As for Qiu Dashan, he didn't return to Qiuzhuang until his younger brother and sister returned to school.
After he washed off the dust and filled his stomach, Qiu Jianshe and Li Qingmei took over the conversation one by one.
"The farms there are similar to the military corps and belong to the 12th category. The basic salary is 28 yuan a month. There are also vegetable subsidies and high-altitude cold subsidies. The first-level agricultural workers can earn more than 35 yuan.
The monthly food ration is 36 kilograms for men and 32 kilograms for women. The ration for family members without employee status is 28 kilograms. The food ration for children is 5 kilograms, 8 kilograms, 12 kilograms... and increases with age.
The food rations consisted of 50% cornmeal, 20% sorghum flour, and 30% fine flour. No rice was provided, and the oil used was cottonseed oil. Employees were given half a pound of it per month.
He sipped another mouthful of noodle soup. "Meat is cheaper for employees than outside, only about 30 or 40 cents. On May 1st, July 1st, August 1st, October 1st, and New Year's Day, the farm will slaughter animals, and each employee can buy one kilogram, and two kilograms during the New Year.
Oh, and in winter, each employee gets two kilograms of mutton. Buying sugar is inconvenient; you need a certificate from the health center, and you're only given 200 grams at a time.
"Then how did Duoer get there?"
"The farm is short of manpower. Those with special skills are given rotational workers. Also, those originally sent over from the production brigades and the army are all employees. For the time being, Duo'er can only be an accompanying employee. She will also be counted as a worker, and her salary will be paid according to the work points she has earned.
There's another small nursery class with children. When the time comes, we can send the three little ones there, and then we can free up our hands and get to work. It won't be bad."
What he didn't say was that although he could drive farm machinery, he was still considered a mechanic and could not be a formal driver, otherwise he could be a little higher.
Another thing is that the infrastructure team is working day and night, and the infrastructure construction of the headquarters and each branch is still not completed. There are not enough staff dormitories, but we can make do with a cave for now...
In fact, Qiu Dashan was in need of personnel at a time when the educated youth had not yet been officially sent down to the countryside. Furthermore, the remote location and the shortage of manpower meant that even the dependents could be accommodated, and if they performed well, they would have the opportunity to become employees.
Qiu Jianshe asked him how the salary was paid.
Qiu Dashan answered every question and said that wages were not paid monthly, but once a quarter. It was really tight, so he could only go to the branch finance department to borrow money on credit first, and then pay off the loan when it was time to pay wages, and pay whatever was left.
This is a good thing, the old couple didn't stop it.
The only thing I am worried about is how to accommodate a family of five in that cave?
And by that time the babies will have grown legs and can walk, so they must be feeling very depressed.
"Oh, it's okay, Mom. The staff dormitory is still under construction. The farm is not like our team. There is no work in the winter when it freezes. The infrastructure team is active all year round."
The family sat around the dinner table, chatting for half the night before going to sleep.
At dawn the next day, Qiu Dashan took the approval note for the division of the farm and went to the brigade to find his cousin, and transferred his household registration and grain and oil relations.
I didn't even have time to eat lunch, I hurried back to get started as soon as possible.
Huang Duoer now felt at ease. In another half year, they would be reunited.
Then there is no need to worry about the donkey and the goat. The couple can take them over to live and they will no longer attract attention on the farm.
The remaining three children in the family are illiterate. Oh, not all of them. At least Li Qingmei can recognize the words, but she has a hard time writing them. She can't figure out which combinations the ones with missing arms and legs are.
Since no one wrote to me for a while, I didn't have time to tell my other children about this.
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Li Qingtong has also gained a preliminary foothold.
It can be considered smooth or not.
He went there to learn to be a driver. At that time, there was no such thing as private enterprises. All transport companies were public, and the driving license test was comparable to that for pilots.
Out of a hundred people, only two passed the exam. If he hadn't been working with his cousin's husband, who gave him some special training and asked him to touch the car, he wouldn't even be worthy of continuing his apprenticeship.
After passing the exam, you need to provide a letter of introduction from your unit and a photo and submit them to the supervision office, which will issue you a paper study certificate.
Moreover, he has to take an exam after studying for half a year. During the study period, he can only follow the car with the help of the master.
Next, after passing the internship exam and getting the internship stamp on the learner's certificate, you can transport alone when there is a shortage of manpower.
But now he has only exchanged his study permit for a green-covered one, so he still has to wait.
After he completes his internship for another year and has no accidents during that period, his red-skin driver's license will be officially replaced.
Moreover, the selection of team drivers is indeed based on the standards of pilots. Their eyesight and hearing must be good, and they must not have any other invisible diseases.
And there are still few cars like this. Even if he persists to this point, he still has to drive the car as a passenger for a year before he can drive it as the main driver.
However, the driver's level is different from other jobs.
The best is a level one driver, with a salary of 82 yuan a month; the lowest is level five, with a salary of 42 yuan a month.
The rations for these truck drivers were also different. For example, the Yellow River truck driver had a monthly ration of 42 kilograms, while the Great Liberation driver had a monthly ration of 38 kilograms.
By the way, you not only have to be able to drive, but also be able to repair cars. Only then can you be considered a real driver.
Li Qingtong is now working hard with the study certificate, trying to change the paper into a green book, and then change the green book into a red book.
He originally wanted to show off to his elder sister, but remembering his mother's advice, he suppressed his excitement and decided to write the letter after he got the red book.
Li Qingmei almost forgot about her fourth brother. Her mind was now completely occupied with her children.
She didn't sleep well the night her eldest son left, and she thought of taking apart the bedding and re-sewing it.
Then I thought about the hard conditions the three little ones would face there, what should I do?
She had wanted to ask him to stay yesterday, but she felt she was still strong and capable. The team wasn't as advanced as other farms, and they had a special group for taking care of children. If she got caught up, it would mean one less person to work.
She still has two sons and a daughter to take care of, so it's not time to take a break.
So, the words came to my lips several times, but I forced myself to think them back.
In fact, Qiu Jianshe is the same, but he is happy. Farmers are different from each other.
He used his limited brain cells to calculate that if his son earned 35 yuan a month, it would be more than 400 yuan a year. This was not to mention paying the public grain tax. If his daughter-in-law moved around, he would still be left with several hundred yuan in net income.
Can it be so good to be a farmer in the brigade?
So the couple turned over in their own ways, one happy, the other sad, and both thought that the other was on the same channel as themselves.
As a result, when they spoke the next day, their ideas were completely different.
After a few clang-clangs, he went to work with a sullen look on his face.
Of course, it was still Li Qingmei who was unilaterally angry, and she was the one with the bad face. Qiu Jianshe was the bad face to begin with.
My wife's nagging words can make me know what she's going to say next just by listening to the beginning. It doesn't hurt my mind at all. At most, it just tickles my ears.
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