Chapter 343: A Spit and a Nail
Zhou Yong was about to speak when Li Hongjun called him at the gate on his bicycle.
"Brother Zhou, go get busy!"
Zhou Yong raised his wrist to check the time: "Okay, I'll go first."
He rode his bicycle away from home and went to the brigade with Li Hongjun.
In the afternoon, Zhou Yong reviewed the qualifications of the applicants, confirmed whether they met the work requirements, and learned about the work status of their family members.
Those who meet all the requirements will have their names appear on the recruitment list. Otherwise, their names will be crossed out directly.
Then, once the list of candidates is compiled, the villagers will be informed of the names of the candidates through the radio.
The construction company will only recruit 60 people for the first time. Once it receives a project, it will expand its staff two or three times.
"Who is Liang Doujin?"
Zhou Yong stared at the name for several seconds, but couldn't remember who this person was, so he asked everyone.
"Liang Doujin is Liang Da Mihu."
Zhou Yong frowned slightly: "Liang Da Mihu's full name is Liang Jindou?"
Sun Qing nodded: "Yes. Isn't he a relative of my aunt's?"
Zhou Yong had some impression of this matter: "What's going on with Liang Da Mihu's family?"
Sun Qing thought for a while: "Liang Da Mihu and his wife live with his eldest son, his wife works in a vegetable greenhouse base, and his eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law are both unemployed..."
The vegetable greenhouse base is busy in the first half of the year and enters a rest period in the second half. Although the workers are not paid, they will use this time to pick mountain products and cultivate the fields to supplement their family income.
After listening to Sun Qing's words, Zhou Yong filled in Liang Jindou's name on the recruitment list.
"Who is Sun Qi?"
Li Hongjun looked at everyone and asked.
Huaixi Village has a large population, and many villagers have unique nicknames or pet names, which makes it difficult for unfamiliar people to accurately know each other's real names.
Sun Qing took over the conversation again: "It should be my fifth uncle."
He was not sure, so Li Hongjun handed the list to Sun Qing to take a look.
"That's my fifth uncle."
Li Hongjun grinned and said, "This saves a lot of trouble. Tell me about your fifth uncle's family situation so I don't have to go visit and verify..."
Sun Qing smiled and told him about the situation of his fifth uncle's family.
Until the end of the working day, no one had finished the work at hand.
Everyone walked out talking and laughing, and when they reached the brigade gate, everyone went their separate ways.
Zhou Yong rode a bicycle in the same direction as Li Hongjun. On the way, Li Hongjun talked about what happened at Zhou Gang's house at noon.
In fact, Li Hongjun didn't want to talk about this matter, but he felt that it was not good for him to hold two positions at the same time, after all, there were too many people in Huaixi Village who needed work.
Another reason is that Li Hongjun was afraid that he would cause trouble for Zhou Yong, so he took the initiative to say that he wanted to resign from his position to avoid people gossiping about him behind his back.
Zhou Yong squeezed the bicycle handbrake and asked: "Do you care about what others say about you behind your back?"
Li Hongjun sat on his bicycle, one leg on the ground: "I'm afraid of causing trouble for you, right?"
Zhou Yong pursed his lips and thought for a while: "Let's leave it at that for now, we'll talk about this later."
The reason why Li Hongjun holds two positions concurrently is that the Public Security and Protection Office is about to be abolished due to policy changes.
In order to ensure that Li Hongjun can have a good job, Zhou Yong must now arrange a proper position for him so that he will not be left without a good job in the future.
Li Hongjun hesitated to speak. He was thinking about what to say when Zhou Yong got on his bicycle and rode forward.
"Wait for me."
Zhou Yong pursed his lips and slowed down his bicycle. Li Hongjun caught up with him. The two walked together for a while while talking, and then separated at an intersection.
He rode his bicycle to the door of his house, and Li Jingan saw him running out of the yard.
Li Jing'an followed Zhou Yong into the yard, skipping and jumping. There was a hint of helplessness in Zhang Guifang's smile.
"Mom, isn't Xiaoyun off work yet?"
When Zhou Yong entered the yard and didn't see Li Caiyun, he couldn't help but ask.
"Caiyun went to shovel the ground after get off work. I didn't let her go, but she insisted..."
Zhou Yong said "oh", looked at the time, picked up the hoe and went to the field.
In summer, the days are long and the nights are short. It won't be completely dark until 7:30. It's only a little past five o'clock now, so I can still do two hours of farm work.
When he arrived at the field, Zhou Yong picked up the hoe and started digging the ground.
"Why are you here too?"
"You're here, how dare I not come?"
Li Caiyun curled her lips: "You really know how to flatter me."
The couple continued to shovel the ground while talking, and soon Zhou Yong had shoveled to the end of a ridge.
A little after seven, Li Baotian prepared to go home, mainly because he had been shoveling the ground for the entire afternoon and was simply too exhausted to do it anymore.
The three of them chatted and laughed as they walked home, carrying their hoes and holding their water bottles. They met many people who were returning home like them, and they all walked together.
After entering the village, Zhou Yong and his companions arrived home soon. The children had already prepared water for them to wash their faces.
After washing up, the family sat together to eat. Li Baotian was probably too tired, so he only ate a small bowl of rice and put down his bowl and chopsticks.
Looking at Li Baotian's exhausted back, Zhou Yong felt helpless.
Zhou Yong got up at two o'clock the next day. He washed his face, refreshed himself, and went to the field with a hoe.
When he arrived at the field, it was already daybreak and Zhou Yong started to shovel the ground.
In fact, Zhou Yong didn't want to shovel the ground, but if he didn't want to do it, Li Baotian had to do it himself.
Zhou Yong couldn't bear it, after all, Li Baotian was already old, so he could only get up early and work late to do some farm work.
At around four o'clock, Li Caiyun came to the field carrying a hoe.
"You came to shovel the ground, why didn't you call me?"
Zhou Yong picked up the scraper and cleaned the dirt off the hoe: "I'm afraid of tiring you out, right?"
Li Caiyun's face was full of smiles: "Why are you being so smooth-talking now?"
Zhou Yong smiled slightly: "Just tell me whether you like it or not?"
Li Caiyun glanced at Zhou Yong: "You are becoming more and more disgusting."
Zhou Yong took over the conversation, and the couple chatted and laughed while shoveling the ground.
They didn't get home until half past six. Li Caiyun didn't even have time to eat breakfast. She took three buns and some pickles and hurried to work on her bike.
"Knowing that you have a long commute to work, don't you know to go home earlier?"
Li Baotian looked at Li Caiyun's hurried back as she left home, and couldn't help but feel sorry for his daughter.
Zhou Yong took over his father-in-law's words: "Dad, it was me who persuaded her to come back. Otherwise, Xiaoyun planned to come back at seven o'clock..."
Li Baotian frowned slightly, then slowly lowered his head: "Next year, I won't be planting the contracted land, I'll just plant some food crops..."
If they only planted food crops this year, both Zhou Yong, Li Caiyun and Li Baotian would have an easier time.
After hearing what his father-in-law said, Zhou Yong smiled from ear to ear.
Why?
His plan succeeded.
In order to avoid planting the contracted land at home next year, Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun carefully planned this self-torture tactic.
Because Zhou Yong knew that instead of trying to persuade Li Baotian with all his heart, it would be better to use a more clever way to achieve his goal.
"Dad, you said that. I'll go to the brigade later and ask who will plant our contracted land next year..."
Zhou Yong did not give Li Baotian any chance to regret.
Li Baotian opened his mouth, and Zhou Yong spoke before his father-in-law: "Dad, let's say this, one spit and one nail, you can't regret it just after you finish speaking..."
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