Chapter 34 Scorer
Several days passed in a flash, and Zhao Yi only sent fish and shrimp to the cowshed after dark.
At night, Zhao Yi had just prepared nearly a pound of shrimp and two fish weighing three or four pounds. Just as he was about to go out, he ran into Su Hong.
"Comrade Su."
When Zhao Yi saw Su Hong, he immediately nodded and greeted her.
"Comrade Zhao, this is something for you. You have to send it over there, right? I won't bother you. I can do it myself."
Su Hong took the things from Zhao Yi's hand, and then handed one of the packages to Zhao Yi.
He turned around and walked towards the cowshed.
Zhao Yi took the package and turned back to the yard.
"Boss, why are you running so fast?"
Zhang Jing was a little surprised. Normally it would take at least ten minutes to walk from here to the cowshed, but she came back just after leaving the house.
"I just met Su Zhiqing, and she took the gift from us. This is a little token of her appreciation for us."
Zhao Yi brought the things to the table.
The kerosene lamp I bought last time is better than the homemade one. Although it consumes more oil than the homemade one, it is easier to use. When the glass cover is put on, the smoke smell is much less.
When Zhang Jing opened the package, she saw half a pound of brown sugar, a bag of malted milk, and a few milk candies inside.
"You can't have these things. They're too expensive."
Zhang Jing immediately shook her head.
A bag of malted milk costs more than two yuan in the supply and marketing cooperative, and the canned one costs more than three yuan. Sugar costs a few cents per pound, and milk candy is almost one cent per piece.
"You know Su Zhiqing's temper. Do you think he will accept it if you go back? You can only cook a few more delicious meals and invite him over to eat."
Zhao Yi looked at Zhang Jing and said.
"That's right. Let's make loach and steamed shrimp tomorrow and invite Su Zhiqing to come over for a meal."
Zhang Jing nodded.
Wangou Village.
Cowshed.
Su Hong pushed open the wooden door of the cowshed with the fish and shrimp in her hand. Several people in the room sat up straight and looked over here.
The people who were skinny and pale at the beginning now have ruddy complexions and look energetic, but there is a hint of fear in their eyes when they look over here, knowing that Su Hong has been out recently. The young comrade who helped deliver the things never enters the house. He puts the things at the door, knocks on the door, and then turns away. They will not come out to get the things until the footsteps fade away.
"Grandpa, grandma."
Su Hong shouted.
"Girl."
Two gray-haired old men shouted excitedly.
"Has Comrade Su's letter been delivered? How are they doing? Have they been affected by my affairs?"
A man wearing glasses, probably in his forties, looked at Su Hong anxiously and asked.
Since coming here, I have almost cut off contact with my family. I want to write a letter back, but there is no one to help me send it. I dare not tell Li Dequan about this, for fear that my current status will affect the normal life of my wife and children at home.
"They are doing OK. Your aunt is still working in her original unit. Your daughter is now a clerk in a garment factory. Your son is still in school. He will probably go to the countryside to work as a sent-down youth after he graduates."
Su Hong said.
"That's good. I hope they haven't been affected by me. I am sorry to Wenying. Now the burden of the whole family falls on her alone. She has suffered a lot over the years."
"They care about you very much, and they feel relieved knowing your current situation. They will send things over every month, and I will collect them all and hand them over to you when the time comes."
Su Hong hurriedly comforted her.
"By the way, during the time when Grandpa and Grandma were away, did Comrade Zhao send anything over every day?"
Su Hong looked at her grandparents and asked.
"They delivered it. They also delivered some extra shrimps every day."
The old man nodded.
"That's all."
Su Hong nodded.
This time I went to help deliver a letter, and it was a note written by Li Dequan, saying that I was going to the city over there to buy broken parts for the water mill.
Su Hong handed the package in her hand to the middle-aged man with glasses. These were the clothes that he had not had time to take away, including several sets for winter and summer.
“Our lives have become much better since you came here. When I first came here, I didn’t know how to cook. I was given some millet in the village and asked them how to cook it. They said to cook potatoes and millet together. When the potatoes are cooked, the millet will be cooked too.
As a result, the potatoes were cooked until the millet was not. ”
An old man said with a self-deprecating smile.
"You are all busy being experts and professors in various fields. You didn't even have time to eat when you were busy before, so how can you cook?"
As Su Hong was talking, she began to help everyone cook. Soon she had a pot of fish soup ready. She then had dinner with everyone in the cowshed and chatted for a while.
As for why you have to make a personal trip instead of sending a letter, nowadays letters have to be opened and checked before they can be sent.
Zhao Yi got up as soon as the sky began to brighten in the early morning.
I ran to the foot of the mountain to collect white clay. The wall of my house was still only half a person's height, and the chickens would jump out from time to time and run around.
After working for a while, the work whistle sounded. After breakfast, Zhao Yi followed Zhang Jing to the team headquarters.
"Zhang Jing will be the scorekeeper for your team six from now on. This girl has been to school and knows a lot."
Li Dequan looked at Team Six and said.
Scorers also have to work, but they receive work point subsidies. For example, if a female member is a scorer and works eight work points a day, she gets ten work points with the subsidies, which is the same as the work points of a strong laborer.
Everyone in Team Six was confused. Wasn't the scorer here Li Dequan's own daughter? Why was she replaced out of the blue, and now she was a new daughter-in-law who had just gotten married not long ago?
However, no one dared to question the captain's arrangements, otherwise they might be tasked with supporting reservoir construction at any time.
"Dad, when did you plan to change my job? How come I didn't know anything about it?"
After everyone had started working, Li Dequan's daughter looked at Li Dequan and asked.
"You are about to get married, so it doesn't matter if you earn less work points. Just rest at home for a few days and make yourself plump and white. If you are thin when you get married, just wait and see how I will deal with that boy."
After saying this, Li Dequan walked towards the field without looking back, leaving his daughter with a red face running back home embarrassedly.
Zhang Jing was walking with a bit of wind at this time. She didn't expect that she could get a day as a scorekeeper. She could get a subsidy of two work points every day, and the work of a scorekeeper was generally easy.
When you arrive at the field, you must first follow the team leader's arrangements, and then pass these arrangements down to the members. Only after you are done with that can you do your own work. After work, you must check whether each member's completion rate has met the standards.
It is equivalent to doing only two-thirds of the normal work and getting the same work points as a strong laborer.
Li Daju was smiling and talking to Zhang Jing about something. Zhang Jing kept nodding and commenting from time to time.
"You, the boss, go and carry the manure. You are the best laborer in our team."
Zhang Jing looked at Zhao Yi embarrassedly and said.
The job of carrying manure is not tiring, but it is a bit dirty. You can only carry it a few times a day before you have to leave work.
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