"It doesn't matter if you don't answer," Xu Ke said indifferently, "Even if you don't admit it, I will try my best to make you admit it and become your best friend. I don't know if it's an illusion. Although you are young, you can give people a sense of security. I always feel that I will feel very safe when you are around."

"You, you, you," Jiang Yunyao was almost unable to speak clearly. Why did this sentence feel a little ambiguous? It couldn't be what she thought.

"Yes, it's what you think. I like you."

Jiang Yunyao frowned, stood up immediately, turned around and was about to leave, but her hand was pulled.

"Puchi, hahahaha, Comrade Jiang, you are too easy to deceive, just kidding you, I don't like girls like me."

Jiang Yunyao breathed a sigh of relief instantly. She was really scared to death by Xu Ke.

"I'm going to take a nap. You can continue reading your book." Xu Ke yawned and left slowly.

Jiang Yunyao hummed and stood there watching her walk away step by step. There was a warmth in her eyes that she herself could not detect.

Xu Ke was not her friend, but he was better than a friend.

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"Comrades, get up."

The next morning, the new educated youth were dug out from their quilts by the old educated youth because they had to go to work starting today.

"Hurry up and eat. Today is your first day at work. It will definitely be very tiring and hard. I have prepared some iodine for you. When you get off work in the afternoon, if you have blisters on your hands, come with me to prick them and apply some iodine to disinfect them. That will be fine." Wang Guifang specifically told them some things they needed to pay attention to. After eating, they rushed to the square to gather.

Villagers of all ages, both men and women, gathered in the square, holding hoes, dustpans and other tools. When the village party secretary saw that all the educated youth had arrived, he picked up a loud speaker and began to shout, "Fellow villagers, comrades, we will be very busy and very tired in the next few days. Why? Look at the weather. We don't know when it will rain. So we must seize the time to compete with God for food, otherwise the crops will rot in the fields and the whole year will be in vain." All the hard work will be wasted. No more words, let's work harder, grit our teeth, race against time, and get to work. "

As soon as the village party secretary finished speaking, the villagers picked up their tools and rushed into the cornfield. Even the seven or eight-year-old children helped to pick corn cobs. The adults picked up hoes and felled the corns one by one. The children took small baskets and put the corns in them, then transported them to the cars outside one by one, and then transported them back to the square to dry.

The village party secretary walked up to the educated youth and said to Wang Guifang, "Have you done all the ideological work for them?"

"Don't worry, party secretary, they are all good comrades and will understand."

"Comrades. You have to work hard these days. It is true that you came when we were busy with farming. You will definitely not be able to bear such a heavy workload. I will ask people to send you more food. You can cook more meals on weekdays. Although we are remote here, we are at the foot of the mountain. We can rely on the mountain to eat the mountain. There is no problem with eating enough."

"Thank you, party secretary."

"Comrades, the farmers need us. We must show our perseverance and hard work as educated youth to help them overcome the difficulties of this autumn harvest. Everyone Let's talk about it."

"Okay."

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"Comrade Jiang," Xu Ke panted and trotted to catch up with Jiang Yunyao, "Why are you walking so fast?"

Of course it's to avoid you, but Jiang Yunyao just said this in her heart, "The farmers need our help, of course we have to do it."

"Come on, don't I know you, you are a cold-hearted person, where does your warm heart come from? Don't you just want to avoid me? I told you, don't think about avoiding me, I will follow you." After Xu Ke finished speaking, he took her arm very familiarly and strode forward, "Let's go together."

"Okay," Jiang Yunyao smiled helplessly, and walked towards the field with her pull.

As soon as Jiang Yunyao arrived at the field, she rushed to the hoe. She picked up a hoe with a sharp blade and held it in her hand as if it was made of plastic, light and fluttering.

Xu Ke hurriedly stopped her, "We are picking corn cobs, we can't use this hoe, ah, put it down, let the male educated youth use this." Xu Ke was also very helpless and had to coax her.

"Why can't I use it? It's very smooth for me to use it."

After saying that, she eagerly took the hoe and skillfully and quickly knocked down the corns one by one. The ease made Xu Ke stunned, and the people working around couldn't help but stop their work and stare at this scene blankly. Her thin body seemed to be blown down by a gust of wind, but she easily knocked down the thick corn stalks one by one.

Zhao Gang walked over with a frown on his face. He saw from a distance that they had stopped and were not working. He thought they were slacking off. "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and work. Don't you want work points?"

"It's not the secretary. Look."

The secretary looked in that direction and saw that a corn stalk fell down with every hoeing of the girl. This was something that many strong and powerful laborers could not do. What kind of monster was this girl? She was so strong.

"Scorer," the village party secretary also stared blankly for a while, but he immediately came to his senses and shouted loudly, "Scorer."

The woman who was responsible for recording work points came running over, "What's the matter, party secretary? What do you want me to do?"

"Give this girl more work points."

The scorer looked at it and immediately understood, "Don't worry. Village party secretary, I will definitely not treat her badly. I am such a good comrade."

"Don't look at me either. "Hurry up, a bunch of old men can't beat a little girl, how shameful! Hurry up! Those who don't will have their work points deducted."

The village party secretary shouted loudly, and the people who stopped started working again. However, the shock just now was too great. A hoe could touch a corn. The strongest man in their village could do it, but it would definitely not be as easy as her. This girl is really a super strong girl.

"Comrade Jiang, do you want to take a break?" Xu Ke panted and looked at Jiang Yunyao who was already far away from her. It was really annoying to compare with others. She was already panting after picking corn cobs behind her, but Jiang Yunyao was just playing with the hoe. It was the hardest job, but she did a lot of it easily. No wonder she could easily subdue the big thief on the train.

"I don't feel tired, it's very easy." With the help of the powerful pill, it didn't matter if she did more. Besides, these jobs were easy for her and could give others a good impression. This era was a very simple era. People always liked those who were very hardworking.

"Comrade Xiao Jiang, I think this comrade is right. You should take a break and don't tire yourself out. You have done so much for us. I don't know what to say. I feel sorry for such honest children like you." An old lady squatting beside them picking corn cobs saw that Jiang Yunyao had already left them for a long time. She felt sorry for the thin little girl who had to do so much work. No, she had to talk to this little girl alone later and ask her to go to her house for a meal. She should make her an egg and noodles to make up for her.

"Okay, Auntie," Jiang Yunyao didn't want to appear too much, so she pretended to be a little tired and sat down next to them.

"You little comrade, you really don't need to work so hard. You should use your strength evenly and do what you can. Look at your sweat, wipe it off quickly." Several old ladies rushed to wipe her sweat and bring her water, almost worshipping Jiang Yunyao as an ancestor.

"Auntie, you don't have to do this, I can do it myself." Such enthusiasm made Jiang Yunyao, who was naturally cold, feel a little restrained and at a loss.

"Comrade Xiao Jiang, we feel sorry for you. Look at this land. Even among the young people in our village, who can compare with you in terms of work?"

"I am strong, and those who are capable should do more work." Jiang Yunyao also said some more pleasant words. She knew that although these rural women were not well educated, they were also very powerful. If she made friends with them, it would be easier for her to ask them to do things in the future.

"You are such a stubborn girl. What's wrong with doing less work? Look at that educated youth over there. She doesn't work hard and tortures herself. Now she hurts herself and doesn't have to work anymore. I think she did it on purpose to avoid work."

"Auntie Chun, don't say that. The educated youth are not what you think."

"Of course not. Otherwise, there are so many educated youth, why did she get into trouble? Our Comrade Xiao Jiang is younger than her and not as pretentious as her."

Jiang Yunyao was confused. Who were they talking about? "Auntie, who are you talking about?" Could it be that Lin Ling or Zhao Ning was causing trouble again?

Xu Ke came to her ear at the right time to explain, "They are talking about Lin Ling."

"What happened to Lin Ling?" Sure enough.

"She has a lot of things to do. At the beginning, we asked her to pick corn like us, but she got a cut on her hand. We treated her wound and persuaded her to carry the corn cobs back and forth in a small basket like a child. But she said that she didn't have the strength to carry it, and the basket fell on her feet, which hurt her feet. Qi Hong carried her back."

"Auntie, can she still get work points like this?" Xu Ke was very concerned about this. If she could get work points by going through so much trouble, she would not do it.

"Work points?" The old lady raised her voice. "She doesn't even think about getting work points. Not only did she do nothing, but she also caused trouble for us. It's good enough that we don't deduct her work points."

"That's good," Xu Ke said happily. "If she can get work points like this, I'll pretend to be sick every day."