Happiness System

Not long after Uncle Chen and his family left, the sound of the team's work horn came leisurely, and the old educated youth walked out of the house lazily, yawning and going to work without even washing their faces.

Luo Wei finally remembered his responsibilities as the team leader. Before leaving, he asked a few male comrades, "I remember there were twelve educated youth in your group. Are there still a few who haven't arrived yet? If they arrive later, there's no need to call me and Yang Liu. The newcomers will stay in your room. You can handle it yourself!"

Without even waiting for Qin Xi and the others to answer, he ran away as if his butt was in danger.

After a while, Jinzhe and Jingyan came back carrying things.

"Jingyan and I exchanged a small piece of bacon for starting the pot, and also got a few eggs and two handfuls of green vegetables." Jinzhe shook the things in his hands, looking happy.

Today, when they took a look at the food the old educated youth ate, their faces turned green. They hoped that his friend’s cooking skills would be better.

Qin Xi patted the dust off his pants and said, "I have some noodles, let's make some porridge."

Zhou Pandi raised his hand, "I can open the pot!"

Zhao Xiaofen: "Then I'll wash the vegetables!"

The earthen stove could not be used yet, so the noodle soup could only be cooked on the stones built by Zhou Pandi.

Qin Xi took out the noodles and leaned against the door to watch them busy. Seeing Jing Yan standing next to her, she asked, "The two female comrades in our room don't look simple. Can I put some things in your room?"

Jing Yan looked at her and replied, "Sure. If the items are really valuable, you can buy a box or a kang cabinet to lock them up."

Qin Xi shook her head. "It's not particularly expensive. I just don't like people touching my things. I plan to build a cabinet for the new house. It will be difficult to deal with boxes and cabinets if I buy them now."

Jing Yan didn't say anything else and just asked her to take out the things.

Qin Xi went into the house and sorted out her things, taking the opportunity to put the valuables into the space, and then dragged out two large bags.

Jingyan called Jinzhe to come over to help, and the two of them carried the things to their room.

Knowing that Qin Xi was wary of the two old educated youth in the house, the Li Jianshe brothers became even more determined to move out as soon as possible.

Knowing that Li Jianshe and his brother were also going to move out, Zhou Pandi and Zhao Xiaofen felt that the porridge with meat pieces was no longer delicious.

They can't afford to move out!

Seeing that they were unhappy, Qin Xi comforted them: "Actually, I know a lot of herbs. You can ask the captain if the infirmary accepts herbs. I can take you out to collect herbs."

In fact, she wanted to find a companion to go with her to collect herbs. Medicinal herbs are not easy to buy nowadays. She walked around the commune but didn't see any herbal medicine shop.

"That's fine. If I can sell herbs, I'll ask the captain if I can buy the money for building the house on credit." Zhou Pandi looked at her in confusion, "Qin Xi, how do you know about herbs?"

Qin Xi ran into the house and found a photo. "Here, I'll show you my childhood photo and you'll understand. I've become a doctor through long-term illness!"

Jin Zhe came over to look at the photo and then at Qin Xi, "Qin Xi, why did you show us someone else's photo? We don't think you're ugly!"

Cheng Bing said very honestly: "Qin Xi, you are crooked!"

Zhou Pandi and Zhao Xiaofen said reluctantly: "Actually, they are a bit alike!"

Qin Xi took back the photo and said in a deep voice: "Although this is a sad story, I have found the way back!"

Cheng Bing added: "So Qin Xi, do you want to test the poison on yourself?"

Qin Xi rolled her eyes: "What do you mean by testing the poison on yourself? I'm trying to save myself, save myself! I want to become thinner and prettier, you know? Wait and see my transformation!"

Seeing how confident she was, a group of people began to look forward to the transformation of a 180-pound female warrior!

After eating the porridge and packing up their things, they locked the door and went to the team headquarters to find the captain to get food.

It happened that the team leader and the branch secretary were not there, so a few female comrades went to the group of old ladies to listen to the great achievements of the Youth League Institute.

Just as I was listening with joy, the team leader and the branch secretary came back.

After all, food and housing are important matters, so the three of them could only leave reluctantly.

The standard ration here is eight taels per day for women and one catty for men. The ration is reduced by 20% for those under thirteen years old and half for those under three years old. It is calculated on average as three or four days per month.

Of course, this says wheat and corn kernels, but if you replace them with coarse grains, there will be more.

June is already halfway through, and they can only count based on the remaining days. The next food distribution will be in November, so they can receive food until October.

Because the new educated youth all enjoyed policy benefits, the price of grain given to them was converted based on last year's price per centimeter. Not only did they not require coupons, but the grain was also more than 20% cheaper than that sold at the grain station.

Qin Xi didn't want those coarse grains, she only wanted corn and wheat. Because she paid in cash, she was allowed to buy an extra 50 kilograms, so she had 160 kilograms of food.

Jin Zhe and Jing Yan were the same as Qin Xi. They originally wanted to ask for an extra 100 kilograms of food, but the captain refused and could only sell them an extra 70 kilograms at most.

After hesitating for a while, Li Jianshe asked the team leader: "Uncle, we have to save the money we have now to build a house. Can we buy the food after two months when our family gives us resources?"

The captain shook his head: "This is against the rules. We can only make an exception this once."

Otherwise, those who are better off will eat as much as they want, and then come to the production team to buy food after they have finished eating. How could the production team have so much food to buy?

Cheng Bing was quick-witted and said immediately, "Uncle, we want the same amount of food as them. We will pay the extra money in cash, and the portion we earn will be treated as an advance. If our families give us resources before the food is distributed, we will pay them back. If they don't, we will deduct it from the public account at the end of the year!"

"Oh, you two are borrowing food, right? Then I'll write a bill for you to sign and seal." The captain raised his lips, looked at Zhou Pandi and Zhao Xiaofen and asked, "What about you two?"

"Uncle Captain, I want to ask if the medicinal herbs in the mountains can be exchanged for money?" After hesitating for a while, Zhou Pandi asked.

She didn't want to break up with Qin Xi and the others. If she could collect herbs and buy them, she would try her best to keep up with them.

The team leader was stunned for a moment before answering: "The team doesn't stop this. Lao Liu in the team is the village doctor. He knows Western medicine but is even better at Chinese medicine. He occasionally collects some medicinal herbs and helps the villagers sell them.

But not everyone can collect this medicine. The common ones are not valuable, and the valuable ones are hard to find. The mountains are not as simple as you think!"

"I know, captain uncle, don't worry, I won't cause you any trouble!" If Zhou Panddi was sure that there was an opportunity to make extra money, he would definitely follow it.

Zhao Xiaofen is naturally even less afraid of something that Zhou Pandi is not afraid of. If she can't pay back the money, the worst that can happen is that she will write a letter home once a week to complain about being poor. As the only child who went to the countryside, it is only natural for her family to support her a little!

The two of them paid the money without hesitation, and then signed and sealed the loan slip.

Then it came to the stage of building the house, and the team leader really allocated the land to them.

The Youth League Home is notorious, and the villagers really look down on that piece of land. As for the educated youth who want to build houses in the future, there is still land over there that cannot be used to grow crops. As long as they are willing to pay, it will be easy to do so!

The villagers were quite generous and gave each of them 50 square meters of land.

The team leader suggested that they build the houses together, thus saving the cost of one wall.

Seeing the other five people's expressions of agreement, Qin Xi, who wanted to take the opportunity to break up the group, wavered.

When she thought about having to collect firewood, fetch water, and plant and water the vegetables by herself in the future, her heart leaned towards continuing the partnership.

Zhou Pandi and Zhao Xiaofen were so poor yet they tried so hard to be close to each other, but she wanted to break up. Just thinking about it made her feel that she was being too much!

"No credit is allowed when building a house. Each person needs to pay fifty yuan first. If there is any extra money, I will return it to you after the house is built and the accounts are settled. If it is not enough, I will come to collect the money halfway!"

The five people didn't know that Qin Xi was thinking about breaking up the partnership. They were happily discussing how to build a new house, but their captain's words instantly brought them back to reality.

Yes, the rich ones are those three guys, they are all poor!

The poor foursome looked at the rich threesome with resentful faces.

After Zhou Paner and Zhao Xiaofen returned to reality, they felt that they were just poor people and would not be able to buy too many things in the future.

The rooms in the Youth League Home were about 20 square meters each, and since there were only two of them, a 15 square meter room would be spacious enough.

Because they had to pay in cash, Zhao Xiaofen took out ten yuan and borrowed fifteen from Qin Xi. Zhou Paner didn't have much money on hand, so she paid five yuan and borrowed twenty from Qin Xi.

The two of them took the initiative to write an IOU to Qin Xi on the spot.

Li Jianshe and Cheng Bing planned to build a house of 20 square meters together like the Youth League Home, and Jin Zhe and Jing Yan also planned to build a house of 20 square meters each.

Qin Xi originally wanted a 20-square-meter house, but she suddenly recalled fragments of memory. It seemed that something had happened to her grandparents' family, and in two months, Qin Jian would come to live with her.

The original owner didn't know that something had happened in the tenant's house at that time. She scolded her brother harshly. And somehow, the work arranged for several educated youth to come over, so there was no place for Qin Jian to live. The original owner was unwilling to ask for help for Qin Jian, so Qin Jian had to return to Jiang City.

Unable to go back to his maternal grandparents' home, Qin Jian could only return to his father's home. Unfortunately, Qin He was very afraid of death. In his heart, this son was a member of the Lin family. He was afraid of being implicated, so he stuffed ten dollars into Qin Jian's pocket and drove him away.

Qin Jian was only eleven years old and had no ability to survive at all. His sister and father didn't want him, so he could only go to his maternal relatives and friends for help. After being rejected countless times, someone finally found a family to adopt him for the sake of the Lin family.

Unfortunately, this child was also unlucky. His adoptive mother did not agree to adopt him in the first place and was not good to him. She adopted him because she had no son. His adoptive father, who was quite nice to him, ignored him after he had his own son the following year.

After the child was born, Qin Jian dropped out of school and became a child care worker. When he grew up, he became a workhorse in his adoptive father's family...

Alas, it’s quite miserable anyway!

Although I don’t know what happened to the Lin family, if Qin Jian comes this time, he must have a place to live!