After receiving instructions from the team leader, Song Liangrong went out early and came back late, and was too busy to go home every day. The other educated youth were too idle to discuss him in the educated youth center.
"What's wrong with Song Liangrong? He has nothing to do, right? Why does he still go out every day? He always comes back smelling bad. I can't stand sharing a room with him anymore."
"I asked yesterday and heard he was working on some fertilizer thing."
"Fertilizer? What the hell is he doing with that? No wonder it stinks so bad, full of shit and piss. It's disgusting."
"Don't say that. Don't the crops need these to grow better?"
"No matter how good he is, working harder won't earn us more work points or more food. I think he's just bored."
Qin Xuemei asked vaguely, "How do you know he didn't get any work points or food?"
After hearing what she said, everyone felt that there was some truth in it and thought about it.
When Song Liangrong came back in the evening, he had already washed up by the river, but there was still some smell on his body. He frowned and walked while thinking whether he should move to another place.
He thought everyone would be asleep when he got back, but he didn't expect that all the educated youth would be waiting for him in the yard.
"Are you still awake?"
Qin Xuemei looked at him with a half-smile, "We are all educated youth. It's fate that people from all over the world gather here. What has Song Zhiqing been doing recently? Don't forget everyone when you have something good to offer."
Song Liangrong watched expressionlessly, "I'm cultivating fertilizers. If you're interested, you can join in."
"Why did you suddenly think of cultivating fertilizer? How many centimeters did the team promise you?"
Song Liangrong replied in a serious tone, "No work points. I took the initiative to ask Accountant An for this job."
One male educated youth looked disdainful and said, "Who are you kidding? You have time to rest, but you're not taking advantage of it. You're actively looking for work to do, but you don't even have any work points. Who would believe me if I told anyone else?"
Originally, Song Liangrong was thinking of explaining a few words, but after looking at their faces, he suddenly lost interest in explaining. They were not of the same kind. "Believe it or not." After saying that, he returned to the room from the yard, came to the table, and under the moonlight, he wrote down some notes before slowly falling asleep.
Everyone in the yard was still discussing.
"Is there really no work points?"
"Song Zhiqing doesn't seem like someone who would lie."
"Isn't this person too stupid?"
Even Qin Xuemei was a little confused. Could it be that they were really overthinking it and the other party's efforts were in vain?
Song Liangrong's current job does not pay any wages and does not come with any work points bonus, but if he can do a good job, he will not have to go to the fields anymore and will only need to be responsible for research. Song Liangrong does not care about these things. For him, being able to put what he has learned into practice is enough to satisfy him.
After the unpleasant conversation with the educated youth, Song Liangrong became even more isolated from the crowd. He once again came to An Jingzhi to report on his fertilizer cultivation progress. After the conversation, seeing that he had not left, An Jingzhi took the initiative to ask:
"Any other questions, Song Zhiqing?"
Song Liangrong hesitated for a moment and said, "I have to cultivate fertilizers. Every day I have all kinds of smells on my body, which may affect the rest of the other educated youth. I am thinking about whether I can move to another place in the team."
An Jingzhi thought the other party wanted money. The team was broke and in debt, so he didn't have any money to ask for. There were plenty of empty houses. "That's no problem. I'll talk to the team leader later. Isn't there a slightly shabby house behind my house? We can clean it up and live in it. It's not a big deal except for being small. Anyway, it's enough for you alone."
Song Liangrong thanked him, "Thank you, Accountant An."
An Jingzhi encouraged him with a few words with a smile, and after sending the person away, he came to find the team leader to handle the housing issue.
"Empty house? No problem." These days, Song Liangrong reported the progress to An Jingzhi, and An Jingzhi would also go to the team leader to report Song Liangrong's fertilizer cultivation progress. This was also to let the team leader see that Song Liangrong was indeed working seriously.
The effect was also obvious. The team leader's attitude towards Song Liangrong changed a lot.
"I'll ask a few people to help clean up, and he can move in tonight." The captain took the initiative.
An Jingzhi smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll trouble you, Captain. I'll go and inform Song Zhiqing now."
"What's the trouble? After all, he is helping our team. You know, this educated youth Song seems to be silent on weekdays, and I thought he looked down on us country people, but I didn't expect that he is also a man of action." The team leader sighed.
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After Song Liangrong moved out of the educated youth site, everyone became extremely jealous. At the beginning, the other educated youth were absolutely not allowed to move out by the team, but now Song Liangrong has this preferential treatment. Who can be happy?
Qin Xuemei brought everyone to the captain's house to cause trouble.
"Come out! We want fairness!"
Several educated youths were shouting for fairness at the doorstep of the team leader's house, which not only scared the team leader's entire family, but also disturbed other neighbors nearby, and everyone came out to watch the fun.
"No matter what, the team leader has to explain today's matter to everyone clearly. We are all educated youth. Why can Song Liangrong live in a house alone while everyone else has to squeeze together?!" Qin Xuemei said angrily.
"That's right! What did you say, Captain, when we said we wanted to move out and live on our own? You simply disagreed! What's going on now? If you don't give us a reasonable explanation, we'll report you to the Youth League Office!"
The surrounding villagers heard it and talked about it.
"What's going on? Song Zhiqing lives alone?"
"It seems like my son was called by the team leader yesterday to help clean up the house for Song Zhiqing to live in."
"No wonder they're making a fuss. If it were me, I'd make a fuss too." Aunt Zhang Wu said with a sigh.
"How can you talk like that? Are you still a member of our team?" Fu Ernai glared at her.
The captain frowned, opened the door to the yard and roared,
"Stop arguing!"
The scene suddenly became quiet. The captain looked at the group of educated youth making trouble with a stern look in his eyes. "Come in, don't you want fairness? I will give you fairness!"
Qin Xuemei and the other educated youth looked at each other in bewilderment. Then, Qin Xuemei took the lead and walked in. "Let's go in! If you don't give us a reasonable explanation, we will report it to the higher authorities!"
Led by her, everyone walked into the captain's yard.
The captain used his eyes to disperse the others and close the door to the yard. However, even though the door was closed, many people climbed up around the corner of the wall, all of them listening attentively around his house.
The team leader took out a notebook from his room and handed it directly to Qin Xuemei. "Take this and read it. After you read it, you will understand why Song Zhiqing can live in a room by himself! If you can also contribute to our team, let alone a shabby house, I will give you a place to live even in a brick house!"
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