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

Chapter 32: When the enemy comes, we will fight back. Who is afraid of whom?

Mei Niang procrastinated, estimating the time and guessing that it would be almost finished, so she quickened her pace.

Who would have thought that when she looked over, the rice was still there in the fields, but the new educated youth was nowhere to be seen. She gritted her teeth and patrolled around, and saw Chen Huaiyang covering his face with a straw hat. She was so angry that she almost punched him.

He cursed in an extremely rude tone, "What's wrong with you, educated youth? You would rather lie here and sleep than work."

Chen Huaiyang took off his straw hat, looked at the people with slightly wrinkled eyes, rubbed his feet hard and sat up, "Comrade woman, you are finally here, if you didn't come I would have fallen asleep."

"Hurry up and finish these tasks. They are all planned areas, and we haven't moved on the land yet!"

Mei Niang was so angry that her voice became sharp. "You are idle anyway, can't you help out?"

"How can a young comrade be so fussy?"

I'm so unlucky that I'm assigned to the same group with him, so I can't get any advantage at all. If it were Zhang Da, he would have got the work points long ago.

Chen Huaiyang shrugged and responded innocently, "Comrade woman, I will only distribute that little food. The work is physically demanding. I will work for you, and then I will go to your house for dinner."

Whose food is not food? Whose energy is spent?

Mei Niang refused without thinking, "Bah, what are you thinking? You want to eat my food."

"If you eat human food and want to kill someone, you will be struck by lightning."

Chen Huaiyang spread his hands, looking innocent, "That's all I can do. I work for you, but you don't give me food to eat. I can't waste my energy for nothing!"

"Are you still going to do it? If not, let's just stay here and I can save a meal."

"The sun is scorching, and I don't want to work."

Chen Huaiyang acted as if he was not going to work, as if he was completely lazy. "I won't work today. I'll just make do with a meal. If I don't have any work points, then I'll just go back and have some water. It'll be another day."

Mei Niang was so angry at his indifferent attitude that she almost rolled her eyes. There was really nothing she could do when she met such a shameless person.

"I'll take the rice back. Please lend me your gloves."

Upon hearing this, Chen Huaiyang put the money in his pocket without a second thought and refused with his actions, "No way, this is something my mom paid for and bought with the ticket, what if you break it!"

"It's a long way to go. I can't go back even if I want to. I rely on the gloves to remind me of my hometown. You won't be so cruel as to deprive me of my homesickness, right?"

"I see that your skin is as thick as a city wall, and you are not afraid of the trouble. Hurry up! If we delay any longer, we will have a hard time getting the three work points today."

"I don't care. After all, if one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry. If I work less, I will eat less."

"But if you work less, your whole family will have to tighten their belts. So, by comparison, it will definitely be less cost-effective for you."

Mei Niang was so angry that she was almost dead. She was not like the educated youth from the city who would have their families mail them food if they ran out of food.

We lived on work points all year round. If the work points were not enough to exchange for food, we had to fill our stomachs with water. I never want to experience the feeling of water pounding in my stomach when I walk lightly.

I can only grit my teeth and do the job.

Chen Huaiyang just waited leisurely, without helping at all. By the time people finished moving the things, it was already 10 o'clock.

The female comrade was panting with exhaustion, her eyes wide open like drums, looking at him, she wanted to eat him up. Chen Huaiyang didn't care at all, he was very calm, and then he started to act.

After half a day, I have mastered the technique of harvesting rice. I am not afraid of getting my hands pricked even with gloves on. I can grab a handful at a time, and with the sharp sickle, I can harvest rice very quickly.

But he was neither anxious nor impatient. He worked for a while and then sat down to rest, not caring at all about how many work points he earned.

Mei Niang was so tired that she could hardly stand up straight. She was hungry and tired. She had worked almost half a day's work in the morning, which made her mouth dry and bitter. "You are resting again. Your butt is precious. You have to rest every few days."

Chen Huaiyang wiped the sweat off his face and took a sip of water. "Lady comrade, please bear with me. I just arrived and I'm not used to it yet!"

"You have lived in the brigade for most of your life, so you should be more experienced than me. Why are you still so slow? You can't even compare to a novice like me. Are you deliberately being lazy?"

"We can't be lazy and play tricks. We still have to work hard."

He was resting, but the crops were cut as needed, and no one took advantage of him.

Mei Niang was almost so angry that she fainted. She put down her sickle, ignored him, and threshed the rice and carried it away.

Chen Huaiyang followed in the same manner and stood up to the people. The young man was fast and could carry a lot in one trip. Mei Niang had to do it in three trips, but he only needed two.

This kind of comparison can make people angry to death.

After half a day's work, Chen Huaiyang returned to the educated youth point still feeling refreshed, leaving the three educated youths too speechless to complain.

The man with glasses didn't even have the thought of talking. He just shoveled food into his mouth numbly. After eating, he went back to his room and lay down, and started snoring again.

Lin Zhen was washing dishes. The moment her hands touched the water, she felt a hot and painful sensation. The tears that had been accumulating in her eyes instantly flowed down her cheeks.

Chen Huaiyang wanted to wash the lunch box, but he turned and left the moment he saw it. Since they took turns cooking, cleaning was naturally necessary, and he was not a person who cared about others.

Such hard work is hard even for male educated youth, let alone female educated youth. They can only adapt to it by themselves and he can't help them. It's better to avoid such embarrassing situations!

Who knew that as soon as he turned around, he saw Yang Xiaolin. Chen Huaiyang had no intention of provoking the female educated youth, so he shrugged and turned away.

Who knew that Yang Xiaolin thought it was him who bullied Lin Zhen and made her cry, so she turned around and went to settle the score with someone.

"Why are you bullying others? It's not easy to go to the countryside, why are you still bullying others?"

Chen Huaiyang was so upset that he just lay on the bed, with his hands on his head, looking at her with his eyes openly, looking her up and down.
"How did I bully her? She couldn't help crying, it's none of my business!"

"Since you have chosen to go to the countryside, you have to bear this hardship. You can't just blame me for her tears!"

"I was wronged yesterday, too. Why didn't I see you standing up for me? We are all educated youth. You can't bully me just because I'm a gay!"

"Besides, how can I bully him? It's not like my taste is wrong. If I were to pick people, I would have to choose you!"

Yang Xiaolin pointed at him, with disbelief in her eyes, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Chen Huaiyang sat up immediately, "Who is talking nonsense? Even if I find someone to bully, I will pick you!"

(End of this chapter)