Chapter 48: Sixty-Era Farm System (14)

The base score for female labor is 8 points, 4 points for the morning and 4 points for the afternoon.

Xie Yang finished her morning work before noon.

She walked out of the field, picked up her water bottle to drink, and took the opportunity to ask a Production Team woman working in the plot to her east: "Auntie, can we leave early if we finish early?"

That woman was named Li Qiaoling, the wife of First Production Team squad leader Li Youbao. She was pulling out a few weeds and didn't even lift her head as she said, "That's the theory, but who can ever finish early? The tasks assigned by the Brigade Leader are always calculated."

Even if the time given is quite generous, no one finishes early; they would rather dawdle in the fields.

Otherwise, wouldn't one be a fool! If you finish early, the Brigade Leader won't think you're capable; he'll only think you have too little work and will increase your workload later.

Therefore, even if they feel this bit of work is quite easy, no one finishes early; they have to at least pretend to be diligent.

Xie Yang, however, thought it was because of her high work efficiency that she was so far ahead of everyone else. Since she could finish early, she wouldn't waste time here.

"Thank you, Auntie. I've finished my morning work, so I'm leaving early!"

She wanted to go for a stroll in the mountains.

It is said that spring is the heavens' gift to the mountains; the warm and humid season allows the mountains to nurture many natural ingredients.

Especially in this Chuan Nan area, it is said there are many exceptionally delicious Wild Mushrooms.

However, this hillside had already been completely reclaimed; the sunny side was terraced fields, and the shaded side was an artificially planted spruce forest, so there was nothing worth exploring there. She planned to go to the natural forest on the other side of the valley.

Thus, Xie Yang shouldered her hoe, picked up her water bottle, and strode away from the task field.

Li Qiaoling: "..."

Oh my goodness! So the new strong Educated Youth is actually this bold!

Finished the work quickly and just left immediately?

Lu Jieqiong and Wang Pandi, who were beside her still lifting their hoes to turn the soil for the first time: "..."

"She just left like that?" Lu Jieqiong scratched her neck, then scratched her reddened face, feeling itchy all over, and complained, "Didn't she see we haven't finished yet? She could have at least helped us!"

Although Wang Pandi didn't dare to openly agree, she felt the same way inside, thinking Xie Yang was too selfish, only caring about her own bit of work, running off as soon as she finished, and not helping them even though she had the ability.

At this moment, the Scorekeeper patrolled to the East Mountain Slope. Lu Jieqiong feigned confusion and asked, "Xie Yang said she finished and left first. Is that even allowed?"

Li Qiaoling on the side: "..."

Tsk tsk!

She, an old member, hadn't even said a word, yet this new Educated Youth was already tattling!

"Hmm?" The Scorekeeper was extremely puzzled. "Educated Youth Xie finished? Which plot was she responsible for?"

"This one right here." Li Qiaoling pointed to the plot next to hers, feeling more envious the more she looked. "Educated Youth Xie is truly strong! She worked from start to finish without stopping. I saw her turn the soil three or four times; she only finished early after she couldn't find a single weed left."

The Scorekeeper was also surprised: "She really managed this plot all by herself?"

"Would I lie to you about this?"

"..."

"Good, good, good! Finally, someone who knows how to do farm work has arrived!" The Scorekeeper praised her endlessly, then filled in a "4" in the corresponding column for Xie Yang in the Scorebook, meaning she had earned her morning work points!

Lu Jieqiong felt incredibly bitter. She looked at the land Xie Yang had turned, then looked at her own; she was at least two hours away from her morning 4 work points, and that was only if she worked without stopping for a single moment.

But in reality, her hands were already hurting terribly, blisters had formed on her palms, and her waist was so tired she couldn't straighten it.

The more she thought about it, the more unbalanced she felt, and she blurted out, "Since Xie Yang is strong and knows how to do farm work, why not transfer her to the heavy labor group? Isn't it a waste to keep her here?"

"Oh! Are you saying you can't stand to see Educated Youth Xie do well?" Li Qiaoling couldn't stand Lu Jieqiong's hypocritical face and couldn't help but spit at her. "Mind your own business! If your hands and feet were as nimble as your tongue, you could finish early too!"

"You!"

Lu Jieqiong was angered to tears.

Li Qiaoling received a lecture from the Brigade Leader who had arrived upon hearing the news.

Meanwhile, Xie Yang, who had caused this war of words, knew nothing of it. Her pace was fast, and by now she had already crossed the valley and entered the forest.

The mountains of Chuan Nan were truly one after another, rolling and undulating without end.

Moreover, due to the unique geological environment, the elevation of the mountains here varied greatly; some peaks were steep and towered into the clouds, while others had gentle slopes and complex terrain.

Most of the mountains surrounding the Yuewan Brigade were relatively flat, which made them easy to turn into terraced fields.

But it was not easy to walk further in after crossing a few hills; that was what the members often called the "Deep Mountains." The Deep Mountains were not only steep and difficult to climb, but also had wild beasts roaming them.

Xie Yang didn't intend to go into the Deep Mountains today. Firstly, she didn't have enough time, and secondly, since she was a newcomer, she had to get a feel for the surrounding terrain first, so she just gathered some wild vegetables and mushrooms on the outskirts.

In the early spring mountains of Chuan Nan, there were many wild vegetables and mushrooms to be gathered. Looking around—Shepherd's Purse, Wild Onion, Nostoc Commune, Bracken Root... Chicken Fir Mushroom, bolete, matsutake, lion's mane mushroom, Milk Pulp Mushroom...

Of course, there were also many brightly colored poisonous mushrooms.

【Host, the System Mall has a "Collection Illustrated Handbook" for sale. Do you need it?】

The Main System's fawning electronic voice came from her sea of consciousness. Xie Yang twitched her lips: Trying to earn high interest on my debt again?

【System is also doing this for the Host's own good. This "Collection Illustrated Handbook" has collected vegetation from tens of billions of planets. You can use it when you go to other planes in the future. If you buy it, you definitely won't be disappointed.】

Xie Yang thought about it. Although the Main System's nature was to earn her points, what it said wasn't unreasonable.

The last plane was a Modern Plane, and with the Shenhao System assisting, whatever she needed, she could either move her fingers to shop online or make a phone call to have the counter deliver it to her door; there was nothing "money power" couldn't accomplish.

But this time was different. Besides, she might encounter planes countless times more difficult than this one in the future.

Thinking again that although she recognized many wild mushrooms, the places with the richest wild mushrooms also had a higher probability of finding poisonous ones. She also planned to gather more to send to her aunt's family!

Then exchange for it!

It's not like she hasn't carried high debt before.

Xie Yang didn't hesitate much and went into debt for 9,999 points to exchange for a very complete "Collection Illustrated Handbook," so complete that it not only covered all gatherable vegetation on Earth but also covered other Habitable Stars and barren stars, and she could selectively light up the "Collection Illustrated Handbook."

For example, if she currently wanted to gather edible mushrooms or medicinal herbs, she only needed to turn off other handbook categories and keep only the two major categories of edible mushrooms and medicinal herbs. For another example, if she needed to cut down trees next time, she only needed to keep the tree handbook. This way, dense subtitles wouldn't appear before her eyes while gathering.

【Host, isn't this expenditure of points quite worth it?】

Xie Yang's lips curled up, and with a satisfied smile, she praised it for free, then added, "If there are such good things in the future, keep thinking of me!"

Main System: 【...】

I always feel like something is strange!