Chapter 14 An eye for an eye: Packing up the siblings and sending them away.

Lin Yueru deliberately took her household registration book with her when she left, thinking that this would give her leverage over him.

Jiang Si gave her four words: Go wash up and go to sleep!

"Officer, my family's household registration book, grain purchase book, coal purchase book, grain coupons, and oil coupons were all packed together, and they took that box too."

"Today is already the 18th. In a few days, the grain ration coupons will be issued. If we don't have the grain purchase book, our family will really starve next month."

"Also, my sister is about to go to the countryside, and the educated youth office still needs her household registration booklet for registration."

The police officers wondered what had happened.

One of the men, who appeared to be a leader, immediately pulled out a pen from his pocket and began writing as he spoke.

"I'll write you a statement explaining the situation. Tomorrow morning, go to the household registration section of the Public Security Bureau and find an officer surnamed Zhang. Ask him to reissue your household registration booklet."

"The grain and coal ration certificates are easy to obtain. The grain and coal management offices have paper records. You can just take your household registration booklet to them this afternoon to reissue them."

"Officers, thank you so much!"

Jiang Si wasn't just saying that. After learning that the person who had just written the materials was the deputy director of the local public security bureau, Jiang Si immediately had an idea.

The next morning, she went to a state-run store and bought a banner!

Then, as soon as she entered the police station, she carried the banner and inquired about the matter throughout the department.

"Hello, I'd like to ask where Deputy Director Li's office is?"

Jiang Si only went to Deputy Director Li's office after she had asked every department in the Public Security Bureau.

In the end, Deputy Director Li accepted the banner with a smile, and then personally led Jiang Si to take the person to the household registration department.

Jiang Si didn't hear what he said to Officer Zhang.

However, from the time she entered the household registration office to the time she finally received her new household registration book, it took less than an hour.

Of course, Jiang Si didn't miss this opportunity either.

She had prepared the letter of severance and the excuse; she wanted to use this opportunity to separate her household registration!

To her surprise, as soon as she opened her mouth, Officer Zhang processed it for her without even asking any questions.

Looking at the two newly issued household registration books, Jiang Si couldn't even be happy. After leaving the Public Security Bureau, she went straight to the Municipal Educated Youth Office.

She's the kind of person who'll eat anything, as long as she doesn't suffer a loss.

And he's incredibly vengeful!

Jiang Si not only remembered their family's plans to go to the countryside, but also wanted to give them a big gift!

"Hello comrade, I'd like to inquire about the process of being sent to the countryside."

The staff member in charge of reception immediately perked up when he heard that there was work to be done; he liked this kind of conscious young comrade.

"Please sit down. What's your name? Which year did you graduate?"

"Shen Qingqing, from the class of '67."

When she gave her name, Jiang Si remained completely calm.

She and Shen Qingqing were born to the same father. Even if Shen Qingqing's features resembled Lin Yueru's, a closer look would reveal traces of her scumbag father.

However, Jiang Si has a rather aloof and cold appearance.

Shen Qingqing's face and figure are both youthful-looking.

Oh, I almost forgot, she also has a beauty mark at the corner of her eye.

Therefore, when Jiang Si left home in the morning, she specially used ink to make a dot.

At this moment, she sat there obediently, her eyelids lowered.

From the staff's perspective, they could just see that beauty mark.

However, Jiang Si was overthinking it. The staff here handle at least 800 to 1,000 students every day. If they had to verify the identity of each person, they would be exhausted.

So they only care about two things.

First: Is this person on the list?

Second: Did you bring your household registration booklet?

The staff member flipped through the list, confirmed that Shen Qingqing was on it, and then glanced at the household registration book that Jiang Si handed over.

Alright, now everything's ready!

Seeing Jiang Si sitting there so politely, the staff member smiled and said.

"Have you decided where you want to go? If not, let's go to Heilongjiang Province."

"There's plenty of land and little work over there, so supporting yourself won't be a problem."

"In your free time, you can also go hiking in the mountains with the locals."

“The supply and marketing cooperatives there have special purchasing points. They usually collect mountain products, and their lives are no worse than those in the city.”

"If you're lucky, you might find ginseng or lingzhi mushrooms; you can earn a lot in a year!"

This sounds really good.

But Jiang Si is no pushover. If it weren't for the fact that there wasn't a Northwest as a place to choose from during the rural resettlement program, she would have insisted on sending Shen Qingqing to the Northwest to eat dirt and swallow sand!

"Thank you, comrade. Heilongjiang Province is great, but I'm very afraid of the cold. Can I go to the south instead?"

What's wrong with that?

The staff member immediately said, "We are just making suggestions. Ultimately, it's up to you. You want to go to the south, right? You can take a look at Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Yunnan provinces and choose whichever you like."

"Comrade, I want to go to Yunnan Province!"

ah?

The staff member was stunned, hesitating whether to tell the young girl the truth.

The locations allocated to this batch of rubber farms in Yunnan Province are all in Xishuang City, where the rubber farms are far from the city center and inconvenient to access.

It takes five or six hours to get to the county town by tractor.

By the way, getting from Shanghai to the farm below Xishuangbanna takes four days and three nights by train, two days by car, most of the day by tractor, and then several hours of walking on mountain roads...

Moreover, the work there is not easy. I heard that they have to go to the rubber forest to tap rubber before dawn every day, and then carry the collected latex down the mountain themselves.

This girl looks delicate and doesn't seem like someone who can endure hardship.

If I went, wouldn't I cry my eyes out?

"Young comrade, wouldn't you like to think about it again?"

"No need, I've already made up my mind!"

Jiang Si said firmly, "The leader said that the countryside is a vast world where you can achieve great things!"

"As a young person of the new era, I want to explore the beautiful landscape of our motherland with my own footsteps, and I also want to shine and contribute to the places where our motherland needs me the most!"

After hearing this, how could the staff possibly offer any further advice?

He immediately clapped, "Young comrade, your ideological awareness is truly high! I'll arrange it for you right away!"

Jiang Si nodded and said, "In terms of awareness, my brother and I are far behind. My brother said he wants to go to the countryside with me so we can look after each other on the way. But he is a student from the class of '68. I don't know if he can sign up now?"

Yes, of course you can!

Although the allocation policy for the 68th cohort has not yet been issued, the general principles have already been set.

Unless there are special circumstances, all of this batch will be sent to the countryside.

Currently, since some people are volunteering, the staff naturally won't stop them.

After confirming that Shen Qingyue's name was among the students in the 68th cohort, the staff submitted his and Shen Qingqing's names along with the information from their household registration books.

The government provides subsidies for those who are sent to work in rural areas.

The fees vary from province to province.

The regulations in Shanghai state that those who are sent to work in the countryside in Yunnan Province will receive a resettlement allowance of 230 yuan per person, plus 0.3 cubic meters of timber planned for building houses.

However, the actual amount received was not that much, because the travel expenses and food costs on the way had to be deducted. Here, it was 60 yuan.

A fee of 10 yuan was charged for settling in the commune to cover expenses related to educated youth.

The remainder will be allocated to the production teams that receive the educated youth. This includes expenses for agricultural tools, living necessities, and subsidies for the period between the start and end of the education period, totaling 90 yuan.

In the end, each person only received 70 yuan.

The two people paid 140 yuan. The staff put the counted money into an envelope and handed it to Jiang Si.

Jiang Si happily accepted it. Over the years, they had eaten and drunk the food from the Jiang family and spent a lot of money.

That's not even enough to cover the interest.

So she took the money without a care in the world!