Chapter 70: Jiaojiao is spoiled by the rough man

If you don't pay close attention, you can hardly notice the scattered minced meat.

"Maybe the cafeteria has changed the dishes today." Su Wanwan said calmly, as if dealing with the question lightly.

"It was only during last year's Spring Festival that the company gave each of us young educated youth a small portion of dumplings stuffed with meat." Li Meifen's voice still sounded a little dazed, as if she was choked in her throat, with a hint of disbelief.

Except for the initial noise, the next room fell into dead silence. Even people who usually talk as much as white reeds remained silent in this place.

This was not surprising. It seemed that there was a strong magnetic field around Xu Yan that could calm people down. Even a talkative person like Bai Luwei voluntarily restrained herself and shut up.

Even Su Wanwan could guess how much psychological pressure Bai Luwei, who shared a room with Xu Yan, was under every day. After the two of them finished their meal in silence, they followed Xu Yan's instructions and put the lunch boxes outside their room. Su Wanwan barely managed to hold on to her last breath, washed herself simply, and then fell into a deep sleep on the heated kang.

At dawn the next day, they got up obviously earlier than the day before. The sky was still dark, but Su Wanwan was afraid of encountering another accident like yesterday, so she fumbled to wash up, wondering why frost appeared just a few days into the summer.

The laborers still gathered at the street corner where they had been yesterday, and some young people from the surrounding villages went there in groups of three or five. There were sporadic conversations on the road. After washing up, Li Meifen reluctantly got off the heated kang and fetched a bucket of water to clean herself.

"Let's meet up early to avoid getting scolded again," she urged.

At this time, with a "squeak", the white reed next door disappeared in the team. Li Meifen moved quickly, combed herself quickly, and picked up the lunch box and pot filled with boiling water. But she did not look at Su Wanwan, nor did she remind her not to forget the necessary outfit.

Su Wanwan followed Li Meifen out and carefully checked her belongings. She carefully checked the place where she had placed the lunch boxes last night. It was empty, proving that Xu Yan had taken the food they had placed by the door. When they had dinner together last night, she did not ask Xu Yan about the specific source of the food.

According to her understanding, although the life in Baihua Village is slightly better than that in their village, it is impossible to prepare meat dishes for young people during non-festival periods. In addition, the pair of layered lunch boxes are different from the ones they use every day.

Su Wanwan noticed that Xu Yan's lunch box was not much different from theirs, so the pair was not his. When these thoughts flooded into her mind, she almost fell behind when the team was assembled.

After learning from yesterday's lesson, Su Wanwan had a rough idea of ​​what to do today. The heavy work last night made her hands and feet sore and difficult to lift when she woke up in the morning. Even if she could lift her hands, the range of motion was very limited. She expected that she would probably have to work less in the rice fields today than yesterday.

However, after yesterday's experience, she was now somewhat familiar with using the sickle. She could only hope that the area assigned to her today would be smaller, at least to reduce the intensity of her labor.

As the young people of the production team walked in an orderly manner towards the rice fields of Baihua Village, at the last fork in the road, young men and women left in their respective directions.

"We've been together for a whole day yesterday. I think you've learned everything you need to learn?" The team leader stood silently next to Su Wanwan and the others and asked.

"Yeah." Su Wanwan didn't understand what he meant, so she pursed her lips slightly in response.

"Then don't worry about the guidance. Today you will work in pairs. Just start there." At this point, the team leader pointed a finger, and Su Wanwan looked in the direction she pointed. What came into view was a more remote rice field area. The rice field layout there was very different from the place where they had worked before. The intervals between the fields were more open. From the appearance alone, today's work was almost twice as much as yesterday's.

More than half of the rice fields allocated yesterday had been completed, but today they were asked to take over such a large area?

"Team leader, this is too difficult. Such a large field, even if two more people come, I'm afraid they won't be able to finish the work!" When Li Meifen saw the place assigned to them, the fire in her heart instantly burned. Due to her good sleep quality at night, the decibel of her voice also increased accordingly.

As soon as she finished yelling, Su Wanwan felt something was wrong and realized that today might not be an easy day.

"Comrade Li, you misunderstood." The team leader coughed and said, "I meant that each person should be responsible for a small piece of rice field, not that the two of you should share one."

Looking up again at those places where even a few ordinary people would find it difficult to complete a day, Su Wanwan couldn't help but take a deep breath. The secret worries she had last night seemed to have unfortunately come true.

"Team leader, are you being reasonable when you say this?" Li Meifen said indignantly.

"Didn't the branch secretary tell you last night?" the team leader asked.

"What did you say?" Su Wanwan asked immediately.

"The autumn harvest this year was a little late and the progress was very rushed. In the past, young people only had to bear part of the burden. However, due to the tight staffing schedule, we all had to share more."

Seeing the undisguised sarcasm in the team leader's eyes, Su Wanwan tried her best to suppress her anger and secretly took a sneak shot of Li Meifen in the headquarters to prevent any further complications.

Unexpectedly, after hearing these words, Li Meifen calmed down unexpectedly, and asked with a gentle smile: "But why do I see other people still in charge of a large area?"

She looked directly into the captain's eyes and saw a hint of panic in her eyes.

"This... because it takes time and flexibility to assign production tasks to the team, you went to the branch secretary's office last night and temporarily changed the plan. Don't be dissatisfied with this. This is just an accounting of the results of your own labor. The harder you work, the greater the rewards will naturally be." The team leader seemed a little incoherent while explaining, and it was obvious that he made it up on the spot.

"Got it? Your efforts will be counted towards your score."

The words sound nice, but to Su Wanwan and Li Meifen, they are not enough to convince them that they are not fools.

"Yesterday the village chief didn't mention at all that we would be working on such a large area. You saw it too, with our work efficiency, can we really complete such a large area in one day? No, it should be twice as large." Su Wanwan even found it a little funny as she said this.

Although she could hear the intention of the village chief to embarrass them, she never expected it to be so incredible! If she and her teammates were only asked to complete a small area together, it would be barely understandable, but in fact, they had to separate and be responsible for a large area alone. Su Wanwan couldn't imagine how the village chief's thinking was turned.

"This assignment shows that the production team values ​​you. Regardless of whether you can complete it or not, don't lose confidence. Things that seem difficult will become more proficient as long as you do them more. Don't waste time, just get to work."