After the female supporting character in the quick transmigration series realized her mistakes

In 1958, the government launched the People's Commune Movement, which eliminated townships and transformed small communes into large communes. Production brigades and production teams became the basic management structure.

Under this system, work points were not only the fruits of farmers' labor, but also the basis for distributing grain and personal income! Daily work was recorded by a work recorder, and the points were accumulated at the end of the month before being redistributed.

When the work point system is implemented, different work point standards are divided according to labor force. A full-time worker can earn 10 points a day, a half-time worker can earn 6 points, and overtime work can earn more work points!

In addition, rural children, the elderly, women and children can also participate in labor and earn work points, such as cutting grass, collecting manure and raising poultry, which can all be converted into work points.

Driven by the Great Leap Forward movement, the government put forward the slogan of "catching up with Britain and the United States" in steel production.

The campaign, which was being carried out vigorously in the cities, has now spread to the countryside. The brigade secretary and brigade leader have already held a meeting to notify every household that they must hand over any iron they possess.

The iron pots and iron tricycles used for cooking at home must all be handed over obediently.

Nowadays, everyone eats from the same pot, so these iron contraptions have naturally become useless in each household. If any household disobeys, they will be made an example of someone for disobeying.

Before the communal meals and the start of the movement, Shuisheng had already secretly hidden a pot.

All that was left was that slightly worn-out pot to deal with the people who came to search the house. What privacy was there anymore? These officials would search every drawer and cabinet as soon as they arrived.

Yang Chaoying, the village's squad leader, even changed her name in order to become the squad leader.

His small eyes darted around as he carefully examined the second branch of the Xie family, checking to see if there was anything he had missed.

He asked Hemin, who was at home, "Hemin, do you still have any locks, hoes, sickles, or anything like that at home? These are all made of iron, and our brigade needs them. Now that we're all part of a collective, these things can't be left at home; they all have to be handed over."

He Min looked at Uncle Yang, who was completely different from when he first walked in. The change was too great, and He Min felt a little scared.

Upon hearing his question, He Min shook his head vigorously: "No, we've already handed over our hoes and sickles to the brigade, only this pot is left. It's all here now."

Seeing that even the only pot in the house was gone, He Min almost burst into tears. Ever since he started eating communal meals, he had lost a lot of weight.

There was nothing we could do; nothing tasted as good as homemade food, especially since the brigade had taken all our grain.

Everyone in the family is at work now. It was only when Shuisheng saw someone coming towards his house that Zhihemin hurried home to check on them.

Nowadays, income in rural areas is calculated based on work points, so every household's income is clearly transparent.

If you want to eat something good, you have to hide it; things can't be like they used to be.

The second branch of the Xie family has three able-bodied workers who can earn full work points: Xie Shuisheng, Xie Heping, and Ruolan.

Ruolan is the work recorder for Qinglin Brigade, and she can earn ten work points every day!

Jie Heping is no longer in school. After all, he is the oldest in the elementary school and his mind is not on his books at all.

Shuisheng didn't try to persuade him; if he wanted to study, he would support him to continue; if he didn't want to study, he could go home and help out.

He now goes to work with his father every day, trying his best to earn work points for the family and reduce their burden. With the help of Shui Sheng, he also earns 10 work points a day.

The other children are still in school, and they can earn two or three work points every day when they come home. During the busy farming season holidays, He Min and He Fen can also contribute half a laborer!

When the villagers finished work in the afternoon, they all curiously gathered around Ruolan, wanting to see how the work points were recorded.

Although the members don't really understand the concept of work points, they know that the more the better.

Ruolan listened to the chattering questions around her and answered them one by one with great patience.

“Shuisheng’s wife, how did you remember this? We can’t understand it. Can you explain it to us?”

"Aunt Liu, if you can really understand this, then you're a work points clerk!"

"Ruolan never went to school either, but she still became a staff member."

"She never went to school, but she studied very hard in the literacy class and was even praised by the commune leaders."

Ruolan didn't say a word, and those old women just left while they were talking.

When Sister-in-law Xie saw that Ruolan was all alone, she quickly came over to try and get closer to her.

"Second sister-in-law, we're all family. When you're recording work points, please give me a few extra."

Seeing that her sister-in-law didn't understand, Ruolan explained to her, "Sister-in-law, these work points are all counted. I'll record as many work points as you do. If you want me to get more work points, then you have to work harder."

Sister-in-law Jie was a little embarrassed by her second sister-in-law's words. "Really? Hehe, I know." As she spoke, she turned around and began to curse under her breath.

Sister-in-law Xie walked to the intersection, cursing and swearing, and happened to run into Li Xiaocao who was waiting there.

Upon seeing his good-natured third sister-in-law, he felt as if he had found a kindred spirit and immediately began chattering and complaining to her.

“Mi Ruolan just doesn’t know how to be flexible. If we do a 6-centimeter job, she records it as 7 centimeters. If we do a 7-centimeter job, she records it as 8 centimeters. Isn’t that acceptable?”

After listening for a while, Li Xiaocao understood why her sister-in-law went to find her second sister-in-law.

Hearing her sister-in-law's words, Li Xiaocao couldn't help but speak up, "Sister-in-law, aren't you making my second sister-in-law make a mistake?"

Sister-in-law Xie disagreed, "How is it a mistake? If she did it secretly, who would know?"

Thinking about how Mi Ruolan's husband often went to the city to find work without ever taking her older brother with him, she couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks.

"That's true, her husband is good at making money, otherwise how could she afford to send her children to school?"

Thinking about how both families scrimped and saved to send their children to school in order to keep up with their younger siblings, I realized that they were also trying to keep up with their younger siblings.

Li Xiaocao frowned. "Sister-in-law, let's not think like that. Whether we live a good life or not depends on our own hard work to earn work points, not on crooked ways."

Of course, these words weren't meant to defend Ruolan; they were just words that had hurt her deeply.

Sister-in-law Xie snorted, unconvinced.

The next day at work, Sister-in-law Xie was holding a grudge and deliberately dawdled.

Ruolan saw it all, but she only recorded work points based on the actual amount of work done.

During the break, the captain came to patrol and saw Sister-in-law Jie's lazy appearance, so he criticized her on the spot.

Sister-in-law Jie felt she had lost face, so she shifted the blame to Ruolan, saying that she hadn't earned enough work points and therefore lacked motivation.

Upon hearing this, the captain looked at Ruolan with a serious expression.

Ruolan calmly took out a notebook, which clearly recorded Sister-in-law Jie's daily work and the corresponding work points.

After reading it, the captain understood the truth of the matter, gave Sister-in-law Xie a severe scolding, and praised Ruolan for being fair and responsible.

Sister-in-law Xie slunk away, no longer daring to harbor any wicked thoughts.

After this incident, the villagers respected Ruolan even more, and everyone worked hard to earn work points, which improved the atmosphere in the village.

This served as a warning to others, and Ruolan subsequently secured her position as a work point clerk.