Chapter 31 Xiao Gu, you are hiding your incompetence
In the 1970s, families with more labor earned more work points and received more final accounts, becoming surplus grain households and receiving surplus grain money at the end of the year. Families with fewer laborers were food-deficient households, received less grain, and had to pay food-deficient money.
Even the strongest laborers who are the most efficient and always lead the way can only earn a maximum of twelve work points a day.
An ordinary strong laborer could earn ten work points a day, while women and the elderly could earn eight work points. Underage children were called "semi-laborers" and could only earn six work points a day.
Twenty-five work points is three times what a woman normally earns.
Gu Yuehuai was neither arrogant nor impatient, and said: "Serving the brigade is what I should do."
When Wang Peisheng heard this, his expression became better. He casually pulled out a piece of letter paper, turned it over and handed it to Gu Yuehuai.
Gu Yuehuai was not afraid either. He moved a chair over and sat down. He opened the box of colored pencils and started painting on the paper. He was still painting a portrait of the only woman present, Huang Fengying.
Huang Fengying in the painting is capable and neat, with a bright and heartwarming smile on her face, which is very contagious. She is holding a stack of newspapers in her arms, and has a positive feeling of moving forward towards the rising sun.
At the end of the painting, Gu Yuehuai left a sentence: New things fill the garden with spring, and women hold up half the sky.
The slogans and portraits complement each other, and they look quite inspiring.
Huang Fengying was so excited that she wanted to pick up the painting that Gu Yuehuai was holding immediately, take it home, frame it, and hang it on the wall. She would never get tired of looking at it every day!
She said proudly, "What do you think, Director Wang? I didn't lie to you. Xiao Gu is a real technical talent!"
Wang Peisheng picked up the painting and examined it carefully for a moment, then turned to look at Gu Yuehuai seriously: "I have been in the Dalaozi Brigade for so many years, and I didn't even know that there was a talent like you in our brigade, Xiao Gu, you are hiding your incompetence."
Gu Yuehuai smiled and didn't say anything.
Her goal had been achieved: twenty-five work points a day, plus a good reputation.
Huang Fengying looked at her own portrait eagerly. Her prejudice against Gu Yuehuai was completely gone. She coughed lightly and sought benefits for Gu Yuehuai: "Director Wang, do you think Xiao Gu can go to work today?"
Wang Peisheng hesitated and said, "Not today, the tools are not ready yet. How about this, you come to the team early tomorrow morning, I will prepare everything for you, and we will officially start working tomorrow, Xiao Gu, do you think it's okay?"
Gu Yuehuai naturally agreed immediately. It made no difference whether it was a day earlier or later.
She said, "Thank you Director Huang and Director Wang. I will be leaving today."
When Gu Yuehuai left the team, he heard an argument coming from the house:
"Wang Peisheng, give me the portrait! Your child is already that grown up, why are you still hiding a portrait of a woman like me?"
"Huang Fengying! This portrait is the property of the team. How can I just give it to you?"
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Gu Yuehuai chuckled and left the team.
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She returned home, but Gu Ruihuai and Gu Xihuai were not there. She didn't know if they had gone up the mountain.
It was late autumn now, and there were many wild fruits growing on the mountain. Picking them could help supplement the family's income. However, the fruit picking season came after the beginning of autumn, and women and children would get up early and go up the mountain, so there were probably not many fruits left.
Gu Yuehuai went to the grocery store to find some wheat seeds, and put some seeds wrapped in waste paper, whose varieties could not be identified, into his pocket. He returned to the room, locked the door, and entered the Sumeru space.
Another two hours passed. The jujube and lychee trees had grown a lot taller, but the ginseng seeds still showed no movement.
Gu Yuehuai picked bunches of bright red peppers, watched the pepper seedlings wither and rot and then turn into nutrients in the soil, then planted wheat seeds in the open space, waiting to harvest a wave of wheat ears, grind them into powder and add some fine grain to the family.
However, we still have to think of a way to turn the millstone into a millstone, or just use the wheat ears to exchange for wheat flour on the black market?
Gu Yuehuai pondered for a moment and decided to wait and harvest a few waves first.
She left the Sumeru space, took out the clay jar at home and filled it with well water, preparing to go to the fields to visit her father and elder brother. They had not participated in collective labor for so long, and she didn't know whether they could adapt.
Gu Yuehuai was walking along the ridge of the field carrying a clay pot filled with well water. The fields were full of people working, some were plowing, some were watering, some were digging the soil, some were carrying manure, and some were weeding. In short, no one was idle, it just depended on how many people were slacking off.
She had not walked far along the ridge of the field when she saw two people slacking off.
One is Tian Jing and the other is Chen Yin, both of them are from the sixth team. Chen Yuesheng felt sorry for Tian Jing and assigned her the easy job of weeding. As for Chen Yin, it was a punishment given by the team, and she had to help the team weed for seven days without any work points.
It must be said that Tian Jing looked bright and beautiful today. Standing in the field, she did not look like she was here to work, but rather to inspect.
She was wearing a yellow sweater, a plaid jacket, and a pair of clean white Huili shoes. The whole outfit cost her five or six yuan, not to mention the Huili shoes which cost more than four yuan.
Tian Jing's father is an alcoholic. There is no way he would use his savings to buy her such expensive clothes. He was just being coquettish and extorting the money from some sucker.
As for who is the scapegoat, there is no one else to think of except Chen Yuesheng.
But thinking about it, I feel that this matter is not abrupt. After all, Tian Jing was wronged because of Ren Tianxiang's matter, and Chen Yuesheng didn't help much. According to Tian Jing's unwillingness to suffer any loss, she could always get some benefits by crying a few times afterwards.
She is such a person. Even if she encounters troubles, she can always turn the difficulties into something beneficial to herself. People with this kind of personality are very determined and will do anything to achieve their goals. They are definitely not easy to deal with.
However, she was as outspoken as ever, and the benefits came to her so quickly without any concealment.
Gu Yuehuai sneered in his heart, glanced at the two of them lightly and then looked away. But Chen Yin, when she saw Gu Yuehuai, became like a black-eyed chicken, glaring at her, and she wanted to rush up and beat her up.
However, thinking of the loss she suffered at the hands of Gu Yuehuai, Chen Yin still suppressed her surging emotions.
Tian Jing also saw Gu Yuehuai. Her eyes flickered slightly and she said softly, "Xiaoyin, don't be angry with Gu Yuehuai. Although she did something extreme, she just wanted to marry Captain Chen. Just pity her."
Hearing this, Chen Yin said sharply, "Marry my brother? Go ahead and dream on! As long as I am here, Gu Yuehuai will never be able to enter the Chen family!"
As she spoke, Chen Yin pulled up a handful of grass covered in dirt and threw it hard at Gu Yuehuai's feet.
A subtle smile flashed across Tian Jing's lips. Chen Yin, the vicious female supporting character in the novel, was indeed stupid. With just a little provocation, she would rush out immediately to make trouble for Gu Yuehuai.
She only needs to maintain her kind and gentle persona as a cute girl, and she doesn't need to be a target of dislike.
Gu Yuehuai paused, lowered his eyes to look at the dirt on his cotton shoes, and suddenly sighed.
She really didn't understand. Why did she have to be controlled by a brainless person like Chen Yin in her previous life? Just for a piece of shit Chen Yuesheng? Tsk, is he worthy? Could it be that she was actually cursed? Was she blind?
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