Chapter 78 Chapter 78 Teacher Guihua
On the day when the Hope Primary School was completed, the team leader, at the suggestion of several educated youth, took advantage of the leisure time in the countryside and borrowed Xu Fei's reputation as a literary youth to invite the commune vice-president, the commune director, several commune cadres, as well as the captains and some cadres of other production teams to Wangjiagou.
It is equivalent to holding a grand opening ceremony.
The real purpose is not only to celebrate the establishment of Hope Primary School, but also to announce and show that their brick factory will have more orders and profits in the future.
As expected, the commune cadres were delighted to see the bright and spacious new elementary school classrooms, because every brick and tile was produced by Pingquan Commune itself.
I won’t say any more. It’s another day when the captains and cadres from other villages are jealous of Wang Jiagou for making the most of the day!
The commune cadres also brought some rewards and gifts.
A red star enamel mug, a pen and a notebook were given to the main hero Ye Yu, while Han Jing, Xu Fei and Hua Feifei were also awarded pens and notebooks. Ten boxes of chalk and a complete set of brand new textbooks for grades 1 to 6 were also prepared for the primary school students in Wangjiagou.
There are twelve pieces of chalk in a box. If you use ten boxes sparingly, you can use them for half a year.
Because most of the current student textbooks are second-hand, bought from scrap recycling stations, they may be incomplete. Brand new textbooks can be used as standard reference textbooks. As long as you have a pen and paper, you will never lack second-hand handwritten copies.
"Thank you for the commune's support for Wangjiagou Hope Primary School!" Han Jing and the others were happy and excited. Ye Yu was always the calmest one, but that didn't seem abrupt. It might be because the four of them had more eye contact and small gestures to interact with each other, and they had a tacit understanding and harmony.
The brick kiln is a must-see attraction today.
Their Wangjiagou Brick Kiln was named after Hope Primary School, "Wangjiagou Hope Brick Factory". When Ye Yu first heard this name, his face broke.
It’s not that “hope” sounds charitable, but mainly because everything is labeled with hope, making it difficult for her not to think that she is building Hope Base 2.0.
"What base?"
Han Jing and the others asked.
The more lice there are, the less itchy they are. Ye Yu did not hide the secret from them: "A base for human survival after the end of the world."
Hua Feifei, Han Jing, and Xu Fei simply couldn't imagine what the end of the world was, nor did they understand the turbulent waves behind Ye Yu's light-hearted description. They just thought it was another horror story or a cold joke that they didn't understand. When they mentioned this, they also said that they hoped that the primary school had poached a lot of people from Hongqi Primary School, so that at least Tian Yuzhen would transfer to another school with Tian Ermao and the others this semester.
Back to reality, there is nothing interesting to see in the two "steamed tofu" earthen brick kilns. There is a dam next to the earthen brick kilns, which is divided into pre-processing and finished product display areas.
The finished product area is stacked with rows and rows of neatly arranged red and green bricks, which immediately attract everyone's attention.
It’s hard not to be moved!
In addition to farming, the Ye people have a bit of "infrastructure maniac" gene in them, which may be related to their obsession with houses. After working hard all their lives, isn't it just to build a new house or a home? This brick more or less reminds them of their own needs.
I can't help but ask:
"Captain Wang, what about you guys?"
The captain took the opportunity to announce a price that was one cent lower than the county's red and green bricks. For purchases made within three months of the new earthen brick kiln being built, there would be a special offer of five free red bricks and three free green bricks for every hundred red bricks.
As for transportation, the price is the same as that of the county brick factory, and you can pay extra for package transportation, and the charges are divided into sections. Regarding this first cooperation with the Red Flag Brigade's large tractor, Ye Yuhan Jing promised to be a temporary mechanic technician of the Red Flag Brigade.
The captain emphasized that because Wangjiagou is closer to the county seat, their freight costs are much cheaper than in the county seat.
You can even avoid spending any money at all, or you can transport the bricks yourself and select them on site, which only takes two or three days of hard work. The bricks that the county brick factory cannot bring into the mountain are also carried by the villagers themselves, working hard. Being a porter is not an easy job, but this way of saving money has won the hearts of many people.
After observing the quality of the sample bricks, the director of the commune Women's Federation placed the first order.
It's still a big order.
The director of the commune Women's Federation is named Zhu. Everyone calls her Director Zhu. She is also the president of the Qingquan Town Trade Union and works at the state-owned paper mill in the town. In fact, her job as a Women's Federation cadre is more like a part-time job, so she spends more time at the trade union on weekdays.
To Han Jing and Ye Yu, Director Zhu was still a familiar face. It was the enthusiastic auntie who had been in the same car with them on the first day of going to the countryside. Today, she also praised Ye Yu fiercely: "Women are no worse than men. Comrade Ye is great."
It was based on the support and trust for Ye Yu that the decision was made to use the bricks for the factory building construction plans of several factories in the town in Wangjiagou. The bricks used were the more expensive green bricks, because they were more fire-resistant and harder than red bricks and were more suitable for the factory environment.
Director Zhu also invited Ye Yu to join the Women's Federation, but Ye Yu declined, saying that she was devoted to farming and was also busy with the brick kiln guidance work (?).
"You can hold both positions. Women's Federation cadres are not only in cities and towns, but also in villages. Many Women's Federation cadres hold both positions, like Aunt Baiyun in your village."
What Director Zhu likes most about Ye Yu is that she has higher fighting ability than other women. You have to know that the Women's Federation deals with women and children's affairs, and domestic violence incidents are the most common. If it can make it to the Women's Federation in a town, it is definitely not a small incident.
Some unscrupulous people are not afraid of the cadres at all. Not to mention the cadres, they even dare to beat up the police when they come to their door.
No matter how powerful and imposing the director of the Women's Federation is, she is a woman after all. Usually she would ask the male union cadres to help her build up her courage. If they had a strong man like Ye Yu, their work with women would surely be smoother.
Fighting?
Ye Yu is quite good at it, but she finds it boring to fight with weaklings and scumbags. She is afraid that she will really kill them if she gets angry, so she throws two apprentices - Hua Feifei and Wang Danniu - to the director of the Women's Federation.
Director Zhu and Wang Danniu stared at each other: "..."He is too young, let's just forget it?
Elm leaves:
"It can comfort children."
It is said that people become adults at the age of 18, but the boundaries of child labor in this era are actually very vague, otherwise there would not be boys and girls going to the countryside at the age of 13 or 14.
Director Zhu thought there was some truth in this. He didn't have to work. He could invite Wang Danniu to visit their town during the winter break during the New Year. She would be provided with food, lodging and provisions. The main purpose was to comfort and visit some orphans who had lost their parents.
"Thank you, Director Zhu! Thank you, Master!"
Wang Danniu was very excited after hearing this. She was thinking about how to help her mother reduce the pressure in life. She planned to join the youth group going to the fields this year and earn half the adult points.
As for Hua Feifei, it seemed like she was brought in by chance, and they had agreed that Dong Xian and his junior sister would take on the part-time job together.
But like Ye Yu, she had no interest in becoming a regular member of the Women's Federation. It was not because she devoted herself to farming, nor because she was not curious about family gossip. It was precisely because she knew a lot of family gossip that she did not want to do this job for a long time.
Only when you understand the ins and outs of family life and the ways of the world, will you realize how many scumbags there are in this world, how many poor women there are, how many tragic families there are one after another, and how very few people can help.
Hua Feifei was afraid that she would cry her eyes out. This job might be even worse than raising pigs in the fields!
Director Zhu was very satisfied with Ye Yu and Hua Feifei's negative attitude, because only responsible cadres would think so much. She regretted Ye Yu's refusal and welcomed Hua Feifei's part-time job.
Hua Feifei joined in the winter, firstly to protect her little junior sister, and secondly definitely not for fighting, but for the union. She had always been thinking about the bonfire party.
"Of course, no problem!" Director Zhu said, the union also has targets for holding activities every year, and we will definitely ask them to consider it. Good performances may be performed on big stages in the county or city, but unfortunately they are rarely chosen in the town.
Hua Feifei was immediately filled with enthusiasm and took on the job of an officer of the Brick Kiln Union even though she had no salary for the time being.
Factory Director Ye Yu patted her on the shoulder to encourage her.
Han Jing hugged Xu Fei and pretended to cry, saying that now only the two brothers were doing the worst, but he seemed to be an honorary tractor operator. Oh, then it’s okay.
Xu Fei:
“…”
It's another day when I miss my plastic brother! He is still the gardener who will have many students all over the world in the future, do you understand?
With Director Zhu's large order, the initial costs of Wangjiagou Brick Kiln except for labor can be almost offset.
Other production team cadres thought that since even the factory used bricks from Wangjiagou, the quality of these bricks must be good, and those who had team or personal needs also placed some small orders one after another.
Captain Wang also provided enthusiastic service and asked all the captains and village cadres to promote the company in the village. We accept both large and small orders and welcome visitors.
After this day, the kiln became busy again in order to earn more income.
Elementary school has also started. Except for Tian Yuzhen and a few others, most of the students are from Wangjiagou. The age distribution is very wide, ranging from six to fifteen years old, but there is no need to divide them into many classes. Many teenagers are in the first grade.
Therefore, four teachers are completely enough. In this era, teachers are also very hardworking and competitive.
I hope that except for Xu Fei and Hua Feifei who have already been selected as primary school teachers, the other two will be admitted through the exam. The competition in this exam is much more intense than Xu Fei and Hua Feifei had imagined. It can be said that Hua Feifei herself may not perform better than them.
Finally, one of the two winners was a young woman named Wang who had just graduated from junior high school in Zhenshang last year and was unable to pursue further studies due to family financial conditions.
Another one is Sister Osmanthus.
This was beyond many people's expectations. They almost forgot that Aunt Guihua was also one of the few "highly educated" people in the village.
Some people murmured that as a widow, Sister Guihua was not suitable to teach students and it was unlucky, but Hua Feifei scolded them on the spot, saying that feudal superstition was not allowed these days.
Some people also suspected that it was the educated youth who had stabbed Sister Guihua. Of course, with Ye Yu as their powerful weapon, they did not dare to question the educated youth directly.
Moreover, even Wang Xiaomei failed the exam! Wang Xiaomei is Ye Zhiqing’s cousin!
Are you really going to take the back door instead of this one?
Wang Xiaomei:
“…”
Did people say so?
Aunt Guihua was not calm in the face of the villagers' doubts. Except for Wang Danniu and the others, no one knew how much effort she had put into this exam. She would definitely prove to them that she was definitely no worse than other teachers!