Chapter 120 Rewards
Yang Zhong felt that Chen Weiliang and Song Lubai could develop a relationship.
Song Lubai belongs to the Commercial Department, and her work assignment could easily remain in Shicheng.
If he were to speak up, Yang Zhong felt that this good thing would definitely work out.
Chen Weiliang followed him around every day, and he simply couldn't bear to see Chen Weiliang remain single.
It's unacceptable to be at the age to get married and still not be married.
Chen Weiliang smiled and refused, "Please don't worry about me. Xiao Song is several years younger than me. We're not a good match. Please don't try to play matchmaker."
Yang Zhong glared at him, "Then who's suitable for you? Tell me, and I'll help you propose! I just don't understand why it's so hard for you to find a partner!"
He's not satisfied with the nurses, teachers, or performing arts troupe members. What kind of person is he looking for?
Chen Weiliang sighed inwardly.
He would never agree to marry the woman he wants, so what's the point of saying anything?
As noon approached, the cooks had already started preparing the meal.
The company commander wanted to arrange for the female comrades in the mess hall who were good at cooking to cook a few small dishes, but the people from the Ma and Chang'an headquarters specifically instructed that they were not allowed to cook special meals for them. They should eat whatever the company ate.
Not only that, Chief Ma also specifically instructed Director Zhang to make up for the amount of food that his group had eaten in that meal.
Even so, the cooks still managed to prepare a cucumber salad for the leaders and officers under the limited conditions, seasoned only with salt and vinegar, and also stir-fried an eggplant with chili peppers and green beans with tomatoes.
When the instructor returned from the farm headquarters and served the vegetables, he said, "These are all grown by our company. Although the yield is not high, the planting area is large, enough for our company to eat. This year, planting vegetables on this land will improve the soil quality, and next year when we plant grain, the yield and germination rate will be even higher."
Yang Zhong nodded, "That's right, you guys will make the arrangements."
The instructor smiled and said, "His family are all farmers, and he's been here for so many years. He may not know how to do anything else, but now he's learned farming from the company commander and he's become quite skilled."
The instructor and the company commander have different responsibilities.
The political instructor is in charge of the company's cultural work, while the company commander is in charge of labor.
In a company, the company commander and political instructor have to manage all aspects of the company. Sometimes when the company commander is not around, the political instructor has to look after the entire company. If the political instructor is not around, the company commander also has to take on the work of the entire company.
The company brought out its only two large wooden tables for the leaders to eat at.
The main force of the company still gathered together to eat large bowls of food.
Watching the scene of the 25th Company's camp having its meal, Yang Zhong and the others were reminded of when they first came to Xinjiang to carry out construction work, and they felt very emotional.
If it weren't for poverty, there wouldn't be a situation where there isn't even a table and chairs for eating here.
The thirty-two people who escaped yesterday shoveled mouthfuls of dry rice into their mouths and quickly emptied the bowl of vegetables.
After digging the canal for nearly seven hours, they were starving.
Tragically, they discovered that digging the canal was no human endeavor; it was even more exhausting than their previous work.
The workload was too heavy, so heavy that they wanted to escape after only half a day.
After the meal, the company commander pulled up several watermelons that had been chilled in the well water, and then unloaded more than twenty watermelons from the tractor.
The melons on the tractor were brought back by the instructor today.
"Xiao Song, come here."
Song Lubai approached and asked, "What's wrong, Company Commander?"
"It's been a week, and the results of the labor group evaluation are out. The top three groups will receive two extra watermelons, and the remaining groups will each receive one watermelon."
Song Lubai had already written the evaluation results on the bulletin board that morning, and everyone who came back from work had already seen them.
Excluding the 100 people who dug the canal at the mouth of the valley and the 18 people in the cooking and vegetable-growing teams, there are still about 120 people left in the company, and 12 groups.
"After a week of hard work, Li Gang's group has completed the task first for four consecutive days with both speed and quality. Liu Fengshou's group has completed the task first for two consecutive days and helped other groups complete their tasks after finishing their own. They deserve high praise. Pei Youyin's group won first place for one day and second place for four consecutive days. Their competitive spirit is worthy of everyone's learning. Please let the other groups learn from them and make progress together."
The team members who won the top three spots were grinning from ear to ear.
Song Lubai called out the names of three group leaders, who came forward with their heads held high and faces full of honor to receive the melons.
The other onlookers were incredibly envious.
This is a chance to shine in front of the top leader! The other group leaders are green with envy, secretly regretting that they didn't work harder in the past few days.
Although the groups outside the top three didn't get two extra juicy tidbits, each group still got one, so they weren't completely left out.
The head of the Ma family, while eating melon seeds, looked at Wang Haiquan and asked, "Did any of your business departments get into the top three?"
Wang Haiquan felt ashamed, "The fourth place is our business department. Compared with these veteran soldiers, the young people from the city are still lacking in labor skills."
Although their business department didn't get into the top three, neither did the group from Shanghai. They were evenly matched, with no one being much better than the other.
Yang Zhong said, "Young people should exercise more."
Since the leader had spoken, what could Wang Haiquan say? He could only nod and reply, "We were supposed to work for several more months anyway; the plan was to work for about half a year."
According to Wang Haiquan, Song Lubai was calculating when it would end when Ma Shou and Changdao said, "Everyone has their own expertise. The Commercial Department is definitely short-staffed. These high school students need to go back and report as soon as they finish their labor training. The work that cultured people can do is something that others can't do. Don't put the cart before the horse."
Song Lubai nodded vigorously in her heart, "Yes, yes, Chief Ma, you're right."
After finishing his watermelon, Yang Zhong wiped his mouth and stood up. "Let's go, let's go to Guhekou and take a look. I heard that the reservoir there was built last year, so why did something happen this year?"
Director Zhang said, "It was repaired last year, and we thought it would be enough, but who would have thought that we would have such a heavy rain this year."
Ma Shou and Chang turned around and said, "Wei Yang, come here and tell us about the situation over there."
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The leaders drove away, and the instructor got into the truck to accompany them, which finally put everyone in the camp at ease.
Only after hiding far away did Liu Xiaolan dare to approach Song Lubai.
"Comrade Song, just now, that soldier told us to be more vigilant at night, to guard against the thirty-two or thirty-two who have escaped stealing food and running away. He just told me to tell the company commander and the others."
Listening to her speak, Song Lubai felt anxious for her.
"Which soldier are you?"
Liu Xiaolan gestured and said, "That guy, who's very, very tall, you know him, he seems to be from the Armed Forces Department, his surname is Wei. I stutter, you go and talk to him."
A strange feeling arose in Song Lubai's heart.
She was very close to Wei Yang just now, but he didn't say a word to her. He didn't say a word to her at all this morning!
Wouldn't it be closer to notify her? Why go to the other way around?
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