Lin Qing stepped out of the room, where a bustling scene of work was taking place!
The captain saw Lin Qing from afar and immediately walked towards her happily.
"Little Lin, have you rested well?"
The captain said happily.
"Yes, I've rested well. Thank you for your help, Captain."
Lin Qing said embarrassedly, "I'm building the house, but I'm not even there."
"It's alright, it's alright, it's nothing. Since you've entrusted this work to your uncle, I'll definitely do it well for you. You can rest assured."
The brigade leader said with a smile, "I chatted with Xiao Gu this morning. Xiao Gu said we don't need to wait for Lin Zhiqing. We can start laying the foundation right away. He also gave a lot of good suggestions."
The brigade leader was particularly pleased to see Gu Nanxun like this.
"Lin Zhiqing, that brat said when he got home this morning that Lin Zhiqing can actually give IV drips, that's amazing."
"Now the whole brigade knows that Lin Zhiqing is a skilled doctor. In the morning, as soon as I called out to the brigade, everyone rushed to help you build your house."
Upon seeing Lin Qing, the brigade leader was overjoyed and kept talking. Their Chaoyang brigade was about to have a barefoot doctor, and such a skilled one at that.
"Captain, how many days will it take to build my house? Is there anything else I need to do?"
Lin Qing doesn't know what it takes to build a house now, but she knows there's a lot to do in the 21st century.
“Your house is quite big, so it will take about 20 days. You don’t need to do anything. Our brigade’s rule is 40 cents a day for one meal. Since it’s inconvenient for you, Xiao Gu said to add 10 cents per person and not include meals. I thought it was a good deal, so I agreed.”
“Young Lin, if you feel it’s not appropriate, we can provide meals.”
"Captain," he said cautiously.
Although the idea came from Xiao Gu, he was still worried that Xiao Lin, the educated youth, might feel that he had spent too much money.
"That's a great idea. Comrade Gu is very clever. Captain, you can see that it's really inconvenient for me. Let's do as Comrade Gu says."
Lin Qing nodded in agreement. As expected of someone who had been a domineering CEO, she decided that she would ask Brother Nanxun for help with anything she didn't understand in the future.
"Okay, let's do it that way."
"By the way, Lin Zhiqing, I've set up a room for you at the brigade headquarters. You can practice medicine here until your house is built! I'll submit your application for becoming a barefoot doctor at the meeting tomorrow. You can get full work points, and you don't have to go to work unless there are special circumstances."
"Thank you, Captain... Well then, Captain, I'll head back now. I'll leave things here in your care."
The midday sun is too strong, so let's have lunch and rest a bit before getting back to work.
Lin Qing explained.
"Okay, Lin Zhiqing, I understand. I'll tell them."
The captain looked up at the sky; it was almost noon. He then addressed the workers.
"After you finish your work, go back and eat! Lin Zhiqing cares about you and is worried that you'll get too hot, so she wants you to rest for an hour after you eat before coming back to work. Work hard this afternoon and don't let Lin Zhiqing's kindness go to waste."
"Captain, don't worry, we all know that Lin is a good person. He helped Xiao Gu with his leg as soon as he arrived, and he also gave us such a high salary. We know all that, and we will work hard."
"Yes, Captain, we don't rest at noon, we're not tired."
"That's what an honest-looking middle-aged man said."
"Yes, yes... We don't need to rest. We're not tired. We'll try our best to help Xiaolin, the educated youth, build a house as soon as possible so that he can move into his new house sooner."
After listening to the team leader's words, everyone chimed in. People these days are really genuinely endearing.
"Alright, I know what you mean, but it's also Lin Zhiqing's way of letting you rest for an hour. You can rest now. Just work hard this afternoon and don't slack off. Now you can all go home."
Upon returning to the educated youth settlement, Lin Qing saw her quilt and mattress thrown on the ground, covered in mud and dirt, so badly damaged that they were unusable.
Lu Xianghong, wiping away tears, said:
"Qingqing, I'm sorry. We saw this as soon as we got back. It must have been Chen Zhaodi who did it. She was the first one back."
"Bullshit! Did I do it because I came back early? What proof do you have?"
Chen Zhaodi said angrily.
"What evidence do you have that you didn't fabricate this?"
“I took a shower as soon as I got back, and several other comrades came back before us, so they are also suspects.”
Chen Zhaodi said smugly.
"Fine, let's leave it at that!"
Lin Qing knew without needing any evidence that Chen Zhaodi was behind it.
I had a conflict with Chen Zhaodi yesterday, and today, my things are in this state. Who else could it be but her?
She was so brazen because she knew there were many people at the educated youth settlement and it would be difficult to find her by going back and forth.
However, Lin Qing doesn't need evidence; she will make her pay the price.
Lin Qing glanced at Chen Zhaodi and said.
"Then what are you going to do tonight... How about we squeeze in together?"
Lu Xianghong said worriedly.
"I still have a blanket. I'll go to the carpenter's shop this afternoon to buy two straw mats. I'll put a piece of cloth on top, and it'll be quite soft. The weather is quite hot now, so I can just put something on top of it at night."
"Well, that's fine too. Luckily you still have a blanket."
Lin Qing didn't rest at noon. She boiled two buckets of mung bean soup, cooled it in the well, and then went to find the brigade leader.
"Captain, I've boiled two buckets of mung bean soup and chilled it with well water. Please let everyone have some!"
Lin Qing said to the captain.
"Everyone, come over for some mung bean soup after you've finished your work."
"Thank you, Lin Zhiqing."
The villagers who came to drink the soup thanked Lin Qing one after another with great enthusiasm!
"It's so sweet! They even added sugar."
An older man exclaimed in surprise.
In rural areas, sugar is a precious commodity. Families rarely get to drink sugar throughout the year, and if they do, it's usually for the children. These big men have no chance at all!
Hearing the uncle's call, everyone sped up their work and gathered around to drink the soup.
Lin Qing looked at this group of lovely people and her eyes suddenly felt a little sore. People in this era are really simple and honest, but they also work really hard.
It was just a bowl of sweet soup that everyone in later generations would drink until they vomited! Yet it brought tears to the eyes of these men who had shed sweat and blood.
Lin Qing turned around, wiped away her tears, and saw the men scrambling to drink water. She seemed to see herself fighting for food in the orphanage when she was a child.
She knows her country will get better! The current poverty is only temporary, and she will help her country when she has the opportunity in the future.
After drinking the mung bean soup, everyone worked even harder, chatting and laughing as they worked with great enthusiasm. Lin Qing watched for a while before leaving.
She needed to go back and prepare dinner, to get it ready before the educated youth finished work.
Lin Qing went to an old lady's house and asked her to exchange the rooster for a hen (a hen is more nutritious, but it also lays eggs, which the old lady wouldn't accept, and besides, a hen takes longer to cook. If she exchanged the hen, they definitely wouldn't have time to eat it that night).
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