Chapter 101: Unable to Pull the Plow

There are many fields but few people here.

Male and female educated youths now come to the fields together.

Zhou Zhengan assigned them work, and each of them was assigned an area for spring ploughing. Of course, some people could use oxen to plow the fields, but more people still had to plow the fields by hand.

The oxen in the team were so valuable that they couldn't all be used. Everyone wanted to use oxen, but they couldn't get a number.

Usually two people worked together, one holding the sled and the other driving the oxen in front.

Of course, if they were skilled farmers, they didn't need the ox driver at all. They usually drove the oxen and controlled the sled at the same time.

But for this group of educated youths who had never been to the fields, it was obvious that none of them were veterans. Zhou Zhengan had a headache looking at this group of people, but he still divided them into teams according to past experience.

"Two people in a group, there are not so many cows in the team, now we can only have one person pulling the sled and one holding it from behind.

It's better to divide the men and women."

Zhou Zhengan said this mainly because girls are naturally strong. If two female educated youth are divided into a group, they will definitely not be able to do much work at that time. There is no need to guess.

Liu Zhiyan was about to say that she and Xia Zhi were in the same group, but she swallowed it back when she heard this.

Liu Qianjin hurriedly said,

"Xiao Xia sister, I'll be in the same group with you."

Liu Zhiyan curled her lips, she knew that if Liu Qianjin was going to partner with someone, Xiao Xia would be the one he liked.

But Liu Qianjin was strong, and among the educated youth, he was also a particularly outstanding worker. If Liu Qianjin could be a partner, it would reduce a lot of burden.

Liu Zhiyan was a little disappointed. Of course, he knew that he couldn't compare with Xia Zhi. The relationship between Liu Qianjin and Xia Zhi was that of a pure brother-sister relationship.

Unexpectedly, Xia Zhi pulled Liu Qianjin to Liu Zhiyan.

"You two both have the surname Liu, so you can work together as partners."

Liu Zhiyan couldn't help but feel touched. She really didn't expect that Xia Zhi would always fight with her for every penny she got, but at the critical moment, he still felt sorry for her.

"Xiao Xia, what will you do?"

Liu Haidong was just about to say that he was still there, but Zhao Hong beside him had already walked over.

"Liu Haidong, let's be partners."

Liu Haidong couldn't refuse, so the pairings ended one after another, and in the end, only Xia Zhi and Feng Xizhu were left.

No one could see this unexpected pair.

Xia Zhi didn't expect that in the end, only Feng Xizhu was left. Feng Xizhu glanced at Xia Zhi and sneered.

"Comrade Xiao Xia, then we have to be partners. Don't look down on me. I'm not very good at farm work, but I will study hard."

Xia Zhi didn't care. Even if Feng Xizhu made things difficult for him, he was just an ordinary person.

After doing farm work for so many years, he had never been made difficult by anyone.

If he dares to make things difficult for her, she will teach him how to behave.

"Comrade Xiao Feng, that's not the case. This is my first time doing farm work. We are all the same."

Zhou Zhengan glanced at Feng Xizhu and frowned slightly.

Feng Xizhu is a thorn in the side. He has caused trouble in the youth camp several times, all because of Feng Xizhu.

It's hard to say what kind of trouble will happen when he partners with Xia Zhi this time.

But he can't do too much in public, otherwise it will cause people to gossip, which will not be of much benefit to Xia Zhi.

The important thing is that Feng Xizhu has not done anything now, so even if he criticizes him, he can't find a reason.

The work was arranged, and the team sent a total of two cows to their youth camp.

These two cows were asked to take turns a day.

The rest of the people can only use the heavy manual sled.

After distributing the farm tools and cows, Zhou Zhengan led people straight to their experimental field.

In addition to these normal fields, their special units naturally developed their own experimental fields, which are designed to increase production and resist drought, disasters and pests.

The fields of these confidential units are planted by all the comrades in their units.

In addition to normal training, they have more work to do, because this is a reclamation area.

Seeing Zhou Zhengan leave, Feng Xizhu's eyes sank.

Finally, he waited for this opportunity.

Xia Zhi, this little bitch, caused her to bear such a heavy punishment. She waited!

I will make her eat well.

Zhou Zhengan left two comrades who were specifically responsible for instructing them on how to use the sled.

They had never used it before, and it was the first time they used it. They were afraid that they would damage the tools and even more afraid that they would hurt people.

Everyone gathered in a circle and watched the two comrades demonstrate.

Everyone fumbled and started working in the field.

Feng Xizhu took a look at the huge sled.

Generally, this combination is that the man pulls the sled in front and the woman pushes the sled in the back.

Feng Xizhu's eyes rolled.

He also hung a rope in front of the sled.

"Comrade Xia, let's get started."

Xia Zhi supported the sled from behind and dug the plow shovel deep into the soil.

"Xiao Feng, get started."

Feng Xizhu exerted force on his shoulders, his face turned pale, and he almost fell to the ground.

The sled didn't move at all.

Feng Xizhu's face flushed red, he steadied himself and pulled forward, but the sled still didn't move.

"What's going on? Why isn't it moving?"

Xia Zhi glanced at Feng Xizhu, and it was obvious that Feng Xizhu was forcing him to pull the rope in front by being lazy.

Everyone knew that the person pulling the rope in front was the most tired, and it was usually men who did this job. It was obvious that Feng Xizhu was deliberately making things difficult for him.

"Oh, Xiao Xia, I'm so sorry. I've never done this kind of work in the field. Look, I can't even pull a sled."

Feng Xizhu's face flushed, and in the eyes of outsiders, it seemed that he was ashamed because he was a weak scholar.

Xu Zhimin, one of the two comrades who was guiding everyone to use the sled, came over.

"What's wrong?"

Feng Xizhu was ashamed.

"Comrade Xu, I really embarrassed our educated youth comrades. Look, I, a grown man, can't even pull a sled."

"I am really ashamed. I am really a useless scholar."

Such a sincere apology made it impossible for everyone to criticize him.

"Comrade Feng Xizhu, since you can't pull the sled, why don't you two use the oxen to plow the land today."

Xu Zhimin certainly couldn't say that he wanted Xia Zhi to pull the mud. Would he still be a human being if he said that?

He could only take advantage of it. The two oxen were going to be used by the educated youth group anyway. Letting them use them first would ease the current embarrassment.

Xia Zhi smiled.

"Comrade Xiao Xu, I think Comrade Xiao Feng needs to be trained. Today, he can use the oxen to pull the plow and avoid this.

But what about tomorrow? Comrade Xiao Feng still can't pull the plow. Do you want our group to use the oxen every day?

This is not fair to everyone."