Chapter 225 The Dust Settles

After half a month of continuous heavy rain, the rain has now stopped and the sun has been scorching hot every day since August.

Lin Yiyi wakes up from her dream every morning and she is the only one left at home.

After breakfast, I turned on the radio before the kids came to knock on the door.

Although the volume is loud, no one ever comes to her house and complains about the noise.

What has happened cannot be changed, Lin Yiyi can only hope for God's blessing.

Thinking back to the modern advertisements about paying huge sums of money to have children and infertility, it shouldn’t be that easy to win the prize for such an important life event, right?

Although she was drunk on her birthday night, the birthday cake and longevity noodles were well received.

The man ate it all for breakfast the next morning, including cream cake and hand-rolled noodles in fish soup.

The wine really harmed her, and she didn't even get a bite of the cake.

Lin Yiyi was a little envious of Zhao Sheng for being able to eat two large pieces of cream cake at one time.

I don’t know when the next time will be.

At noon, the eldest cousin brought lunch as usual, but he was obviously particularly happy today. Zhao Sheng was his only relative in the city, so naturally he wanted to come and share the good news with him.

His urban household registration was completed, and he also obtained the grain and oil supply certificate.

Lin Yiyi looked at her eldest cousin's two small paper documents, a small red booklet and a khaki booklet, and felt envious and happy for her eldest cousin.

After seeing off my cousin Lin Yiyi, I went home and started eating lunch without taking a nap.

I sat and pondered for a long time, but I had no clue.

Finally, I took out paper and pen and started reading, studying and memorizing.

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Zhaojiatun, Zhaojia Town.

After the heavy rain and two days of sunny days, a lot of weeds grew in the fields and the workload of the villagers became heavier.

We just harvested the early potatoes last month, and now we have to hurry to turn the soil over and plant the second crop of autumn potatoes before the soil dries out.

Because the educated youth camp needed to repair houses, the village chief Zhao Tieniu went to each household to recruit able-bodied men, and each person who helped build the thatched houses would be given two extra work points.

Even so, no one is willing to do this job.

Instead, he scolded Village Chief Zhao for being cunning and treacherous, saying that even the animals in the production team didn't work without any food.

This caused everyone to complain privately and public anger to arise secretly.

Repairing a house for one day will earn you two extra work points, but the maximum work point limit for each person per day is ten full work points.

A strong laborer can get full work points after finishing farm work. If he works hard to repair a house after work and earns more than ten work points, they will be recorded in the work point quota for tomorrow.

Then tomorrow I can only get 8 work points for doing farm work.

What kind of extra work points is this?

The wool comes from the sheep, but you can't pull it away.

Heaven, earth.

Although we are all farmers in the countryside and most of us are not well educated, we are not stupid.

Some people say that those who earn fewer work points by doing farm work can go and earn work points for repairing houses.

It's a dream. To build a house, only young and strong laborers are needed. Women, children, and old men and women are not needed.

Of course there are still people who do this stupid thing.

Zhao Li, the third son of the Zhao family, works hard under the scorching sun every day without taking a break at noon.

No matter what the villagers talked about, or whether the more senior clansmen came to his door, Zhao Tieniu just pretended not to hear anything.

Two days passed like this, and when the whole village was so angry that they were cursing their mothers, the village chief finally held a collective meeting.

“I have heard what has been said in the village these days, and I have also seen everyone’s performance.

After this small test, we eliminated some comrades who were just pretending to be good and doing things for the sake of appearance, and also became aware of the hard-working and selfless spirit of a certain comrade. "

Hearing this, the villagers were at a loss: ...

What does this have to do with anything? What kind of test is this?

Those who think quickly seem to sense that there is something else behind the words.

Before they had time to think deeply about it, the next words shocked the villagers.

Village chief Zhao Tieniu said seriously: "Our village has a quota for recommending students to become workers, peasants and soldiers. In order to be fair and just, we adopted the most authentic and effective method of investigation.

I asked all the qualified people in the village to participate, and knocked on doors every door to invite them. The opportunity was right in front of us, but there were only a handful of participants.

Excluding those who are cunning and cunning, those who take advantage of the public, and those who fish for three days and then give up for two days, there is only one person who meets this condition, and everyone can see who it is with their eyes. "

"After several days of testing all of you comrades, I announce that the place for the worker-peasant-soldier student is for Comrade Zhao Li, who has a fearless and dedicated spirit."

The villagers were whispering among themselves. Some wanted to shout that it was unfair, but they couldn't open their mouths at all.

The village chief came to the house more than once or twice. Basically, every family that met the requirements had been persuaded by Zhao Tieniu many times.

Everyone just agreed to it at the time, but no one went afterwards.

Now when I think about it, I want to slap myself.

As a worker-peasant-soldier student, after studying for two or three years, you can get a government job. At the very least, you can get a position in the commune.

Just for the sake of calculating those two work points every day, the loss is huge.

Everyone had different expressions, some were frowning, some were sighing with regret.

There were also those who beat and scolded their sons for being lazy and slacking off, and even cursed the heavens and the earth, but no one said anything against the village chief.

Although Zhao Li is the village chief's cousin, no one accuses him of favoritism.

Were they not given the opportunity? They just didn't go.

They don't even participate when they are invited, and yet they laugh at others for being stupid. They are the stupidest asses.

Secretary Zhao actually thought about giving the quota to his youngest son Zhao Shuwen, but he had just sent his son to the commune a few months ago, so it was naturally impossible for him to give it up.

Going to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University requires him to leave home for three years. He only has this one son, and although he does not favor boys over girls, he is reluctant to let him go.

In addition, his daughter-in-law was pregnant, but she didn't tell anyone because it was still early in the pregnancy, so he didn't mention it to the couple either.

It was because of Secretary Zhao’s fatherly attitude that Wang Rulan was extremely upset when she found out that she had to stay at home to take care of her pregnancy.

When Zhao Shuwen returned home, she blamed her husband who had no idea about the incident.

New employees like Zhao Shuwen were not allowed to attend such meetings held by the commune. In order to ensure smooth progress, the meetings were kept secret.

Now that his wife is pregnant, Zhao Shuwen would never let Wang Rulan go to college even if he knew there was an opportunity.

Not to mention aborting or aborting a child in order to get the child to go to college.

The whole family would not agree.

They all hoped that Wang Rulan would give birth to a boy to carry on the family line.

When Zhao Shuwen's three sisters found out that their sister-in-law was pregnant, they rummaged through the boxes and cabinets overnight to prepare all the clothes for their future nephew.

Small clothes, small shoes, diapers, meat coupons, malted milk, anything that could nourish the body was brought back to my mother's home.

Really support my younger brother.

The villagers didn't have any major objections to Zhao Li getting a place to go to college.

They are all family members who are related to each other in various ways. When they return to the village and work in the commune, it will be convenient for everyone to talk and do things.

However, giving the opportunity to go to university to the educated youth would definitely be something that no one would agree to no matter how hard you try.

There is no benefit at all, and those who get the quota have to fly out of the valley to go home.

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The villagers' emotions come and go quickly.

The Zhao family is going to have another college student, and they can brag about it when visiting relatives and friends.

If one of your relatives is a worker-peasant-soldier college student, who wouldn’t look up to you?

Compared with the villagers, Zhao Tiezhu and Wang Caihong were also very happy.

The quota is your own.

The two planned to let Zhao Li give up the quota to his younger son Zhao Cong.

Those who can still farm will continue to farm, and those who can still study will continue to study.

After Zhao Li was sure that the matter had been finalized, he finally felt relieved. He returned home and told his wife Ma Dongmei about his arrangements, and got her support.

"It will only take three years. When I finish my studies and get a job, our family will have something to look forward to."

Her husband has already made arrangements for her and her son's lives. Ma Dongmei knows clearly what is a big deal and she will never learn from other daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law to cry and make a fuss to force their men to stay at home.

The couple both trusted each other very much, and their eyes, which had been silent for many years, now brightened.

That is the desire and expectation for future life.

After dinner in the evening.

After her youngest son went to the backyard to take a shower, Wang Caihong started talking about the quotas for workers, peasants and soldiers.

No matter how attentive you are or how many nice words you say.

Zhao Li pretended not to hear anything. Even if his mother really wanted to hang herself on the doorstep, he could only watch her hang.

He won't change even if threatened with death.

The old couple knew that Zhao Li was a jerk, so they turned their attention to Ma Dongmei.

Unfortunately, Ma Dongmei is the kind of person who will say one thing and another when you say something, and pretend not to hear you when you curse at her.

The next day, Zhao Tiezhu went to look for his elder brother Zhao Tieniu, but did not see him. He learned from his elder sister-in-law Huang Juhua that he had gone to the commune to attend a meeting.

At noon, Zhao Tiezhu came again, but it was too late to say anything.

The places for workers, peasants and soldiers students have been reported.

The idea fell through.

Zhao Tiezhu and Wang Caihong scolded the third brother's family severely.

Those who didn’t know would think that Zhao Li had robbed the old couple of their private money.

But there's no point in making a fuss.

Just wait for the notice to come and then pack up and go to school.

However, the farce at home was completely overshadowed by another incident that night.

Zhao Lili, who had been taking Chinese medicine for several days, had been bleeding profusely, and that night she even bled heavily.

Her face was pale and her body was thin. Zhao's mother found that something was wrong with her daughter. She fainted on the kang and didn't even breathe.

He didn't dare to hide it any longer, so he woke up his family and asked Zhao Li and Zhao Cong to carry their daughter to the town clinic overnight.

Wang Caihong was walking in the middle of the night, holding a torch to illuminate the way. However, when she arrived at the clinic, before she even knocked on the door, Zhao Cong screamed in surprise.

"Mom, Lili is dead!"