Song Jin didn't give Liu Meili another chance to speak, perhaps to prevent Aunt Chen and Chen Liang from looking for a hole in the ground with red faces.
She walked straight up to the team leader who was smoking and told him the purpose of her visit.
"Captain, I came here today to give you and Auntie some rabbit meat to taste my cooking skills, and also because I really have something I want to trouble you with."
"After working all day today, I've gained a clearer understanding of my physical condition and my ability to work. In order not to hold the brigade back, I'd like to take on the job of mowing grass for the pigs. It doesn't matter if my work points are low. Don't worry, I'll find a way to feed myself. If that doesn't work, I'll buy from the brigade. I won't default on their rations."
The team leader frowned and said, "Cutting grass for the pigs is done by the children in the village. If you go there, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the people. The most important thing is that the work points are too low, so you won't get much grain at the end of the year."
Song Jin thought for a moment and continued, "Don't worry about rations. I heard that we can buy grain from the brigade when we distribute it at the end of the year. This can be considered as generating income for our brigade, right?"
Before the team leader could even speak, Aunt Chen couldn't sit still anymore: "You old man, Xiao Song, the educated youth, didn't harm the interests of the team. She's responsible for the work points anyway. Why are you beating around the bush here?"
Finally, under the influence of Aunt Chen's words and Chen Liang's eyes, the captain nodded in agreement.
So when they gathered the next morning, after the team leader finally said that Song Jin would be responsible for cutting grass for the pigs, the first people to make a commotion were the people at the educated youth site.
Ding Xiaomai: "Why should Song Jin be able to do such an easy job as cutting grass for pigs? If she can go, I want to go too. Captain, you can't be partial. Song Jin must be giving you a gift."
Wang Xiaohui: "Yes, Captain, you can't give Song Jin a backdoor just because she lives closer to you. If you're talking about new educated youth, then we're new here too. We also want to cut grass for the pigs."
The captain didn't get angry, but just cleared his throat: "Anyone who wants to cut grass for the pigs can ask for it."
Before anyone else could start lining up, the team leader continued, "But let me be frank. For piggrass cutting, you're worth one work point for every two baskets. Four baskets a day, that's a maximum of two work points a day. I have no objection if you're willing to cut, but if you don't have enough work points, don't come asking me to borrow grain after the autumn harvest. Of course, you can also buy grain from the team like the educated youth Song Jin did. I have no objection. Now, anyone who wants to cut piggrass, please step forward."
When they heard the word "two work points", not only the villagers fell silent, but even the people at the educated youth site fell silent.
Yes, they are not as rich as Song Jin. Song Jin doesn’t care about work points, but they can’t do that.
Especially Ding Xiaomai, who took the lead. She didn't have enough food to eat, and she had to save some of the food she ate to send back home, otherwise her parents would not help her find a way to return to the city.
She now feels that seven work points a day are not enough, and if she earns two work points, she will die. Her family will not help her.
No one spoke anymore, but all kinds of gazes were cast in Song Jin's direction, some jealous, some envious, and some angry.
The source of their attention was naturally Ding Xiaomai, Wang Xiaohui and other people from the educated youth camp. They also came here from the countryside and were also city people, but Song Jin lived a much better life than them.
There are also some girls in the village who are secretly staring at Song Jin, but we are different!
After the group disbanded, Song Jin took the sickle and followed a few children who were also carrying baskets.
By distributing fruit candies along the way, he successfully became the leader of this group of kids.
There were five or six children in total, three boys and two girls. Judging from their height, they should be around seven or eight years old. The youngest one should be around five years old.
However, looking at the proficiency of his men in mowing the grass, Song Jin, the "boss", said that he could not compare with them, absolutely not.
After all, it was much easier than working in the fields. It took two hours to carry four baskets of grass, and that was also because the children helped out of Tang's kindness.
For most of the next day, Song Jin was free.
She was going to town again, and she had a bicycle ticket in her ticket box, so she planned to buy a bicycle.
Although there are several bicycles in the space, she plans to secretly sell the ones in the space on the black market later, and buy one from regular channels in this era.
As far as she knew, after buying a bicycle these days, one had to go to the police station to get a stamp on it.
She couldn't bear to have her hair pulled out, so she went home, packed up, had lunch, and then walked towards the town.
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