Farmers have been afraid of officials since ancient times, no matter whether they are county magistrates or current officials.
Therefore, the members were secretly happy to hear such good news that would benefit the people. However, when they heard the words "not to make it public", saying that anyone who made it public would not only cut off their source of income but would also be remembered by the team leader, they became much more cautious.
The next day, after school, people came to adopt rabbits one after another. The team's scorekeeper also followed them. He would record the work points of each family that adopted a rabbit. The members also took a look at Qiu Yuling's townhouse. Some aunts praised the Qiu family's ingenuity, while some aunts who were not easy to talk to asked Qiu Yuling to promise that they must be able to feed the rabbits.
Qiu Yuling: “…”
"You'd better go out and catch rabbits yourself or go to someone else's house to exchange rabbits. I can't guarantee you anything."
Qiu Yuling often has great sympathy for her neighbors at this time, but that doesn't mean she is a saint.
Wu Xiu looked a bit silly, as if she sounded smart, but in fact she was hopelessly stupid. It would be better not to do this business, especially since it was not him who was begging for benefits for her.
Anyway, Qiu Yuling is just a child, so it's normal for her to change her expression like the weather in June. She snatched back the rabbit that Wu Xiu was looking at and refused to tell her what she was saying.
"Hmph, the team has already given you work points, why don't you give them to me?" Wu Xiu yelled in dissatisfaction.
"This rabbit is mine, so I can give it to whoever I want. The team leader only told the members to exchange it with me. If I want to, I can exchange it. If I don't want to, I don't have to. This work point is not just giving yours to me, but it makes it seem like it's mine."
"Uncle Qin, I won't change the rabbit for Aunt Wu. Aunt Wu bullied me before, and I'm not holding a grudge and changing the rabbit for her. But she's still thinking about doing something bad."
"You're so young, yet so sharp-tongued. When have I ever thought of doing anything bad?"
"You asked me to guarantee the rabbits' survival right away, or you're going to cause trouble for me, right? Did you also ask the commune to guarantee that when you got the chicks? Everyone knows that rabbits hatch quickly but are delicate to raise. Instead of learning more and observing more, you came here looking for someone to take the blame. What's wrong? I deserve to be bullied by you just because I'm young?"
Every word Qiu Yuling said was insightful and exposed Wu Xiu's little thoughts. There were many people coming at this moment, and she was so embarrassed that her face turned red and she felt a little embarrassed.
"You're talking nonsense..."
"Alright, Wang Er's family, there are rabbits outside too. Let Wang Er catch them by himself. Don't try to make trouble here and waste other people's time." The captain pushed through the crowd and made the final decision with a dark face.
"It's also my fault for not thinking clearly and skipping a few words. I'll leave it at that. I'll have the scorekeepers bring all the rabbits to the brigade headquarters and let them come directly to claim them. Don't lock the door to Jianjun's house. Whether you can raise them successfully or not depends on your ability. If you don't like them, you can go catch them on the beach yourself. I won't force you to do this."
After saying that, he took the lead in clearing the remaining people out. He was not just saying it, he really felt that he was not thoughtful enough. Originally, Wawa was doing a good deed, but it almost caused trouble for Yulingwa.
The people who came were all aunts from various families. Even though it did not affect their ability to get rabbits, they could not help but complain because the matter that could have been settled in two steps was messed up by that brainless person.
Wu Xiu shrank his head, cursing softly, "Just catch it yourself. Without Butcher Qiu, you still have to eat hairy pigs, huh?"
After saying it, I felt that I had saved some face, so I straightened my neck and went home.
The scorer sorted the rabbits of all sizes from Qiu Yuling's house into pairs of male and female, and picked out sixteen pairs. He carefully put them into a backpack and led the people who had just left to guard the gate of Qiu's house to the team headquarters.
Qiu Jianjun felt a little embarrassed in front of his cousin. Seeing what he had done, he took out two White Rabbit candies from his pocket and handed them to Qiu Yuling.
"Don't be upset, Lingling. It's your uncle's fault for not making the proper arrangements. He was so focused on getting them to come and learn the secrets of your success that he forgot how well these old ladies can stir up trouble."
Seeing that his niece was still angry, he continued, "Don't worry, Wang Qin has been keeping track of the numbers just now. He won't let them return the rabbits to you. Tell your brother to go to the brigade headquarters to exchange them for grain. Two bowls of large rabbits and one bowl of small rabbits. If they want to exchange them with work points or grain, just let them exchange them directly with the brigade headquarters."
Qiu Yuling's expression softened. Just because of her cousin's enthusiasm to do practical things for the villagers, she didn't want to hold it in any longer.
"Okay."
Qiu Jianjun was amused again by his cousin's adult-like behavior. He rubbed the silly hair on her head, said goodbye to Grandma Yuling, and hurried to the brigade headquarters to maintain order.
It was such a mess just now, and I don't know if I bumped into the old lady with bound feet in her family. Qiu Yuling felt even more upset after realizing it belatedly. It was so inappropriate to invite someone home.
The old lady was supporting two eggplant seedlings that had been accidentally stepped on.
"Grandma, did I step on you just now? It's all my fault for being so careless and incompetent. Sigh."
"Lingling is much better than some adults. She is kind-hearted and cannot bear to see others suffer. Who else at this age knows the secrets of my Yuling?" The old lady praised her granddaughter with a smile.
I also picked the old eggplants, chili peppers and beans and planned to dry the vegetables.
"Qingmei's vegetable garden is really well managed. Eggplants, peppers, tomatoes, everything in this garden grows badly." Grandma praised the vegetable garden in the backyard while working.
She's only been here two days and she's already hung up a lot of vegetables.
During the day, when everyone went to work, she picked all the fruits that could be picked, cut and split them. After wiping the torn straw mat clean, it was almost full of fruits.
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