Eating melons

Tomorrow's task is to peel corn kernels, so Wei Wei bought two pairs of Liberation shoes produced in 1970 overnight. She just hopes that the system will not cheat her and that the shoes are really produced in 1970.

If she and Jiang Qi scratched the soles of the shoes, they would be doomed. You know, the soles of the Liberation Shoes at that time were indestructible. I hope they are not the junk ones from later generations.

The next morning, after getting up and washing up, he took his shoes and went to Jiang Qi's house. Because Wei Wei had a golden finger, the two of them unanimously decided to let people come to Wei Wei's house less often, in case something unexpected happened.

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi gave her a pair of shoes and said, "Here you go."

Jiang Qi took the Jiefang shoes and looked at them. "I've never worn this kind of shoes before. I heard that these shoes at that time were indestructible, but I don't know if it's true."

Wei Wei: "It seems real. Now I just hope it doesn't rip me off. It's really a pair of Liberation Shoes from the 1970s. I hope they don't break. Otherwise, I don't know how much trouble we'll cause in this brigade.

We'll both be the talk of the town until the college entrance exam, and there'll be legends about us, because these shoes are obviously new."

Jiang Qi thought about the scene, shuddered, and looked at the shoes. "Shoes! You better keep up the good work and don't let them rot! If they rot, you have to endure this period of time and don't let anyone know."

Wei Wei couldn't bear to see her like this, "Put it away quickly! They should be here soon."

Jiang Qi: "Okay."

After saying that, he picked up his shoes and continued to make breakfast.

After breakfast, the two of them went out wearing work gloves, a pair of Liberation shoes and two small stools.

As soon as Liu Jiaojiao and Wu Mei went out, they saw the Liberation shoes in the hands of the two men, but they didn't know what they were for.

Liu Jiaojiao: "Why are you still holding a pair of shoes? And each of you is holding one. What are these benches for? Why are you holding so many?"

Wei Wei: "Didn't Aunt Liu say we were going to rub corn cobs today? One is for rubbing the corn, the other is for sitting, and there's another one for putting shoes on."

Although Liu Jiaojiao didn't understand, she knew that there would be no problems if she followed these two people. After all, these two people had a lot of bad ideas.

Liu Jiaojiao: "But I don't have Liberation shoes. Oh! Forget it! I'll see if there are any next time I go to the county town. Wait for me, I'll go get a small stool."

After saying that, he opened the door and went into the house. Wu Mei also hurried back to get a stool. As for buying Liberation shoes, that was impossible.

Although she didn't know how to rub corn cobs with Liberation Shoes, she couldn't do it even if she knew. They were Liberation Shoes, extremely expensive, and they were new! She didn't have that much money to waste like this. She didn't know how much corn she could buy with the money for a pair of Liberation Shoes.

While waiting for the two men to get the stools, the team leader brought people to measure the land and started work. As for digging a well, it would take a few days, and he had to ask the team if there was anyone else who needed a well.

The corn kernels are shelled in the threshing ground, where mountains of corn are piled up in the warehouse.

The one who brought them today was Aunt Liu, the team leader’s wife.

Liu Aiying: "Come on, here's your task for today. Rub one basket and you'll get one work point."

When several people looked at the backpack that was higher than their waists, they suddenly felt their paws go numb.

Liu Jiaojiao: "So many for only one work point? Work points are too hard to earn! How long will it take to rub them one by one?"

Not to mention Liu Jiaojiao, even Wei Wei and Jiang Qi, who were prepared and brought Liberation Shoes, felt at a loss. They didn't know whether the Liberation Shoes were useful or not, and whether they were really as magical as described in the novels.

Liu Aiying: "Rub slowly, the more you rub, the more work points you get. If you don't finish rubbing the whole basket, no work points will be counted.

You guys are new here and have no experience, so just poke it with this shuttle and it will be easy to rub."

After saying that, Liu Aiying took out five things that looked a bit like nails. They looked familiar to Wei Wei and Jiang Qi, and were very similar to flat-head screwdrivers, but Liu Jiaojiao and Wu Mei had never seen them before.

Liu Aiying: "Okay, this is very simple, just watch me do it first."

Soon Liu Aiying began to demonstrate. She placed the corn upright and pushed it hard with a shuttle, and a row of corn fell down.

After poking two rows, he changed to another one, and then poked two at a time. Then he peeled the corn along the punctured area, and a row of corn was peeled off at once. In a short while, he finished rubbing a whole corn.

Then she took the rubbed corn cob and rubbed it against another opened corn, and the corn kernels fell out.

Liu Aiying: "See, it's easy! Don't rub it directly with your hands, otherwise your hands will hurt. Use corn cobs to rub it, it's easier."

It looked easy to them, and felt easier than working in the fields. They immediately borrowed Liu Aiying's shuttle to try it out, but once they got started they realized it was not easy.

Several people almost poked their hands, but fortunately they were wearing work gloves, otherwise they would have been pierced and bleeding.

After much difficulty, they poked out two and rubbed them with water. It was fine at first, but after rubbing two, even with work gloves, several people felt their hands were a little sore. If they rubbed for a whole day, their hands would be useless even with gloves.

This fully illustrates the saying that it looks easy but is difficult to do.

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi gave up immediately. They picked up the small stool, stood it up, fixed the shoes in place, and then picked up a corn and rubbed the soles of the shoes.

The corn kernels fell down with a rustling sound. A whole corn was rubbed very quickly, faster than Liu Aiying. Even Liu Aiying was stunned. Not only Liu Aiying, but the group of aunts and aunties around had never seen such a grand event.

Even Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were surprised; they didn't expect the effect to be so good.

Liu Aiying: "You two are using such nice shoes to rub corn? They're still new, right?"

"Yes! Jiang Zhiqing, Wei Zhiqing, it's really a waste of such good shoes to use them to rub corn cobs."

"Yeah! Even if you have money, you can't be so wasteful! These are new Liberation shoes! Just rub the corn cobs like this."

Jiang Qi waved his hand nonchalantly, "As long as it works, it's fine. I didn't expect the effect to be so good."

This sentence was in response to Liu Aiying. As for other people, she didn't care what they said.

Liu Aiying knew that both of them were rich, so she didn't say much. As for Liu Jiaojiao and Wu Mei, they were envious. Liu Jiaojiao decided to buy a pair for herself next time she went to the county town.

Now, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were completely different from their lazy attitude since they came to the countryside. They were full of energy and worked quickly. The area around them was soon filled with corn kernels and corn cobs that they had rubbed off. They even finished a basket before Liu Aiying.

The aunties who were watching the fun were also aroused by their enthusiastic appearance. They stopped chatting and started competing with the two of them.

But there was no way. They were half machines. How could humans keep up with the speed of the machine? Moreover, they both wore work gloves. Apart from a little soreness in their arms, they didn't feel any pain at all.

But after the autumn harvest, the two men's arm strength is no longer what it was when they first went to the countryside.

A group of aunts chased them away for the whole morning and they couldn't do anything. For the first time ever, the two of them managed to rub five and a half baskets of corn in the whole morning.

This is five and a half work points. Although the backpacks for this shift do not count as work points, they can just rub them in the afternoon.

You know, during the autumn harvest, the two of them could only earn seven work points at most after working so hard all day. Today, they earned five and a half work points in just this morning. They will definitely be able to earn more than ten work points today. This is the amount of work points a strong laborer usually earns in a day!

On the way back, Jiang Qi and Wei Wei were still excited. Today they had finally avenged their previous defeat.

You should know that Liu Jiaojiao has the lowest work points among this group of educated youth since they went to the countryside, and Wei Wei and Jiang Qi are both second to last.

Jiang Qi: "We both need to earn more work points these days. They're easy to earn, so when the work points are settled at the end of the year, our work points won't be so embarrassing."

Wei Wei: "That's fine. Then we can exchange it for more food, and we won't be accused of slacking off and enjoying ourselves."

You have to know that there are many uncertain factors in this brigade. This is one of the reasons why the two of them worked so hard in the autumn harvest. Before, they were indeed slacking off every day and only earned five work points every day.

Even if one worked very hard during the autumn harvest, the highest work points one could earn were only seven. You should know that during the autumn harvest period, due to the brigade's rule of "more work, more pay", many people only earned twelve or thirteen work points a day.

The difference in their daily work points is already very obvious. When the work points and food are calculated, the contrast will be even more obvious. It would be bad if they were accused by people with bad intentions at that time.

But now the two of them saw an opportunity to catch up. It looked like it would take a long time to rub these piles of corn.

Moreover, the autumn harvest has not been completed yet, so not many people come to rub corn. They are all in the fields, thinking about earning more work points. Now is a good time for the two of them to earn work points.