"I think we should not decide on it so quickly. It would be better to delay it for another one or two years. Look how hard they are working this year. In the past, we had to coax them, and they could finish one day's work in two or three days. Now we don't have to coax them anymore, and they don't complain anymore. They do the work by themselves. Even if they get some skin broken on their hands, they don't cry out in despair. It's so good. I guess once this quota comes out, those who are not selected will go back to the way they were before." Chen Guihua said.
The educated youth did a lot of work this year, which made their work easier and their efficiency improved a lot. In previous years, the work that might have taken one and a half months to complete was completed in one month this year.
"How could it be delayed for two or three years? This news happened two years ago. If we don't submit the quota today, I guess all the educated youth will make a big fuss." Lin Meiyu said with a smile.
"Well, who do you think will get the quota this year?" Chen Guihua guessed, "I think the first educated youth to come here, named Zhu, has worked particularly hard this year. Moreover, he has been in the countryside longer than others, so he is more skilled than everyone else. With the quota being used this year, you don't know, he works faster than many of the skilled workers in our team."
"I think Chen Hong has worked very hard this year. She is the most hardworking among the female educated youth, and she is not much worse than the male educated youth," said Lin Meiyu.
Tian Tian came back during the autumn harvest this year, but she didn't work in the fields, so I don't know who performed better this year. But the people they talked about still had a good impression.
These two people have been in their brigade as educated youth for quite some time, so they are more skilled at work than others. And most importantly, they are both relatively honest and have relatively good character among the educated youth.
Although everyone has always kept a distance from the educated youth over the years, after all, they have been together for so many years, and they work on the same land during the busy farming seasons of spring planting and autumn harvest. Everyone has a better understanding of the educated youth's character, and naturally they have their own favorite ones in their hearts.
Therefore, Tian Lisong and his team not only selected educated youth who were good at work and could endure hardships, but also selected educated youth who were popular with the public, so that the candidates would be accepted by the public.
As for people like them, Tian Lisong basically gave up. There was no other reason. There were many people in their team who knew how to write, but they had only studied for a year or two and could only recognize how to write their own characters. They could not recognize any other characters.
Although many of the workers, peasants and soldiers who are now college students can go to college without knowing a single word.
But Tian Lisong still thinks that going to university to study is a serious matter. It is useless for students who can't read a few words and can't understand the teacher's lectures. It is better to give it to those who have academic qualifications and abilities, and exclude those people.
Most of the other families in the brigade thought the same way and agreed with what Tian Lisong said, thinking that their children didn't know a single word and would be embarrassed if they went out.
What happened in college before had nothing to do with them. Lin Meiyu and Chen Guihua talked for a few words and then let it go, turning around and talking about other things.
"I don't know when we can slaughter the New Year pig this year?" Chen Guihua's saliva began to flow when she thought of pork.
"I went to the pig pen a few days ago to check on the three pigs we raised. Wow, the pigs are doing really well this year. They are plump and white, with fat heads. I estimate that one of them weighs about 300 kilograms. Such a fat pig must have delicious meat."
Lin Meiyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this. "Three hundred kilograms, how can there be such a heavy pig?"
Nowadays, a pig weighs at most 200 pounds, and that is considered a very fat pig. Lin Meiyu has never seen a pig as big as 300 pounds.
"Of course there won't be any pigs weighing 300 kilograms in the future," Tian Tian thought quietly in her heart.
But this is really incomparable. Most pigs in later generations are fed with grain and various feeds. Nowadays, people don't have enough grain to eat, so who would be willing to feed pigs? They just cut some grass for pigs. Otherwise, they feed some sweet potato leaves. How can they get fat if they are fed these things? A pig weighing 200 kilograms is indeed a well-cared-for pig.
"If there really is a 300-pound pig, how much meat can each of us get this year?" Tian Mu said with drooling eyes.
"You are dreaming. No matter how heavy the pig is, we have to calculate it by centimeters. Do you want to exchange it for pork? If you don't work all year round, you won't be able to exchange it for pork, no matter whether the pig is big or small." Chen Guihua said bluntly.
Tian Mu immediately pursed his lips and stopped talking, lowering his head to rub the hemp rope.
"But if the pigs are really that fat this year, we can actually exchange them for a little more pork fat, so that we have more oil to eat when cooking," said Tian Tian.
Meat and other things can only be eaten for one meal, so it is better to get more pork fat and live a long-term life. At least you don't have to eat without any oil at all like this year.
"That's fine." Tian Mu was a very contented person. When he heard that he could eat some oil every day, he no longer thought about eating meat.
When they finished weaving the straw mat together, Tian Yuan came back from outside. He shook off the snow that was blown onto his body by the wind, took off his shoes, put them on the brazier, and roasted them.
After my hands and feet were warm, I helped them weave straw mats.
"I plan to go to the county town tomorrow. Do you have anything you want me to bring back?" Tian Yuan suddenly asked.
"What are you going to do in the county town tomorrow?" asked Old Mrs. Tian.
"I was in the army before and didn't have much time. Now I finally have some time, and I plan to go see my high school classmates. It's also a good opportunity to keep in touch with them. Many of them are now officials." Tian Yuan said.
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