The Brilliant Life of a Post-Apocalyptic Female Boss Reborn at 70

After having breakfast, Xin Yi and Liu Mengting went to work in the fields together.

Although Xin Yi hadn't come to work for several days, she was still in the same team as the previous people. When the others saw Xin Yi arrive, they all remained silent.

Only Aunt Shu came over and asked with concern, "Xinyi, what have you been busy with these past few days? I haven't seen you. You can't keep taking leave like this. When it's time to distribute the grain, there won't be enough for you to eat."

“Aunt Shu, as you can see, I’m not cut out for working in the fields at all. I was just thinking about seeing if there were any other options, so I went to town to take a look.”

"Other ways out? What other ways out are there? In the countryside, what else can you do besides toil in the fields?"

"Oh, it's not finalized yet. I'll share the results with you once it's confirmed, and then I'll treat you to something delicious."

Although Aunt Shu racked her brains but still couldn't figure out what other way out Xin Yi was talking about, she was genuinely happy for her. It was really too much to ask such a delicate girl to toil in the fields with a group of aunties and grown men every day.

"Alright then, let's weed today. After we've finished these busy days and rested for a couple of days, we'll start the autumn harvest. It'll be very tiring then, and I don't know if your small frame can handle it."

When asked about her small stature, Xin Yi almost burst out laughing. "Aunt Shu, I can even take down a wild boar, and you call that small?"

Aunt Shu then remembered Xin Yi's heroic deeds, "She is indeed small in stature, but she is also very strong!"

"It's just that I'm really not cut out for working in the fields. I have a lot of strength, but I just don't know how to use it in the fields. So I thought I shouldn't hold our group back. I plan to earn two or three work points every day to get enough basic food. I'll buy the rest with money. If you have any extra food, just come to me. The price will be very reasonable."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Shu immediately made a plan. Well, her family had four full-time laborers, and her six-year-old grandson could also earn work points by cutting pig feed, so they always had surplus grain.

In the past, we would trade with villagers for things. Regardless of whether we were at a disadvantage, it's definitely better to be able to exchange them for money directly now. Once we have the money, we can send our grandson to school, and he can eventually leave the countryside and eat government-subsidized grain.

"Xinyi, when we receive the food, I'll save the extra for you, okay?"

"Of course it will work!"

"Then it's settled. Let's get to work first, so we don't have to wait until lunchtime to finish!"

Thinking about the future fills Aunt Shu with hope, and she works with great enthusiasm.

Only Xin Yi remained unhurried and indifferent. It would be more satisfying to find a few people to fight than to have her working in the fields with her buttocks sticking out.

Aunt Hua, who had been eavesdropping on their conversation, caught bits and pieces of what they said and couldn't help but sarcastically remark, "Oh, no wonder you're a rich girl from the city. Not only are you not enthusiastic about your work, but you also keep taking leave, dragging down our whole group. I don't know where you get the nerve? You want to find another way out? You can't lift a finger, you can't do anything. You've been here for so long, you probably can't even tell the difference between bean sprouts and weeds..."

Aunt Hua was talking nonstop, getting more and more excited, completely forgetting Xin Yi's temper.

Xin Yi didn't want to indulge her, so she picked up a clod of dirt and threw it at Aunt Hua's mouth. "Yes, target hit!"

Aunt Hua was caught off guard and had her mouth stuffed with mud, which blocked her throat. The words that were about to come out were also blocked back. She hurriedly bent over to vomit, sobbing and glaring fiercely at Xin Yi.

Only after cleaning the mud out of her mouth did she stand up and point at Xin Yi, "You educated youth are so rude! Do you know what it means to respect the elderly and care for the young? Is this how you respect your elders? Today, I'm going to teach you a lesson for your parents, you ignorant and worthless brat!"

As she was saying this, she rolled up her sleeves, ready to make a move, but Xin Yi knocked her to the ground with a whip kick.

"With your fighting ability, you dare to provoke me? Respect elders? I only respect those who deserve respect. I wouldn't dare acknowledge an elder like you who is arrogant and ignorant!"

Aunt Hua struggled to get up, still wanting to fight Xin Yi to the death.

"Zhang Dahua, what kind of trouble are you causing now?"

Upon hearing the village chief's voice, Zhang Dahua quickly stopped, trying to appear normal, and replied with a smile, "Hehe, I was just joking with Xin Zhiqing, nothing's wrong!"

Zhang Laifu didn't believe her, but he figured it was better to avoid trouble. "Fighting during work hours without cause will result in a deduction of two work points!"

Upon hearing that her work points would be deducted, Aunt Hua became agitated, "Why should my work points be deducted? I haven't missed any work!"

"Look at yourself, see how far others have gone, and then look at yourself!"

Aunt Hua looked around and realized that she seemed to be a little slower than the others, but when she noticed Xin Yi, she smiled and said, "Although I'm a little slower than the others, I've done more than Xin Zhiqing, haven't I!"

Zhang Laifu laughed in anger, "You've done farm work your whole life, and now you're comparing your speed with that of a female educated youth who just arrived? Are you proud of yourself? The educated youth Xin only gets a maximum of six work points a day, and you only get ten. Should I change your work points to six too?"

Aunt Hua quickly smiled apologetically, "How could that be? Wouldn't that be a slap in my face? I, Zhang Dahua, have worked diligently my whole life and always earned full work points. I won't compare myself to Xin Zhiqing, I won't compare myself to him!"

"Then why aren't you getting to work?"

Seeing the village chief's face growing increasingly grim, Aunt Hua still said unwillingly, "I was fooling around with Xin Zhiqing, so you can't just deduct my work points and not hers, can you?"

Zhang Laifu looked at Xin Yi, who smiled and nodded. "Village chief, I'll also have two work points deducted!"

See, Xin Yi is the most sensible one. She knows not to make things difficult for him. Thinking of this, Zhang Laifu pretended to think for a moment, "Alright, then Zhang Dahua and Xin Yi will each lose two work points. They are not allowed to mess around while working in the future. Now hurry up and get to work!"

That's how people are; they can accept their own fate when they compare themselves to others. Aunt Hua looked at Xin Yi with schadenfreude, as if she had forgotten that she had also had her work points deducted.

If someone were to ask her why she was so happy, she would definitely say, "I lost two work points but I still have eight work points left, while Xin Zhiqing only has four work points left."

Watching Aunt Hua happily working, Xin Yi and Zhang Laifu exchanged a glance and shook their heads helplessly.

Perhaps the example of making an example of someone had worked, because everyone worked hard and the morning passed quickly.

Xin Yi greeted Aunt Shu and then took her things home.

Along the way, Xin Yi kept thinking that she only earned four work points a day, and usually only six. She might as well go and gather pig feed, which would only earn her two or three work points a day. She could spend the rest of her time wandering around in the mountains, where even a small harvest would be worthwhile.

Xin Yi planned to go find Uncle Zhang and ask him to switch to cutting pig feed once the newspaper sent a message. If anyone said that cutting pig feed was something only children did, Xin Yi could only reply, "I'm a baby too."