One was Yang Lizhu, the grandson of the crippled second uncle, and the other was a somewhat timid woman.
Apart from Song Lili, the other two looked dejected, as if they had done something shameful.
This made Song Lili stand out; she stood straight, looking directly into Qian Liulin's eyes with a smile in her eyes.
Qian Liulin found it amusing; this girl didn't seem like someone who grew up in the countryside at all.
He quite likes this kind of personality; she is poised, neither arrogant nor humble, and doesn't become self-conscious when others point out her flaws.
Qian Liulin looked at the three people with a smile in his eyes.
He didn't speak, and no one else did either, making Yang Li and the other person even more uncomfortable.
Song Lili remained relaxed throughout, completely disregarding the oppressive atmosphere Qian Liulin had created.
She wasn't completely oblivious; she just felt that it didn't mean anything. As long as she didn't starve, what did it matter how many work points she had?
Therefore, she is different from the people of Hongqi Village who have devoted everything, including their bodies and minds, to the land.
That's why those two people felt ashamed, but she didn't.
Qian Liulin stared at Song Lili for a long time, seeing that she remained calm and composed, and could only speak helplessly.
"Are your families receiving fewer work points because you have fewer family members?"
Song Lili couldn't help but roll her eyes. "What else could it be? You're looking at one Yonghe store. Of course, the store with more people has an advantage."
Song Lili thought to herself, "Although my family has quite a few people, none of them are very useful; they're all useless."
Qian Liulin had been watching Song Lili closely, and when he saw her roll her eyes, he couldn't help but laugh.
His smile immediately lightened the atmosphere, and everyone except Xu Youcai relaxed a bit.
Qian Liulin stopped paying attention to Song Lili; he hadn't forgotten his job here. He looked at the other two people.
"Don't be nervous, I was just asking casually. Do you have any difficulties?" Qian Liulin said gently.
It was also his style that made others feel less pressured.
Yang Lizhu gripped the hem of his clothes, as if he had mustered up his courage, and slowly raised his head to look at Qian Liulin's chin. "No...no difficulties, it's just that there are few able-bodied people in the family."
There are only two people in his family, and one of them is an elderly person with limited mobility, so naturally he gets fewer work points.
The woman didn't dare to speak, but she nodded in agreement with Yang Lizhu.
These two people could barely be considered to have answered, and Qian Liulin once again turned his gaze to Song Lili.
"It's also because there's a shortage of labor, and after not working for more than a month, of course there are even fewer work points." That cheap grandma worked for more than a month.
Qian Liulin was somewhat surprised that he hadn't worked for over a month; this... wasn't normal.
For farmers, going to the fields is the most important thing, but there has been a month of inactivity. What happened? Qian Liulin couldn't help but worry.
Song Lili saw the worry in Qian Liulin's eyes. This time, she smiled at him genuinely, indicating that everything was alright.
Qian Liulin ignored it and continued looking at the ledger, saying casually, "This...is there a mistake? Song Lili has full work points? You're a child, shouldn't you have half a point?"
Song Lili smiled, "Finally, you've asked the key question!"
Before Song Lili could answer, everyone listening outside erupted in uproar.
"What? Lili remembers it as a perfect score? How is that possible? She's a child, she should only get half a point."
"Could there be a mistake? How could a child get a perfect score? The supervisor didn't make a mistake, did they?"
"That's because you don't know. Lili is very strong and can carry as much as an adult, so of course she gets full marks," said someone who knew a little about the situation.
"Yes, yes, Lili carried the same amount of potatoes as me when she harvested potatoes last year, so of course she got full marks."
"You get points based on how much you carry. She carried the amount of an adult, so of course she gets full marks."
Amidst the commotion, everyone finally understood.
When they heard that Song Lili had a lot of things to recite, the others fell silent.
What's there to say? They did the same amount of work as you, so of course they got the same number of work points.
Some people didn't believe it, saying, "You're not kidding, are you? That little girl, could she carry an adult on her back?"
"I also think it's impossible. With that small frame, even half of it would be hard to survive."
Song Lili didn't react to the conversation outside. She waited for them to reach a point where she had heard the same thing.
Qian Liulin looked at Song Lili with some surprise. She was very strong? Almost as strong as an adult? That's unlikely, isn't it? She doesn't seem like it.
Outside, people were still talking when, from who knows where, someone said, "A few days ago, she carried a load of barley that an adult had carried down the mountain."
This one sentence immediately silenced all other sounds, as if a pause button had been pressed.
Yes, I remember everyone I saw that day.
Because Song Lili felt sorry for Song Yongren, she carried the barley that Song Yongren was supposed to carry down the mountain herself.
Back then, work points were recorded in full, and the amount of memorization was the same as what adults did.
“That’s right, I saw it with my own eyes that day, it can’t be fake, Lili carried the same amount as us.”
"Oh, I remember now, that day really was."
Some who hadn't seen it were also eager to know, "What happened? Tell me quickly!"
Before long, everyone in the courtyard knew what had happened that day.
As Song Lili listened to the increasingly clear truth, a smile curved her lips; she was in a good mood.
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