The team leader drove the ox cart early in the morning to pick up the new educated youth.
Because the train carrying the new educated youth arrived at eight o'clock in the morning, the team leader set off at seven o'clock in the morning.
As soon as the team leader arrived at the door of the Youth League Office, Team Leader Jiang next door started teasing him.
"Lao Zhang, you are so punctual! It's just eight o'clock, not a minute more or less."
"Old Jiang, I'm really scared! Twelve educated youth came directly to our brigade this time.
"Alas, the Youth Hostel is full of people. There are more and more educated youth, and there are more and more things to do. It's hard to manage. I feel tired just thinking about it."
Captain Jiang also started to complain: "Lao Zhang, our team also has 10 educated youth, only 2 less than yours.
"With so many educated youth arriving suddenly, our brigade's educated youth center couldn't accommodate them all. We had no choice but to live with the villagers, but I always felt there would be conflicts, and it gave me a headache just thinking about it."
"Old Jiang, as more and more educated youth arrive, conflicts will increase, and our workload will also increase.
I was thinking of making use of the empty houses in our brigade, renovating them, and renting them out to the educated youth.
They will get a house to live in, our brigade will also increase its income, conflicts among the educated youth will be reduced, and I will suffer less."
"Lao Zhang, that's brilliant! Why didn't I think of this method? The landlords' houses in the brigade can be lived in after renovation. There are still many single rooms, and the educated youth will definitely rush to take them.
I also want to go back and make good use of the empty houses to increase the income for our team.
With more educated youth, the villagers' resentment is also growing, so this is a good opportunity to ease it. Let the villagers be more sympathetic to the educated youth and hopefully there will be fewer conflicts."
"Lao Jiang, this idea wasn't mine, it was my daughter's. My daughter is very smart. She's a truck driver and earns 40 yuan a month.
Every time he gets paid, he buys me Daqianmen, Maotai, and tea. He also buys me meat and makes it for me to eat with wine..."
Before the team leader could finish showing off, he was interrupted by a voice: "Excuse me, is this the ox cart from Songshan Brigade? We are educated youth sent to the countryside to Songshan Brigade."
The team leader looked at the crowd of people coming, took a deep breath, and then replied, "This is the oxcart from the Songshan Brigade. I am the team leader of the Songshan Brigade. Please put your luggage on the oxcart. I will give you one hour. You can have breakfast at the state-owned restaurant, go shopping at the supply and marketing cooperative, make phone calls, write letters home, and pick up express deliveries."
Prepare what you need. You will start working tomorrow and won’t have time to come to the commune to buy things.
And remember to have breakfast. There are 12 educated youth here. The oxcart will carry your luggage, but you have to walk back, which will take about an hour."
After the team leader finished speaking, the educated youth all groaned. The team leader would not tolerate them.
"Why? You don't want to go to our brigade? That's great. We're right in front of the Educated Youth Office. You can go find the director. He can arrange for you to go to a brigade with tractors, or send you back to the city and let you continue to be city dwellers."
None of the educated youth dared to speak, and it was a delicate girl who spoke first.
"Captain, I see that other brigades have tractors coming to pick us up and we can ride them back. Why didn't you send a tractor to pick us up? Do you look down on us? We are educated youth sent to the countryside and should enjoy fair treatment."
The team leader looked at the educated young woman as if she were an idiot, thinking to himself, "How dare you bring up a tractor with me? Last year we didn't get the Advanced Brigade award, and this year we don't have a tractor. Isn't it all because Li Zhiqing got caught for adultery?"
Humph, so annoying, he's starting to cause trouble as soon as he arrives, he must be another troublemaker, ahhh, it's really annoying, someone comes to torture him again.
Before the captain could say anything, the delicate girl had already started crying quietly.
The team leader rolled his eyes at the female educated youth, became even angrier, and questioned her directly.
"Why are you crying? Did I bully you? If you don't want to go to the countryside, just go back. Why are you crying like that? It's really unlucky. Do you think you look pretty when you cry?"
I tell you, this trick of yours works on those young people. I've lived for so many years, don't I know what you're thinking?
Are you illiterate? Do you see that house in front? It says "Educated Youth Office" on the door. What's the matter? Go find the director of your Educated Youth Office and have it resolved."
After the team leader finished speaking, the female educated youth was frightened, stopped crying, and her face turned pale.
Seeing that the female educated youth did not take any action, the team leader continued to give orders.
"Hurry up! I'll give you one hour to prepare everything you need. Hurry up! I'll be leaving on my ox cart when the time is up. I won't wait for anyone. Those who miss out will have to find a way out on their own."
After the team leader finished speaking, all the educated youth left, and the delicate female educated youth followed.
Captain Jiang next door looked at the angry captain and complained directly.
"Lao Zhang, there's a problem in your team. Don't be fooled by this female educated youth who looks delicate and weak and cries a lot. In fact, she's very scheming and loves to take advantage of others.
I just said that you looked down on them by not sending tractors to pick them up, and they will really put a label on you.
Well, is it because we don't want to? If we can't get the Advanced Brigade, we won't have any tractors to use.
In the past, there was a female educated youth like this in our brigade. She was very capable and made the young men in our brigade jealous of her.
Her life got better. Someone gave her work and brought her food, and she made our brigade a mess.
In the end, this female educated youth married the branch secretary's son, and destroyed the branch secretary's family.
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