Chapter 13 A Difficult First Day
"What are you doing? How did you end up like this?" Zhou Ziwen looked at the two girls in a funny way.
"It's so hard to pull weeds. Look, my hands are broken. The captain thought we were too slow and was so angry..."
Chen Qiaoyi looked like Zhou Ziwen with a sad face. Complaining, that aggrieved little look makes people feel distressed.
"Who asked you to work honestly? If you can't do it, you can work as a foreigner!"
"As the old saying goes, if you don't work hard, you won't be lazy. If you only work hard, you won't have a good eye. You can learn from those aunts and ladies, see how they work, and learn from them how to work and how to be lazy. "Zhou Ziwen is a little funny, these two girls are too honest.
In the past two days, he has established a good relationship with the aunts and uncles, and he also knows some tricks, such as working as a foreigner or slacking off when he is tired from work.
Of course, there are skills to being lazy. You can’t be too different from others, it will be easy to spot.
The best way is, of course, to work hard, but the Chen sisters are new here and have never done farm work before, so naturally they cannot compare with these folks who have been working for a long time.
But if you watch other people working, you can always learn something.
Hearing this, Chen Shiying and Chen Qiaoyi both nodded with approval.
They just suffer the disadvantage of being unskilled and don’t know how to work, which is why they work so hard.
"Well, I will definitely observe those aunts in the afternoon to see how they work. It's best to learn their skills." Chen Qiaoyi stretched out her hand to grasp, as if this could help her work. The same technique is used to catch it.
"How are you doing there?" Chen Shiying asked with concern.
"I'm okay. After all, I'm a man, I'm in good health, and I can still persevere." Zhou Ziwen raised his hand to show the muscles on his arms, looking like he was very strong.
"That's good. I heard that the workload of your four teams is relatively heavy, and I'm worried that you won't be able to persevere!" Looking at the strong muscles on Zhou Ziwen's arms, Chen Shiying's ears turned red, and then she said nonchalantly.
"Okay, okay, let's go back quickly, I'm starving to death." Chen Qiaoyi urged.
All the way back to Uncle Wu’s house, Aunt Chen was busy cooking.
Sister Chen and sister wanted to help, but they were unable to do anything. Today they were pulling weeds and both of their hands were scratched. They felt pain even if they moved a little, and they couldn't work at all.
"Haha, you can rest, no need to help, I'll be fine in the kitchen." Aunt Chen pushed them out with a smile.
"Yes, go and have a rest. Aunt Chen is here to cook!"
"You have never done farm work, so you haven't adapted to it yet. It will be fine after a while and you will get used to it." Wu Dagang also said at the side. .
He still has a good impression of the two little girls. He has been busy at home these two days and is not lazy.
After all, she is a girl, and she has never done any farm work, so she is not as good as Lai Cao, a boy.
Thinking of this, Wu Dagang took a special look at Zhou Ziwen.
He had also heard about Zhou Ziwen's performance today, and he did not expect that this boy really didn't brag and could keep up with the villagers on his first day on the job.
I heard that the captain of the 1st, 23rd and 3rd teams wanted to drag him into his own team, but he was scolded back by Captain Zou of the 4th team as soon as he opened his mouth.
This is a talent he has acquired with great difficulty, how can he let it go.
He decided to train Zhou Ziwen as a capable general in the future.
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While the meal was not yet ready, Zhou Ziwen decided to take a bath in the river near the Educated Youth Institute.
I sweated all over this morning and felt sticky. I couldn’t bear it if I didn’t wash it off.
Anyway, he is a grown man, so he can just go to the river and wash himself, and he is not afraid of being exposed.
A few minutes later, Zhou Ziwen came to the river and fought quickly, resolving the battle within five minutes.
When he went back, he took a look at the house being built.
A pair of adobe and stone had been placed on the vacant lot where the house would be built. More than half of the foundation has been dug. According to the current progress, it will be completed in a few days.
Zhou Ziwen is looking forward to moving into his own house soon. After all, living in someone else's house is not as convenient as his own home.
Back at Uncle Wu’s house, the meal is almost ready.
While eating, the hands of the Chen sisters holding chopsticks were shaking. The bowls were placed on the table and it was difficult to even lift them up.
Seeing the two sisters almost crying in pain, Zhou Ziwen felt a little distressed, but there was no other way.
In the countryside, this kind of life will become their normal life in the future. Once they get used to it in the first few days, nothing will happen in the future.
Fortunately, the Chen sisters are not self-pitying people. Although they find life very difficult, they do not give up.
After dinner, Zhou Ziwen lay on the bed and took a rest in the morning.
I have been working all morning. Although I am not very tired, I still need to take a rest.
The sun outside is also poisonous right now, and I don’t have anything else to do if I don’t sleep.
Maybe he did more work in the morning, so he fell asleep as soon as he fell into bed.
When he heard the sound of the gong, he opened his eyes, got up and went to work in the fields.
The work in the afternoon was still the same as in the morning, continuing to open up wasteland.
However, compared with the morning, the big guy's movements were obviously slower.
First of all, I have the most energy in the morning and can work vigorously.
After working for a long time, I used up a lot of physical strength. I took a short break at noon and couldn't recover at all.
Secondly, the sun was shining brightly outside, and even before I moved much, the sweat on my body was falling one by one.
If this is the case, how can there be any time to think about work!
Everyone either went to the shade to drink water after a while, or ran to the toilet.
Even when I work, I am not as energetic as in the morning.
The team leader also knew about the current situation and did not rush everyone. He basically turned a blind eye and let everyone have time to rest.
But everyone also knows that after a short rest, they go to work, and when they are tired, they run to the side to rest for a while.
Seeing this, Zhou Ziwen also followed the local customs, being lazy when he should be lazy, working when he should be working, neither being ahead nor lagging behind.
When I had free time, I also brag and fart with everyone. In one afternoon, I became familiar with everyone.
Originally, everyone was somewhat prejudiced against educated youth, but Zhou Ziwen proved with practical actions that he was different from other educated youths.
In the production brigade, competence is the key.
If you have the ability, you will be respected by everyone.
Although he is an educated youth, Zhou Ziwen has gained everyone's recognition and everyone is willing to contact him.
The older men talk about more topics and are more gossipy.
Of course, the ones who talk the most are definitely women.
For example, which family in the village has a good-looking girl, whose daughter-in-law is pretty...
Of course, there are also people chatting about Zhou Ziwen, asking him if he wants a daughter-in-law. If so, he will arrange for them in the evening. Meet...
(End of Chapter)