Chapter 193 The friends are all exhausted
In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

On this day, the villagers of Jinshanbao Production Brigade had breakfast at home early in the morning, and then gathered at the threshing ground. Brigade cadres including Xu Guangfu and Sun Maocai carried out a general mobilization for spring ploughing.

After shouting the quotations loudly, the villagers divided into two teams, went into the warehouse, picked up various tools, and headed straight to the fields outside the village.

Among them, Shao Ruian followed Sun Maocai attentively, like a lackey.

Luo Weixiong, Deng Hualiang, Wen Jianguo, Wang Zhiyong, Zhao Dabao, Liu Jianjun and others gathered together and mixed in the large group.

Their immature and reserved appearance made them seem quite different from other villagers.

Soon, the large army arrived in front of a large area of ​​gray-black land.

From the rows of raised ridges on the ground and the withered rhizomes, it can be seen that this piece of land was previously used to grow corn.

Sun Maocai slowly scanned the land, then turned around and looked at several team leaders of Production Team 2, and finally stopped for a while on Shao Ruian, who had a flattering look on his face.

Then, his expression darkened, and he said loudly: "Today, our second team's production task is to plow and level this piece of land, and then clean up the corn roots and weeds."

"Now, let me assign tasks."

"One group of people is responsible for driving the oxen to plow the fields, while the other groups are responsible for leveling the fields and clearing corn roots and weeds."

After saying that, he divided the land in front of him into five pieces according to the order and gave them to the original four groups of people and the new group of educated youth.

This will not only appear fair, but will also prevent the original team members from complaining about being held back by the educated youth group.

After dividing the tasks, he deliberately kept the educated youth group and explained to them in detail how to do the work. Only after everyone in the educated youth group knew what to do did he let Shao Ruian take them away.

Soon, Shao Ruian led the educated youth group to the front of the land that belonged to them, and started working hard with hoes.

At the same time, the female educated youth group in Production Team 1 had the same experience.

However, the fields they have to till are for growing sweet potatoes, which is relatively easier, but the area of ​​land they are responsible for is larger.

In addition, the number of female educated youth in the group was originally one less than that of male educated youth, so soon some people began to complain in their hearts.

Although they had anticipated that farming would be hard work, they did not expect it to be so hard, even painful.

People who have never farmed will never be able to imagine how hard it is to work with your back to the earth and your face to the sky.

Not to mention the blisters that had already formed before he had even swung his fists a few times, the constant soreness in the muscles in his arms and waist was enough to make him feel extremely painful.

They finally made it to the lunch break. Led by Shang Xiuzhen, the other five female educated youth all slumped down on the edge of the field, eating the dry food they brought with them with a look of despair on their faces.

While eating, Xu Wanling accidentally touched the blisters on the base of her fingers. She couldn't help but gasp, and her eyes suddenly became red.

Think about it, she is the daughter of a scholarly family in Suzhou and Hangzhou. She has always been a treasure in the palm of her hand since she was a child. When has she ever suffered such hardship and pain?

Everything was fine originally, why did it suddenly change?

As she thought about it, she couldn't help but think of her own family, her grandparents who were exiled to the Northwest, her parents who were exiled to the Southwest, and her sisters and brothers who were exiled to the Northeast. An inexplicable sense of uneasiness and sadness immediately welled up in her heart.

The next moment, the tears that had been quietly accumulating quickly slid down her cheeks like a river bursting its dam, then fell to the ground and seeped into the soil, turning into nutrients for the growth of crops, just like the sweat she had shed from her previous hard work.

Hearing her crying, the other four equally delicate girls froze in their eating movements, and then they could not help but lower their heads and wipe away their tears, as if they were frightened by the foreseeable miserable life in the future.

Only Shang Xiuzhen silently turned her head to glance at the others, and then silently started to chew the corn cake in her hand.

At this time, her small and delicate face had already turned into a big cat, and her lapels were covered with sweat.

As her jaw muscles moved up and down, the muscles in her neck were also slightly pulled.

Through the open collar, you can see a few small beads of sweat rolling on the white and delicate collarbone, finally gathering together and sliding into the Mariana Trench.

Soon after, she stuffed the last bit of cornmeal into her mouth, gently patted the crumbs on her hands, and then suddenly stood up, walked to the others, and asked with a stern face: "Have you cried enough?"

"Or do you want everyone in the production team to come and listen to your crying?"

Hearing this, the five young and beautiful girls, Xu Wanling, Zhang Chunyan, Pan Qiaoyan, Shen Fengxia and Wu Zhaodi, were stunned for a moment, then quickly stopped crying, and then looked up at Shang Xiuzhen with tears in their eyes.

Facing their pretty, tearful faces of different styles, Shang Xiuzhen remained unmoved and even frowned slightly.

Then, she pursed her lips and said in a deep voice: "I know that everyone here is from the city. In the past, apart from studying in school, at most they helped with housework at home. They have never suffered such hardships."

"But now that we are here, escaping, being cowardly, or being afraid will not solve any problems. Only by facing them bravely and rising to the challenge can we overcome all difficulties and win honor."

"I believe that you don't want to be laughed at by others, especially the male educated youth group in Team 2."

"So, I hope you can cheer up and work with me to complete today's production task well, and don't let people look down on our female educated youth group."

"Are you willing to fight with me for our honor?"

Having said this, she stretched out her hand and placed it in front of Xu Wanling, Zhang Chunyan, Pan Qiaoyan, Shen Fengxia, Wu Zhaodi and others, with a look of expectation and encouragement on her face.

As the leader of the female educated youth group, she really didn't want to see the female educated youth group she led become a laughing stock of the production team, and she didn't want to be outdone by the male educated youth group, especially by Shao Ruian, the selfish hypocrite.

Therefore, she took great pains to come up with these words, hoping to inspire the fighting spirit of the team members.

However, she seemed to overestimate her own prestige and underestimate the suffering of others.

After listening to what Shang Xiuzhen said, Xu Wanling, Zhang Chunyan, Pan Qiaoyan, Shen Fengxia, and Wu Zhaodi not only did not extend their hands and agree to fight with Shang Xiuzhen, but they also lowered their heads with evasive eyes and played ostrich.

Seeing this, Shang Xiuzhen's face instantly turned ugly, and then she shook her sleeves and said with some regret: "You really disappoint me!" "It's just a few blisters on my hands, isn't it just a sore back?"

"This little bit of suffering is far less than when I was training martial arts."

"If you can't even endure this little hardship now, how can you contribute to the country in the future?"

"Do you really want people to point fingers at you and call you trash?"

"With your kind of behavior, even if there's a chance to return to the city in the future, you won't be able to get it."

"That's all I have to say. Think about it carefully for yourselves!"

After saying that, she walked to the side and sat down with an angry look on her face. She was so angry that she almost flattened Tingqiao.

When Xu Wanling, Zhang Chunyan, Pan Qiaoyan, Shen Fengxia, and Wu Zhaodi saw Shang Xiuzhen like this, they all lowered their heads in shame.

However, except Xu Wanling and Pan Qiaoyan who were able to go straight down the hill, the vision of everyone else was blocked by the bulging bulge.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Chunyan suddenly said sourly, "Even if there is a chance to return to the city in the future, no matter how well we perform, we probably won't get a chance."

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang's handsome and attractive face instantly appeared in the minds of others, and then they nodded unconsciously in agreement.

Compared to Shang Xiuzhen, the team leader with excellent performance, Li Guoqiang is the one who makes people feel despair.

While others had just started working in the fields and suffering the hardship, Li Guoqiang had already become a big leader of the production team, solely responsible for a promising project.

Moreover, if the development of the bee farm can really bring in an extra few hundred yuan of income to each household every year as the villagers imagined, then by then, not to mention the production team leader, even Xu Guangfu, the production team leader, will not be as effective as Li Guoqiang in speaking, and the villagers may even force Xu Guangfu to step down.

Thinking of this, they couldn't help but feel a deep envy and admiration, as well as a hint of indescribable admiration.

Which girl doesn’t have love in her heart?

Especially when facing a classmate like Li Guoqiang who is so handsome and capable.

It was just because of Li Guoqiang's usually polite attitude, the gap in their status and abilities, and the confusion about the future, that no one dared to take the initiative to express their feelings to Li Guoqiang.

At most, they are just like Shang Xiuzhen, Pan Qiaoyan and Shen Fengxia, who use various legitimate reasons to have more contact with Li Guoqiang, cultivate feelings appropriately and get closer to him.

While they were feeling emotional because of Li Guoqiang, the morale of the male educated youth group members was also somewhat low.

Compared with the female educated youth, their physical fitness is indeed better, but compared with the villagers, it is really not good enough.

Even the aunties in the village are much more adept at farm work than them.

People from other groups had already completed half of their task area, but they had only completed less than one-third.

Under this situation, they would probably have to work until night to complete the assigned tasks.

This made them feel depressed and at the same time afraid of the difficult days to come.

In this regard, Shao Ruian did not choose to cheer up the team members like Shang Xiuzhen did. Instead, he directly pulled Sun Maocai's tiger skin and threatened: "Listen to me, everyone. Our mission progress is already far behind other teams. If we fail to complete the mission and are criticized by Secretary Sun, don't blame me."

"cut!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Weixiong immediately responded with disdain: "If I really want to criticize, I should criticize you as the team leader first."

"Also, Team Leader Shao, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but as a team leader, you haven't done as much work in the morning as we have. Do you really think we are blind and can't see?"

"Forehead"

When Shao Ruian heard Luo Weixiong's words and saw that everyone else was glaring at him, he suddenly felt a little panicked.

Afterwards, he didn't bother to act like a team leader anymore, and hurriedly explained, "Don't get me wrong, I admit that I did a little less work than you, but it's not because I want to be lazy, but because as a team leader, I have to always pay attention to everyone's work situation, remind and correct them in time to avoid any accidents."

"So, this is just a difference in our division of labor. I hope you can understand this."

In fact, he had thought about going back directly, and promised that he would lead by example, do the most work, and endure the most hardships.

However, this was only his first day on the job and he was already exhausted. If he really insisted on going back, wouldn't he be exhausted to death?

Therefore, he really did not have the courage and could only use the banner of different division of labor, hoping to get away with it.

However, he seemed to have forgotten how he got the position of team leader, and also forgot that Luo Weixiong was once a competitor who wanted to be team leader.

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Weixiong angrily cursed, "What a different division of labor! I think you just want to be lazy. Since you are the team leader, you must set a good example and be at the forefront no matter what happens. Otherwise, you should give up the team leader position and stop occupying the toilet and disgusting people here."

"Yup!"

At this time, Deng Hualiang, who saw Luo Weixiong had already opened fire, could not help but speak up and said, "Team Leader Shao, as a team leader, you can't just hide behind us and enjoy yourself, right?"

After hearing this, although the others did not say anything, a hint of dissatisfaction was also revealed on their faces.

When Shao Ruian saw this, he immediately became furious, pointed his finger at Luo Weixiong and Deng Hualiang's noses, and shouted angrily: "Luo Weixiong, Deng Hualiang, are you trying to rebel?"

"I'm telling you, I'm the team leader now, and you have to listen to me. Otherwise, I'll go tell Secretary Sun that you're disobedient, rebellious, and destroying unity, and I'll ask him to organize a meeting to punish you."

"From now on, don't even think about returning to the city!"

(End of this chapter)