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

After returning to the educated youth camp, Song Shuangshuang didn't even want to eat dinner, she just wanted to sleep. But her hands were still swollen, so she drew a basin of well water and soaked her hands in it, and it really felt much better. Then she remembered that she had to take care of the small vegetable garden with Fan Lanfang, so she didn't bother to soak for a while longer, wiped her hands and went out to find Fan Lanfang.

"Your hand must be swollen. There isn't much work to do in the vegetable garden, so you can soak your hands in the well water." When Fan Lanfang came back, she noticed that Song Shuangshuang had fetched water from the well. Probably because her hand was swollen, she didn't ask her to go to the vegetable garden with her, and let her rest first.

Song Shuangshuang didn't feel comfortable letting Fan Lanfang do the work by herself, so she looked at her hands and said, "Look, it's okay. I'll continue soaking in the evening. Let's get to work first."

Fan Lanfang couldn't persuade Song Shuangshuang, so she could only let her go along, telling her what to plant where, how often to water, etc. When they were almost done cleaning up here, the meal was ready over there. In the morning, it was the meal that Tan Anjing had left for her. Song Shuangshuang estimated that Tan Anjing was not much better than her and had to come back to cook, so she said hello to Fan Lanfang and went to help Tan Anjing.

When they came to the kitchen, they saw that Tan Anjing's hands were shaking as she served the dishes. Song Shuangshuang quickly took the dishes and said, "Your hands are shaking so much that you won't be able to pick up the dishes. Soak them in well water quickly. I'll save the food for you."

Tan Anjing felt embarrassed to trouble Song Shuangshuang, so she said no, she would make it after they finished eating and cleaned up, then she grabbed the plate and took it away.

[Ding~ Mission updated]

Song Shuangshuang waited for a whole day and finally the task was refreshed. After taking a closer look, she found that she was asked to go out and continue grinding cornmeal in the evening. The requirements this time were less, only 10 kilograms.

? ? ? ?

Song Shuangshuang closed the task panel without hesitation and said that she would never do such a task even if she was beaten to death!

System [Host, the difficulty of the task has been reduced, why don't you do it? ]

Song Shuangshuang: "What the hell am I doing! My hands are almost falling off today, and you still want me to push the millstone? What's your intention? Anyway, I won't do this kind of task."

System [Didn’t I hear you say today that you wanted a pair of gloves? You can accumulate points and enter the lottery.]

Song Shuangshuang rolled her eyes. She didn't expect this broken system to be so kind. She opened the task panel and took a look. She had 4 points now. This task gave her... 5 points? "You need 10 points to draw a card. Even if I complete this task, I only have 9 points. Why should I draw you?"

System […Please wait]

[Ding~ Mission updated]

Song Shuangshuang refreshed the task panel and saw that it was beautiful! It became 11 pounds and gave her 6 points.

"You are so stingy! You won't let me take advantage of you at all!"

The system retorted, "You've taken advantage of me. Normally it should be 12 jin 6 points. How about I change it back for you?"

Song Shuangshuang quickly stopped the system, went back to load some more corn kernels, said goodbye to the educated youth in the house and went out. This time she did not forget to bring a flashlight, as all the grain would have to be ground sooner or later, so she was determined to get a pair of gloves!

The people who stayed in the room were all puzzled. Didn’t they just finish grinding yesterday? Why did they have to go again?

When Song Shuangshuang arrived at the threshing ground, the millstone was empty and no one was using it. She started grinding cornmeal while thinking about the gloves. She no longer thought of herself as a donkey. It was much harder to push the millstone by herself than with two people. She felt that it was hard enough yesterday, and this would be even later than yesterday. Song Shuangshuang would rather be a donkey now, at least pushing the millstone was not hard.

After pushing for a while, Song Shuangshuang felt the smell of livestock. She wrinkled her nose and looked up, her eyes lit up!

It's a donkey!

No, it’s Uncle Wu!

"Uncle Wu, are you here to grind grain as well?" Song Shuangshuang noticed a large sack on the donkey cart.

"Why are you the only one here? Don't other educated youths grind grain?" He remembered that the educated youths used to grind grain together, and they could take turns when they got tired. Could it be that this little girl was excluded?

Seeing that Uncle Wu looked upset, Song Shuangshuang knew that he had misunderstood, so she explained, "Tan Zhiqing and I ground grain yesterday. We thought that the autumn harvest would come soon, so we definitely wouldn't have time to grind grain. We ground more grain while we were just starting work and wouldn't be hungry for the rest of the harvest." She had thought of this reason before she left, and she would say it when someone asked her about it. Surely everyone would understand, why not prepare more grain when you have free time, and grind it when you are too tired to get up from the kang during the autumn harvest? That's not stupid.

Uncle Wu took a puff of his pipe and waved at Song Shuangshuang. Song Shuangshuang walked over and thought, could Uncle Wu use his donkey cart to grind grain for her? But the mission... eh?

Song Shuangshuang thought about the task that was just updated and felt something was wrong. She opened it again and saw, hahahaha! Today's task only said to grind 11 kilograms of cornmeal, but didn't tell her to grind it herself!

"Look at your thin arms and legs. How long will it take you to finish grinding? You are delaying me from grinding grain. Stand aside." Uncle Wu was really sharp-tongued. He pushed Song Shuangshuang aside, unloaded the cart skillfully, and put the donkey and the millstone together. Seeing Song Shuangshuang standing there in a daze, he pretended to be angry and said, "Why, you still rely on me to do all the work alone?"

Song Shuangshuang came forward very servilely and said, "How can that be? Thank you so much, sir." Then he followed behind the donkey and used a small broom to sweep the corn kernels piled on the side to the middle. "Sir, you take a rest, I'll do it~"

Donkeys are fast and easy to work with, and they finished grinding Song Shuangshuang's grain in a short while. Song Shuangshuang quickly put the freshly ground cornmeal into a cloth bag, put it aside, and tried to move the grain brought by Uncle Wu.

"Hey!" He exerted a lot of strength, but not only did he fail to lift it, he almost fell over. He laughed awkwardly and said, "It's a bit heavy."

"When you're done, go back quickly."

How could Song Shuangshuang go back? She smiled and replied, "How can I be so heartless? It's still early. Uncle, you just take a rest and I will help you." If he was her own grandfather, Song Shuangshuang would have pressed Uncle Wu on the cart.

Uncle Wu sat back on the cart, looked at Song Shuangshuang working behind the donkey, and whispered to himself that this girl had a conscience.

There were still many people on the threshing ground today, including the aunts who had talked to Song Shuangshuang yesterday. They were quite surprised that Old Wu used his donkey to help Song Shuangshuang grind grain. It was not that no one had asked Old Wu to use his donkey to grind grain for them before, and Old Wu was willing to help at first, but later more and more people took advantage of him, and wanted to grind out half a year's worth of grain in one go. Old Wu got angry and scolded them, and said that in the future, no one would ask him to help, and he should grind the grain himself.

So I haven't seen Old Wu help anyone grind grain in these years, but I didn't expect that he would be able to help this new young educated youth today.

A few aunties gathered together and said that maybe Old Wu had changed his personality today, otherwise why would he take the initiative to help? And the person he helped was not a villager, but a young educated youth who had just arrived in the village.

Of course Song Shuangshuang couldn't hear these discussions, she was arguing with the system right now.

"System, I have completed this task, why haven't you given me any points yet?"

System […The host's mission is not completed independently, so there is no point reward. ]

Song Shuangshuang guessed what the system would say, and said to the system with some pride, "Take a look at what is written on the task panel." Fortunately, she looked carefully at the system task, and these points were given to her for free!

The system was silent for a long time without replying.

"System, why are you silent? You updated this task yourself, and you even refreshed it once but I didn't notice it."

The system didn't want to talk, but couldn't stand Song Shuangshuang's constant pursuit. In the end, it reluctantly gave Song Shuangshuang 6 points.

Song Shuangshuang received 6 points and exchanged them for a chance to draw a card without hesitation. She rubbed her hands inwardly, hoping to draw a pair of cotton gloves for work. Forget about the modern rubber ones. Even if she drew them, she wouldn't dare to use them.

I kept repeating in my mind: gloves! gloves!

A white light flashed, and she drew a bottle of...moisturizer.

Hmm? Moisturizer? ?

Song Shuangshuang held her breath and almost came up. "System! Where are the gloves you promised me? Why is it moisturizer!"

The system voice was somewhat proud: "Host, I only said that you can enter the lottery by accumulating points, but I didn't say that you will definitely win the gloves."

Song Shuangshuang: “…”nice, trick her.

Song Shuangshuang didn't get the gloves she wanted, and she had no place to put the moisturizer, so she temporarily stored it in the system, planning to take it out and study it when she returned to the educated youth dormitory. After all, it was exchanged for ten points.

My head hurts when I think about the fact that all the points I’ve saved are gone and I have to start saving all over again.

"Girl, what are you thinking about? It's almost dark, go back quickly."

When Song Shuangshuang came to her senses, Uncle Wu had already harnessed the cart and loaded the food onto it. Seeing that it was indeed getting late, she thanked Uncle Wu, shouldered her small sack and headed back.

Uncle Wu was still thinking about sending Song Shuangshuang back, but he didn't expect that the girl would just carry the sack and leave by herself.

Song Shuangshuang kept thinking along the way that she was cheated by the system. She only got a bottle of hand cream, and by the time the autumn harvest came, her hands would be covered with blisters. She couldn't help cursing in her heart.

The system listened to Song Shuangshuang's complaints for a long time, and finally couldn't help but say, "Host, you can go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a pair of gloves during your break. You don't have to draw a card to get them."

Song Shuangshuang was silent for a while. "Why didn't you say it earlier? You wasted my chance to draw a card! Did you do it on purpose?"

System [I didn't, I just made a small suggestion. ]

Song Shuangshuang...I don’t want to talk. I feel so tired.

Back at the educated youth dormitory, Tan Anjing was pouring out the used face wash water outside. She was quite surprised to see Song Shuangshuang coming back. She had just seen Song Shuangshuang taking a lot of corn kernels away. Did she come back after grinding all the corn kernels? Or did she grind halfway and then stop grinding?

"Song Zhiqing, you're back. There's still hot water in the pot." She had just finished using the water and saw that there was still fire, so she added a few more scoops of water into the pot.

Song Shuangshuang placed the food in the main room, thanked Tan Anjing, and went back to get a basin of water to wash.

Song Shuangshuang calmed down and went into the dormitory. The others were sitting on the kang. Fan Lanfang was reading a book, and Lu Xiaotao was mending her pants. She accidentally tore her pants leg while working during the day. Seeing that everyone was a little surprised to see her come back, she thought about it for a while, guessed what they were thinking, and explained, "You didn't expect me to come back so early! Luckily, I met Uncle Wu, and his donkey helped to grind the mill!"

Wan Xue and the other two? Uncle Wu? Is that the Uncle Wu they know?