Fast travel to the front line of eating melons in the world

Chapter 2200 Cousin is a capitalist lady 26
When Zhang Yu saw the other women in her group finishing up and getting ready to go home to cook lunch, she quickly stood up and left as well.

The team leader was speechless when he saw Zhang Yu leaving with the crowd. "You're leaving already?"

When the group leader first heard that two young people had been assigned to their team, he was really excited, thinking that at least they could do some work.

Who would have thought that these two were actually like two seasoned veterans, working at roughly the same pace as the middle-aged women around them, starting and finishing at roughly the same time.

The team leader really didn't know how to describe the daily work points, which ranged from a maximum of four to a minimum of three.

After thinking for a long time, he still pulled Zhang Yu aside and said, "Xiao Zhang, I know you get along well with those older women."

Despite being a city girl and not very old, she managed to mingle with the village aunties and listen to their gossip.

Please, she rarely goes to the village, and even when she does, she only goes to a few older women's houses. She doesn't even know everyone in the village, so why does she like listening to gossip?

Zhang Yu had already learned from the descriptions of the older women that the group leader had high expectations for her, so all she could say was, "I know, group leader, you mean I can't compare to the older women."

“I know that their families have able-bodied members who are the main contributors to earning work points.”

“But my parents send me money every month,” Zhang Yu said, adding that she also has parents.

Okay, the group leader remembered that around the middle of the month, there would be remittances every month. Although it was 15 yuan per month, and the other girl received a little more, it was enough for them to live in the countryside for a year.

"Sigh," the team leader thought to himself. "How could this be? She's clearly a young girl, and she seems like a good worker, but why doesn't she take her work seriously?"

Zhang Yu quickly slipped away. As she said, there was really no need to do farm work. During her rest time, she could go up the mountain a few times and if she could find ginseng, she would really have made a profit.

Last weekend, Zhang Yu went for a walk in the mountains. As she walked, she ended up in the mountains and found a ginseng. Although it didn't look very big, she was worried that if someone pulled it up, it would be a loss.

Of course, it's best to secure the money. Zhang Yu quickly made his money directly. Before, when he knew he was going to be in a new era and that the original owner was a sent-down youth in Northeast China, he wondered if he could find good things on the mountain, such as ginseng or lingzhi.

For safety's sake, I spent gold coins to learn how to process ginseng. Of course, some people say that fresh ginseng is better, since some nutrients will be lost during the processing.

Zhang Yu had already made his decision: older ginseng was of course better fresh, while younger ginseng needed to be processed, since bringing out all fresh ginseng would easily arouse suspicion.

Zhang Yu recalled the fifty-year-old ginseng he had harvested that time. It was very good; it was only worth about a hundred yuan now, but it would be worth more in the future.

Honestly, she really wanted to hoard a lot of it, thinking it would be worth a fortune in twenty or thirty years.

But the thought was quickly suppressed. There was no way around it; since the remittances had been coming in for the past two months, those who had previously criticized her and Zhang Hui for being lazy had all shut up.

After all, they have a stable monthly remittance, so they wouldn't want to work if they were in their shoes.

As a result, the two girls, who were disliked by the villagers, have become satisfactory candidates for marriage partners. This was something I overheard the older women talking about.

Zhang Yu guessed that they were actually quite tempted, so she frankly stated that the money was specially sent by her family because they were worried that the girls wouldn't be able to do the work and that some young men in the countryside would use the excuse of helping with chores to lure them away.

They also said that once they got married, whether to a sent-down youth or a villager, the remittances would stop.

Of course, Zhang Yu had also consulted with Zhang Hui beforehand; otherwise, if their statements didn't align, people would definitely become suspicious. Compared to Zhang Yu, Zhang Hui was actually even less inclined to get married, and therefore, she absolutely agreed with Zhang Yu's suggestion.

Since she said those words, some people have gone to Zhang Hui to ask for confirmation. After receiving a definite answer, fewer people have been watching the two of them, but some people are still unwilling to give up.

Zhang Yu knew those people and thought, "At worst, we can just not get a marriage certificate."

Worried about the other party notifying their family? That's easy to solve. Just deal with the two sisters, then there's no one to tip them off.

Zhang Yu knew their little scheme, and she was prepared. During everyone's work hours, no one would make a move; everyone would just watch.

As for not going anywhere or waiting for someone, Zhang Yu was worried that Zhang Hui would fall for it, but she had repeatedly told her not to.

There's no other way. What if something happens to Zhang Hui, and that girl decides to take drastic measures?

Zhang Hui's grievances should be directed at the Zhang family. Any dissatisfaction should be used against them later, not against her.

Zhang Hui was really shocked when she heard about Zhang Yu's cases, but thankfully, at least the girl was obedient, otherwise Zhang Yu would definitely not care about her.

Zhang Yu rushed to the educated youth settlement and knocked on Zhang Hui's room door. The latter opened the door quickly.

Seeing her drowsy look, Zhang Yu knew she had slept straight through until now. "Are you feeling better?"

Zhang Hui nodded, "I'm feeling better. By the way, I asked for leave today. Did the team leader say anything?"

"What can I say? It all boils down to this: how can someone so young not work hard?" Zhang Yu mimicked the team leader's tone.

"Don't worry, the team leader is already used to it. Before us, the group was at the bottom. Now that we're here, it's still at the bottom anyway, so it's fine." Zhang Yu could only say that as the team leader of a perennial bottom-ranked group, he should just give up and not expect a capable person to come along.

Zhang Yu really couldn't understand. "Okay, Zhao Yadong got a rabbit yesterday, let's make braised rabbit cubes."

"After I finish work today, I'll take a stroll by the stream to see if I can catch any fish. If I can, I'll get some tofu and then stew the fish with the tofu. I'll also stew the mushrooms I picked from the mountain over the weekend with it."

As Zhang Yu spoke, she couldn't stop drooling.

Zhang Hui's mouth was watering too, "Just thinking about it makes my mouth water."

"By the way, sis, how come you can cook so many dishes? You've never cooked them at home before," Zhang Hui asked casually.

"Do we have these ingredients at home?" Zhang Yu had already thought about how to answer. "And even if we do have the ingredients, and the dish tastes good, will I get a share?"

"If it's not cooked well, I won't get much to eat. If it's delicious, will I even get any?"

"Here, as the head chef, I have no shortage of food and drink. By the way, the other day, the package I sent you from home contained the fabric I requested." Since Zhao Yadong and the others were also working together, if the expenses were split in half, Zhang Yu would be at a disadvantage. Therefore, Zhang Hui gave Zhang Yu some extra things every month.

Zhang Hui thought Zhang Yu had forgotten, so she could only slowly hand the fabric to Zhang Yu.

"Be more proactive next time, otherwise our money will only be enough for vegetables. If you want meat, you'll have to buy it yourself." Zhang Yu picked up the fabric and left.