Reborn in the ’80s as a Group Favorite Bigshot – Chapter 29

Chapter 29: Well Dealt With

The reason why Song Chu gave the power of selecting people to the village cadres was to give them space to “express themselves” and make them feel respected.

Only with shared interests would they be more proactive and cooperate with her work.

Song Chu cleared her throat, “I have more to say.”

The chattering crowd stopped and looked at her again.

Song Chu said with satisfaction, “Buying the machine cost money. We still have to go up the mountain to pick fruit and come down to press oil, putting in so much effort. It’s impossible to give you the oil for free.”

“But we are all from the same village, so naturally, we won’t make you spend money to buy it. Therefore, I will set a standard with the village cadres, equating one jin of oil to a certain number of work points. In the future, you will exchange work points for oil.”

“Of course, it can’t be exchanged randomly. For example, a family can only exchange a few jin of oil per month. This will be based on the number of people in each family, and the maximum amount of oil each person can use per month will be used to determine a total. The amount of oil exchanged with work points each month cannot exceed this number.”

“Don’t feel it’s unfair. Without rules, nothing can be accomplished. After all, who knows if someone might exchange oil and sell it.”

She added, “The leftover oil residue from our oil pressing workshop will be used to feed the livestock, and the tea seed cake will be used as fertilizer and pesticide. It’s all for public use and benefits the whole village.”

After Song Chu finished speaking, most of the villagers present had no objections.

After all, exchanging work points for oil without spending money or ration coupons was considered a good deal, especially for families with a lot of labor and work points.

Some lazy villagers who didn’t have many work points and had some bad intentions were not so happy.

“Didn’t you say the whole village could share? Why do we need work points and limit the quantity?” asked the biggest troublemaker in the village.

Song Chu looked over. This troublemaker was the real deal, usually lazy, stealing chickens and dogs, harassing the female Educated Youth Gu, and never doing anything good.

Her fourth brother’s kind of “troublemaker” was mainly idle, liking to get into fights with other young people from other villages, but he didn’t steal or act like a hooligan.

She looked at the man and said, “It’s because of fairness. Work points are earned through hard work. If you put in the effort, you should get a corresponding return. Why should you get oil without doing anything? The oil pressing workshop isn’t run by your father, why should we indulge you?”

“Limiting the quantity is also to prevent someone from making mistakes and engaging in speculation outside, which would bring shame and punishment to the whole village.”

She slowly walked up to the man, her gaze sharp, “Especially people like you. In the future, you must exchange work points for oil, and the quantity is limited.”

“Song Chu, don’t push it,” the man said, trembling as she approached, but he stiffened his neck.

Song Chu raised an eyebrow, “How am I pushing it? You want to reap without sowing, and you think you’re in the right?”

“Ask everyone if they agree?”

“No!” many villagers echoed.

This person was usually a menace to the village. It would be good to just kick him out, and he still wanted free oil? Dream on.

Song Chu reached out, grabbed the man’s clothes, and with a flick, threw him to the ground where she had been standing.

“Ah!” he screamed in fright.

Song Chu walked back and stepped on him, “Any more objections?”

With this kind of person, talking is useless. It’s better to take action than to waste words.

The man was frightened by the fall. What did this woman eat growing up? She could lift him by his clothes and throw him so far. Too scary.

“No, no objections,” he said, his voice trembling.

He definitely wouldn’t dare to provoke this tigress again. He wanted to live a few more years.

Song Chu increased the pressure of her foot, “Will you still dare to steal the village’s chickens and vegetables? Will you still dare to harass the female comrades?”

In the future, their village would undergo great changes, and they couldn’t let these rotten apples spoil the whole bunch.

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“No, I won’t dare,” the man said, his chest hurting from her pressure, and he felt like he was having difficulty breathing.

At the same time, he regretted provoking this tigress.

Song Chu kicked him, eliciting another scream, “This is a lesson for you. Next time, if I catch you stealing or harassing female comrades, or pointing fingers at the village’s decisions, it won’t be just a kick.”

“Yes, yes, I won’t dare!” The man said, his ribs aching from the kick, but he truly didn’t dare to provoke Song Chu anymore. He got up and ran away.

He was a typical bully who picked on the weak. The families he had harmed and the female Educated Youths he had harassed felt a sense of relief seeing him dealt with by Song Chu and running away scared.

The village cadres also had a headache dealing with this person. They had told him many times, but he never changed, and even got worse. They couldn’t really send him to the Public Security Bureau, or it would shame the whole village.

Therefore, they turned a blind eye to Song Chu’s actions, secretly thinking it was well dealt with.

Because of Song Chu’s display of strength, the villagers who had objections before shut their mouths.

If they had to exchange work points, so be it. It wasn’t worth it to object and get beaten by the village bully.

Song Chu scanned the crowd, “Anyone else have any objections?”

The whole village: “……” Even if they had objections, they wouldn’t dare to say it!

“Good if there are no objections. You can start exchanging work points for oil this month. Everyone can disperse now. Those who want to sign up, hurry up and go to the Production Brigade Leader Wu.” She waved her hand.

Tang Min had been worried that his niece wouldn’t be able to handle it and had planned to step in to control the situation if necessary, to make sure things went smoothly.

Unexpectedly, Song Chu’s combination of kindness and intimidation worked very well, much better than he had expected. Even if he had done it himself, it might not have had this effect.

He didn’t let people linger there. He and several village cadres returned to the village office, and those who wanted to sign up followed them.

When most people had left, Tang Feng and Song Lao Da rushed over.

They were at the pigsty, which was some distance away.

Tang Feng walked over, touched the oil press, looked at the clear oil that had been pressed, and said proudly, “My Yaobao is really capable.”

“It’s all thanks to Mom’s good teaching,” Song Chu said with a smile.

“That’s right, my Yaobao takes after me the most,” Tang Feng said, puffing out her chest even more proudly.

“……” Song Youfu thought to himself that his daughter clearly took after him. This old woman really knew how to take credit.

But he only dared to think it, not say it out loud.

“I heard some troublemaker jumped out to oppose you?” Tang Feng had heard about it from people going back to work.

Song Chu replied, “I’ve already dealt with him.”

“Good job. You should. Anyway, with your Eldest Maternal Uncle Tang Min here, you can walk sideways in the village.”

Tang Min, who was surrounded by people in the office, couldn’t help but sneeze a few times.

Tang Feng turned and slapped Song Lao Da’s arm, “I told you to hurry up, but you insisted on finishing feeding the pigs. Otherwise, I would have scolded that troublemaker to death.”

Song Lao Da felt wronged, “It didn’t take that long.”