If you have a son, you don't need your daughter to support you in your old age.
As for his nephew?
It's not that his son can't support his second son in his old age, but doesn't the second son have his own son?
When the staff member in the educated youth office heard Gu Hanping decline, his expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
But Yang Shengnan just promised him a spot in the army, and if he doesn't handle it properly, that spot will be gone.
These days, joining the army is a very honorable thing.
Everyone takes pride in wearing military uniforms.
Moreover, once you join the army, your family won't have to provide food.
The army provides enough food, and it's better than what you eat at home.
There's also a salary.
If you can stay in the military and rise through the ranks, that would be a very promising job.
“How about this, every time an educated youth goes to the countryside, we still have a subsidy of 100 yuan here, right? If you take in these two female educated youths, then I will make the decision for you, and the commune will not keep this money; it will all be distributed to you. Of course, their subsidy grain will still have to be provided by your village.”
Gu Hanping hesitated for a moment. If he took the 200 yuan back, the villagers could build four mud-brick houses.
That's enough to settle us in.
As for food?
Then give them all coarse grains, which is only 100 jin per person.
It's all just sorghum, pumpkin, sweet potato, and potato.
One hundred pounds per person is still manageable.
Turning around, Gu Hanping saw Gu Yunyang again. A thought struck him. He saw Gu Yunyang nod slightly to him and immediately understood that taking these two girls in would be beneficial.
Surely this nephew wouldn't betray his own uncle?
“Officer Chen, why are there only two? Isn’t there another one here?” Gu Hanping pointed at Gu Yunyang and said, “You should give him three hundred yuan.”
We'll talk about it once we get the money. As for whether or not to build a house, that's up to the village.
Officer Chen was taken aback and frowned.
But if Gu Hanping were to make that exception and agree, he would have no choice but to agree as well.
In any case, he himself was not harmed in this matter.
The commune withheld less money.
But isn't this also for the sake of the commune?
"Okay, I'll think of a way. But next time, if there are other educated youth who want to go, you can't refuse them again."
“Let’s talk about it next time. We need the money to build houses. If they don’t bring their subsidies, there won’t be enough room for people to live in our village. Besides, how much land do we have? We don’t have enough grain at all. We’re the poorest brigade in the commune, as you know.”
The actual situation isn't much better.
But pleading poverty is definitely necessary.
As if he had swallowed a meal of flies, Chen felt utterly disgusted.
If Yang Shengnan hadn't quietly nodded, indicating that she would send a telegram later to finalize the matter, it would have been different.
One of the military service slots conveniently solved the employment problem for my younger brother.
He would never take on this trouble.
"I'll take care of this. You two female educated youths, and you must be Gu Yunyang, right? Just follow this Captain Gu. He will take you back."
Yang Shengnan was poised and generous. After finishing the task, she immediately said to Gu Hanping, "Then, Captain, I'll be troubling you from now on."
Gu Hanping nodded. He didn't know much about Yang Shengnan and wanted to get some information from Gu Yunyang.
But for a moment, I didn't know how to ask.
Yang Shengnan then asked, "By the way, Captain, how are we getting back? I mailed some things from home, and they should have arrived at the post office by now. Can we go to the post office and pick them up?"
Gu Hanping was somewhat troubled: "I did ask Old Zheng to drive the oxcart over, but our brigade is deep in the mountains. We can walk a bit further at the foot of the mountain, but the oxcart can't go any further up the mountainside because there's no road."
Yang Shengnan looked over in surprise. Gu Yunyang shrugged: "This is my first time here too, and I already told you some of what I know. The conditions in the Red Flag Brigade aren't good, but I don't know the specifics. It's your choice, so you're responsible for it."
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