Today, Mother Han specially made a large pot of dumplings stuffed with pork. Meng Xiaoxing and Honghua devoured the dumplings, mouthfuls of oil, and shouted "delicious, delicious" as they ate.
The aunt couldn't help but sigh when she saw how popular the two children were.
"Oh, Third Brother, I really envy you city people. Why didn't we think of going to the city in the first place? What's the use of guarding those two acres of land, earning only ten cents a day, and having to feed the whole family?
We all don’t have enough to eat. It’s a good thing we haven’t had any disasters in recent years, otherwise we don’t know how many people would have starved to death.”
Mother Han glanced at her aunt. She couldn't accept this, so she could only comfort her.
"Sister, life is getting better and better now. If you want to be more open-minded, you will definitely live a good life in the future."
The aunt turned her head and glanced at Mother Han, and said dejectedly: "Yes, life is getting better and better, but this is your city. There was a large-scale salary adjustment last year, but in our countryside, what it was like before is still the same now.
It’s like, you can see your head at a glance, there’s no hope at all.”
As she spoke, the aunt's eyes turned red, and she unconsciously stretched out her hand to wipe away her tears.
The wage increase that my aunt said is true. Last year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a document and decided to increase wages for employees in government agencies, enterprises and institutions.
This document can be said to have stirred up a thousand waves with one stone.
Under the planned economic system, whether it is production tasks, procurement, personnel quotas, or personnel wages, everything must be carried out according to the plan.
Under the market economy, if a unit wants to adjust the wages of its employees, the leaders can make the decision directly. However, this is not the case under the planned economy system. The factory leaders have no right to decide on wage increases. Similarly, the factory leaders have no right to reduce wages.
Everything must be done in accordance with rules and regulations. If you want to adjust employee wages, you must submit documents and local regulations. After the indicators are issued, they must be submitted to the supervisory unit for approval at all levels.
After the review is passed, the supervisory unit will give the company a certain number of salary adjustment indicators. For example, if the supervisory unit gives 100 indicators, then the company can adjust the salary of 100 employees. It can be less than the amount, but it cannot exceed the amount. One more will not work.
The scope of the salary adjustment in 1977 was very large, and 40% of the people in each unit could have their salaries raised.
The last time there was such a large-scale salary increase was in 1964. Thirteen years have passed since this time. This means that during these thirteen years, most people's wages have not changed at all.
Although there was a wide range of salary increases in 1977, only 40% of people had their salaries increased, which means that 60% of people still did not receive a salary increase.
Whenever a company's salary increase list is announced, some people are really happy and some are sad.
In order to allocate good indicators, both employees and leaders have racked their brains and thought, and various methods have emerged in an endless stream. Some people cry, some laugh, some are excited, some are happy, and some are sad.
Among the children of the Han family, the eldest brother and the eldest sister joined the work early and had senior qualifications, so they successfully obtained the quota. The second brother was dull and unsociable, and had not been working for a long time, so he failed to obtain the quota as expected.
What is unexpected is that the second sister, who also started working late, got the quota.
At that time, the second brother Han Chunsheng was still angry about this incident. He shouted that it was unfair when they met, which made people laugh and laugh.
When Mother Han saw her aunt wiping away her tears, she was secretly anxious, but she didn't know how to comfort her.
At this moment, Mother Han suddenly caught sight of her son and thought to herself.
'Yes, Chunming is a college student, he must be better at talking than me.'
So Mother Han quickly turned her eyes and signaled Li Jie to comfort her aunt.
After receiving the reminder from Mother Han, Li Jie thought for a moment and planned to tell his aunt in advance what would happen in the countryside in the future.
Anyway, in this era, many people think that college students are omnipotent and nothing can be difficult for college students.
I can take advantage of the above policy changes to tell the future things in advance, which will also make my aunt feel a little more at ease.
"Auntie, don't worry. my country's rural population is several times more than the urban population. The country will not ignore this group. New policies will definitely be introduced in the next two years."
Sure enough, when the aunt heard what Li Jie said, her expression immediately changed, she looked at him expectantly, and said excitedly.
"Chunming, are you telling the truth? Does the country really have plans in this regard?"
Li Jie nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Yes, agriculture, industry, and commerce are closely connected. Isn't there an old saying, there is no stability without agriculture, no wealth without work, and no life without business."
"It just so happened that I recently heard a professor at our school mention that the higher authorities have begun to consider rural issues. A few days ago, an inspection team went to investigate the business situation in rural areas."
"However, the main task of this investigation team is still within the state-owned farms and people's communes. I have carefully understood that this time the above-mentioned people will probably adjust the rural commercial economy first, encourage farms and communes to engage in diversified operations, and set up agricultural and livestock product processing
industry, develop and promote products produced in rural areas, and establish agricultural, industrial and commercial joint enterprises.”
What Li Jie said is all true. The country really wants to vigorously establish agricultural, industrial and commercial joint enterprises. Due to the influence of the Mao Xiong economic model, domestic enterprises have been forcibly restricted by administrative means, and agriculture, industry and commerce have been artificially separated.
Farms are not allowed to operate commercially, and farms are restricted from developing industry. Most farms are limited to single operations. The significance of the existence of farms is limited to selling agricultural and livestock products and only producing raw materials.
(Some areas have implemented joint agricultural, industrial and commercial operations, and the results have been pretty good, but the number is very small, and due to the impact of the ten-year period, these enterprises are all in a state of loss.)
As we all know, simply selling raw materials is undoubtedly at the lowest end of the industrial chain, and the purpose of establishing agro-industrial and commercial joint enterprises is to break the single farm model.
Agricultural, industrial and commercial joint enterprises are modern agricultural organization and management forms that integrate the industrial supply of agricultural production materials, agricultural production, agricultural product processing, storage and transportation, sales and other links, and implement unified leadership and one-stop operation.
It is conducive to expanding the scale of agricultural production, promoting agricultural specialization, providing a way out for surplus rural labor, increasing farmers' income, and is also conducive to internal accumulation in agriculture.
When the aunt heard the news, she found it hard to accept it. After all, the news was really shocking. Industry and commerce could be done in rural areas, which was seriously inconsistent with her inherent knowledge.
"Chunming, is what you said true?"
Li Jie smiled and said: "It's true, auntie, you know the four modernizations, right?"
"I know!" The aunt nodded vigorously: "The four modernizations! The village radio often said that."
Li Jie raised his finger and gestured: "One of the four modernizations is agricultural modernization. Its specific meaning is to transform traditional agriculture into modern agriculture. What is traditional agriculture? It is self-sufficient."
"Modern agriculture refers to the development of agriculture by combining industry and science and technology, integrating industry, agriculture, and commerce, turning self-sufficient traditional agriculture into a highly developed commodity economy, and becoming commercialized and socialized agriculture."
"Therefore, the establishment of agricultural, industrial and commercial enterprises is an important means to realize agricultural modernization."
After saying this, Li Jie paused slightly.
"However, Auntie, this matter may take a few years to be gradually promoted. After all, the countryside is too vast and cannot be taken into account in a short time."