After everyone was silent for a while, Xiang Jin and her grandmother were about to open their mouths to speak to her, but her aunt stopped her, "Mom, should I tell her?"
Then her aunt looked at Xiang Jin, "Xiao Jin, my aunt usually lives alone."
Living alone? Her aunt has no children? Or does she have children, but she divorced her uncle, and then the child was awarded to the man to raise?
Just as Xiang Jin was thinking this, her aunt continued, "Your uncle used to be a policeman. He is the son of a colleague of your grandfather's previous work. We have known each other since we were young, but we are not very close.
Later, when we grew up and reached the age of marriage, we were introduced to each other for only two or three years. Your uncle was a humorous person who could always make people laugh all day long. Later, I felt that we were in a good relationship.
It was almost done, so we got married naturally.
But not long after we got married, your uncle unfortunately passed away while on a mission, and I couldn't leave him a son and a half."
Seeing her aunt's lonely look, Xiang Jin felt quite sorry and overcame it. Then she stretched out her hand and put it on her aunt's arm and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, aunt, for mentioning you."
sad thing!"
Her aunt suddenly regained her former energy, "Hey, it doesn't matter. It's been so many years, and I've seen a lot. Besides, you will know about this sooner or later."
Then Xiang Jin asked, "Auntie, why don't you remarry? With your conditions, you can find a good one."
At this time, her grandmother interjected with some dissatisfaction, "It's not nothing. We also tried to persuade her to come back more often, but she just can't listen. What do you think we should do?"
Her aunt looked at her grandma and said, "Don't bury me. I have been with a humorous person for a long time, and then the next person is not the same. Then I will be very frustrated."
I can't bear to live with a wooden pile or a rigid person all day long. Rather than being bored by looking at people every day, and eventually dislike each other and hurt each other, then I might as well stay alone like this, at least
I can live a more free life, without being restricted or constrained by anything.
I have a job, a monthly salary, and a retirement pension when I retire, so I won’t be afraid of not having any money to spend, nor will I be a drag on my two nephews.
I treat them better, and when I get old and sick, they can always come and visit me, right? When I die, they will always find a place to bury me, right?"
Xiang Jin's grandmother slapped her hard, "Bah, bah, bah, look what nonsense you are talking about when you are about to die! Hurry up and slap me a few times, and you won't get that bad luck!"
"Okay, okay, bah, bah, bah, it's not as mysterious as you say?" Her aunt obeyed and said a few times.
Xiang Jin and her grandmother reprimanded, "Why are you not so mysterious? The traditions left by the older generation still have some truth, and we still have to respect and respect them."
"Okay, okay, respect, respect, awe, awe, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, all the gods and goddesses in the sky, and all the monsters and monsters on the earth, what I just said doesn't count, right?" her aunt followed.
Xiang Jin and her grandmother glared at her, laughed and cursed, "You know how to talk!"
Xiang Jin comforted her aunt and said, "Aunt, it's okay. I will take care of you when the time comes?!"
"Oh, look, look, you are indeed your own. It's so heart-warming and heart-warming. My aunt is so moved..." Before she could even say the word "ye", she was greeted by someone again.
Grandma Jin gave her a fierce glare, and then quickly changed her words, "I'm so moved!"
Xiang Jin and her mother laughed when they saw it.
Then she heard her aunt say again, "Auntie is already content with your words, but auntie doesn't want you to support her. If auntie is rich, auntie can support herself. But when the time comes, she will need you and your brother to visit auntie often."
It only takes a few glances.”
Xiang Jin said, "It's hard to say. If you don't live next to us, it will definitely be difficult for us to see you."
"What, you don't plan to be in the city?" her aunt asked, and then her mother and grandma both looked at her.
Xiang Jin nodded and said, "In the city, it must be in the city, but not necessarily in our city. I plan to develop in the country's first-tier cities in the future.
So, you have to be mentally prepared. This is why I don’t move my household registration back, so as to avoid the trouble of moving back and forth later. Wouldn’t it be easier for me to get here at once?”
Everyone nodded, and then her aunt said, "Be prepared, be prepared, but your dad and the others are planning to vigorously develop our city. Do you really not plan to come back here in the future? After all, here and dad
Mom, grandparents, our relatives are so close to each other!"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Maybe I will come back, but this may only be part of my industry, but I may still focus more on the first-tier big cities, because the transportation there is more developed and the information collection is better.
If it’s faster, there will be more opportunities.”
After hearing this, the family of three all nodded with smiles, and then her aunt looked at her with a smile on her face, "Oh, you think you are so smart in this little brain. You are so smart at such a young age."
Things are so thoughtful and long-term, and even many people in their seventies or eighties may not have your vision and foresight in their entire lives."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "Aren't you just talking about me and your dad? We have both lived in our sixties, and we have never considered such a long-term matter."
Xiang Jin thought to herself: She was taking advantage of knowing the spoilers in advance and knew how the plot would develop and evolve, so could she not plan more for herself?
Of course, she would not say these words to them no matter what. Instead, she said, "Aren't we in the third year of high school? There are some current affairs and political exam questions involved, so we usually pay more attention to the future economic development of some countries."
And some principles and policies on national construction, and then combined with some of my own deductions and plans for the future, wouldn’t it be roughly the same?”
Then her grandma asked her teasingly, "Then what do you plan to do in our city in the future?"
Xiang Jin said, "Don't my dad and the others want to build our city into a planting base for agricultural products and animal husbandry? Yan Chen made a suggestion to me that day, just to wait for my dad and the others to come out with the soil test results in each area.
If there are barren hills, slopes, and wasteland that are suitable for the growth of some special varieties of fruits, we will contract it and then plant those kinds of fruits and sell them all over the country. We can also build an agricultural and sideline products farm here.
processing plant."
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this. At this time, her grandfather also came out and said, "Oh, that won't cost a lot of money. Do you have that much money?"
Her mother, her grandmother, and her aunt all looked at her with worried expressions. Her mother said, "Yes, Xiaojin, this costs a lot of money. You see, this is another company that contracts barren mountains and wasteland."
, and you have to hire someone to take care of it, so the factory can’t be built just by building it.”
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, it's too early for you to worry. We have this plan, but we didn't say that it will bloom in one step. We must plant fruit trees first, and then make money when they bear fruit.
Then we will slowly start investing in building factories.”
Several family members nodded, and her mother said, "That's pretty much it! But how many acres of land do you plan to contract to plant these?"
Xiang Jin said, "We'll see what happens then."
Everyone nodded again, and then her aunt said, half jokingly and half seriously, "Then will my aunt manage the orchard for you?"
Xiang Jin asked, "Are you no longer staying in your state-owned enterprise? You must know that it is an iron rice bowl. As long as you don't voluntarily leave your job, you can work until you retire and then receive your pension."
Her aunt said, "Didn't you promise at that time that you would support your aunt when she gets old? Why should I occupy the country's resources? What, you want to go back on your word now?"
Xiang Jin said, "How can you? I just think you did a good job in the previous unit. Think about it, it would be great to have air conditioning in the summer and heating in the winter. Go and manage it for me."
In the orchard, it would not be such a comfortable life.
If you want to manage the orchard for me, you must first understand the attributes and characteristics of the fruit, and you must also be familiar with its adaptation to a series of growing environments such as soil, fertilizer, external air, temperature, humidity, sunlight, wind direction, etc.
degree of understanding and mastery.
You also need to master the picking work during their mature season, etc., so you have to soak in the orchard every day, oh, and you also have to know how to prune, fertilize, water, if necessary
In this case, you still have to know how to spray pesticides.
Because only if you understand and master these aspects of knowledge and procedures, you can better manage the people below you. In this way, our orchard will not lose money but will make a profit.
If you just think that you are still sitting in the office, processing documents and manuscripts, issuing instructions and orders to others, as you do in your unit, then it will definitely not work.
Because you don’t know anything, and you don’t even know that the people below are cheating and cheating while working, then our orchard will suffer losses, so, Auntie, you have to think about it.”
Her aunt nodded her head and said, "I know, I know, don't worry, aunt, it's not as hard as you think. My aunt also worked as an educated youth in the mountains and countryside before, and she has never done any hard work like that."
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Xiang Jin was surprised, "Ah?! Have you ever been an educated youth?"
Her aunt looked arrogant and said, "Ah, can't you tell?"
Xiang Jin looked at her aunt from top to bottom, and then nodded, "Well, I really can't tell. The main reason is that aunt, your dress is too fashionable, and you have a sense of high-end and wealth all over your body.
I can't relate to that country woman who looks dusty and slovenly all day long, who eats too much and doesn't finish her next meal, and whose clothes are patched over and over again."
Her aunt burst out laughing immediately, "It's not as miserable as you said? It's true that I'm dusty after working all day long, but how can I be slovenly? I'm still pretty clean, at least that one
My face is still clean and white, my hair is still neatly combed, and my clothes are occasionally patched, but they are also changed and washed frequently.
, the food is indeed a little bad, I often eat the thick flour steamed buns, and drink the vegetable soup with rice. I put a few grains of rice in the pot and boil it. Then when it is almost cooked, I pour a big bowl.
The sauerkraut or green vegetables in the pot were put in and continued to cook for a few minutes, but life was like that at that time, so there was nothing to complain about."
Xiang Jin said, "My father was an educated youth at that time, and my grandfather seemed to be working in the countryside. Logically speaking, you wouldn't have become an educated youth at that time, right? Why did you become an educated youth?"
Speaking of this, her aunt became a little embarrassed, and then her grandmother gave her aunt an angry look and said, "Then she's asking for her own bones."
Then her aunt said, "I was young and ignorant at that time. I thought being an educated youth was some fun thing, so I left a note for your grandma and followed a few brothers and sisters in our compound.
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Unexpectedly, it was only after I went there that I truly understood what educated youth are, that is, they work for others. We have to do what others do, such as carrying water and chopping firewood, herding cattle, and planting crops in the fields.
But after going there and registering with the department, it was definitely impossible to go back, so I had to bite the bullet and stay there.
But the place they went to was not bad. Although the environment was a little tougher and the food was not as good as in the city, the people there were very simple and there were no bad intentions, and they were kind to each other.
, if people know about something, they will come to help us."
Xiang Jin asked, "How old were you at that time?"
Her aunt said, "I am more than fifteen years old and not yet sixteen, and I have just graduated from junior high school. But fortunately, they also take care of me. I am the youngest among the educated youth, and those brothers and sisters usually take care of me."
Yes, I was never allowed to do things like carrying water or carrying heavy things. They were the ones who carried the water.
At the end of the field, I was asked to take a ladle and water the crop seedlings. After watering, they went to pick them again. There were also things like breaking corns, digging sweet potatoes, and potatoes. I broke them, dug them, and picked them.
But they never let me carry it. Although it was a bit harder at that time, my life was still pretty happy!"
Seeing the nostalgic expression on her face, Xiang Jin and her grandmother couldn't help scolding her aunt again, "Also, if the college entrance examination hadn't been resumed later and the order for the educated youth to return was issued, I think you would have
In the countryside, I have spent my whole life digging corn and sweet potatoes!”
Suddenly the whole family started laughing again, and then Xiang Jin and her aunt nodded her head and said, "Yes, yes, the country's policy is good. Doesn't this allow me to come back and study for a few more years?"
Then Xiang Jin asked, "Auntie, how many years have you been an educated youth in the countryside?"
Her aunt said, "Hey, it's still almost four years!"
Her grandma nodded and said, "Yes, it's two months to four and a half years. When I came back, I was as thin and black as a pimp. Then I came back, and then I started reading like crazy, and then I took the exam."
I attended technical secondary school and was later assigned to work in a factory."
Xiang Jin joked, "My aunt must have been thinking at that time that it would be better to stay in the city and work!"
Her aunt said, "Isn't it? That's what they thought, so I thought that I must pass the exam and then serve the country's iron rice bowl. But this plan cannot keep up with changes, and the iron rice bowl cannot always be served. Now
The country is breaking the rules and transforming from a planned economy to a market economy. Therefore, our thinking cannot remain unchanged and we must break the rules.
Half a month ago, the leaders of our factory also talked about layoffs and layoffs at a meeting of all employees. Although it caused a lot of commotion at the time, I was thinking, what if I was also laid off?
What should I do then?"
Xiang Jin and her grandmother were immediately surprised and said, "You are also going to be laid off? But I heard that many factories lay off ordinary employees at the grassroots level, and they are the kind of people who usually work secretly, cheat, and disobey.
The leaders allocate and arrange the personnel, why are you in the office also being laid off?"
Her aunt said, "You can't say for sure. Isn't the whole company now responding to national policies? Streamline layoffs, optimize the company's management structure, reduce expenses, allocate resources rationally, and then increase production capacity and output value. Yesterday
I heard that some people in the factory seem to have received the layoff allowance from the company and are going out to find their own way, including from a department next to ours."
Xiang Jin's grandmother frowned, "Oh, it seems like even the iron rice bowl is really no longer guaranteed, huh?"
Xiang Jin's grandfather nodded, and then asked Xiang Jin's mother, "Where is your work unit?"
Xiang Jin's mother said, "Our unit is okay. Our unit is not like their factories and subsidiaries, which have a lot of idle staff. Our unit basically follows the standard of one carrot and one pit, which doesn't exist."
Why should I be laid off or not?"
Xiang Jin said, "Actually, there is nothing wrong with this. If a country wants to develop, it must break the rules and develop a diversified market economy.
To break the rules, we must first start with state-owned enterprises. The number of people with iron rice bowls is increasing year by year, but there are only so many jobs in the units. But to feed the factory and the employees, then
What should we do? Then the state will definitely have to dig into your pocket every year to support you.
There are so many state-owned enterprises in the country, and almost every one of them relies on funds from the Ministry of Finance to support them. No matter how rich the country is, it cannot support so many people, and it still has to support them every year!
The country needs money to develop, and money is needed to support state-owned enterprises like you. Rather than letting you live and die on a monthly salary of a few hundred to two thousand yuan, it is better to make a big change.
That is to break the iron rice bowl specifications, remove the waste and retain the essence. This can not only protect state-owned assets, but also allow some people to freely seek living space.
I think without the support and care of the iron rice bowl, faced with the choice of having a full meal or being hungry, life or death, many people will fight and work hard in order to survive, no matter how lazy or unmotivated they are.
to get out of that predicament.
Therefore, this is an opportunity given by the country to them to discover and tap their own potential, so that it can also cultivate more outstanding talents for the country.
It can make people's lives richer and richer faster, and at the same time, it can also make the country's economy develop faster, thus changing the economic poverty and backwardness of our country.
There are many people who are actually very capable, but they just keep holding the iron rice bowl. They think that no matter whether they work or not, they can still get their salary for a month or so, and they are not afraid of not having anything to eat. Gradually,
As a result, they lost their ambition and made people lazy. However, they also developed the mentality of muddle along.
If the country comes up with these rules and regulations to break the iron rice bowl, it is like someone holding a stick and chasing a group of dogs and wolves, and then the dogs and wolves are chasing a group of people. What about those people?
Get rid of the fate of not being bitten by those dogs and wolves and run forward desperately. Then doesn't this stimulate the greatest potential in their bodies, making them become sprint champions and middle and long-distance running champions?
"
Her grandfather smiled and said, "Your metaphor is quite appropriate!"
Then her aunt asked again, "How do you manage those people in your greenhouse vegetable field? Aren't you afraid that some of them will do more and some will do less? As a result, some will do more than others."
Are you dissatisfied?"
Xiang Jin said, "First of all, when we were looking for people, we were looking for people who were sincere, down-to-earth, and able to endure hardships.
Secondly, our management is divided into regions, that is, a large piece of land is divided into several small plots. This family or several people are responsible for planting on this piece of land, and that family or several people are responsible for planting on that piece of land.
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We have a quantitative standard for vegetable planting, which is how many kilograms of vegetables each acre of land can produce. If the amount exceeds that amount, it means that you are taking good care of that land, and then we will
We will implement a reward policy for people when they are paid every month, such as one hundred or two hundred.
In fact, our salary is composed of three parts: first, the basic salary, second, the piece rate salary, and third, the bonus salary.
The piece rate wage is mainly reflected in the two stages of vegetables before they are put on the market and after they are put on the market. Before they are put on the market, it means how many times you have hoed the grass, how many times you have applied fertilizer, and how many times you have applied pesticides. Some
Vegetables need to be treated with pesticides, and all of this has to be calculated.
Then after the vegetables are on the market, this is mainly reflected in the work of picking vegetables every day. How many kilograms of vegetables have you picked today, and then you will be paid according to how much you will get per kilogram of vegetables picked, so the more work you do, the more you will get.
Well, of course they won't cheat or do anything like that."
Then her mother asked, "How much money can they get per month?"
Xiang Jin said, "More than a thousand. Those who move quickly can reach two thousand in a month."
"Oh, the salary is still quite high. Then you spend tens of thousands just on paying wages to employees every month, right?" her grandmother said.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yeah, I want it to look like that," but their monthly income is still quite considerable.
Then her aunt asked again, "For example, some vegetables contain heavy water, and some vegetables contain light water, such as green leafy vegetables compared with winter melons, pumpkins, and cucumbers. Then how do you divide your planting?
, then everyone must be willing to plant the one with more moisture, right?"
Xiang Jin said, "First of all, for things like this, we usually draw lots to determine which vegetables you serve and which vegetables you serve. In fact, the cultivation of green leafy vegetables is not necessarily worse than those of cucumbers and winter melons.
Because growing cucumbers and winter melons requires a long cycle, and it takes several months to bloom and bear fruit. However, green leafy vegetables such as lettuce, water spinach, lettuce, etc. have a very short growth cycle, and the fastest is about ten days.
It can be launched on the market, and the slowest one can't take more than a month, so they don't care.
Especially for vegetables like water spinach and leeks, one crop after another is harvested, very quickly. Sometimes, green leaf vegetables like these have been harvested for so many crops that they don’t even know how many crops they have been harvested before they grow. The same goes for winter melons and cucumbers, as well as mushrooms, every day.
If you don't pick it for a day or two, it will grow old, and then it will easily lose the price."
Their family members all nodded, "Oh, so that's it?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Ah, basically each of them can receive a similar salary every month."
Then her aunt sighed, "Oh, I didn't expect this farming, this management, and so many different things in it?"
Alas, who came up with this piece-rate management method?"
Xiang Jin said, "Yan Chen and I are not in the provincial capital and can't personally supervise and manage. Uncle Tao is also very busy every day and can't go to the vegetable fields every day, so we can only use this method."
There is a way. We only need to look at the daily shipping ledger and the deposit in the bank. We have a special delivery department.
Truck drivers, they can pick and eat those vegetables at will, but they are not allowed to steal them for sale. Once they find that they have lost all their salary for the month, the fine will be at least five thousand yuan. We all had inscription clauses at the beginning.
It’s stipulated, and they all signed the terms of the employment contract.”
Her aunt asked, "Have you signed a labor contract with them?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes, you must sign a contract. Otherwise, what if they learn the planting technology and then work for two days and then get up and run away? We are not providing them with technical training for free, and then
Are we going to create batches of competitors for ourselves? Then we will simply lose a lot of money!"
Then her aunt asked again, "How long have you signed the employment contract with them?"
Xiang Jin said, "It will take anywhere from ten to fifteen years."
"How long does it take?" Several people were stunned.
Xiang Jin said, "That's for sure. We have repaired the houses around the place for them that can be moved in immediately. They can start working as soon as they go out. Everything has been considered for them. They
If there is anything we are not satisfied with, since we have invested so much, we must sign a contract with them for a longer period of time."
Her aunt couldn't help but pursed her lips, "Oh, you two little guys! My aunt has learned a lot from you. My aunt has decided that if I am laid off, I will follow you around."
Now, when you come up with your brains, I will give you my strength. I will fight wherever you point me. I will resolutely follow your decision. If I follow you, I will definitely be more successful than if I stayed in the unit.
some!"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes, as long as you don't mind the hardship and tiredness, aunt, we will definitely get what you want. Anyway, we will need to find someone we can trust to manage it."
Her aunt said, "Auntie won't say anything nice. When the time comes, all you have to do is watch my actions. Auntie doesn't want anything. She just wants to rely on you two brothers and sisters to support me when I get old. I will also take care of things for you."
alright."
Xiang Jin thought to herself, it seemed that her aunt had already made up her mind to throw away her iron rice bowl! So she laughed, and then asked her mother, "Dad, how is their research going? Did you hear that?
Did he say there was any progress?"
Her mother said, "They are already asking the Geological Survey Bureau to conduct land sampling surveys in various districts and counties."
Xiang Jin's eyes suddenly lit up, "The movement is quite fast."
Her mother laughed and said, "Not only that, your father also led several of the leaders of the municipal party committee to inspect your grandpa Zeng's house, and then several people even bought a bag of vegetables from them. How many times did they go back?"
All the leaders nodded and said that this project is feasible, and they are all preparing for it now."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, then when the time comes, you can see if there are any regional cartographic maps that specifically introduce the city's regional features in the bookstores in the city. If not, ask my dad, they probably have them there, and then
Get me a copy, I’ll be useful when the time comes!”
"Okay, then I'll go back and look for it!" her mother responded.
Then her grandma asked, "Hey, why hasn't Xiao Chen come over yet? Xiao Jin, why don't you send him a message? We'll be cooking soon."
"Oh, good!"
Xiang Jin took out the pager from her pocket and pressed a number on it. After a while, her pager also received a number, and then she told them, "He said he was doing laundry.