The next day, before it was dark, Wanyang and Qian Xiaoshuang got up. When they opened the door and prepared to go to the kitchen to boil hot water for washing, they saw that the kitchen was already dimly lit with kerosene lamps.
The two of them walked in with their own washbasins and saw that Zhao Bin was baking cornmeal pancakes inside. When Qian Xiaoshuang saw him, he couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Don't you agree with Wanyang's suggestion? Why?
And secretly baked pancakes?"
Zhao Bin bent down to add some firewood to the fire pit, and said unconvincedly without even looking at her: "Huh! I voted in favor yesterday, and if I don't cook, I won't save someone from having to cook every day.
Things matter."
"Hey! I said you are..."
"Okay, Xiao Shuang, since Zhao Zhiqing can prepare food and drink for us so early, we will let the adults ignore the villains and not argue with him." Wanyang is not a person who clings to one thing.
, as long as that person does not offend her bottom line, she can continue to get along well with him.
"It's obvious that I don't care about you women." Zhao Bin kept making pancake movements. He clearly agreed with Wanyang's suggestion yesterday, but he refused to give in.
Wanyang chuckled lightly, and had no intention of continuing to argue with him. She walked over and asked him: "Is the hot water boiling?"
"The hot water bottles have been filled for you and placed at the base of the wall. You can pour them yourself."
Qian Xiaoshuang realized deeply today that although Zhao Bin is a troublesome mother, she is also a troublesome mother with a sharp mouth and a heart.
Just like this little episode, Zhao Bin had a new image in Qian Xiaoshuang's heart.
At dawn, the educated youths came early to wait at the door of the village committee where work tools were distributed. They had to compete with the villagers today and they couldn't be late. Even if they lost today, they couldn't let people say that they, the educated youths from outside, didn't understand.
Etiquette.
At dawn, many people gathered in front of the village committee.
Yesterday evening, Zhang Zhiyong had already rushed to tell the villagers that today he would compete with the educated youth from the city to do farm work.
So today, both those who work and those who do not work, come out from home to watch the fun.
There were no entertainment activities in this era, so no matter what happened in the village, it would shock the whole village.
The educated youths and seven villagers selected by Zhang Zhiyong stood in the center in front of the crowd. The people around Li were pushing and shoving, and most of them wanted to stand at the front to see clearly.
Some half-year-old children were quite naughty and even climbed on the tall trees in Liwei to watch the fun.
Among the educated youths, except Wanyang, who was relatively calm, everyone else was somewhat nervous.
To be honest, being looked at like a monkey by so many people makes me feel embarrassed even if it is not because of the competition.
Zhang Zhiyong stood at the front, explained the rules of the competition, and then began to distribute tools to them, letting those who competed go first.
And Li Wei's group of people watching the fun are not idle either. Those who should get tools to work should still get tools to work. After all, watching the fun is not as important as earning work points.
The ones competing with Wanyang and Qian Xiaoshuang were two plain-looking women, about thirty years old.
Seeing that he could not catch up with the two women, Qian Xiaoshuang said unconvinced to Wanyang beside him: "Wanyang, don't take care of me. I know you have good physical strength. You go ahead and overtake them. If you
If we can beat them in terms of speed, our educated youth will also have a bright future."
"Can you do it alone?" Wanyang asked, feeling a little worried about her being alone.
"You can do it! For the sake of face, you have to do it even if you can't!" Qian Xiaoshuang's attitude was firm.
Wanyang didn't want to let this little girl down. Before leaving, she explained: "Where you go to carry water, you have to walk on a mountain road. Be careful alone. There are many people carrying water on the road. If you can keep up, just follow."
Don't be alone, we are not familiar with the terrain, and we will be in trouble if we get lost."
"Well, I understand. Don't worry, I'm smart! I won't be left alone."
Wanyang and Qian Xiaoshuang said goodbye for the time being, and immediately caught up with the two women easily, with the wind on their feet, and soon passed them.
No matter how hard the two women chased him, Wanyang would calculate the speed in his mind and would only let them see his back.
In fact, her speed could be any faster, even when compared with the men in the village, but she didn't want to look special, she just needed to maintain a winning state, and there was no need to show off her abilities.
Qian Xiaoshuang was not a vegetarian either. After all, she was someone who had practiced kung fu since she was a child. Her speed kept pace with the two women and followed them as hard as possible not to fall behind.
The first time he carried water back to the designated water storage ditch, he came back at almost the same speed. Even if Qian Xiaoshuang was slower, he could not be slower than a few steps.
Things are different for male educated youths, with varying speeds and so on.
Li Jidong was bigger and had slightly better physical strength. He could barely keep up with the speed of the person he was competing with. The situation of the others was not so good.
He had to protect his glasses while carrying water. Especially when he was working, his glasses were on the bridge of his nose and became slippery with sweat, so his speed was slower.
The situation of the others was not very good. The worst situation was that of Zhao Bin. He was small and not very strong. The more he tried to surpass the villagers he was competing with, he couldn't do it. In this way, he slowly fell behind a lot.
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Time soon came to noon, and Wanyang obviously did not feel tired, while Qian Xiaoshuang was almost as tired as the two women competing with them.
When the two women handed over their tools, they directly greeted Zhang Zhiyong, saying there was no need to compete in the afternoon, and agreed that Wanyang and the others would receive the same work points as themselves.
Zhang Zhiyong was very happy for them, but he was also worried about the male educated youths. After all, they were really far behind the male villagers.
When everyone was handing over tools at noon, Zhang Zhiyong deliberately criticized the male educated youth in front of the whole village, "You are all men, how come you are not as good as a little girl? Are you just working as a foreigner on the road?"
To say that they were working as foreigners meant that they were being lazy. When the villagers in the village heard this, they immediately laughed at them mercilessly.
This is simply quite hurtful and extremely insulting.
However, the greater the damage, the greater the motivation. After the villagers returned home, the educated youths took their tools and continued to fetch water without even worrying about having lunch.
Wanyang Qian Xiaoshuang didn't relax just because the two women couldn't compare with them.
They also gave up their nap time to fetch water five miles away. Unlike the male educated youths, they took a break and ate the pancakes that Zhao Bin baked in the morning.
Because of the big pie, the two of them stayed with Zhao Bin, who was the slowest, and kept encouraging him.
This is how people are. As long as we are in the same group, there is no need to care too much about some things. When it is time to help each other, we can't just stand by and watch.