Reborn in the ’80s as a Group Favorite Bigshot – Chapter 32

Chapter 32: This is Way Too Awesome

“Alright, I’ll notify them right away.”

Tang Min stood up, thought for a moment, and then instructed, “Be careful when you take them up the mountain. Safety comes first.”

“Yes, I know.” Song Chu certainly couldn’t let anyone get hurt, otherwise, who would trust her in the future?

After Tang Min left, Song Chu and Gu Yue went back into the oil pressing room to read together.

Seeing this, Song Lao Er whispered to Song Lao Si, “Lao Si, seeing how our sister is acting, do you think she’ll be able to hook Educated Youth Gu soon?”

Educated Youth Gu had money, tickets, and was handsome. His sister was quite clever, always keeping an eye on him.

“Heh heh, do you even need to ask?” Song Lao Si chuckled ambiguously, “She’s my sister, of course, she’s as capable as I am.”

“Go away!” Song Lao Er said in exasperation. Little Sister’s cleverness clearly took after him.

Song Lao Er and the others finished pressing the oil by nine o’clock in the evening.

Only then did Gu Yue reluctantly emerge from Song Chu’s space laboratory.

“I’ll have Fourth Brother carry you back.” Song Chu also hoped his leg would recover quickly.

Gu Yue had been standing for a long time today, and his leg was a little sore, so he nodded, “Alright, I’ll have to trouble your Fourth Brother then.”

“It’s nothing. Just consider it repaid when you upgrade the oil press.” Song Chu said unceremoniously.

Gu Yue chuckled, “Then I should be repaying your Fourth Brother, what does it have to do with you?”

Song Chu glanced at him, “My Fourth Brother is also doing it because I asked him to, so you still owe me.”

Gu Yue: “…”

After Song Chu went home and washed up, Song Lao Si returned.

Seeing the two pieces of paper in his hand, she took them and looked them over. The parts drawn on them were as precise and standardized as if they were copied from a book.

It seemed that he was also a skilled draftsman, especially when it came to mechanical drawings.

She stuffed the papers back into Song Lao Si’s hands, “Go to the county town tomorrow and buy these parts. You can get reimbursed by the village later.”

Song Lao Si was a little reluctant, “Why don’t you ask Uncle to arrange for someone else from the team to go?”

Then he leaned closer to Song Chu and said slyly, “I’m going to sell oil tomorrow.”

Song Chu pushed him away, “You’re stupid. I’m telling you to go buy the parts as a cover for selling the oil. Otherwise, if you pressed oil today and run off to the city tomorrow, do you think the villagers are fools?”

“Besides, buying the parts is a good excuse to ask for leave.”

Her Fourth Brother was very quick-witted and good with his words when he went out. She decided to let him try buying the parts first. If he could buy them from the machinery factory, then they would focus on this aspect in the future and train him well.

Hearing her explanation, Song Lao Si grinned and praised, “Sister, you’re really getting smarter and smarter.”

He also needed to work, and although he often slacked off, he needed to ask for leave from the team to go to the county town.

Her sister’s mind was really becoming more astute. Using buying parts as a pretext to ask for leave was perfect.

“Of course, I just didn’t bother to argue with you fools before. Learn from me more in the future, and ask me if you have any questions.” Song Chu raised her chin and turned to go back to her room.

Song Lao Si: “…” Since when did he become a fool?

The next morning, Song Chu finished cutting all the pigweed needed for the day ahead of time. After lunch, she took the nine assembled people up the mountain.

Among the nine people, six were honest, and three were troublemakers.

Song Chu had gotten into fights with the three of them before. Coupled with the display of her strength at the oil pressing factory yesterday, the three were very polite to her.

They even deliberately tried to make conversation with her along the way. She found that the three of them were also quite glib. They seemed to be up to no good, but they were actually quite smooth, suitable for sales.

Her mind started working, and she had an idea, occasionally responding to them.

After walking for an hour, she led the nine people to the area with the tea trees.

She pointed to the tea fruits in front of them and said, “Go ahead and pick the tea fruits. I’ll record how many bags each person picks, and we’ll distribute things based on that later.”

The six honest people all nodded, “Alright.”

Since they were here, they definitely wanted to pick more to take back for pressing oil. Regardless of whether the oil pressing workshop could continue in the future, everyone should be able to get a share of this batch of oil.

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The laziest of the three troublemakers, Tang Qing, asked Song Chu, “Aren’t you going to pick with us?”

“Have you ever seen a factory leader personally working on the production line?”

Song Chu continued righteously, “Now that the oil pressing workshop is under my management, I’m your leader. Naturally, picking the fruit is your job.”

“…” This was a reason that the nine people couldn’t refute.

“Don’t even think about slacking off. If you work hard and we get a lot of oil, I’ll have someone go and exchange it for cigarettes and alcohol, and I’ll give you some.”

To get these usually lazy and undisciplined people to work hard, you had to offer them incentives that aligned with their interests.

Sure enough, when the three heard about cigarettes and alcohol, their eyes lit up, “Really? You’re not tricking us, are you?”

Song Chu raised an eyebrow disdainfully, “If I wanted to make you work hard, I could just do it directly. Why would I need to trick you?”

“…” Remembering how Song Chu had thrown the three rascals out yesterday, they promptly shut up.

“Alright, we’ll trust you this once.” The three were physically strong and not bad at work. They just usually found working on the team boring and didn’t want to do it.

Song Chu nodded, “Okay, you guys pick the fruit, and I’ll wander around nearby. If you need anything, just shout.”

She would need to bring these people to pick tea fruits often in the future. Plus, this back mountain was a natural treasure trove. If she wanted to eat meat, she could come for a stroll, and also see if there were any other good things to be found.

Using a machete wasn’t very convenient. She planned to look around and see if there were any plants with good flexibility, and then make a bow and arrow herself.

“Alright, go ahead.” The nine people knew what kind of person Song Chu was, and they didn’t dare to control her.

Song Chu didn’t go far. After a few hundred meters, she found a yew tree. The corners of her mouth lifted into a smile. She was in luck.

Yew trees were straight and elastic, with high flexibility, making them a good material for making bows.

She leaped onto the tree and chose the most suitable branch, then broke it off.

It was a good thing the nine people were a few hundred meters away, otherwise, they would have been shocked to see her leap to the top of the tree with just a step.

Then she continued to look around the area. Not long after, she suddenly heard several screams, “Ah, ah, a wild boar!”

“Song Chu, come back quickly, there’s a wild boar!”

Hearing this shout, Song Chu quickly rushed towards their location. Her speed was much faster than ordinary people. She covered the few hundred meters in just a few tens of seconds.

When she arrived, she saw a large wild boar pawing at the ground and charging towards Tang Qing, who was under a large tree.

Then it suddenly rushed forward, scaring Tang Qing, who tried to climb the tree, but the more nervous he got, the more he couldn’t climb.

“Ah, ah, ah!” He screamed again, thinking he was done for.

Just as the wild boar reached him and was about to hit him, everyone suddenly heard “smack, smack” sounds.

They saw Song Chu, who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere like an arrow, and then she used a tree branch in her hand to whip the wild boar, successfully stopping Tang Qing from being hit.

This time it was the wild boar’s turn to scream in pain. It retreated several steps.

Then, it charged towards Song Chu in a rage. Everyone couldn’t help but shout, “Be careful!”

Just when everyone thought Song Chu was going to be hit, they saw her proactively move towards the wild boar. Then, with one hand, she cleverly pushed on the wild boar’s nose, using the force of its charge to flip herself over and land on its back.

Then, she used the machete in her hand to slit the wild boar’s throat. Blood spurted out instantly.

The wild boar widened its eyes and fell to the ground, quickly losing its breath.

The nine people present were all wide-eyed, looking at Song Chu, who had already easily jumped off the wild boar, as if they had seen a ghost.

Was she really a woman? This is way too awesome…

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