Chapter 73 Captains
A team leader said, "What Lao Zhang said makes sense. Besides, are children in the city difficult to manage?
My own members can yell at me and curse at me, and even kick me if they get angry. But when these city kids come, we have to be careful. If we control them too much, they might complain. How can we peasants be better than these city kids? They are all good at talking, and who knows who has the backing behind them. Then I might be wrong even if I am right. Please don't cause any more trouble for us."
Everyone echoed: "Yes, yes, this is not a easy thing to do."
Secretary Li laughed and said, "Don't give me that crap. This is policy from above. Can you just ignore it if you don't want to? This is something that must be done. But don't worry, when educated youth from other places come, we will give them a lesson first so they understand the situation in Taoyuan Commune. If they want to stay, they can stay. If they don't want to stay, they can find a way to transfer out. It's impossible for them to stay here."
Yang Futian said, "But this still doesn't solve the problem Lao Zhang mentioned. We only have so much income, and it's already tight. If we add a few more people to share it, it will be even less. Secretary Li, Director Zhong, please help us think of a way to ensure that the income of the members does not decrease after these educated youth come here."
Director Zhong smiled and said, "Don't be so pessimistic. People are the most basic means of production. With more people, more things can be done. As the team leader, you should think carefully about how to maximize the role of these city kids."
If you can't think of anything, you can let them spend a year reclaiming wasteland. In the first year, they will receive subsidies and won't starve. In the second year, they will be able to harvest the land they reclaimed. Isn't it enough to grow their own food?
How much worse could it be?
You and Lao Zhang, don't cry poor here. Secretary Li and I know how hard it is for everyone. We both go down to help with the work during the busy farming season. It's not like we haven't done it before. How can we not know how hard our fellow farmers work? Okay, let's adjourn the meeting. Go back and get ready. I'll have Xiao Wang notify you if there's anything else."
Secretary Li and Director Zhong left first, and the team leaders also stood up and walked out.
Zhang Guangzong fell behind, and when no one was paying attention, he turned back and entered Secretary Li's office, where Zhong Liangcai happened to be.
Li Zhihua asked him, "What's the matter?"
Zhang Guangzong smiled and said, "You're the only one who guessed it right away. I just have something to do."
Zhong Liangcai smiled and said, "What's the matter? Tell me."
Zhang Guangzong smiled and said, "That's right. I'd like to ask, does our commune also need someone to specifically take charge of the work of the educated youth? If so, I can recommend someone to you. There's a girl in our brigade who has the education and the image, and can write, calculate, and speak well."
This was a sudden idea of his, inspired by Xie Binbin's self-recommendation.
As a human being, you have to be thick-skinned.
Previously, Mr. Zhao and Mr. Yan wanted to find a teaching job for Hongxia, but they had never been able to find a vacancy. It would be great if they could arrange for her to be a small cadre in the commune to manage the work of educated youth.
Moreover, since they have connections in the commune, they can know any news first, which is also beneficial to the Liushutun Brigade.
Secretary Li thought for a moment and said, "The commune will indeed assign someone to be in charge of the educated youth work, but she'll also need to do other things, like write speeches, draft meeting documents, etc. Is she up to the task?"
Zhang Guangzong said: "It should be possible."
Zhong Liangcai said, "You need to remove the word 'bar' and the two words 'should' as well. So, you can ask her to come over and we'll test her. If she passes, we'll let her come to work at the commune. Right now, with only Xiao Wang, it's really a bit too much to handle."
"Okay, okay, thank you Secretary Li, thank you Director Zhong. The girl I'm talking about is the daughter of our brigade's Women's Director and Public Security Director. You both know them. This girl is Zhao Hongxia, a junior high school graduate, an outstanding militia member of our brigade, diligent and studious. Please teach her more. Young people, it's okay if they don't adapt for a while. Give her a chance to learn, and she will definitely continue to improve."
Secretary Li smiled and said, "Then when she comes, just ask Lao Zhao or Lao Yan to accompany her."
"good."
Seeing that he had agreed but refused to leave, Zhong Liangcai asked, "Do you have anything else to do?"
"have."
Li Zhihua and Zhong Liangcai looked at each other again, and Zhong Liangcai asked, "What's the matter?"
Zhang Guangzong smiled flatteringly and said, "Well, we farmers also want to contribute more to national development and serve the people well. Therefore, our brigade wants to build a flour mill first. If this flour mill does well, we will consider developing other things. What do you two leaders think?"
Li Zhihua thought for a while and said, "It's not impossible."
Zhong Liangcai said: "Commune and brigade enterprises have always existed. Our commune has a timber factory, a brick kiln factory, and a farm tool repair factory. The Xujiamiao Brigade has its own brick factory. You can also open a flour processing plant."
Zhang Guangzong smiled and said, "We need the leaders' help to apply for some machinery. We need to build a factory and other things, so we need bricks, tiles, and even electrical wiring. We need approval from the commune for all of this."
Zhong Liangcai said, "You're quite thoughtful. Okay, go back. We'll help you find a way to get the machinery and electricity, but you guys can build the factory yourselves."
He tried to get the machine from the county. Flour processing was a basic need of the people, so giving them two flour mills wouldn't be too much, right?
"Hey, hey, hey, thank you, boss. I won't delay your work anymore. I'll be leaving first."
Li Zhihua waved his hand: "Go away. You're just causing us trouble."
Having said that, he had a smile on his face and his voice was very happy.
Zhang Guangzong also laughed and left quickly.
As soon as he walked out of the commune gate, he was grabbed by Yang Futian.
"Why did you stay here, kid?"
Zhang Guangzong looked up at the sky speechlessly, "No, why haven't you left yet?"
"If you don't leave, how can I leave? What did you say to the boss?"
"What can I say? I'm just asking for advice from my boss."
"What do you want to ask?"
"Please advise us on how to increase the collective income. We are already poor, and now we have to bear even more burdens. What is going on?"
"That's it?"
"What else?"
Yang Futian didn't believe it, but since Zhang Guangzong wouldn't tell him, he was too embarrassed to ask his superiors. Anyway, if there were any changes in Liushu Village, he would know about it. Even if he couldn't catch up with this wave of benefits, he could still catch up with the next wave. At worst, he would just follow suit.
"Let's go back together."
The two of them rode their bikes, chatting all the way.
Zhang Guangzong asked Yang Futian: "Have you confirmed the middle school teacher for your brigade?"
"It's settled. It's Yang Zeyong, a retired veteran of our brigade."
"Can he teach?"
"No. He can only be a representative of the poor and lower-middle peasants."
Zhang Guangzong was speechless. "Can't we send a poor and lower-middle peasant who can teach?"
"I can't send them. The poor and lower-middle peasants in our brigade have only junior high school education, and they haven't even graduated yet. There are only two people who have gone to high school and are qualified to teach junior high school. One is a rich peasant, and the other is a middle peasant. Both of them are very timid. If I send them, I'll just be asking for trouble. It's better to let them work in the fields."
Although Lao Yang's education level is low, he can read and write, so his identity is not a problem. How about your team?"
"There was a high school student in our brigade. Classes were suspended just after she finished her freshman year in 1966. But she studied at home. She recently returned to high school to take the exam and received her high school diploma with very good grades. She has no problem teaching junior high school. She is still a poor and lower-middle peasant."
"That's great. Our Old Yang is an old comrade, his ideological awareness is impeccable, and he's stable. With the old and the young working together, they should be able to run the school well, right?"
Zhang Guangzong sighed, "There are only two of them. That's a little short. Do you think the government will send us teachers?"
"Not sure. Maybe they can assign one. Can the former teachers from the commune junior high school be assigned to one of the brigade junior high schools? How can we teach without teachers? Setting up a school seems like a joke."
After Yang Futian finished speaking, they both sighed.
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