The cannon fodder female supporting role stirs up trouble in period literature

It was a rare night that no one danced or sang. After using up most of her special powers, Honeysuckle slept until dawn.

When the work bell rang, the people at the educated youth site didn't react and realized that it was time to go to work. It was only when Accountant Liu came and knocked on the door that they woke them up.

Everyone hurriedly put on their clothes. When they came out, someone asked, "Didn't you say that we would start work in late April? Why are we busy so early?"

Accountant Liu snorted, "In late April, we will start planting the fields, and there is a lot of work to do before that. You new educated youth have never been to the fields before, right? If we ask you to pick up manure and compost now, you will definitely not be able to do it. We have only found easy work for you. Your task today is to peel peanuts. Originally, it was not your turn to do this job, but the team leader was afraid that you would not be able to do much work during the busy farming season and would not earn enough work points to eat, so he made an exception and arranged it for you. You all should work hard, and don't waste our village's care for you new educated youth. Also, if anyone dares to steal peanuts, we will deduct ten work points if we catch him!"

When the educated youth heard that their work points would be deducted, they hid their little thoughts. After all, they were just stealing a few pieces. As long as they were not caught on the spot, who would report them?

Taohuawan Brigade has many mountains, much water and little dry land, so the village built mountain land on some gentle slopes and planted potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts and corn.

Further up there is a large area of ​​fruit trees planted by the previous team leader, but the technology was not up to par and the varieties of fruit trees were not good enough. The fruits they planted were small and sour, so no one was willing to buy them. Later, no one was left to take care of them. That is, when the fruits are ripe, the villagers will go up to pick the fruits and take them home to eat. The ones they can't finish will be dried in the sun, and the brave ones will send them to the black market in the city to exchange for money.

The supply and marketing cooperatives sometimes buy some, but the price is too low and the villagers are not willing to sell.

However, most of the fields on the flat land in the village are turned into paddy fields because they are close to water sources. A lot of rice can be harvested every year. Because the land is fertile and the water quality is good, people from the villages come to harvest the rice every year, but the villagers can hardly eat it.

Yesterday, Zhou Sanye went to the city’s agricultural supply station to pick up the peanuts in shells. In addition to peanuts, there were also soybeans, which all had to be peeled before being planted.

Three educated youths from the old educated youth site were captured a few days ago, one escaped yesterday, and another was taken away by ox cart. Today, only eight educated youths came to the brigade headquarters to peel peanuts. Together with the ten people from the new educated youth site, there are a total of eighteen people.

Two people share a sack of peanuts. After peeling all nine sacks, each person will be given four work points.

Cheng Yan was not happy when she heard this. "I only get four work points for peeling a sack of peanuts? Do the team members get so little too?"

Accountant Liu smiled and said, "If you think the salary is too little, you don't have to do it. During the slack season, everyone has nothing to do at home. If you don't do it, there are plenty of people who want to do it!"

Immediately, an old educated youth shouted, "Accountant Liu, I don't mind the small amount. If she doesn't do it, I will. I can peel a bag a day by myself."

"Yes, yes, I am willing to do it too. Here are a few bags of peanuts. The new educated youth don't like to do it, so we old educated youth will take care of it."

Accountant Liu looked at Cheng Yan with a smile, "Cheng Zhiqing, you see, if you don't want to do it, there will naturally be people who want to do it."

Cheng Yan still owed Hua Rendong eighty yuan. She knew that she was the one with the least right to say this in the entire educated youth center.

Asshole! I was so busy that I didn't even have time to write a letter to ask my family to send me money.

The fifty yuan she brought with her was gone, and she still owed Hua Rendong eighty yuan. Her heart was bleeding, and she didn't know how to explain to her family how the money was gone.

But it was also true that I had no money to eat, and in the end I could only sit next to the sack in disappointment.

Peeling peanuts is not a difficult job, but it is tiring for the hands. The old educated youth are used to doing farm work and have calluses on their hands, but they don’t think it’s a big deal. The new educated youth can’t stand it after a while.

Cheng Yan and several other newly arrived female educated youth had only peeled a dozen or so when their eyes turned red and they complained that their hands hurt. Those who had handkerchiefs took them out and used them to peel their hands, while those who didn't have handkerchiefs used the corners of their clothes to pad their hands.

Although the male educated youth did not shout, the sides of their index fingers, which they used to peel peanuts, were burning. When they thought about how they had to pay a loss of 20 yuan to others when they first arrived in the countryside, they all became dejected, like eggplants hit by frost, and naturally they could not work fast.

The old educated youth saw this and most of them were glad that when the groups were just formed, they did not take the initiative to ask to be grouped with the new educated youth just because they wanted to build good relationships with them.

The only exceptions were an old female educated youth who took the initiative to team up with the new male educated youth, and another old male educated youth who was forced to team up with the new female educated youth because there were no old educated youths to team up with.

Hua Honeysuckle didn't have to write the blackboard newspaper in the village today. Seeing that the educated youth had all gone to work, she lazily got up, took a portion of fried dumplings from the space, ate it deliciously with soy milk, then slung a green military cloth bag over her shoulder and walked out towards the commune.

She sold her donkey to a new educated youth, so she had to walk the distance to the village. When she left the village, she still had the newly bought bicycle in her space.

When I arrived at the brigade headquarters, I saw Xia Yu sitting among a group of new and old educated youth peeling peanuts. He was handsome, but the way he looked so lazy that he couldn't even open a peanut for a long time was really unbearable to watch.

Look at the female educated youth in his group. She has a gloomy face and red eyes. She looks like she is about to cry.

She was an old educated youth who had been working in Taohuawan Brigade for three years. When it came time to group them, they looked at their faces. As soon as Accountant Liu told everyone to form their own teams, she ran to the side of this handsome educated youth.

I was so happy when we were first assigned to the same group, but now I want to slap myself.

I should have known long ago that this young master who is not only tall and handsome but also seems to come from a wealthy family, how could he possibly be able to work?

Didn't you see that none of the new educated youth who came to the countryside with him were willing to get close to him? They must have known that he was not good at work.

She should never, ever be fooled by his handsome face. Can a good-looking face earn you a living? Can a good-looking face be used as money? A good-looking face can at most allow her to do more work than others, and she can still comfort herself that she has a good-looking face.

But others were paid four work points for peeling half a sack of peanuts, and she really didn't want to do the work of two people and only get four work points.

Biting her lip, she glared at Xia Yu angrily: Next time they were divided into groups to work, she would definitely stay away from this embroidered pillow and straw bag.

Suddenly, the handsome peach blossom eyes of the man in front of her lit up. The female educated youth followed his gaze and saw a woman with a military green shoulder bag walking on the path in front of the brigade headquarters. She was tall, with an oval face and skin so white that it seemed to reflect light.

She is beautiful and walks with vigor and vitality.

When Xia Yu's eyes met, he rolled his eyes and walked faster.

The hostility that had just arisen in the female educated youth's heart disappeared in an instant. As expected, not all women only look at the face like her. Look at the niece of the team leader's family. When she saw Xia Zhiqing's handsome face, shouldn't she glare at him?

An almost inaudible laugh seemed to ring in her ears. The female educated youth turned her head away as if she had seen a ghost. Xia Zhiqing still looked lazy and casual. Could it be that she had heard it wrong?

Of course it is. Who can laugh when being glared at? It's not like I'm sick!