There were all sorts of opinions about the news, but when they learned that they could not only go to big cities to broaden their horizons, but also earn work points as usual, everyone was tempted.
“Village chief, look at my son. He’s handsome and talented. He can not only bring business back to our village, but he might even bring back a city wife.”
He spoke with extreme confidence, and it was clear that the person in question was none other than Wang Weibing's mother.
Ever since accepting that Gu An'an couldn't be her daughter-in-law, Weibing's mother has become obsessed, wanting to find her son a wife from the city.
She had considered other people in the educated youth compound, but with Zhao Hu always by her side, Zhou Yue couldn't find an opportunity. She didn't think much of the others either. She was just thinking about going to her parents' home to find an educated youth for her son when this opportunity came along. How could she not seize it?
As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of laughter erupted from the crowd.
"Guard's Mom, loving your child is a good thing, but you should also have some self-awareness. Bringing a city girl home, do you think she's stupid? Did she fall for your son because he's short, poor, or uneducated?"
Although few boys Wang Weibing's age go to junior high or high school, as long as their families are not too poor, they are usually supported until they graduate from elementary school. Wang Weibing is the only exception; he only went to school for two years.
Of course, it wasn't that the family didn't have the money or didn't want to support him; it was simply that Wang Weibing was lazy and didn't want to get out of bed every day. Plus, he had Sun Bao's grandmother, so he happily stayed at home eating, drinking, and having fun.
He had a great time during those years, but after he grew up, he started to suffer. Any work related to culture was out of his reach, and people would bring it up and laugh about it from time to time. It was a truly tragic situation.
"If you keep talking nonsense, believe me I'll tear your mouth apart."
When someone cut off her short length, the guard mom immediately transformed into a fiery tyrant, rushing forward wanting to fight.
Of course, the other side wasn't going to back down either; without saying a word, they rolled up their sleeves and prepared to fight.
"Am I wrong? The guard only graduated from the second grade of elementary school. If he went to a big city, he probably wouldn't even know which way is north, south, east, or west. He's trying to do business? I think he's just hogging the job without doing anything."
"You're the one who's just hogging the toilet without doing anything. My son can't go, but yours can? Your son has graduated from elementary school, but he sleeps in class every day and gets into fights after class. He probably doesn't know as much as my bodyguards. And you still dare to laugh at me? Who gave you the courage?"
The two sides started arguing over a minor disagreement, giving the village chief a headache. They had just finalized their selection criteria when the matter became common knowledge. If he found out who did it, he would skin the other person alive.
"Stop right now!"
Nobody listened to him at all; some people who just wanted to stir up trouble even started jeering.
“If they don’t stop, their work points will be deducted, and those who cause a disturbance will also have their points deducted
These days, nothing is more serious than having work points deducted. The once lively scene suddenly became completely silent, and even the two warmongers lost their spirit.
"Now listen to me. This time, we will select two men and one woman from the village to go to Shanghai with Gu, the educated youth. There are three conditions: first, they must be good at accounting and have a high level of education; second, they must be eloquent; and third, they must listen to Gu, the educated youth."
Once the three conditions were presented, most people were tricked.
"Those who meet the above three conditions will be selected based on merit. Of course, those who are not selected should not be discouraged. This is just a trial run. If this path proves successful, we will add more people."
"The same goes for those who don't meet the requirements. If we can't go to big cities, we should just stay home and focus on production. Don't wait until Gu Zhiqing and the others bring back orders, only to find that we have nothing to sell. You can think about who will suffer then."
Upon hearing that she had to follow Gu An'an's orders, Li Yumei frowned, but the thought of being able to leave temporarily and get some fresh air made her feel that it wasn't entirely unbearable.
So he raised his hand and asked, "Village chief, apart from Sun Yingdi who only attended school for one year, all the other educated youth have at least a junior high school education. Can we also participate?"
Upon hearing this, Sun Yingdi quickly lowered her head in embarrassment, her eyes deep and her fists clenched.
Qian Xiaojun also didn't want to miss such a good opportunity. "Yes, village chief, I know the city best. Why don't you let me go?"
The village chief had absolutely no liking for the two of them. In fact, the third rule was intentional on his part, just to keep people like them out of trouble and prevent them from causing trouble for An'an.
“Of course, educated youth can also participate, but this time we want to select those who are truly willing to do practical things for our village, so everything will be based on their abilities.”
"We will prepare a test question for everyone tomorrow."
The village secretary, holding a bag of pine nuts, said, “Take pine nuts as an example. You can think about how to sell this bag of pine nuts tonight.”
The question has been set; everything now depends on how well we perform tomorrow.
Some people seemed thoughtful, while others were dejected; they had never encountered such a test before.
"An'an, I really don't want to be separated from you."
Seeing the person rubbing against her arm, Gu An'an ruthlessly exposed her true intentions, "I think you're afraid there won't be any good food if I leave."
Zhou Yue was caught red-handed, but she didn't feel embarrassed at all. "How can you blame me? It's just that your cooking is too good. I don't even want to go home now. Where can I eat all kinds of delicious food when I go back?"
"Then you should try your best tomorrow, and we'll go together."
Zhou Yue sighed, "I'm really not interested in selling things. If I go, I'll take up one of the village's spots, which isn't good."
She has plenty of money and food, and really doesn't want to do things she doesn't like.
Moreover, it's best to let the younger generation in the village take on these kinds of tasks. The educated youth will eventually leave, and only by growing up on their own can they develop better and better in the future.
Gu An'an wasn't surprised by her answer, "Then you should wait for me at home."
With many things to do next, Gu An'an thought about preparing the things to send to Xiao Yuheng.
Having prepared all sorts of ingredients, Gu An'an took out a large piece of pork tenderloin.
First, cut the pork tenderloin into small strips. Then, put chili powder, pepper powder, five-spice powder, salt, soy sauce, etc. into the pork tenderloin. Next, use your invincible kneading skills to knead the pork tenderloin as much as possible to make it absorb the flavors.
Then seal it well and put it in the cellar to marinate overnight.
The next morning, Gu An'an got up to check on the meat and found that the tenderloin had been marinated. She immediately used rope to hang the pieces of tenderloin in a cool and ventilated place to air dry.
After air-drying, it needs to be steamed for 20 minutes. After steaming, it should be placed under the sun to dry completely before being put into a bag and sealed for storage.
Fortunately, she acted quickly, which allowed her to send out the spicy dried meat and the previously prepared dried rabbit before departure.
Of course, that's a story for another time.
After hanging up the meat, Gu An'an headed to the village committee, where she ran into Zhao Hu and Chen Jianguo, who were walking out together.
Are you two going?
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