SIAS Chapter 171.2

Yi Qingqing, who had just come out, saw this scene and poked Qian Lailai in the waist: “You are bullying him again. Why didn’t I see any eye mucus!”

Qian Lailai snorted, “He’s so stupid. How can I resist not bullying him?”

“Then I’ll bully him too?” Yi Qingqing said, trying not to laugh.

Qian Lailai glanced at her and said, “If you want to bully someone, go find Comrade Yun Guyuan. He will definitely be happy to do it!”

“Hahaha!” Yi Qingqing laughed.

Qian Lailai seemed to be really concerned about Chen Zhihe and was protecting him!

Qian Lailai finally realized that Yi Qingqing was teasing her, “Yi Qingqing! Have you become more capable? I’ll teach you a lesson!”

Yi Qingqing decisively ran away and hid behind Li Mengxue and Wang Lingling who had just come out, “Help! Qian Lailai is bullying me!”

Li Mengxue and Wang Lingling were pulled by Yi Qingqing to form a human wall to block the aggressive Qian Lailai.

“Qian Lailai, we still have to go get food. If we go too late, we don’t know how long we will have to wait in line. Business is more important!”

Yi Qingqing’s words hit the nail on the head, and Qian Lailai let her go.

After a while of laughter, everyone felt better.

After the three boys came out, they prepared to go to the team to get food.

In addition to the educated youth point, a long line of people could be seen at the granary from a distance on the slope.

“Oh my god, we’ve already gotten up early enough, but I didn’t expect there would be people even earlier!” Li Mengxue felt dizzy when she saw the crowd of people.

“Don’t be fooled by the large number of people. They are all collecting as family units. It’s fast!” Yi Qingqing said.

“Let’s also line up quickly. The sooner we get it done, the sooner we can leave.”

It was not as fast as Yi Qingqing said, because they had to calculate the work points and weigh the grain on the spot, which took a lot of time for each household.

After waiting for more than two hours, it was Yi Qingqing and her friends’ turn.

The bags for the grain were prepared by themselves in advance.

When they first went to the countryside this year, they borrowed food from the team, and they only worked for a few months in the second half of the year, so their work points were much lower than others.

Among the few people, Yun Guyuan, who had always earned full work points, had the most work points.

Although Yi Qingqing had always done the same work as the aunts in the women’s group, it was still easier than the boys’ work. She didn’t stand out too much. She only got seven to eight work points every day, depending on the work she did.

It was about the same as Zheng Xiaolong and Chen Zhihe.

After Qian Lailai got used to it, she became the same as Yi Qingqing.

Wang Lingling got slightly less than them.

Li Mengxue, who had been deferring the work to others, had to share her work points with others in the end, so she got the least work points.

Everyone was allocated sorghum flour, mixed flour, corn flour, sweet potatoes, and soybeans according to their work points.

Except for soybeans, which had to be taken to the press in the commune to press oil or to make tofu and other things, the rest were ground in the small mill in the brigade.

Everyone received food according to their work points. It seemed like quite a lot, filling several bags, which could not be carried in one trip, but it was all coarse grains.

They will have to eat this food until this time next year.

It looks like a lot, but it is definitely not enough to eat. After all, they have only worked for half a year this year, while others earn a year’s worth of food. Most of the time, they have to mix it with wild vegetables and the like!

 

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The author has something to say:

—Sugar-Sprinkling Little Theater—

Yun Guyuan: Qingqing finally saw my lovely side. I was cold to outsiders! For my Qingqing, I love her!

 

 

Translator’s Comment:

It’s really hard for farmers, especially in that era. Respect them so much 🫡

 

 

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