Chapter 22: Team Daliu

After getting off the car, Ning Xiyue took a few deep breaths of fresh air before she felt completely alive.

The twenty educated youth assigned to Yongchuan Commune all came on this bus. The others didn't look much better, as if they had been to a war. Many female comrades' pigtails were messed up, and some squatted on the side of the road and vomited as soon as they got off the bus.

The group stood there for a long time before they came to their senses, then carried their luggage and walked towards the entrance of the commune.

The person from the Daliu team who came to pick them up had been waiting at the gate of the commune. He was the captain of the Daliu team, Zhang Dawei, a middle-aged man in his forties with a simple and honest look and dark skin.

He was sitting on the ox cart when he saw the commune's Li officer leading them over. His brows furrowed into a "川" shape. He got off the cart, pulled Li aside and said:

"Old Li, when I asked you to assign me more educated youth to help with the autumn harvest, I didn't mean to assign more girls. What can these delicate girls do? They can't carry anything with their shoulders or hands, and one has a forehead injury. How can they handle the autumn harvest? You know how tiring the harvest is. Hurry up and give me some boys."

"Old Zhang, you can't change. The higher-ups have already assigned you. Just be content. They even assigned you three tall men. Don't you know that some teams only have one man?"

Officer Li pointed to the other side and said, "Look at the big locust tree team next door. The only seedling there is not even as tall as the girl with the forehead injury in your team. His body is even thinner than the girl. You can tell at a glance that he has no strength."

Ning Xiyue, who was listening, said: Just give me my ID card directly.

The two seemed to be whispering, but Ning Xiyue could hear it clearly because of the captain's loud voice, so it was difficult for her to pretend that she didn't hear it.

Zhang Dawei looked in that direction, looked at the male comrade from the next team, and then looked at Ning Xiyue behind him. After comparing them, it was indeed the case.

At the same time, he saw the captain of the next team had a bitter face, and he was immediately happy. The unhappiness in his heart disappeared, and he turned around and smiled kindly at Ning Xiyue.

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Li, you still think of me." Zhang Dawei patted Li's shoulder and said, "Then I will take the kids away first. We will drink together next time."

"Okay, go ahead. I also have things to do." Secretary Li turned around and let out a breath. He had finally fooled Old Man Zhang.

"Little kids, put your luggage in the car and follow me. We still have more than ten miles to go."

The uneasy people relaxed a little when they heard the captain's friendly voice, and quickly put their luggage on the ox cart without delaying at all.

Seeing that these educated youth were quite capable, Zhang Dawei smiled more. Compared with the educated youth from other teams, he became more and more satisfied the more he looked at them.

"Captain, can't we take the bullock cart?"

Zhang Dawei was not angry at Wang Mengmeng's question. Although the smile on his face faded, he still patiently explained:

"The cattle are our team's most valuable asset. Recently, the team has been busy with the autumn harvest. The cattle are too tired to pull people. You should follow and walk slowly. If you are really tired, tell me and you can take a rest before continuing. But you can't rest for too long. It's not safe to walk in the mountains at night."

Ning Xiyue felt that the team leader was a nice person. He was not the type of person who would bully the educated youth from outside the city. He was also very kind to them and didn't give them any cold looks.

Although I looked down on her at first, since she really had a forehead injury, it was normal to suspect that her body had not fully recovered. She would use her strength to prove that she was strong.

Wang Mengmeng still looked at the ox cart in front of her reluctantly. Although she wanted to sit on it very much, she really didn't have the courage. As she had just arrived, she was afraid that the captain would make things difficult for her if she was a little willful. But her legs were really uncomfortable after standing on the cart for so long.

She looked at the other three girls, but got no response. She could only follow the ox cart disappointed, feeling a little aggrieved.

Ning Xiyue had been walking forward with her head down and concentrating on the road ahead when Wang Mengmeng asked her the question. The captain had said that she couldn't sit, so of course she couldn't sit. If she was still hesitating and had some thoughts, that would give the captain a reason to dislike her.

Cows are so precious in this era. There is only one cow in a village, and all things are pulled by ox carts. The captain cares about them very much by driving the ox cart out to pick them up today. He has already done the best for them by not letting them carry their own luggage. They still want to ride on the ox cart? What a pipe dream.

After all, Xia Zhipeng and Wang Mengmeng were childhood friends. Knowing that what she said was inappropriate, they quickly helped her change the subject and laughed it off.

Liu Yao, who is usually loud and talkative, said nothing just to leave a good impression on her leader.

At first, they were all very quiet on the road and didn't dare to speak. It was only when the team leader saw how reserved they were and told them about the Daliu team that they calmed down a lot.

The rest of the journey was quite lively, with everyone talking and laughing all the way. I didn't feel tired at all while walking. Seeing that the team leader was a nice person, Liu Yao became talkative again.

It turned out that the comrade named Wang Jiandong was also a talkative person like Liu Yao. The two of them made the captain laugh so hard that they couldn't stop laughing all the way.

Except for Wang Mengmeng who was afraid of saying something wrong again and didn't dare to say much, everyone else said a few words, more or less. Although Chen Yechu spoke little, he always hit the point and made the captain in a good mood.

Ning Xiyue knew that the reason why the Dalius Team was called this name was because there was a huge willow tree at the entrance of the team.

At the same time, Ning Xiyue silently remembered what Chen Yechu said. From her words and the captain's reaction, she analyzed that the captain was a person who loved the fields, was particularly concerned about the harvest of crops, and attached importance to collective honor. The captain's special request for their team to have more educated youth this time was because of the captain's special request.

One is to busy with the autumn harvest, and the other is to win the advanced brigade collective honor award.

In addition, the captain is a man who loves his wife.

If you praise the fine stitching on his clothes, he will smile and say that it was made by his old wife. If you follow up by praising his wife a few more times, he will smile at you more and look at you with more kindness.

This was an unexpected result from a casual compliment from Ning Xiyue.

Then Ning Xiyue started praising her in various ways, and the captain even started calling her Yuewazi.

Ning Xiyue decided that her first priority after joining the team was to win over the captain's wife and try to become friends with her regardless of age difference. In the future, she could ask her aunt to persuade her, and then her life in the Dalui team would be very happy.

Her army green cloth could come in handy.