"Comrade Wen, you've gone to so much trouble." Gu Huai'an handed the basket in his hand to Wen Xi.
Wen Xi paused for a moment before reaching out to take it, smiling faintly. "I didn't spend any money; I traded fruit candies with the children in the village for it. Everyone, please sit down. I have something to tell you all in a bit."
Wenxi and her two companions, along with Tian Shengnan and her two companions, the three new educated youths, and Lin Yiwan, made a total of ten people. Four people sat on each side of the bamboo bed, and two people sat at each end, which was just enough to accommodate everyone.
To make it easier for everyone to pick up the food, Wenxi chose one end of the two beds. She had eaten plenty of these dishes and wasn't particularly craving them, so she decided to leave the opportunity to enjoy the food to everyone else tonight.
After everyone was seated, Wen Xi began to speak, "The reason I've gathered you all together today is to tell you something. Captain Qian asked me to grow watermelons for the team next year."
Hearing this, Lin Yiwan silently thought to herself that it seemed the watermelons she grew in her space would not be able to be sold on the market, otherwise it would affect the sales of the brigade's watermelons. After all, she did not want to see the brigade continue to be poor. She was happy that everyone's conditions were getting better and better without her having to ask for help.
After all, when one is poor, one should cultivate one's own virtue; when one is rich, one should help others. She is so wealthy, and she really wants to do something for the team.
Now that the team can develop on its own and she doesn't have to do anything, she's naturally happy!
"I'm not sure how much land Captain Qian will allocate for growing watermelons, so I wanted to let everyone know in advance. Growing watermelons is definitely not as hard as farming, and since there are many of us, we can take shifts. It's much easier than working in the fields. It's just that the work points probably won't be as high. I'll see if I can apply for five work points a day. If Captain Qian agrees, would you be willing to grow watermelons with me?"
Now that the team has planted pasture, they won't need to cut pig feed next year, and Wenxi will also be able to work in the fields then.
Given the choice between farming and growing watermelons, Wenxi would definitely choose growing watermelons. After all, growing watermelons doesn't require her to work in the fields every day, giving her time to do her own things.
"I do," Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue said almost simultaneously.
Now they can earn tens of yuan a month, which is higher than the income of workers in the city. They don't need to rely on work points to make a living at all. Moreover, even without this income, they still follow Wenxi around the whole time.
Wenxi is their leader; whatever Wenxi does, they do too!
“I’m willing too,” Gu Huai’an said.
Putting aside his family, his personal circumstances are already very good, and he doesn't need to rely on those work points to make a living.
Afterwards, everyone expressed their willingness to grow watermelons with Wenxi, saying that everyone was in good condition and there was really no need for them to work so hard.
"Well, I should also mention that the reason I chose to include you guys is because when the watermelons ripen in June and July, we need to go and keep an eye on them at night to prevent villagers from our team or other teams from causing damage. You guys will need to take turns keeping watch at night. However, I will apply to the team for a small dog. With the dog keeping watch together, we can achieve twice the result with half the effort."
If it weren't for this, Wenxi wouldn't have dragged those five men along!
Sending a girl to guard a watermelon field at night is extremely dangerous. If she gets dragged into the darkness by a scoundrel or widower, her life could be ruined.
But the men are different; they are strong. If any village girls try to take advantage of them, the disparity in strength means they won't succeed.
Gu Huai'an nodded. "I understand, I'm fine with it."
Everyone shook their heads, indicating that there was no problem.
“Okay, since there are no problems, I’ll go talk to Captain Qian about this another day and hope he will approve my application,” Wen Xi said with a smile.
After that, everyone happily ate dinner. With so much delicious food, no one could stop eating.
"That Tang Xiaoyun hasn't shown up for a while now, and I don't know where she went." While eating, Tian Shengnan suddenly remembered this and said it.
Wen Xi paused, chopsticks in her hand, and asked curiously, "What did Captain Qian say? Did he send someone to investigate this matter?"
Tian Shengnan shook her head, "I don't know, and we haven't asked Captain Qian either."
Tang Xiaoyun is the female villain in the original story who exonerated herself the cleanest, lived the longest, and was arguably the happiest. She should be fine, right?
Villains never end well, but Tang Xiaoyun is different because she extricates herself completely, just like Lin Jing, the villain hiding behind Lin Lan. Both of them later got married and had children, living good lives, while only Lin Lan bore the brunt of everything.
"Also, Li Wei and Qian Chunxing are getting married soon. Are you going?" Tian Shengnan asked.
"Of course I'll go. It's not a bad deal to get a meal for just one cent. But how good the food is depends on how generous the hosts are that day." Wen Xi didn't have any direct conflict with Li Wei, so she figured she could go to the wedding. "By the way, where will they stay for the wedding? They won't be like Zhu Jiawen, staying at the bride's house, will they?"
“Qian Chunxing’s family applied for a homestead for her and built a thatched house for them to live in. Thatched houses are easy to build; they can be built and moved in in two days,” Tian Shengnan said.
Those who lived in the educated youth settlements were indeed able to obtain this information immediately.
Wenxi nodded thoughtfully. There were still families in the team living in thatched huts, so building thatched huts wouldn't be a problem. In fact, if the thatched huts were built sturdily, they could be lived in for quite a long time.
Actually, at this time of year, having a thatched cottage in the countryside where you can live alone is a very happy thing, since many people live with their whole family crammed together and have no personal space at all.
This Li Wei looks weak and cowardly, unable to shoulder responsibility, and incapable of achieving great things. He may not even be devoted to Qian Chunxing. I wonder why Qian Chunxing abandoned Zhao Mingzhu and chose Li Wei. I wonder if Qian Chunxing will regret it.
By the way, Qian Chunxing didn't genuinely like Zhao Mingzhu; she just didn't want her friend Ling Xiao to have an easy time, so naturally she wouldn't regret it.
Many hands make light work, and everyone finished the dinner that Wenxi had prepared.
Although we can eat Wenxi's cooking every day in the canteen during the busy farming season, and there are some dishes that we eat frequently during that time, tonight's dinner was noticeably better than what we ate in the canteen. This suggests that Wenxi didn't put in her full effort when cooking in the canteen.
Everyone ate to their heart's content and simply slumped down there.
Wen Xi wasn't that dramatic. After all, she had delicious food every day and wasn't craving anything, so she ate about 80% full, just like usual.
After resting for a while, Wenxi scooped up the watermelon and carried it to the kitchen to cut it.
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