Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

As time went by, the new educated youth gradually integrated into the rural life. However, the new educated youth felt jealous when they saw Yan Jiekuang talking to himself every day. Zhang Qiang, a new male educated youth, couldn't help asking: "Captain, we are both educated youth, why doesn't Yan Jiekuang join us?!"

Gong Liang replied: "Yan Zhiqing came a year earlier than you. At that time, there were not so many Zhiqing, and none of them knew how to do farm work, so the team leader assigned us Zhiqing to each production team. The villagers taught us how to do farm work. Later, more Zhiqing came one after another. In order to facilitate management, the Zhiqing were separated and formed into two production teams. As for the Zhiqing who had already been assigned to the production team, they were no longer assigned to the newly formed Zhiqing production team."

Ma He said: "Captain, even if they are not incorporated into our educated youth production team, why do they do less work than us?!"

At this time, Gong Liang finally reacted and couldn't help laughing and said, "After all this time, you are talking about this?! Do you think that the people here give Yan Zhiqing a back door and have less production tasks than you?!" Seeing that the new educated youths were nodding, Gong Liang said, "Okay! Tomorrow morning, you will come with me to watch Yan Zhiqing work. After watching, you will know."

Yan Jiekuang was unaware of the farce of the new educated youth. At this time, Yan Jiekuang had already returned home from work and started to make lunch. However, the farce of the new educated youth reached the ears of Gao Junsong and Tian Dazhuang. Tian Dazhuang said, "Old Gao, it seems that the educated youth who came this time are not easy to deal with."

Gao Junsong hesitated for a few seconds and said, "It seems that we were too polite to them in the past. We assigned them too little work. If we could tire them out every day, there wouldn't be so much work. Since they are all human beings, starting tomorrow, their workload will be the same as that of the old educated youth and our villagers."

Tian Dazhuang asked with a smile: "Aren't you afraid that they will make a scene?!"

Gao Junsong said: "If they want to make trouble, let them make trouble! I just can't find an excuse to get rid of some people. If they make trouble, it will be easier for me to deal with them."

Tian Dazhuang smiled and stretched out his hand to point at Gao Junsong a few times, saying: "You! You are just an old fox. It's bad luck for these guys to meet you!"

Gao Junsong said, "I didn't mean to make things difficult for them. They say the crying child gets the milk. If I don't find an opportunity to stir up trouble, the Youth Educated Office of the commune will think that our Qingshan Brigade is easy to bully and will push people to our side. Look at the Xishan Brigade. Ever since the last incident, they have been assigned fewer Youth Educated than us."

Tian Dazhuang reminded: "Take it easy when there's a commotion, don't get yourself involved."

Gao Junsong laughed and said, "Don't worry! I know what's going on!"

The next day, just like in the past, as the brigade loudspeaker sounded for the third time, the villagers and educated youth went out one after another. Not long after, they all arrived at the threshing ground. Gao Junsong gave a few instructions as usual, asking everyone to pay attention to safety, and then called all the team leaders to his side to arrange the tasks for today. When Gong Liang heard the tasks assigned to them by the team leader, he was dumbfounded.

Gao Junsong noticed Gong Liang's reaction. After all the work was arranged, Gao Junsong stopped Gong Liang and Yao Yueting and said, "Xiao Gong, Xiao Yao, you know. In the past, when I assigned tasks, I was taking care of you. But after taking care of you for a long time, the villagers had complaints. So I will treat you equally from now on. Go back and explain it clearly to the educated youth. Let everyone not have any emotions in their hearts."

Gong Liang said: "Captain, the old educated youth have no problem completing these tasks. I'm afraid the new educated youth can't do it."

Gao Junsong said: "If you can't finish it during the day, continue working at night. When you finish, you can leave. If it really doesn't work, you can take less work points."

OK! Gao Junsong had said so much, Gong Liang had nothing to say, and could only go back to the educated youth with Yao Yueting. After assigning tasks to individuals, Gong Liang took a few educated youth who felt that the village had opened a back door for Yan Jiekuang to the first production team. When they got there, Yan Jiekuang was already working.

When Gao Hu saw Gong Liang coming with his men, he hurried over and asked, "Gong Zhiqing, what are you doing here?!"

Gong Liang asked: "Gao Hu, how much work does Yan Zhiqing have today?!"

Gao Hu replied, "Normally, Yan Zhiqing's workload is three mu of land, but in order to catch up with the progress, Yan Zhiqing's workload increased by one mu today." Then he asked, "What's the matter?!"

Gong Liang replied: "Nothing! Just asking."

Gao Hu noticed that the people behind Gong Liang had strange expressions, and he reacted instantly, saying, "It's not that I look down on you. Not to mention you, even those of us who are used to farm work can't do as well as Yan Zhiqing."

While they were talking, Yan Jiekuang had already turned over a row of land.

Gong Liang said, "Gao Hu, just do your thing. I'll take them back right away."

"Okay!" Gao Hu responded, turned and left.

Gong Liang did not stay for long and left with the educated youth. Returning to the land that belonged to the educated youth, Gong Liang said: "You have all heard what the leader of the first team said. I will not say much. Today we have a heavy task, so let's hurry up and work!" After that, Gong Liang ignored the educated youth standing there in a daze and started to work with tools.

A little after ten in the morning, Yan Jiekuang finished his work. He called in a scorekeeper to check the work and after confirming that there were no problems, Yan Jiekuang returned the tools. Then, as usual, he hummed a song and walked home. When the educated youth who were busy working in the fields saw Yan Jiekuang walking past them, they all showed envy and jealousy on their faces.

As time went by, the spring ploughing was drawing to a close. The work in the fields became easier. On a rest day, early in the morning, Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui went out on their bicycles.

Seeing the bicycles, the new educated youths were all stunned. Zhou Yan muttered: "How come they are so rich?!"

Wang Liqing said, "It's not that they are rich. It's that Yan Zhiqing is handy. They both assembled their bicycles by finding old parts. If you can get old parts, you can also ask Yan Zhiqing or Gou Wa to help you assemble your bicycle."

Xu Yun continued, "But I advise you to give up this idea! The villagers have wanted to get a bicycle for a long time. They have searched everywhere in town to find old bicycle parts, but they still haven't found all the parts! Or you can go buy new parts. But new parts are only available in the county supply and marketing cooperatives. And they are not cheap. If you buy the parts and assemble them yourself, you can save the money of a bicycle ticket."

For the educated youth who were not short of money, Xu Yun's words opened up a new idea for them. However, they also had concerns. What if they finished making the bicycles and before they had ridden them for two years, their families would use their connections to get them back. Wouldn't the bicycles become a burden? !

Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui had no idea what the new educated youth thought. An hour later, Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui arrived in town. They went directly to the post office as before. After parking the car, Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui entered the post office.