Chapter 110 Renaming
Normally, the first thing the company does after finishing work and returning to the camp is to eat.
The bulletin board that Song Lubai just finished has become the most talked-about thing in the company these past few days.
When everyone came back, they didn't go to get their meals first; instead, they went to the bulletin board to see if there was anything new.
Song Lubai got the position of education and culture thanks to her bulletin board work. Lu Shuangshuang, who used to roll her eyes at her, started to treat her nicely, although Song Lubai didn't care about her niceness.
Based on the instructor's notes, Song Lubai roughly understood that the main tasks of the education department were writing materials, producing blackboard newspapers, writing news reports, and carrying out cultural and sports activities. Another major task was to conduct labor competitions in the fields.
In summary, education and culture are the instructor's helpers.
The 25th Company is a unit that has been under construction for less than a year. Its top priority right now is digging irrigation ditches and clearing land, preparing to plant crops next year. Compared to other companies that are already on track, writing news reports and organizing cultural and sports activities are not yet necessary.
There's also the literacy campaign, which can only be vigorously carried out after the canal in the Guhe River is dug.
Although Song Lubai still has to go to the fields, she doesn't need to do farm work anymore. Going to the fields is only for consideration in the group's labor evaluation.
Before the end of each day, check which group has completed the task well and quickly, record the situation in a notebook, and then fill in the evaluation board with stars to mark the top ten groups when you return to camp.
Three stars represent first place, two stars represent second place, and one star represents third place.
The bulletin board only records the top three each day, and her notebook records the daily situation. After a week, the results are summarized, and the groups are ranked according to the number of stars, and the top three are calculated.
The evaluation criteria change daily, and everyone comes back specifically to check them out, trying to deduce their chances of winning a reward.
Literacy education is something that the higher-ups value. Although the company is now mainly engaged in labor production, we cannot completely neglect literacy education.
Looking at the sky, Song Lubai put on a straw hat and headscarf, took her notebook, and went down to the field.
"Brother Zhang, your team is so fast today, you've won first place for three days in a row."
Without looking up, Brother Zhang laughed and replied, "It's all for the watermelon."
Besides wanting to eat watermelon and cantaloupe, there was another crucial reason: the leaders and superiors were coming down to inspect the work soon, and if their group won first place, he, as the group leader, might also have the opportunity to receive praise from the leaders and superiors.
This is an honor, something that can't be compared to a few melons.
Old Zhang felt he thought more than other group leaders, and he even secretly told his group members that their group was now united and determined to win first place.
"Brother Zhang, is the last character of your name 'Hao' for a good person or 'Hao' for righteousness?"
Zhang Guanghao scratched his head. The man, who was in his early forties, looked a bit simple-minded: "It should be the good of good people. I only know my own name, but I can't write it."
Someone nearby asked, "Xiao Song, what are you doing?"
Song Lubai said, "Isn't the higher-ups going to organize literacy campaigns? Let's start by having everyone learn to recognize and write their own names, and gradually build up their knowledge."
Before liberation, studying was something only wealthy families could afford, but most of the veterans of the military reclamation project came from poor families, and some didn't even have proper names.
In the 25th Company, there were also male comrades named Gouwa, Tiedan, and Choudan.
Looking at this honest, unassuming man who looked embarrassed and didn't even dare to lift his head when his name was mentioned, Song Lubai tentatively asked him, "Uncle Zhao, would you like to change to a proper name?"
Zhao Gouwa nodded awkwardly, "Give me a nice name."
Zhao Gouwa thought Song Lubai was a cultured person and didn't mind at all that this girl, who was younger than him, gave him a name.
Everyone calls him Lao Zhao. He doesn't think much of it when people call him Lao Zhao, but when it's roll call and he hears his own name, he really wants to disappear into the ground. Also, when people ask him his name, he stammers and doesn't dare to answer loudly.
It's because his parents weren't very educated, and he himself wasn't very educated either.
When I was little, I didn't think much of being called "Doggy" by others, but as I grew up and became more aware, I felt something was off, but I didn't know what to do.
If it can be changed, it definitely should be changed!
Song Lubai said to the company commander beside her, "Company commander, you're an educated man, why don't you give Uncle Zhao a new name?"
She is too young to give someone a proper name.
The company commander squinted and thought for a moment, "From now on, let's call him Guoqiang, Zhao Guoqiang, which means I hope our country will become stronger and stronger."
Zhao Guoqiang immediately agreed, his eyes lighting up. "Great, great, I like this name."
Guoqiang, Zhao Guoqiang, from now on he will be called Zhao Guoqiang!
The company commander nodded and said, "Your name on the collective household registration will also have to be changed. From now on, your full name will be Zhao Guoqiang."
Song Lubai laughed and said, "Uncle Zhao's new name is good. When we get back, I'll write everyone's names down by group, and everyone can use their fingers to trace the characters on the ground to learn how to write their own names first."
Zhao Guoqiang nodded happily.
Following Zhao Guoqiang, the company commander changed the names of several other people in the company whose names were really inappropriate.
The person who changed their name originally had a name that was so offensive that people couldn't even open their mouths or pronounce it. It would have been unacceptable not to change it. After the name change, everyone was just as happy as Zhao Guoqiang.
The person who changed their name was happy, and the company commander who racked his brains to come up with a name for someone and received praise was also happy.
Song Lubai's work went very smoothly.
Seeing Feng Ying waving at her from not far away, Song Lubai went closer and asked, "What's wrong?"
Feng Ying wore a straw hat and a scarf wrapped around her head, her eyes revealing only nervousness.
She pulled Song Lubai aside, her steps hurried and rushed.
Song Lubai thought to herself, what big thing has happened that she doesn't know about?
Once they reached the back of the nearly two-meter-high mound of earth, the workers there could no longer see them.
Feng Ying clenched her hands tightly and paced back and forth, making Song Lubai anxious.
"What is it? Tell me quickly, Director Wang will be calling soon."
Feng Ying's face, hidden beneath her headscarf, was flushed crimson. She stammered out a sentence so faintly that Song Lubai couldn't hear it at all.
"Speak louder."
Feng Ying said embarrassedly, "I fell into the ditch earlier."
Song Lubai didn't understand and listened anxiously, "And then?"
Feng Ying pouted and wiped away her tears. "I fell on top of Cheng Xiangnan, and our lips touched. Will my belly get bigger in a while? Song Lubai, where will I put my face then? I might as well be dead!"
Song Lubai: "...!"
Song Lubai, who had no experience in this area, also turned a little pale.
I've never been in a relationship, and none of my precognitive dreams included any information about it.
In that book, Lin Jinyao and her boyfriend kissed many times after they got married, and Lin Jinyao became pregnant soon after each kiss.
Some words uncontrollably appeared in her mind.
His lips were cold, hers were soft, and when they touched, the veins on the back of his large hand bulged...
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