The leader looked at Qin Qiong coldly and pointed under the tree.

"Go ahead and grind it yourself, but don't blame me if you can't reach today's number."

After saying that, he walked towards a shed at the edge of the field.

Qin Qiong had no choice but to find a grindstone and sit down to grind it. After grinding it for a few times, he felt something was wrong. While he was studying it, an old man came over.

The old man couldn't help laughing when he saw her sharpening the knife like this. He waved his hand and said to her.

"Woman, you are going to kill someone if you grind like this. You can't grind like this. Get out of the way, let me do it."

Qin Qiong thanked him and stepped aside, watching the old man pour some water on it and start grinding. After a while, the old man touched the blade, handed it to her and said, "It's done, go ahead."

Qin Qiong also felt that this was fine, as he could see people on one side.

She thanked the old man again, tightened her belt, and went downstairs with a heroic and confident look.

People stopped what they were doing and looked at her with a smile until she found a gap to move forward. Then they turned around and watched carefully what others were doing.

People laughed again.

"Girl, forget it if you can't do it. Just let your man do it! Haha..."

"Girl, Luotou is just scaring you. Just go and say a few nice words and pour us some water!"

"Girl, what's the energy you're carrying?"

Qin Qiong was not angry after hearing this, and he also smiled and replied loudly: "What do you know? This is called the law of harmony between man and nature. It is not tiring to work. Don't talk nonsense!"

Everyone laughed again and talked to her at once.

"That's right, if you don't move, you won't get tired, haha..."

"Aren't you one with nature? Why don't you do it? Haha..."

Qin Qiong looked for a long time but still didn't understand, so he had to look up and ask those people directly.

"I said yes, that's it, but, um, who can teach me how to cut it first?"

"Ha ha……"

Everyone burst into laughter immediately.

Qin Qiong ignored them and carefully watched how the other people's legs and arms moved. He then lowered his body and began to use the method of harvesting rice in harmony with nature, raising his head every ten steps.

At lunchtime, the farmers had food delivered to them by their families. Some laborers like Qin Qiong had food delivered to them, while others brought their own. Most of them ate on the ground behind the shed where the leader, a man named Luo, sat.

Qin Qiong brought a pancake, and Aunt Mei also gave her some pickles, but she didn't bring any water, so she went into the shed. The old man who had helped her sharpen the knife was also there, and when he saw her coming, he took the initiative to pour her a bowl of water.

"I say, Luo Tou, aren't we serving as soldiers? Shouldn't we be provided with food?"

She asked Luo Tou very seriously.

The Luotou ignored her and said to the outside, "Then the rations will be reduced by half."

“…Then forget it.”

In the afternoon, Qin Qiong's method of harmony between man and nature received everyone's praise, and the atmosphere in the field became much better.

"Of course, this is the way of survival of heaven and man that our working people have learned through thousands of years of labor. It is very precious and of course it works."

Qin Qiong was very proud, but she was also very tired.

When she returned to the compound after work to distribute her rations, she could hardly stand.

When she saw the ration bag in Luotou's hand, she fell to the ground.

This is too little!

This is a bowl of rice? No way! This is all I have for the day!

When the people in the yard saw her like this, they found it funny and a little pitiful, and they all pleaded for her, asking Luotou to give her more on the first day. Besides, this woman had done as much as everyone else, so it was considered pretty good.

Luotou frowned for a long time before adding another handful.

Qin Qiong lay on the ground, looking at those people who spoke for him, feeling very grateful.

Because she was a woman, it was difficult for others to pull her up. Finally, an old man came over and asked her if she could get up and if she needed his help.

She suddenly got up, bowed to thank those people, took the ration bag given by Luotou, said see you tomorrow, and left.

Everyone was stunned.

When Qin Qiong was about to reach home, she saw a middle-aged man walking out of their alley. The man was very thin and of medium build, and the gown he wore was very old, but it looked like it had been tidied up.

What caught Qin Qiong's attention was this man's face. Perhaps because he was thin, his eyes were protruding, his complexion was very bad, and there were two tadpole-like mustaches on his lips. At the same time, there was a hint of hunger in his eyes.

The whole person looks like a sad person.

It feels very unlucky.

Qin Qiong brushed past him, and the man walked past without even looking at him. Qin Qiong thought about it and thought that maybe she was overthinking. She returned home, handed the grain bag to Aunt Mei, and went back to rest.

She was really too tired. Working in the fields was not as easy as it looked. She slept for a while before being woken up by the noise outside.

It’s Uncle Qin who is back.

However, I don’t know who he quarreled with, and it seems that he even got physical.

When Dai Xiang went up to him and said a few words of concern, it made Uncle Qin unhappy.

After listening for a while, Qin Qiong felt bored. This kind of man is always a bully at home. She was tired and didn't bother to pay attention to him!

The next day, Qin Qiong happily went to earn food again.

Of course, this amount of rice was only enough for everyone to have porridge. However, Qin Qiong wanted to find out more about what was happening outside, especially what was happening in the government.

Alas! At least I have to ask, is there any job that can earn more rice than working in the fields?

When she came back in the evening, she found that Uncle Qin seemed to have been beaten again.

Day three, same thing.

When she left, Aunt Mei seemed to want to say something to her, but she didn't open her mouth. Qin Qiong thought it might be about that "good-for-nothing". She thought it would be better to teach that boy a lesson first, so she ignored Aunt Mei and went out to work.

However, that night, the old man was not beaten. Qin Qiong felt... it was a pity.

Day 4, still...

These days, she has asked a lot of people who often go out to work. Working in the fields is really the best. If you go to the mines, you will have no way to make a living.

In fact, you don't have to do this labor. Just pay a symbolic amount of money, and of course you will lose the food rations.

But as long as you have money, you can find some clerical work in the government, or find some work in some businesses in town, or in wealthy families.

However, the jobs in the government office were all done by the An Ning Wang, that is, the local garrison. If there was no one to recommend, or if the money was not enough, there was no chance at all.

As for silver? Qin Qiong still has some, but she won't spend it to bribe that stupid brother.

The food rations for these days plus the things left by Chen Tou are almost finished. We have to buy some more immediately, otherwise the family will go hungry.

Others can go hungry, but she can’t. She is the main labor force now!

Besides, there is no reason to starve anyone, so why should she be starved?

But, what should I do in the future? The Chinese New Year is coming soon...

She was just worried, and a few days passed until the day before the grazing break came.

After finishing this day, you can take a day off.

She was very happy and thought about going out for a walk tomorrow to see if there was anything she could buy. And then she looked around...

No, she just ran away.

Just after lunch break, Qin Qiong and his friends were working in the fields when suddenly a woman ran over from a distance, shouting, "Mei Niang! Mei Niang!"

Qin Qiong was startled.

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