Quick Transmigration: When Can I Just Lay Down and Wait to Die?

When Liu Yuxi returned to the educated youth settlement, he boiled some water on the stove inside the house. The house had to be steaming, otherwise people would definitely find it strange.

She ate in the space, took a shower, popped the blisters on her hands, disinfected them, wrapped them with medical gauze, rested for a while in the house, and then went to the field to wait for Aunt Li.

In the afternoon, I and Aunt Li each pulled weeds from one acre of land, and then we had the scorekeeper record our work points before going home.

Other educated youth were not as efficient as Liu Yuxi. Some female educated youth could not even finish weeding one mu of land in a day, while the older educated youth could only weed one and a half mu a day.

The same was true for the male educated youth. Among the older educated youth, only Zhang Guoqing could earn a full centimeter; the others only earned seven or eight centimeters, and the new educated youth earned even less. When they returned to the educated youth settlement at night, the new educated youth were all wailing and lamenting, as they were all carrying water bottles.

The next day, when the work bell rang, Liu Yuxi had already gotten up. She had her own biological clock, while the other new educated youth were unable to get up.

She knocked on each door and woke them up. After weeding for three days, the female educated youth started planting corn. Planting corn was relatively easy. One person would dig a hole, and the other person would put two or three kernels in each hole, then cover it with soil and gently tamp it down. Usually, two people would work together in shifts.

Because she had gotten along well with Aunt Liu these past few days, Aunt Liu was still paired with her when the team leader assigned tasks.

Aunt Liu first demonstrated to her how to dig the hole and plant the corn, and then let Liu Yuxi plant the corn first while she dug the hole, saying that she would switch over later.

Aunt Liu is a chatty old lady. In the past few days, I have told her about the gossip of the old educated youth, as well as some well-known gossip in the village. This has confirmed her initial impression of the old educated youth. Sure enough, Ma Jiaojiao is more delicate, and Zhao Youwen is not good at work and likes to shirk his responsibilities.

Ma Jiaojiao was alright; after all, she was a pretty girl, and some of the young men in the village would help her with chores. Although she said she didn't need it, she was clearly from a very wealthy family and had been pampered. Although she was spoiled, she never thought of taking advantage of others.

Zhao Youwen, on the other hand, was different. From the moment he arrived in the countryside, he started flirting with the well-off girls in the village. Two girls were indeed moved by him and helped him with his work for a while.

But later he neither dated nor married her, nor did he admit to being in a relationship with her. Others aren't stupid; even if the girl couldn't see through it, the adults in her family would always understand.

Now, all the girls in the village are being told by their families to stay far away from him. Aunt Li even reminded Liu Yuxi, saying that since she was so capable, she should definitely stay away from that educated youth Zhao to avoid being taken advantage of. Liu Yuxi took this to heart and thanked Aunt Li.

After the corn was planted, there was rice, and after that, soybeans were planted. It was a busy month until the end of May when all the crops were finally planted.

The villagers cultivate their private plots in their spare time after work. The educated youth settlement also has private plots, located behind the houses in the backyard. When the older educated youth cultivate them in their spare time, they also tell the new educated youth that they can cultivate their own plots or work with them.

Because the educated youth weren't very good at manual labor, they didn't have much free time, and about half of their private plots in the backyard remained uncultivated. Liu Yuxi then cleared a new plot herself, about half an acre. In this plot, she planted some scallions, ginger, garlic, as well as peppers, eggplants, potatoes, cabbage, and tomatoes. Around the perimeter against the wall, she also planted cucumbers and pumpkins.

During the period of waiting for the crops to grow, apart from watering, fertilizing, and weeding, there was nothing particularly busy. So, Liu Yuxi finished work early every day and went up the mountain as soon as he finished work.

Every day when she went to work, she carried a large basket on her back, containing a water bottle, hemp rope, and a large machete. When she went up the mountain, she would pick whatever she could find; if there was nothing, she would chop a bundle of firewood to bring down, since the amount of firewood needed for the months-long winter here was enormous.

Besides mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and wild fruits, Liu Yuxi also picks and dries some mature Chinese medicinal herbs on the mountain. After drying, he can sell them to the purchasing station, which is also a source of income.

Because of her good relationship with Aunt Li, Liu Yuxi gradually became familiar with the other women in the village. Sometimes when she went up the mountain, she would go with the other women or their children. When Liu Yuxi was picking herbs, she would also share some knowledge about herbs with them and teach them how to dry common herbs!

When they had accumulated enough herbs, Liu Yuxi took Aunt Li to the purchasing station to sell them. The herbs from other households were also sold by Aunt Li.

Looking at the 53.4 yuan in her hand, Aunt Li couldn't believe it. After leaving the purchasing station, she kept asking Liu Yuxi, "Yuxi, are these herbs really that valuable?"

"Aunt Li, these are just common herbs. If you had found Polygonatum, Ganoderma lucidum, or Clematis armandii, the price would be much higher! But those things are rare and hard to come by!"

"Who would dare dream of such a good thing? This is already very good. How long have we been harvesting? Less than a month. Each of these households should have made more than ten yuan, which is almost as much as the wages of temporary workers in the city!"

Back in the village, after distributing the money to those families, they were incredulous. Later, when they went up the mountain with Liu Yuxi, they became even more enthusiastic.

Of course, there are no secrets in the village. Even if these few families tried to keep it a secret, after ten days or so, the rest of the villagers would find out too.

The brigade leader then had Liu Yuxi spread knowledge about medicinal herbs to other villagers and other educated youth. Of course, he didn't let her work go to waste; he rewarded her with 200 work points.

The brigade leader thought that since Liu Yuxi knew about herbs and could even process them simply, she must know some medical skills. There had never been a barefoot doctor in the village, so people would just endure minor illnesses on their own and go to the commune for serious illnesses.

If Liu Yuxi knew medicine, he could apply to the commune to set up a clinic in the village, so that villagers wouldn't have to suffer from minor illnesses anymore.

Liu Yuxi said that she did learn some medical skills from an old man next door when she was at home, but she does not have a medical license. If the village wants to set up a clinic, she will need to take an exam.

The brigade leader reassured her that he would handle everything. Later, the brigade leader helped Liu Yuxi apply for an exam qualification at the commune. She studied at the county hospital for a month, took the exam, and after passing it, a health clinic was set up in her village.

From then on, Liu Yuxi took on the additional role of village doctor in addition to working in the fields. Being a village doctor didn't mean she no longer had to work in the fields; it just meant she had to work an extra five centimeters each day to treat the villagers.

Apart from the Western medicines brought back from the county hospital, all the other medicines in the clinic were collected by Liu Yuxi from the mountains. Villagers don't have to pay for medical treatment, but if they need medicine, they have to pay according to the cost.

At first, the villagers didn't really believe in Liu Yuxi's medical skills, after all, she was too young. Although she passed the exam in the county, everyone was still used to minor illnesses and pains and just endured them on their own.

Until that day, Li Da Niang's five-year-old grandson, Erwa, went to play in the river with some older children and drowned. When Liu Yuxi, who was passing by on his way back from collecting herbs, pulled him out of the water, he was already dead.

But Liu Yuxi did not give up. She kept performing artificial respiration and chest compressions on him. When Li Da Niang and her family arrived, they were crying and shouting. But when they got there, Liu Yuxi shouted, "Shut up!" and they quieted down.

But as time went on and Erwa still didn't wake up, the family covered their mouths and cried more and more. They tried to resuscitate him for more than ten minutes before Erwa finally woke up. Liu Yuxi asked the brigade leader to prepare an oxcart so that Aunt Li and her family could accompany Erwa to the hospital for observation for a few days. After all, the suffocation had lasted for too long, and they were afraid that it would have a bad effect on Erwa's brain.

After three days in the hospital, Aunt Li returned with Erwa. On the day they returned to the village, she took Erwa and her belongings to find Liu Yuxi, insisting that Erwa kowtow to Liu Yuxi. The doctor at the hospital said that if Liu Yuxi hadn't insisted, Erwa might have lost his life.

The check-up showed nothing wrong; the child was just frightened, so he stayed in the hospital for a few days before coming home. Since then, Liu Yuxi has become even more popular in the village. When villagers feel unwell, they come to the clinic to see her instead of enduring the discomfort.