11: Chapter 10 Aunt Li is Easy to Get Along With 11: Chapter 10 Aunt Li is Easy to Get Along With On the way to work, many villagers cast curious glances at the new Educated Youth.
Among them, Lin Nianhe was the most eye-catching.
She was beautiful, with bright eyes and white teeth, soft and tender, and her skin was as white as snow.
Facing nurous gazes, she didn’t act coyly but greeted the aunts generously.
The aunts had seen many Educated Youths; most either behaved arrogantly or complained tearfully about their fates.
Who else would actively greet these peasant won?
Thus, the first impression the new Educated Youth Lin left on the aunts was extrely positive.
Of course, Aunt Li’s contributions were indispensable; she was the wife of the team leader, holding the top position among the aunts of the Ten Miles Team.
She propagated as she walked:
“Educated Youth Lin’s parents are both officials in Beijing, and her brother is in the army!
The Lin Family really has high consciousness, they could have let Educated Youth Lin enjoy a comfortable life at ho, but they still supported her going to the countryside, far more conscientious than those who are unwilling!”
“Just yesterday, my old man said that the Educated Youth Corps couldn’t accommodate so many female Educated Youths, it was Educated Youth Lin who proactively moved out to live in the firewood room!
This girl has a kind heart!”
“Her brother protects the holand, and she supports rural developnt, the Lin Family’s little bastards are fully devoted to national construction!”
“If you ask , we can’t be rude, if it were our own daughters going out…”
Aunt Li was loud and clear, and it would be a pity if she weren’t a publicist.
Lin Nianhe touched her nose.
Aunt Li was easy to get along with, she truly spread the word.
Wang Shui was astounded, turning her head to glance at Lin Nianhe.
Lin Nianhe blinked innocently, her cheeks reddening, “Aunt Li and I were just chatting yesterday afternoon…”
Wang Shui pursed her lips.
She was not Wen Lan, and didn’t believe her tall tales.
Walking ahead, Wang Xue and two others were astonished!
They had been in the countryside for three or four years and had dealt with these rural won many tis.
When had these people beco so easy to talk to?
Yu Xiangqin felt annoyed, murmuring softly, “Humph, she must have given gifts to the team leader!
With that opportunistic attitude of the team leader’s wife, why else would she speak for her?”
Wang Xue’s face turned from pale to green.
She knew Lin Nianhe ca from a good background, but didn’t expect it to be this good.
Feeling bitter, Wang Xue steadied herself and then tugged at Yu Xiangqin, “Xiangqin, don’t talk like that, others might overhear and start gossiping.”
Yu Xiangqin was imdiately moved, her eyes reddening, “I think they are blind, that girl only knows how to sche, yet Snow, you are truly the kindest!”
Wang Xue smiled and said nothing.
Yu Xiangqin observed her amiable deanor, with mixed feelings.
She dared not let Lin Nianhe dominate the village; what if one day that girl rembered yesterday’s incident and reported her, wouldn’t she be dragged out for public humiliation?
Yu Xiangqin shivered, feeling like a knife was hanging above her head.
The Ten Miles Team was divided into five smaller squads, with the first four squads being mbers and the fifth squad comprising half Educated Youths and half mbers.
Undoubtedly, the fifth squad always earned the least points, even the mbers who worked with them alternated, as no one wanted to consistently be dragged down.
Li Dahe was sowhat irritated—new Educated Youths had arrived, and today he had to pick a few experienced ones to lead them in the fifth squad.
Each ti this happened, the mbers avoided it at all costs.
A strong laborer could earn ten points a day by themselves; with Educated Youths…
earning eight points would be good.
No matter who he arranged, it would upset people, yet he had to make the arrangents.
Being the team leader was tough…
Just as Li Dahe was going bald from stress, he saw his own wife step forward.
Aunt Li, lifting her chin, declared, “I’ll go to the fifth squad!”
Li Dahe was stunned, then deeply moved.
His wife really understood him!
He completely forgot that in the past when Educated Youths ca to the countryside, his considerate wife would rather haul manure than work the fields, afraid of being burdened by these little bastards.
Li Dahe was just about to motivate with a few words when the other aunts also stepped forward, all clamoring to go to the fifth squad.
Li Dahe: “…?”
Did he miss sothing?
Before he could nod, Aunt Li and a group of aunts bustled over to the side of the Educated Youth, with too many people coming; even if one brought one more, there was still a crowd of over ten.
Just as Li Dahe was about to choose people, Aunt Li and the others took it upon themselves to pick through once:
“Aunt Zhang, you should go back, your grandson is waiting for you to earn his keep!”
“Old Zhao Family, don’t co join the crowd!
It’s hard enough for you to work on your own, you’re just causing more trouble!”
“Big girl, you go back to your own team, there are n here, what’s a young woman like you doing here?”
In less than five minutes, the aunts from the fifth team organized themselves on their own.
Li Dahe wiped his face, glancing suspiciously towards the east.
No mistake, the sun does rise from the east.
What’s gotten into these old won?
Why did their ideological awareness suddenly rise?
Just as Li Dahe felt he might have finally influenced them, he heard his own wife affectionately telling so little bastard:
“Educated Youth Lin, don’t be scared, the work in the field isn’t hard.
The aunts will teach you, you’re smart, you’ll definitely learn it quickly!”
And Second Aunt Li also chid in: “That’s right, you’re still growing, can’t overwork yourself to sickness.
If you can’t finish it, just tell the aunties, my family has a lot of naughty boys, let them help you.”
In the morning light, Lin Nianhe smiled naively, taking in all the kindness from the aunts and then stated proudly, “Thanks Aunties for caring for us, indeed we haven’t done farm work before and might not be skilled or fast, but we can’t be lazy, we’ve co to the countryside to help build, not to be parasites.”
“Don’t worry Aunties, we will definitely learn well, trying our best to adapt quickly to the environnt and contribute to the construction of the country!”
The crisp and decisive voice was so touching that it moved all the aunties to tears with renewed energy.
Li Dahe looked at the little bastard, his teeth aching.
Not tall, but certainly not lacking spirit.
But seeing the enthusiasm of the villagers, Li Dahe sensibly decided not to reveal the little bastard’s incompetence.
Seeing such motivation, he decided not to dampen spirits.
Li Dahe cleared his throat and started assigning tasks.
Spring plowing was already over, today’s main task was weeding, with others carrying on usual size tasks, while the new Educated Youths were given slightly smaller plots after the aunts taught them how to distinguish seedlings from weeds.
Apart from “teaching”, the aunties also imparted many farming tips, like how to properly pull weeds to minimize effort, and so on.
Wang Xue, standing on the side, doubted if she was hallucinating.
No one told her these things when she first ca to the countryside; she had figured out these tricks over many years.
Not just her, the other old Educated Youth thought the sa.
It seed as if all the aunties in the team had gotten a new chip overnight.
Lin Nianhe was too busy to notice their thoughts; wearing labor gloves, squatting in the field, she struggled to pull out the weeds while comforting herself.
Working, consider it like exercising.
In the past, paid for exercise, now earning while exercising…
she really is a constantly improving good young person.
She should treat herself to a good al at noon.
She moved slowly forward, and inadvertently, her cheek was grazed by a corn leaf, spreading a stinging pain.
Lin Nianhe: “…!”
She didn’t dare to touch the sore spot but quickly huddled between the corn leaves and took out a small mirror from her space.
There was a scratch on her left cheek, about three centiters long, quite shallow, the kind that would heal quickly with a bit of dical attention.
After DQ ruling out the risk of disfiguring, Lin Nianhe imdiately put away the mirror.
Such minor pain was nothing to her; she had endured injuries a hundred tis worse in the apocalypse.
Still, she took off her gloves and pulled a lollipop from her space to pop into her mouth.
Life is tough; she couldn’t miss any legitimate chance to comfort herself.
Just as Lin Nianhe was about to put her gloves back on and continue weeding, the voice of the team leader, an old man, called out:
“Little Educated Youth Lin!
Your brother’s here!”
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