Chapter 177: Shameless, Invincible
"But aren't we busy building the road? I don't have time to get involved. I'll just give her two work points a day and let her work on it first. We'll figure out the rewards once we see results."
As soon as He Hongjin finished speaking, several uncles and aunts beside him muttered,
"What can two work points a day do? Hongjin, you're not doing your job well."
"That's right, Captain. It's a good thing that Xiaoliu's wife didn't complain about the amount. Otherwise, where would we get all this fertilizer? And the recipe for composting it?"
“That’s right!”
“…”
The threshing floor suddenly became noisy again.
He Hongjin looked helpless, scratched the back of his head, put his hand down, and said:
"Isn't there an extra reward? If you think what I gave them is too little, then how much reward should I give them now? Just decide for yourself, that should be fine, right?"
Lu Miao is Fu Jingyou's daughter-in-law, and Fu Jingyou is He Hongjin's adopted son.
If He Hongjin spoke up for some things, others would think he was letting them off the hook.
Since the older and more prestigious members of the team are so keen to judge, why not push the matter to them first and see what they think.
Make a decision when the time comes, and others won’t be embarrassed to spread gossip.
The uncles looked at each other, murmured, and began to discuss the matter seriously.
Lu Miao took in the situation and gave Geng Xiaoyun and the others a look.
The people who had been composting with her at the time suddenly understood and moved to stand behind her. The uncles and aunts in the village may have been honest, but they were all very old. How could they not see this?
"In my opinion, the person who gave the advice is the most capable. Fertilizer can be a big deal! He's been busy for a month, so he should be given at least 400 work points! The others who worked with him should be paid at least 10 work points a day!"
"No, no, the person who gave the advice will be rewarded with at least 400 work points! Xiaoliu's wife definitely worked too. Besides, expending physical strength is strength, and using your brain is also strength! She's doing double the work!"
"Then I think there will be at least 500 prizes!"
"Six hundred only!!"
The threshing ground was in chaos, with many people having different opinions. In the end, some people even dared to shout out 800 or 1,000 work points.
For farmers, fertilizer is really of utmost importance when resources are scarce.
Lu Miao made such good fertilizer and had the recipe in his hand. In everyone's mind, this was no small achievement.
If she really gave out a thousand work points, that would be what she deserved.
But the crowd wasn't the only one shouting out high rewards.
The sisters-in-law who had not participated in the process at first because of their doubts after Lu Miao's call, now admired Lu Miao's ability after seeing the fertilizer.
However, with the work point rewards exceeding expectations, there will be people who will feel jealous.
"Work points are used to distribute food at the end of the year! A thousand work points, do you know how much that is per day for a month? One by one, stop shouting!"
"Everyone knows that fertilizer is a good thing. How could Xiaoliu's wife not know that? Why didn't you say it before?"
"Such a good composting method should be shared to benefit the members! We're all on the same production team, so why are you talking about rewards or not? How polite, aren't you, Xiaoliu's wife?"
"Everyone remembers you well, and every household that's a little better off will give you a little gift as a token of appreciation."
"that is……"
As if very proud of having successfully changed the trend, laughter gradually came from the crowd.
“…”
When he first heard someone say that work points would be used to distribute food at the end of the year, considering the current situation in the team, most households were unable to eat, so Lu Miao thought that he must not ask for too many work points as a reward.
But the more he listened, the tighter Lu Miao's brows couldn't help but frown.
We asked them to join us, but they refused.
Now that they are going to get a high reward, these people are not convinced again?
What?
She led people to get things done, but it turned out to be wrong?
Not only are you unwilling to give a subsidy reward, but what does "a token of appreciation" mean?
Give them alms?
Behind Lu Miao, Geng Xiaoyun frowned and said nothing, while Gu Ying and the others also had sullen faces and said nothing.
Yang Xiaojing was not convinced. She had a stubborn temper and was easily led astray. Lu Miao raised his hand to stop her and did not let her speak.
Fu Jingyou moved away from the group of old men and stood in front of Lu Miao, blocking the saliva of all the aunts and sisters-in-law.
Lu Miao himself doesn't want to suffer this, so how can he be allowed to suffer this?
"People need dignity, trees need bark. Shameless people are simply invincible!"
Lu Miao's face was cold and tense. He pulled Fu Jingyou away, put one hand on his waist, pointed at the aunts who were speaking in the crowd, and argued with the group of scholars:
"I respect you as my elders and veteran members of Dahe Village! So I won't say anything too harsh, but please don't bully me too much!"
"I told you some things clearly from the beginning, but you were unwilling to participate. Now that I have led people to make things clear and want to take the benefits, you are not happy again."
"What's the matter? You don't want to put in the effort, you just want to take the benefits, and you can't stand seeing others get the benefits, right?"
"Little Six, why do you say such harsh words?"
A sister-in-law in the crowd said indignantly:
"It's true that you made the fertilizer, but when you use it, the crops in the fields will grow much more. In the autumn, won't your family still get more food? No one else gets any more than you!"
Lu Miao sneered sarcastically and almost laughed out of anger.
The fertilizer she and her team made would determine how much crops would grow in the fields, and they would participate in collective labor and earn work points in the fields.
How much they get depends on how the team divides it. They get as much as the team divides it, and that's what they deserve.
What qualifications do these people have to talk about "more, less, and fairness"?
"Everyone knows that work points are linked to year-end grain distribution, and everyone knows that work points are a good thing. For this composting project, our group doesn't need work points, and I can teach you the method without any reward, but I have one condition."
A sister-in-law asked, "What are the conditions?"
Lu Miao glanced at everyone.
Everyone looked at her blankly, and Geng Xiaoyun and others were also confused.
"These days, the sisters-in-law are making more than ten work points a day twisting straw ropes. That's a lot of money to earn in a month!"
Lu Miao looked coldly at the sisters-in-law in the crowd:
"We can do without the work point bonus. Then, sisters-in-law, are you willing to share the burden of the team's food crisis? Clear out the work points you've earned recently and set aside some to help those in the team who are hungry."
"Why?"
Someone in the crowd immediately raised a sharp voice.
"We earned that through our own labor! Why should we give it to others?!"
Some people are like this. They can't stand seeing others gain benefits, and they are happy when others lose benefits.
When it comes to their own interests being damaged, they will show a completely different face.
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