Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

Chapter 174 Dirty Man

The educated youth in the front yard were equally at a loss.

Several female educated youth were terrified of the lecherous men who had appeared yesterday, while the male educated youth were confused.

But soon voices were heard outside.

The men in every household put on their straw raincoats and went out in the heavy rain, carrying hoes and sickles.

The people at the educated youth point became even more confused when they heard the noise outside.

So are they really going to work? Why hasn't anyone come to inform them?

Do both men and women have to go?

The female educated youth all frowned and were very resistant.

But before they could express their opinions, Cui Xiaofen arrived.

As soon as she stepped through the gate, she spoke impatiently, "The male educated youths should all go to work, and the female educated youths should follow me. We are going to dry the rice ears today. I will teach you how to control the heat first."

What? Roasting rice ears? What are they roasting with?

The female educated youth seemed like fools and had no idea what they were supposed to do.

Cui Xiaofen pretended not to notice their confusion and glanced at them, "Why are there only four of them? Where are the female educated youth in the backyard?"

"Jiang Yu is chopping wood. I have never seen Yuan Jiaojiao." Li Fenfang replied quickly.

When Cui Xiaofen heard about Jiang Yu, she tensed up completely. Thinking back to the way Jiang Yu smashed the brick kiln yesterday, and how he hit the brick fragments with perfect accuracy, falling directly on Lao Zhuang's head, she was really scared. Who would dare to provoke such a strong and courageous man?

They all have families, and if Jiang Yu were to risk it all, their family would be no match for her throwing stones at them.

"Forget it, forget it. Just follow me first. You guys have to study hard! Got it?" Cui Xiaofen turned around and quickly asked the four people to follow her, "You have to go to the second team to help later."

"Wait a minute, I'll go get an umbrella." Li Fenfang hurriedly ran to the back.

"Tsk!" Cui Xiaofen smacked her lips impatiently, "Why don't you get ready earlier? Isn't this a waste of everyone's time?"

Fang Qianqian and the other two stood under the eaves in confusion, not understanding why Cui Xiaofen seemed to have suddenly become a different person. She acted so arrogantly so quickly, not giving people any time to react.

Jiang Yu in the backyard listened to the conversation coming from the front, glanced at Fu Biao and the others, and raised his chin, meaning to ask them if they wanted to go to work.

Fu Biao rolled up his sleeves quickly, followed Jiang Yu's steps with a hatchet in hand, and started chopping wood.

Wu Aiqing took the freshly washed vegetables, put them on the chopping board, and chopped them up with a snap, preparing to stir-fry some Chinese cabbage to go with the porridge.

Xiong Lijin squatted on the doorstep, still without his glasses, feeling sleepy and confused.

Come on, their attitude has been made very clear, they won’t participate.

Jiang Yu was a little surprised. Was this considered sacrificing one's life for a gentleman? Were they all willing to risk their lives like her?

She didn't understand, but she was quite happy, so she went back to the house decisively, took out a quarter of a smoked chicken from the space and gave it to Wu Aiqing, "Bring me some breakfast too."

"It's just a bowl of water, it's too much for you to give me meat!" Wu Aiqing quickly refused. He had already beaten the eggs. What kind of condition was that? Eating meat every few days?

"Take it, eat it if you want!" Jiang Yu didn't want to be polite and pushed around with him, so he put the smoked chicken directly on the freshly washed chopping board.

Well, it's already wet, what else can I do? Just eat it!

Xiong Lijin hurriedly shouted, "Are there any delicious foods?"

"Yes, drink porridge and eat eggs. You half-blind man, go put on your glasses! Otherwise you might knock out your teeth while drinking porridge!" Fu Biao piled up the firewood and then put the next piece on.

Xiong Lijin was indignant and yelled, "I'm nearsighted, not blind, how can I not see where the mouth of the bowl is?!" Then he stretched and slowly moved into the house.

Outside, work in the fields has already started in full swing.

A few older men took advantage of the fact that there were no women present today and grinned obscenely with their big yellow teeth, "Tsk tsk, this rain is neither good nor bad, well... hehehe~" It was a feast for the eyes!

"Apart from anything else, I think Ma Yanna is really good! She is much more interesting than those girls..."

"What? You haven't seen Yuan Zhiqing. Wow, this is the first time I've seen one that big!!" The man put down the sickle and gestured twice on his chest with his hands.

This immediately caused laughter from the people around.

"What are you doing? The rain is so heavy that it hurts my face, but it still can't shut up your mouths, right? Get to work! I see you guys are chatting very enthusiastically, which shows that you have had a full breakfast. If you don't harvest these two acres of land for me today, you'll have to wait!" The captain of the fourth team happened to pass by and gave him a scolding.

A few wretched men quickly bent down and worked hard, not daring to say any dirty words.

The team leader glared at a few people in annoyance, kicked the man who was closest to him in the butt, and finally walked away impatiently.

The man rubbed his buttocks and continued to cut the rice in silence.

Fortunately, these dirty conversations were not heard by the women in the educated youth camp, otherwise, with He Yuanchao's explosive personality, he might have done something wrong.

Guan Wenbin, who was cutting rice not far away, lowered his head and cut the rice one by one, staring at the ground with serious eyes. No one knew what he was thinking.

Led by Cui Xiaofen, the female educated youth went to the villagers' homes twice to learn the process of drying rice ears and how to control the temperature. Then they were sent to the second team by her, completely confused.

Several people stood at a loss in the main hall of the home of Zhang Baoguo, the captain of the second squad, listening to Cui Xiaofen talking to Zhang Baoguo's wife.

The general meaning is to let the Zhang family be responsible for the drying task of the second team, and let her decide how to arrange the work.

But a certain amount must be completed in a day, and the dried rice must be carefully checked, for fear that the undried rice will become moldy or sprout.

Zhang Jia nodded as if she was fussing, over and over again, and it was unclear whether she was listening carefully or not.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and the voice sounded quite old.

The next second, Cui Xiaofen stood up suddenly, and it was obvious that she was very nervous.

"That's all I have to say. If you have any questions later, come to my house and find me. You will take care of the arrangements for these educated youth!" She said hurriedly, turned around and ran out through the small door on the side of the Zhang family's backyard private plot.

Zhang's family chuckled, asked the educated youth to sit down, and went to open the door for the people outside in plastic slippers.

Not long after, an old lady wearing patched homespun clothes came in. She glanced at the people in the room unkindly. When she saw that the person she was looking for was not there, the viciousness in her eyes gradually faded. She spat and said, "You thief, you run pretty fast."

"Auntie, please sit down." With a smile on her face, Zhang Jia asked several daughters-in-law who were on good terms with her to come into the house and squeeze in to sit down first.