In fact, Zhou Ziwen also knew that those educated youth who robbed people would not have a good ending.
Being sent to the Northwest to open up wasteland is considered good. If you are set as a role model, it is not impossible for you to go to the shooting range.
The team leader looked at Zhou Ziwen and said earnestly, "This incident serves as a reminder to our village. We must strengthen the ideological education of the educated youth so that everyone can abide by the law and actively participate in the village's development. You are quite influential among the educated youth. You should communicate with them more often and guide them on the right path."
"I'm not that capable." Zhou Ziwen smiled bitterly and shook his head. Those old educated youth were okay because they knew his strengths and weaknesses.
But the newly arrived educated youth were different. They were all arrogant and always felt that they were from the city. They looked down on life and labor in the countryside.
It is not easy to make them obedient.
"Uncle Zhou, you and Uncle Wu are more experienced in this matter. A group of young people are no match for you." Zhou Ziwen complimented with a smile.
The captain was amused by Zhou Ziwen's words and waved his hand: "You are a good talker, kid. But you are right, we old bones have indeed experienced more than you."
"But times are changing. You young people think differently from us. You are more energetic and more open to new things. So, we also need fresh blood like you to drive the development of the village."
Zhou Ziwen also understood the captain's idea, which was simply to let him take the lead and integrate these educated youth to prevent them from causing trouble.
But Zhou Ziwen had no interest in this matter.
What he fears most is trouble.
He would definitely try to stay as far away from troublesome things like this as possible.
At this moment, a villager rushed into the office and said breathlessly: "Captain, it's bad, something happened, you should go and take a look."
The captain and Zhou Ziwen were both startled and looked at each other. Then the captain asked quickly, "What happened? Don't worry, tell me slowly."
The villager took a breath and pointed outside, saying, "It's outside the village. The newly arrived educated youth are fighting with the young people in the village."
"What?!" The captain stood up suddenly, his face full of anger, "Why are they fighting? Take me to see it!"
With that, the captain hurried out, and Zhou Ziwen quickly followed.
The two of them trotted to the scene of the incident and saw a group of people gathered together, making a lot of noise, and they could faintly hear the sound of fighting.
The team leader and Zhou Ziwen quickly squeezed into the crowd and saw several young men from the village fighting with several educated youths, punching and kicking each other in a fierce fight.
The captain was so angry that he shouted, "Stop it!"
But both sides were so angry that they didn't listen at all. Seeing this, the captain rushed forward in anger, grabbed a young man, and threw him out with force.
Then he grabbed another educated youth and threw him out as well.
The captain was a soldier and had practiced martial arts when he was young. He was very strong. In his anger, he used all his strength and separated the two sides in a few moves.
"What are you doing? Do you still respect the law?" The team leader glared at the young people and educated youth in front of him and scolded them loudly.
The young people and educated youth in the village all lowered their heads and dared not speak.
The captain was so angry that he paced back and forth, his chest heaving violently. His eyes swept over these young people and educated youth one by one, finally stopping at a young man who looked like the leader. He asked loudly, "What's going on? Who started it first?"
The young man who seemed to be the leader glanced at the team leader, then looked at the educated youth next to him, hesitated for a moment, and whispered, "Team leader, it's like this. Today we were working in the fields, and everyone was doing well."
"But these educated youth kept slacking off and complained that we were working too slowly, like a snail. We couldn't help but reprimand them, telling them to work harder and stop slacking off."
"But they weren't happy about it. They started scolding us for being uneducated and ignorant, saying we were only fit to dig for food in the mud."
"We were so angry that we argued with them, and then they started fighting first, so we fought back."
After hearing this, the captain's face became even gloomier. He turned to look at the educated youths and asked angrily, "Is what he said true?"
The educated youth lowered their heads, not daring to say a word. After a while, one of them muttered quietly, "We were just joking, but who knew they would be so stingy and hit us."
"Are you kidding? How could you joke like that?" the team leader scolded. "You came to the village to receive training and contribute to the village, not to cause trouble. You're slacking off at work and insulting the villagers. Your behavior is a serious violation of discipline."
The captain's voice echoed in the fields, every word filled with majesty and anger.
The educated youth were scolded so much that their faces turned red and they lowered their heads even lower.
The team leader's face turned ashen. He glared at the educated youth with a sharp gaze. His voice was as cold as ice: "Starting tomorrow, you guys will be sweeping the pigsty for a month! You have to get up before dawn every day and work until dark! During this time, all your work points will be deducted. Don't even think about getting a single point!"
When the educated youth heard this, they panicked. One of them shouted in dissatisfaction, "Captain, this is too cruel! We have to sweep the pigpen for a month, and you still deduct our work points. How can we survive?"
"Cruel?" The captain sneered, "If you think it's cruel, just listen to me and don't cause trouble! Otherwise, I have plenty of ways to deal with you!" The educated youth were frightened by the captain's words and fell silent, and dared not say a word anymore.
The team leader turned to look at the young people in the village and said, "And you, actually fighting with the educated youth, what kind of a scene is that?"
"Don't think that just because you're from the village, I won't dare to deal with you! If you dare to cause trouble again, I won't let you go!"
The young people in the village also lowered their heads, indicating that they knew they were wrong.
The captain nodded with satisfaction, then waved his hand and asked the villagers to disperse.
The team leader was more tolerant towards the villagers.
After all, fighting is not a big deal. In rural areas, occasional conflicts between young people are quite common.
But this time, the situation involves educated youth, so it is a little special.
When it comes to managing the educated youth, both the team leader and Wu Dagang have always been strict in their management and absolutely do not allow the educated youth to cause trouble in the village.
That's why the team leader was so angry about this incident and punished those educated youth so severely.
Of course, the team leader was not unreasonable. If the educated youth could be obedient and work hard, he would not make things difficult for them. (End of this chapter)
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