Village Chief Huang looked at Lin Sanqi and asked, "Minister Lin, how about you preside over the exam?"
Lin Sanqi waved his hand:
"I won't participate. This is part of village self-governance, and it's going to be rolled out nationwide. We can't possibly go to every village to conduct the exam, right? So it's up to you village officials to do it."
Village Chief Huang was also happy that outsiders did not interfere, so he puffed out his chest and said:
"Okay, everyone has a chance. Now, in front of the whole village, each person will read a paragraph from this booklet, and each person will read two pages."
"Also, I need to explain that if you have a family background in traditional Chinese medicine or a background in Western medicine, you can be exempted from the test and given preferential admission. However, because there are no such people in our village, we need to take the assessment."
Lin Sanqi formulated this rule, and everyone can understand that having no foundation is definitely different from having a foundation.
Village Chief Huang holds a palm-sized booklet with a red cover. This is the famous "Barefoot Doctor's Handbook"
Even the most basic "Barefoot Doctor Manual" contains many specialized medical terms, many of which are direct translations and are very difficult to understand. People without a certain level of education cannot read it at all.
If a person cannot recognize all the words in the "Barefoot Doctor Manual", cannot read or understand it, then this person is definitely unqualified.
Sure enough, after this test, only 3 out of 13 people passed, and the other 10 were eliminated.
Including the little leper who was just mentioned as being literate, his father was literate and taught him some basic words, but he was far from being able to read the "Barefoot Doctor's Manual".
Some villagers started to make a noise: "Little lecher, are you convinced you were eliminated?"
The little beggar was also single, and he said proudly:
"I accept. In an open competition, I'm not as skilled as you, but I'm still better than you. At least I can read a few words, how about you?"
Hahahaha~~~
Everyone chuckled.
Village Chief Huang looked at the remaining three people in the center of the field, namely Wang Xidong, Huang Mutou, and Huang Shi.
These three people are the most educated young people in the village. They are the only two junior high school students and one is a high school graduate. They are considered intellectuals in this remote mountain village.
Village Chief Huang then spoke again:
"Okay, now after a simple test, there are only three young men left. Now it's time to vote. Each household will be given a peanut.
Now there are three bowls behind the three young men. Whoever everyone thinks is more suitable to be a barefoot doctor, whoever can endure the hardship better, and whoever is more enthusiastic about serving the villagers, will have the peanuts put in his bowl.
There are 120 households in our Dizhu Village, which means there are 120 peanuts. Everyone should be more self-disciplined. Anyone who cheats will be disqualified and have 100 work points deducted.
To prevent retaliation, we'll use a curtain to block everyone's view. Don't worry, Uncle Jiu and I will be personally supervising from inside to ensure no one cheats."
Lin Sanqi nodded inwardly, this was a good idea.
If peanuts were thrown in front of everyone, it would be troublesome if a child from a large family who was not elected could use his large numbers to threaten the villagers who did not choose him.
Some people are forced to vote for fear of "village tyrants", and such elections may not necessarily reflect the true public opinion.
Not all rural people are kind and simple. Only local tyrants at the level of village head and village party secretary can keep them under control. Cadres from higher levels are useless.
Sure enough, when the villagers heard that they could hold free elections, they were all happy and whispered to each other.
Wang Xidong, Huang Mutou and Huang Shi were also extremely nervous because this was a major event that concerned their entire lives, but now they could only wait for the election.
Now it depends on who is more popular.
Lin Sanqi promoted free elections to tell all farmers in China two things:
1: Send your children to school. Education can change your destiny. Job opportunities are given to those who have received education and receive general education.
2. Do more good deeds and accumulate virtue in the village in normal times, so that people will choose you at critical moments.
The election of 120 households was quick. Half an hour later, under Lin Sanqi's personal supervision, the peanuts in the bowls were counted.
Wang Xidong 62 pills, Huang Mutou 28 pills, Huang Shi 30 pills.
Village Chief Huang counted twice in front of the whole village before announcing:
"Now I declare that Wang Xidong, who received the most votes, will become the first barefoot doctor in the history of our Dizhu Village. Everyone welcome!"
When Wang Xidong heard this, he excitedly waved his fists several times.
Wang Xidong's family members all jumped up excitedly, and then sang and danced, appearing extremely excited.
This scene gave Lin Sanqi the same feeling as when Sabalanchi announced that Beijing would be the host city of the Olympic Games.
Village Chief Huang finally looked at Lin Sanqi and asked cautiously:
"Minister Lin, the election is over. Do our superiors approve of the results?"
Lin Sanqi smiled and nodded: "Agreed."
After saying this, Lin Sanqi turned to his secretary Li Yujie, who was taking notes.
“Dizhu Village has a low literacy rate among villagers and not many people signed up, so the election was relatively simple.
For rural areas around large cities, or rural areas in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, where the literacy rate is relatively high, an additional test will be added.
That means taking three exams: one in Chinese, one in mathematics, and another in a simple medical exam. The top three candidates will be selected for an interview based on their total scores. If the medical exam score is above 90, the candidate will be admitted without an interview.
In addition, the village chief cannot be the only one to monitor the votes; a random person must be selected from the scene to witness the votes. This person must not be from the same family as the village chief.
If the voting results are leaked afterwards, then needless to say, two scrutinizers will be appointed, and the candidate from the scrutinizer's family will be vetoed and will not be allowed to serve as a barefoot doctor."
Li Yujie nodded and wrote it down carefully in his notebook.
Doing so can ensure fairness and impartiality to the greatest extent possible, but for rural local tyrants, there are definitely countermeasures to every policy, and there are plenty of ways to avoid it.
Lin Sanqi couldn't take care of it anymore.
Anyway, barefoot doctors are there to cure illnesses and save lives, which is related to life safety.
If the villagers elect someone with connections or someone who is just an idiot, then they deserve it if they often kill people or get beaten to death.
That night, Lin Sanqi slept at Wang Jin's house. Because he had received the news in advance, Lin Sanqi's temporary room had been specially renovated and the bedding was brand new.
Before going to bed, Wang Jin's parents, wife, and two sons found Lin Sanqi together.
Lin Sanqi asked while washing his feet:
"Uncle Wang, are you sure Auntie won't go to Hong Kong?"
Wang Jin nodded and said:
"My parents said that it was hard to leave their homeland and they didn't want to die in a foreign land, so they didn't want to go to Hong Kong with me.
I also thought about it. I have three brothers and two sisters, so supporting my parents in their old age should not be a problem.
I plan to send 50 Hong Kong dollars back home every month as retirement money for my parents. Whoever is willing to support my parents will get the 50 Hong Kong dollars."
50 Hong Kong dollars is about 60 yuan in today's RMB.
In this impoverished county, a "monthly salary" of 60 yuan is definitely a high salary among high salaries. Smart brothers can completely regard supporting their parents as a career.
"Okay, your arrangement is good. If you have the ability, it's only right that you pay a little more. The old man still has a few years of good life to enjoy."
Lin Sanqi thought of a neighbor in the Beijing Princess Mansion, Wu Xinhou, a gynecologist at the Chinese Medicine Hospital.
Wu Xinhou's hometown is in the Yimeng Mountains of Dongshan Province. He sends 5 yuan back home every month and also sends some food from time to time.
But he himself had four children and an unemployed wife, so life was very tight. Although no one starved to death in those three years, the whole family was starving to the point of being skin and bones.
On the other hand, let’s look at Wang Jin. He earns over ten thousand Hong Kong dollars a year, but he spends 600 Hong Kong dollars to support his parents. It’s just a drop in the bucket. He can save that money by going to one less nightclub.
Wang Jin's wife is an honest and kind farmer. Her husband has been sending money home in recent years, so she has become much richer.
At this time, he spoke cautiously:
"Boss, if the kids and I go to Hong Kong, will it cause trouble for you and Jin? I heard that food and rent are very expensive in Hong Kong."
Lin Sanqi smiled and comforted:
"Since I'm planning to take you to Hong Kong, I must have made some arrangements. For example, I'm building a new workers' village in Sparrow Ridge, near Sha Tau Kok, in the New Territories.
They're all 20-story buildings. Each family will have an apartment. Although the area is only 60 square meters, it's enough for all of you to live in. And as long as you continue to work at Lingnan Hall, there will be no rent."
Now the eastern border area of the New Territories has almost been bought by the Lin family.
Finding a piece of vacant land to build houses as staff dormitories will not infringe on the interests of real estate developers in Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, so there is no resistance at all.
The Hong Kong government is even simpler. They just give you whatever you want, and with tons of public relations money, you can plan and build whatever you want, and it's passed unanimously. (End of this chapter)
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