The Age of Rebirth: Winning since the educated youth went to the countryside

"You want to join the mushroom group?"

Zhou Ziwen interrupted Jiang Xiaohong's next speech.

"It's not that I want to join the mushroom group, but the production team should give us preferential treatment and let all of us educated youth work in the mushroom group."

Jiang Xiaohong corrected Zhou Ziwen's remarks.

"Comrade Jiang Xiaohong, your idea is good, but it is somewhat unrealistic." Zhou Ziwen shook his head.

"Why do you say that? I think we educated youth should be treated preferentially. We are educated and knowledgeable. How can we be treated the same as ordinary villagers?" Jiang Xiaohong said somewhat unconvinced.

"It's a good thing to be cultured and knowledgeable, but we go to the countryside to support construction, not to enjoy ourselves," Zhou Ziwen explained patiently.

"Moreover, the work of the mushroom team is not easy. It requires carefulness and patience. Not everyone can do it."

"Besides, the number of people in the Mushroom Group is limited. It is impossible to allow all the educated youth to come in."

"But we educated youth are also human beings. We have dignity too. We can't do the same rough work as ordinary villagers." Jiang Xiaohong was still a little unwilling.

"Dignity is earned by yourself, not given by others," Zhou Ziwen said.

"Moreover, the work of the mushroom group is no easier than other jobs and requires a lot of effort."

Having said that, Zhou Ziwen didn't want to talk to her anymore.

Jiang Xiaohong is like this, her thoughts are too naive.

"If you have any ideas, you can report them to Secretary Wu and the team leader. Although I am the leader of the mushroom group, I don't have much status in the production team."

Zhou Ziwen spread his hands.

"Ziwen, I know you are very famous in our Dabazi Village. With your status, as long as you take the lead, you will definitely be able to fight for the interests that we educated youth deserve."

Jiang Xiaohong looked at Zhou Ziwen expectantly.

"Comrade Jiang Xiaohong, you are wrong. I will not do such a thing."

"We, the educated youth, went to the countryside to receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants. We came here to learn and work, not to seek special treatment. Everyone should gain recognition and opportunities through their own efforts, rather than relying on others to gain unreasonable preferential treatment."

Zhou Ziwen was too lazy to talk to her.

Jiang Xiaohong's face didn't look very good either.

She looked at him dissatisfiedly, "Zhou Ziwen, you disappoint me so much. I thought you would understand the situation of us educated youth and would speak for us."

"I understand your situation, but I understand the principles we should follow even more."

Zhou Ziwen looked at Jiang Xiaohong and said, "We educated youth came here to integrate into rural life, learn labor skills, and contribute to rural construction. If we blindly pursue special treatment, it will go against the original intention of our going to the countryside."

Jiang Xiaohong was speechless, but she still said unwillingly: "Then we can only do those hard and tiring jobs like ordinary villagers? What's the use of our knowledge and culture here?"

"This is something you should consider. Okay, the captain is already in a meeting. If you have any questions, you can report to them. Don't come to me."

Zhou Ziwen waved his hand, left the place decisively, and returned to the threshing ground to listen to the lecture with the villagers.

Jiang Xiaohong looked at Zhou Ziwen's departing back and stomped her feet in anger.

Originally, she was confident that Zhou Ziwen would listen to her.

But if Zhou Ziwen is unwilling to take the lead, her plan will not be so easy to implement.

But Zhou Ziwen's prestige in Dabazi Village was very high, and even if she was angry, she didn't dare to offend him easily.

But she would not give up in order to avoid doing the hard farm work.

……

Zhou Ziwen didn't care what Jiang Xiaohong thought.

In his opinion, there was probably something wrong with this person.

She wants to cause trouble as soon as she arrives in the countryside. I'm afraid she hasn't figured out her situation yet!

……

Here, after the team leader finished the meeting, Zhou Ziwen and Chen Shiying went to the mushroom cultivation base together.

After staying at the mushroom cultivation base for a while, he returned home and rode his bicycle to Niushan Village.

He is also very busy. These days, several other production teams are building their mushroom houses, and they are almost completed, so he has to go and keep an eye on them.

Zhou Ziwen rode his bicycle along the familiar path.

The morning sun shone on his body, warm and making him feel comfortable.

He rode while enjoying the scenery along the way.

It was just the beginning of spring, and the nearby villagers were busy in the fields. Some were plowing the land, while others were watering and fertilizing the wheat seedlings. They were very busy.

The fields are full of vitality. The tender green wheat seedlings sway gently in the breeze, as if showing people the vitality of life.

Zhou Ziwen passed by an orchard. Some tender green buds had begun to emerge on the fruit trees, indicating that this year would be another bumper year.

Not long after, Zhou Ziwen arrived at Niushan Village.

The villagers are busy building their mushroom houses.

Niu Jiefang was directing from the side.

Seeing Zhou Ziwen, he hurried over to greet him.

"Ziwen, why are you here so early?" Niu Jiefang showed a warm smile on his face.

"Uncle Niu, I came to see how the mushroom house is being built." Zhou Ziwen replied with a smile.

"Haha, come and take a look, we are working very hard on it." Niu Jiefang said as he took Zhou Ziwen towards the mushroom house.

Zhou Ziwen walked into the mushroom house under construction and looked at it carefully. He found that the overall structure was basically completed, and the remaining parts were just some small details.

"How is it? Any problems?" Niu Jiefang asked confidently.

"Haha, with Uncle Niu supervising here, there will definitely be no problem!" Zhou Ziwen smiled and shook his head.

"I think this mushroom house is very well built. Once it's finished, we can start cultivating mushrooms right away."

"That's great, Ziwen, thanks to you. If it weren't for you, we really wouldn't know how to build this mushroom house." Niu Jiefang said gratefully.

"Uncle Niu, this is what I should do. If you have any questions, just ask me at any time." Zhou Ziwen said.

After leaving Niushan Village, Zhou Ziwen rode his bicycle to several other production teams.

The progress of these production teams is actually similar. According to the current progress, they will be able to complete it in one or two days.

After Zhou Ziwen came out of Sanjiao Bay, he prepared to go home.

……

Zhou Ziwen spent the next two days in peace.

In the morning, I took a walk around the mushroom cultivation base to learn about the progress of mushroom cultivation, and then went to several production teams in the surrounding area to take a look at the mushroom houses they had built.

I take a nap at home in the afternoon, and go fishing or hunting when I have nothing to do. My life is very leisurely.

But some people don't want their lives to be so peaceful.

"Brother Zhou, something happened."

That afternoon, not long after getting off work, Zhou Chaoyang ran over with a serious look on his face.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Ziwen stood up and asked, "Is someone sick?"

Apart from this question, he couldn't think of anything else.