"Captain, please let me go in and get to work first. You can talk here slowly."
Seeing the obstruction at the doorway, Jiang Tiecheng spoke up directly.
He wasn't the only one blocking the way; there were also 20 other educated youths behind him.
Everyone is busy working; who has time to waste words with them?
But when the crowd saw Jiang Tiecheng, they immediately released Huang Youqing and surrounded Jiang Tiecheng.
"Team Leader Xiao Jiang, you can't do this! We signed up in the first place too."
You can't just let them make money and ignore us.
"Yes, we're also from the Red Flag Brigade. If you only manage a small group of people, isn't that bullying us?"
"Team Leader Xiao Jiang, look at how your children are barely surviving. Please, for the sake of us widows and orphans, let me go in and work."
"Ergou, you should quickly thank Team Leader Jiang."
Jiang Tiecheng grabbed the child in one go; the child was so thin that he could easily have pulled him to the ground.
Jiang Tiecheng picked up the child and placed him in the woman's arms.
"Don't give me that excuse about having elderly parents and young children."
I made it clear to everyone when you signed up, and I also made it clear when you decided not to continue.
Now you've changed your mind? Do you think this is some kind of place? A place where you can come and go as you please, or refuse to work whenever you want?
"The reason I was able to take on this order was because I saw that our whole village was struggling, and I thought it would be a good thing for our village."
But it was you yourselves who refused to do it in the first place, pushing this money and food out the door.
What does this have to do with me? The child is so hungry he can't walk; that's your own doing.
"Let me be clear: we already have enough manpower for this batch of quilts, and we absolutely cannot let anyone else join us."
His cold words were like a bucket of cold water poured on everyone.
Instantly, some people objected, and some of the more outspoken ones even sat down on the ground, ready to slap their thighs.
"Team Leader Jiang, you are really heartless. People in your family are starving to death, and you can't even show this much kindness."
"You're trying to drive someone to their death."
“My God, I’m not going to make it out of here. Look at all these men and women in the village, they’re all going to starve to death because of that Jiang guy.”
These old women may be uneducated, but they're better at using moral blackmail than anyone else.
"The scorekeeper writes down the names of the people who are now lying on the ground making a scene."
After noting their names down, when the next batch of work uniforms arrives, they must not be allowed to register.
"Come, come, aren't you going to cry? Aren't you going to complain that I, Jiang Tiecheng, am going to starve you to death?"
Keep crying, wail even louder.
These words instantly made the two people on the ground unable to continue crying.
Because the others had already understood the meaning behind those words.
The woman holding Er Gouzi asked timidly,
"Team Leader Jiang, do we have another batch of work uniforms?"
"If we don't cause trouble, can we sign up for the next batch of work uniforms?"
"We have enough people for this batch of quilts, but we also have a three-month supply of work clothes to go."
If everyone doesn't cause trouble this time, the next time we'll be doing the same work uniforms, and we hope everyone will actively sign up and follow instructions.
But if you keep causing trouble for me like this, don't blame me for being impolite. Besides work clothes, we can also take orders from the supply and marketing cooperative for a long time.
Have you thought this through?
Should we continue making a scene? Or...?
The women were completely taken aback by what they heard.
Many people forced a smile upon hearing this.
"Oh, Team Leader Jiang, so there's going to be a next time."
"Okay, then we were wrong this time, and we deserve some punishment. We'll go back right now and promise not to cause any more trouble."
“Team Leader Jiang, we’re not making a fuss. We made a mistake, so it’s only right that we’re punished a little. Our team didn’t do a good job in the fields, so we’ll have to lose work points.”
"Xiao Jiang did the right thing."
The two men, who had been slapping their thighs on the ground, instantly changed their expressions upon hearing this.
Before she could even squeeze out a tear, she wiped it away, immediately put on a smile, and got up from the ground.
"Team Leader Jiang, we will absolutely not cause trouble. We will actively respond to the call of our team."
"We'll fight anyone who makes trouble."
Jiang Tiecheng led his men directly into the house.
Huang Youqing looked around at the people around him.
"Alright? Let's call it a day."
Go ahead and do whatever you want!
He squandered all the money he could have earned, fifty or sixty yuan a day. Whose fault is it?
That is, Team Leader Jiang meant well.
If this happened to me, you wouldn't get a chance to make work uniforms next time either.
You guys are not even as good as that young man. Look at Xiao Jiang, he brought in this batch of orders, what's his motive?
Is he trying to make money for himself?
In the end, that food ended up in the dog's stomach, and they weren't even grateful to Xiao Jiang.
They even turned around and led the way in causing trouble here.
How dare you bully people from out of town? Let me make this clear first.
"If anyone tries to cause trouble here again, or bullies Xiao Jiang because he's an outsider sent-down youth, don't blame me, Huang Youqing, for being ruthless towards them."
Everyone gave an awkward laugh and dispersed.
Several of the leading women felt uncomfortable and resentful, but they had to keep quiet about it.
The people in the room who had just been worried instantly broke into smiles.
If these people join, they'll get at least half of their money.
But seeing how determined Team Leader Jiang remained, they admired him, and many of them made up their minds.
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