After getting off the car, Ning Xiyue took a few deep breaths of fresh air before she felt completely alive again.
The twenty educated youth assigned to Yongchuan Commune all came on this bus. The others didn't look much better, as if they had been to a war. Many female comrades had their pigtails unknotted, and some squatted on the side of the road and vomited as soon as they got off the bus.
The group stood there for a long time before they recovered and then walked towards the entrance of the commune carrying their luggage.
The person from the Daliu team who came to pick them up had been waiting at the gate of the commune. He was the captain of the Daliu team, Zhang Dawei, a middle-aged man in his forties with a simple-looking and dark-skinned face.
He was sitting on the ox cart when he saw Secretary Li from the commune leading a few of them over. His brows furrowed into a "川" shape. He got off the cart, pulled Secretary Li aside and said:
"Old Li, I asked you to assign me more educated youth to help with the autumn harvest, not more girls. What can these delicate girls do? They can't carry anything with their shoulders or hands, and one has a forehead injury. How can they handle the autumn harvest with such a body? You know how tiring the harvest is. Hurry up and give me some boys."
"Old Zhang, you can't change. The higher-ups have already assigned you the positions. Just be content. They even assigned you three tall men. Don't you know that some teams only have one man?"
Secretary Li pointed to the other side and said, "Look at the Dahuai team next door. That lone seedling is not even as tall as the girl with the forehead injury in your team. He is even thinner than the girl. You can tell he has no strength at all."
Ning Xiyue, who was listening, said: Just give me my ID card directly.
The two seemed to be whispering, but Ning Xiyue could hear it clearly because of the captain's loud voice, and it was difficult for her to pretend not to hear.
Zhang Dawei looked in the direction, looked at the male comrade from the next team, and then looked at Ning Xiyue behind him. After comparing them, it was indeed as expected.
At the same time, he saw the captain of the next team with a bitter face, and he was immediately happy. The unhappiness in his heart disappeared, and he turned around and smiled kindly at Ning Xiyue.
"Okay, thank you, Old Li. You're still thinking of me." Zhang Dawei patted Secretary Li on the shoulder and said, "Then I'll take the kids and leave first. We'll drink together next time."
"Okay, go ahead. I also have things to do." Secretary Li turned around and breathed a sigh of relief. He had finally fooled Old Man Zhang.
"Little ones, hurry up and put your luggage in the car and follow me. We still have more than ten miles to go."
The uneasy people relaxed a little when they heard the captain's friendly voice, and quickly put their luggage on the ox cart without delaying at all.
Seeing that these educated youth were quite capable, Zhang Dawei smiled even more. Compared with the educated youth from other teams, he became more and more satisfied the more he looked at them.
"Captain, can't we take the bullock cart?"
Zhang Dawei was not angry at Wang Mengmeng's question. Although the smile on his face faded, he still patiently explained:
"The cattle are our team's most valuable asset. We've been busy with the autumn harvest lately, and the cattle are too tired to pull anyone. Just follow along and walk slowly. If you're really tired, tell us and you can take a break before continuing. But don't rest for too long. It's unsafe to walk in the mountains at night."
Ning Xiyue felt that the team leader was a nice person. He was not the type to bully the educated youth from outside the province. He was also very kind to them and did not give them any cold looks.
Although I looked down on her at first, since she really had a forehead injury, it was normal to suspect that her body had not fully recovered. She would use her strength to prove that she was strong.
Wang Mengmeng still looked at the ox cart in front of her reluctantly. Although she wanted to sit on it very much, she really didn't have the courage. As she was new there, she was afraid that the captain would make things difficult for her if she was a little willful. But her legs were really uncomfortable after standing on the cart for so long.
She looked at the other three girls but received no response. She could only follow the ox cart in disappointment, feeling a little aggrieved.
Ning Xiyue had already lowered her head and walked forward intently, looking at the road beneath her feet when Wang Mengmeng asked her the question. The captain had said that she couldn't sit, so of course she couldn't. If she was still hesitating and had other thoughts, that would just give the captain a reason to dislike her.
Cows are so precious in this era. A village only has one cow, and all things are pulled by ox carts. The captain is very concerned about them by driving the ox cart out to pick them up today. He has already done the best for them by not letting them carry their own luggage. They still want to ride on the ox cart. What a joke.
After all, Xia Zhipeng and Wang Mengmeng were childhood friends. Knowing that what she said was inappropriate, they quickly helped her change the subject and laughed it off.
Liu Yao, who is always loud and talkative, said nothing just to leave a good impression on her leader.
At first, they were very quiet on the road and didn't dare to speak. It was only when the captain saw how reserved they were and told them about the Daliu team that they calmed down a lot.
The rest of the journey was quite lively, with people talking and laughing all the way, and they didn't feel tired at all while walking. Seeing that the team leader was a nice person, Liu Yao became talkative again.
It turned out that the man named Wang Jiandong was also a talkative person like Liu Yao. The two of them made the captain laugh and they laughed all the way.
Except for Wang Mengmeng who was afraid of saying something wrong again and didn't dare to say much, everyone else said a few words, and although Chen Yechu spoke little, he always hit the point, which made the captain in a good mood.
Ning Xiyue learned that the reason why the Daliu Team was called this name was because there was a huge willow tree at the entrance of the team.
At the same time, Ning Xiyue silently remembered what Chen Yechu said. From her words and the captain's reaction, she analyzed that the captain was a person who loved the fields, was particularly concerned about the harvest of crops, and attached importance to collective honor. The captain's special request for their team to have more educated youth this time was because of the captain's special request.
One is to busy with the autumn harvest, and the other is to win the advanced brigade collective honor award.
In addition, the captain is a man who loves his wife.
If you compliment him on the fine stitching of his clothes, he will smile and say that his wife made them. If you follow up with a few compliments about his wife, he will smile at you more and look at you with more kindness.
This was an unexpected result of Ning Xiyue's accidental compliment.
Then Ning Xiyue started praising her in various ways, and the captain even started calling her Yuewazi.
Ning Xiyue decided that her first task after joining the team was to win over the captain's wife and become close friends with her regardless of age difference. Then she could ask her aunt to persuade her in the future, and then her life in the Dalui team would be very comfortable.
Her army green cloth can come in handy.
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