The Otherworldly Journey of a Quick Transmigrator

Moreover, scorekeepers must meet three criteria to be nominated: first, they must be poor or lower-middle peasants; second, they must be of good character, honest, and responsible; and third, they must be educated and able to use an abacus to calculate work points.

These three conditions are almost indispensable. Although the scorekeeper is not an official, he still needs to follow the procedures and obtain approval from the brigade's revolutionary committee.

Su Yuanyuan and the others watched Wang Wushan leave in a hurry, exchanged glances, and then went their separate ways to their respective areas.

At this time of year, herbicides are not used in the fields; weeds are removed by hoeing and pulling by hand. Wild grass has a tenacious vitality and cannot be eradicated by weeding.

There were many wild grasses tangled among the wheat ridges, which were astringent and a little sticky to the touch. Su Yuanyuan started pulling them out one handful at a time, and soon filled half a basket.

Sometimes she would accidentally cut her hand, only bleeding a little. Su Yuanyuan would wipe it casually on her body and continue pulling weeds.

Don't ask her why she bought gloves but isn't using them; she forgot to take them.

"Why don't you use a sickle to cut it? That would be much faster."

After cutting weeds for a while, Li Hongmei stood up and rubbed her back. She saw Su Yuanyuan pulling weeds with her hands and reminded her that she could use a sickle.

Su Yuanyuan smiled awkwardly and glanced at the sickle she had tossed aside.

"I don't know how to use a sickle."

Su Yuanyuan wasn't lying. Don't you think about what she learned in the previous worlds? If you asked her to kill someone, she could make sure you wouldn't find a trace of it?

However, when it comes to doing farm work, she only has a little theoretical knowledge.

Li Hongmei picked up the sickle and handed it to her, saying, "I'll teach you. It's actually very simple, just be careful not to cut yourself."

Su Yuanyuan held the sickle, her eyes fixed on Li Hongmei's movements. After watching several times, she tried cutting a small clump of weeds, but it felt a little awkward.

But it was definitely much faster than using her hands. "Thank you, I'll practice some more."

Li Hongmei pursed her lips happily, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and continued working.

After trying a few more times, Su Yuanyuan gradually got the hang of it and her mowing speed improved considerably.

They worked diligently until noon, when the team leader called for a break. Su Yuanyuan and Li Hongmei helped each other to the rest area.

The people resting there let out friendly laughter. The captain wiped his sweat and chuckled as he stopped the others from laughing any further.

"How are you doing? Can you handle it? Tomorrow's work will be much more tiring than this."

Scorekeeper Wang Wushan was holding a scorebook and recording scores for the people who worked in the morning when he heard the team leader's words. He looked up and then continued writing.

The others watched them with smiles, and several educated youths working there glanced over.

Su Yuanyuan rubbed her lower back and smiled brightly, "Don't worry, Captain, we can handle this little bit of hardship. Don't underestimate us."

The brigade leader laughed heartily, and the villagers laughed along with him. They looked at Su Yuanyuan and Li Hongmei with much more affection.

Su Yuanyuan glanced at the group of educated youth who seemed out of place among the villagers, wondering what they were thinking.

When the future is uncertain, maintaining good relationships with locals can save you a lot of trouble and may even get you some help.

Even though she knew that the college entrance examination would be held in a few years, she would not easily offend the brigade leader and the others. Judging from the distance between those educated youth and the villagers, the conflict was probably quite significant. She shook her head inwardly; this was not something she should worry about.

"Captain, does our team have a supply and marketing cooperative? It would be a waste of a lot of time to go to the county every time we need to buy something."

“Our brigade doesn’t have any, but you can buy some from the construction brigade next door, it’s only a ten-minute walk.”

The brigade leader shook the towel and hung it back around his neck, casually pointing them in the direction of the construction brigade.

He picked up his enamel mug and took a big gulp of water, then got up and grabbed his hoe. "Alright, I'll rest for a bit. Let's finish this quickly and go home early."

The others also stood up, some patting the dirt off their clothes, some sighing heavily. The person who sighed was glared at fiercely by the brigade leader, and he shrank back, picked up his hoe and ran away.

Su Yuanyuan found it amusing; people from any era have different personalities and each has their own unique characteristics.

She and Li Hongmei also stood up and followed behind. They hadn't recovered yet, and their waists were still a little sore. Li Hongmei frowned and pounded her waist a few times.

"Cutting pig feed is the easiest job, but I can't even handle it. I don't know what kind of work the brigade leader will assign tomorrow."

Su Yuanyuan, swinging her sickle back and forth, turned around and smiled as she heard what she said.

"It was only a few days ago. Just bear with it, you'll get used to it."

She nodded, then perked up, "I didn't expect there to be a supply and marketing cooperative in the next brigade. It'll be much closer to buy things next time."

"Hmph! You're so ignorant. I'm just giving you a piece of advice: don't get too close to them. Be careful they don't try to make you their daughters-in-law. Then you can forget about going back to the city."

Before Li Hongmei could finish speaking, one of the educated youths who had followed behind her spoke up.

She wore a blue imitation military-style long-sleeved shirt and black trousers, had a bob haircut, and looked at Li Hongmei with a slightly harsh expression.

Behind her were two educated youths, a man and a woman. The man was wearing a vest and dark blue trousers, and he turned his head to one side with an arrogant expression.

Another female educated youth, whose clothes had several patches and whose hair was braided, followed behind the two of them with a restrained expression, her eyes darting around aimlessly.

Li Hongmei's face darkened. "What we do is none of your business. You've all received an education, so don't gossip like a busybody. What? You've been in the countryside for so long that you've forgotten everything you learned in school?"

The female educated youth was so angry that her face turned red. She pointed at Li Hongmei and was about to curse her when the male educated youth behind her stopped her, gave her a veiled glare, and then looked at Li Hongmei with a fake smile.

"Don't misunderstand, she didn't mean any harm. She just wanted to warn you to be careful of those villagers and not to be deceived by them."

Li Hongmei chuckled and glanced at him up and down. "Eat less salt. Look how salty you are. If you're really trying to be helpful, then stop being so malicious. Who do you think I am?"

After saying that, she spat and pulled Su Yuanyuan to follow the people in front. The educated youth with the mean face was even angrier now than when she was cursing her. She took two steps forward and raised her hand to grab Li Hongmei's hair.

Su Yuanyuan turned her head and gave her a cold look with murderous intent. She was immediately rooted to the spot, her whole body stiffened, and her pupils involuntarily dilated.

Seeing that she hadn't moved for a while, the male educated youth behind her gently pushed her. As a result, she stumbled forward a step, her legs gave way, and she knelt on the ground.

"What's wrong with you? I didn't use much force."

Her kneeling startled the male educated youth. He grabbed her arm, trying to pull her up, only to find that she was trembling uncontrollably.

"what happened to you?"

The male educated youth squatted down and looked at her face. Her face was full of fear, and her pupils were unfocused, staring straight ahead.

Thinking something had happened, he grabbed the female educated youth's shoulders and shook her forcefully a few times before she slowly came to her senses.