Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

After arranging the work, Gao Hu walked up to Yan Jiekuang and said, "Yan Zhiqing, today is your first day on the job. I guess you don't understand the customs here. Except for the double harvest season, you can go to work as long as you complete the tasks assigned to you and pass the inspection of the scorekeeper. Your task today is to plow four acres of land. One acre is two and a half work points. If you don't call the scorekeeper, he will come to record the work points after three o'clock in the afternoon. If you don't meet the target, you can only be scored according to your degree of completion."

Yan Jiekuang said: "Captain, I understand! Go and do your thing!"

Gao Hu asked, "Can you turn the soil?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "I always go to my grandfather's house in the countryside during holidays. I saw my uncles doing it. I know how to do it."

"Okay! Since you can do it, I'll leave first!" After saying that, Gao Hu left with the hoe.

Yan Jiekuang walked to the land that was allocated to him, took a look at the land in front of him, exhaled deeply, and muttered, "Get to work!"

Next to Yan Jiekuang was Wu the carpenter. Wu was worried that Yan Jiekuang didn't know how to turn the soil, so he wanted to teach him when Yan Jiekuang couldn't do it. But Wu didn't expect that Yan Jiekuang was also an expert in farming. In the blink of an eye, Yan Jiekuang had already turned two ridges of soil, and they were very neat.

After a while, Carpenter Wu came back to his senses, smiled and continued to do his work. Yan Jiekuang was indeed very strong. As the saying goes, strength can defeat skill. In the time it takes for others to turn over one ridge of land, Yan Jiekuang can turn over three ridges or even more. It takes others two to three hours to turn over one acre of land. But Yan Jiekuang only took more than an hour to turn over one acre of land.

When the work ended at 11 o'clock in the morning, Yan Jiekuang had basically finished turning over the land. The old educated youth and the villagers in the same team saw the land that Yan Jiekuang had turned over, and they all showed surprised expressions. When Yan Jiekuang finished digging the last hoe and stood up, he found that there were many people around watching.

Yan Jiekuang scratched his head in confusion and asked, "Why are you looking at me?!"

Gao Junsong and Tian Dazhuang saw that there were many people around Yan Jiekuang, so they came over curiously. Gao Junsong asked, "You guys aren't going to have lunch?!"

Gao Hu replied, "Uncle Qi, we are looking at Yan Zhiqing. He is better than all of us farmers. He has completed a day's work in just one morning."

"What?!" Gao Junsong and Tian Dazhuang looked at each other. They both looked at the land in front of them. Looking at the tilled land, Gao Junsong and Tian Dazhuang both showed incredible expressions. Tian Dazhuang said: "Old Gao, I didn't expect that there would be such a person among the educated youth this time!"

Gao Junsong smiled and said, "Gao Hu, what are you still standing there for? Why don't you call the scorekeeper over?!"

"Hey!" Gao Hu came to his senses and immediately ran to call the scorekeeper over. The scorekeeper checked and confirmed that all the points were qualified. Then he found Yan Jiekuang's name in the scorebook and wrote down the work points.

Yan Jiekuang asked: "Captain, I have finished my work. Can I not come over this afternoon?!"

Gao Junsong replied: "No need to come. Go do other things!"

"Hey!" Yan Jiekuang responded with a smile, then ran towards the brigade headquarters with a hoe in his hand.

When Yan Jiekuang returned to the educated youth camp, Su Zihui had already returned. Yan Jiekuang saw that Su Zihui's eyes were red, as if she had just cried, and asked worriedly: "What's wrong?! Who bullied you?!"

Su Zihui replied, "Nothing! No one bullied me. I was just blinded by the wind." Then he asked, "Why did you come back so late?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "I came back after finishing all my work for today." Then he asked, "How's your side?! Have you finished all your work?!"

Su Zihui smiled and replied, "Who am I? How could I not finish the work? My task is to carry four baskets of pig or cow grass a day."

Without waiting for Su Zihui to finish her words, Yan Jiekuang asked in a low voice: "You are not going to bribe those children with candy to make them help you work?!"

Su Zihui jumped up as if her tail had been stepped on, and said, "I work with them, too! It's just that I ask them to help me out occasionally."

Yan Jiekuang smiled and reminded, “When you are picking grass for pigs and cows, you must be with the children in the village. Don’t think that everyone in the village is a good person. There will inevitably be a few people with ulterior motives. What if you are left alone and are bullied by them?!”

Su Zihui replied: "Don't worry! I know what's going on. And I have a knife with me."

"I really can't do anything with you!" Yan Jiekuang muttered, and said, "I'm going to cook! You wait!"

"Oh!" Su Zihui responded, and walked obediently to the table in Yan Jiekuang's room and sat down.

Actually, Su Zihui disappeared for a while when she was picking grass for pigs today. Yes, she went to look for her grandparents. Su Zihui was really lucky, she was found. Su Zihui quietly walked to the woods not far from the wasteland, picked up a stone, and threw it to Ding Huawei who was clearing the wasteland.

The stone just rolled to Ding Huawei's feet. Ding Huawei looked up and looked around, then looked at where the stone rolled. When Ding Huawei saw Su Zihui hiding behind a tree and waving at him, Ding Huawei was dumbfounded. He never thought that his beloved granddaughter would come here.

Ding Huawei immediately said to his companion beside him: "I'm going to the bathroom and will be back soon." After that, Ding Huawei ran towards the woods where Su Zihui was hiding.

After entering the woods, Ding Huawei pulled Su Zihui a little further inside and asked anxiously, "Xiaohui, why are you here?!"

Su Zihui threw herself into Ding Huawei's arms and started crying. Ding Huawei asked with both heartache and worry: "What happened to Xiaohui? Did something happen at home?!"

Su Zihui wiped her tears and replied, "Everything is fine at home." Then Su Zihui told Ding Huawei about her joining the team, took out a letter and handed it to Ding Huawei, saying, "This is a letter from my uncle and my mother to you."

Ding Huawei hurriedly opened the envelope, took out the letter and started reading. He quickly read the contents of the letter and breathed a sigh of relief. He said, "Xiaohui, your grandma is sick. Can you find a way to help get some medicine?!"

When Su Zihui heard that her grandmother was ill, she hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with her?"

Ding Huawei replied: "I caught a cold. I started to have a fever in the past few days."

Su Zihui said, "Grandpa, don't worry! I'll get the medicine and come to see you this afternoon."

"Hey!" Ding Huawei responded, "I can't stay here for too long. I'm going back first. You should be careful too. Don't let anyone find out."

Su Zihui said, "Grandpa, don't worry! My current job is to cut grass for pigs and cows. Even if they find out, they won't suspect me."

Ding Huawei nodded silently and turned to leave. Su Zihui watched her grandfather leave the woods and followed him out.

"Girl, what are you thinking about?! You didn't even hear me calling you?!" Yan Jiekuang put the prepared food on the table, patted Su Zihui who was in a daze and asked.

Su Zihui replied: "I didn't think about anything."