Mu Qingli didn't care about her and moved her family away first, away from the foul atmosphere of the educated youth compound.
Two days after Mu Qingli and his family moved, the autumn harvest began. The most glorious moment of the busy work finally arrived.
Mu Qingli covered herself tightly, crying in her heart. Why can other people who traveled through time and were reborn after the autumn harvest?
The people assigned the work this time were not Chen Shengli, but Li Shuanzhu, the brigade secretary and village chief, and Wu Tong, the accountant.
Chen Shengli's affair with Widow Li caused a lot of controversy, and with Wu Dahua's family secretly trying to make trouble, the commune stepped in to remove him from his position as team leader.
This made Chen Shengli very upset. If he had not been the captain for a few years and had some family assets, he would probably have to go back to the days of poverty and eating dirt!
Mu Qingli was assigned to harvest peanuts, while Wang Shuhui, Feng Mei and others went to pick corn.
Mu Qingli covered herself tightly, wearing a straw hat and snow-white work gloves, which made the girls in the village roll their eyes.
"Men, dig in front with dung forks, and you women, follow and pick up peanut vines. Remember to dig in the ground with your hands and dig out the discarded peanuts!" Accountant Wu Tong walked by the field, patiently reminding those who were harvesting in the field over and over again.
Now that Chen Shengli is gone, he wants to fill the vacancy of production team leader, so he works very hard wandering around the fields and shouting.
Mu Qingli squatted in the field, pulling out peanuts, shaking the soil, and digging holes, all in one go. Then he put the peanuts in bunches. Behind him, there were people pounding the peanuts with baskets. Everyone had a clear division of labor and was working enthusiastically.
"Zhang Zhiqing, could you please be more careful? Look how much corn you've lost." Aunt Wu shouted angrily.
Aunt Wu, who was in the same group with Zhang Yawei, not only had to break the corn, but was also responsible for checking whether any cobs were lost. After breaking off a piece, she would step on the fallen corn stalks. Seeing that Zhang Yawei had lost so much, she had to break it again and shouted in anger.
"I, I have tried my best!" Zhang Yawei was criticized by name, and she pouted in grievance, as if she would cry if you said anything more.
From time to time, he would secretly look at Fu Hongzhou and Bo Chuyan who were cutting corn stalks in front. Both of them were doing their work as steady as a rock, not paying any attention to the little movement here.
"Be attentive? That's what you call being attentive? If you lose it again, you'll have to redo it yourself!" Aunt Wu scolded loudly.
Zhang Yawei secretly resented that in order to keep up with Fu Hongzhou and Bo Chuyan, she did her work carelessly because she wanted to find an opportunity to chat with Bo Chuyan.
After being yelled at by Aunt Wu, Zhang Yawei didn't dare to be hasty or careless. If she went back to redo the work, she would not only be left behind, but it would also be difficult. She could only watch unwillingly as the two people in front of her got farther and farther away.
Although Wang Shuhui worked much more slowly, she did not lose any corn. However, she was still scolded by Aunt Wu, who thought she was too slow and a drag. If she could not finish the work, their group would not be able to leave.
Li Jiaojiao was in the bean field nearby, pulling beans and watching the fun. Her hands were red, swollen and painful from being pinched. She wanted to switch to picking corn, which at least wouldn't prick her hands.
"Li Zhiqing! What are you doing? You haven't pulled out a single bean in half a day! If you keep slacking off, I'll give you half the work points!" The scorekeeper came to their field at some point and started scolding Li Jiaojiao.
Mu Qingli worked quietly and patiently, completely unaware that there was so much excitement to watch while she was working. She just looked up at the large peanut field from time to time and felt that life was hopeless. Harvesting peanuts was too boring!
After finally finishing harvesting the peanuts that were allocated to them, they were sent to dry the peanuts. They picked the peanuts from the field one by one and piled them on large pieces of oilcloth to the threshing ground.
Throughout the whole day, Mu Qingli actually earned eight work points and was exhausted. When he returned to the educated youth compound after work, none of the educated youth failed to complain bitterly.
Wang Shuhui even cried as she looked at the blisters on the palms of her hands. It was only the first day of autumn harvest, and her tender little hands were in great pain. Although Feng Mei's hands also hurt, she didn't show it. She just stood there to comfort Wang Shuhui and looked at her hands from time to time.
Zhang Yawei looked grumpy. She was tired after a day of work and only grew seven centimeters taller. She felt that every part of her body was sore, especially her hands and arms. She really didn't want to break corn.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yawei couldn't help but look at Mu Qingli who seemed to be leisurely. In the entire educated youth compound, it seemed that except for the old educated youth, she was the only new educated youth who didn't look too embarrassed and seemed to have some energy left, so she wanted to change her job.
After working for a day, Zhang Yawei asked to change jobs and didn't want to crack corn anymore. Accountant Wu also heard that she was careless and not serious when cracking corn, so he simply asked her to crack peanuts too.
Mu Qingli was also very distressed when she saw the peanut leaf juice that could not be washed off her hands. Moreover, squatting to peel peanuts made her waist and legs sore, so she simply suggested to go to pick grass for pigs, earning three or five work points a day, and still having plenty of time to play around.
Accountant Wu looked at the box of cigarettes that was stuffed into his hand, and calmly put it into his sleeve to hide it. Then he looked at this female educated youth who was like a street urchin and didn't like to work. During the busy farming season, she didn't want to work hard, but actually wanted to steal work from the children.
"You only get one work point for collecting pig grass from a large basket. An adult can collect at least three baskets a day before they can leave work. Now is the busy farming season, so don't compete with the children for work. How about this, you go to the threshing ground! Dry the grain and collect the grain every day, turn it over from time to time, and watch the birds. Six centimeters a day, it's relatively leisurely. Most people don't have this good opportunity! You can collect pig grass after the busy farming season!" Accountant Wu looked at Mu Qingli and shook his head helplessly.
"Okay!" Mu Qingli's eyes lit up when he heard it and he responded happily.
She had seen that the people in charge of drying the grain in the threshing ground were very leisurely. They just turned the grain, stirred it, drove away the birds, and then could rest. It was only at dusk that it was more difficult to collect the grain, but because there were so many people, the work was done quickly.
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