"Are they at the Youth Corps Courtyard now?"
Yi Chichi wasn't too keen on seeing them, fearing they would get caught up in gossip and forget what they were supposed to do.
"No, they're not."
Recalling the scene she witnessed earlier that morning, Liu Lan said with a complex expression, "The three of them took a bullock cart to the commune."
Great, now I can return to the Youth Corps Courtyard without worries.
Liu Lan accompanied her back, and upon realizing Wang Nan and the rest weren't there, she wondered aloud, "Where did they all go?"
"They went weeding."
Yi Chichi looked exasperated, "The wheat seedlings aren't growing as fast as the weeds."
Nowadays, there's no herbicide or pesticide, and even chemical fertilizers are scarce.
Therefore, fertilizing is mainly dependent on farm manure, while weeding and pest control rely heavily on manual labor.
But it can't be ignored; it affects crop growth and competes with crops for nutrients leading to poor yields.
