Chapter 50: Work together and eat something good
Zhao Fuguo asked the team leader, "What are the salaries for junior high school teachers? Every village is building a primary school these days. Do you think our Hongxia can find a job as a primary school teacher? After all, she graduated from junior high school."
Xie Yun's self-recommendation gave him inspiration.
The team leader thought for a moment and said, "Our team already has a primary school, and the quota for primary school teachers is full. But some brigades didn't have a primary school before, and the newly built primary schools will definitely need teachers. You can ask around and let Hongxia try. They are definitely short of teachers now.
As for treatment, it's worse than workers, but still much better than earning work points in the fields. There's no clear policy yet, but I heard it's work points plus subsidies. If the brigade gives you full work points, the commune will give you some additional subsidies. Even if there's no subsidy, just getting full work points is pretty good too."
Zhao Guofu nodded repeatedly, thinking that he would go and inquire about it and find a way out for his daughter.
The team leader added, "I'm going to the commune tomorrow to report on my work and to confirm that Binbin will be her teacher. She's such a motivated child, and I've agreed. We'll make it happen as soon as possible so nothing goes wrong."
Although the teachers of the team-run junior high school are still members of the brigade and do not need to transfer their household registration and grain and oil relations, they still need to report to the commune.
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Because the next day was a break, Xie Yun also planned to go to Old Man Li's house to earn some money, so she went into the space at night and made a batch of beggar's chicken.
Wrapped in cabbage.
After it was done, she tore off a chicken leg and tasted it. It tasted very good.
She didn't plan to make a fortune in the next few years; she would take it slow, waiting for the reform and opening up to come, when she could save up enough capital. There was still plenty of time, 10 years.
After finishing her work, she took a shower and washed her hair to completely get rid of the smell before going to bed.
The next day was December 1st, a Sunday, and Xie Shen didn't have to go to class. He only had one day off every seven days, while Xie Yun and Zhang Ruifeng only had one day off every ten days, so it was rare for them to see each other.
Early in the morning, Zhang Ruifeng announced, "I'm going to the market at the commune to buy a chicken."
Xie Yun understood immediately that her mother also remembered about making money from Old Man Li.
"Then I won't go in the morning and will wait for you at home."
After her mother bought the chicken, she cooked it and then went to the commune in the afternoon to deliver it to Old Man Li's house. The two yuan or so was not easy to earn.
If Zhang Ruifeng had heard her, she would have retorted: "Easy! Too easy!" They worked from dawn to dusk, giving their all, to earn 10 work points. Now, in the brigade, one work point was worth 4 cents, meaning a person could earn a maximum of 40 cents a day. The food, oil, and vegetables distributed by the brigade, even the corn stalks you needed to bring home when you ran out of firewood, all had to be recorded in a register and deducted from your work points.
Now, she and her daughter can earn more than two yuan by going to the commune twice, which is equivalent to five or six days' work. How can they say it is not easy!
"Yes, just wait at home. No need to follow me twice."
After breakfast, Zhang Ruifeng left with the basket on her back.
Xie Yun asked Xie Shen, "Where's the slingshot?"
"It's in my room. I'll get it."
"Let's go up the mountain, collect some firewood, and see if there's anything we can fight."
"good."
The two of them went out, each carrying a basket.
Not long after walking out, I met the team leader who was riding a bicycle.
"Captain."
They both called for help.
The captain walked out of the car and asked, "Where are you two going?"
"Go get some firewood. I'm afraid there won't be enough to burn in the winter."
"Go ahead, go ahead. Don't go deep into the mountains. Be careful."
"knew."
After giving his instructions, the captain got on his bike and left.
Xie Yun and Xie Shen then headed into the mountains.
The leaves have all fallen, forming a thick layer on the ground; only the pines and cypresses remain green.
When there is really no firewood, these leaves can be picked up and burned.
There were almost no people in the fields. Everyone was doing side jobs. The women stayed in the brigade, while the male laborers went out to do them.
Xie Yun and Xie Shen were walking in the wilderness. Xie Shen was picking up stones along the way, eager to strike. He wanted to hit a turtledove, a thrush, and even a gray magpie...
"Wait a minute, let's look for big ones first. It would be great if we had a lake here. There are wild ducks in lakes, and they are big."
Xie Shen was very sorry, "There is no lake near our home."
"Let's walk inside first. Don't pick up anything yet. It's too heavy to carry. We can pick it up when we walk down from the top."
"good."
"Give me the slingshot."
"Give."
Xu Cheng's slingshot has a wooden bow frame that is polished very smoothly, and the rubber band and leather bag also seem very sturdy.
"Does Xu Cheng regret it?"
"No. His dad made this for him. He said he just needs to ask his dad to make another one."
"Give me some of the stones you picked up."
Xie Shen took out a handful from his pocket and put it into Xie Yun's pocket.
He took out another candy, peeled it, and gave it to Xie Yun. He also put one in his mouth and ate it happily.
Xie Yun asked him, "You haven't finished eating yet?"
"No. After eating these two pieces, I still have three pieces."
Xie Yun thought about it and realized that this guy had a total of 8 candies. In all the days before today, he only ate 3 pieces in total. He was quite patient.
"I haven't finished mine yet. I'll support you when you finish."
"Hey, no, sister, you eat it yourself."
"Shh!"
Xie Yun stopped and signaled Xie Shen not to speak.
Xie Shen asked her in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
"Did you hear the sound?"
"No."
Xie Yun heard it.
Ever since entering the mountain, she has released her mental power. Now, at ten o'clock in front of her left, there is a pheasant, to be exact, a stone partridge, also called a quacking chicken.
Xie Yun walked a few steps towards that side, and hey, it didn't run away.
So what are you waiting for?
Xie Yun took out his slingshot, aimed, stretched it, and released it. Immediately, the unique "quack quack" sound of the stone partridge came from the grass in front.
Xie Shen quickly ran over and pressed it.
"Sister, I caught you."
Xie Yun walked over, picked up a stone and hit it on the head again, "It doesn't look very big."
"Much bigger than a turtledove."
Xie Shen was very happy.
Next, Xie Yun withdrew his mental power, and the brother and sister wandered around in the mountains for a while. When they found nothing new, they began to collect firewood.
Each of them carried a basket down the mountain and shot two more turtledoves on the way.
Xie Shen was full of admiration. "Sister, you are so accurate. Last time I shot for a long time before I hit the turtledove. Can you teach me?"
"Okay, I'll teach you when I get home."
When they returned home, there was no time for teaching. Xie Shen went to stack firewood, while Xie Yun gathered partridges and turtledoves. While they were busy, Zhang Ruifeng returned and joined the plucking. She was plucking a rooster. "This chicken weighed 4.7 jin (15.3 kg), which is 48 cents per jin. It cost me 2.25 yuan in total."
"After adding the labor and firewood, we really didn't make any money."
"Two dollars more, not a small amount."
After working for an hour and a half, the delivery was ready and the food for the family was also ready.
The three of them ate with relish.
Xie Shen sighed: "What a day!"
Zhang Ruifeng smiled and said, "You are so young, you have many good days ahead of you."
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