The Red Era: Starting from Being an Educated Youth in the Countryside

Chapter 24: Men and women working together make work less tiring!
Liu Li thought of some things she hadn't told him yet, so she chased after him.

"By the way, if you think making pancakes and steamed bread is too troublesome, you can also knead the dough into a softer paste, put it next to the pot while the vegetables are stewing, cover it with a lid and let it simmer for ten minutes until it is cooked."

At this time, Liu Jun's curse came from the next room, "Why are you dawdling? Hurry up, it will take a long time before you can have a meal!"

"Some people don't know what conscience is. Even if you open your heart to others, they may not be grateful."

Liu Jun felt very depressed, especially when he came back from work and saw their tidy vegetable garden.

In the past, it took them several days to build the tunnel, and they had to dig it out bit by bit after work. But they finally finished it in half a day.

They are all the same manpower, so why is there such a big gap?
In particular, the vegetables were planted in an orderly manner. No one knew where they found the seedlings. They used to sow the seedlings themselves and could only plant them after they grew into seedlings.

As a result, they got it done in one step, saving the time beforehand.

This kind of comparison made him feel twisted.

Only Liu Jun didn't know that the hoes borrowed by Chen Huaiyang and others were all good ones. They could save time and effort. Using good tools would naturally produce significant results.

Whenever I see the tools they borrow, I feel even more aggrieved!
In the brigade, to put it nicely, the educated youth were educated people from the city; to put it bluntly, they were not liked by the team members. Every time they went to borrow a hoe, they were considered lucky if they could get a half-finished one.

The ones they saw were so sharp that they couldn't even imagine it.

Yang Xiaolin and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment. They didn't dare to waste the old educated youth's time any longer. If they didn't know that someone was making indirect accusations, they would be a fool.

"Liu Zhiqing, sorry to have taken up your time. We will leave now."

Time is too tight in the morning to roll out the noodles, so I can only knead the noodles in the evening and let them rise in the morning, and cook them together with lunch.

Otherwise they would be exhausted and they would have to prepare lunch. It goes without saying that their untrained bodies would not be able to bear it.

The three men came back and Chen Huaiyang looked at them. He naturally heard Liu Jun's words of picking faults, after all, the distance was not far away.

As long as she doesn't come running over to jump around, he won't bother to pay attention. Instead of spending this much time, he might as well eat his fill and take a rest.

"How? Did you learn it?"

The three nodded and replied, "We have to bring some noodles and go over to exchange some old noodles with the old educated youth, otherwise the dough won't ferment and will be hard and won't fill our stomachs."

The four of them discussed how much food to take per day and took it out in the evening to make it easier to prepare for the next day.

We were exhausted after the day, so we had some delicious rice and sweet potato porridge. After eating, we went to wash up.

The next day.

The clock strikes 6, and I can get up even if I have had enough sleep.

On the first day of work, I still didn't dare to make exceptions.

There was also some noise coming from the old educated youth next door, probably he was busy in the kitchen too.

If too many people are crowded in the kitchen, it will become a bit useless and there won’t be enough space for everyone.

Chen Huaiyang suggested, "Why don't we learn from the old educated youth and divide the work and cooperate?"

"Two people will cook together, and the other two will fetch water and rinse the vegetables. This way, we can share the work and not get too tired."

The man with glasses nodded and said, "Okay, let's draw lots. Female comrades should have better skills."

Chen Huaiyang was so upset that his face was filled with black lines. The other party almost said clearly that he didn't want to work in the same team with him anymore.

"You came up with the idea, so go and prepare!"

They steamed the Wowotou in a hurry. They used two-grain flour, which was already very fluffy after a night of fermentation. They kneaded it to squeeze out the air inside and then clumsily rolled it into the shape of Wowotou.

It was not until the food was put into the pot that he let out a breath of foul air.

It is true that pasta is a very energy-consuming food, but it is very filling, so you have to make the effort even if it is troublesome.

With only one pot, one can only wait for the food to be steamed before cooking the porridge, which is a bit useless. But Chen Huaiyang doesn't mind buying another pot, but it's a bit difficult to ask them to pay for it.

Not everyone is like him, having so much extra money.

Just like Lin Zhen, who spent 2 yuan to buy a pot, she looked reluctant when she took it out. It can be seen that her family is also financially tight.

The four of them drew lots, and whoever drew the first one would be the one. Anyway, it was a good match for a man and a woman to work together, and the work wouldn't be tiring.

The final result was that Chen Huaiyang and Yang Xiaolin, the man with glasses and Lin Zhen, looked at the man with glasses who breathed a sigh of relief. If they hadn't seen him working hard yesterday afternoon, they would have definitely exposed him and criticized him harshly.

I'm too lazy to bother with people now.

After the steamed steamed corn bread was cooked, it became quite big. We steamed 12 of them, two for each male educated youth and one for each female educated youth. The remaining six were saved for lunch.

You eat as much as you pay for food. There is no such thing as anyone taking advantage of anyone else. The more you eat, the more you pay. Chen Huaiyang thinks this is pretty good.

Otherwise, if you eat too much and don’t cook more, it will be uncomfortable to be hungry. Each person can take away a bowl of thick millet porridge, which is only enough to make them 50% full.

If Chen Huaiyang ate to his heart's content, he could have at least three more of these steamed buns and a bowl of porridge.

You still have to get more food. You can't do your job well if you're hungry.

Lesbians have small appetites and eat less, while gay men naturally eat big appetites.

There was no time for them to worry, so they locked the door and set out to gather.

Their task was to break or transport corn cobs. Corn cobs and corn are both local terms, which means corn (with corn written at the end).

Chen Huaiyang was strong and was assigned to carry corn on his back. He followed the man to the cornfield. Looking at the large cornfield, he thought, no wonder the coarse grains were mainly cornmeal. This large field full of endless corn would really make a person sick.

It's really shocking.

The two female educated youth definitely could not earn ten centimeters, so they were arranged to follow the team members who earned six centimeters.

How many work points you can earn depends on your ability. If you don’t have enough work points to exchange for food, you have to find a way yourself.

The remaining male educated youth were arranged to follow two strong team members.

The team members who were assigned to the same area were all reluctant, "This is so unlucky, how could we be assigned to be with the new educated youth?"

"With his delicate skin and tender flesh, he doesn't look like he can do farm work. Don't delay the progress, or we will have to ask the team leader to replace him."

Four people divide an area, two people pick corn and two people carry corn. This is the daily amount. If they cannot do it, they will be deducted centimeters.

If you get everything done, you can earn ten centimeters, which is the highest standard.

The team members all live on work points. If they are dragged down by others, their work points will be deducted. How can they not feel aggrieved?

Chen Huaiyang and the man with glasses could only rub their noses and swallow their anger when being despised by others. They couldn't just join the other teammates in shouting, right?

He started causing trouble as soon as he arrived. Even the captain would not tolerate him.

(End of this chapter)