Era: Craftsmen in the Siheyuan

Chapter 285: If you can endure hardship, there will be endless hardship
“Hello…!”

The crowing of roosters could also be heard in the yard, and the sound was particularly loud because it was so close.

People who are not used to getting up early will definitely not be able to stand it. If they are woken up in the middle of a sound sleep, they would wish to be stewed.

This woman Chen Xueru will most likely do this!
Thinking that this might happen, Xu Deyong couldn't help but smile. He got up, put on his patched old clothes and went out.

When Aunt Sun saw him coming out, she said a little embarrassedly: "Hey, why did you get up so early? You must have been woken up by the rooster."

Xu Deyong smiled and said, "No, I usually get up this early. If you need any help, just tell me directly. Don't be polite with me."

"No, no." Aunt Sun waved her hands and said, "Wash your face. I'll clean up and cook."

Xu Deyong nodded, took out his toothbrush and toothpaste, brushed his teeth and washed his face.

Aunt Sun took a few curious glances. After all, most farmers at that time did not have the conditions or habits to brush their teeth.

Xu Deyong tidied himself up, did some simple exercises, and then opened the blind box on a whim.

Hmm, a "mediocre" bag of rice.

Really fragrant!

In the upcoming years, nothing is better than food.

Breakfast was a simple meal of corn grits porridge, mixed flour steamed bread, and pickles made by Aunt Sun herself.

Xu Deyong even took out some pickles from home and asked them to taste them.

Both the old couple said it was delicious.

The more ingredients, the crispier it will be.

After dinner, everyone gathered at the brigade site to assign today’s work.

The majority of them are women. The strongest young people in the team went to the community to participate in the large-scale steel training. After all, the higher-ups have set hard targets, which cannot be met unless they are met.

Everyone knew that there were four city people in the team, and now they all cast inquiring glances at them, and some gathered together to whisper.

Of course, most people's eyes are still on Chen Xueru.

Although this woman had changed into an ordinary blue cloth dress, she looked too clean, with neat hair, a good temperament, and was beautiful, so it was impossible not to be conspicuous.

Xu Deyong stood aside in a low-key manner, wearing his own bamboo sun hat.

Chen Xueru glanced around calmly and soon found him.

Oh, I forgot to prepare it.

So she walked slowly to Xu Deyong, glanced at him and whispered, "Nice hat."

Xu Deyong blinked and ignored her.

Chen Xueru rolled her eyes when she saw this and secretly tugged at the corner of his clothes.

Xu Deyong: "..."

You woman... you are so brave!

So he still looked straight ahead and said, "What are you doing..."

"The hat is nice." Chen Xueru repeated in a low voice.

The corners of Xu Deyong's mouth twitched. He thought about the woman's temper and reluctantly took off his bamboo sun hat and handed it to her.

If I don't give it to her, this woman might never stop.

Chen Xueru took it and put it on her head, smiling and said, "Thank you, Comrade Xu Deyong, for your courtesy. It doesn't matter if you get a little tanned, even though you're a grown man."

Xu Deyong complained in his heart: "You can be tight, just be tight, I don't know anyway!"

Without the hat covering his face, everyone looked and saw that this young man looked quite energetic!

Well, these two people look quite compatible.

Fan Jinyou heard someone talking: Bah...!
At this time, Zhou Shan spoke, first briefly introduced Xu Deyong and the other three, and then began to arrange today's work.

Now is the autumn harvest season, and it is time to harvest crops such as corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes, sorghum, soybeans, millet, etc.

The four of them were assigned to the simplest task of breaking corn to get used to it. It was easy for others, but it was still not easy for Chen Xueru.

The tender white hands were scratched by the leaves when picking corn, leaving marks all over them.

At first, she cried out a few times out of discomfort, and was given strange looks by the women working nearby, but she had no choice but to grit her teeth and persevere.

Fortunately, I was wearing Xu Deyong's hat, but my exposed neck was also scratched.

When taking a break to drink water, Chen Xueru sat on the edge of the field without any image.

After a day's work, my back and hands are sore.

No matter how exquisite a woman is, she can no longer maintain her exquisiteness after doing farm work for a few days!

After a night's rest, you will feel more sour the next day!
When work was over in the evening, everyone carried their tools back to the team, and the harvested corn had already been pulled back to the site on carts.

This is just the beginning. The fruits need to be dried and threshed later, and all of this needs to be done manually.

The corn cobs after threshing are also good for burning firewood, including various kinds of platycodon. They cannot be fed to livestock, and each family in the team will divide them according to the number of people.

Two years later, even corn cobs were crushed into powder to satisfy hunger.

As the saying goes: As long as you are capable, there is always work to be done.

Tomorrow is National Day and there is no rest. We can celebrate it by working!
However, Zhou Shan still announced a good news. He said loudly: "Young and old men, in order to celebrate National Day, the commune has decided to slaughter a pig tomorrow. You can go home early and eat meat."

“Good…!” Everyone’s eyes lit up when they heard that and they cheered in unison.

We have to work every day, but we can only eat meat during festivals. How delicious!

After packing up, the members went home in groups of two or three. On the way, they discussed how to eat the meat tomorrow, and of course they also talked about the performance of these four "cadres" in doing farm work.

"This cadre doesn't work as well as us!" said a woman.

"They are cadres and they use their brains, unlike us," said another person.

"Those two tall male cadres are OK at work, but they can't wear glasses."

"That female cadre is even worse. Look at her white hands and face. She looks a bit like a daughter of a landlord. Apart from her good looks, she works worse than a child."

"Don't you see, those old men often peek at her, as if they have never seen a woman before."

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After chatting all the way, they went back to their homes.

As the saying goes: Fangshan has monkeys, Daxing has moths, Haidian has mantises, Chaoyang has arches, Mentougou has big flowers...

The women here are not to be trifled with!
The villagers dispersed, and Zhou Shan expressed his concern to them, "Comrades, are you getting used to the work?"

Fan Jinyou smiled and said, "We are all experienced in this field. Don't worry. Just leave any work to us."

Yang Dian held his waist and forced a smile, "Yes, if the villagers can do it, we can do it too."

You can't say you're not used to it, just like Chen Xueru, who looks like she has lost all hope and is standing aside in a sloppy manner.

After all, Zhou Shan will write a comment on their work performance later.

The "three same principles", eating together, living together, and working together, are not just superficial efforts of later generations.

If you can't even endure this little bit of hardship, how can you take on the greater responsibility of building communism?

Xu Deyong stood by and nodded with a smile on his face. This kind of work was nothing to him. He had a strong body and that was it.

He glanced at Chen Xueru, hey, this woman is not tight anymore!

After a brief chat, everyone went back to rest.

Xu Deyong returned to Grandpa Sun's house and had steamed bread and sweet potato porridge for dinner.

It is a healthy meal in later generations, but at this time it can just barely fill your stomach.

By comparison, Xu Deyong and his friends’ lives in Beijing must be pretty good!
In the countryside, from ancient times to the present, if you are able to endure hardship, there will be endless hardship to endure!

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(End of this chapter)