The sun was shining brightly, and the members of the Wuliqiao Brigade were gathered around the grain drying field.
Jiang Xinyu, wearing a straw hat, sat in front of the table. There was a ledger spread out on the table. Everyone who received the food had to come over and sign. Those who couldn't write put their fingerprints on the name written by Jiang Xinyu.
The captain and several young men weighed the grain.
Food is the most important thing for the commune members, so the brigade took advantage of the lunch break to distribute it. Many families were waiting here without even cooking.
Jiang Xinyu now understands the team's accounts quite well. She has been going to the public house to check the accounts during the holidays these past few weeks.
The salary distribution and treatment of the educated youths in the team are different from those of the members of the brigade. The educated youth were not included in the scope of the meeting to make everyone work six hours and four hours.
After all, the educated youth are not from the village, and they are generally not very good at work, especially female educated youth. This is completely determined by physical strength. Seventy percent is their livelihood guarantee. If it becomes 60%, they will definitely make trouble, so the meeting was held in the first place
When I made the decision, I was not called an educated youth at all.
The food was distributed in piles after piles, weighing in front of everyone's eyes.
After the weighing, several members of the family transported the grain home together.
The captain's wife stood next to Jiang Xinyu, talking to her from time to time, and not far away were other female comrades from the brigade.
"Xinyu, your sister will work in the city from now on. How much does it cost per month?"
Jiang Xinyu said: "I just settled on a job, and it's not much per month in the first year."
She was stupid and gave the specific number. There are many people in the village who hate others and laugh at others.
A group of people saw that she didn't say anything, and curled their lips, thinking that this girl was very seductive now, and also very aggressive. Last time, Zhang Fengmei was speechless, but she was so powerful.
"How did your sister get the job? Tell us all about it."
In the past, Li Lei, the captain's son, was the only worker in the team who went to work in the city. Later, Chen Yi became a movie projectionist. After becoming an "advanced element", he successfully became a regular worker. Following these two people, Jiang Yuzhu successfully entered the city and became a member of Xinhua
How can I not be envious of a bookstore salesperson?
Who among those who work hard in the fields doesn’t want their children and grandchildren to be able to make a living?
Jiang Xinyu waited for the signer to press his fingerprints and then said: "The county unit is recruiting workers. You need to sign up first, and then you have to take a test. After passing the test, you will almost be able to get a job. My sister almost ran away from this job.
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"Why did my sister get a job in the city? Do you know what the most important reason is?"
All the aunts, uncles and daughters-in-law pricked up their ears.
The captain’s wife responded: “You are not yet literate!”
Jiang Xinyu gave her a thumbs up, "Auntie is right! Culture is extremely important."
The team leader’s wife straightened her back with inexplicable pride! Her husband sent all his children to school, and the expenses every year were more than other families in the team, but as long as one of them could go to the city and get a job opportunity, it would be worth it!
It's a pity that most people in the village don't understand this truth. Furthermore, even if they understand it, they are not willing to pay for their children to study.
Jiang Xinyu serves as a little teacher for the members of the team. She wants them to know how knowledge can change their destiny, and also wants them to pay more attention to girls.
"Look for yourselves. Not only in the city, but also in our team, among the cadres headed by the captain and secretary, which one is uneducated?"
The cadres in the team on the side straightened their backs subconsciously when they heard her words. This girl Xinyu was right, they are cultural people!
Although not all of them have graduated from high school, and some have only graduated from elementary school, compared with many illiterate people in the village, how can they not be regarded as educated people?
"If you can't read, no unit in the city will want you."
Someone retorted, "That's not necessarily true. The man who guards the gate of the factory in the county is illiterate."
"There are also many workers on the factory floor, and many are illiterate."
Jiang Xinyu smiled and said, "Why is it that the job of guarding the gate goes to others but not to you?"
The uncle who spoke said: "I am originally from the city, but we are from the village. There is no comparison with others."
Jiang Xinyu nodded and said: "We are in the village, and our starting point is lower than others, so we must improve our competitiveness. Only if we are educated can we have the opportunity to become city residents!"
"You're talking about being light. Where do you get the money to go to school? There are so many kids in the family, and there's not enough to chew on. How can you have the money to send all the kids to school?"
Jiang Xinyu was so stumped that she really forgot about this incident.
In the era of planned economy, rural people were extremely poor. Her family was not only doing business secretly and receiving subsidies from Comrade Chen Xiuyun's natal family, but they were also extremely poor.
She could only say with a stern look on her face: "Work hard, earn more work points, and you will always get more points at the end of the year. If you have difficulties, find a way to overcome them. My family doesn't have much money. The money for the three of us sisters to go to school is all from my mother."
I borrowed it from my grandma's family. Life will be difficult for a while, but there will always be a good day."
Jiang Xinyu actually wants to have fewer children. If the family only has two children, she doesn't believe that she can't afford the tuition fees for two children. If she really can't afford it, then it's just a matter of picking.
But nowadays, every family generally has more than three children, and there are also many five or six children. Some families without separate families have more than twenty people and nearly ten children. The tuition fee is a lot of money.
Not many people would be willing to part with it.
But these days, everyone is trying their best to have children, especially if they want a boy. If you say this, you will probably be criticized.
"Don't always think that your daughter is not one of your own. Letting your daughter study can..."
Jiang Xinyu was interrupted before she finished speaking.
"The water thrown away by a married daughter will become someone else's family after marriage. Isn't it a waste to let the daughter study?"
Jiang Xinyu thought for a while and said: "If my daughter studies, is it possible for her to get a job in the city? For example, my sister, whether she gets married or not, will she be able to repay the family?"
"That's not what you are talking about. How can my daughter help the family after she gets married? Can she still use her salary to subsidize her parents' family? Will her husband's family be happy?"
People nowadays have deep-rooted thoughts. Old God Jiang Xinyu asked in reply: "Whether it is a son or a daughter, as long as he is filial and successful, who will not repay his parents who raised him?"
She couldn't say anything about equality between men and women to these people, because they didn't agree with this concept from the bottom of their hearts. She could only talk about giving, repaying, and filial piety to get them to agree.
Most people still don't agree with Jiang Xinyu's words. They think that a married daughter is no longer one of their own. What's the use of sending a daughter to school? Isn't it a waste of money?
At this time, the team leader raised his voice and said: "Girl Xinyu is right, knowledge and culture are of the utmost importance. You are not active in setting up literacy classes in the team every year. If we hold them again this winter, please be more active. I am illiterate.
, can you get out of the village? When you go to the city and you don’t know how to read, are you having trouble talking to the city people? When you see the well-dressed city people, do you feel short of breath when you talk?”
Most of the people in the brigade have only been to the town, not even the county. They are curious and subconsciously timid about the outside world.
And the person who didn't take it seriously raised his voice and said: "If going to school is really useful, why are all these educated youths in the city being sent to the countryside to repair the earth?"
It's not easy for Jiang Xinyu to refute this. The reason why educated youths go to the countryside is that there are not enough jobs in the city. As for whether there are other reasons, she can't say easily.
The brigade leader simply said: "A few days after we distribute the food, we will recommend college students from workers, peasants and soldiers. Do these people who have never been to school not even have a chance?"
The captain’s words are very powerful!
Everyone nodded in their minds, right? Those without any culture really have no chance!
That is a quota for college students, which means whether they can hold an iron job in the future. This opportunity is not the same as the invisible recruitment opportunities in the county, it is visible to everyone!
Su Qingqing, who was standing in the shade of the forest, rolled her eyes at Jiang Xinyu and muttered, "Why are you showing off? Her sister is just a little salesperson! Those who don't know better would have thought she was a big boss."
The educated youth on the side did not agree with her.
Why do these educated youths go to the countryside? Aren’t they unemployed in the city? Xinhua Bookstore salesperson, who wouldn’t envy this job?
Compared to working hard in the fields every day, how decent and relaxing is it to work in a bookstore?
Not to mention work or work, Comrade Jiang is quite right when he says that culture is important.
Why do these educated youths who went to the countryside have a sense of superiority in front of the commune members in the brigade? First, they are originally from the city, and second, they are educated!
Who can get job opportunities who are illiterate?
However, they, these literate and progressive educated youths, have now fallen to the same level as these country bumpkins.