Chapter 208: He probably really has never been beaten.

Among these people, only the poor young clerk was used as two people. When Bai Nuo was in the stable, he could often hear the poor clerk standing at the office door howling.

This situation could have been maintained for a while, but ever since Zhou Jianwei, the scorekeeper, was dismissed, the clerk's good days were over.

The selection and assessment of scorekeepers has not yet begun. The clerk also has to take on the roles of scorekeeper and warehouse keeper every day. Bai Nuo felt that the poor young clerk had lost a lot of hair in the past few days.

In fact, the brigade leader had long recognized Xie Weidong's abilities and had intended to bring Xie Weidong to the brigade headquarters to serve as a clerk. The previous clerk would then be formally appointed as an accountant and cashier. A scorekeeper and a warehouse keeper would be recruited to make everyone's work easier.

However, many people in the Qishui Brigade were eyeing the position of brigade officer, and various tricks were being used to try to secure it. The brigade leader and Secretary Lu were so eager to shut their doors that they wished they could just weld them shut.

The brigade leader was well aware of these people's thoughts. He had considered finding a suitable candidate within the brigade to fill the clerk position, but he also needed to avoid suspicion. It was definitely not an option to have someone from the Wei family. The clerk position required a recommendation from the commune, and then the commune would issue an official document appointing the person. If someone from the Wei family were sent there, it was hard to guarantee that someone from the commune wouldn't use it as leverage to cause trouble.

The same applies to Secretary Lu's side, so the clerk position must be filled by someone who has no relation to either of their families.

However, Wei Zhongping wanted to find someone he liked and who was truly talented. He didn't like any of the candidates in the brigade.

Actually, the captain was most proud of Fang Meng, but unfortunately, Fang Meng's identity was not suitable. Later, he thought that Eugene would also be good, but that kid was still too young and not very stable in personality.

Even after Xie Weidong stepped down as the administrator of the educated youth compound, he no longer acted as discreetly as before. He also underwent some subtle changes in his personality, no longer appearing gentle but actually maintaining a certain distance from everyone.

In addition, Fang Meng kept grumbling to the captain, which finally made the captain set his sights on Xie Weidong.

From then on, the brigade leader started looking for excuses and opportunities to get Xie Weidong to run errands for him at the commune, just so that he could get some recognition from the commune leaders.

As for the position of scorekeeper and warehouse keeper, it will be decided based on performance. It doesn't matter who the family member is chosen, so we plan to hold a public assessment in a few days and select the person with the best performance to take the position.

This position caused quite a stir in the educated youth compound. Apart from a few people in the side courtyard, every educated youth in the collective dormitory had their eyes on it.

Bai Nuo and his group basically have no contact with the other educated youth in the dormitory anymore. At most, they can only exchange a few words with Jiang Zihang and Guo Hui, the male educated youth who came down with them in the same batch.

As for Wang Dagang and his group, ever since the last conflict, they basically ignore each other when they meet. Hu Ziqiang wanted to befriend the educated youth in the side courtyard, but unfortunately, no one paid any attention to him.

This led the people in the dormitory to believe that the people in the side courtyard were their biggest competitors for the assessment scorekeeper and warehouse manager positions.

After all, in the eyes of these urban educated youth who always maintained their pride and arrogance, these rural people were no match for them, these cultured people from the city, in terms of both education and knowledge.

So these past few days, whenever I've run into them, they've never given me a friendly look; they're always giving me the cold shoulder.

Little did they know, Bai Nuo and his team had no intention of taking the exams for scorekeepers and warehouse managers.

Since Xie Weidong intends to become a clerk in the brigade headquarters, if they also take the exams for scorekeeper and administrator, they will definitely be targeted by those in the brigade who are envious.

In their view, the clerical position was more important. If something went wrong and they ended up with nothing, it would be a huge loss.

Xie Weidong initially disagreed, feeling that as a man, he was better at working in the fields than the women, and he preferred that the women on his side take the exams for scorekeeper and warehouse manager.

However, it was unanimously rejected by the three female comrades, Sun Yuxi, Chao Xianhua, and Qin Xuehua.

The clerk was far more useful than the scorekeeper and warehouse manager, and occasionally he could interact with the leaders of the commune, which was the most important thing for these young men.

Moreover, they didn't think that the assessments for the scorekeeper and warehouse manager were a sure thing for them, the educated youth.

Leaving aside others, just take Wei Jia. Based on their understanding of Wei Jia, her knowledge is no less than that of the educated youth, and in fact, several of the educated youth were not as knowledgeable as Wei Jia.

"snort!"

As Bai Nuo and his group walked through the main gate of the educated youth compound, they ran into He Xiangxiang and Tao Lili, who were walking towards their private plots.

Bai Nuo paused, turned to look at Sun Yuxi beside him: "Sister Yuxi, do you think I've been too mild-mannered in the educated youth compound lately, so that some people don't know how painful it is to be beaten?"

Sun Yuxi smiled gently: "Maybe they've never been beaten before, so they don't really know."

"That's easy!" Chao Xianhua rolled up her sleeves and was about to step forward.

"Ahhh, I was wrong, I was wrong, I'll never do it again!"

He Xiangxiang screamed in fright and turned to run back to the dormitory, not even bothering to pull Tao Lili back.

Tao Lili's face stiffened for a moment, but the next second she had already thought of the most advantageous method for herself, and even felt that this might be an opportunity.