amaotonovel Chapter 165: High-ranking educated youth and the poor crying baby (29)
Chapter 165: High-ranking educated youth and the poor crying baby (29)
As the weather gets colder, the air I breathe in stings my nose.
Every household has made preparations for winter in advance. Some people cannot afford thick clothes and cannot even go out because of financial difficulties.
Wang Gen was indeed a man who held grudges, and his revenge came quickly.
Early this morning, the villagers were shouting that they were going to calculate their work points and distribute food. Even in the cold winter, everyone was so happy that they couldn't stop rushing out of their homes.
Zhou Yan wrapped Ruan Guannan tightly in three layers of clothes before finally agreeing to let her go out in the cold wind.
The two of them walked all the way to the small square in the center of the village where crops were dried, and lined up with everyone else to wait for their work points to be calculated and to get the food that belonged to them.
For those families with strong laborers who earn full work points, this time is more lively than during the Chinese New Year.
High-yield crops like sweet potatoes and potatoes will be allocated more, while fine crops like rice and corn will be distributed according to the proportion of work points.
But the quantity will be limited, and each household shall not exceed 200 kilograms.
Even so, the villagers are still happy. As long as they eat frugally, these fine grains can be eaten for a year and there may even be some left over if they are careful with their budget.
Zhou Yan stood in the wind direction and protected Ruan Guannan in front of him.
He raised his head and glanced at the distribution of food in front of him, and whispered:
"Don't you like rice? Let's exchange for more rice and corn later, and then some flour to make noodles for you."
Ruan Guannan looked up at the tip of the man's nose, which was red from the cold wind. He felt warm inside and said with a smile:
"Okay, I'll let you taste my cooking skills again and make you cry with envy."
Zhou Yan reached out and touched the tip of her nose, his eyes full of joyful smiles, but he sighed:
"Alas, since I got married, I have never eaten the food cooked by my wife. The difference between before and after marriage is really big."
Seeing his pretentious expression, Ruan Guannan was furious.
While others were not paying attention, she reached out and pinched him fiercely, and angrily scolded in a low voice:
"Every day when I wake up, I am more resentful than a ghost. How dare you ask me to cook? I take back what I just said. Eat whatever you want. You are a heartless man who does not deserve my mercy!"
After saying that, she turned to the front angrily, not even wanting to look at him.
Zhou Yan knew he had hit a wall and was just about to make a promise.
But then I thought, I probably won’t be able to keep my promise, so I should not continue to lower my trust…
He raised his hand and gently smoothed the hair of the person in front of him, then stood a little further away to block the cold wind behind her.
Ruan Guannan was not very angry at first, but when she saw the big hand on the shadow smoothing her hair, the little complaint she had left disappeared.
The team moved forward at a snail's pace, and finally when the sun rose to the middle of the sky, it was Zhou Yan and Ruan Guannan's turn.
When Liu Meng'er saw the two of them, the expression on her face couldn't be concealed and she said with a stiff face:
"Here are your work points. Is there any problem?"
It’s not that she didn’t want to do anything, but Wang Gen had warned her.
In fact, everyone has a vague guess as to how many work points each person has.
After all, everyone knows how much work there is to do. A little shortfall won't make much difference, but a big difference will cause big problems.
Zhou Yan took a quick look and found that in the past six months, he had earned full work points whenever he went to work.
Except for the fact that Ruan Guannan had few work points at the beginning, after she came with Zhou Yan, she almost got full work points among all the female comrades.
He had a good memory and had the specific amount in his mind. The amount written on the scorebook was a little less, but it was pretty close.
There is no need to worry about ten or eight work points because there is no real evidence.
But when he got the food they distributed, Zhou Yan's face suddenly darkened.
He turned to look at the village chief and said coldly:
“You sorted them wrong, these are all old rice.
The new rice is white in color and has a shiny surface, while the old rice from previous years is yellowish. In addition, the storage method in Xiaocheng Village is not right, so a lot of the old rice has begun to mold.
Ruan Guannan leaned over to take a look, and almost laughed out of anger when he saw the moldy spots on it.
She seemed to be smiling, but her voice was full of sarcasm.
"Hey, village chief, are Zhou Yan and I given different work points than other people? Otherwise, why are we treated differently when it comes to distributing food?"
Before Wang Gen could say anything, Wang Dahu's arrogant shout came from a distance.
"It's good enough to give you food, but you're still picky. If you don't want to eat it, just go back empty-handed."
Wang Dahu walked closer and saw Zhou Yan's cold gaze. The miserable experience of being picked up by Zhou Yan and slammed against the wall that day came back to his mind.
He couldn't help but shiver all over.
But when he thought that this was his territory, he forced himself to glare at him, with a wicked smile on his face.
"Mr. Zhou, why are you doing this? This woman might have been cheating on you with Li Changgeng..."
Before he could finish, a loud noise was heard not far away, and everyone's attention was drawn over there.
Li Changgeng picked up a bag of sweet potatoes from the ground, raised his head and looked at Wang Dahu, his eyes so gloomy that they almost tore him apart.
Wang Dahu felt a chill on his neck. He had almost developed sequelae from being beaten by this guy since he was a child. When he saw him, he couldn't help but turn around and want to run away.
Li Changgeng didn't say anything. He picked up the sweet potatoes and put them on the cart. He pushed the cart full of food and turned away.
Zhou Yan glanced at the people who left, then turned his gaze back to Wang Dahu, and soon looked at the village chief. He was surprisingly calm:
"I repeat, this is Chen Mi."
Wang Gen smiled and tried to smooth things over, saying:
"Zhou Zhiqing, you are the last one. The new rice has been distributed. These old rice have not been stored for long. There must be no problem. You must come earlier next time."
After talking for so long, it seems that he is determined not to change it.
Zhou Yan nodded. Wang Gen thought he had compromised. Before he could feel proud, he heard Zhou Yan say:
"Wife, push our bicycles over here. I'm going to the grain station to ask about the grain production of our Xiaocheng Village this year.
If it is so bad that even work points cannot be exchanged, the village must pay attention to it as soon as possible."
Ruan Guannan's eyes lit up, he nodded immediately, turned around and walked towards home.
Wang Gen's face suddenly turned pale. He had done the same thing to the educated youth in the past, and the withheld new grain would go into his own kitchen.
Even if those educated youth knew what was going on, after making a fuss for a few days, he would assign them some heavy work to do for a period of time, and they would immediately behave themselves and nothing would go wrong.
I didn't expect to meet such a tough guy like Zhou Yan today.
The grain production registered by the grain station is definitely up to standard, and the remaining amount is enough to be exchanged for work points.
If Zhou Yan leaked this to others, we would be doomed once the higher-ups investigated.
Thinking of this, Wang Gen suddenly changed his expression, and hurried forward to stop Ruan Guannan who was about to go back, smiling very kindly.
"Hey, kid, why are you so impatient? I haven't finished talking yet. The new grain has indeed been distributed, but as the village chief, I can't just watch you suffer, right?"
After saying this, he thought about it for a while, clapped his hands, and discussed:
"How about this? Uncle will give you the new grain from home, and leave the old grain for us. You educated youths have delicate stomachs, and we who do hard labor don't have so many fuss."
"Why should I..."
"you shut up!"
Wang Gen's expression changed, and he kicked Wang Dahu viciously.
"You useless thing, you are becoming more and more cunning every day, get out of here and go home!"
I don't know who I'm scolding here.
Zhou Yan lowered his head and thought for a while, his expression softened a bit, and he said with a smile:
"I originally wanted to exchange for less fine grains, but since the village chief is so considerate, I'll exchange for 200 kilograms of rice and corn each."
Wang Gen was about to vomit blood in his heart, these were all his food...
Ruan Guannan couldn't help but look down on him when he saw his blue face.
It was obvious that he had stolen other people's food, and now he's coming back with an expression that looks like he's vomiting blood after eating someone else's food. He's so greedy and dirty.
She glanced meaningfully at Wang Gen, who had a gloomy face, and Liu Meng'er, who was gritting her teeth, and called out in her heart:
[Huang 99, next time Wang Gen and Liu Meng'er meet late at night, let me know.]
As soon as 999 saw the host's expression, he knew that these two people were likely to be in trouble.
But it is very happy to do this. Who would refuse points that are delivered to their doorstep?
[No problem, I'll take care of it! ]
Here, Ruan Guannan was secretly preparing to enforce justice, but she didn't expect that someone would act faster than her.
The next morning, Ruan Guannan finally got up early and breathed in the fresh morning air, feeling very cheerful.
This open-mindedness reached its peak when I heard outside that the village chief's son had an accident last night!
It turns out that Wang Dahu, the gangster that everyone avoided, was put in a sack and beaten last night!
I heard that he was beaten so badly that his face was bruised and his teeth were almost knocked out, and even his leg was broken.
If he hadn't left with one leg, he would have frozen to death outside in such a cold weather.
When Ruan Guannan heard this, he instantly felt better and couldn't help but give a thumbs up to this unsung hero.
The unsung hero in Ruan Guannan's heart looked serious and innocent when he returned home.
If she hadn't found a blood-stained sack at the foot of the wall, there would have been no sign of it on his calm face.
Ruan Guannan looked at someone with a half-smile, his face full of teasing.
"Comrade Zhou, you seem to be very familiar with this business. Have you done it often before?"
Zhou Yan felt very uncomfortable being looked at by her, so he turned his head away without answering.
But he did not regret doing so. Instead, he felt that he was a little hasty and the hit was not light enough.
Zhou Yan wanted to beat Wang Dahu to death just because he dared to slander his wife in broad daylight.
Since Zhou Yan has already started to act, Ruan Guannan feels that he cannot fall too far behind.
Three nights later, when Ruan Guannan was about to take off his clothes and wipe his body, 999 suddenly said in his mind:
[Host host, Wang Gen and Liu Meng'er are hooking up again! ]
Ruan Guannan paused, then immediately asked: [Where is the location? ]
【Wang Gen's home.】
Oh my god, so arrogant?!