"We're rich! The higher-ups have also issued an order that all able-bodied people in the village must come together to overcome this difficult time..."
Seeing the captain's meaningful expression after he finished speaking, Zhao Youcai frowned even more.
"Captain, can you speak human language?"
The brigade leader coughed and said, "What I mean is, from now on, all the old men and women in the village who aren't bedridden will have to work. You shouldn't be wandering around anymore."
Seeing that Zhao Youcai remained silent, the captain hurriedly explained, "But you don't need to worry too much. We older folks don't need to do heavy physical labor. We can just do some light work."
Zhao Youcai was speechless. What was this? They wanted to exploit him, an old comrade, to the fullest extent possible. He was old and still had to work.
Previously, relying on the original owner's identity, he could slack off on village chores for a while, but now he's been directly assigned to do the work.
"Captain, you've wronged me. Do you think I was wandering around to play?"
"I'm going out to seek benefits for the villagers. Otherwise, how could you buy fabric at cost price without leaving the village?"
"You can't treat people like servants, only to turn them away when you don't, and bully an old comrade like me who is wholeheartedly serving the village!"
Zhao Youcai looked agitated, seemingly very dissatisfied with what the captain had just said.
Seeing Zhao Youcai so excited, the brigade leader felt a little guilty, since his wife had bought a large bolt of cloth from Zhao Youcai just yesterday.
Come to think of it, I was also a beneficiary of Zhao Youcai's cloth sales.
Thinking of this, the captain quickly stood up, restrained the overly agitated Zhao Youcai, gently patted his shoulder, and carefully said:
"You Cai, how could I not know about your contributions to our village? With such great contributions, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to even have your own page in our Zhao family's genealogy!"
"Calm down. You're not young anymore, you can't get so worked up. This time it's a clear order from above. Let me think of a solution."
Zhao Youcai seemed still immersed in anger, and said coldly, "What can we do about this? You're just going to let this old man work himself to death in the fields. You'll be happy when no one in the village can buy cloth."
"No way! You have money, wait for me to think of a way that satisfies both sides."
The brigade leader paced back and forth in Zhao Youcai's room, then suddenly seemed to remember something.
His eyes lit up and he said to Zhao Youcai, "When the spring planting is over in a few days and the whole brigade sits down for a meeting, the senior citizens' group will be officially established in Zhaojiagou."
"I'll explain to the villagers at the meeting that you're doing this for the benefit of our village, so some things can be made a little more lenient."
Zhao Youcai asked, "How can we make an exception?"
Hearing Zhao Youcai's words, the captain chuckled, "I know you like to run around, so I've thought of a good job for you."
"What kind of job?" Zhao Youcai asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Normally you don't need to work in the fields, just do what you're supposed to do. At the end of the month, just come with me to drive the oxcart, take your work point book, and go to town to collect the grain."
The captain made this arrangement partly out of self-interest.
Zhao Youcai's ability to obtain fabric from the town's textile factory clearly indicates that he has deep connections in the town.
As the saying goes, it's easier to see the King of Hell than to deal with his underlings. These days, it's not so easy to get any benefits from the government other than food.
Zhao Youcai suddenly realized that although the brigade leader had a deliberately profound smile on his face, as long as he wasn't tied up in the field to work, it would be fine.
After all, even before he transmigrated, he had never done this kind of thing, let alone now that he has found a way to get rich, he would never work for someone else.
That's it?
Zhao Youcai looked at the team leader, hardly believing that he only had to do these tasks.
Seeing that Zhao Youcai seemed to have no objections, the captain continued:
"If you can't stay idle, you can go to the educated youth compound when you have nothing to do. If you see any educated youth gossiping instead of working properly and reciting quotations, you can write it down in a little notebook."
Hearing the captain's words, Zhao Youcai was completely relieved.
If this is all the work he's assigned, then he's relieved.
Seeing Zhao Youcai nod, the brigade leader continued, "To lighten our grain delivery burden, a batch of piglets, chicks, ducklings, and goslings have recently arrived from above. They will be distributed to the villagers tomorrow, and we can hand them over once they've grown up."
"Given our relationship, I can let you choose first. Don't sleep too soundly tonight. I'll quietly come over around 1 a.m. and call you to pick out piglets, chickens, ducks, and geese."
After all, the quality of the students assigned by the higher-ups varied, and some of them looked thin and sickly. He was afraid that Zhao Youcai might raise them to death.
The captain had his own reasons for doing this.
He would never have taken such good care of Zhao Youcai before. Now he's arranging jobs for him and using his connections to get priority access to chickens, ducks, and geese, all to strengthen their relationship.
Who made Zhao Youcai so capable? He could get his hands on fabrics that others couldn't, and he even acted like a brother to the police.
Having such a well-connected and successful cousin means we must continue the family line.
If Zhao Youcai's connections expand further in the future, even if his sons don't necessarily get to eat meat, they'll definitely find a way to follow Zhao Youcai and get a share of the soup.
...
Zhao Youcai looked at the captain in front of him, whose eyes were darting around, and was speechless. This guy's scheming was written all over his face.
Anyone who isn't an idiot can see what he's planning.
And what does it mean to tell yourself not to sleep too soundly? Is he the kind of person who goes to bed early?
With his amazing abilities, he's constantly busy at irregular times, so his sleep patterns must have been completely messed up long ago.
Let alone getting up at 1 a.m., even if you sit facing the brigade leader all night with your eyes wide open, you can still be full of energy.
...
After the brigade leader left, none of the children in the family slept; they all stared intently at Zhao Youcai.
Zhao Youcai looked around and saw that everyone was there except for his second son and his wife. He then invited them into the house.
After repeating what the captain had just said, Zhao Youcai looked at the eldest and fourth brothers.
"Anyway, you two have nothing to do. Fourth brother's wife still has to do the accounts, and eldest brother's wife still has to make clothes overnight. You two should clean up the pigsty and the chicken, duck and goose pens now. When the brigade leader comes tonight, you two will come with me."
The two brothers, finally having something serious to do, nodded eagerly, their eyes sparkling.
The eldest brother was already considering whether he should take over all the work of raising these animals, even if he only got meat and eggs as a treat and no money.
Anyway, he's a man, so these chores can be left to his wife.
Zhao Youcai had no idea what he was thinking. He finished explaining the situation, sent everyone away, and lay down to catch up on his sleep.
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