At seven o'clock in the morning, the village loudspeaker blared, "Grain distribution! Grain distribution! Everyone, gather at the threshing ground!" The village chief's voice was so loud that even people from the neighboring village heard the news.
Su Tian was also woken up by the loudspeaker. She had been eating too much seafood the night before and went to bed a little late. If the loudspeaker hadn't woken her up, she felt she could have slept until noon.
The day before yesterday, the village finished handing over the grain to the state, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The grain from the commune had passed the test, and now it was up to them to distribute the grain among themselves.
The annual grain distribution was the happiest time for the whole village. The villagers received their grain first, and then the educated youth were given their share.
The villagers had already formed several long lines. The village chief, the village party secretary, and the brigade leader were organizing the villagers to distribute the grain, while the village accountant was registering the distribution.
Many villagers had full work points because their families were large, so the harder they worked, the more work points they earned and the more grain they received.
After receiving their share of grain, the villagers happily transported it home on handcarts. Those with more strength carried it all by hand, making several trips to ensure they had their share of grain.
Next, it was time to distribute the grain to the educated youth.
The village accountant had already calculated the work points based on the scorekeeper's records and distributed grain to the educated youth according to those with more work points.
The older educated youth received more grain because they had accumulated more than half a year's worth of work points. Among the new educated youth, Su Tian had the most work points, about 400, which was enough for her to eat for one or two months.
The lowest were Chen Gang and He Hua; together they only earned enough work points for Su Tian to receive 40 jin of rice.
They were both incredulous that they had so few work points.
He Hua asked angrily, "How could I have so few? Only a little over a hundred work points. You must have miscalculated. Are you deliberately targeting me?"
“He Zhiqing, what are you saying? We allocate tasks according to the work points in the book. If you don’t believe me, you can come and see for yourself,” the village chief shouted back.
He Hua hurriedly ran to the table next to the accountant, picked up the notebook and started reading.
"How is it possible that I only get six work points a day? Why is that so little?"
"Why not? On your first day of work, you complained about being tired and not knowing how to use a sickle. You kept cutting your hands or feet."
I asked you to do something else, okay, then I asked you to bundle rice stalks, but you complained that you weren't strong enough to carry them.
Finally, I'll assign you something easier, and I'll tell you explicitly that drying rice is easier, but you'll get fewer work points—only six a day—because the work in the drying yard is done by the elderly and children.
"You agreed so readily before, and many people heard it. Now you're complaining about not having enough work points? Why did you slack off in the first place?" the team leader said angrily.
He Hua was speechless after the brigade leader's words and could only silently endure it: These villagers only know how to bully people. Just wait, just wait until I go back to the city and you'll see what happens to them.
Brother Chen Gang will be a high-ranking official someday. When I become an official's wife, I will definitely go back to the village and show off to you country folk.
Standing next to He Hua, Chen Gang gently tugged at her clothes, not wanting her to cause any more trouble, as offending the villagers would not do any good.
Looking at Chen Gang beside her, He Hua could only silently endure it. Only when she thought about how she would become an official's wife did she feel that her rebirth had not been in vain.
Thinking of this, she straightened her back like a victorious rooster.
Most villagers had a good impression of the educated youth; although they didn't work very hard, they didn't slack off either.
Who knew that the two who came this time were both troublemakers, good for nothing and lazy.
Ignoring everything else, they continued distributing grain to the educated youth. An hour later, the grain for the other educated youth had also been distributed.
After the grain was distributed, everyone dispersed.
He Hua and Chen Gang carried their grain, walking slowly while complaining, "Brother Chen Gang, what are we going to do with so little grain? Should we borrow some from Su Tian?"
"It's best not to. Don't you still have a few dozen yuan? If you don't have enough to eat, go to the village to buy grain. Ask Su Tian for it; I'm afraid you'll get beaten up."
"But we only have a few dozen yuan, and it won't last long. I haven't used face cream in a long time."
"Look at my face! Look how sunburned I've become! I'm so tired of using face cream in this awful place!"
Chen Gang looked at He Hua's slightly dark face, her skin rough and dark, her hair dry and split. If she hadn't pointed it out to him, he might not have realized how ugly He Hua was. Had she always been this ugly? He even began to doubt his own judgment in the past.
He couldn't help but sigh: It doesn't even take a month to ruin a person in the countryside. Looking at He Hua, who used to be delicate and fair-skinned, she is now no different from any other girl in the village.
Su Tian has hardly changed; she is still fair-skinned and sweet, and after a month in the countryside, she has become even more graceful and elegant.
Was it really a mistake for me to give up on Su Tian? If I change my mind, will Su Tian still accept me?
Thinking of this, he was eager to see Su Tian, and his pace quickened involuntarily.
Seeing Chen Gang walking so fast, He Hua thought he had something to do, so she followed him to the educated youth settlement.
The other educated youth who had returned to the educated youth settlement earlier suggested to the team leader Zhou Dajun that Chen Gang and He Hua be separated and sent out to fight.
Zhou Dajun also had this plan, and since they all had this plan, he went along with it.
The people at the educated youth settlement were all sitting in the courtyard waiting for Chen Gang and He Hua. As soon as they returned, the courtyard instantly fell silent.
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