Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1269: Going to the Countryside 8

Chapter 1269: Chapter 1269: Going to the Countryside 8

Wang Zhengguo was not soft-hearted when it came to these sent-down youths. He believed in teaching those who needed to be taught and making them work as necessary, starting with the lighter tasks. If they didn’t know how to use a clay stove, the more experienced sent-down youths would teach them. These experienced youths were also personally trained by Wang Zhengguo. Whether the food they cooked was delicious or not, that was something they had to bear themselves.

The arrival of the sent-down youths brought no small burden to the Wanglou Brigade. First, it was necessary to build housing for them, and then the brigade also had to allocate grain rations for them. More for them meant less for the brigade’s own share.

Therefore, many of the village elders and folks were unhappy and felt that what Wang Zhengguo was doing was right.

The attitude towards the older generation of sent-down people was completely different from that towards the younger sent-down youths. For one, they were older, and their work points and grain rations were all halved according to regulations. Secondly, they were once important figures, and the villagers respected them deeply, wondering whether they might rise again. Particularly for those several old revolutionaries who had fought in wars, which villager did not feel grateful and indebted to the war heroes?

The "Four Olds" living in the cowsheds often received gifts from the villagers in private, and everyone made sure that the children in their homes respected them, saying if it weren’t for their fighting, there wouldn’t be peace today.

This led to the Wanglou Brigade’s distinctly different attitudes toward the sent-down youths and sent-down older individuals.

Those who worked well earned high work points, while those who worked poorly received low points.

When the work ended at dusk, Wang Dachun directly said this to them, quite bluntly, "After autumn, the grain will be distributed based on work points. Those with high points may have a little surplus after deductions, but those with fewer points might find it quite embarrassing to end up owing!"

Zheng Huihui and Wang Huan came up to him and asked, "Captain, how many work points can we get?"

Wang Dachun glanced at them and took out his notebook, "Today is your first day of work, but I recorded work points for you. Xing Yushan did the best, with seven work points, Zhou Zhou with six, Jie Hong with six, Zheng Huihui, Wang Huan, and Liang Guodong all four, Mo Bai two."

Although Liang Guodong and Mo Bai were both young men, they couldn’t match the work done by Zhou Zhou and Jie Hong, especially Mo Bai, whose rest times far exceeded his work times, and he was the loudest complainer.

Xing Yushan was capable, Zhou Zhou was diligent, and also obedient and well-behaved, while Jie Hong was full of energy, even though she had confronted Wang Zhengguo.

"Why do we only get four work points? How much are four work points worth?" Zheng Huihui and Wang Huan were not satisfied. Wang Huan continued, "Zhou Zhou looks even weaker than us, a gust of wind could knock her over. Could her work really exceed ours?"

"Right!" Wang Dachun nodded decisively, "Although Zhou Zhou works slower than you, she is very conscientious. Unlike you, who rest every now and then, in the end, you didn’t accomplish as much as Zhou Zhou, let alone Xing Yushan. Mo Bai, since today is your first day, I won’t say much. Think about it yourself when you go back."

A young girl passing by chuckled, "I can earn three work points just by picking grass for the pigs!"

"Picking grass for pigs?" Xing Yushan’s eyes lit up, and Zhou Zhou was the same, both asking Wang Dachun for advice eagerly.

That’s the right attitude! Wang Dachun was satisfied and explained patiently, "Five pounds of pig grass for one work point. Many children who can’t do farm work choose this method to earn points because our brigade has cattle, sheep, donkeys, horses, and pigs, all of which need to eat grass."

...Friend recommendation: Yi Ruodi’s novel "Rebirth of the Farming Wife: Husband, Surrender!"