Chapter 26 She felt that she was tricked by the captain
The captain had a complicated look on his face. "What are you trying to do?"
Song Shuyan pursed his lips and asked, "Just tell me if it's okay or not?"
After she and Qin Fei brought back the herbicide, they asked the team leader to arrange a few aunts who were good at working, and they watered the road to be repaired with pesticide mixed with water before sunset that afternoon!
When the sun came out the next day, all kinds of weeds and small bushes died one after another. The effect was amazing.
Song Shuyan didn't expect this thing to be so useful.
A brave aunt lit a fire and burned the dead weeds to ashes. All that was left was to put out the fire, finish the work, and fill the road with a few hoes.
It only took three days to repair the road, which would have taken half a month to build in previous years.
Now, Song Shuyan became famous in the village. Everyone said that studying was still useful. Who would have thought that work could be done in this way.
After the road construction was completed, the team leader arranged the land reclamation work without any mention of benefits.
How could Song Shuyan remain calm?
I immediately went to the team leader and asked him to give everyone a holiday.
If it really doesn't work, you can give pregnant women a day off.
The team leader couldn't help but sigh that if the educated youth from the city had such a high level of awareness, that would be the true meaning of sending educated youth to the countryside.
"Okay, I agree with your proposal."
Song Shuyan said hurriedly, "You can't go back on your word once you've agreed. If other villagers have objections, you have to deal with them."
She understands that the problem is not the lack of wealth but the inequality of wealth.
It is inevitable that some people will feel that it is unfair to give preferential treatment to pregnant women.
Sure enough, after the captain announced it, a woman came to him jealously and asked, "If I get pregnant again now, will I still have such a good thing?"
"Go away! The work points they received were considered subsidies from Song Zhiqing. Do you think buying pesticides is free? The village should have paid for it, but Song Zhiqing refused, saying it was a subsidy for the pregnant women who worked with him. I figured it wouldn't be appropriate to just give them cash receipts. If the money wasn't used on the pregnant women, Song Zhiqing would object, so I decided to give them a few days off and still count their work points."
The educated youth in the Youth House feel that Song Shuyan is a little confused about whether he is close to them or not. Why doesn’t the team leader give them a holiday?
Even just one day would be fine.
Helan was furious. "I've never seen anything like this! Are you so rich you can't afford to spend it? Giving money to a pregnant woman you don't even know!"
Can’t the team leader give the four female comrades in the Youth League Institute ten days’ vacation?
Qin Fei carried a hoe and followed everyone to open up wasteland. She couldn't understand Song Shuyan's approach. It seemed like she was just working in vain for a whole day with her. What benefit would there be?
Looking at Song Shuyan who was also carrying a hoe, she sighed, what a fool!
Song Shuyan had no way to express her grievances, but how could she not be willing to work for the welfare of everyone?
It’s the captain who disagrees!
At first, she suggested giving everyone a half-month holiday, but the team leader said she was having a wild idea.
She compromised and asked for a holiday for the Youth League Institute, but the team leader said it was against the rules.
She kept pushing it back, saying that she wanted to give a pregnant aunt in the village a holiday, and the team leader finally agreed reluctantly.
She always felt that she had been tricked by the old fox, the captain.
I was very upset and forgot to give myself and the three people who shared the same room with me a few days off.
Song Shuyan, who was working on the new land, started to slack off. Everyone saw it and felt embarrassed to say anything to her.
It's simple. Someone just had a sudden inspiration and saved a lot of manpower. It's only been a few days.
Not even a bit of benefit has been gained, anyone would feel a little emotional, right?
Song Shuyan was actually thinking about the newspapers she had read in the past few days. She asked the team leader for the newspaper of the day every day.
She thought, since people in the city were selling vegetables, why didn’t their village follow suit?
The newspaper said that farmers were allowed to sell crops from their private plots, but they were not allowed to buy or sell them.
The vegetables grown in the private plots of every household in their village could not be eaten up, so they were given away free of charge to the pigs raised in the village. The aunt in charge of raising the pigs did not even have to cut grass for the pigs.
She felt it was a pity.
Even if we use the vegetables used to feed pigs to exchange for a few candies to sweeten the children's mouths, it would be a good thing.
She suggested to the team leader that why not collect all the extra vegetables from everyone's homes and register them, and then the village would arrange for people to set up stalls in the city to sell them, and then distribute the money to each household when they return.
The captain still refused.
He felt that it was better to have less trouble than more.
Song Shuyan was so angry, thinking that the team leader was just sitting there doing nothing, being timid and cowardly, and not working for the welfare of the villagers.
She swung the hoe every now and then to vent her anger.
I was thinking about how to convince the captain and try her suggestion.
On the wasteland, the children were digging sweet grass roots to eat and playing happily, with happy smiles on their faces.
One of the children came running over and held a big bunch of red flowers in front of Song Shuyan.
"Song Zhiqing, this is for you!"
The child smiled shyly and held up a branch that was covered with bright red flowers that looked like small kettles.
His mother was pregnant with a baby, and she said that thanks to Song Zhiqing, she could rest for a few days and make new shoes for him at home.
His friends said that he had to give Song Zhiqing something to thank her.
He felt that what his friends said made sense. The wasteland around the village was full of various wild flowers, one of which was a red flower. It was beautiful and you could unscrew the lid to drink the nectar.
He liked them very much, so he picked a big bunch and gave them to Song Zhiqing.
Song Shuyan was flattered and subconsciously took the flowers. "Thank you!"
The child grinned, plucked a flower and took a sip as a demonstration, reminding her, "This is edible! Take a sip, it's very sweet!"
Song Shuyan didn't want to spoil the fun, so she followed his example, plucked a red flower, and took a sip from the pink and white pot. Her beautiful almond eyes lit up, and the taste was sweet and refreshing. She gave a thumbs up.
“It’s delicious!”
The little brother was so happy to see that she liked it that he patted his chest and said, "I'll pick it for you later!"
Song Shuyan hurriedly stopped him, "Hey, no, I can't finish that much!"
Qin Fei came over with a hoe to join in the fun, and teased the little brother with a smile, "Hey, she doesn't want it, but I do. Can you give me some?"
The kid hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement. "Wait, I'll pick it for you!"
Seeing that he was serious, Qin Fei shouted, "I was just kidding!"
Helan threw down the hoe and walked over, plucking a few flowers from the branch held by Song Shuyan, "Let me try some too."
Qin Fei despised her, "This thing is everywhere in the mountains, is it necessary to grab the one in Shuyan's hand?"
Helan hummed unconvincedly, "I like it! What's it to you?"
Song Shuyan separated the branches and gave each of them a few branches, and also gave Li Chunmei a few branches as well.
"Don't make a fuss, everyone has one."
The villagers who worked together in the village shook their heads, saying that these educated youth were not capable of real work.
Still like a child.
Song Shuyan plucked the remaining flowers in his hand and drank the nectar, then wielded the hoe vigorously and dug around.
Suddenly, she felt something was wrong with the touch she was digging.
She dug with the hoe again, sparks flew everywhere. Did she dig up any stone?
She quickly stopped, threw away the hoe, and checked the hole she had dug.
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