Away from the big book, the educated youth became the village favorite by running errands

Song Shuangshuang and Tan Anjing trotted all the way back to the educated youth camp, and only breathed a sigh of relief when they entered the courtyard. They were terrified along the way, not knowing whose dog had barked non-stop, and they were afraid that someone would come out from some fork in the road.

After putting down the food and entering the dormitory for the educated youths, Wan Xue and the other two were discussing going out to look for them. Seeing the two of them coming back, they hurried over to ask why they came back so late.

Song Shuangshuang explained, "When we went to grind the corn, someone was using the millstone. We didn't know how to use it and we took a lot of corn, so we ground it slowly. That's why we came back late." She didn't mention that she met Jiang Xuyang and his brother on the way.

Wan Xue and the other two also breathed a sigh of relief. "I saw that it was getting dark and you two hadn't come back yet. I thought you two couldn't tell the way in the dark and didn't know where you went. I wanted to go look for you. If I had known earlier, I would have followed you two to grind corn, so that I could come back earlier."

Jiangjia Village doesn't have those kind of scoundrels, but there are some in other villages. Wan Xue was just now regretting why she didn't go with Song Shuangshuang and the others to help, worried that something might happen to them.

Song Shuangshuang groaned and replied, "We still have to live here for several years, and we can't rely on you for everything. We didn't expect it would take so long, so next time we'll remember to bring a flashlight with us." They were all educated youth who had gone to the countryside to begin with, and it was not the case that they had to be taken care of by the old educated youth just because they were new.

Tan Anjing also said that she had caused the three people to worry and that she would pay attention to time next time.

No one cared about Bai Lingling who was sitting on the kang, as if she didn't exist.

Seeing that everyone had returned, Wan Xue and the other two felt relieved. They said there was still hot water in the pot, so they should quickly wash up and rest. They should stay alert tonight because they would have to go to work with them early tomorrow morning.

Because she had been pushing the millstone for more than an hour, Song Shuangshuang slept very soundly. That is to say... She even pushed the millstone in her dreams. Song Shuangshuang felt like a donkey turning in circles, round and round, round and round...

Finally, the whistle sounded to remind everyone to get up and prepare for work, and Song Shuangshuang was also woken up. Song Shuangshuang sat up and rubbed her sore arms, with a sad face.

Seeing her like this, Lu Xiaotao asked her curiously what was wrong, and whether she was afraid of working in the fields and getting covered in mud. She then said that she didn't need to worry too much, as she had thought so when she first arrived. Once she started working, she wouldn't have the time to think too much, and farm work was not as dirty as she had imagined.

Song Shuangshuang shook her head and explained that she was not afraid of getting dirty, but she had a dream of grinding cornmeal all night last night and now her arms were sore.

Several girls burst into laughter when they heard this, and said that she didn't usually do any heavy work, and was tired after pushing the millstone for more than an hour. They asked her to move her shoulders quickly, otherwise she would not be able to bear the hard work today.

After that, everyone quickly got dressed and washed up, ready to go to work. Song Shuangshuang put a few candies in her pocket, fearing that she would have low blood sugar due to not having breakfast or being tired from working, and reminded Tan Anjing that she should also bring two candies, after all, Tan Anjing looked much weaker than her.

With the second whistle, the new educated youth followed the old educated youth out.

It was Feng Aiguo who brought the new educated youth to see the team leader and waited for the team leader to assign them tasks. The others were all in their respective teams.

Bai Anjia had a headache looking at these educated youth, especially Bai Lingling. Yesterday, he spent a long time thinking about finding a "good place" for Bai Lingling. Finally, he discussed it with the accountant Qi Linsheng before he came to a conclusion.

The team leader coughed twice to clear his throat and said, "Four more educated youths have come to our village. It just so happens that our village has three teams. If one team gets one female educated youth, no one will suffer any loss."

Song Shuangshuang: "? What do you mean by not being at a disadvantage? They are just a burden."

After the captain finished speaking, the villagers were not happy and started to clamor, "Why aren't we at a disadvantage? There's only one male among the four educated youths, who should we give the property to?"

"That's right, Captain. There's only one male educated youth. Which team should he be assigned to?"

"Captain, our team already has two female educated youth, so don't divide us into groups this time!" the captain of team three shouted.

The captain of the second team was also unwilling, "It seems that your team is the only one with female educated youth. Our team also has two female educated youth!"

The three female educated youth at the educated youth point were divided into three teams, one in each team. The reason why the captains of the second and third teams said that there were two female educated youth in each team was because one female educated youth from the previous batch married into the village, and the other was a female educated youth who went to another village and married here.

The female educated youth were not as capable as the villagers, so of course no team wanted to have them, especially those who had just arrived in the countryside. By the time they were able to work, they would have to go next year at the latest. They would just be a drag this year!

"What are you arguing about! Why don't you come up and make arrangements!" the captain shouted with a dark face. Seeing that the captain was angry, the villagers dared not to argue anymore.

The captain took a quick look around and saw that everyone was behaving themselves, so he arranged for "Tan Zhiqing to go to Team One, Song Zhiqing to go to Team Two, and Bai Zhiqing to go to Team Three. As for Gao Zhiqing...you can go to Team Three with Bai Zhiqing." The captain looked at the happy smile on the face of the captain of Team Three and couldn't help but close his eyes, thinking, 'I'm sorry!'

Song Shuangshuang had been paying attention to the captain's expression. Seeing that he looked apologetic, she could guess a little. She couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic towards the captain of Team 3. He was happy to be assigned a male educated youth. The happier he was now, the more he would regret it in the future. This Gao Wenyuan was obviously a tool to fill the hole for Bai Lingling.

Noticing that He Feiyang was also in the third team, Song Shuangshuang felt that there would be something interesting to watch in the future. Bai Lingling was a troublemaker to begin with, and now she was in the same team with He Feiyang, one of the male supporting actors. Wouldn't that cause trouble?

The leaders of the other two teams looked unhappy when they saw that they were assigned to work with skinny female educated youth. They assigned the two of them the task of weeding so that they could get familiar with the environment first.

Song Shuangshuang followed the captain of the second team and asked him to take her to the assigned land. When she got there, she was delighted! Isn't this Aunt Wang!

"Wang Dahua, this is the new educated youth Song. Take care of her for the next two days and help you pull weeds. Where is Chang Yue'e?"

It's a coincidence that the team leader of the second team is Jiang Dayong, and he and Aunt Wang are a couple.

Aunt Wang and Aunt Chang were old hands. They didn't join the gathering. They arrived at the field when the whistle sounded for the start of work. Aunt Chang was watching the new educated youth in the third team and hadn't come yet. "I'll be here soon. Why don't you let people go to the toilet?" Aunt Wang replied to her old man in a bad mood, waving her hand to tell him to go quickly. "Don't worry about it. We two educated youth will take care of Xiao Song."

Jiang Dayong saw that his wife seemed very familiar with this new educated youth and was urging him to leave quickly. For a moment, the words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat, and he left helplessly.

Song Shuangshuang happily ran to Aunt Wang and said, "What a coincidence, Aunt Wang! I didn't expect to be assigned to the same team as you!"

Aunt Wang looked at Song Shuangshuang with amusement. She knew that the girl was just pretending to be honest. As soon as her old man left, her true colors were exposed. "Just follow me and your Aunt Chang from now on."

Song Shuangshuang looked to the side but couldn't find Aunt Chang. Just as she was about to ask where Aunt Chang was, Aunt Chang's voice came over first, "Dahua, I just saw the other two educated youth. The female educated youth looked... Oh, you came to me!" Aunt Chang walked closer and saw Song Shuangshuang standing next to Aunt Wang.

Song Shuangshuang smiled and said that it was all fate.

The team leader who had walked away was worried that the two people were having so much fun chatting that they didn't work, which would have a bad impact if others saw them. So he walked back and saw that the three of them were indeed having a happy chat.

She coughed hard a few times to attract the attention of the three people. Aunt Chang nodded to Aunt Wang to signal her to look over there. Aunt Wang glanced at the old man and ignored him. Instead, she said to Aunt Chang, "Come on, the supervisor is here, let's get to work."

Although the two of them usually go to work at different times, they are never vague about going to work. After all, they have a whole family to feed, and it all depends on work points.

Under the guidance of the two aunts, Song Shuangshuang learned the difference between weeds and crops. She bent over and pulled the weeds for more than two hours until the whistle sounded. Song Shuangshuang was so tired that she didn't care that she was still in the field. She sat down on the ground, and before sitting down, she was careful not to crush the crops.

The two aunts had been doing farm work for so many years and were used to it. Seeing Song Shuangshuang sitting on the ground and pounding her waist, they wanted to go over and pull her up. Song Shuangshuang refused, saying that she would just sit on the field and rest for a while, and asked the two aunts to go home and eat and not to worry about her, as they still had to go home to cook for the family.

The two also knew that this was Song Shuangshuang's first time doing farm work and she was not used to it, so they asked her to sit for a while and then go back to have breakfast. If she didn't eat, she would easily faint from exhaustion when the sun was high.

Song Shuangshuang waited for the two aunts to leave, then took out a piece of fruit candy from her pocket and put it in her mouth, thinking that she didn't need to wait until the sun was high in the morning to faint, as she was already exhausted now. She took a while to get up, brushed off the dirt on her pants and walked towards the Youth Farm. Today, Tan Anjing and Lu Xiaotao were cooking, so she didn't need to rush back.

When we got back to the Youth Farm, the meal was already cooked. We had a simple breakfast, a bowl of cornmeal porridge with some pickles for each person. Seeing that Song Shuangshuang hadn't come back yet, Tan Anjing filled a bowl for her and left it out to dry. She used a new bowl that she had bought yesterday and told Song Shuangshuang that she had only used the bowl once since she came back yesterday, so she shouldn't mind.

Some people are contented when they think about themselves, so how can they complain? Song Shuangshuang ate the cornmeal porridge in a few mouthfuls, washed the bowl and returned it to Tan Anjing, intending to go into the house and lie down for a while to straighten her back. Tan Anjing was also assigned the task of weeding, and her condition was similar to Song Shuangshuang. If she hadn't had to cook today, she would probably still be sitting in the field.

The two felt that they had only been lying down for 5 minutes when the whistle for work blew. Seeing that the two people left the dormitory reluctantly, Wan Xue said, "The rest time in the morning is not long. You have to go to work soon after eating."

Song Shuangshuang went to the field listlessly. Aunt Wang and Aunt Chang hadn't come yet. Song Shuangshuang naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to start working early, as she didn't need one or two work points. The two aunts still came on time and told Song Shuangshuang the amount of work to be divided among the three of them today, and asked her to do as much as she could and do it according to her ability.

Song Shuangshuang said that she understood, and asked her two aunts to go to work and not to worry about her.

After pulling weeds for a whole day and only earning 4 work points, Song Shuangshuang felt like her hands were about to fall off. They were covered with red marks and were burning with pain.

Aunt Chang noticed that both of Song Shuangshuang's hands were swollen, so she asked her to go back and soak them in well water, and if she had gloves, she'd better wear them.