"Sit up straight, all of you! What are you doing sticking your heads out like turtles?"
"If you look around again, you will be disqualified from the exam."
Gu Xianjin slammed his hand on the table, startling many people.
"What should we do?"
Most people were in a state of panic, while only a few former educated youths from the educated youth settlement and young people from the brigade who had attended junior high school remained relatively calm.
"Alright, time's up."
Gu Xianjin checked the time and quickly told the militiamen to collect the papers.
"Changfeng's wife, thank you for your trouble."
Gu Xianjin brought over a stack of test papers and handed them to Ruan Qiushui.
This exam paper was set by Ruan Qiushui, so who is more suitable to grade it than her?
"good."
Ruan Qiushui took the exam paper and began to review it in front of everyone.
"Gu Lao Er's daughter, don't you dare write your grades wrong on purpose because of personal grudges or retaliation."
Zhao Defa also leaned closer to see Ruan Qiushui's corrections and shouted at the top of his lungs.
He's been an accountant for so many years; if his performance is substandard, it must be because Ruan Qiushui tampered with it.
"Are you insulting my character? Do you think I'm surnamed Zhao?"
A family of people who are not thinking straight.
"You little brat, what are you saying? Do you believe I'll slap you across the face?"
Zhao Defa was already furious, and seeing Ruan Qiushui was like seeing an enemy; he was extremely hostile.
She still dared to insult him indirectly, and raised her right hand to slap Ruan Qiushui on the head.
If that palm, as big as a palm leaf fan, were to really strike, wouldn't it knock Ruan Qiushui's head crooked?
"Zhao Defa, stop right now."
"Militiamen, take control of him!"
Gu Xianjin stood in front of Ruan Qiushui, blocking Zhao Defa's hand.
If anything really happens to Ruan Qiushui, the second son's family will blame him.
"If you don't have the ability to improve yourself, you'd rather blame others. No wonder you were eliminated."
"They've been pampered for so long that they can't hear the truth and can't accept reality."
While others dared not speak, He Yongjun, Li Haonan, and Li Haobei, who were there to take the accounting exam, all spoke up.
"Mmm mmm mmm."
Zhao Defa's mouth was covered, and Zhao Meimei was pulled aside as well.
"Uncle, these are the three students with the best grades."
Two of the three were sent-down youth.
One is Zeng Lulu, and the other is Li Haonan.
The remaining member of the brigade was named Wang Dagang, but Ruan Qiushui didn't remember him.
"I will have everyone's exam papers posted on the bulletin board right away. If anyone has any doubts about their scores, they can verify them themselves."
With the results made public, who dares to say there's something fishy going on?
"Changfeng's wife, you've worked hard. Go back and rest now. We'll start voting after everyone has had dinner tonight."
Gu Xianjin told Ruan Qiushui to go first, then turned and walked towards Zhao Defa.
"I'm not convinced! I'm not convinced! Why wasn't I selected?"
Zhao Defa yelled wildly, shouting that he wanted to confront Ruan Qiushui.
"Zhao Defa, wake up! Don't you know how much you know?"
"You can't even figure out how to manage work points, yet you're clinging to the accountant's position. If something really goes wrong, can your family afford to compensate the brigade for the losses?"
“If you let go now, people will still say something good about you because of your past contributions to the brigade. Don’t lose all your dignity.”
After Gu Xianjin finished speaking, he waved his hand, signaling the militia battalion to release Zhao Defa.
"Why? Why?"
Zhao Defa squatted on the ground, his eyes glazed over.
After having lunch at home, Ruan Qiushui went to the clinic.
"Dr. Ruan, we're here for acupuncture."
Aunt Luo helped Luo Sheng forward, and they followed Ruan Qiushui into the house.
As usual, Ruan Qiushui had Aunt Luo hold down Luo Cheng's feet and began acupuncture.
"ah!"
Luo Cheng's veins bulged, and he howled in pain.
Today the pain is more than twice as bad as yesterday; it's so uncomfortable.
"Dr. Ruan, is everything alright?"
Seeing her son in so much pain, Aunt Luo was worried.
"This is a good sign, proving that Comrade Luo has regained most of his leg sensation."
It would be troublesome if she treated Luo Cheng with acupuncture and he seemed perfectly fine.
"That's good."
If Ruan Qiushui says it's okay, then it's okay.
Aunt Luo left a penny for the consultation fee and helped Luo Cheng home.
…
The brigade was very lively that afternoon.
The members were discussing the candidates for accountant with great enthusiasm, and the three candidates went door-to-door trying to build relationships and say good things about each other.
"Eat faster, I still need to watch the new accountant vote."
Gu Changshu finished his meal in a few bites and kept urging Gu Xiaoxiao, who was eating slowly.
Ruan Qiushui, who was sitting next to him, also ate slowly, but with his third brother sitting beside him, he didn't dare to disobey.
"Alright, alright, stop rushing me."
Gu Xiaoxiao swallowed the last mouthful of rice and drank some soup before finally letting out a sigh of relief.
Her fourth brother keeps chanting scriptures like Tang Sanzang, it's so annoying.
"The eldest and second eldest sons' families will help clear the dishes, and the rest will prepare stools."
After Xie Xiuying finished speaking, she turned around and went into the house, took out a bag of plain sunflower seeds, and gave each person a handful.
"Mom, you are so good."
Gu Changshu cracked open a sunflower seed and was extremely satisfied.
After the dishes were cleared away, Gu Guangrong led his family to the dam to vote.
“Come on, each family, send one person to get the ballot. After you get the ballot, write down the name of the person you want to vote for and put it in the ballot box.”
After Gu Xianjin finished explaining the rules, he instructed the militiamen to begin distributing ballots.
"Third Sister-in-law, who should we choose in our family?"
Gu Xiaoxiao whispered in Ruan Qiushui's ear.
"I don't know, let's see what my parents decide."
She didn't care who the accountant was, as long as it wasn't someone from the Zhao family.
"I reckon the two educated youths in the educated youth compound are destined to be supporting characters this time."
There's only one reason: of the three, only Wang Dagang is a local.
Although the members of the Red Flag Brigade were not as xenophobic as people from other brigades.
But they would never entrust matters concerning the interests of the brigade to outsiders like educated youth.
Wang Dagang is a junior high school graduate, and his teachers are usually shy, so he probably won't make any major mistakes.
I think so too.
Ruan Qiushui nodded in agreement.
"Alright, let's start counting the votes now."
Every time Gu Xianjin took out a piece of paper, the person in charge of counting the votes would write it down after the person's name, following the method of writing tally marks.
"Li Haonan".
"Zeng Lulu".
"Wang Dagang".
…
At first, the three votes were relatively evenly distributed, but as more votes were taken out, the gap gradually widened.
"Wang Dagang".
After reading the last ballot, Gu Xianjin turned to look at the counting blackboard behind him.
The result is obvious.
"Alright, this accounting selection process is now concluded. Congratulations to Wang Dagang on becoming the new accountant. Let's give him a round of applause."
Wang Dagang won the accountant position with an overwhelming advantage.
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