Let’s Work Together (v1ch70)
Zhou Lin's eyes widened in disbelief when the steward announced Ye Sheng's achievement of eighteen bags.
Oh my god, did she hear that right? Shengsheng had picked eighteen bags!
That was incredible!
Ever since Ye Sheng had defended the house alone against the gangsters, the Zhou family had always urged Zhou Lin to befriend Ye Sheng. They believed that the orphan girl from the Ye family had a bright future ahead of her, but Zhou Lin had never taken it seriously.
She had only seen Ye Sheng as her playmate.
But after hearing about her astounding performance today, Zhou Lin realized that Ye Sheng had changed a lot!
The others looked at each other, wondering who this Ye Sheng was.
It was extremely hard to pick cotton bolls, and they had to watch out for the attacks of blood-sucking aphids. To pick eighteen bags of cotton in one day was truly impressive!
They could barely pick a few bags themselves.
The young steward finished reading the names on the notebook and then waved to Ye Sheng with a smile.
But Ye Sheng looked shocked and quickly waved her hands back at the steward, indicating that she didn't want to go there.
She wasn't a circus monkey!
She hated being watched...
Besides, she had picked the most cotton despite her slender frame, which would surely arouse suspicion.
They would try to find out her secret to picking cotton.
But she had no secret. She only had a mediocre little hoe that made picking cotton easier for her.
She had cheated in secret.
The steward saw that Ye Sheng didn't want to be in the spotlight, so he didn't insist. He just announced that the outstanding reward for the first day would go to Ye Sheng, and she would get a pound of cotton.
He encouraged everyone and then dismissed them. They could move around freely as long as they stayed within the designated area.
"Wow, Shengsheng, you're amazing!"
Zhou Lin felt a pang of sadness when she heard that Ye Sheng had surpassed her brother, but she quickly cheered up and thought that her brother was also very good and would surely catch up with Shengsheng tomorrow.
Then she remembered that she was a loser who had only picked seven bags, while Ye Sheng had more than doubled that.
She looked at her with admiration, thinking that this was indeed the Ye Sheng who had fought off the gangsters.
Ye Sheng was relieved to see that Zhou Lin had no resentment. She quickly waved her hand to show modesty. Then they received the dinner from the base - a bottle of ordinary nutrient solution.
They had already gotten a nutrient solution in the morning, and this one was a bonus.
The sky soon darkened and turned to night.
Ye Sheng sat in front of the fire outside the tent, with her hands behind her back, looking up at the stars. She worried about whether Xiaodongxi was okay at home. She had only left home for two days, but she already missed the Xiaodongxi.
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She hadn't been apart for long since she had brought Xiaodongxi home.
She wasn't used to it.
"Shengsheng, why aren't you sleeping yet?"
Ye Sheng heard Zhou Lin's voice, but she didn't move. She spoke with a helpless tone, "I'd rather sleep outside than smell their stinky feet. They're getting worse."
"Hehe, me too!"
Zhou Lin sat down next to Ye Sheng and looked up at the night sky with her.
The quiet atmosphere gave her a strong urge to talk. She knew that Ye Sheng was not a chatty person, so she just said it straight, "Shengsheng, I'm going to work in the safe zone this year."
Ye Sheng turned to look at her in surprise.
She had thought that Zhou Lin had developed a great fear of the wilderness after she was attacked by the Green Frog. If the Zhou family didn't tolerate idle people, they would surely send Zhou Lin back to the wilderness. But she didn't expect that Zhou Lin had found a solution so quickly.
"Hehe, you're surprised. I was also very surprised when I heard it."
Zhou Lin smiled proudly and continued in a coquettish voice, "Thanks to my brother, he helped me get a stable job in the safe zone, which includes food and accommodation. Although I can't change my household registration to become a resident of the safe zone, it's not bad."
With this job in the safe zone, she wouldn't have to scavenge in the wilderness anymore.
Zhou Lin was very grateful to her brother for this.
But as a girl who grew up in the mitigation zone, she felt worried and uneasy after the initial surprise. She always imagined things that weren't there, such as being looked down on by the people in the safe zone or being treated unfairly.
However, today, seeing how much her friend Ye Sheng had changed, Zhou Lin felt more determined.
Everyone was working hard to become better, and she didn't want to fall behind.
"That's good. You work hard in the safe zone, and I'll also work hard to save enough points to buy a house in the safe zone."
"Yeah, let's work together!"
Under the night, the two of them looked at the stars with hope in their eyes, both wishing for a better future.
At the same time, Ye Sheng quietly added in her heart: 'I hope Xiaodongxi can recover smoothly.'
She and Xiaodongxi would be safe.
...
Ye Sheng kept her word and didn't go back to the big tent to sleep after being blown by the wind all night.
Luckily, the temperature difference between day and night wasn't too big now, so Ye Sheng slept comfortably and woke up in a good mood.
She kept everything simple when she went out. She followed the team to the cotton forest again after washing up quickly. Then, carrying the bag and spraying can that the steward had left behind, she and Zhou Lin looked for suitable cotton trees.
But before they could choose one, Ye Sheng sensed something was wrong.
The blood-sucking aphids seemed more agitated today than yesterday. Ye Sheng stood under a tree, and the aphids dropped from the branches one by one, wriggling and crawling towards her.
Ye Sheng was so scared that she backed away from the eager blood-sucking aphids.
"Hey, Shengsheng, why are these blood-sucking aphids only after you?"
"???"
Zhou Lin, who was having trouble choosing a cotton tree, saw this and exclaimed in surprise. She felt as if her friend had become a magic potion that drove the blood-sucking aphids mad.
Ye Sheng realized that it might be the smell of the snow cotton cocoon in her bag that attracted the blood-sucking aphids.
But nothing like this had happened yesterday when they worked in the cotton forest!
As Ye Sheng wondered, a shrill scream pierced the air, making everyone turn to the source. They saw a worker who had just reached a cotton tree fall off the stool.
His body was covered with blood-sucking aphids, so dense that it made people shudder.
"Help me..."
The blood-sucking aphids writhed, and in a matter of seconds, they drained the worker of his blood.
Not a drop was left.
He wasn't the only one attacked by the blood-sucking aphids. At least a dozen others were assaulted at the same time. Ye Sheng quickly grabbed Zhou Lin and retreated. Seeing the situation worsen, she took the initiative.
But they were in the middle of the cotton forest, and it was hard to get out.
After the first wave of blood-sucking aphids, they turned to the people who were farther from the cotton trees, and leaped at the remaining survivors like springs.
Ye Sheng was no longer the only target, everyone was chased by the bugs.
The steward shouted in terror: "Run, the blood-sucking aphids are going berserk!!!"
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