Chapter 114 A slap landed, and he flew up again.

When Bai Nuo went to the animal husbandry team, he received a warm welcome, especially from the team leader, Comrade Tie Jinhua, who held Bai Nuo's hand and was almost in tears.

Anyone who didn't know better would think that Bai Nuo had saved her son!

"Young Bai, thank you so much this time. If anything had really happened to these two sows, I, as the team leader, would have been held responsible." Tie Jinhua held Bai Nuo's hand, her face full of gratitude.

As the only child in her family, she was pampered by her parents. She was one of the few girls in the village who had attended junior high school. In addition, she was strong-willed but reasonable and conscientious in her work, which is why she was able to pass the exam to become the team leader of the animal husbandry team. The entire animal husbandry team was her responsibility.

Actually, not everyone in the animal husbandry team does manual labor and earns the fewest work points. Some people in special positions earn quite a lot of work points, and their positions are very stable.

Bai Nuo, who led the horses, earned five work points a day because the work was light. Tie Jinhua, as the team leader, earned a fixed ten work points a day, as she had greater responsibility and heavier tasks.

"Captain Tie, you're too kind. As a member of our Qishui Brigade, it is the responsibility of every member of the Qishui Brigade to protect our brigade's common property. It's our duty, and we really don't deserve any thanks."

Bai Nuo had a smiling face and spoke with a serious and sincere tone. His words were grand and dignified, full of a sense of justice and collective honor.

These days, most village cadres in the countryside cherish young comrades like this—upright in thought, progressive in behavior, and of impeccable character. He'd only been in the countryside a few days, yet he already treated the brigade as his own home, showing none of the arrogance or conceit of city dwellers. This made Tie Jinhua admire this young educated youth even more.

“Little Bai is right. Now that you’ve come to our Qishui Brigade, you’re one of us. If you ever need anything, just come to me. Your Sister Tie will never hesitate.” Tie Jinhua patted her chest with great righteousness and generosity.

"Okay, thank you, Sister Tie. I'll have to rely on you for a lot in the future." Bai Nuo didn't refuse or be polite, and readily nodded.

"Haha, good, this is the kind of girl from our Qishui Brigade. I like girls like you. Come on, I'll take you to get your employment certificate. Although we are in the countryside, which is different from the commune and the city, we still have all the necessary systems."

This horse-herding team is different from working in the fields. Each work station is fixed. I'll take you to the office next door to register with the brigade clerk. From now on, this horse-herding job will be yours.

Five work points a day is fixed, but if you have free time, you can also chop hay and fodder and hand it in to the pointkeeper; that will also earn you work points. It's much easier than working in the fields, and the two jobs combined add up to quite a few work points.

Bai Nuo hadn't heard of this person before, but it would be good to earn more work points without too much work, and she could even get more meat at the end of the year. She quickly smiled and nodded, "I'll remember that, thank you, Sister Tie."

"Hey, don't be so polite with me, hahaha!" Tie Jinhua was probably really happy and couldn't control her emotions. In her excitement, she raised her hand and slapped Bai Nuo's seemingly frail back.

"Bang!"

Caught off guard, Bai Nuo lunged forward and was slammed into the door with a loud bang.

The captain and secretary had just stepped out of their office when they saw this scene from afar, and their faces immediately darkened.

"Tie Jinhua, what are you doing! Can't you control yourself? You're going to turn her into a flatbread again."

Bai Nuomu slowly turned her head to look at the captain with a blank face. She suddenly felt a little like putting a sack over her captain uncle's head.

"Ahem, that's not what I meant!"

The captain strode over and met Bai Nuo's eyes, which were full of resentment.

He could also tell that the child seemed particularly resentful about his height, and his unconscious exclamation of "flat bean bun" was probably going to make the child furious again.

"Ouch, little Bai, are you alright? It's all my fault for being too strong. I don't know my own strength when I do things. Don't blame me. Are you hurt anywhere? Let me take a look." Tie Jinhua was also stunned by what she had just experienced.

She was used to joking around with her friends in the brigade and forgot that this young educated youth from the city was delicate and frail and couldn't withstand her strength at all.

"Sister, I'm fine. I was just caught off guard, otherwise I wouldn't have lunged at you. Don't worry about it." Bai Nuo stood up and raised her hand to rub her slightly numb forehead.

Just as she lunged forward, Bai Nuo instinctively raised her arm to protect her body, but her head slammed hard against the door due to inertia.

I must say, it actually hurts quite a bit!

"Oh dear, it's all red." Tie Jinhua looked at the young educated youth's once fair and tender forehead with a guilty expression, which was now completely red.

His hand is still wrapped in gauze, and he bumped his head again. Is this animal husbandry team cursed to kill this young educated youth?

However, Tie Jinhua dared not say these words, and could only look at Bai Nuo with guilt and apology.

"It's okay, sis. I'll put some medicine on it in a bit and it'll be fine. This medicine for my hand injury works really well."

The Party Secretary looked at Tie Jinhua speechlessly, "You should go easy on her next time. It's a good thing there was a door in front of us. If there hadn't been anything, that educated youth would have flown out of there."

Having already experienced having her feet off the ground several times since going to the countryside, Bai Nuo gently pursed her lips and looked at the old Party Secretary with a wistful gaze.

This old man looks to be only in his forties, but is he tough enough to take a beating?

The brigade leader looked at the little girl with a red forehead and a resentful expression with amusement, and coughed lightly: "Ahem, is your forehead really okay? There's a village clinic right next door. If the pain gets too bad, go and get it checked out. Put it on your Aunt Tie's tab."

"Yes, yes, the captain is right." Tie Jinhua nodded quickly.

Bai Nuo then laughed, appearing carefree and easily appeased, while raising her hand to rub her forehead.

"Hehe, it's really nothing. It just hurt a little for a moment, but it's much better now. It's not serious at all."

"Okay."

The brigade leader nodded. He knew this girl wasn't one to hold back, so if she said that, then everything must be alright. He continued, "Then Jinhua, quickly take Xiaobai, the educated youth, to the clerk to register. Then have her go to the warehouse to find a saddle. Since you can ride a horse, we don't need to worry about how you walk it. Just don't take the horse to damage the crops or other people's private plots. Anyway, you said you'd ride the horse to the mountains near the west end of the village. There's plenty of grass there, and no one else's private plots."

Bai Nuo followed Tie Jinhua to say goodbye to the brigade leader and secretary, then turned and went to the brigade office next door to register with the brigade clerk.

This area is where the Qishui Brigade headquarters was built in the last two years. It's a row of brick and tile houses with white walls and blue tiles, including three offices, a meeting room, and a broadcasting room.

To the left of the brigade headquarters is a separate small courtyard, which houses the village clinic. About a hundred meters further to the side is the animal husbandry team.

Not far from the feeding team, several large warehouses were built. One was used for miscellaneous items, one was used to store farm tools for the brigade, and the rest were used to store grain.

After completing the onboarding process for the horse handler, Bai Nuo went to find the scorekeeper to get the keys.