Chapter 74 Zhao Hongxia found a job
Zhang Guangzong said, "Let's take it one step at a time. This policy changes from time to time. We have no other choice but to implement it."
"We're still relatively lucky. At least we have that young comrade from your brigade who can provide some support. The junior high school over at Xujiamiao doesn't have anyone capable of teaching. Their brigade leader asked the commune, and they said they'd make arrangements later. For now, they just need to build the classrooms and the schoolyard. I guess the commune is also having a headache."
“Who doesn’t have a headache?”
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After returning to the brigade, Zhang Guangzong told Zhao Fuguo about arranging a job for Zhao Hongxia. Zhao Fuguo jumped three feet high with joy.
"Captain, you are the captain of the people. Thank you."
"Don't thank me. Tomorrow morning, you will take her to see Secretary Li and Director Zhong. My three children are all settled. Renjie and Changshun's children are still young. Now it's only your Hongxia who needs to be worried about. I'm giving her this opportunity, let her seize it.
We children, please keep an eye out. If there are any job opportunities, please come back and let us know. We will arrange them for you if we can. Although being a poor and lower-middle peasant is the most glorious, we should still try to save the children from suffering. Didn’t you see Xie Binbin even help her mother find a job?
Zhang Renjie asked, "How is the factory construction going?"
"It's done. Secretary Li and Director Zhong said the commune should apply for machinery. We'll build a factory."
"Okay, the machines are the big deal, but building a factory building won't cost much."
Zhang Guangzong laughed heartily. "That's what I thought too. If the commune gives you a machine you apply for, it's a free gift. It's just like allocating tractors to brigades. Our commune has 13 brigades, and only three tractors arrived in the past two years. My fingers are clumsy, and I never got one when I drew lots. Next time tractors are allocated, let the old branch secretary draw. I don't believe we won't get one. With a tractor, everything becomes easier."
Zhao Fuguo said, "We have set up a flour mill and got a tractor, which will make it convenient to transport grain and flour."
Zhang Guangzong covered his face and said, "I can't take it anymore. I'm so happy just thinking about it."
Everyone:"……"
Zhang Guangzong also talked about preparations to welcome the educated youth.
Zhang Renjie said, "Now we're just asking for two houses. It doesn't matter if they're old or new, as long as they have one."
Zhang Guangzong smiled and said, "I think so too. Our brigade has several empty houses, all left behind by deceased five-guarantee households. When they were alive, they were collectively maintained by the brigade. After they died, the houses were taken back by the collective and used as temporary dormitories for the educated youth. We simply separated the men and women, with male educated youth in one courtyard and female educated youth in another."
The female educated youth could use Uncle Li's house next to the brigade, as it was closer and safer. The male educated youth were easier to deal with, as they could choose a better house.
Find time to organize people to clean up and paste old newspapers on the walls. Pay attention to the content of the newspapers when pasting them. Don't put pictures on the walls. Don't make mistakes. Also, repair the doors and courtyard walls if they are broken.
Zhao Fuguo said, "I'll take care of it. I'll get the militia to go over there and clean up every nook and cranny. Don't say we don't welcome them."
"Yes. That's right. We'll wait until the subsidies for educated youth arrive and the situation becomes clearer before we decide whether to build a new one and how big it should be. We don't know how many people will come yet! We don't know who they are and what they can do."
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The next morning, when Zhang Ruifeng went to work, she met Zhao Fuguo and Yan Guixiang and Zhao Hongxia going to the commune.
Yan Guixiang greeted Zhang Ruifeng: "Sister Zhang."
Zhao Hongxia: "Aunt Zhang."
"Guixiang, Hongxia, Director Zhao. What are you doing?"
Yan Guixiang smiled and said, "There's a job opportunity at the commune. Hongxia wants to try it out. Her father and I will go with her."
Zhang Ruifeng smiled and said, "That's great. When Hongxia goes to work at the commune, will she be able to keep me company? Not necessarily. There should be dormitories there too."
Yan Guixiang smiled and said, "We haven't even started yet, so we don't know if it will work."
Zhang Ruifeng smiled and said, "Of course. Hongxia is such a nice girl, with a good personality and good education. I think she can handle any job."
Yan Guixiang laughed heartily, "Thank you for your good wishes, sister."
She asked Zhao Hongxia, "If you get this job, would you like to live in the dormitory or commute back and forth every day like your Aunt Zhang?"
Zhao Hongxia thought for a moment and said, "I'll stay with Aunt Zhang. Living in the dormitory isn't as convenient as home. Right, Aunt Zhang?"
Zhang Ruifeng laughed and said, "The dormitory at the grain station is definitely not as convenient as home. I wonder what the dormitories at the commune are like."
Yan Guixiang smiled and said, "I know, a small single room isn't that great. If Hongxia isn't afraid of getting tired, she can just run back and forth every day and consider it exercise."
Zhao Hongxia chuckled and said, "Let's talk about it after I get the job."
Yan Guixiang added, "If you encounter something you don't understand in the future, ask your colleagues and leaders at work. You can also talk more with your sister Binbin when you get home. Binbin is only one year older than you, and I think she is much more capable than you."
Zhao Hongxia laughed and said, "Sister Binbin is a high school graduate, and I'm a junior high school graduate. How can we compare? And Sister Binbin even published an article in the newspaper!"
Zhang Ruifeng said, "You can't compare yourself like that. You didn't make it to high school. If you had, you would definitely have graduated."
As a few people chatted, time passed by unknowingly.
Before parting, Zhang Ruifeng said to Zhao Hongxia, "Come on! You can do it!"
"Thank you, Aunt Zhang."
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Zhao Hongxia's job is basically a sure thing.
Secretary Li and Director Zhong told her that she would be doing odd jobs in the first year and would have to do all kinds of work in the commune to get familiar with the situation first, and then be assigned a position in the second year.
"We do need a secretary, but we can't just let you be a secretary right away. You have to go through a year of probation first, okay?"
"OK!"
"Is it okay if I don't transfer my household registration for the first year and still receive my salary?"
"OK."
"If you perform well, your household registration and grain and oil relationship will be transferred by the end of the year."
"Okay! Please rest assured, I will study hard and work hard."
Yan Guixiang and her husband were both grinning from ear to ear. In any case, it was better than farming in the brigade.
Zhao Hongxia was kept that day.
Besides urging her to work hard, Yan Guixiang told her, "Go with your Aunt Zhang when you get off work."
She had long been familiar with the commune's accommodations, and they were indeed not very good. Furthermore, the single dormitories were all men, and for a young girl like Hongxia, it wasn't very convenient. She'd better stay with Sister Zhang and make the daily commute. It might be a little hard, but she could always have Old Zhao come to greet her in the evenings. And that would also ensure Sister Zhang's safety.
She also went to the grain store to tell Zhang Ruifeng.
Zhang Ruifeng was very happy. "Okay, I'll wait for her here after get off work. When she comes, we'll go back together. Don't worry."
The grain store was next to the commune, so Zhao Hongxia had to pass by the grain store to go home, which was not a hassle at all.
Xie Yun was also very happy. From now on, her mother would have someone to accompany her on her way to and from get off work. Zhao Hongxia was also an excellent militiaman with good skills, so she could feel more at ease.
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