Chapter 73: Fate, Wonderful
Just say that you can’t talk to people during the day. Shi Luo looked at Xu Qianjin who was breaking corn next to him and felt a little speechless.
You see, there is such a big cornfield, how come this person and I are assigned to the same one? Fate is really amazing.
Xu Qianjin saw Shi Luo staring at him and couldn't help asking, "Shi Zhiqing, is there something on my face?"
Shi Luo: "No, it's quite clean."
Xu Qianjin: "Then why do you keep looking at me?"
"ah,"
Shi Luo felt a little embarrassed when he was pointed out so bluntly for staring at someone.
"I just thought that among all the male educated youth in the educated youth camp, we have the lowest work points, so we can be considered as brothers in distress."
Xu Qianjin nodded and said, "I can't help it. Farm work is too tiring. I'm lazy and don't want to work so hard."
Shi Luo felt that he actually saw his own shadow in Xu Qianjin, and he was a little curious.
"If you don't like farm work, why did you go to the countryside? I think it should be easy for your family to find you a job given your conditions."
Xu Qianjin looked disgusted
"My father found me a job where I was strictly supervised every day. I basically spent the whole day doing manual labor. If I made a mistake, I would be punished. It would be better to go to the countryside and relax.
Besides, I have three children, and it would be unacceptable if none of them went to the countryside. Those who are jealous will definitely cause trouble for my family."
Shi Luo nodded in understanding. According to Xu Qianjin, his father probably wanted him to join the army.
Military training is indeed very hard, and there are life-threatening risks when going on missions. In comparison, going to the countryside is indeed easier.
The two chatted for a while and then continued to work. Aunt Guihua, who was eight miles away from Shi Luo and the others, looked at the corn cob in her hand and shook her head helplessly.
How come these two young men can't work as well as a woman like her? It turns out that good-looking men are unreliable.
Now I have to talk to my daughter and tell her not to pay too much attention to appearance. Being capable is the most important thing. Otherwise, after getting married, the couple will end up starving to death.
Time flies quickly, and today is the day to distribute food.
Shi Luo’s work points were not many, but they were barely enough, at least he didn’t have to pay any extra money.
The brigade distributed food according to the ratio of six labors per person and four labors per person.
That is, population food accounts for 60%, and public food accounts for 40%.
Adhering to the principle of whether the work points are enough or not, if there are not enough work points, they must be made up with money.
All the members of the brigade were present at the threshing ground. After all, this concerned their family's food supply for the year, so basically every household brought their entire family out together.
Jiang Hao and Shi Luo were also standing on the periphery. Jiang Hao didn't have to worry about the distribution of food, because his mother would give him all his work points when the time came.
As for Shi Luo, his work points were relatively few, and he was an educated youth, so he was the last one to be allocated food rations. Therefore, he did not squeeze forward.
Shi Luo was stretching his neck to watch the fun when he heard Aunt Guihua's voice.
"Hey, look at Wang Yishan's family. With these old men, they won't be short of food next year."
Shi Luo looked at Wang Yishan's family who were distributing food and nodded in understanding.
Wang Yishan's family has the most strong laborers in the brigade, and they are the accountant's third uncle's family.
The Wang family has six sons and fifteen grandsons, all of whom are tall and strong. The youngest grandson is fifteen years old and is basically equivalent to a strong laborer.
"Look at the Wang family's eldest son. He alone earned over 3,800 work points. The other sons and grandsons also earned full work points almost every day. Even his daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law are not far behind."
Liu Cuihua and Aunt Guihua continued.
"But, their family eats a lot, and as the saying goes, a young boy can eat his father out of poverty."
Aunt Guihua didn't think it was a big deal. "No matter what, what they get is definitely enough for them to eat. Besides, this year is a good year, and one centimeter is worth five cents. Look at the Wang family, they got 867 yuan at once. Add those coupons, and they will definitely be able to live well next year. At the end of the year, they can just save the money our team distributes."
But if you ask me, your family definitely has the best conditions in our brigade. Those who earn work points can earn the full amount, and even those who don't, the money they earn every month is definitely enough."
Liu Cuihua curled her lips when she heard this and said, "You only see the money earned, but you don't see the money spent. For the children in the family, it costs a lot of money to go to school.
Besides, their food rations are all dependent on adults, and my disappointing fifth son barely earns enough to feed himself. Getting married in the future will be even more difficult, and with all my in-laws involved, there's really nothing to say."
Aunt Guihua didn't say anything when she heard this. Liu Cuihua's family did have a lot of expenses, and they sent all the children to school when they were old enough. As long as they could pass the exam, they would never stop them.
They didn't think that studying was a waste of money and were considered a well-off family in the brigade. However, it was also because of this that so many workers came out of their family.
Thinking of the fifth son of the Jiang family again, Aunt Guahua suddenly felt that she no longer envied the Jiang family.
The other people in the team watched the Wang family carry away bags of grain, and thought of the money the Wang family got. Their eyes turned red and they were all envious.
In those days, a pound of rice cost only 17 cents, a bag of brown sugar cost only 60 cents, an egg cost only 5 cents, and even a pound of first-class pork cost only 72 cents.
Therefore, the money and grain distributed to the Wang family this time really made them a wealthy family in the brigade.
With the Wang family's example, others seemed less conspicuous. Even the money and grain allocated to Liu Cuihua's family were only average in the brigade.
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