Before the team leader Long Deshou finished speaking, an impatient educated youth asked casually.
"Who is so amazing that he picked so many?"
Long Deshou glanced at the talkative educated youth with dissatisfaction, but did not scold him. Instead, he announced the name.
"Song Zhi."
When Song Zhi was suddenly called by the team leader, she stood up in surprise. She didn't know she had picked so many.
"Comrade Song Zhi, you did a great job today. I'll give you the highest work points as a member. You must continue to maintain this performance."
Long Deshou has always liked people who are down-to-earth and hardworking, and his expression softened a lot when he looked at Song Zhi.
Song Zhi silently calculated in his mind that the highest work points for members were 15 points.
Her eyes lit up. She had earned seventy-five cents today! That was a lot!
She responded cheerfully: "Thank you, Captain. I will definitely continue to work hard in the future."
Long Deshou nodded with satisfaction and continued, "The male educated youth are doing even better. Comrade Jiang Jiancheng picked a full 100 kilograms, which, like Comrade Song Zhi, also counts for 15 work points. They should keep working hard tomorrow."
Both of them were praised. Long Deshou announced this specifically to put some pressure on everyone. After praising the two, he would inevitably give them another round of criticism.
"The rest of you comrades need to continue working hard and emulate Comrade Song Zhi and Comrade Jiang Jiancheng. Being cunning and treacherous is absolutely unacceptable."
After she finished speaking, her eyes lightly swept over the few people.
Song Ruanruan always felt that Long Deshou's words were deliberately targeting her. Her cheeks flushed red, and she looked angrily at Song Zhi who was in the limelight over there, and clenched her hands in jealousy.
"Sister, you've never done any housework at home. How come you picked so many this time? Did you ask a man for help?"
Song Ruanruan stood up and asked loudly on purpose.
When everyone heard this, their eyes changed when they looked at Song Zhi.
Especially among the female educated youth, there were a few who were not convinced of being outdone. They directly joined forces with Song Ruanruan and looked at Song Zhi suspiciously.
Song Zhi was fair and tender all over, and at first glance she looked like a young lady who had never done housework. They had all worked in the fields for a whole day, and they all knew how difficult it was to pick cotton.
It really doesn't seem real that a young lady who has never worked in the fields picked 85 kilograms of cotton.
"You've never even washed your own clothes at home before."
Seeing this, Song Ruanruan raised her eyebrows and said with more certainty.
"How is it possible to pick so much cotton? Captain, you should investigate carefully and don't be deceived by certain people. Otherwise, this will be too unfair to us."
Only the first place winner got 15 work points, while the rest of them only got 10 work points. If the first place winner cheated, it would be unfair to the others.
Song Zhi looked indifferent, not at all aware of being accused of cheating.
Song Ruanruan's little tricks were really no match for her.
Before she could react, a short-haired female educated youth suddenly stood up and spoke for her.
"Captain, I want to report Song Ruanruan. While she was working today, she specifically called a few male educated youth to her field. I don't know what they were doing there. Captain, you must investigate thoroughly."
Song Zhi was very surprised to see this female educated youth with a heroic look speaking for him.
She remembered that this person lived in the same dormitory with Song Ruanruan. The last time she passed by their door, she treated herself to peanuts.
Noticing Song Zhi's gaze, the female educated youth winked at her.
"What can I do? I must go and help her with the work."
Someone immediately answered.
As soon as Song Ruanruan arrived, she started to fight with the male educated youth, and some female educated youth had long been dissatisfied with her high-profile style.
"What nonsense are you talking about! Stop slandering me! I picked all my cotton myself!"
Song Ruanruan suddenly became anxious. She glared at the nosy man and immediately retorted.
"Song Ruanruan, you know whether I have slandered you or not. You asked them to help you with the work during dinner. Do you think we are deaf?"
The female educated youth was not afraid of her, so she simply made the matter clear.
These words made Song Ruanruan speechless. After a long while, she stiffened her neck and refused to admit it, "Anyway, I didn't!"
"Why are you crying thief and not daring to admit it?" The female educated youth sneered and said sarcastically.
"Who are you calling a thief? You only picked a small amount of cotton, and you have the nerve to criticize me? Where do you get the nerve to do that?"
Song Ruanruan felt like her tail was stepped on and her fur stood up instantly.
"I picked less, but at least I picked it with my own hands, unlike some people who are sneaky and talk nonsense!" The female educated youth was not afraid of her at all and glared back immediately.
The two quarreled and the air around them was filled with the smell of sparks.
Seeing that the two were about to get into a fight, the team leader Long Deshou pinched his eyebrows in annoyance and scolded them, "Shut up! If you keep arguing, you won't get any work points!"
Hearing this, both of them shut their mouths in disappointment.
It's so hard to earn these few work points, no one wants to have them deducted.
"I'll investigate this matter. Now continue eating. Anyone who causes trouble again will have their work points deducted!"
Long Deshou glanced at the two of them with dissatisfaction, shocked them again, and then left the cafeteria.
Song Ruanruan was so angry that she almost bit her teeth off. She stomped her feet hard and sat back in her seat angrily, but her resentful eyes were always on the nosy female educated youth.
The female educated youth didn't care at all and even sneered at her provocatively.
"That's all I can do."
"You!" This sentence made Song Ruanruan furious. If she hadn't been pulled back by the people around her, she would have probably quarreled with the female educated youth again.
After the captain left, everyone continued to eat the porridge in their bowls.
Although the porridge tastes bad, it can at least fill your stomach.
If the conditions are better and we can't eat this, we will quietly go to the kitchen and cook a little.
The aroma drifted faintly into the kitchen, tempting everyone to eat.
"It smells so good! Who is frying meat? This is so blissful!"
"The paste in my hand suddenly felt dull!"
"I really want to go home. This thing is not suitable for human consumption."
Someone said something, and the atmosphere in the cafeteria became even more depressing.
Song Zhi silently took two mouthfuls of cornmeal porridge, but couldn't help sniffing. She also wanted to eat meat.
Although there were chefs to help the educated youths cook in the canteen, the food they ate was all coarse grains, either porridge or dry steamed buns, or tasteless stir-fried cabbage and potatoes. Not to mention meat, there was not even a hint of oil. After eating all day, there was no oil in their stomachs.
If they wanted to eat something good, they could cook their own food, but there was only one pot, and if they wanted to use it, they had to queue up and compete with other educated youth. Song Zhi didn't want to go through the trouble and just thought about getting a pot when he had a break.
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