The next day, Wang Xinru led everyone to the neighboring production team. After learning the location of the educated youth settlement from the villagers, they headed directly towards it.
Each production team's educated youth settlement was different. In some production teams, the educated youth settlement was the family that was originally the richest in the village. This production team was like that.
However, the house was almost completely demolished back then, and it was rebuilt later. Now it has become the dormitory for educated youth.
Two educated youth settlements, two pairs of educated youth, and that's how they met and got to know each other...
After Wang Caiyun gave birth and returned from the hospital, Wenxi and the others brought eggs to visit her. After all, they had no conflicts with them. With a child, the family had a greater sense of responsibility, and Wu Guoqiang had matured a lot compared to before.
Unlike Gu Huai'an and Xu Mengying, he didn't ask others for help. Instead, he took care of the baby himself. When he didn't understand something, he would ask Aunt Meihua. Aunt Meihua couldn't possibly hide anything from him in this matter, otherwise she would feel guilty if anything happened to the mother and child.
When Xu Mengying learned that Wang Caiyun had also given birth to a son, and that she was the only one who had given birth to a daughter, she was even more furious and threw a tantrum at home.
Gu Huai'an didn't pay her any attention. He really didn't know what she was thinking. Why was she comparing herself to others? Even though they had sons, were they treated as well as she was?
Grandma Gu was afraid that her great-granddaughter was not doing well, so she often sent things over. He didn't know what Xu Mengying had to complain about, and besides, she was a woman herself!
Xu Mengying repeatedly asked Gu Huai'an to contact his family and ask them to transfer them back home. Xu Mengying also asked Gu Huai'an what was so special about the countryside and why he refused to go back.
But it's not like Gu Huai'an can just go back whenever he wants; he can only wait for his family's arrangements!
The watermelons in the fields were gone, all the watermelon vines had been pulled up, and all the fields had been planted with autumn vegetables. That day, the team's loudspeaker suddenly rang, calling everyone to the brigade headquarters for a meeting.
There are still crops like sweet potatoes, corn, and cotton in the fields that haven't been harvested yet, so it's impossible to distribute grain now, and no one can guess the purpose of the meeting.
However, no one wasted any time. After hearing the announcement, those who didn't want to stand carried stools over.
Once everyone had arrived, several village officials emerged from the main group and stood under the eaves of the brigade headquarters. Captain Qian waved his hand to quiet everyone down before speaking, "I called you all here today because I have something to discuss with you."
"Our Fengshou Brigade has sold all its watermelons, and we've tallied up the total profits. This year, we planted nearly 20 mu of watermelons. Thanks to Wenxi and the others for their excellent management, the yield was quite high. We sold 80,000 jin of watermelons this year, earning a total of 32,000 yuan. After discussion at a meeting, the brigade decided to keep half of the money for village development, and the other half will be divided equally among everyone, from the elderly who are nearing their end to newborns. Everyone will get a share. We hope that people will stop saying that the elderly and children are living off us, because they have money now."
"From now on, the children in our Fengshou Brigade will no longer have to pay tuition for primary school. The brigade will pay for it. We hope everyone will send their school-age children to school, or don't blame us for enforcing this rule."
"We've calculated that everyone can get five yuan and fifty cents. Now everyone, please line up to collect your money. We hope that no one will cause trouble over the money, and that no one will steal other people's money." As Captain Qian spoke, he gave a special glare to several troublemaking old women.
The reason for distributing the money to everyone is to prevent some powerful people from taking all the money, leaving others who have worked hard all year without even a single piece of candy.
Now, we'll distribute the money to everyone, and no matter how they use it, even if they waste it, it's their own business, as long as they don't regret it.
Wenxi also felt that Captain Qian's method of distribution was excellent. Some children were not favored at home, and by giving them the money, they would be able to do something for themselves.
If all the money is given to the parents, it might all end up going to the favored child, while the unfavored child gets nothing.
Five yuan may not seem like much, but it was free money for them. They hadn't participated in planting the watermelons at all, yet they received so much money. Who wouldn't be happy?
While the accountant was distributing money to everyone, Captain Qian said, "If you want to receive money again next year, please keep your mouths shut. Anyone who spreads this news, especially the women who married into our family from outside, will never be allowed to return to our Fengshou Brigade."
Some people like to show off. Now that they've received five yuan and fifty cents, they either immediately go back to their parents' home to brag about it or immediately send it back to their parents' home.
It doesn't matter if she sends it back, since she's the only one without money. But if she dares to spread the word and leave the entire Harvest Brigade without money, then she'll be an enemy of the Harvest Brigade.
"Men, keep your women in check and don't let them gossip at home. Men, keep yourselves in check and don't talk nonsense to your mistresses. If I find out, don't blame me for being ruthless," Captain Qian said sternly.
Some women who had just been thinking about sending the money back immediately so their families could praise her shrank back; they dared not gamble with their marriages.
And if they were really sent back, they wouldn't have a good life.
After receiving their share of the money, everyone went home. For those families who hadn't sent their children to school when the school year started, when their children came to collect the money, Captain Qian told them to wait at the brigade headquarters, and that he would take them to register after distributing the money.
In the past, there were no conditions, so the older generation was illiterate. Now that we have these conditions, we naturally cannot let our descendants continue to be illiterate. Otherwise, if this continues generation after generation, there will really be no hope left, and they might even die out.
After all, if a person is incompetent and poor and cannot afford to get married, then naturally he will have no descendants.
Anyway, the team pays for their five years of primary school tuition, and each family pays for junior high and high school. The parents don't participate in anything, so they don't value their children.
Wenxi and her group of watermelon growers also received their money and went home.
Shen Jiaojiao pouted, "We earned so much money for the team, and all we got was five yuan and fifty cents each, sigh..."
Wenxi patted her shoulder and said with a smile, "Alright, don't think about it so much. We earn work points. How much money we earn has nothing to do with us. The fact that the brigade leader can share it with everyone is because the brigade leader is kind-hearted. Otherwise, we might not have a single penny."
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