Chapter 111 Chapter 111 1st update

There have been a lot of things happening in Liuqiao Commune recently. First, there was a rumor that the embroidery factory was going to move away, which made members from the surrounding villages very anxious. Several leaders of the commune were also very anxious. They kept running back and forth to the county, and their legs were almost thinned from running around.

As a result, the Second Embroidery Factory of Southern Province moved away, but the original address and the original team were seamlessly connected to form the Lingjiang City Embroidery Factory. Not only did it not stop recruiting as everyone had guessed, but on the contrary, it was said that because more than 200 people had left, they would recruit a larger batch this year.

What a pleasant surprise!

Commune leaders, such as Zhang Zhengxiang, specifically sought out Shen Moer to express their dissatisfaction, complaining that Shen Moer was dishonest, and that she had more or less revealed some of the tricks, causing them to be anxious for so long.

Shen Moer explained that she didn't know whether this matter would succeed in the end, so she didn't mention it to anyone except Mayor Gu or the county.

In fact, Zhang Zhengxiang could also understand it. If the news of pulling a tooth out of the Provincial Department of Industry had leaked out earlier, how could the tooth be pulled out?

I heard that the Provincial Department of Industry has been making a fuss about this matter recently, and it has even come to the attention of the provincial leaders. It is also because of Shen Moer's decisiveness that the Embroidery Factory has become a subsidiary of Lingjiang City. If there are any problems in the province, there is also Mayor Gu, a tall man, in front to deal with them. She is not affected at all.

It was fake that Zhang Zhengxiang went to Shen Moli to express his dissatisfaction. His real intention was to ask indirectly whether the embroidery factory would move again. After all, he knew that Mayor Gu had always hoped that the embroidery factory could move to the city.

This time, Shen Moer gave him a reassurance and told him clearly that the embroidery factory would not move again and would remain in Liuqiao Commune, which Mayor Gu also agreed to.

Zhang Zhengxiang finally breathed a sigh of relief and returned home satisfied.

In addition to the relocation, name change and recruitment of workers of the embroidery factory, another thing that has happened recently in the commune is that the embroidery factory has opened a night school.

The embroidery factory was wealthy and powerful, and within just a week, the night school was up and running in full swing.

The teachers were not only the educated youths who were recognized as having high cultural literacy and good academic performance in the various brigades, but also teachers from the county high school. The educated youths were responsible for teaching on weekday evenings, while the teachers from the county high school were responsible for teaching on weekends.

Cheng Tao has arranged a full schedule for the three-month study. The first and second months will teach the main knowledge of the two years of high school in general, and the third month will summarize and improve. After all the courses are completed, the night school will organize an exam, and those who pass the exam will be issued a certificate of completion.

This certificate may not be useful elsewhere, but it is recognized by the embroidery factory. In other words, if you are a junior high school graduate and can get this certificate, you can participate in the recruitment examination with a high school entrance examination as an external staff member, and you will also have the opportunity to apply for transfer to the corresponding position if you are an internal staff member.

Because of this, the night school, which was originally thought to have not many students, suddenly enrolled more than 300 students.

Therefore, we simply conducted a baseline test after everyone entered the school and divided the students into classes according to their levels.

“This is almost as many students as the commune middle school.”

Xing Fangjie had never expected that what seemed to be just a sudden whim of Shen Moli would end up on such a scale.

You should know that the commune middle school did not have so many students originally. It was only in recent years that people stopped dropping out of school easily before graduating from junior high school in order to get jobs, and the number of students has been rising steadily, almost doubling from before.

"We can continue to run this night school next year, and then apply to open an affiliated high school based on this." Shen Moer said as she walked, "We have visited those old state-owned factories in the province. They have everything, including affiliated schools, affiliated hospitals, affiliated shops... everything. We are not much different from them. Originally, the province did not want to spend money in this corner of Jiangbei. Now we have the final say. We can do what we should and can do."

Xing Fangjie's eyes lit up. Her hometown was Jinshi. Before visiting the provincial capital, she knew that many old state-owned factories had affiliated schools, hospitals and various other facilities, but she never dared to imagine that their embroidery factory could also run these.

Now that Chen Moer said this, Xing Fangjie suddenly understood.

Yes, their factory is no worse than those factories. Maybe its production capacity cannot compare with some old state-owned factories, but its export earnings are far ahead.

They are rich, but in the past, whenever they spent a large amount of money, they had to get approval from the provincial government. Now they don’t have to do that anymore, as they can just get approval from the city government.

As long as the money is spent locally, there is no reason for the city to refuse approval.

"Our embroidery factory and our Liuqiao Commune will definitely get better and better!" Xing Fangjie suddenly felt more motivated. These days are really getting more and more promising.

The two talked as they walked, and soon arrived at the factory gate.

"Oh, your Fu Zhiqing still picks you up and drops you off every day." Xing Fangjie saw the figure holding the bicycle at the door and couldn't help but said enviously, "You two have a really good relationship."

Shen Moer smiled and asked back: "Don't you have a bad relationship with Principal Cheng?"

Xing Fangjie: "Well, we are an old married couple. He is now concentrating on night school and even signed himself up for it. He said that he has forgotten a lot of knowledge from high school and this is a good opportunity to catch up. It's really a waste of time."

Although he said this, his expression was gentle. The couple had supported each other for so many years and their relationship was indeed very good.

Chen Moer glanced at her and said casually, "Now that the educated youth have returned to the city one after another, all walks of life have undergone great changes. It would be good for Principal Cheng to learn more. Who knows, you may have the opportunity to go to college in the future? Even if you don't go to college, when our affiliated high school is established, you can also go to high school and become the principal."

With Cheng Tao's ability and teaching level, it is actually completely possible for him to teach in junior high school. However, in recent years, more and more children have gone to school in Yangliu Brigade, and Zhou Mancang tried his best to retain him, so Cheng Tao is still the principal of Yangliu Brigade Primary School.

Xing Fangjie said, "There's no chance he'll ever get the chance to go to college," but in her heart she felt sorry for her son Cheng Tao. He had very good grades and had a good chance of going to college. However, the college entrance examination was suspended the year he graduated from high school, and he became one of the first educated youth to go to the countryside.

If there is really a chance to go to college, she will definitely support her husband Cheng to go.

After saying goodbye to Xing Fangjie at the door, Shen Moer walked to Fu Mingze's bicycle. Fu Mingze took the bag from her and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Shen Moer sighed: "Speaking of Principal Cheng, I heard that he had very good grades in high school, but unfortunately when he graduated, the college entrance examination was suspended, and then he went to the countryside to join the production team."

She looked at Fu Mingze and asked, "Your grades were pretty good in high school. If you had the chance to take the college entrance exam again, would you take it?"

The two of them have never put down their textbooks in the past few years. Under Fu Mingze's guidance, Chen Moer has completed all high school courses. Even so, she still takes them out and flips through them occasionally, under the pretext of reviewing the old to learn the new.

Shen Moer had discovered long ago that high school courses should be very easy for Fu Zhiqing, not to mention mathematics, physics and chemistry. Even the knowledge points in the liberal arts, he would never forget them after reading them, and he could answer them fluently no matter how long it had been.

Therefore, Shen Moer was not worried at all that Fu Zhiqing would not be able to get into university after the college entrance examination was resumed.

However, the two of them have been learning and teaching silently, as if studying high school courses at home is the most normal thing. They have never discussed topics such as what to do after studying, or whether the college entrance examination will be resumed.

Fu Zhiqing has been doing very well in farming in the past few years. He has taught himself a lot of knowledge about agriculture and farming techniques, and he looks like he is determined to devote himself to the job of an agricultural technician. Shen Moer is a little unsure about this and doesn't know whether he still wants to go to college.

In the future, she will go to college while Fu Zhiqing will stay in Liuqiao Commune to farm. Wouldn't they have to live apart?

Fu Mingze looked at her and asked instead of answering: "What about you? If you have the opportunity to take the college entrance examination, will you take it, even if it means giving up your position as the director of the embroidery factory?"

His family sent him a letter saying that the central government held a symposium on science and education in early August. The content of the meeting was kept confidential. Of course, since his parents had already returned to the capital, they naturally had channels to inquire about the news. It was said that the college entrance examination might be restarted.

In fact, Fu Mingze was still thinking about finding an opportunity to reveal this news to Shen Moli, but before he could open his mouth, he heard that she was going to run a night school in the factory, and the courses she taught were high school courses, and they were divided into stages and focuses... He suddenly felt that there was no need for him to mention it.

You are studying anyway, whether for a certificate of completion or for the college entrance examination, it doesn’t matter, as long as the result is the same.

Fu Mingze was just a little unsure whether Shen Moer was studying purely for the sake of studying, or if she would take the college entrance examination if she could.

After all, she had just spent a lot of effort to move the embroidery factory to the city, and according to her plan, she would also build an affiliated school and affiliated shops... She looked like she was ready to do something big.

If he takes the college entrance examination and goes to university, while she stays in Liuqiao Commune and continues to be her factory director, wouldn't they have to live apart?

Of course, there is another possibility that Shen Moli only has a junior high school diploma and cannot take the exam.

If that were the case, Fu Mingze felt that he might as well apply to a school in Southern Province, preferably one closer to Lingjiang City, so that he could come back from time to time to be with his wife and children.

They each pondered over it in their minds and said in unison:

"If the college entrance examination is resumed, shall we try it together?"

"If there is a chance, let's go and try it together, shall we?"

The night school at the Embroidery Factory was in full swing. More than a month later, on October 21, major media outlets across the country simultaneously announced the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination.

"The college entrance examination has been resumed! The college entrance examination has been resumed! The headline on the front page of today's newspaper is 'Major Reform of College Admissions'. Workers, farmers, educated youth who went to the countryside and returned to their hometowns, demobilized soldiers, cadres and high school graduates can all take the exam!"

Zhao Danqiu rushed into the administrative building of the Embroidery Factory holding the newspaper she had just received, shouting as she ran. Her voice became a little hoarse because she was shouting too hard, but she still shouted with all her might. Gradually, a bit of sob came out of her hoarse voice.

Soon, screams and cries were heard one after another in the administrative building.

Liu Yinshuang stumbled out of the office and snatched the newspaper from Zhao Danqiu's hand. Before she could read it clearly, she burst into tears: "I knew it, I knew it long ago--"

Even though she had known that this day would come, too many things had changed in her life and she wasn't sure. Or rather, only when she heard the news with her own ears could she believe that it was not just her imagination.

Upstairs, Xing Fangjie stood at the door of her office, looking blankly at the corridor: "Why do I seem to hear someone shouting that the college entrance examination has been resumed?"

Shen Moer also stood at the door of her office, listening to the shouting and crying coming from downstairs, and smiled: “Yes, they are shouting that the college entrance examination will be resumed.”

Xing Fangjie covered her eyes and said, "Really? The college entrance examination has actually been resumed..."

In Yangliu Brigade, a bearded male educated youth held up a newspaper that he had just snatched from Zhou Mancang, ran so hard that one of his shoes fell off, and ran all the way to the Yangliu Brigade Primary School, shouting as he ran: "Cheng Tao, the college entrance examination has been resumed, Cheng Tao——"

Cheng Tao, who was about to go to class with his lesson plan in hand, was stunned. He stood there in a daze for a long time. Only when someone stood in front of him did he ask softly and tremblingly, "What did you say?"

The man wiped his face and handed over the newspaper in his hand: "Old Cheng, the college entrance examination has been resumed. Educated youth can take the exam. All educated youth can take the exam!"

Cheng Tao took the newspaper, stared at the front-page headline for a long time, then silently took off his glasses and wiped his face.