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She turned around and asked, "Who else needs to pick the blisters?"

"Sister Wang, I." Wang Guifang stood up and went to pick the blisters for the female comrade again.

Zhao Ning's hands were so painful that she almost lost consciousness. She tried hard to hold back her tears and her longing for her parents. When she looked up, she found that the house was so dirty that it was difficult to step in. Lin Ling was sitting in the cleanest place like a fairy who was not stained by worldly dust. Even her clothes were all red. She dragged her tired body to help her wash. The resentment that she had endured for several days suddenly burst out.

"Lin Ling, you are indeed a daughter of the bourgeoisie," Zhao Ning said hoarsely. After being soaked in rainwater for a long time, they all had a fever. "You don't help with any work. It's fine if you can't cook or fetch water, but you can't move around and help clean up the house. Will you be exhausted to death?"

"Zhao Ning, don't say that. You know her foot is injured. I'll clean it up later." Qi Hong found the dirty clothes and put them in the basin. She frowned when she heard this.

"Qi Hong, you are too partial this time. This time, I stand with Zhao Ning. She is right. Lin Ling just sprained her ankle. Even if she helps sweep the floor, it will make us feel better. But she is like this all day long, pretending to be weak and powerless. She even wants you to wash her clothes. I really can't stand it."

"That's right, I I also support Zhao Ning. Qi Hong, you have done too much for her. You are busy and tired every day, and you have to help her wash clothes when you come back. Why? She is a bourgeois lady who needs to be served. Don't you think that you are actually making her more powerful by rushing to serve her? "

"I don't understand why all of you hate Lin Ling so much. She is just of bad background. Are you so prejudiced against her? I just think she is so weak and a little girl is alone outside, so I can help her as much as I can. "

"You say it as if no one is like that."

"Okay, stop arguing," Wang Guifang put down the iodine in her hand, wiped her hands, and said kindly, "Qihong, I understand your good intentions. You are kind and willing to help the weak, which is worth it. "You are a good example for all of us, but have you ever thought that no one has to be responsible for other people's lives, and you don't have to think that it is your responsibility to take care of others."

"Sister Wang, I just think that Lin Ling is just like my little sister from my hometown. I..." When Qi Hong saw Lin Ling, she felt like she had seen a sensible little sister, so well-behaved, how could she not feel distressed.

"But, she is not your sister after all, right?" Wang Guifang put her left hand on her shoulder and patted her, "She is your partner, your comrade, and your comrade-in-arms. What you need is mutual help, but this does not mean unilateral dedication."

Qi Hong frowned tightly, holding her clothes tightly with both hands, and remained silent.

Wang Guifang turned to Lin Ling again and looked at her tenderly, "Lin Ling, I know you were the daughter of a capitalist and have never suffered since childhood. It is understandable that you can't adapt to the new environment for a while."

She looked up at the ceiling and fell into memories. In her memory, there was also a fair-skinned girl. The difference was that the girl's eyes were stubborn and unyielding.

"When I went to the countryside, there was also a girl like you among the educated youth. She knew nothing, but later she became an advanced element. Do you know why?"

She continued without waiting for Lin Ling to respond, "Because she learned from us what she didn't know, and she did better than all of us. She changed everyone's prejudice against her with practical actions. Because of her, we are willing to cast our precious votes to make her an advanced element. From then on, No one will bring up her class background anymore. You are a smart girl, I think you should understand what I mean. "

"Similarly, everyone should be more tolerant of Lin Ling. We are all good comrades. We should unite and not engage in internal struggles."

"Sister Wang, I will work as hard as that educated youth sister. Don't worry, I won't cause trouble for everyone again." Lin Ling bit her lower lip tightly, and her hanging hands were hidden in her clothes, gradually oozing blood.

It seems that she can't keep doing this. Tomorrow she will have to help them symbolically do some work, otherwise she will definitely have a harder time in the future, and she can't survive without work points.

She must think of a way to earn work points without doing these dirty and tiring work, but what can she do?

After a few days of busy work, the autumn harvest finally came to a successful conclusion.

The village party secretary arranged for the village butcher to slaughter a few pigs, and asked people to catch a dozen big fish in the village's breeding river to improve the group's diet. An autumn harvest banquet was held. The women who knew how to cook gathered together to make a dozen pots of white flour steamed buns, corn cakes, several large pots of pork stewed with vermicelli, wild mushrooms and pheasants, scrambled eggs, etc., which filled the table. There were more than a dozen large pots of meat dishes alone, not to mention a variety of vegetarian dishes, cold dishes, kimchi, and various homemade pickles.

"Wow, it's so delicious. This is simply a dream life. I ate a lot of meat today. I wish I could live like this every day." Chu Zhou's bowl was just as she said. The meat was plump, the roasted pork was sizzling, the chicken breast was tender, and the golden eggs filled the whole bowl.

"Chu Zhou, drink this fish soup. It's super delicious." Xia Tian handed her a bowl of fish soup.

Chu Zhou took it over without a spoon, and drank directly from the bowl. After drinking, he nodded like a drum, "Hmm, it's delicious. Try this chicken breast, it's fragrant and tender."

Chu Zhou handed him a piece of meat, and Xia Tian took a bite, "Ah, it's delicious."

The two hugged each other because they ate delicious food. They became good friends at first sight because they both liked eating.

Jiang Yunyao watched this scene from the side, shaking her head and smiling, looking into the distance, enjoying the tranquility that belonged to her alone. She held a bowl of steaming pork bone soup in her hand and drank from time to time, her bright eyes looking at the Changbai Mountain in the distance, which was surrounded by fairy air and layers of peaks.

She had secretly gone out to survey the terrain these past few nights. It was roughly the same as in the previous life, except that there were fewer pavilions and towers built in later generations.

She planned to leave tonight, as she was afraid that something might change if she delayed. She drank the remaining bone soup in a few gulps, put the empty bowl on the table, and turned away.

She had sprinkled some spiritual spring water and sleeping pills in the large vats of water for boiling soup. They would sleep well tonight, which would make it easier for her to act.

"Hey, where is Comrade Jiang?" Xu Ke, who had just returned from the toilet, looked around and saw no one, so he asked Chu Zhou.

"Alas, she was standing here just now. I guess she went back to rest after eating. I don't know why, but I suddenly feel like sleeping. No, I can't hold on any longer. I also want to go back to sleep. I'm really tired these days."

"Chu Zhou, wait for me. I'll go with you." Xia Tian caught up with her, and the two of them supported each other and walked away.

Did Comrade Jiang go back to rest so early? Ah~, Xu Ke yawned loudly. No, she also wanted to go back to sleep.

The night just fell, and everything was silent.

Jiang Yunyao glanced at the sleeping female educated youth, walked out quietly, and closed the door.

She took out a pill of Dali Pill and swallowed it, then sprinkled a pack of beast-repelling powder on her body. After everything was ready, she stepped into the deep and dark forest.

Because it had just rained a few days ago, the ground was still very wet, and clusters of mushrooms popped out. The green leaves that were knocked down by the rain were covered with dew, and the next moment they were trampled into the ground by the rubber shoes that passed by hurriedly.

Jiang Yunyao was wearing a very tightly covered long-sleeved clothes. There were many mosquitoes and insects in the mountains, and even beast-repelling powder could not take care of all of them. In addition, the mountains were lush and leafy, and it was easy to be scratched by sharp leaves if you were not careful. Wearing long sleeves could also prevent one or two.

She was now in the northern part of Changbai Mountain. There was a deep cave here. It was unknown what era it was dug by tomb robbers. She had gone in before and found a route she had taken in her previous life by passing through this long cave.

The deeper she went into the cave, the wetter it became. The rocks were irregular and the path was difficult to walk on. Various large rocks blocked the path. She could only carefully sidestep it. However, due to the humidity from not seeing the sun for many years, many rocks had mosses growing on them, making them very slippery. She almost slipped when she stepped on them. After finally stabilizing herself, she suddenly realized that there seemed to be something shiny above her head.

She piled a few stones together and stood on them. There was a small hole on the top. She bit the flashlight with her mouth and stretched her hand to reach inside. The shiny thing was a diamond.

She continued to explore inside with the flashlight. There was a black leather bag inside. She took out a small medicine hoe from the space and hooked it out. When she opened it, she saw that it was full of various gold and silver jewelry. However, these jewelry were obviously quite old and covered with mud. There were also a few dollars from the Republic of China period.

She guessed that the tomb robber might not know what happened, so he left the jewelry he brought out of the tomb here.

He must have wanted to come back to get it later, but he was probably killed, otherwise she wouldn't have missed it.

Jiang Yunyao put the bag of jewelry into the space, patted the wet dirt on her hands, threw the flashlight into the space and prepared to go down, but her hand accidentally touched something cold.

It can't be a snake.

No, it feels wrong.

Jiang Yunyao turned on the flashlight again and shone it there. A black thing stood there, blending in with the surrounding black stones. It was invisible without a close look. It was about the length of a palm, thick at the bottom and thin at the top, triangular in shape, similar to a bamboo shoot. It was black, with layers of skin like a bamboo shoot. She took out a shovel from the space and slowly dug down. She dug down for a while until she touched a stone. She wrapped her hands around the entire root and pulled hard. A perfect and undamaged strange thing was pulled out by the roots.

After going down, she carefully observed this strange plant that looked like a bamboo shoot but was not a bamboo shoot. If she guessed correctly, it should be a black jade bamboo shoot.

The black jade bamboo shoot is black, transparent and shiny. It looks like a black bamboo shoot. It grows in a humid environment and is often found in the shaded areas of mountainous areas. It is cool and slightly bitter in nature and can be used as medicine.

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