Chapter 23 Taking Leave Again
"Can a baby boy be picked up?" Song Shuyan found it unbelievable.
The aunt at the same table glanced around, feeling very stealthy and eager to share. She leaned over and said, "Who would dare to raise a child born by a crazy woman? What if he grows up to be a little crazy? It would be easier to invite the gods than to send them away."
In her opinion, Qin Erliuzi is a bit crazy.
Qin Erliuzi's biological mother was a crazy woman who wandered into the village. Grandma Qin was kind-hearted. Seeing that she was crazy again and her belly was getting bigger day by day, she helped her from time to time.
Even Qin Erliuzi was born by Grandma Qin herself.
After the child was born, the crazy woman didn't know how to raise the child, so Grandma Qin took the child back home.
"Because of this, Grandma Qin had a huge fight with her daughters. For a long time, her daughters were angry and didn't return to their parents' home. Grandma Qin was also a pitiful person. She gave birth to four sons, but they all died in the war. Fortunately, her three daughters married not far away..."
"So, what about that crazy woman?"
"Who knew, he suddenly disappeared one day, and Grandma Qin couldn't find him even after searching for a long time."
Another aunt at the table reminded them, "Don't let Qin Erliuzi hear you mention his crazy mother. He will beat anyone who mentions her."
Song Shuyan and Qin Fei nodded hurriedly.
Everyone at the table sighed with lingering fear, "Who among the children in our village hasn't been beaten by Qin Erliuzi?"
Back then, everyone bullied him because he was young and had no parents. They made fun of him for his crazy mother. He would go crazy whenever his mother was mentioned. He would beat anyone he caught to death and he could fight with seven or eight other kids alone without losing.
It's nothing, he fights without regard for his life.
It was as if he was not afraid of pain. Even when someone hit him with a stick as thick as a finger, he didn't even frown and just endured it. He was a tough guy.
"Qin Erliuzi is getting more and more outrageous now, even cheating on children!"
"That's right!"
"If everyone didn't pity him and Grandma Qin, they would have beaten him to death long ago!"
Qin Fei felt uncomfortable when he heard the name Qin Erliuzi, probably because the other party had the same surname as him.
It gave her the illusion that she was being scolded too.
Song Shuyan did not comment on everyone's belief that Qin Erliuzi cheated the child. She always felt that it was not necessarily the child's brother who took the initiative to exchange with others.
The next day.
The team leader said that the weeds in the field have been almost pulled out, and today's task is to build the road.
Hoe the weeds along the path leading to the fields.
Song Shuyan and her companions were each given a hoe, and there was also a pregnant woman working with them to repair the road.
Song Shuyan was terrified when he saw the pregnant woman waving a hoe with her big belly!
Aren’t you afraid of something happening?
The villagers acted as if they were used to it.
Song Shuyan couldn't bear to watch this and advised her, "Auntie, why don't you take a rest and we can do it?"
Helan was unhappy. "You shouldn't go to work if you're pregnant. Aren't you taking advantage of us?"
She does less work, so everyone has to help her do more work.
The pregnant woman glanced at Helan with a cold face, then turned and smiled at Song Shuyan, "I'm fine, no need to rest."
Song Shuyan sighed and held the hoe, wishing she could work faster. Unfortunately, she was not used to using the hoe, and her speed was not even as fast as that of a pregnant woman.
Her self-esteem was greatly damaged.
Staring at the weeds on both sides of the path in a daze.
It would be great if we had herbicides. How much manpower could be saved with just one bottle?
Her eyes suddenly lit up.
yes!
Why not use herbicides instead of going through the trouble of manual weeding?
She could understand the need for manual weeding in the fields, as she was afraid that spraying herbicides would damage the crops.
She remembered that at this time, there were fertilizer and pesticide sales stores in the city, right?
She dropped the hoe and said, "I'm going to find the captain!"
"Hey! Finish your work first! Do you still want your work points for today?" shouted the aunt who lived with the fellow practitioner for a while.
"Is this Song Zhiqing trying to slack off?"
"That won't do!"
"We need to talk to the scorekeepers. Anyone who slacks off will have their work points reduced!"
Helan also snorted, "Just now she was pretending to be kind and letting Zhuang Guoxia take a break, but it turns out she wanted to take a break herself. Taking a break alone is too conspicuous. She's dragging Zhuang Guoxia into this!"
Zhuang Guoxia stopped working with the hoe, supported her aching lower back, straightened her stomach, and felt a little suspicious. Was this what He Zhiqing said?
Song Shuyan ran away, found the captain and asked his questions.
The team leader was also repairing the road ahead. Without even turning around, he asked, "Doesn't buying herbicide cost money?"
Song Shuyan was stunned for a moment. "It's just a bottle of herbicide. How much can it cost? One bottle can at least save ten people a day's labor, right?"
"If you think about it this way, wouldn't it be more cost-effective to use herbicides?"
The team leader stood up, leaning on his hoe and sneering, "Then do you know how much work points everyone can earn in exchange for a day's work?"
Song Shuyan really didn't know this, she shook her head blankly.
The team leader told her calmly, "Last year, at the end of the year, a strong laborer in our village could earn ten cents a day in work points."
Song Shuyan's eyes widened. One dime?!
A strong laborer can only earn one cent a day’s work points?
Wouldn't that mean she works herself to death and still earns less than a dime at the end of the day?
Then what else does she do!
So, with more than 200 yuan in cash, wouldn’t she be a rich woman in the village?
She realized it later.
Song Shuyan was speechless. She tentatively suggested, "Captain, how about this? Calculate how many people and how many days it will take to build the road. I'll take care of the work. How many work points will you convert into for me?"
Another function of work points is to distribute food at the end of the year.
The captain was impatient, "Go, go, no, get back to work!"
How could he know how many people would need to work for many days to repair the roads leading to the fields in the village?
He only knew that those who participated in road construction were given 10 work points a day.
Last year, 10 work points were equal to one cent.
Besides, there is not much work in the fields now. If Song Zhiqing does all the work by himself by taking shortcuts, what will the other laborers in the village do to earn work points?
It’s obvious that Song Zhiqing’s proposal is not reliable!
Song Shuyan frowned her willow-like eyebrows. She couldn't understand why the team leader insisted on following the routine and making everyone work so hard when there was obviously a better way to finish the work with less effort?
She was unhappy, "Then I want to ask for leave, okay?"
The captain glanced at her small arms and legs, and remembered the army green jeep that brought her back when she asked for leave two days ago. Seeing that she was wearing fashionable jeans and a long-sleeved white shirt while doing farm work, he knew that she had a good background and was not short of money.
He readily agreed to let her take leave. As someone with such a strong background, he was happy to oblige her. Who knew if she would ask for help one day?
"Okay, you can go back now. Remember to return the hoe!"
Song Shuyan paused for a moment, then took the opportunity to ask, "Qin Fei also wants some leave, is that okay?"
The captain took a deep breath and said, "Okay, let her tell me herself!"
The two little girls are not very efficient at work, so it makes no difference whether there are one or two more of them or one or two less.
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