Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 507 - 508 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 25_1

Chapter 507: Chapter 508 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 25_1

A few "educated youths" who came over after hearing the news saw the folding small table in Carpenter Jiang’s hands, and their eyes lit up.

There were four of them sharing a room. Although the room was not small, after accounting for the space taken by the kang and where they needed to store their luggage, there was simply no way to fit a large table.

This made everything from eating to wanting to write something quite inconvenient.

They had concerns as well: a table was not cheap, and it wasn’t certain that all four would be willing to pay. Those who paid might feel shortchanged.

But with this small table, it was much more convenient. It could be set up when needed and folded away when not in use, easily fitting anywhere.

After some thought, "Grandpa Jiang, can you carve my name on the table?"

If only she and Feng Dan were to live together, carving the name wouldn’t matter, but as they were going to be four in the future, it was better to be prepared from the start.

Just carving a name was really no trouble at all for Old Jiang, "Can do."

"Me too," Feng Dan quickly understood the intention and kept pace.

Huo Lei, of course, had thought of this as well, and seeing the other three act this way, Zhao Yu, although initially not quite catching on, knew that following suit was definitely the right move.

"We want one too." Regardless of what furniture they had intended to create before, they had now set their sights on this item.

Carpenter Jiang was delighted. After all, making this thing wasn’t too troublesome—it was something even the kids at home could do.

Before Shen Jie and the others had even left, these tables had already sold several.

"Business is good," Feng Dan couldn’t help but exclaim.

"No matter the time, craftsmen will always have food to eat." Even during the campaign, such craftsmen lived stable lives.

"We start work tomorrow." Lying on the kang, Shen Jie suddenly remembered something: she had intended to go to the mountains to look around.

At the very least, she wanted to get a cursory understanding of the surroundings. Ginseng was just an incidental search—finding it would be great, but if not, there were still mushrooms.

But after being busy all day, she hadn’t even made it to the foot of the mountain.

"Yeah," Feng Dan remembered that they would start working tomorrow and couldn’t help but worry. The place they were living in was actually a small mound used by the field station, now being turned into a building.

Standing at the door, one could see the land all around—fields of grain as far as the eye could see. Even without farming experience, it was clear that it was a time of rich harvest.

"Wonder what we’ll be doing tomorrow," Feng Dan couldn’t help but be curious.

"Maybe building a house," Shen Jie half-joked.

It was almost the end of July, and considering how cold it gets in the Northeast by October, the houses should be built by September.

What? Building houses? Feng Dan was stunned by Shen Jie’s words, "Us, build houses?"

"We can assist. Otherwise, what do you think we are here for?"

"We’ve got nothing else to do anyway, and after all, we will be living in these houses," Shen Jie felt it was very likely.

"It’s nice living in a thatched house now—cooler than a brick house, but come winter, it’s not a joke, especially if the Northwest wind starts blowing."

"And you can’t heat a kang in a thatched house." This was an important problem—if they couldn’t heat the kang in winter, it would be far from fun.

"We have so little time and so much to do," Shen Jie couldn’t help but sigh.

"As women, do we have to build houses too?" Feng Dan asked, clearly worried.

"I don’t know, but what I do know is that we need to rest well now, no matter what we have to do tomorrow."

With enough strength, anything was doable.

Alright, Feng Dan thought it made sense. Best to rest then.

She had never imagined that she would wake up to something other than car horns, family members calling, or an alarm clock.

It was, unbelievably, a bugle call to get up, and even though this was already the second day she had heard it, Shen Jie still wasn’t used to it.

Yesterday, she could pretend she didn’t hear it and continue resting, but today, they had to go to work.

Arriving at the assembly point right on time, they expected to be among the last.

But surprisingly, there were only a few scattered individuals around, mostly older educated youths who had come earlier.

As for the new educated youths, there were not many; Shen Jie guessed they had yet to adjust, still thinking they were at home.

Commander Guo, seeing the sparse crowd, said, "Line up and report your names."

Everyone quickly fell in line and started reporting their names one by one, prompting someone to check them off.

Commander Guo was straightforward, "Today, the men will assist with house construction, and the women will pull weeds."

"Only those who are late will be marked on the attendance sheet..."

"I don’t know if you were ever late to school, and I don’t want to know. I don’t care if your parents were ever late to work. What I do know is that I will not tolerate lateness here."

"Alright, meeting dismissed." Commander Guo was a very decisive person.

Oh my god, Feng Dan truly had not expected Commander Guo, who seemed so amiable yesterday, to turn like this today.

"We’re going to pull weeds." Feng Dan felt relieved; at least Commander Guo was being relatively kind to them as women.

Zhao Yu was dumbfounded. He really had not anticipated that their first task here would be... "We’re actually going to build houses."

"I’ve never built a house before." Someone was unhappy.

They had come to be educated youths, but now they were turning into construction workers. In this hot weather, all the running up and down, carrying materials—it was tiring just thinking about it.

"Learn if you don’t know. No one is born knowing how," said Commander Guo, who had led troops for years and never coddled them. He was quite blunt.

"If you don’t work, it counts as absenteeism."

"And I don’t welcome those who show up but don’t contribute. Maybe it’s different for educated youths in other places, but here on the farm, you’re paid for your work."

Commander Guo had heard that some educated youths barely worked at all; while they seemed busy, they were actually incredibly inefficient.

"The houses are being built for you to live in. Don’t think that just by finishing your own house you’re done. If anyone dares to be shoddy or not work diligently, they’ll get the last pick when choosing a house."

"It gets cool here by the end of September, and by October we can heat the kang. If you want to delay, go ahead and try."

Having said all this, Commander Guo hardly believed these people would dare to loaf around on the job.

Ah, those words really put everyone on edge. Seeing Commander Guo’s stern demeanor, they all began to worry.

"No, we must work hard." If they really ended up being the last to choose a house, it would be no laughing matter.

They knew the winters in the Northeast could drop to tens of degrees below zero.

Some people who had already moved into brick houses felt relieved, knowing they already had a place to live.

"And those who have moved into brick houses, don’t think you can get away with not working. If you don’t work hard and let those working end up without a brick house, you will give up your place."