As soon as Ning Jia heard it, she knew that the captain was going to announce the selection of a new accountant. She quickly picked up the bowl, gulped down the porridge, turned her head and said to Li Yao, "Let's go, let's go to the meeting on the wheat field."
An Ye immediately put down the bowl and said, "Li Xu, let's go and see what's going on."
The two of them went out one after the other, knowing that today's blame would fall on her again.
Then, Bai Jinfeng rolled her eyes, looked at the third and fourth sons' wives who were also about to get up, and hurriedly followed them out: "I'll go and save a place for you, lest you get there too late."
She cooked in the morning and definitely wouldn't wash the dishes.
Let the third and fourth son’s wives wash this bowl!
If the two of them didn't want to wash, Li Tao would do it.
This sister-in-law doesn't earn any work points all day long, and she doesn't do any housework. She just eats.
Ning Jia had a limp and could hardly walk, so Li Yao carried her on his back to the wheat field.
She lay on his strong shoulders, her gentle breath sprayed on Li Yao's ears. A tingling sensation continued to come from his ears, and the hairs all over her body stood up, as if an electric current had passed through them.
On the way, the two people didn't say anything.
When they were almost at the wheat field, Li Yao suddenly said, "Don't take Fifth Sister-in-law's words to heart..."
"I don't bother with her."
Li Yao had two more sentences to say, but when he heard Ning Jia's indifferent tone, the two sentences suddenly got stuck in his throat and he couldn't utter them.
In the end, he just said "hmm" and didn't mention the topic anymore.
When Li Yao carried Ning Jia to the wheat field, many people had already finished their meals and came with their stools to attend the meeting.
Seeing this scene, people immediately started to tease the two people.
"Hey, Li Yao, your wife doesn't have long legs, why does she let you carry her on her back when she goes out?"
"Haven't you always slept in the same bed with your wife? When did you become so close?"
Li Yao is not good at speaking and doesn't talk much on weekdays.
When hearing this kind of words, most people just frown and keep silent, and those who are joking stop talking when they realize it's boring.
Ning Jia couldn't listen any more: "Why do you care? You haven't figured out the situation on your own little piece of land yet. Do you think it's fun to stare at the little thing on someone else's kang every day?"
“…”
"This little wife is really amazing."
"Of course not. I heard that she and the fifth son's wife quarreled in the yard every day! What sin did Old Lady Xu commit to marry two living ancestors at once?"
"Ignore them and sit down." Li Yao put the stool on the floor and helped Ning Jia sit down.
Soon, other people in the village arrived one after another, and even a few educated youth from the educated youth point came.
After a while, the production team leader came over slowly, holding a big loudspeaker and holding a teacup. The deputy production team leader, the scorer, the custodian, accountant Liu, and the village women's director all followed.
"Is there something big to be announced at today's meeting? Why are so many people here?" The widow Chen from the village was sitting next to Ning Jia. She came over and asked her casually.
"It should be." Ning Jia said.
"Why are these educated youth here too? What do they have to do with electing leaders in our village?"
"That definitely requires someone with some knowledge." Ning Jia said with a smile.
Widow Chen was stunned: "Oh, what you said makes sense. I find you are quite smart. Come, have some melon seeds, they are delicious."
"Thank you." Ning Jia was not polite and grabbed a handful from her hand and started knocking.
"Quiet! Everyone, be quiet!" The team leader raised the loud speaker and began to speak. "I called everyone to the meeting today to announce something. Old Liu from our village will no longer be an accountant starting next month! Of course, it's not because he's not doing a good job, but because Old Liu is getting older and his brain can't keep up, so he took the initiative to give up the position. I called everyone here today just to select this accountant!"
The job of an accountant is both leisurely and clean. You just have to do some calculations and writing in the house and earn a lot of work points.
When will the accountant be short of money?
This is a lucrative job!
For a while, the wheat field was extremely lively, and everyone was discussing who would be the accountant.
"Quiet down." The captain raised his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and continued, "For the sake of equality and to give more people a chance to try, we village leaders have discussed and decided to let everyone compete for the job! In other words, everyone has the opportunity to sign up, and then compete, and the winner will win!"
"Okay! That's a good idea!"
"Xie Ping, this is Xi Ping!"
There was thunderous applause in the wheat drying field, and everyone was eager to try.
"Raise your hands if you want to sign up. Start from the first row and stand up and say your name. Scorer Zhang Ping will register us."
"I'll sign up first, Lin Xiaoxi." Lin Xiaoxi was the first to raise her hand.
As soon as she stood up, the villagers who had originally planned to sign up decisively chose to give up.
"They are educated youth, more civilized and knowledgeable than us. It's not bad, so let's not embarrass ourselves."
"I'm Zhang Zhouzhou."
"Lin Qingxing."
"Li...Li Tao."
One after another, people signed up, and the scorekeeper wrote them down: "Anyone else?"
An Ye stood up slowly: "Yes, I'll sign up too, An Ye!"
“Boom——” a burst of laughter.
"And me, Ning Jia!"
"Boom—hahahaha" another burst of laughter.
"They are two sisters-in-law who are funny, aren't they? One can't recognize a few characters, and the other can't even do addition and subtraction with more than ten fingers."
“It’s really a joke.”
All kinds of discussions came from every corner of the threshing floor, mercilessly mocking the two of them, and everyone was waiting to laugh at them.
"Okay!" said the production team leader, "It's decided! Accountant Liu will quit next month, and we will start the competition next month. We still have half a month to go back and prepare!"
"What are you competing for?" someone asked.
"Accountant, accountant, what do you want to compete in? Of course, it's about accounting!" Accountant Liu interrupted.
"Captain, is this meeting over? After it's over, shall we go home?"
"No hurry." The production team leader continued, "There is another announcement to be made. When our village women's director Zhang Honghong went to the city to do something, the cow got scared and the cart flipped over into a ditch. Her leg was broken and her head was knocked unconscious. She has to be hospitalized for treatment. This job can't be done for a while. Our village also needs to elect a women's director! Anyone who has signed up can come together."
Hearing that the position of women's director was open, several more people signed up.
After the registration was over, the team leader announced: "In half a month, we will hold the election on this threshing floor. Those with the most votes will have the job! Okay, the meeting will end here! Leave a few people to clean the threshing floor! I think we should just keep the people from Team 3! The rest of you are dismissed!"
The Li family was assigned to the third team. An Ye, Bai Jinfeng and Li Tao were left behind to clean the wheat field, while the men went to the fields to continue digging ditches.
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