Chapter 9 Work Points
"That's good too," Chu Dan said with envy and regret: "I would have gone there if I had known."
It was a pity that she hadn't thought of such good benefits before.
Chu Hong didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It's enough for our village to have one barefoot doctor."
"But you can certainly learn a little from your mother. When you get married, you can strive to become a barefoot doctor."
Wu Xiu coughed lightly and poured cold water on them: "There were more than 120 people in our group who went for training at the beginning. Those who didn't know the rare characters or had bad memory were all dismissed."
"Only about fifty people graduated successfully."
"People from Lingzhong Village were fired. From now on, if anyone in their village is unwell, they will have to come to me or Lingshang Village for treatment."
Who made the youngest daughter speak so easily, as if her job was easy and not difficult?
She doesn't care about her reputation.
Hearing her words, Chu Hong reacted immediately and looked at her in shock: "Oh my God, it's so difficult? As expected of my mother, she is amazing."
There's nothing I can do about it. She's my own mother after all. I have to coax her and pamper her.
In the eyes of Party Secretary Song, his wife was perfect. He said sincerely, "Your mother is very smart. She was always among the best students in school."
For him, Wu Xiu was once out of reach, but he did not expect that during the turmoil, his dream would come true.
Therefore, even if they don't have a son in this life, he won't feel any regrets.
Just like now, when he looked at her, there was light in his eyes.
Chu Hong inexplicably felt a little full. She hadn't eaten dog food for a long time, and suddenly she had a large handful of it. It was so disgusting.
Chu Dan was already used to her parents showing off their affection, so she ignored them completely and asked with concern, "Did you stop by to see your elder sister when you came back?"
My eldest sister had been back to her parents' home for three days, and was then taken home by her brother-in-law in a friendly manner.
After that, he didn't come back for a month.
But the day before yesterday, Gu Ci secretly sent some rice and grain over, and also brought them a piece of news that he heard the sisters-in-law of the Su family were quarreling.
Secretary Song was worried about his eldest daughters' attitude towards him, and there were some things he was not willing to say. So when he went to pick up Wu Xiu today, he told them that they might be back late and wanted to stop by to see their eldest sister.
When Secretary Song heard this, his eyes flickered and he felt a little guilty: "We were in such a hurry to come back that we forgot to visit your eldest sister."
In fact, it was the couple talking along the way that made them forget.
Wu Xiu also said seriously: "Yes, mainly because I brought back too many things, so I plan to go again tomorrow."
I don't believe you at all.
The thought that came to Chu Hong’s mind was: the couple is true love, and the daughters are just accidents.
"Not tomorrow." Mrs. Song, who had been silent the whole time, said gently, "Weiliang's family is getting married tomorrow, and you have to go and help."
In the past few years, food was scarce and weddings were very simple. There was no need to invite guests. The bride would just be wrapped in a roll and enter the house. Friends and relatives would come to join in the fun, but they would not stay for dinner. Just eating some melon seeds and peanuts was considered a marriage.
In the past two years, the weather in the south has been good, and everyone can eat enough to be 70% to 80% full.
Those who are more capable and diligent can save some money.
Nowadays, when people get married, they require furniture to have thirty-six legs, and the wealthier ones can even have seventy-two legs.
I will also invite people to have a meal.
They definitely won’t bring their families along, only one person from each family will go.
Secretary Song was particularly important. No matter which family had a wedding or funeral, they would always invite him and his wife to attend the banquet.
When they are present, the people who are doing business will feel honored and will be more grateful to them.
Secretary Song would not miss the opportunity to win people's support and immediately changed his words: "Then I'll go later."
Chu Hong couldn't help but remind him: "It's time to get work points and coarse grains later."
Now after the summer harvest and the autumn harvest, the public grain has been paid and distributed twice.
The previous two pre-distributions were made based on estimated production.
Now there are also some corns, beans and the like, and the physical goods and cash that should be distributed throughout the year must be converted into component values based on the total income according to the ratio of seven parts labor to three parts per person.
People with more work points get food and money, while people with fewer work points have to pay money to get food.
She has been busy with this matter with the captains and scorers these days, and now they are finally done.
Every ten work points earned about ten cents, which is only thirty yuan based on three thousand work points.
In other words, a person can only earn 30 yuan in a year, excluding food.
This is still considered a good year. It is said that eight or nine years ago, people could not get a penny, and it was considered good if each person could get 100 kilograms of wheat or rice.
Anyway, after Chu Hong settled the accounts, she really didn't want to farm anymore.
Because their family did not have enough work points, among the six people in the family, only grandfather and Secretary Song had enough work points, and the four of them only had four or five work points a day.
All in all, I guess I didn't score a penny.
Her only thought was to start a side business.
Otherwise, if you only eat the tender skin and rosy complexion of your own family, it will also make people feel resentful.
The approval for raising ducks has also been received, but we have to wait until the end of February of the lunar calendar next year before we can go to pick the ducklings.
Secretary Song also came back to his senses, remembered this, and nodded: "This is an urgent matter, do it as soon as possible."
He whispered again, "There are several families with strong laborers, so they probably have a bit of extra food. We will go and ask them privately later and take the opportunity to buy more."
After experiencing a famine, everyone now tends to store extra food.
They all believe: If you have enough food in your hands, you won’t be worried.
Grandpa Song, who was smoking a pipe in silence, made the final decision: "After dinner, you and I will go for a walk. It will be safer if you buy it early."
Chu Hong reminded them: "Gu Ci gave me fifty yuan earlier and asked me to take the opportunity to help buy some rice and flour."
Because Mr. Chu and his friends arrived late, they could only get coarse grains like sweet potatoes and corn.
The seven people only weighed more than 500 pounds.
That's definitely not enough for them to eat.
Gu Ci would carry some rice and flour every now and then.
They were all bought secretly from the black market and from people in Lingtou Village.
The journey is long, so I want Chu Hong to buy more from the village.
At noon the next day, Chu Hong and Chu Dan also went to watch the fun.
The groom borrowed a bicycle from Chu Hong's family and took the bride home.
The groom wore a military green cotton-padded jacket, and the bride wore a new red cotton-padded jacket. There was also a newly made wardrobe, an octagonal table, a writing desk, boxes and stools on the ox cart behind, totaling thirty-six legs. It was quite a grand wedding.
Amid everyone's excited cheers, the bride and groom walked in. Their faces were as red as monkeys' butts, and they recited quotations from the Party Secretary Song. This was considered their wedding ceremony.
The new mother-in-law was also holding a red cloth bag and giving two handfuls of melon seeds, peanuts and wedding candies to each of the onlookers outside.
Of course, there is only one hard candy in each handful.
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