"I really don't know why the higher-ups allocated so many educated youths to our brigade. They’re useless at everything, and they eat everything in sight!"
"Exactly. And they keep talking about 'supporting rural construction'—they just come here to snatch food. What are they supporting, exactly?"
"Since when do you need a scholar to plow a field? Throughout history, hasn't farming always been the work of the illiterate?"
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