Chapter 41: The Work Bell in the Village Rang

“Why should I apologize!” Yu Qingqiu glared at him, her eyes red. “I was sleepwalking, it wasn’t intentional. Bai Yanran slapped me, shouldn’t I fight back? Do you think I’m a pushover?”

Here we go again!

No matter whether she was wrong or not, every time, Chen Huaijin, this scumbag, would stand by Bai Yanran’s side.

In her previous life, she had misjudged people, this time, she would never repeat the same mistake.

Just wait, Chen Huaijin!

When you fall deeply in love with me, I will ruthlessly abandon you.

I will crush your self-esteem into the ground and see how you can still be proud!

Yu Qingqiu only explained why they fought, she didn’t clear up Bai Yanran’s words.

The others didn’t pay much attention.

Only one gaze was fixed on her.

It was Wen Lang, the silent and loyal male protagonist.

From the moment he saw her on the train, he was inexplicably drawn to Yu Qingqiu.

He didn’t know what that feeling was before.

But now, the pain in his heart made him realize that he might be falling in love with her.

Unfortunately, the beauty already had someone in her heart.

If so, then he would silently guard her.

……

The night’s drama ended only after Hu Hao sternly criticized them:

“All of you, be quiet! If there’s another time, I’ll report you to the commune leaders directly, I’m done with this!”

The previous two times, they had called the village chief to mediate.

The village chief was a peacemaker, he didn’t want the village’s affairs to reach the commune, so he always tried to reconcile them.

But Hu Hao couldn’t take it anymore.

They had to work in the fields every day, they were already exhausted, and if they couldn’t rest at night, it would be torture.

Hearing him say this, Yu Qingqiu and the others gave up on making a fuss.

They were still young, they had a bright future ahead of them, they couldn’t ruin their reputation for someone who wasn’t worth it.

Just then.

Iron Orchid suddenly spoke up: “Comrade Hu Hao, why don’t you let them sleep in separate rooms? That would be better for everyone.”

She had seen enough of this drama, she couldn’t take it if they argued every day.

Han Ke’er immediately jumped out: “You have the nerve to say that! You were hiding under the covers eating sunflower seeds and wouldn’t help, now you’re pretending to be concerned!”

“Sunflower seeds?” Iron Orchid blinked. “When did I eat sunflower seeds? Don’t talk nonsense.”

Only Han Ke’er had seen her, Yu Qingqiu and Bai Yanran were busy fighting, they didn’t pay attention.

Han Ke’er was furious: “You’re lying! Your sunflower seed shells are still on the bed!”

She searched everywhere, but couldn’t find a single sunflower seed shell.

Iron Orchid smiled inwardly, she had thrown the sunflower seed shells into her space, if she could find them, she would lose.

“You must have hidden them somewhere!” Han Ke’er insisted.

“Alright, don’t involve innocent people!” Hu Hao glared at her and said, “Yu Qingqiu, you and Iron Orchid go sleep in the old educated youths’ room, He Ailing, you and Little Zhang move over here.”

He Ailing’s eyes widened, she was about to say no.

The next second, Hu Hao said: “That’s settled, anyone who argues again, I’ll go to the commune tomorrow morning!”

That settled it.

Several female educated youths began to move their beds and belongings.

The others had been woken up and couldn’t sleep for a while, so they also went to help.

Iron Orchid rolled up her bed, just as she was about to pick up her suitcase, a big hand reached out and took it.

She looked up and met a cheerful face.

Wang Juanjuan: “Comrade Iron Orchid, let me carry your suitcase.”

Iron Orchid: “Thanks.”

The old educated youths’ room was next door, just a few steps away.

After Wang Juanjuan helped her carry her suitcase over, he also helped her carry her net bag.

Iron Orchid took out two hard candies from her pocket and handed them over: “This is a thank you gift.”

Wang Juanjuan waved his hand and refused, saying he didn’t like sweets.

Before leaving, he muttered: “Ugh, you women are so troublesome, I don’t understand what you have to argue about.”

At this time, Wang Juanjuan wasn’t yet the female protagonist Yu Qingqiu’s lovesick puppy, so he would think this way.

Later, after the female protagonist saved him and he fell in love with her, he would become a pure, vicious dog, biting anyone who dared to bully Yu Qingqiu.

The power of love is truly immense.

But none of this mattered to Iron Orchid.

Work started tomorrow, time to sleep!

Iron Orchid yawned and fell into a deep sleep.

……

The next day, Iron Orchid was woken up by voices outside.

She got up and saw that everyone else was already awake.

“Comrade Iron Orchid, hurry up and wash up and eat breakfast, we’re running out of time, the work bell will ring soon!”

A head poked out from the doorway, it was an older educated youth from the same room.

Iron Orchid nodded: “Okay, Sister Liu.”

She jumped out of bed with a somersault.

She took out her comb and quickly brushed her braid, then went to the kettle and poured some hot water to wash up.

The whole process took less than three minutes.

Sister Liu couldn’t help but give her a thumbs up: “You’re fast.”

Iron Orchid chuckled: “It’s all practice.”

Breakfast was even simpler than lunch and dinner, just a pot of sweet potato porridge.

Hu Hao, while gulping down his porridge, reminded everyone:

“It’s the double-harvest season now, there’s a lot of work in the fields.

You can slack off normally, but not these few days, otherwise, if you’re caught by the team leader, you’ll be the one who suffers.”

Guihua Village had over 200 households, divided into four production teams.

All the educated youths in the educated youth compound were assigned to the fourth production team, along with the village’s elderly, weak, sick, and disabled.

There was no other way, they were from big cities, they weren’t as skilled at working, the other teams didn’t want them.

The fourth production team was the slowest and had the worst performance in the whole village.

The team leader who managed this team was Zhang Jiankang, Team Leader Zhang.

If he wasn’t the village chief’s cousin, he wouldn’t have wanted to take on this job.

Team Leader Zhang was a good person, he usually had a smiling face.

But these days, he was busy with the double-harvest season, his temper was also much more irritable.

Hu Hao’s reminder was also to wake them up.

The old educated youths were fine, they had been working in the fields for so long, they were used to it.

The six main characters had been here for two days, except for Wen Lang, the male protagonist, who worked diligently, the others were slacking off, and the team leader had been unhappy for a long time.

Now four new educated youths had arrived, if they made any more mistakes, they would definitely suffer.

Hearing this, Iron Orchid was the first to speak up: “Comrade Hu Hao, don’t worry, I’m the most enthusiastic worker!”

First, build a good relationship, then it will be easier to slack off later.

He Ailing muttered under her breath: “Brown-noser.”

Iron Orchid: “Comrade He Ailing, can you speak a little louder?”

He Ailing was stubborn: “I didn’t say anything!”

The others were a little confused, why were these two arguing?

Comrade Hu Hao frowned at He Ailing: “Comrade He, don’t say things you shouldn’t, be careful in the future.”

Comrade Iron Orchid is so sensible, she doesn’t even complain when she’s bullied, he had to uphold justice.

Being criticized in public by Hu Hao, He Ailing lost face, she glared at Iron Orchid and ran away.

Iron Orchid didn’t pursue it, because the work bell rang.

“Dang～Dang～Dang～”

This was the bell for the start of work, they had to arrive within 20 minutes.

Everyone quickly got up and started bustling about…