After hearing Su Qingluan's scolding, and Liu Yunniang's reminder, the depressed mood of the people in Groups 2 and 3 seemed to be given a shot of adrenaline: Yes, although a lot of wages were deducted, Madam Su did not deprive them of the opportunity to fight for rankings. In this case, they still have a chance!
After realizing this, Groups 2 and 3 immediately recovered to full health, completely dispelling their previous dejected look.
"How about collaborating?" The second team leader nudged the third team leader with his elbow. "If our two teams divide tasks according to each person's strengths, our picking efficiency will definitely increase significantly."
The leader of Team 3 sighed: "Apart from cooperation, is there any other more reliable strategy now?"
The leaders of the two groups hit it off immediately and quickly integrated the two teams together, and began to assign tasks according to each person's different strengths.
As for the remaining three groups, seeing Su Qingluan giving a lecture, they immediately went back to their work, so they were unaware that two of the groups had already quietly started to cooperate.
Although picking wild fruits was very hard work, everyone was very motivated because there was a reward. However, being very motivated also had a certain disadvantage - everyone's physical strength was depleted very quickly.
Seeing that everyone's work speed had slowed down as it approached noon, Su Qingluan looked at her two "team members" - Zhaodi and Aunt Zou, and asked them, "Can you still hold on now?"
The two nodded hurriedly. To be honest, although they both looked very frail, they usually shouldered the unimaginable burden of housework at home, so they were very strong.
However, Su Qingluan's "labor" is far less than the work they usually have to do.
So Su Qingluan simply took the two of them plus Liu Yunniang, and the four of them formed a "field logistics supply team". They picked branches, caught birds, rabbits or fish in the stream, made a fire and roasted these things to eat.
The conditions in the wild were limited, and Su Qingluan did not carry any seasonings with her. However, Su Qingluan knew many kinds of soil that could be used as seasonings. In fact, the soil contained rich mineral salts, which produced special colors such as red, making it easier to find.
So Su Qingluan and the other three people removed the internal organs of the food by the stream, cleaned it, wrapped it in mineral mud, then wrapped it in a layer of large leaves as the outside, and threw it into the fire to roast.
Of course, the food baked in this way cannot be compared with the dishes carefully prepared in the kitchen, and although it is salty, the taste is not very uniform due to limited conditions.
However, after working for a whole morning, everyone was so hungry that their eyes were shining green, so naturally they didn’t care whether the taste was even or the meat was tender.
However, in order to prevent some people from taking most of the food for themselves by relying on their physical strength, Su Qingluan stipulated that food would be distributed uniformly to each group by the team leader.
Whether men or women, the physical burden of labor can earn them an extra portion of food.
Although this cannot guarantee absolute fairness, everyone basically has no objection. However, due to the limited abilities of the four people, they cannot guarantee to obtain enough food in a short period of time, so it is impossible for everyone to eat their fill - but at least they will not be as hungry as before.
After eating, everyone started to work again.
Su Qingluan also decided that since Aunt Zou and Zhaodi could not form a team on their own, they might as well manage the logistics, food, and income and expenditure accounts with herself and Yunniang. So she asked the two for their opinions and asked what kind of work they wanted to do.
"Don't worry, I'm just asking you to change jobs, but your salary won't be reduced by a penny." Su Qingluan comforted.
"I... I can't read..." Aunt Zou said a little embarrassedly, "But I... I can do more work in the kitchen!"
"I can read," Zhaodi whispered. "I used to be very unhappy about why my younger brother could go to school but I couldn't. So I secretly took his textbooks to study. He would recite them in the room, and I would work outside under the window and eavesdrop..."
Su Qingluan patted Zhaodi's head upon hearing this and said, "You've done a great job. You should also help with the accounting."
"I, I can do other things too!" Zhaodi said quickly, "You can leave anything to me!"
Su Qingluan looked at her thin face and sighed: I'm afraid that for girls of this era, this situation is "normal".
Su Qingluan was somewhat relieved. Although Su Guangfu and Yang still subconsciously believed that "a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent" and "the most important thing for a girl is to marry into a good family", despite this patriarchal mentality, they were not biased in their plans for their children.
What's more, if Su Xueyan really wants to go to school, Su Guangfu and his wife will agree and try their best to find a good teacher for her.
As for Su Qingluan, she always understood that Su Guangfu and Yang did not "dare" to interfere too much or too strictly. Even the "marriage event" that she was very anxious about did not force her to marry anyone immediately.
This kind of "fear" is not because of real fear, but contains too much "guilty conscience", "remorse" and other emotions.
To put it bluntly, these two people felt that even though "Su Qingluan" had lived as a noble lady from a wealthy family for the past ten years, it was they who caused her living conditions to plummet.
Therefore, both Yang and Su Guangfu felt that they had let down their biological daughter and their adopted daughter.
But not all women of this era are as lucky as the Su family, such as Zhaodi and Aunt Zou in front of them, and Que'er who was forced to marry an old man.
They can't even easily escape their sad fate like those women Su Qingluan had seen in her previous life who met the wrong person, and can only be dragged into a deeper quagmire by life.
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan sighed deeply.
Soon, the day's work was over. Su Qingluan glanced at the woven baskets of each group and found that they all had rich harvests.
"Today's work is over. Thank you all for your hard work." Su Qingluan looked at the tired faces and said, "But I have a few things to say next, so I will take up some of your time."
"First of all," Su Qingluan looked at Aunt Zou and Zhaodi, "as everyone has seen, my 'group' only has two members. If I participate in that 'competition' with everyone else, it would be unfair to them."
Everyone agrees on this point - apart from the obvious lack of numbers, other groups must have two or three male team leaders or members. And we have to admit that even if women work just as hard, they are still a long way behind men in terms of pure physical strength.
"So I decided that starting from tomorrow, Madam Liu, these two people and I will form a team to manage logistical matters including accounting." Su Qingluan said.
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