The weather in February is gradually getting warmer, the air has not reached freezing temperatures, and sheep dung itself is more smelly than cow dung.
The educated youth were transformed from picking cow dung to picking sheep dung, which can be described as miserable.
After they finally finished picking the dung from the sheepfold after spending three days, Zhang Zhiyong told them that because they were not as efficient as the villagers in their work, both men and women would earn two points less than the villagers in their own village.
This suddenly caused a lot of emotional dissatisfaction among the educated youth. When others were complaining, Wanyang stood up and said to Zhang Zhiyong: "If you say that we are not as efficient as the villagers in working, it is because we are not as fast as them in working."
, don’t you do as much as them? Then let’s compete to see who can do more and who can do it faster!”
Wanyang's words aroused a wave of cadres in the hearts of the educated youth, and they immediately shouted to Zhang Zhiyong that they would compete with the villagers.
Zhang Zhiyong is actually very optimistic about them. After observing them for the past few days, he knows that apart from not being as fast as the villagers in working, they will spend their nap time and meal time to make up for the amount of work they do.
"I think it will work! Since you are not convinced, then let's have a competition with several village representatives from our village." Zhang Zhiyong thought for a moment and then said: "Since we have a competition, then I will select seven people from our village and compete with them respectively.
I will compete with each of you, and as long as all of you win, I will increase your work points."
"Uncle Zhiyong, we have finished picking up manure from the cowshed and sheepfold, what should we use to compete?" The person who asked this question was Qian Xiaoshuang. Although she was not as good at work as Wanyang, she thought she was doing just fine through hard work.
Why should she earn less than those villagers? Also, Wanyang works more efficiently than those male educated youths, so it would be unfair for her to earn less.
"Spring plowing is about to begin. You also know that our village has been suffering from drought and water shortage all year round. In previous years, the water used to irrigate the fields was picked up in advance from other villages. There was a snowfall this winter, and the water ditches in the ground were used.
The water is almost dry. We villagers now have to go to the river in Guozhuang Village, five miles away, to fetch water every day. Tomorrow you will compete with the work representatives of our village to fetch water."
"That's right!" Zhang Zhiyong still loves the educated youth in his heart. He is afraid that the educated youth will not be able to compete tomorrow, so he wants to give them a try, "Tomorrow you will not only compete in speed, but also in the number of times you carry water."
The educated youth may not necessarily be able to match their speed. Zhang Zhiyong gave them an opportunity to work hard to make up for their shortcomings. He believed that the educated youth would definitely seize this opportunity.
The educated youth represented by Wanyang and Li Jidong all felt that this competition had great chances of winning, so they took the lead in agreeing.
In the evening, everyone returned to the educated youth spot for dinner, and then sat in the cave dwelling of the male educated youth for a meeting to analyze how to ensure victory tomorrow.
The work points can be exchanged for food and money next year, which is related to their lives next year. After all, the country will not supply food next year, so they don't want to be careless.
"From what Uncle Zhiyong said, it should be that if all of us win, we can get more work points." Wanyang pointed out the key points of the competition rules, "Each of us has different physical strength, and the villagers here do farm work all year round. I want to
If everyone wins, that's almost impossible."
"Ah...then why did you and Li Jidong agree so happily?" Zhao Bin, the mother in charge, expressed her incomprehension after knowing the problem.
Wan Yang spread his hands, "Uncle Zhiyong also said that we are not only competing on speed, but also on the number of times we carry water. This also gives us a chance. If we can't compete with our strength, let's outsmart them."
"Wanyang, tell me what you think." Li Jidong sat on the kang and awkwardly mended the holes in his socks that had been worn out in the past two days. He didn't dare to raise his head when he spoke, for fear that his hand would be pricked by the steel needle.
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"I think we can make some flatbread tonight and boil some hot water tomorrow morning. Everyone will bring a kettle. We won't come back for lunch at noon and will eat on the road." Wanyang saw that everyone was listening carefully.
Her suggestion continued without pause: "But we can't let the villagers know about this. During lunch, we can pretend to go back to the educated youth spot for dinner..."
At this time, Qian Xiaoshuang raised his hand and asked in confusion: "Why do we pretend to come back for dinner?"
"Because if we don't leave, those villagers may compete with us, and we may not be able to compete no matter how hard we try in terms of physical strength or number of times."
"You call this opportunistic." Shi'er's mother is indeed Shi'er's mother. He is either on the way to go online or on the way to go online.
Wan Yang was not used to this. He looked over with a sharp look and comforted: "Then do you have any good ideas? If you have any, just say it. First of all, no matter who I compete with tomorrow, I am guaranteed to win. You
Can you guarantee that you will win?"
Zhao Bin's physical strength was about the same as Qian Xiaoshuang's. She really didn't understand why he talked so much. Besides, she gave the idea not only for herself, but also for everyone in their group to get more work points. Why?
So good at leverage? Isn't he the reincarnation of a gangster?
"That's right! We, Wanyang, have to cook for us after finishing our work every day. Our physical strength is not inferior to that of your male educated youths. We must be comparing with the female villagers here, and she can definitely compare." No matter where Qian Xiaoshuang is,
Whenever possible, he would help Wanyang speak up.
Zhao Bin was comforted by the two girls and suddenly became angry, "You have never competed with the female villagers here, how do you know you can win?"
"What? Are you admitting that you are not even as good as a woman?" Wan Yang is not a talkative person. Anyway, she is physically much stronger than Zhao Bin.
Zhao Bin pointed at Wanyang angrily and was speechless. Li Jidong sewed the socks and bit off the cotton thread with his teeth, acting as a peacemaker, "Stop arguing, we are a group, don't start the game before, let's just
Let’s fight in the nest first.”
Big Brother had already spoken, but Wanyang and the others were still very considerate. Seeing that they were not noisy, Li Jidong put on the newly sewn socks and said: "Their villagers are unwilling to get the same work points as us. This is completely looking down on us. We are thousands of miles away."
Coming all the way here is not something that others will look down upon. Even if you are not fighting for work points, you still have to fight for your reputation! Everyone is doing this for the good of the group. If there is anything that you want to do, it’s not too late to wait until the competition is over tomorrow before we quarrel."
Just as Zhao Bin was about to open his mouth to say something, Li Jidong immediately interrupted him, "We definitely can't compete with them tomorrow, so the number of comparisons is our focus. I agree with Wanyang's suggestion."
"I agree too!" Qian Xiaoshuang saw that it was time to take sides and immediately stood by his sisters.
The others had nothing to say. Since they had no good suggestions, they just voted in favor. As for Zhao Bin, he could only reluctantly obey the majority. After Wanyang's suggestion was unanimously approved, Li Jidong immediately adjourned the meeting.
This saves Zhao Bin from having to say something he doesn’t want to hear and cause unnecessary conflicts.