Chapter 109 Promising Talent
The business department only hires high school graduates, and Song Lubai was able to temporarily snag the teaching job because she's quick-witted.
Whether she can continue doing it depends on her abilities.
For example, Liu Gao used to teach at a village primary school, so he must have also created blackboard newspapers.
The temptation of not having to work in the fields was too great, and Song Lubai was determined to do well and make everyone in the company recognize her abilities.
While others were taking their lunch break, she wore a straw hat and worked up a sweat to draw the overall layout of the bulletin board, drew patterns with colored chalk, and added the heading.
The large characters on the masthead were written in the same style as printed text and were very eye-catching.
The layout of the two bulletin boards is now complete; they are neat, clear, and pleasing to the eye at a glance.
Before the company commander blew the whistle to wake everyone up, Song Lubai filled in a small section of content. Her handwriting looked dignified and elegant, and she was very satisfied with it.
As the sleepy-eyed crowd passed by, they instinctively stopped to look. Upon seeing the words on the bulletin board, Liu Fengshou's eyes widened, and he exclaimed in his hometown dialect, "My goodness! These words look even better than those in books. No wonder he's a cultured man; he's truly talented."
Even those in the same batch as Song Lubai had to admit that Song Lubai's bulletin board was quite well done; the layout was pleasing to the eye, and her handwriting was especially good.
After reading the subheading, someone asked, "What are you going to write about regarding good deeds?"
Song Lubai said, "This column mainly praises those in our company who have excellent character. Whoever does a good deed will have the opportunity to be featured in this column so that everyone can see what you have done."
"In this issue, I plan to write about everyone's rescue efforts at Guhekou. The comrades who participated in the rescue, together with the comrades from the armed forces and equipment department, braved dangers and hardships to help the villagers escape their predicament. This spirit of selfless dedication and fearlessness deserves to be seen by everyone, and should also be seen by the leaders who may come."
As soon as he finished speaking, the men who had participated in the rescue instinctively straightened their chests, their eyes filled with excitement, and they looked at Song Lubai with even greater appreciation.
The men who didn't participate in the rescue slapped their thighs in regret, saying, "If we could swim, we definitely would have gone that day." That way, we could have gotten praise from our superiors.
Song Lubai said, "Don't regret it. You'll still have the chance to be praised if you do good deeds like Lei Feng in the future."
Wang Haiquan, standing in the crowd, thought that Song Lubai was a talented person. It was a waste of her talents to work in the fields, but she would definitely be good at writing materials, doing ideological work, and winning people's hearts in the political office.
The main force went to the ground, leaving only the engineering team in the camp, shirtless and working diligently.
Song Lubai worked for several hours and quickly finished both bulletin boards.
The female cooks returned from the vegetable garden.
Li Huijun approached her and handed her a fresh, unripe cucumber with tiny yellow flowers crookedly adorning its head.
"Your handwriting is really good; the bulletin board is even better than those produced by the department's propaganda department."
Song Lubai smiled, rubbed the prickly skin off the cucumber, and took a bite.
The cucumber has a sweet and refreshing taste and is quite juicy.
"It needs to grow a little longer, right?"
Li Huijun said, "These were picked early. They can't be harvested in large quantities yet, so I only picked a few."
Who are you planning to hire to assist you?
Song Lubai knew that this was Li Huijun's real purpose in bringing cucumbers to find her.
Song Lubai said, "At the very least, they need to have graduated from junior high school, have good handwriting, be able to summarize the content of newspapers, and be able to draw. Sister Li, do you have a suitable candidate?"
Li Huijun was a little embarrassed.
She wanted to send her younger brother to Song Lubai, but her brother hadn't even graduated from elementary school and couldn't draw.
“Where would we find educated people in our company? Those who went to junior high school are all in the farm headquarters primary school or schools in other companies. Our 25th Company is newly built, so there aren’t many kids, and therefore no schools or teachers. Just find a well-behaved and obedient kid and teach him slowly. Once you learn a third of his skills, you’ll be able to do the work.”
Song Lubai smiled and said, "As far as I know, there are quite a few educated people in the company. Among the young people who came from Shanghai, many did not finish high school, but quite a few finished junior high school. Sister Li, you have been here for a long time, so you can introduce me to someone who graduated from junior high school. I want to see how well they write."
Knowing she couldn't force her younger brother to come over, Li Huijun forced a smile and said, "Alright, I'll take a look for you."
Song Lubai isn't particularly capable, but whenever she sets her mind to doing something, she does her best within her capabilities.
A person with some skills will be respected wherever they go, and Song Lubai's skills are more than enough for the company.
The main force dragged their weary bodies back to the camp and followed the crowd to take a stroll around the newly published bulletin board.
The area in front of the blackboard was packed with people.
Many people are illiterate, and illiterate people only have one feeling when they look at this board.
Song Lubai's paintings are beautiful, cultured, and amazing.
Those who can read also think that Song Lubai is very impressive when they see the content in each section and her elegant handwriting. The layout of the board is just like her appearance, looking clean, scholarly, and extremely generous and proper.
The literate people read aloud the contents of the "Good Deeds and Good People" board.
The comrades who participated in the rescue were moved by the emotions expressed in the text, and even though their names were not mentioned individually, they felt extremely honored.
The company commander and political instructor who were mentioned were very satisfied and said "good" several times!
Tractor driver Zhao Aiguo, who drove the tractor to take everyone to the rescue site, was also mentioned in the article. Hearing his name called out by the reader, he looked proud and excited.
Due to limited space, after praising the workers, the author wrote about the glorious task that the workers of the 25th Company would soon participate in the construction of the Guhe Canal to prevent flooding from happening again next year.
Digging ditches is hard work, but after hearing the ending, everyone felt like they had inexhaustible energy.
It can be said that Song Lubai satisfied everyone with a short article, easily mobilizing everyone's enthusiasm for work.
Wang Hai, who was in the crowd, genuinely believed that Song Lubai was a promising talent.
Such talent should stay in the political and administrative departments of the Shicheng Commercial Bureau, writing articles and doing propaganda.
There was a blank section on the bulletin board for labor evaluation. When asked about it, Song Lubai said, "Our company has never had labor groups. I suggest that we form groups of ten and evaluate each group once a week. The more red stars each group has, the better their performance."
At this point, Song Lubai looked at the company commander and political instructor and asked, "Company commander, do you think the well-performing groups should be given some reward?"
After thinking for a moment, the two said, "Let's reward them with watermelons and cantaloupes for the next few months. The top three teams will receive a few extra melons to share among themselves."
The company was dirt poor. They relied entirely on the threshing ground for their grain, and they didn't have any ration coupons or anything like that. The company's accounts were also nearly empty, so they could only get things that didn't require coupons.
Who doesn't love watermelons and cantaloupes? The ones planted in the production team were late and haven't been harvested yet, but we can bring them back from outside without any tickets or money. It's easy to motivate everyone.
That's a really good idea!
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