"No, why did the higher-ups make this decision?" Li Xu suddenly became anxious.
He had experienced the taste of working in the countryside and naturally knew how hard it was.
If possible, he doesn't want to do farm work in his life.
Liu Gang sighed and explained, "The biggest fear during harvest time is rain. After finally achieving a good harvest, we're even more afraid of it. So, the county leaders decided to mobilize personnel from various units to rush to the countryside to harvest quickly. The sooner we harvest, the more peace of mind we'll have."
I have to say, this reason is very reasonable.
It’s been several years, and we finally see a bumper rice harvest. How can the leaders above not be excited?
If the weather is good in the second half of the year, farmers will have a good year.
But if anything goes wrong with the rice, it means that all the hard work in the first half of the year has been in vain. What will we have to celebrate the New Year with?
After figuring it out, Li Xu quickly asked, "Are you saying that the institute will send our motorcade to work in the countryside?"
"Is that even a question? Normally, we eat the most, and now there's not much to do. Who else can we choose besides us?"
After a long silence, Li Xu cursed, "Mm, we are so unlucky!"
"Stop scolding. It's useless. Let's save our energy."
The two of them hadn't chatted for a few words when Director Shen Yuan came over.
He gathered everyone in the motorcade together and announced the matter of going to the countryside to work.
Li Xu and Liu Gang were mentally prepared and didn't react much, but it was different for the others. They all started cursing.
When they had almost finished cursing, Shen Yuan said helplessly, "Don't be so excited. If we really couldn't spare anyone, we wouldn't want you to go. But this is an order from above, so we have to choose people who can do the job, right?
To put it bluntly, some people tremble when they walk. If we send such people to the countryside, they will probably die there."
At this moment, he felt a little relieved.
Nothing else, just because I was only scolded and not beaten...
Master Qi shouted, "It's fine for us to go to the countryside to work, but if we're too exhausted, how will we transport the supplies?"
"Yes, who will be responsible if something goes wrong?" everyone echoed.
Shen Yuan, however, looked calm and composed. He replied calmly, "This trip to the countryside will be counted as a business trip. Each person will receive a subsidy of one yuan per day. After finishing your farm work, if there are no transportation tasks, you can rest for two days."
He paused for a moment, then continued, "To tell you the truth, our supply and marketing cooperative is selecting twenty people to go to the countryside, and the rest will only receive a subsidy of fifty cents a day. Okay, it's getting late. If you didn't bring any food, hurry back and prepare some, and then leave as soon as you're ready."
Everyone looked at each other and could only agree helplessly.
There is no way around it. This is a task assigned by the county, and I have to go.
Just now they brought up the issue of transporting supplies just because they wanted some benefits.
Now that the benefits are there, and they are not low, naturally no one will say anything anymore.
Seeing this, Shen Yuan said the name of the brigade and then left with satisfaction.
Everyone in the car team brought their lunch with them, so they didn't go home. Instead, they took their bags and went to their destination together.
As we were walking down the street, Liu Gang said with a wicked grin, "Should we tell others about the subsidy?"
Upon hearing this, everyone laughed, "Of course we have to say it, it's a good opportunity to cause trouble for Shen Yuan and the others."
They knew that the reason they were given such high subsidies was because their physical condition was better than others and they could do more farm work. They also hoped that there would be no problems with transportation.
But other people who go to the countryside don’t think so.
If those people knew that the car team’s subsidy was twice as much as theirs, they would definitely cause trouble for Shen Yuan.
After all, we are all working in the countryside, so why is the treatment so different?
The most important thing is that the leaders of the institute cannot allow people on both sides to receive the same treatment, otherwise it will be even more troublesome if the car team causes trouble.
After laughing, Master Song said, "The most important thing now is to harvest the crops. We can't let this matter affect their enthusiasm. We have to wait until the crops are harvested before telling them."
Everyone understood the seriousness of the matter and agreed very readily.
Then Master Qi sighed, "I haven't harvested crops in years. I don't know if I've lost my skills."
As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately resonated with everyone.
"Who said it wasn't? I haven't been to the fields for more than ten years."
"That's nothing. I haven't done farm work in almost 20 years."
When they finished, Li Xu was surprised to find that the person who had done farm work the shortest time was actually himself...
So he said very confidently, "Don't be afraid, I will teach you when the time comes. I was still harvesting crops two years ago."
Unexpectedly, these words stirred up a hornet's nest. Everyone glared at him and said, "Get out of the way. Even if I don't do farm work for thirty or fifty years, I'm still better than you."
"That's right, you weren't even born when we were doing farm work. Is it your turn to teach us?"
Hearing their words, Li Xu quickly admitted his mistake, "Okay, okay, I said something wrong, please stop talking."
Only then did they feel satisfied and shut their mouths.
After walking for more than an hour, they finally arrived at their destination.
When the people in the team learned the purpose of their visit, they were very happy and quickly brought them sickles.
Everyone put the cloth bags on the edge of the field, picked up sickles and started working.
After a while, a voice came from beside Li Xu, "Old Duan, what are you doing? You're already an adult, and you're still sucking your fingers?"
Following the sound, I saw Master Duan taking his left index finger out of his mouth and said unhappily, "Go away! If your finger is cut, why don't you put it in your mouth and suck it?"
Now everyone understands that if people nowadays get injured on their hands and the wound is not serious, their first reaction is to put it in their mouths and suck it.
Because people think that doing so can stop bleeding and disinfect.
Hearing him say this, Master Qi, who was asking the question, immediately laughed at him, "You're still not good enough. You can even cut your hand with this. How about letting Xiao Li teach you?"
Hearing this, several people around him suddenly laughed.
Master Duan's face turned green. "Old man, I don't even want to bother with you. Get back to work."
After saying that, he bent down and continued working.
Master Qi smiled and shook his head, then bent down.
Not long after, Li Xu heard Master Duan's mocking voice, "You old man, you were talking to me happily just now, how come you got scratched too?"
Master Qi pretended to be indifferent and said, "If you can get scratched, why can't I?"
"My wound isn't as big as yours, which means you're not as good at using the sickle as I am."
At this time, Master Song said, "Alright, alright, let's get back to work. We haven't been out in the field for such a long time, it's normal to get scratched. What's there to say?"
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