu Dan and Gou Dan brought her firewood every day, and now her firewood shed was almost full. Winters here were so cold that she planned to put some more firewood next to the shed so that she would always have enough.
The autumn harvest was just around the corner. Xie Yun, after gathering grass for the pigs during the day, headed up the mountain to gather nuts. She particularly enjoyed pine nuts, but they were only found deep in the valley. Leveraging her space and electric baton, she'd been heading further in these days, gathering pine cones, mushrooms, walnuts, and fallen hazelnuts. She'd also collected pheasants and rabbits when she came across them, and even made some dried chicken and rabbit.
Once she'd gathered most of the food, Xie Yun stopped picking and started cooking at home. The autumn harvest was coming up, and after harvesting the pigs, there would be other chores, leaving her with no time to rest. She could make more now and store it in her storage, then just take it out when she was ready. During the first two days of harvest, every housewife would take a break, riding an oxcart to buy some oily foods to nourish her during the harvest. Xie Yun also went to town once, collected her subsidy and coupons, bought some fine grains and pork, and returned.
She hadn't had much contact with the people at the Youth Hostel for a while, but she heard that more Youth Hostels were coming. But none of this concerned her; she just wanted to live her own life.
On the day of the autumn harvest, the team leader gave a morning speech and work began. Xie Yun and the other educated youth were assigned to pick corn. After picking the corn, they had to carry it to the edge of the field, where a special person would take it away. Xie Yun had read novels about people picking corn, where the leaves scratched their faces, leaving their hands red. Today, she arrived fully equipped. She wore a scarf on her head, gloves on her hands, and a breathable long shirt and trousers.
At first, Xie Yun didn't feel anything, but after a while, she started to feel hot and her hands were sore. She looked around and saw that the other female educated youth on her left weren't working as fast as she was. The short-haired female educated youth was even slacking off, taking breaks between work. Luckily, they were divided into sections, and each section earned eight work points. Once they were done, they could leave.
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