Chapter 140: The Trio
Xie Yun thought about it and realized that the standard schools in the county in the future - medical schools, teachers' colleges, and vocational and technical schools - did not exist yet. He might as well set them up. There were plenty of people now, and when this group of people were rehabilitated and returned to the city, the successor force would be trained.
"I have an idea."
Secretary Li, Director Zhong: "..."
"Okay, okay, go ahead and let us hear your ideas."
Xie Yun continued, "The various training courses we are currently conducting are usually temporary, with short training periods and inadequate levels of training. Therefore, we should build several specialized schools in Qushui County to train talent for various industries.
We had considered developing this approach for Liushutun Night School before, but Liushutun is only a brigade after all, with a limited population and limited resources, so it would be better to expand it county-wide.”
Secretary Li said, "Let's talk to Secretary He about this when we go see him."
"When are you going?"
"tomorrow?"
Xie Yun thought for a moment and said, "The day after tomorrow? I'll write a plan tomorrow about vigorously developing vocational and technical education and cultivating more professional talents for Qushui County."
Director Zhong said, "Okay. We'll go after you finish writing. The day after tomorrow or the day after tomorrow is fine. You don't have to stay up late."
"good."
Xie Yun thought again and again, if this matter went well, her poor uncle and aunt might be able to see the light of day again. Her master and father-in-law should also be able to go out and walk around instead of being confined to that small courtyard.
Li Wenrui's problem was not serious. The reason why Yu Ziqin was so careful was that she rarely even went out. This was to protect Yu Qiushi and He Shuying, fearing that they would be discovered.
After get off work in the evening, Xie Yun told Zhang Ruifeng to go home with Zhao Hongxia first, while she herself went to Li's house.
She shared her idea with Li Wenrui. "If these schools are established, the medical schools will definitely need teachers. If we first apply for support from the capital and ask them to send people over to help, can we ask my uncle and aunt to come with us? So that they can go to the medical school to train talents openly?"
Li Wenrui frowned in thought, and finally said, "This is feasible. But you can't go and ask for them. They have to take the initiative to request to be transferred here."
Although he valued his brother-in-law, he also knew that it was not a good idea for Qushui County to inexplicably take the initiative to ask for these two people when they had not been transferred down.
They took the initiative to request to be transferred down here. After coming here, they just want Qushui County to not make things difficult for them.
He had secretly brought them out because Yu Qiushi and He Shuying faced more than just cleaning toilets or being sent down to the countryside. They could be imprisoned or even sent to a labor camp in the border areas, which would put them in grave danger. He had no choice but to get them out.
The Yu family isn't just capitalist; He Shuying also has overseas experience and a background. Any of these points alone would be enough to make them suffer. They can't let Binbin take the initiative to get involved, and they shouldn't bring her into this anymore.
Xie Yun was also thinking, "How can I make the two missing people appear in people's field of vision?"
Yu Qiushi said, "Let Songlan and his wife apply to be transferred down. They're cleaning toilets in the city, so they'll have to be transferred down sooner or later. Why don't they apply to come to Qushui? And see if they can transfer Shuying and me as well."
Yu Songlan is the son of Yu Qiushi and He Shuying. The Yu family members are all named after medicinal herbs: Qiushi, Ziqin, and Songlan are all medicinal herbs. Songlan is the famous Isatis root.
When Yu Qiushi was naming Li Zhizhong, he wanted to call him Li Nanxing, but Yu Ziqin strongly opposed it. Nanxing, also known as Tiannanxing, is also a medicinal herb.
Yu Ziqin said, "The child doesn't have the surname Yu, so why should he follow the Yu family's custom? Just call him Li Zhizhong!"
Yu Ziqin asked, "You two are nowhere to be found, is that okay?"
"Let's try. Anyway, it's as if we don't exist. It won't affect them whether we move or not. If we move, it might be better for them. They won't have to worry about finding us. Although they probably didn't look for us that much themselves."
Li Wenrui said, "Then I'll contact Song Lan and discuss it with him."
He Shuying said to Xie Yun: "Binbin, thank you for thinking of this for us."
Xie Yun smiled and said, "As I should. I also think it's a waste to let capable people sit idle. You can obviously do a lot of things that benefit the country and the people."
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Xie Yun finished writing the plan for establishing a vocational and technical school and went to the county party committee with Secretary Li and Director Zhong.
Secretary He has been feeling both happy and sad recently. He has been so busy that he has no time to rest. His beard is unshaven and he looks like a completely different person.
When he saw Xie Yun and the others, he said with a smile, "You are here."
Secretary Li asked him, "What are you doing?"
What happened? You should pay attention to your image.
He Zeshan smiled and said, "I've been too busy lately to care about my personal image. Our fertilizer plant has been approved. The Provincial Revolutionary Committee has approved 2.8 million yuan. The provincial design institute has sent people to inspect the site and come up with a design plan for the plant. I've been busy with this these days. Once they're done, it'll be our turn to get busy."
At the time, the provincial government asked me whether we should form our own construction team or have them send us people. I said we would do it ourselves. Next, we will establish a high-quality construction team. The province has provided funding, and the factories have given the green light. Funding and materials are no problem. I want the people of Qushui County to earn their own wages.
Xie Yun: "...You really know how to make things more difficult for yourself."
Secretary He: “Hmm?”
Xie Yun: "No, I mean, you are really good at providing growth opportunities for the people of Qushui County. Before we officially build the factory, we need to organize people and let them learn how to build houses. It's not much different from building three adobe houses for us farmers."
Secretary Li said, "We happened to come to you today to talk to you about talent cultivation, and architectural talent is part of that."
Secretary He: “…”
Director Zhong handed over the talent training plan at the appropriate time.
Secretary He read it over and couldn't help but sigh inwardly: these three guys are really bold and daring. But I have to say, the idea is good and will be of great help in solving many problems.
Without talents, they are just carrying out low-level duplicate construction. With talents and technical content, they are making continuous progress!
"So, we have to build a school before we build a factory."
Xie Yun smiled and said, "I haven't been to Nanhu Farm. Are there many houses there? Our current talents are concentrated there. Can we borrow the houses in Nanhu Farm as temporary classrooms and use Nanhu Farm as a temporary training base and practice base?"
We first looked at what talent was available on the farm and what training could be provided. We then recruited trainees to learn from them. We also set aside some time each day for them to work on the farm. The people who were transferred from the farm had never done work before, and I was worried that they would cause a drop in production. Having trainees from the countryside to help out made a difference. This way, we could take care of all aspects."
He Zeshan's eyes lit up, but he spoke reservedly, "The county leadership team will study it. Let's go to the farm first."
The farm is so big, it’s okay to borrow it, right?
The school sign can be hung up first, on the farm, and the proper school buildings can be built slowly. Besides, we can apply for funds from above to build a medical school or a teachers' college.
Xiao Xie didn't know, but he knew that there were a lot of houses on the farm, rows of brick and tile houses, all equipped with glass windows. It was converted into a cadre school some time ago, and several more rows of houses were added.
Let everyone squeeze together. If that doesn't work, disperse them to different teams and leave the houses empty to be used as classrooms.
Or you can build some more adobe houses. This is low-cost and not bad to live in, but it just doesn’t look good.
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Early August.
The cadre school welcomed a wave of local tyrants: not only county and commune leaders, but also a group of elderly, hunched-over, unsteady-walking, five-guarantee recipients. The cadres wore patched clothes, and the elderly were dressed in rags, looking as if they could just go begging without even having to change.
Qiao Panshi, the cadre school leader, cursed inwardly, wishing he could perish along with these officials. He knew farmers had a hard time, but it couldn't be this hard, could it?
But he had to put on a smile and entertained everyone warmly. He ordered the kitchen to quickly make mung bean soup and placed several basins of freshly drawn well water in the house to cool it down.
It’s early August, the hottest time of the year.
He could ignore the cadres, but he could not ignore these old men and women. If anything happened to anyone of them, they would not have to continue working in the cadre school, but would be sent directly to the labor reform farm in the northwest to serve for the rest of their lives.
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