After two days of hard work, Song Yingwan finally recovered. Tang Xiaotang didn't know what she ate when she was growing up. They both climbed mountains for two days in a row, but she was fine and looked alive and kicking.
This made Song Yingwan's psychology particularly unbalanced. It seemed that she would have to take her time in everything she did in the future, otherwise she wouldn't be able to bear it.
After picking the mushrooms that day, Song Yingwan felt pain everywhere, so naturally she didn't want to take on the cooking job anymore, but thinking about everyone's interest in picking mushrooms, she didn't want them to waste their efforts.
After much deliberation, I decided to let Xu Xiuyu take charge of the dish, with Song Yingwan guiding me. Although the taste was not as good as Song Yingwan's, it was still delicious.
Besides, Xu Xiuyu's cooking skills among these people are quite good. After teaching her, no matter how many mushrooms there are, she doesn't just point at Song Yingwan. Song Yingwan is also very satisfied with the result.
After dinner that day, the captain suddenly came to the educated youth spot to see Song Yingwan. It turned out that it was about changing jobs. If the captain hadn't come today, Song Yingwan would have almost forgotten that there was something else going on.
The captain got straight to the point, "Song Zhiqing, didn't you say you wanted to change to a lighter job before? Now you have one. You go cut pig grass every day. Aunt Xu, the pig farmer, will tell you how much to cut every day. It's five work points a day. You see. Can you accept it?"
Song Yingwan felt a little confused. She remembered that Liu Yingying did the job of cutting pigweed. Did the captain add another spot? Although she felt strange in her heart, she also knew that this was a good opportunity and agreed without much thought.
When the captain saw that she agreed, he didn't say anything, nodded and left.
After Song Yingwan solved this problem, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt refreshed. He felt happy when he thought about not having to work under the sun anymore.
It's just that she didn't tell anyone about this thing that made people hate her in a big way, so she took the opportunity to secretly tell Tang Xiaotang that others would wait until they found out and then talk about it. But she also knew that she couldn't hide it for long, after all, it happened every day. Living together, everyone knows what they are doing.
After Tang Xiaotang heard this, she was also happy for Song Yingwan. They didn't work together every day anyway, so whether Song Yingwan changed jobs or not would have no impact on her.
Song Yingwan carefully observed Tang Xiaotang for a while, and saw that she was not unhappy at all, and she felt relieved. People are afraid of comparisons, and she was also afraid that Tang Xiaotang would be unbalanced, but now it seems that she is worrying too much. This girl is simply not I didn't think about it, it was heartless.
As I thought about it, I suddenly looked at Tang Xiaotang and smiled. I thought it was quite magical. She actually found a good friend in this place. You must know that she had no relatives or friends before and lived like a lonely ghost. Unexpectedly, after arriving here, I would not only have relatives, but also friends.
What a wonderful fate!
The next day Song Yingwan still got up early and went out for dinner with them, but this time he and Tang Xiaotang were heading in the same direction. The two of them were able to walk together for a while again, which was an unexpected surprise!
They deliberately went out early today, thinking of talking to sister-in-law Hongying, so as not to worry if they didn't see her later.
When I went there, Hongying's sister-in-law had just finished her meal and was about to leave for work. When she saw the two people coming at this time, she thought something had happened. After hearing what Song Yingwan said, she felt relieved.
She also knew that although the job of cutting pigweed was easy, the work points were very small. If it were someone else, she would definitely ask a question, but she and Song Yingwan have been together for so long, and she knows that she is always calm and will not do anything uncertain. .
She didn't say anything, but she was happy for her from the bottom of her heart. After all, she didn't have to face the earth with her back to the sky like them every day. Who would be willing to work exhaustingly every day? Everyone hopes to live an easy life, but not everyone can be as confident as Song Yingwan.
Sister-in-law Hongying said with a smile, "That's good. Mrs. Xu, who raises pigs, is easy to get along with. Don't be afraid if you go." Then she sighed again, "It's just that we will see each other less in the future. Auntie Guihua every day I’m afraid it will be even more uncomfortable if you don’t talk much.”
Song Yingwan took Hongying's sister-in-law's hand and said, "What's the matter? I came to talk to you two when I had free time. Are you afraid that we won't be able to see each other since we are in the same village?"
Sister-in-law Hongying thought the same thing, but she didn't expect that she was not as transparent as a little girl.
After saying a few words, Song Yingwan and Tang Xiaotang left first. They couldn't be late on the first day.
After Song Yingwan arrived at the place, he saw a pigsty made of adobe bricks with a thatched roof. The pigsty was not big. There were five pigs eating in it. They looked white, fat and tall. Not very big yet.
Suddenly there was movement behind her. Song Yingwan turned around and saw an old woman with a dark and thin face. Her face was weather-beaten, she had a stern face, and she looked like she was not easy to get along with. She must be Mrs. Xu who raised pigs. , finally understood what sister-in-law Hongying meant when she told her not to be afraid.
Aunt Xu said expressionlessly, "Are you a new educated youth?" Yesterday, the team leader came and told her that someone else would be cutting the pigweed today, and he was still an educated youth.
Song Yingwan walked over and responded, "Yes, my name is Song Yingwan. The captain asked me to cut pigweed here from now on."
Aunt Xu glanced at her, frowned, and then said, "The things are over there. Take the things and go to the foot of the mountain to look for pigweed. Today we have to cut three baskets and we have to finish them before noon."
Song Yingwan saw a basket and sickle placed next to the pig pen. The basket was not very big. The three baskets of pigweed should be cut before noon. She made a calculation in her mind, and Song Yingwan took the things and prepared to leave. .
After walking a few steps, Aunt Xu's voice came from behind again, "Wait a minute, I want to cut the young pig grass, but I don't want the old ones."
Although Song Yingwan had never raised pigs before, he also knew that vegetables were tender and delicious, so he expressed his understanding and said "Okay". Then seeing that Aunt Xu had nothing to say, she turned around and left.
Song Yingwan was already very familiar with the road to the back mountain, and she arrived at the place soon. She also saw many children in the village cutting pig grass here, some of them were five, six, seven or eight years old. They were cutting pig grass. The grass goes to Aunt Xu, who also collects it. Sometimes she can get one or two work points a day, so the older children come here to cut pig grass every day.
Song Yingwan picked and picked and found a place where pigweed grew better. She was not comfortable using the sickle for the first time. She cut slowly at first. Even the little girl next to her couldn't beat it, but she didn't. I was anxious. After cutting for a while, I gradually became proficient and my speed increased. The bamboo basket was quickly filled.
Song Yingwan sent the basket of pigweed back first and asked Aunt Xu to check it first to see if she was satisfied with it.
After looking at it, Aunt Xu nodded expressionlessly, "Pour the pigweed next to the pig pen and leave it."
Song Yingwan poured the pigweed down without saying a word, and then went to cut the second basket. She also went to the previous place, and the little girl was still there. She didn't speak to anyone, just lowered her head and cut pig grass. Her clothes were in tatters, her little face was dark and thin, and she had a bamboo stick on her back. The basket was almost as tall as her.
Song Yingwan came next to her again, this time in a leisurely manner. From time to time, she raised her waist to stretch her body, and then looked at the blue sky and white clouds. She felt so comfortable.
But as she was cutting, she suddenly felt something was wrong. From the corner of her eye, she saw red dots on the grass blades next to her. At first, she thought she had seen it wrong, but when she took a closer look, it was blood. There were traces of blood everywhere the little girl touched her hands. Such traces were left.
Song Yingwan frowned and looked at the little girl next to her who seemed to be unconscious and was still minding her own business cutting pigweed. Finally, she couldn't help but walked over and took her hand.
"Little girl, your hands are bleeding, don't you know?"
The little girl seemed to be frightened when she was suddenly pulled by someone. She trembled. After hearing Song Yingwan's words, she slowly came to her senses. She looked at her hand and saw that a long and deep gash on her index finger was still bleeding. Blood.
