Rebirth in the 1970s with Space

Chapter 43 Punishment for Land Reclamation

Zhang Baoguo thought that many outsiders had come to the village recently, and they all came to share food with the villagers. Although the Chinese herbal medicine research team was paid by the organization, it also reduced the amount of grain that the team had to pay.

But the crops grown in the village were not enough to eat after paying the public tax. Because these people were coming, they spent many days repairing the houses. There were fewer people working in the fields, and he failed to reclaim the wasteland he wanted.

He was getting anxious about this, and these educated youth kids started to make trouble again. These educated youth kids were not good at work, and they were the first to make trouble. It seemed that they did not do enough work.

When I thought about the wasteland I wanted to reclaim, and then saw that these educated youth had the strength to fight, I thought they also had the strength to reclaim wasteland. Zhang Baoguo thought so and shouted loudly before Zhang Xue could say anything.

"You all have nothing to do after eating, right? Why are you mobilizing so many people for such a trivial matter? Can't you see that it's time to start work?"

"All educated youths are invited to go to the foot of Nanshan Mountain to open up wasteland. Female educated youths are allowed to open up one mu of land each, and male educated youths are allowed to open up 1.5 mu of land each. When the land is opened up, then we will start calculating our work points."

Zhang Baoguo said to Zhang Xue, "Old Zhang, take them there and check on their progress every day. These kids have the energy to make a fuss, I think they are just idle."

After talking to Zhang Xue, he shouted to the surrounding villagers: "Hurry up and get to work. Anyone who is late will have to reclaim land for free."

When the villagers heard this, they all ran away. Although watching the fun was important, work points were more important. If only work points were deducted, they might still be able to watch the fun, but they would still have to work for the village for nothing, which was not acceptable.

The villagers left obediently, but the old educated youth were not happy. Not only were they beaten, but now they were forced to reclaim wasteland for free. The village leaders were too much. They were clearly the victims, so why were they punished?

So, it was still Fang Hua who asked, "We old educated youth have been beaten, why do we have to open up wasteland? This is not fair."

Zhang Baoguo didn't care what these educated youth thought. When he heard someone disagree with his decision, he immediately said, "If you think there's not enough work, then double the acres of land you need to reclaim."

When the educated youth heard this, they all fell silent. At this time, both the new and old educated youth had the same thought in their minds: stay away from this old branch secretary in the future, because he would punish people by making them reclaim wasteland at any time.

And they don't listen to arguments about who is right, and punish anyone who makes trouble. Didn't you see that even the villagers who were watching the fun were almost punished by the old branch secretary to open up wasteland? They can't afford to offend them, they should just behave themselves.

When Zhang Xue saw that all the educated youth had become well behaved, he could not help but look at Zhang Baoguo with admiration. He felt that he had learned something, and that the old Party secretary was still good at managing people. From then on, whenever someone in the village made trouble, Zhang Xue would punish them by making them work for free.

Because of Zhang Xue's actions, the members of Zhangjiapo Brigade all became good at not causing trouble. Even if the members quarreled and did not go to the leader, Zhang Xue would follow the gossipers to the scene, making it hard to guard against.

After receiving Zhang Xue's admiring look, Zhang Baoguo gave Zhang Xue a look that said "you should learn from me" and walked away happily with his hands behind his back. He was thinking happily in his heart that he was still amazing.

Even if these educated youth children work in the fields, they can't work as well as the villagers, so it's just right for them to go to open up wasteland now. This way, they can open up the wasteland they want to open up without having to pay work points, which is great.

I hope these educated youth will make more troubles in the future so that they can help the team to reclaim more wasteland. Their team doesn't have much else but a lot of wasteland.

They didn't reclaim wasteland before because the villagers couldn't grow crops even if they did. Now there are more educated youth, and if they don't reclaim wasteland, they won't have enough to eat.

The other village leaders saw Zhang Baoguo, the branch secretary, leave, and said hello to Zhang Xue before leaving. They came here to serve as background figures, and now they can call it a day.

Seeing that everyone else had left, Zhang Xue said to everyone in the Youth League Home, "Take all the things you need for work and follow me. I'll give you five minutes." After saying that, he looked at his watch to mark the time.

When everyone in the Youth House heard Zhang Xue say that they would only have five minutes to clean up, they all hurried to move, fearing that if they were too slow, Zhang Xue would add more tasks for them. The Youths had just seen Zhang Baoguo wink at Zhang Xue, and Zhang Xue nodded.

The two of them must have colluded to make them work for nothing, so they would not give them a chance. They are regretting it now. At this time, everyone in the Youth Academy had a rare unanimous idea.

Seeing how cooperative everyone in the Youth Academy was, Zhang Xue became even more determined to learn from the old branch secretary. His methods were too gentle in the past, and it turned out that the old ones were more experienced. He should just be a good team leader and complete the tasks given to him by the old branch secretary.

When Zhang Xue led the Youth Academy to the foot of Nanshan Mountain, Zhang Qingzhu had just finished exploring the underground cave. On the way back, she took a route she had never taken before.

When Zhang Xue led his team to the foot of Nanshan Mountain, they saw a vast expanse of wasteland. The weeds on the wasteland were almost as tall as a person and were very dense. Among the weeds, there were some shrubs and trees, which looked very difficult to clean up.

It was very difficult to open up the wasteland, especially for the newly arrived educated youth who had never done farm work and had no idea where to start. Everyone looked at Zhang Xue, with an expression of "I hope you have taken me the wrong way" on their faces.

Zhang Xue was being watched by these people, and he looked back without a trace of guilt. This decision was not made by him, so there was nothing to feel guilty about. Although it was a bit difficult to open up the wasteland, it was not impossible.

After several rounds of eye contact, the new educated youth Jin Shicheng asked Zhang Xue if they could get some tool support. It would be too difficult to do this job with bare hands.

Jin Shicheng walked to Zhang Xue helplessly and asked, "Captain, you see these grasses are taller than people. Can the village provide us with some tools?"

Zhang Xue felt that he couldn't push people too hard, and thinking that the grass on the wasteland could be used as fodder for black cattle and horses, he said, "I can borrow the tools, but the grass you cut must be sent to the cowshed."

When the educated youth heard that they could borrow tools, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. This incident also gave them a warning, so that they would think twice before causing trouble in the future.

And once they started working, they thought they could keep quiet. This job was too difficult.