Yunyi noticed that the female educated youths each received one mu of land, while the male educated youths generally received one and a half mu. Naturally, she and Geng Erhong followed the crowd and also took one mu each.
The team leader made it clear: those who passed the inspector's check could knock off work early. If the work was unfinished, they would have to labor in the dark. In short, the amount of work done determined the work points earned, and no one could even think of slacking off.
They started with the soybean fields that day. It wasn't as stifling as the cornfields, but being constantly exposed to the sun, it was hard to bear for too long.
Among the new educated youths, aside from Yunyi, the others began to lag behind not long after they started working.
Bai Suli, in particular, was still making no progress by midday. She was heavily criticized by the patrolling team leader and ran off crying.
