Xie Jian looked at her with cold eyes.
"What is the problem?"
"There are regulations above that require young and middle-aged people to participate in labor to earn work points! Jiang Lai has ignored the regulations again and again. I have the right to punish you and cancel your work point reward today!"
Xie Jian had never seen much of the world, but he wasn't that easy to fool. Miao Yan didn't dare to look at him when she said this. She was obviously lying, bullying him because he had never studied and knew nothing.
"Canceling my work point reward? Who stipulated it?"
"Leader from above!"
"Which leader, I'll go find him."
Xie Jian's tone was serious and serious, and he never joked about anything he said or did. Miao Yan was subconsciously at a loss for words, but when she thought about her current status, why should she be afraid of a farmer in the countryside.
"The secretary said it! You don't listen to what the secretary said? Is it worthy of her status as a village woman when someone with both hands and feet is lazy and refuses to work? In any case, your work points are gone today. If she doesn't come again, you will All future work points will be gone!”
Xie Jian glanced at her coldly, turned around and left without saying anything. The threatening aura finally disappeared. Miao Yan breathed a sigh of relief and then drew a few lines on the paper with a pen.
"Isn't he just a farmer?"
What's the point of being so arrogant all day long? He has no status at all just watching the weather and eating. I really don't know how I could have cared about him before!
Yeah, nothing good.
Everyone in the village knew that Xie Jian's work points were revoked because Jiang Lai did not work in the fields.
When Lu Cuiping heard this, she immediately clapped her hands and applauded.
"Just wait! Just wait until he is dragged to death by that vixen! Then even if he wants to beg for food, don't even think about coming to our doorstep!"
Xie Yumian heard clearly from the side.
The next day, Xie Jian went to work in the fields again, but Jiang Lai still didn't go to the fields. Someone even saw her going to the town on a tractor early in the morning.
"I saw it! She was dressed like a fairy in red and green, talking and laughing with a man in the car!"
"Xie Jian is really unlucky for eight lifetimes to marry such a thing. He has nothing to do with his stomach. Now he can't even do any work. He is all counting on Xie Jian! It's good now. He can't even earn work points. I think their family is celebrating the New Year. Use what you eat!”
After busy farming, many people in the village talk about Jiang Lai.
His tone was full of disdain and ridicule, and he was glad that his family did not have such a lazy person.
Many people even inquired about Miao Yan when they were busy recording work points.
"Did Xie Jian's work points disappear again? I see that Jiang Lai didn't work anymore."
Miao Yan frowned impatiently without raising her head.
"You will all promote it when you go back. This is what happens when you are too lazy to do anything!"
"Oh, don't worry, our whole family is here! Not even one of us is missing!"
"So are we, so are we."
They reported work points one by one as if they were asking for credit, but it turned out that in the end they didn't add up to as much as Xie Jian earned in a day.
Just like yesterday, Xie Jian's work points were still canceled by Miao Yan, without even a single note being recorded.
Xie Jian still didn't say anything. He turned around and went directly to the village secretary's office. The secretary in the office said something directly when he saw him.
"The secretary is still in town and has not returned."
"When are you coming back?"
"How do I know? How can a secretary who is so busy come back early just because you gave up your job?"
The other party's attitude was very cold. He looked Xie Jian up and down and then urged him to leave.
"We're off work. Please come early next time and don't waste our time."
Xie Jian went home in the evening. Jiang Lai had just returned from the town. He opened the things he brought from the town and handed them to Xie Jian like a treasure.
"Look what this is."
Inside the cloth bag was a jar of polished rice, a bag of noodles, a large bag of dried meat, and a few flat white breads.
"There are indeed more good things in this town."
Xie Jian glanced at her and asked directly.
"Do we have enough food stamps to buy these?"
The tickets for polished rice are different from those for ordinary rice. Jiang Lai also has dried meat, which you can't buy even if you have money.
"Didn't I dig out a lot of wild eggs a few days ago? I also took the uneaten meat to the town and sold it."
"Sell? How did you sell it?"
Nowadays, it is illegal to buy and sell things privately, and if you are caught, you will definitely be severely punished.
Jiang Lai looked calm.
"I asked an older brother to go with him. The alley was full of sellers. One guy gave me some rice noodles tickets in exchange for eggs, and I sold the marinated chicken for 70 cents a pound and 6 yuan. many."
Some things are free of charge, but they are more expensive. Jiang Lai didn't mind spending the money he earned quickly and even bought Xie Jian a pair of gloves.
"Put it on when you work from now on, and look at your hands."
Jiang Lai grabbed Xie Jian's hand. The rough joints on the fingertips were covered with calluses, and the tiger's mouth was a little chapped. It was obvious that Xie Jian's palms were wide and the fingers were long. The nails were neatly trimmed. The beautiful hands have turned into the weather-beaten look they have now due to years of hard work.
Xie Jian looked at Jiang Lai seriously, with a restrained light hidden deep in his black eyes.
"Next time, just leave it to me. Don't do it."
"It's okay, I'm smart, nothing will happen to me."
With Little Pudding, a super eyeliner, he can run faster than a rabbit if there is any trouble.
This is also a way to develop. As long as you don't get caught, it will definitely be easier than farming.
Xie Jian saw that Jiang Lai didn't know anything about what was going on in the village, so he didn't say anything to her. Early the next morning, Jiang Lai packed up his things and rushed to the town again.
This time she carried a big basket and rode a tractor to the town. Under the guidance of Little Pudding, she went straight into an alley and squatted down to wait. She also held a sign in her hand with a few words written on it.
Selling wild eggs, fish, shrimp and meat.
Soon the first customer arrived.
Customer: "How to sell eggs?"
Jiang Lai: "Four cents a pound."
Customer: "Four cents? The supply and marketing cooperative only sells it for two cents."
Jiang Lai: "I don't need a ticket, and look at my eggs, they're fresh."
The man hesitated for a while, then nodded.
"Okay, how many do you have?"
"It's only six or seven pounds in total."
"Give it all to me."
The first business deal was completed, and Jiang Lai had more than two yuan in his pocket.
At Little Pudding's reminder, she packed up her things and moved to another place. This time it was in the alley behind the supply and marketing cooperative, and there were more people inside.
As soon as Jiang Lai squatted down, someone came over and asked.
"How to sell shrimp?"
"One dollar and two."
"So expensive?"
"River shrimp are nutritious, and I can't find many people to buy them. Do you want them?"
The man knew that shrimps were hard to buy, so he simply nodded, weighed them all and bought them all.
After a while, someone came to ask again.
"What meat?"
(End of chapter)
