You need to raise your pet using a system [Era]

Chapter 38 Lu Yuanqing is bothered by old grievances

Now everyone in the village knows that Lu Yuanqing has become the production team's accountant.

Some people don't care; all they care about is food and how to survive. They don't care who the accountant is, as long as the amount of food allocated to them isn't too little.

Some people agree that at least half of the people in Shihua Village are illiterate, and of the remaining half, a large majority only know a few characters and have attended literacy classes. Only a small minority of the remaining people are truly educated.

However, in this worldview that prioritizes earning food through labor, even if they have the opportunity to go to school, they don't cherish it. In fact, for them, going to school is a waste of time, since they can't support themselves or their families by working as geese.

Therefore, most of them worked for a few years and then went home to earn work points.

Actually, compared to before, things are much better now in terms of academics.

At least many children will be sent to school by the crowd (except for girls in the village), so that they will not be illiterate when they grow up.

However, no one in Shihua Village has yet changed their life through education. They don't realize that studying hard can change the circumstances of an individual or even a family.

Without examples of learning, they naturally don't value it much, and most of those who went to school didn't even make it to primary school graduation.

Even among those who graduate from primary school, even fewer are able to get into the town's junior high school due to educational resource constraints.

Last year, only two girls from the entire production team, Lu Mingxi and Cheng Xia, passed the exam.

Further back, Lu Yuanhuan passed the exam, while Lu Yuanbo barely passed because his father beat him with a golden stick every day.

Further ahead, you'll find Lu Yuanqing and Gu Baoxia.

It's been a while, and if Lu Yuanqing hadn't become Accountant Lu this time, everyone would have almost forgotten that Lu Yuanqing was one of the most highly educated people in the village.

Although people don't seem to value reading much, they still admire those with high levels of knowledge.

The idea that "good grades lead to intelligence, which naturally makes one good at accounting" has led some people to approve of Lu Yuanqing becoming an accountant.

Those who were unhappy, besides feeling jealous, were not simply dissatisfied with Lu Yuanqing.

However, regardless of what the members of Production Team Five thought, Lu Yuanqing's position as accountant remained secure for the time being.

Lu Yuanqing had no interest in caring about what others thought about the matter.

He's busy!

"Third Brother, dinner's ready!"

As soon as Lu Yuanhuan's voice rang out, Lu Yuanqing threw down the account book in his hand.

Of all things, eating is the most important; even with a headache, you have to eat your fill first.

"Coming, coming!" Lu Yuanqing quickly sat down in his seat.

"Brother, I've seen you flipping through the notebook for several days now. Is it that difficult?" Lu Yuanbo asked with some concern.

Lu Yuanqing swallowed the food in her mouth, wanting to roll her eyes at him.

Can this kid please stop talking about these troublesome things while he's eating?

"Hmm!" Lu Yuanqing replied casually.

"Can't you handle it?" Lu Yuanbo asked worriedly. "What should we do then? If you can't manage the village's accounts, will they just fire you?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Lu Yuanhuan said, "The commune has already approved it, and we haven't even worked for a few days before they stop us. Is that reasonable?"

After saying that, Lu Yuanhuan comforted Lu Yuanqing, saying, "Third brother, take your time. The village isn't very busy yet, and there's still time. You're so smart, you'll definitely get it done quickly."

“Yes, Third Uncle, there’s still more than a month until the autumn harvest! You can definitely do it,” Lu Mingxi added.

They are very supportive of having a cadre in their family and dare not hold him back in the slightest.

If my third brother/uncle really served as the accountant for a few days and was replaced because he couldn't handle the village's accounts, that would be truly shameful.

Not to mention Lu Yuanqing, even they would be pointed at and gossiped about.

Lu Yuanqing finally couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Thank you!"

Seriously, I'm speechless. Although there's no rule against talking while eating, does it really have to be during such a happy time as eating that you have to bring up things that bother him?

He just wanted to enjoy his meal and didn't want to talk about the accounts that gave him a headache.

"Don't worry, the things you're worried about that I can't handle are all unnecessary worries. I can handle your third brother and third uncle," Lu Yuanqing said patiently. "It's just that the previous accountant was Accountant Zhang, and I just want to review all the accounts he did recently."

Accountant Zhang's reputation for being laid off is not good. He has to review all the accounts he has kept to get a sense of the numbers, or rather, to see if there are any problems, so that he can communicate with the team leader later.

What if there are any bad issues left over from his accounts that affect him later?

Lu Yuanqing was unwilling to be manipulated.

"Oh, I see!" Lu Yuanbo nodded, seemingly understanding. "There's a lot to see, how long will it take you to finish reading it!"

"We don't need to look at the accounts for a long time, just the accounts for the last two years!" Lu Yuanqing said.

Moreover, because Accountant Zhang is older, his accounting work is rather rough, and since he took over the job, there is some dissatisfaction.

During the handover, he was given a small stack of ledgers, an abacus, and a report. Then he hummed and turned to leave without saying anything.

If Lu Yuanqing's previous major hadn't been accounting, he would have been completely bewildered by those offers.

"I looked at it, there are only a few ledgers a year. If you're only looking at two years' worth of ledgers, why have you been looking at them for so long?" Lu Mingdong asked, puzzled.

Lu Yuanqing had been looking at the ledger for several days, and every time he saw Lu Yuanqing looking at it, he would grimace, scratch his head, and look like he couldn't understand it.

That's why they were worried that Lu Yuanqing would be fired after only a few days.

Speaking of this, Lu Yuanqing got angry, his tone filled with rage, "Accountant Zhang didn't explain anything, she just threw the ledger at me. I didn't think it would be that difficult, I'm familiar with this!"

"But that old guy's bookkeeping is a mess, and the worst part is, his handwriting is terrible. I spend most of my time trying to decipher it!"

He couldn't believe that someone like Accountant Zhang, whose writing was only understandable to herself and completely incomprehensible to others, had become an accountant in the first place.

"Ah! What should we do then!" Lu Mingnan was confused, but seemed to be in a difficult situation.

Seeing his silly look, Lu Yuanqing's anger subsided considerably. He ruffled his hair and softened his tone, saying, "Don't worry! Although it's difficult to see, your third uncle is incredibly powerful, okay? You've seen enough and understand enough, so things will be easier from here on out!"

"Mmm!" Lu Mingnan obediently agreed, "Third Uncle is the best, he'll definitely handle it easily!"