At dawn, the educated youths were summoned by the old village chief. Along with the old village chief were the cadres of Qingshan Commune.
Jichun City is located in the north, adjacent to the three northeastern provinces. In the early morning of late November, the weather was so cold that steam would come out of your mouth just talking.
What is more difficult to deal with than the heat is the anger among the educated youths when they wake up.
Although the educated youth team is composed of junior high school or high school graduates, they have not gotten up so early for a long time due to the suspension of classes.
But when they saw that the commune had sent cadres, they had no choice but to stop.
No one is stupid. The rations for educated youth are distributed by the commune. If the commune is offended, the commune will not dare to withhold the grain.
But it’s okay to send it later.
"Hello, comrades!"
In the open space at the door of the dormitory, the commune cadres stood on a temporary wooden platform, greeting everyone with a smile.
"My surname is Wu, and I am the secretary of Qingshan Commune. You can call me Secretary Wu."
"The main purpose of calling you this morning is to read out the policy on educated youth spots."
Afterwards, Director Wu read out the regulations according to the script.
What follows is a boring half hour. Generally speaking, the most important regulations mentioned by Director Wu are in order.
First, food for educated youth points will be supplied until the end of June next year.
Second, the thirty educated youth associations in the educated youth point are divided into two production teams, which can be assigned by themselves or randomly assigned by the commune.
Third, the educated youth point needs to select a person in charge of the educated youth point, which is also commonly known as the point leader.
Regarding this point, the old village chief recommended a person, that is, Li Jie. If everyone has no objections, Li Jie will become the director of the educated youth point.
Fourth, regarding the distribution of centimeters, educated youths, like villagers, must go to work every day and are not allowed to be late or leave early, otherwise centimeters will be deducted.
After reading out all the regulations, Director Wu cheerfully suggested.
"From today on, everyone is a member of Xiaoqingshan Village."
"On behalf of Qingshan Commune, I welcome all educated youth comrades and hope that you can integrate here as soon as possible."
"In addition, if you encounter difficulties, remember to mention it to the commune in time. If it can be solved, the commune will solve it as soon as possible. If it cannot be solved temporarily, the commune will also find a way to solve it."
"Okay, that's it for today. Let's start with the decision to appoint Comrade Zhou Bingkun as the point leader. Comrades who support it, please raise your hands."
Whoosh!
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Most of the thirty educated youth present raised their hands. Seeing this, Director Wu nodded.
"It seems that most people agree. Very good. Now I announce that Comrade Zhou Bingkun will be the educated youth director of Xiaoqingshan Village in the future."
The position of Diantian Chief of the educated youth seems to be a management position, but in fact it is not officially established, and the Diantian Chief has no binding force on the educated youth.
After all, this place is not like a school. There are teachers watching over it. Whether it is the cadres of the commune or the old village chief, they are usually very busy and have no time to stay at the educated youth spot every day.
Of course, having a long name makes it easier to get things done.
Among the crowd, Xue Haibing wanted to run for the position of chief, but when he thought of Zhou Bingkun's attitude last night, he couldn't help but start beating the drum in his heart.
Back off!
He inquired last night, and a boy with a crew cut among the educated youth told him that "Zhou Bingkun" lived in Guangzichi.
Although he learned about this, Xue Haibing still didn't believe it.
Children from ordinary families don't have that kind of temperament.
Seeing that the issue was passed, Director Wu nodded secretly. Qingshan Commune is a large commune with more than ten villages below it.
Three of the villages have educated youth centers.
The educated youth from Xiaoqingshan Village was the last group to arrive, and he had also gone to the previous two educated youth spots.
Compared with Xiaoqingshan Village, the educated youths in the first two educated youth spots were much more noisy. They almost got into a fight over choosing which spot to grow.
In his opinion, the educated youths are all dull-headed young people, and they are only named because of their good names, which really means that they are a bit thankless.
With little power, there are many things to do.
If it were him who had the choice, he would definitely not take this as his main consideration.
Afterwards, Director Wu said a few more words of encouragement and ended the conversation.
"It's getting late, and everyone must be hungry. That's all for today."
"The meeting is dismissed!"
As soon as these words came out, the educated youths immediately dispersed. They were woken up early in the morning and held a meeting for an hour. Their stomachs were already growling with hunger.
Although it was only one night, the educated youths quickly divided into several small groups, and they were seen running towards the cafeteria in small groups.
The educated youths lived alone together in a courtyard with two entrances. The gay men lived in the front yard and the lesbians lived in the back yard.
This place was originally the house of the landlord in the village. Later, the landlord was defeated and the yard became the collective property of the village.
Before the arrival of the educated youth, whenever there was any policy to be announced in the village or something to be done, the villagers would gather here, which was equivalent to a village activity center.
Now, the educated youth are here. Considering that the educated youth are all educated children, the commune directly allocated this area to the educated youth.
The cafeteria for educated youths is in the front yard, and it only takes two or three minutes to walk from the square at the entrance.
"Comrade Bingkun, please wait."
On the other side, Li Jie was about to go to the cafeteria to eat when the old village chief's voice came from behind.
"Uncle Baogen, what's the matter?"
Li Jie did not continue to call the old village chief, but followed the villagers and called him "Uncle Baogen", which seemed more cordial.
"I have something to discuss with you."
As he said this, the old village chief showed a troubled look on his face.
After hesitating for a moment, the old village chief continued.
"It's like this. Isn't the cook at the canteen of the educated youth now the second best?"
Li Jie nodded, expressing understanding.
"The second best is actually the cook in the village canteen. There are so many people in our Xiaoqingshan Village that the canteen is not staffed enough. After a while, the second best will still have to go back."
"So, you must allocate tasks. There must be rules for who works and who cooks."
In these days, any labor force is precious, and it is impossible for the old village chief to find a cook specially for the educated youth.
If there is one more cook in the canteen, there will be one less labor force in the village. It is not cost-effective no matter how you calculate it.
"I see."
Li Jie knew what the village chief meant, which was to make the educated youth self-reliant.
In fact, this is what should be done. It is not a problem to always ask the village to help. Even if the village chief is willing, the villagers are afraid that they are not willing.
Because this involves a collective issue, although the educated youths have food and accommodation in the village, they are outsiders after all, and there is no basis for any relationship between the two parties.
Educated youth and villagers are like the Jinghe River and the Weihe River. They clearly belong to the same river, but they have different attitudes.