bookrebus Chapter 121 Becoming a Stable Manager
Chapter 121 Becoming a Stable Manager
Bai Nuo was holding a calf-high wooden barrel in each hand, which contained a grass carp and a bucket of eels. He planned to raise them at home first, and then cook them the next day after learning a popular recipe from a master chef in the evening.
"Uncle Heifeng, it's time for us to go back. I need to go home first and send these things back." Bai Nuo came out of the reed marsh carrying two wooden barrels, and saw Heifeng pounding dates on his head.
Bai Nuo was immediately happy and ran over with two buckets in his hands. From a distance, he looked like a little duck.
"What's going on? What's going on? Why is he hitting my son?"
"Host, why are you even watching the excitement of the horse? Please put away the gloating expression on your face." The system looked at its host helplessly.
"The only difference between humans and animals is that one can speak human language but sometimes doesn't do human things, while the other can't speak human language, but sometimes the things they do are not necessarily bad. There's not much difference in other aspects."
So, what's wrong with her joining in the fun? Who cares if he is a human or a horse? As long as there is fun to watch.
The system was stunned by the unreasonable and twisted logic of its own host, but it still flew out of the system space invisibly and sat on Bai Nuo's shoulder, happily watching the fun. Its skilled attitude showed that it was a veteran.
“Huaihui, Huaihui!”
When Heifeng saw Bai Nuo coming back, he shouted as if he had found someone to complain to, shaking his big head up and down, and it was obvious that he was very angry.
"Ah, Dazao, this is your fault. Didn't I tell you not to go into the reed marsh with me? Not only did you want to go in alone, you also wanted to drag your wife in with you. This beating you received was not in vain." While scolding Dazao, Bai Nuo raised his little hand and gently patted Dazao's big head.
"Okay, okay, I've taught it a lesson. It won't dare to do that again. Let's go back." Bai Nuo was like a doting elder protecting his grandson. After patting it lightly twice, he quickly changed the subject.
"Hmph!" Heifeng let out a deep breath through his nose in silence, then looked down at the two wooden barrels that Bai Nuo brought back. He didn't understand where these barrels came from. The little girl clearly didn't take these things when she went in.
However, animals are animals after all, and their thoughts are very simple. They walked over, lowered their heads, picked up one of them, and then turned their heads to take a look at the jujube.
This is such a tactless kid.
Dazao rubbed Bai Nuo's shoulder, making the little girl, who looked like a small dumpling, stagger. Then she walked to another wooden barrel, lowered her head, and picked up the barrel by picking it up, just like her father did.
"Oh, thank you Uncle Heifeng, the dates are great." Bai Nuo looked at the two tall horses with a smile, walked over and grabbed the saddle on Heifeng's back with both hands, and with a force of his arms, he instantly stepped onto the horse's back, his movements were graceful and skillful.
She also realized that with Heifeng there, the other horses would follow obediently without having to be led.
He mounted his horse and walked leisurely with a few horses towards the educated youth compound. At this time, everyone had gone to work. Bai Nuo entered through the back gate of his house, put the two wooden barrels under the eaves and walked out.
Seeing that it was almost time, he took a few horses back to the breeding team.
"Xiaobai, the educated youth, is back. How do you feel? Are you adapting? Did those guys bother you?" Tie Jinhua was checking the pigpen at the time. When she heard the sound of horse hooves, she turned around and looked at Bai Nuo with a smile.
"Captain, I'm fine and I'm adapting to this job. I plan to find the clerk to take over all the work in this stable later." Bai Nuo told Tie Jinhua about his plan while getting off the horse.
"That's great. Uncle Zhao is old, and it's really not convenient for him to manage two stables and one cowshed. Besides, we plan to apply for two donkeys soon, and we really won't be short of manpower by then. It would be great if you could take over all the work in this stable."
Tie Jinhua looked at Bai Nuo with satisfaction. The work of a stable manager not only involves feeding and walking the horses, but also cleaning the stables and brushing the horses. Sometimes, some simple repair work is also required. Tie Jinhua had heard from the team leader that the educated youth Xiao Bai also knew some carpentry, which made him a perfect fit for this job.
Moreover, many educated youth from the city would barely agree to walk livestock and poultry, but the others were unwilling to do it, thinking it was embarrassing and dirty and smelly.
Originally, Tie Jinhua was worried that this young educated youth, who had been raised in a pampered family and had very good conditions, would not be able to accept the work in the breeding team. Unexpectedly, he was planning to take on the work of an entire stable after just half a day.
It is indeed rare and unexpected.
"Then it's settled. You can go directly to the clerk to register and get the key. From now on, one key to this stable will be kept at the brigade headquarters, and the other one will be yours to keep. If you have any questions, come to me, okay?"
"I got it. Don't worry, Captain, I will take good care of Uncle Heifeng." Bai Nuo stood in place and nodded with a bright smile.
When Tie Jinhua heard the very natural word "Uncle", she couldn't help laughing.
"You really call Heifeng uncle, but it's not wrong to call him that. Heifeng is indeed older than us. If he didn't want to stay in the Wei family to enjoy his retirement, he wouldn't have come to live in our breeding team."
The news that Bai Nuo had seriously discussed Hei Feng's seniority with the team leader in the morning had already spread throughout the entire team. Some people had laughed at Bai Nuo for arguing about seniority with a beast, but he was chased and beaten by several elders in the village with sticks. In the end, no one dared to laugh at him anymore.
However, most people showed the greatest goodwill towards this matter and even felt that it made a lot of sense.
Before, no one thought about it carefully, they just thought that it was reasonable for the brigade to give special care to Heifeng. After all, that was the war horse raised by the brigade commander Wei Zhongping's grandfather in the army. But after Bai Nuo said this, they actually felt that it was the case.
Heifeng saved a lot of people in the past. He was a heroic horse who had actually fought on the battlefield and won the military medal of merit. Naturally, he deserved everyone's respect.
Bai Nuo chatted briefly with Tie Jinhua for a few more words, and then sent Heifeng and his family back to the stable. However, before Heidian could go in, Uncle Zhao, who heard the noise, took him back to another stable. From today on, Heidian was officially assigned to stable No. 2, ready to be bred with another stallion when the time came.
After Bai Nuo settled Heifeng's family, she turned around and went to find the clerk. A few minutes later, she officially became the manager of the No. 1 stable, and the brigade also issued her a work permit.
You know what, it’s quite formal.
From then on, her daily work points became a fixed seven points. If she brought back two baskets of fodder when she had nothing to do, she would earn more work points than most female comrades.
In fact, only some female educated youth from the city disliked this job because they thought the smell was unpleasant, but there were still many people in the brigade who were thinking about joining the breeding team.
If you can become a shed manager, not only will you get more work points, but the work will also be less and easier. Unfortunately, not everyone can join the breeding team.
The brigade attaches great importance to the breeding team. Both the brigade leader and Tie Jinhua pay attention to scientific feeding. They also regularly go to find medicine to disinfect each shed and are very particular about feeding. The chickens, ducks, geese and pigs in the brigade are better raised than those in other brigades, and they rarely get sick.
Therefore, anyone who wants to work in the breeding team must take exams and assessments. Only Bai Nuo made a contribution this time, and her information stated that she was a high school graduate and an educated person from the city. She did not mind the dirty stables and horses, so she was exempted from the exam. Originally, they just wanted her to take a job as a horse walker and did not expect her to be willing to be the administrator.
Unexpectedly, after only half a day, the girl took the initiative to take over the administrator's job, and her attitude towards Heifeng was obviously different. Both Tie Jinhua and the team leader were very confident in leaving Heifeng's family to her care.
Just like that, Bai Nuo got a formal job within the brigade the day after he started working. Although it didn't come with salary and benefits like the jobs in the city, this job was much better than working in the fields.
After Bai Nuo got his work ID and key, he first went to the breeding team's small utility room to get a toolbox, which was a wooden box with a shoulder strap, filled with various common tools.
There is a wooden shelf in the stable specifically for storing things. It is convenient to repair things after getting a toolbox, so you don’t have to apply for tools again.
As the only administrator of this stable, she also has some small privileges, although... she is alone.
Oh, that's right, she has four horses under her command.
In the afternoon, Bai Nuo carried a large wooden basin to collect four portions of horse feed. He went to the backyard of the breeding team, chopped the feed into pieces with a guillotine, and put them into a large wooden basin. He then carried the large wooden basin back to the stable.
"Uncle Heifeng, you guys eat while I clean your house." Bai Nuo distributed the hay into various wooden troughs, then picked up a large broom and began to clean the stable. Finally, he carried the large wooden basin to the backyard, washed it clean, and placed it under the wall of the backyard. He would just come and get it tomorrow morning, as it would be difficult to dry it if he brought it back while it was wet.
By the time all the work was done, it was only 4:30 in the afternoon.
"Hey, off work!"
Bai Nuo put one hand on his waist and leaned on a big broom with the other, looking at the clean stable. This was much more accomplished than sowing seeds and planting crops all day.
She had never done this kind of work before.
"Uncle Heifeng, Dazao, Baiyun, and Xiao Maju, I'm back. See you tomorrow morning." Bai Nuo waved goodbye to Heifeng's family of four before leaving get off work. This made Uncle Zhao next to him laugh.
This girl is really interesting. It's the first time he's seen a girl treat the horses in their breeding team equally. She even remembers to say hello to Heifeng and the others before locking the door after work.
What surprised Uncle Zhao the most was that he actually heard a few horses neighing in response from inside.
"Hui Hui!"
“Huaihui, Huaihui!”
"Hey, see you later, see you later."
Bai Nuo smiled as he walked out of the stable, closed the door and locked it.
"Uncle Zhao, you're done with your work too." Bai Nuo turned around and saw Uncle Zhao standing in front of the cowshed, greeting him with a smile.
"I just finished my work. I heard that you took the job of manager of Heifeng's stable. That's great. Do your best. Heifeng and his family are easy to take care of."
"Well, I know. Don't worry, Uncle Zhao. As an educated youth sent to the countryside, I will definitely not hold our team back." Bai Nuo held his head high and chest out, looking serious as if he was going to join the party.
Little did she know that the work in the stable was like nothing to her. Bai Nuo took over the stable just to be able to slack off openly.
[I still don’t have time to check for typos and grammatical errors. I’m still holding back my tears. I’ll check them together later. Woohoo!]