Chapter 42: Iron Orchid Caught a Snake

The gathering point for the villagers was the threshing ground in front of the village warehouse.

When everyone had arrived, the village chief took the loudspeaker and began to explain the farm work that needed to be done today.

After explaining, he asked the new educated youths to introduce themselves.

This was a common practice every time new educated youths arrived in the village.

Three days ago, when the six main characters introduced themselves, the whole village was in an uproar.

There was no other reason, it was simply that the six of them were all handsome men and beautiful women, they were so good-looking that people couldn’t take their eyes off them.

Some single young men and women in the village were eager, they always found opportunities to strike up conversations with them.

But this time, four educated youths arrived, they were rather unremarkable, and everyone was indifferent.

This was exactly what Iron Orchid wanted.

If she were to lift her bangs and remove her glasses, her appearance would be no different from the female protagonist, Yu Qingqiu.

But she didn’t want that.

A striking appearance would attract trouble and cause unnecessary problems.

She had just arrived in the countryside, it was better to keep a low profile.

She would show her true face later, when she had settled down and could do whatever she wanted.

……

Zhang, the team leader of the fourth production team, was having a headache.

A few troublemakers had arrived before, and now four more had appeared, he was really going to be worn out.

Team Leader Zhang’s eyes swept over Iron Orchid, he couldn’t stop the twitching of his mouth.

This skinny body, what could she do?

She would fall over with a gust of wind, he was worried that something would happen to her!

“Tie… oh, no, Comrade Tie, right? You just follow behind and pick up the fallen wheat, don’t push yourself, if you have any problems, just speak up.”

Iron Orchid, who was ready to work hard: …

No, she was all prepared, why was this happening?

This was so embarrassing, heh.

Hearing Team Leader Zhang’s arrangement, He Ailing was unhappy.

But she didn’t dare to say anything.

After all, he was the team leader, if she offended him, she would be ostracized.

It was the transmigrator, Han Ke’er, who directly expressed her dissatisfaction.

“Team Leader Zhang, this is unfair, why does Comrade Iron Orchid have to pick up the fallen wheat, while we have to cut the wheat? We’re doing much harder work than her!”

Originally, Han Ke’er didn’t care about Iron Orchid.

But after last night’s incident, she realized that this woman was cunning.

Han Ke’er couldn’t stand her, so she naturally wanted to find ways to annoy her.

Team Leader Zhang glanced at her: “There’s no fairness or unfairness, everyone has to do farm work, if you think it’s tiring, you can choose not to do it.”

This girl’s eyes were constantly rolling, she wasn’t a good one.

Han Ke’er was speechless, she was about to get angry, but Bai Yanran stopped her.

“Team Leader Zhang, Comrade Han Ke’er doesn’t mean it that way, don’t take it to heart.”

Team Leader Zhang snorted coldly, gave some other instructions, and left.

As soon as he left, Han Ke’er glared at Bai Yanran: “What did you stop me for!”

Bai Yanran comforted her, explaining the reason, and finally calmed Han Ke’er’s anger.

Iron Orchid shook her head.

She was such a brown-noser, she was like a mother, it was really not easy.

……

It was the double-harvest season, the fields were bustling with activity.

People were cutting wheat and bundling wheat in front, and people were following behind to pick up the fallen wheat.

Usually, the people who picked up the fallen wheat were elderly women and men or young children.

Iron Orchid was “honored” to join them on her first day of work in the fields.

Well, she didn’t feel ashamed at all.

She could openly slack off, it was awesome!

Every field had people picking up fallen wheat, everyone was in teams.

Iron Orchid was in a team with three older women.

As the saying goes, “Three women in one play,” these three women never stopped talking from the moment they started working.

They weren’t gossiping about Old Wang next door, they were talking about the rumors about the widow at the end of the village.

Then, they started talking about the female educated youths in the educated youth compound.

“That Liu educated youth has a really big butt, she looks like she’ll give birth to sons, I want to find her to be my daughter-in-law.”

“Forget about it, she’s from the city, she’ll definitely look down on your son, don’t get your hopes up.”

“That’s not necessarily true, my son is tall and strong, and he’s filial, he’s just a little short, he’s more than good enough for Zhang educated youth!”

Iron Orchid, who was following behind, had a black line on her face.

Liu educated youth was the older educated youth who had woken her up this morning, she was a nice person.

She had also seen the older woman’s son earlier, his face was pockmarked, and he was probably not even 1.6 meters tall.

With those conditions, Liu educated youth would definitely not like him.

This older woman was really confident.

Another older woman said: “I think Yu Qingqiu educated youth is good, she looks like a celestial being, I would be happy to serve her every day.”

“Bai educated youth is also good, her skin is so fair, it’s like she’s smeared with lime, I’m so envious!”

“And then there’s Han Ke’er, her little face is so pretty, like a red apple, I want to take a bite.”

Iron Orchid almost burst out laughing.

If Han Ke’er knew that someone was coveting her face, she would probably go crazy.

But why didn’t they mention her?

Just as this thought crossed her mind.

The next second, the older woman who had mentioned Liu educated youth said:

“That Iron educated youth is no good, she’s skinny like a bamboo pole, her butt is too small, she probably won’t even be able to give birth.”

“Right, she also wears glasses, they say that eyes are also inherited, you can’t have her.”

Iron Orchid: …

My dear older woman, can you be a little quieter?

The other older woman, who hadn’t spoken, quickly reminded them:

“Hey, stop it, the little girl is right behind us, it’s embarrassing for her to hear.”

Iron Orchid quickly nodded, yes, she was so embarrassed.

“Don’t worry, it’s okay, this girl has bad eyesight, her ears probably don’t work well either, she probably can’t hear.”

Pfft! Iron Orchid really wanted to spray a mouthful of soda at them.

Who has bad ears! She’s not an old woman!

Iron Orchid angrily sped up her pace of picking up fallen wheat, quickly surpassing the gossiping older women.

Humph, let these people see, she’s a young person with a lot of energy, not an old woman!

“Hey, look, Iron educated youth has passed us, she’s so fast!”

Just as a smile appeared on Iron Orchid’s lips, she heard the older woman continue:

“Is she stupid? That’s the other team’s area!”

“It seems that Iron educated youth not only has bad eyesight and ears, but her brain isn’t very smart either.”

Iron Orchid: …

She silently chanted: Don’t get angry, don’t get angry, getting angry makes you age faster.

After work at noon, Iron Orchid went to the back mountain and caught a snake to bring back.

She couldn’t argue with these old people, someone had to bear the brunt of her annoyance.

In the afternoon, a piercing scream came from the female educated youths’ room.

“Ah ah ah! There’s a snake! Help!”

In the next room.

Iron Orchid took out a tissue from under her pillow and skillfully stuffed it in her ears.

She had to work in the afternoon, she wasn’t going to join in the excitement.

She turned over and continued to sleep soundly ZZzz…