"Alright, you, I'm the one who's being unfair to the two educated youths."
Gu Chengde originally had selfish motives, not wanting Shen Mu Ning and Chu Ming Xu to take too much meat.
But now, looking at Cao Jia's face, he really doesn't want to care about her anymore.
He was trying to do good for everyone, but Cao Jia made him look bad to everyone.
"Since you feel it's unfair, then let's follow the rules we set before."
“Shen Zhiqing, Chu Zhiqing, I’m sorry for what happened before. I just wanted everyone to get a bigger share of the meat, that’s why I lied to you.”
"Actually, the person who hands over the prey can take one-tenth of the meat."
"Now, each of you should choose fifteen catties of meat. If there is any meat left after everyone has exchanged it, it is all yours."
What he's saying now is the original rule: initially, each person can take one-tenth, and the rest will belong to both of them.
He hadn't mentioned it before because he was thinking that the amount of meat each family could exchange would be different.
The maximum number of exchanges each household can make is calculated based on the number of people; the more people, the more exchanges you can make.
However, some families are reluctant to give up so many work points, so they will still have some left that have not been exchanged.
Once all families have finished exchanging their meat, he can let other families exchange the remaining meat.
They took advantage of the fact that the two of them were unaware of the rules of their brigade, and that's why they wanted to do something for everyone's benefit.
Unfortunately, some people don't appreciate it, so he can only follow the rules.
If you say he's biased, then he's not biased at all.
"Captain, didn't we just agree on this? Why are you changing your mind now?"
"That's right. I'm sure Shen and Chu have already decided which piece of meat they want, so let's not change our minds."
"Yes, we don't think you're being unfair."
“We have always known that you are the most fair and just person, how could you be biased?”
The people below were originally looking forward to watching the show and seeing what kind of trouble Cao Jia would cause.
Unexpectedly, the fire at the city gate has affected the innocent bystanders; how has this reduced their interests?
You should know that when you exchange meat in the brigade, you not only don't need meat coupons, but you also only need half the price.
Their brigade hasn't had such a good thing for several years.
They finally had a chance to take advantage of the situation, and they were unwilling to let the prize they were about to get slip away.
"This is a rule that our brigade set a long time ago, how can we go back on our word?"
Shen Mu Ning and Chu Ming Xu exchanged a glance. It seemed that the captain really cared about the people in the brigade.
Neither of them knew the rules of the brigade; probably only three or four other educated youth knew them.
If Cao Jia hadn't staged this farce, they probably wouldn't have known that the usual rules were like this.
Even though other educated youths informed us later, we still suffered a real loss this time.
Although Gu Chengde did this for the sake of the Xinshan Brigade, not to satisfy his own selfish desires.
However, he did indeed intend to scheme against them.
As I said before, sometimes speaking frankly leaves room for maneuver.
To be honest, neither of them needed a few more bites of meat, so they wouldn't fuss over it.
But now, of course we'll follow the rules.
“Shen, Chu, you choose first, and let Cao Qi cut the flesh for you.”
Ignoring the whispers below, Gu Cheng let the two choose first.
The sooner we separate, the better; we haven't even cooked dinner yet.
"Cao Jia, you're so talkative. Why did you have to show off like that?"
"That's right, you're always asking for more food. Don't just stay here waiting for your share of the meat. If you don't like it, just leave."
Seeing that there was no room for negotiation, those who wanted to exchange more meat all came to criticize Cao Jia.
When their interests weren't threatened, they were just spectators, but now they all want to make things difficult for Cao Jia.
"Why are you saying this about me? Is the captain biased? Are you all siding with Shen Mu Ning too?"
The captain didn't want to argue with such an ignorant woman in public.
Therefore, she still believed she was right and did not believe that the wild boar was hunted by Shen Mu Ning.
"What are you saying? Shen and Chu are supposed to take more of the wild boar later."
"That's right, you're completely unrepentant. If you don't want a share of the meat, you can leave now."
People who didn't want to argue with her are now coming to cause her trouble, even accusing her of favoring outsiders.
At this moment, everyone wanted nothing more than to gang up on Cao Jia.
She was about to speak when an old woman stopped her, saying, "Shut up, Cao Jia."
The one who scolded Cao Jia was her mother-in-law, Liu Huai. Although the Wei family wanted to take advantage of other families, they didn't have any good relationships with them.
But we can't let everyone in the brigade hate their family.
Upon hearing her mother-in-law's voice, Cao Jia quickly shut up, her body involuntarily trembling slightly.
Her mother-in-law made all the decisions, big and small, in the family, and she was under her mother-in-law's control.
When she was in the Wei family, Liu Huai often disciplined her, so she developed a stress response.
"I'm sorry, my daughter-in-law didn't know that the wild boar was hunted by Shen Zhiqing and his group, which is why she made those remarks earlier."
Although the family had been drying in the fields before, they knew very well the origins of the wild boars.
The reason I didn't stop Cao Jia earlier was simply to see if she could persuade Shen Mu Ning and the other person to take less meat.
This way, the upper limit for exchanging meat is higher, and they can exchange for more meat to eat.
"Tch~~" Everyone knows this old woman was there the whole time, but she didn't stop it. Now she's pretending to be a good person.
They all knew what she was thinking, so none of them listened to her.
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