Chapter 12 First Day at Work
The female educated youth had never experienced such a situation before. They felt embarrassed and angry when they were suddenly stared at by so many people.
At this time, they felt that the days were passing by so slowly that they could not wait for time to pass.
Fortunately, at this time, Captain Zhou Weiguo rescued them.
"What are you looking at? You've never seen a woman before. If you want to see one, go home and see your mother."
"Grown men, don't you know how to respect others?"
"And those who are making trouble, if you continue making trouble, I will deduct your work points."
Team leader Zhou Weiguo had a bad temper. When he got angry, he would scold anyone he caught. After his scolding, the villagers didn't even dare to say a word.
Being scolded is one thing, but the key is having work points deducted!
In this era, work points are food and work points are money.
This is the lifeblood of the villagers. It would be so unprofitable if their work points were deducted because of this!
Dabazi Production Team is a large village with a large population. The villagers are divided into eight teams, and the team leaders assign tasks and work to them.
Among these eight teams, teams one, two and three are the advanced teams of the production team. They do the heaviest work and earn the most work points. If you can join this team, you will be able to stand up straighter when you go out.
Teams 4, 5 and 6 are ordinary teams, and they are also the teams with the largest number of people. As long as they are not old, weak, sick or disabled, and do not slack off at work, they are in these teams.
As for the last two teams, they are prepared for those who are old and physically weak, commonly known as the retirement teams.
These two teams have the easiest work, but they also earn the least work points.
Many educated youth in the village who were physically weak, unable to do physical work, and unable to endure hardship were also assigned to these two teams.
Zhou Ziwen and other newly arrived educated youth stood in a row and were selected by eight team leaders. They would join the team that was selected by the team leader.
Zhou Ziwen was the tallest and looked to be in good shape. The team leader was somewhat tempted by him, but was also afraid that he might be a useless person.
The team leaders of Team 2 and Team 3 also had the same concerns.
After all, their team is an advanced team. If they fail to do their job well, wouldn’t that prove that they have poor vision?
"This little comrade looks good, I want him."
The captains of teams one, two, and three were still hesitating when the captain of team four spoke first.
Since I have to choose someone anyway, I might as well pick someone I like.
With Zhou Ziwen's physique, even if he can't do the job now, he can become a capable person with a little training.
The other team leaders looked at each other and began to select. They were afraid that if they delayed any longer, everyone would be picked.
Teams 1, 2 and 3 had relatively high requirements, and not a single educated youth was selected.
Everyone is used to this style and has no objections.
Teams 4, 5 and 6 each selected two male educated youth, leaving the female educated youth to the last two teams.
Team Seven and Team Eight were so angry that they wanted to curse, but there was nothing they could do.
After all, their team is made up of old, weak, sick and disabled people who are not good at work and naturally cannot be strong.
The Chen sisters were assigned to Team 8. Perhaps this was a good place for them.
Anyway, their family conditions are pretty good, so even if they don’t earn enough work points, they can buy it with money.
It is not yet the autumn harvest season, and the production team’s tasks are not that heavy.
This "not heavy" is only relatively speaking. For educated youth like Zhou Ziwen who had just gone to the countryside, the work was quite tiring.
The Chen sisters were lucky enough as they were assigned to weed the fields.
Weeding is also a big project. The weeds in the field grow one after another, and basically they need to be weeded every once in a while.
This job sounds easy, but it’s actually not that simple.
Because there are limited farm tools in the village, tasks like weeding have to be done by hand.
Everyone worked while squatting. It was easy at first, but became very tiring after a while.
Especially my two feet, it felt like they were not my own.
Zhou Ziwen was in the fourth team. Their task was to reclaim wasteland so that they could grow wheat next year.
After receiving farm tools for clearing wasteland from the villagers, the group went to the fields.
The land being reclaimed was all uncultivated wasteland, the soil was hard and dry, and it took a lot of effort to dig every hoe.
Seeing the villagers working so hard, Zhou Ziwen also became excited, rolled up his sleeves and started working.
It was a bit difficult to dig the wasteland, so Zhou Ziwen used the force-generating techniques of Bajiquan. It turned out to be much easier.
You can also practice boxing while working.
Bajiquan has extremely strong explosive power. The force starts from the heels, flows through the waist, passes through the fingertips, and finally explodes out.
Zhou Ziwen's feet were rooted. He held a hoe in his hand and moved it like a file. With a bend and a stretch, he could create a large piece of soil.
This action may not seem surprising to outsiders, but it saves a lot of effort and makes the work easier.
Before I knew it, the morning had passed.
It was not until the gong sounded, signaling the end of work, that Zhou Ziwen woke up from his concentrated state.
Looking back, he found that he had left the other person far behind.
At this time, the captain of Team 4 came up to him, patted him on the shoulder, and praised him, "Zhou Zhiqing, I was right about you. You are made for hard work."
"Captain Zou, you're too kind. I'm just a bunch of sturdy fool." Zhou Ziwen said modestly.
"As soon as I saw your physique, I knew you were different from other educated youth." Team 4 captain Zou Guoqiang smiled broadly, feeling as if he had found a treasure.
He originally thought that Zhou Ziwen would need some time to adapt, but now it seems that there is no need to adapt at all!
In terms of the work progress in this morning, it is one of the best among their four teams.
In the countryside, people who work hard will be respected. Zhou Ziwen found that the villagers in his team looked at him differently.
"It seems that I have integrated into Dabazi Village very well." Zhou Ziwen thought to himself.
The reason why I work so hard is just for this moment!
Why were the educated youth sent to the countryside looked down upon? It was because they were not good at work.
In order to better integrate into the group, Zhou Ziwen decided to perform well from the beginning.
The effect is very obvious. Most villagers who have seen him work regard him as one of their own.
This way, his life in the countryside will be much easier in the future.
Of course, Zhou Ziwen was just an exception. Other educated youth did not have it as easy as he did.
For example, Li Weimin, who was in the same team as him, almost couldn't keep up with the progress.
He was scolded several times by the team leader during the process, and only then did he grit his teeth and persevere.
I guess he won't be able to sleep well when he goes back tonight. He doesn't work normally, and if he suddenly does this, he will be in trouble.
After work, Zhou Ziwen went to meet up with the Chen sisters.
When he saw the two girls, he almost didn't recognize them.
In just one morning, the two girls, Chen Shiying and Chen Qiaoyi, had changed their appearance. Their originally clean little faces became dirty, just like two pitiful little cats.
Their hair was a little messy, and if someone didn't know them, they would think they had a fight with someone.
(End of this chapter)
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