Xu Chengjun had been heading out to work, but he clearly felt Li Long's business was more important. He simply shouldered his iron spade, found two young men, and took Li Long to the homestead plot marked out for him.
"Look, there's a pit in front of your brother's front yard. That spot isn't suitable, so I didn't include it. Farther along is the safflower field your brother's group planted. The soil here is fertile, not saline like some places. Your homestead will be here. Beyond this are everyone's private vegetable plots and the threshing ground. The bit left in between wouldn't fit another homestead anyway, so we'll leave twenty or thirty meters as a passage for people going to their vegetable plots. The rest is all yours."
Xu Chengjun settled the matter all on his own.
The people who had come with him also found it perfectly normal, a matter of course.
The two jobs Li Long had brought the production team might have earned him some benefits, but everyone would envy him at most, certainly not resent him.
The capable ate meat, while those without ability gnawed on coarse steamed buns. That was perfectly normal. Besides, Li Long wasn't keeping all the benefits to himself. Everyone could see the changes those two big jobs had brought the team. Leaving aside the first, which had enriched ten people, the second had benefited every household in the village.
Moreover, Xu Chengjun had said privately more than once that as long as Li Long stayed on the team, jobs like these were sure to keep coming. He had connections, so their team had to make sure he stayed. If anyone played dirty with Li Long and drove him away, Xu Chengjun would be the first to object.
So the young men