Chapter 167: Food Distribution Farce (Part 4)
Mrs. Liu and the whole family behind her blushed with shame because of the contemptuous looks from everyone. They all wanted to stand up and say loudly that they did not want Liu Pingjiang's food, but when they thought of the current situation at home, no one stood up. They all blushed and lowered their heads without saying a word, as if this would prove that they were not the shameless ones.
Although Mrs. Liu blushed because of everyone's gazes, she thought about the chaos in her family over the past six months and the fact that she had earned half the work points she had before. If she backed down now, the whole family would have to starve, and she couldn't let her grandson starve.
So she said loudly: "Who wants you, a jinx, and a room full of money-losing people to pay tribute to me? I'm afraid that you will pay tribute to me and put me in the coffin early. This food is what our family deserves. If you keep talking nonsense, I will beat you to death."
The captain and the others were speechless after hearing what Mrs. Liu said, but Liu Pingjiang said at this time: "Accountant Zhang, please help me calculate the work points before June 18th and the work points after June 18th this year."
Accountant Zhang calculated on the paper for a while and said, "The work points before June 18th are 1,456, and the work points after June 18th are 1,326."
"Then please trouble Accountant Zhang to record all the work points before June 18th to my mother, and the rest can all be exchanged for food. However, I am afraid that the food and money I borrowed from the team before will not be repaid this year."
After hearing what he said, the captain patted his shoulder and said, "I know you are having difficulties. It will be the same next year. I think no one in the team will mind."
After hearing what the captain said, everyone said that they didn't mind Liu Jiangping paying it back next year. They said this because they felt sorry for Liu Pingjiang's family, and secondly, Liu Pingjiang and his wife and their daughter were all good workers, so they were not afraid that they would not pay it back. If it was someone like Widow Liu, no matter how pitiful she was, they would not pay it back with her next year.
The second sister and her mother went forward to help her father get the food and then walked towards home. Before leaving, the second sister came over and said that she and her father would be back soon.
Not long after the second sister left, it was the turn of Liu Pozi and her family to collect grain. After hearing Accountant Zhang report out their family's work points, everyone finally understood why Liu Pozi and her family were so shameless in grabbing the second sister's family's work points.
It turned out that the work points of their entire family added together were not as many as those of their second sister's family. If they hadn't snatched the work points from their second sister's family, it was estimated that their entire family would really have to starve to death next year.
After receiving the grain, Liu Pozi and her family immediately left the threshing ground in shame. Seeing their figures gradually getting smaller, Lu Xiaoxiao sneered in her heart.
Following Mrs. Liu's incident, Accountant Zhang called out the names of more than a dozen people to collect food. She thought it would take a while before it was her turn, but Accountant Zhang shouted, "Lu Xiaoxiao, three hundred and eighty-six work points."
Although he knew that she didn't have many work points, he had heard Accountant Zhang always report work points in the thousands before. So when he heard that her work points were not even a fraction of his, he couldn't help but twitch his lips.
When Lu Xiaoxiao walked up to Accountant Zhang and was about to say that she wanted to exchange all her work points for food, she heard the captain say, "Everyone, be quiet. I have something I want to ask for your opinions on."
Everyone was waiting for the food to be distributed, and suddenly heard the captain say this and asked impatiently what was going on.
(End of this chapter)
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