Although this method is stupid, it is also the fairest.
At this moment, the three educated youth were so grateful for the villagers' generosity that they kept bowing and apologizing to them.
"I'm sorry, we were too self-righteous and almost hurt everyone. We will be more careful in the future and promise not to make the same mistake again."
"Thank you for your understanding, really..."
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Of course Zhao Wei wouldn't let everyone hand over the meat, that would be too tiring.
Didn’t you see that Master Lin and the butcher were exhausted as dogs?
If it happens again, they would both want to hang themselves.
"Ahem... let's just leave this allocation plan as it is. No need to bother with it any more."
"As for the losses of several captains, we can't just let it go like this. We still have to make some corresponding punishments. After all, scholars must keep their promises. Otherwise, how can we gain the trust of others in the future?"
Zhao Wei said to the educated youth, "You made the mistake first, then you didn't listen to the advice and were blindly confident. The consequence is that the collective property is damaged. To put it in a serious way, you will be punished severely. Do you understand?"
The three educated youth stammered and dared not utter a word, with their heads buried lower than ostriches.
His face was burning red, he was so ashamed.
"Since this is your first time, I won't take it too seriously and will only give you a slight punishment."
"When your food rations come down, go to the commune and hand in 5 kilograms of food rations, enough for three months."
"If you feel that the food is not enough, you can learn from the adults and add some wild vegetables."
"Life will pass if you endure it. You must learn to endure the hardships that others can endure. You cannot be separated from the people. Do you agree with this punishment?"
This made the villagers feel much more relieved.
In three months, each person only paid 15 kilograms of food, all of which was refined rice and white flour.
They envied these educated youth because they ate so well, unlike them, who had to eat only vegetable dumplings for every meal.
If Zhao Wei hadn't given them meat from time to time, some of them would have died of malnutrition that winter.
After thinking it over in their minds, the three educated youths realized that they could get through this punishment by tightening their belts, so they nodded and agreed.
Zhao Wei continued, "You have come to our village to work, and you will be a member of the village in the future. Everyone will take care of you in your daily work, so you can't feel complacent."
"It's a new era now. All people are born equal. Everyone should contribute to the collective. How can we be cunning and do things that just sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor?"
"So, I will arrange for you to go to the literacy class and be responsible for leading everyone to read and learn to write, so as to improve the education in our village."
"If you do a good job, you might even get some processing points in the future. If you're willing, we can go through the rules and regulations and come up with a formal document."
When the three heard this, they didn't say anything to refuse.
Nowadays, spare time is so scarce. If you teach and guide students, you can also kill the long dark nights. What's wrong with that?
So, the person who was originally panicked was now full of gratitude, and the resentment in his heart had long disappeared without a trace.
Seeing that the matter was almost resolved, Zhao Wei dismissed all the people and said to the eight captains who stayed behind: "I will find a way to make up for your losses this time. I will not lose a single pound of what you deserve."
"We are leaders, so we have to act like leaders. We can't push all the bad things onto others and prioritize good things. This will discourage everyone, don't you think?"
Everyone's faces were originally a little unhappy, but they were mainly convinced that Zhao Wei would not let them suffer any loss.
Sure enough, hearing these words made them all feel ashamed.
"Boss, it's just a few pounds of meat. We haven't even finished eating our own meat yet, so there's no need to make up for it!"
"Yeah, we usually have enough to eat, thank you very much!"
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Zhao Wei interrupted them: "No, no, no, it's yours. Not a pound of meat can be lost. As long as I, Zhao, am in power, I will not see anyone being wronged."
"You guys go home and wait for now!"
Seeing that he was determined to give it, everyone asked curiously, "President, what are you going to do?"
"What else can I do? Of course I'll go fishing. There should be fish in that cold pond. I'll go catch them for you."
Hunting is a little difficult to do, but when it comes to fishing, there’s really nothing much to say.
After all, as long as it doesn't interfere with daily collective tasks, it's just doing things in your spare time.
Today is a good day. It is the Qingming Festival, and we should go out for an outing and worship our ancestors.
In the past, Zhao Wei's family had to arrange offerings for people from several families.
But now, that family has nothing to do with his family anymore.
As for the old man, he is now embroiled in a lawsuit and Zhao Wei dares not let him go back, so he has been detaining him in the countryside.
At this time, the two old men had woken up and were probably going to cause trouble for him.
He had better hurry to catch the fish so he could hide.
This time, he not only went alone, but also brought Yunxiu, Zhao Yong, Wang Caigu, two apprentices, Master Lin and others, and everyone else he could take with him.
It's a good time to go on a spring outing, I think it will be very fun.
When several team leaders heard this, they immediately became interested.
They also wanted to catch fish, ahem... one fish would probably weigh 20 to 30 kilograms, which was more than what the group got.
Zhao Wei couldn't refuse them, so he just followed them if they wanted. It was only about two hours' journey.
If you are not afraid of hard work, just go with me for a trip.
So, the group left the village in a mighty procession and headed towards the cold pond.
Along the way, Zhao Wei still had requirements for these team leaders.
"You should memorize the terrain. It may be useful in the future."
"Ah? I don't think I'll be able to come here to fish often in the future!"
This is an ownerless place, and the fish in the river are much more than the river next to the village.
The fish in that river are only as big as a finger in length, and the smallest ones are just small fish. Not many people go fishing in the river. After a day of hard work, what you catch may not even be enough to fill your stomach.
"Heh... It took a long time for these fish to get this big. Now that we've caught them all in one go, there won't be any more fish to catch in the future."
But if we don't catch them, this place will be noticed by people. The villagers who have tasted the sweetness will organize themselves to catch fish and take out all the fish eggs.
So, instead of waiting for others to get there first, it’s better for them to achieve a grand slam first.
"Now remember this terrain. If our village is short of water in the future, you can come here to dig a water channel. You must remember this."
This made the captains smile, but they didn't say much.
How could there be a shortage in the village? They are upstream, and that small river almost drowned their crops.
Zhao Wei almost drowned, and they lacked... hehe... all they lacked now was meat!
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