sjar Chapter 40: Start work tomorrow
Chapter 40: Start work tomorrow
"Captain, he was very nice to us along the way. He is obviously a good person. If he could give us more food, he would definitely give us more. If he could give us rice and flour, he would also give us some...
But this is the situation in Yongfeng Production Team. There really is no such thing, and we can't force the team leader.
Go and tell the Youth Center and the Commune that it's not the team leader who has it and deliberately didn't give it to us. The Youth Center and the Commune can't blame him, and there's nothing they can do...
Is it possible for the educated youth center and the commune to take grain from them and share it with us? It's impossible! Grain is so scarce and precious now, no one is willing to share it with others." Song Cenyue spoke up and spoke for Zhang Shengjin.
"It is not realistic to ask the educated youth center and the commune to take us away and reassign us to other production teams. These days, there are few rich places and many poor places. If they accept us, they will have to deduct grain from the team members and give us less. I am afraid that there will be few production teams willing to do so...
If we can't find another production team to accept us, we will be in trouble and it will be impossible for us to return to our hometown.
Even if we were lucky and met someone who was willing to take us, they would probably only give us this little grain. I heard that many production teams had insufficient grain and could not distribute 35 kilograms of grain to the educated youth as required by the state. They would reduce the amount and it was common to only distribute 10 kilograms...
The government also knows about this situation, but has turned a blind eye. It is useless to report it to any place." She said these words not to protect Zhang Shengjin, but for the sake of the educated youth, so that they can face reality.
Zhang Shengjin looked at Song Cenyue, raised the corners of his lips, and the smile reached his eyes.
Fortunately, this girl is sensible!
He had discovered before that this girl was different from other educated youth. She was sensible. When other educated youth made a fuss and couldn't walk, she didn't make a fuss at all.
What a good boy!
When Xu Xiaopeng and other educated youth heard what Song Cenyue said, they all sighed. "Why are we so unlucky!"
"What's the use of sighing and saying these things now? We just have to overcome the difficulties and work hard to live here. You should apologize to the captain and ask him to forgive you and give you the food he is going to give you." Song Cenyue said.
The other educated youth knew that no matter how dissatisfied they were, they had to bow to reality. It was useless to go to the commune and the educated youth center to complain about Zhang Shengjin. Even if they could be assigned to other production teams, the situation would probably not be much better. It would be better to stay here. So listening to Song Cenyue became their only choice.
The educated youth sighed again, and Yu Jiahui took the lead in apologizing to Zhang Shengjin.
"Captain, I'm sorry. We didn't understand the situation before, so we misunderstood you and were offended by our words. Please forgive us."
The other educated youth apologized to Zhang Shengjin one after another. Zhang Shengjin curled his lips and snorted coldly, but did not embarrass them.
"Push this cart back. After pushing it back, each person takes two bags and divides the grain. After dividing it, you must take good care of your grain and don't let others steal it... If you steal it, I won't give you a replacement. The team can no longer deduct extra grain for you.
Don't be greedy and eat too much. If you eat the food early and come to me for more food, I won't give you any. You will have to wait until next month to give you more food.
You have to eat according to your plan. Eleven catties of food, divided by thirty days, means you can eat more than three taels a day." Zhang Shengjin specifically reminded them.
Eating more than 300 grams of rice a day, how can it be enough! The educated youths were about to explode again, but because Shengjin had just lost his temper, they did not dare to complain. They could only force themselves to nod, thank Zhang Shengjin, and push the cart over.
"You guys go ahead..." Zhang Shengjin waved at the educated youths, but he stopped after just one wave, showing an expression as if he suddenly remembered something. He opened his mouth again and said, "By the way, you guys have to go to work at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, so don't be late... You will be deducted work points for being late! Deduct one work point. For example, if you originally earned six work points tomorrow, but one work point is deducted, then you will only be counted as five work points."
"What? We have to go to work tomorrow!" The educated youth wailed, and Song Cenyue, who was always calm, frowned her beautiful brows slightly.
"Can't you take a break for two days before going back to work?" Xu Xiaopeng asked. "I'm really tired after traveling all the way here!"
"Uncle Captain, please be flexible and have mercy on us. Give us two days to rest and recuperate. Can we start working the day after tomorrow?" Meng Jiang showed a pleading expression and called Zhang Shengjin "Uncle Captain". The other educated youths also begged Zhang Shengjin, but Song Cenyue was the only one who did not speak.
"No!" Zhang Shengjin shook his head. "I don't have time to give you two days of rest. The team has a lot of work to do these days and is short of labor, so you have to start working tomorrow! As for what kind of work you will do, I will arrange it for you tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, all the educated youth except Song Cenyue were as sad as if they had lost their parents. Looking at Zhang Shengjin's expression, there was no room for negotiation and they could only agree. Given their current status, they had no choice but to agree and there was no room for bargaining.
I just hope Zhang Shengjin won't assign them any hard and tiring work. Thinking of this, Xu Xiaopeng said, "Captain, can you please consider that we are new here and don't know how to do any farm work?
We are exhausted from all the traveling and have been working hard these days. When you assign us work tomorrow, please give us something easy and take care of us."
Upon hearing this, all the educated youth except Song Cenyue nodded in agreement and asked Zhang Shengjin to arrange some easy work for them.
Zhang Shengjin looked at the tender city kids in front of him, sighed, and said, "I'll try my best, but there's no such thing as easy work in the fields. It's a bit hard and tiring, so you should be mentally prepared."
The educated youth hurriedly thanked him, but he waved his hand and said, "Go quickly, go back and make dinner before it gets dark."
Afraid that they would know how to prepare dinner, Zhang Shengjin kindly gave some advice, "You just arrived and don't have anything to cook, so borrow the stove from the old educated youth and roast some potatoes. Go buy the food you need tomorrow."
The educated youth nodded, thanked him again, said goodbye to him and left, but they didn't expect that after only two steps, he called out to Song Cenyue again.
"Xiao Song, the educated youth, follow them to deliver the grain. After the grain is distributed, come to my house. I have something to ask you... My house is next to the big cypress tree we passed earlier. The tile-roofed house with a big cypress tree in front of the door is my home."
He just remembered it, luckily he remembered it.
Song Cenyue and other educated youth were very confused about what Zhang Shengjin wanted Song Cenyue to go to his house alone, but Song Cenyue was smart enough not to ask.
If it was something that could be said in public, he would have said it now and would not have asked her to go to his house alone to talk about it.
"Okay." Song Cenyue nodded in agreement, thinking that her previous guess was correct. One of the only two tiled houses in the village belonged to the village chief.
I wonder if the other one belongs to an accountant?