Chapter 34 Meeting
After the tasks were assigned, the villagers gathered with their respective teams and went to work together.
Zhou Ziwen also prepared to return to Team 4 to continue reclaiming the land.
But before he could take any action, the production team leader Zhou Weiguo kept them.
"All the educated youth, please stay for a moment. I have something to tell you."
Hearing this, the educated youth looked at each other, not understanding what was going on.
"Captain, what do you want us for?" asked Chen Yang, the male educated youth team leader, curiously.
"This matter is related to your Youth League Home. A few days ago, we received a notice saying that a new group of youth leagues will be coming. Now we are asking you to stay to discuss with you where the new youth leagues will live." Zhou Weiguo began to explain the reason for keeping them.
"What? There are new educated youth coming?"
"What should we do? Our Youth Hostel is full of people now."
"Yeah, it's only been a few days, why are there more educated youth coming?"
When they heard that educated youth were coming, the first ones to be called out were the old educated youth.
A group of educated youth arrived some time ago and put them under great pressure. Now another group has come, and this time there is no place for them to live.
"Quiet down. We also know that the Youth League Home is full. Aren't we trying to find a solution?" Looking at the educated youths talking about it, Zhou Weiguo's face darkened, which put great pressure on them.
"So new educated youth are coming. That has nothing to do with us. We can just watch the show." Zhou Ziwen's expression was relaxed. He had known about this from Uncle Wu a long time ago, but he didn't expect that they would actually call the educated youth together to discuss it.
"Yeah." Chen Shiying and Chen Qiaoyi looked at each other and nodded.
New educated youth are coming, but there is no place for them to live in the Youth Hostel. This sounds very troublesome, and they don’t even have time to hide!
"Well, we've discussed it a bit. The yard of your Youth League Home is quite large. If we build two more rooms, it will be more than enough for us to live in. However, we need to harvest those vegetables we planted quickly."
After everyone digested the news that the new educated youth were coming, Zhou Weiguo told them the solution they had discussed.
No matter how many educated youth come, they must be arranged together.
If there is not enough living space, then build houses for them. In short, they cannot be separated.
"How can this be possible? The vegetables in our fields haven't grown yet!"
"Yes, we worked so hard to grow these vegetables. How can we just pick them up like that? This is bullying!"
Since their own interests were involved, these educated youth didn't care whether Zhou Weiguo was the team leader or not, and they started shouting on the spot.
"What are you arguing about? You should understand that the Youth House is not your private property. It is a loan from the production team to you. If you don't want to live here, you can move out. It will free up space for newcomers to live here."
As the team leader of the production team, Zhou Weiguo had seen all kinds of situations. He had even encountered more serious situations than this. He would be afraid of a quarrel between several people and would scold them on the spot with a stern face.
"Remember, I'm informing you, not discussing with you. We'll arrange for a construction team to come tomorrow. Before that, you should clean up the things you've planted in the house. Otherwise, don't blame me if they get damaged."
Seeing that the educated youth were making trouble here unreasonably, Zhou Weiguo did not give them a good face and spoke to them even more rudely.
The original intention of letting these educated youth stay was to have a good discussion with them, but now it seems that a good discussion will not solve the problem.
In fact, Zhou Weiguo was not wrong. The Youth League House was originally the house of the production team.
In order to accommodate these educated youth, they specially renovated the house. Otherwise, the educated youth would not have the place they live now.
Their Dabazi Village is relatively good.
After being scolded by Zhou Weiguo, the educated youth dared not say a word anymore.
Seeing them like this, Zhou Weiguo also felt bored. He thought that these educated youth were all bad-tempered and he was planning to find a few troublemakers to make an example of them!
"Okay, let's go! You can ask Old Wu about the specific reconstruction methods." Zhou Weiguo waved his hand.
"The captain is so fierce, no wonder everyone is so afraid of him."
After the show, Chen Qiaoyi whispered in Zhou Ziwen's ear.
"Of course not. I heard that the captain used to be a soldier. His hands are stained with the blood of a lot of enemies. He is very powerful!" Zhou Ziwen sighed. If he had come a few decades earlier and had an auto-switch panel, he might have gone to kill the Japanese.
"So the captain has killed someone before, no wonder he's so vicious!" Chen Qiaoyi shrank her neck in fear.
"It's okay. The captain is a good man. Although he is a little strict at ordinary times, he is also the most fearless. If you are wronged in the future, you can still go to him to complain." Zhou Ziwen comforted with a smile.
Different people look at things differently. For example, when Chen Qiaoyi heard that the team leader had killed someone, she felt a little scared.
But Zhou Ziwen was just the opposite. He heard that the captain had a tough personality and could not tolerate any injustice. Although he had only met him a few times, he had a great impression of him.
What he admired most was this kind of hero who killed the enemy.
Zhou Ziwen and the Chen sisters were chatting and laughing, but the people in the Youth League Institute were all worried.
These old educated youth have been in the countryside for a long time and have become experienced people.
They are usually lazy and just want to live one day at a time. Those who are capable have already found ways to return to the city.
Those who are incompetent naturally have poor family conditions.
For them, the vegetables in the fields are still quite precious.
Now they have to take it all in at once, how can it not be heartbreaking?
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that they will have two less pieces of land in the future, and this is what hurts them the most.
But the captain has spoken, so even if they have objections, there is nothing they can do.
Zhou Ziwen didn't understand their feelings, nor did he want to understand.
At this moment, he was working hard with Team 4 to reclaim the wasteland.
Today is the last day. After today, this piece of land will be reclaimed.
"Brother Li, what do you think we will do tomorrow?" Zhou Ziwen chatted with Li Dazui, who was closest to him, while working.
"Hey, it's the same work. I heard that our village is going to build a threshing ground. I guess we will work there!" Li Dazui lives up to his name. He is very well-informed when it comes to gossip.
"The threshing ground! Isn't there a threshing ground in our branch?" Zhou Ziwen asked curiously.
Every morning, they held a meeting in the threshing ground.
"Hehe, we reclaimed a lot of land last year, and the threshing ground we used to have is no longer enough." Li Dazui felt a little proud when he said this.
Of course, he also had reasons to be proud. In this era, people had a particularly strong sense of collective honor. For people like them, one threshing ground was not enough, so they had to build another one. That was a matter of great pride.
(End of this chapter)
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