In fact, the Jiang family's life has only been difficult for a few years.
The sons were all of similar age, so they all got married within a few years of each other.
In addition, my three daughters have to go to school, so there is no surplus at home every year, and we even have to borrow some money.
However, after the sons got married, Jiang Dongmei married and moved to the city, and the Jiang family's life became better and better.
Especially after Jiang Mengxue was admitted to university.
There are subsidies for going to college in this era, and Jiang Mengxue can apply for a first-class subsidy of 17.5 yuan per month.
Tuition is free and accommodation is also free.
Although the country is poor in this era, it is willing to spend money on education.
Students are only responsible for their own daily living expenses such as meals.
Jiang Mengxue can save all the subsidy money except for food expenses.
At this time, the bills had only been around for a few years, and many things could still be bought as long as one had money. It was not as difficult as it would be a few years later.
Occasionally I can buy some things my family needs and send them back.
After Jiang Mengxue got married, Gu Qingbei asked his comrades to write letters of introduction to help the Jiang family's sons find jobs, and Jiang Mengran also went to the city.
The Jiang family's life can be said to be very good in the surrounding area.
Several people became regular workers as soon as they entered the factory, with a monthly salary of 36 yuan, and enjoyed all the benefits of regular workers, including a lot of gifts during the New Year and other festivals.
As the captain of the Taoyuan Brigade, Jiang's father received full work points and a few yuan in salary every month from the commune.
Later, Jiang Mengxue also suggested that Jiang's father discuss it with several other leaders in the team.
In the name of the brigade, raise more livestock, such as pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese.
Especially chickens, ducks and geese, in addition to being raised and killed for meat, they can also lay eggs.
The team already has several slightly larger ponds, which are enclosed and used to raise ducks and geese. Some fish can also be put in the ponds. Even if they are not sold during the New Year, some can be distributed to the members.
Then there are the livestock. As long as the commune stamps it, they can be sold to the slaughterhouse in the city as a unit.
Or sign a contract with the logistics department of some large companies.
The amount of vegetables and grains consumed every day by large factories with tens of thousands of employees is not a small amount.
The brigade reclaimed more wasteland for planting and raising livestock, and could harvest several crops every year, which was more than enough to raise livestock.
Taoyuan Brigade and Feiyue Brigade are both production teams with large planting areas.
There are not only fertile fields, but also a lot of dry fields near the mountains, so no one is willing to reclaim those wastelands.
Now that we have the name of breeding, we can put the breeding land there, and the manure can fertilize the land. Maybe we can start planting in a few years.
The extra manure will not be wasted and will all be used to fertilize the land.
The team no longer needs to worry about running out of fertilizer every year.
There was no chemical fertilizer at that time, and the fertilizer in the fields was all livestock manure and the toilets in the members' homes.
There are regulations on how much work points you will be given based on how much manure you submit.
So at that time, no one would go to the toilet outside casually.
No matter how frustrated they are, they will run back to their own vegetable garden. This is called keeping the benefits within the family.
There is no other way because of what life has forced upon me. Otherwise, who would be willing to live in such a calculated way?
Since Taoyuan Brigade has a side job, the elderly and women can be arranged to engage in breeding.
Every year, the income from side jobs is distributed among the members, so the conditions in Taoyuan Brigade can be said to be the best in the surrounding area.
The captain of the neighboring Leaping Team is Gu Zhenxing, who is also a relative of the Jiang family.
In addition, Jiang's father and I were both team leaders, and we would meet every time we went to the commune for meetings, so we discussed these things together.
They had no experience in running side businesses with this kind of production team, so if they could find a production team to work with, there would be someone to share the responsibility, so both sides were quite active.
Jiang Mengxue was also worried that they had no experience in large-scale farming.
So I used my connections to recommend them professional breeders.
Jiang Mengxue used to know a classmate when she was in school whose family was a veterinarian.
With the guidance of professionals and paying attention to daily feeding and hygiene, plague will basically not occur.
The most important thing is to ensure a clean and sanitary environment.
The feces in the pen must be cleaned up every day.
Because of Jiang Mengxue's family background, the rest of her family was sent to a farm.
Because he arrived at the Taoyuan Brigade earlier, Jiang's father directly applied to the higher authorities to keep him as a guide.
As long as he is in Taoyuan Brigade, he doesn't have to worry about his life.
If his family hadn't already arranged a place for them to go, Jiang's father would have wanted the whole family to come over.
Several generations of his family have been veterinarians, and the older generation has more experience. It's just a pity.
Later, somehow this matter reached Wang Congjun's ears.
He is Gu Zhenhai's old comrade-in-arms and also the mayor of Qinghe City.
Knowing that the production team below was engaged in breeding, since such talents were to be transferred down, it didn't matter where they went, so he just used his connections to get them here.
In this way, their whole family moved to Taoyuan Brigade, mainly responsible for the nearby breeding industry.
Because life was good in the Jiang family, after the three brothers went to work in the city, their wives and children stayed in their hometown.
The elderly and children were assigned to the pens to do light work, and their living conditions might be even better than in the city.
Until the children below grew up.
Jiang Yukun is the eldest child in the family.
I started first grade at age eight and graduated from high school at nineteen. (At that time, junior high and high school were still three-year programs, and it wasn't until around 1965 that they were changed to two-year programs. I've looked up various sources, so I'll stick with this one.)
The whole family was overjoyed to have another college student, and they had high hopes for Jiang Yukun.
But it was also in this year that the college entrance examination was cancelled.
Not being able to go to college anymore is definitely a fatal blow to a high school graduate.
In particular, Jiang Yukun's academic performance is very good.
Even his teacher said that with his grades, he could get into his ideal university.
But suddenly such news came, how could he not be disappointed?
However, the overall situation has been determined and cannot be changed by an individual.
It was also because the college entrance examination was cancelled that it was difficult to arrange jobs in the city that year.
Especially in the cities, the practice of sending educated youth to the countryside has already started in some areas in recent years.
So they all ask people to use their connections to arrange jobs for their children.
Although Jiang Yukun has excellent study conditions, this group of high school students can only focus on arrangements in the city for the time being.
This year, Jiang Mengxue and her family took their children back to their hometown to visit relatives.
When she got home, Jiang Dachun had already transferred the work to Jiang Yukun.
Successors like this can only work in the workshop.
Even if you originally worked in an office, it is very likely that someone else would snatch the opportunity away from you when you take over, and give you a spot in the workshop instead.
If you don't have any reliable connections at home, this is the only way you can end up.
But Jiang Yukun can be said to be an excellent high school student.
He will be highly educated for the next ten years.
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