Liang Shurui was happy, but Wang Jianguo was not so happy.
Now that Wang Xiaorong and Li Zheng are looking after the fishpond, the chickens and ducks belong to Liang Shurui.
He, the team leader, was now idle and felt particularly useless as a leader of the educated youth. He hadn't even noticed when the busy and enthusiastic atmosphere of the educated youth settlement had started to change.
Everyone is working hard, and he, as the team leader, can't fall behind.
"Shaoling, what do you think I should do?"
Ding Shaoling rolled her eyes at him: "Why are you arguing with them? Watching the fishpond is also farm work. Liang and Chen, the educated youth, take care of the chickens and ducks. Liang only gets eight centimeters a day, and Chen only gets six. In addition to taking care of the chickens, ducks and geese, they also have to cut pig feed. If a chicken or duck dies, they will lose two days' worth of centimeters."
Zhang Cuicao also said that she didn't have to work on the ground, but when summer came, the pig manure in the pigsty could suffocate people, so what was so good about it?
The team is about to build a primary school, so you should study hard now and try to get a teaching position.
“Being a teacher isn’t easy. There are quite a few people from both villages who graduated from junior high school, so they have a better chance than us. There are also so many educated youths, not from the neighboring villages, but from our educated youth settlement. The Qin couple, Zhang Deping, and Xue are all eyeing it.”
"It all depends on your own abilities. If you don't get the job, we'll find another way. My dad wrote to me saying that I've found a job at the textile factory in the county town, and that I should wait a little longer."
Upon hearing this, Wang Jianguo became even more anxious. His girlfriend was about to leave for the county town, and he feared that the two of them would have difficulty seeing each other in the future.
Ding Shaoling was unaware of Wang Jianguo's worries. She quietly went to work, waiting to finish her task so she could give the educated youth a surprise.
He Wan was gathering pig feed alone in the mountains when she saw Chen Qing and Liang Shurui working at the foot of the mountain in the distance.
It looks like they're putting up a fence around chickens, ducks, and geese.
Chen Qing didn't know what she said to Liang Shurui, but the team leader actually assigned the task of raising chickens and ducks to Liang Shurui and her.
It's fine to give them to them; with Chen Qing around, the chickens and ducks won't die anyway.
Within Chen Qing's system, one can buy potions to enhance physical fitness; even chickens and ducks can drink them.
He Wan was unaware that Chen Qing had generously taken out fifty yuan to build a mud house at a location he had chosen at the foot of the mountain.
This not only startled the people at the educated youth settlement, but also the brigade leader and his men.
“Chen, you have a house at the educated youth settlement, why do you need to build another one? Just fence off the chickens and ducks, I’ll find someone to build a small hut over there, from now until autumn, and by the New Year, we’ll sell all the chickens and ducks.”
“I know, Brigade Leader, but I want to find a few big hens to brood, raise more chickens and ducks, and at the New Year, in addition to each family getting a chicken, we can sell the rest for money. We need to keep a few hens for brooding next year in the winter. We can’t buy chicks from the commune every year, can we?”
"Just build a thatched hut like the ones at the educated youth settlement, nothing too shabby. Liang, the educated youth, will be looking after things here, and we also need to build three small earthen huts for the chickens, ducks, and geese—they'll be there in the wind, rain, and winter."
The brigade leader is busy with school affairs and can't pay attention to this at all.
Building earthen houses and a few chicken coops was the most reasonable expense to make for the chicken coops. Since Chen, the educated youth, was willing to spend money to build better ones, the leaders naturally had no objections and quickly found two bricklayers from the village to take charge of the chicken coops.
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