"Team Leader, look at all these pigs. Shouldn’t we assign the pig-rearing job to a few specific people? That way, they’ll be better cared for."
One of the villagers eyed the pigs, an idea forming in his mind. He immediately sidled up to the team leader and tentatively broached the subject.
As it turned out, the man had hit upon the very issue now troubling the team leader.
Ever since the piglets had arrived, everyone had been taking turns looking after them. It really would be better to have a dedicated group of people handling the feeding.
The only problem was who to choose.
Everyone wanted the pig-rearing job. It might be smelly, but it was much easier than farming and offered a good number of work points. They were all scrambling for the opportunity.
If he didn’t handle the assignments well, it would easily cause resentment.
The team leader hadn’t even figured out what to do with the villagers when the educated youth approached as well.
Chen Beiguo felt an instant headache coming on.
As the team leader, he had to be as fair as possible.
With farming, they could take turns. If you did the hard labor today, someone else would take over tomorrow.
But the pig-rearing job required dedicated staff. The villagers were already fighting over it, and from the looks of it, the educated youth intended to compete for the positions as well.
Sure enough, when Li Fenggu came forward, he brought up the pig-rearing job.
The villagers were immediately displeased to hear this, and Chen Shulan, in particular, was quick to jump in.
"Team Leader, give the pig-rearing job to anyone, just not the educated youth! When they first came to the countryside, they didn’t even know how to farm. They couldn’t tell millet from wheat! They have no experience raising pigs. What are we going to do if we hand the job over to them and something goes wrong?"
These pigs were treasures; they couldn’t afford to let them be mishandled.


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