mynovelonline Chapter 214 The Educated Youth Farce
Chapter 214 The Educated Youth Farce
Once you've done farm work, you'll never forget the feeling. When you grow up and no longer need to make a living by farming, you'll shake your head at the thought and never want to do it again!
After selecting rice seedlings for a day or two, Lu Yuanqing led Lu Yuanbo to the fields to plant them.
With both legs submerged in the paddy field, the muddy water reaching above his calves and just below his knees, he held a handful of rice seedlings in one hand and separated a seedling with the other, bending over to plant it in the paddy field.
Lu Yuanqing was no longer the first person to go into the fields. He no longer needed the system's help; he could easily plant the seedlings without worrying that they would all be floating on the water the next day.
After planting the seedlings in his hand, he straightened up and went to get the seedlings piled up behind him.
It was during this period that I was able to relax my back, which had been bent over for so long.
After working for most of the day, Lu Yuanqing straightened up to rest for a bit. As he looked around, he saw Zhao Zhongcai heading in a furious direction!
Lu Yuanbo also took a short break and naturally saw this scene.
In just four days of rice planting, this wasn't the first time he'd seen Zhao Zhongcai so angry.
"Hiss, has the brigade leader been angered by the educated youth again? These educated youth are all looks and no use!"
Pfft!
Lu Yuanqing couldn't help himself.
What kind of adjective is that?!
"Sigh, our captain's temper these past few days is more than it usually is in the last two weeks!"
Lu Yuanqing curled his lip in disdain, "Brother, do you think they're out of their minds? A few days ago they were shouting about building up the countryside, not afraid of hardship or fatigue, but look at all the trouble they've caused these past few days!"
Lu Yuanbo has a very low opinion of the four educated youths currently in the village.
It's not just him; now everyone in the village looks down on him.
This story begins on the first day of rice planting.
The four educated youths were assigned the simplest task of pulling up rice seedlings, but they hadn't been working for long when they heard the scolding voices of the older women coming from the seedbed.
In less than an hour, they had ruined quite a few of the rice seedlings.
How could this not infuriate the old ladies?
The older women were all hot-tempered, and they couldn't stand seeing them wasting seedlings like that.
So, I didn't hold back and gave them a good scolding.
That's somewhat understandable!
After all, which farmer wouldn't feel heartbroken and cry out when they saw the four of them wreaking havoc on the rice seedlings?
Instead of the four of them trying to improve, the two educated youths, Ren Jianhua and Liu Hui, actually started arguing with the older women.
The other two, the quiet educated youth, were crying pitifully on the side, while Wu Cisheng seemed to be afraid of causing trouble or that they would quarrel, and kept his distance.
This incident has escalated to quite a degree.
Zhao Zhongcai was still planting rice seedlings in the paddy field when he heard someone calling him, saying that the old women and the educated youth were fighting!
Zhao Zhongcai was shocked, speechless, and helpless, and hurriedly went to deal with it.
At the time, he had no idea that this was just the beginning.
Upon arrival, he immediately got into a fight with the village women, which immediately lowered everyone's opinion of the educated youth to its lowest point.
After that, nobody wanted to talk to them anymore. They would even make sarcastic remarks when they saw them, without any sarcasm or irony, just directly!
The educated youth were clearly opened up to a new world by the unprecedentedly arduous farm work.
The village then began to liven up.
Lu Yuanbo looked curiously in the direction Zhao Zhongcai had gone with a gloomy expression. Sure enough, it was still towards the seedbed. He immediately became interested. "Brother, what do you think happened this time?"
Lu Yuanqing slowly opened the water bottle slung over his shoulder and leisurely drank, his movements extremely slow, it was his moment to 'slack off'.
"I don't know!" Lu Yuanqing didn't know either! But could it be said that he was indeed a sent-down youth?
Having read some books, one's mind becomes more flexible, resulting in a wide variety of lazy techniques.
Lu Yuanbo laughed heartily, "On the first day, he fought with the old ladies, saying that he was in pain all over and wanted to go back to the educated youth settlement to rest. On the second day, in order to be lazy, he deliberately broke the rice seedlings and was beaten up by the old ladies again. The brigade leader even deducted several days' work points, so he directly owed the brigade."
"On the third day, that educated youth named Anjing said he had sprained his ankle and wanted to rest, but he saw a rope and mistook it for a snake, thus exposing himself. Today is the fourth day, what tricks will he pull this time!"
Lu Yuanbo counted on his fingers as he guessed.
Lu Yuanqing was just about to join in the guessing when he saw the brigade leader instructing his eldest son to carry someone hurriedly to the health center.
Lu Yuanqing laughed: "No need to guess anymore, the answer is already there!"
Lu Yuanbo was speechless. He raised his voice and asked the person on the ridge, "Brother Lu Ming, what's going on?"
What I really want to ask is whether it's an act or genuine.
Lu Ming quickly understood his meaning. After all, seeing what kind of trouble the educated youth were planning to cause had become a major spectacle for them.
"He has heatstroke!" Lu Ming put down the carrying pole on his shoulder, answered him, and threw bundles of rice seedlings into the paddy field.
His words not only answered Lu Yuanbo, but were also heard by everyone in the surrounding paddy fields.
"These educated youth are really useless! Day after day!"
"Exactly! They talk about building up the countryside, but I think these city folks are just here to cause us trouble!"
"Hahaha!!! I think I'm just causing trouble for the captain. I've been getting into trouble for him these past few days, and his face is getting darker and darker!"
"Hahaha……"
Lu Yuanbo also burst into laughter. After he finished laughing, he asked, "Brother, do you think this time it was an act, or was it for real?"
Lu Yuanqing hummed in agreement, thought for a moment, and then said, "Really!"
"Why not!" Lu Yuanbo didn't think so. "I think those educated youth are just trying to slack off. They're already suffering from heatstroke in May. What will they be like in July and August when they're suffering from heatstroke every day?"
Moreover, they realized that these educated youth would tell any lie in order to shirk their responsibilities.
Lu Yuanqing said, "The person who was just carried away was Wu Cisheng. He must have really suffered from heatstroke!"
The reason is quite simple.
Of the four educated youth, he was the only one from Beijing, and his usual attire was better than the other three.
Moreover, he had only been in the village for a few days, and the packages his family had sent him had already arrived.
Clearly, his family was the best off of the four.
With good conditions, they naturally wouldn't do any physically demanding work.
The body, naturally, is a bit more delicate.
Most importantly, Lu Yuanqing discovered that he was a bit timid.
Knowing this, he found it rather difficult to understand.
He comes from a well-off family, has never experienced hardship, and his family must have spoiled him. Why did he develop such a timid personality? It's very strange!
Although it was strange, Lu Yuanqing didn't care.
However, it is certain that of the four, the fighting and the destruction of the seedlings were the actions of the other three, while he hid to the side out of fear.
Pretending to have a leg injury, he remained quiet.
Therefore, Lu Yuanqing could barely understand the personalities of the four educated youths.
Wu Cisheng was not one to feign illness.