Chapter 40: Knocking

Yang Mumu heard the aunties talking about her again, and she wasn’t shy at all. She even smiled and nodded to the aunties who passed by and stared at her to greet them. “Hello, aunties!” Her smile went straight to people’s hearts, and she immediately won the aunties’ favor. “Yo, this educated youth has a good personality, generous, not bad, a good person to get along with, she must be popular, I like this girl.”

 “If auntie likes me, then I have to come and chat with auntie often when I have time. My name is Yang Mumu, what’s your name, auntie?” Yang Mumu grabbed two fruit candies from her pocket and handed them to the little grandson next to this auntie: “Little brother is so cute, here, have some candy.”

 “Oh, quickly thank Sister Mumu.” The auntie was overjoyed. It’s no wonder this little girl looks the best, she’s kind-hearted and beautiful, she likes this little girl more and more as she looks at her. “I said she looked more and more kind, it turns out we are from the same family.

My name is Yang Tian, Mumu, auntie and you are so destined, be sure to come and play with auntie often, my house is not far in front of the educated youth courtyard, I’ll point it out to you, the courtyard with the whitewashed walls is my house, be sure to come and find auntie.

” Aunt Yang leaned to her ear and whispered: “You just came to the countryside, you must be lacking everything. There’s no one I’m not familiar with in this team, auntie will take you to get things.”

 Yang Mumu’s eyes lit up, and she thanked her: “Then I’ll thank auntie first, I’ll come and chat with you after I put down my luggage.” “Okay, okay, you go quickly, be sure to come.” Aunt Yang waved her hands enthusiastically.

Wu Xiuli glanced at Yang Mumu with contempt, and didn’t understand why she was flattering a village woman so much. It’s true that people of the same kind play together, she has no vision! “She’s really beautiful, this girl, and she’s kind, and she loves to laugh, her personality is the best.”

Aunt Yang praised, pulling the person next to her. She really has no vision, kind-hearted my ass! Wu Xiuli rolled her eyes and continued walking. And the aunties who liked to look at the young men, their eyes were even more fiery as they stared at the male comrades.

When Gu Xingzhou passed by, they even teased him: “Hey, the male educated youth pushing the bicycle is also good-looking, his figure looks so upright, I wonder what it’s like after he takes off his shirt, hehe~” Some aunties chimed in: “Won’t we know after he goes to work? Haha, find a chance to see if we can touch him.

” An even bolder aunt teased: “Why wait until he goes to work, isn’t now a good opportunity, come over here~” Gu Xingzhou avoided some of the aunties approaching, and said with a smile: “Aunties, don’t think about it, it’s only for my future wife to see, and only she can touch!

” Some aunties took a fancy to him, “Yo yo yo, this young man is good, his personality is also good, whoever marries you will enjoy happiness!” He also has a bicycle to ride, his conditions are so good, he has to take a look for his own daughter.

 Yang Mumu found it strange, male comrades are not safe either! Male comrades who are rich and good-looking are even more dangerous! Look at the aunties’ hands, they almost touched him, thanks to Gu Xingzhou’s quick reaction.

 The captain saw that these old women didn’t have a lock on their mouths, the jokes were getting more and more excessive, and they even wanted to touch people on the spot, making people feel uneasy, so he immediately waved his hands to drive people away: “Alright, don’t all gather here, those who should go back, don’t block the road, what does it look like.

” The commune members then restrained themselves a little, and walked a little further away, watching and laughing loudly as they discussed. According to the usual practice, the captain took them to the team’s office to collect grain.

 The educated youths’ grain for the first year of going to the countryside was uniformly distributed by the state, 45 jin of grain per person per month, all distributed to the team according to the amount, and the educated youths went to collect it monthly.

 It was not until the second year that the state stopped distributing it, and the team distributed the grain. The educated youths had work points for working in the team, and the team distributed grain to each educated youth based on the work points, according to work, more work more gain.

So the captain didn’t dislike these educated youths, although they were a little difficult to manage, but they didn’t need their team to provide grain, the state also provided construction fees, and they could also get more people to work for the team.

 The people who were obtained for nothing were still very useful during the busy farming season. It just so happened that the time when this batch came was the busy farming season, and people were needed everywhere to work.

 No matter how a person could do a little work, they didn’t dislike it in the days of racing against time. No matter what, it was more beneficial than harmful to the team.

As for how much grain the team could actually distribute to each educated youth in the first year, and whether it was distributed according to the amount, it depended on the situation of each captain. The Haha Brigade was an advanced brigade every year.

 Not only was the grain the most productive brigade in the entire commune, but the sideline business was also well done. The team was rich and there was no shortage of grain, and Zhao Xiangdong was upright, so he wouldn’t think about the educated youths’ grain.

 But some people who should be warned still had to be warned. It was the busy farming season, and he didn’t have that much time to deal with troubles. Zhao Xiangdong looked at the nine educated youths who came today.

 He had seen everything that happened on the road today. It was clear at a glance who was restless and who was causing trouble. Zhao Xiangdong led them to the place where they weighed grain, “Come here to line up to collect your supply grain.

” 45 jin of grain, Yang Mumu, who was the first in line, received 10 jin of wheat, 10 jin of cornmeal, 10 jin of sorghum flour, 10 jin of sweet potatoes, and 5 jin of millet.

The educated youths behind her were also like this, and they signed their names and thanked the captain with a smile.

When it was Lu Qianyao’s turn to take the grain, the captain gave him 10 jin of wheat, 10 jin of cornmeal, 5 jin of sorghum flour, 15 jin of sweet potatoes, and 5 jin of millet. Lu Qianyao was a little dazed when he got the things.

 He also had 45 jin, but he had 5 jin less sorghum flour than others, and 5 jin more sweet potatoes than others. The captain didn’t wait for him to speak, and said first: “There’s not much sorghum flour left, so I’ll change it to sweet potatoes for you.

 Don’t say those big words in the future, it’s most important to be realistic. Remember today’s events.”

Lu Qianyao’s heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he immediately understood that the captain was warning him. Even if he made a fuss, it would be useless. The captain distributed according to the rules, and the grain standards were the same.

Within the standards, the captain had the final say on what kind of grain and how many catties. What he had to do now was not to make the captain unhappy again. “Captain, I understand, I will remember it, and I will be realistic and down-to-earth in doing things in the future.

” Lu Qianyao nodded honestly, accepted the arrangement, and after speaking, he carried his grain and stood aside. When it was Wu Xiuli’s turn to collect grain, she received 10 jin of wheat, 5 jin of cornmeal, 5 jin of sorghum flour, 5 jin of millet, and 20 jin of sweet potatoes.

Wu Xiuli started making a fuss on the spot. “Captain, why do I have the most sweet potatoes? It’s not fair, I don’t agree.

” The captain half-lifted his eyelids and looked at her, “You think there are too many, okay, you said it yourself, then I will listen to you, I’ll give you 10 jin of sweet potatoes, sign first.” “Okay.”

Wu Xiuli nodded and agreed, picked up the pen and signed her name, smiling triumphantly at everyone, look, she’s still the best.

 Yang Mumu and the educated youths standing next to her blinked and didn’t speak, with only one thought in their minds: Wu Xiuli is done for! Wu Xiuli hadn’t realized it yet, and turned her head to look at Lu Qianyao with disgust, a really spineless man.

Lu Qianyao returned a sneer, didn’t speak, and waited to see, even a strong dragon couldn’t suppress a local snake, a little loach dared to jump around. In the next moment, the captain took back ten jin of sweet potatoes, and the accountant packed up the grain and closed the door.

Wu Xiuli panicked and rushed over to hold the door, “No, captain, what about my five jin of sorghum flour and cornmeal? You haven’t given it to me yet!” “You said you didn’t want it, I’m a captain who is good at listening to the opinions of the commune members, of course I have to fulfill your proposal.”

“Captain, you can’t do this to me, you can’t!” Wu Xiuli crawled over and grabbed the captain’s trouser legs, crying and shouting. Zhao Xiangdong had a stern face, looked down at his trouser legs, and said sternly: “In the future, work honestly for me, stop causing trouble and dragging the team down and delaying the progress of work, remember to come and collect grain next month.”

 When Wu Xiuli heard next month, she stopped moving, slowly released her hand, and sat on the ground crying, feeling hopeless. She gradually understood why Lu Qianyao didn’t make a fuss.

The grain for next month was still distributed by the captain, and every time after that, as long as she was in the team for a day, she would be under the captain’s control, and the captain was the biggest person in the whole team.

 Wu Xiuli lowered her head and apologized: “Captain, I’m sorry, I know I was wrong.” “It’s good to know you’re wrong.” The captain’s expression softened a little, and he walked ahead with his hands behind his back, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to the educated youth courtyard.

” The educated youths behind looked at me, I looked at you, and they were all clear in their hearts that the captain was a resourceful person, and he was killing the chicken to warn the monkey.

 Yang Mumu looked at the captain’s back: that’s why he is the captain of this brigade! To be the captain of an advanced brigade, you can’t do it without some skills.