The team leader was excited: "Shen Zhiqing, what's the way? Tell me."
"We're looking for live-in sons-in-law. Our brigade now has many young girls of marriageable age. We won't marry them off, but we can marry them. This way, the brigade's labor crisis can be quickly resolved."
A son-in-law who marries into the wife's family is also called a "reverse son-in-law". Generally, only those whose family is too poor to marry a wife would think of marrying into the wife's family. Anyone with a bit of backbone would not agree to it.
Du Shouquan looked worried after hearing Shen Yunshu's plan:
"I'm afraid no one will come to our brigade to be a live-in son-in-law, unless they are old bachelors who can't find wives. The girls in our brigade are so outstanding and capable, they definitely won't marry old bachelors."
"Who said marrying an old bachelor? The girls in our brigade want to marry the best and most handsome men in the county."
"The son-in-law..."
"They are called live-in sons-in-law, but that's not the case. We don't require them to change their surnames, and the baby they give birth to can also take the man's surname. We only require them to transfer their household registration to our brigade. With our brigade household registration, they will also have a share of the brigade's profits in the future.
The girls in our brigade are right under our noses, so we don't have to worry about them being bullied by their in-laws. If they are really bullied after marriage, we can just kick the man out of our brigade. Divorced girls don't have to worry about not being able to support themselves. At the end of each year, they still have a share of the brigade's income.
Only when a woman has money can she feel confident at home. Shen Yunshu hopes that every girl in the Red Flag Brigade can live happily after getting married.
"Will they agree?"
"Captain, if your son wasn't married yet and there was such a good opportunity right now, would you disagree? You know, our brigade is the richest in the entire commune."
Du Shouquan's eyes lit up. The problem that had troubled him for a long time was finally solved at this moment. He rubbed his hands excitedly:
“Shen Zhiqing, what should we do next?”
"Go to the commune and ask Secretary Ma to organize a matchmaking meeting for unmarried young people. Take the girls from our brigade to choose husbands. We won't accept ugly ones, nor those with too many sons, and definitely not those with unreasonable in-laws..."
"I'll do as you say. I'll go to the commune to see Secretary Ma tomorrow."
"Captain, we need to inform the team members beforehand. I'm afraid some people won't agree."
"No, now everyone in our team listens to you the most. If you hadn't left, I would have given you the title of team leader."
"You're joking. You're the only one who can be the captain of our Red Flag Brigade."
Before leaving, Shen Yunshu gave Du Shouquan a little hint that the policy would be completely relaxed next year, and their chance to make a lot of money had come.
Shen Yunshu had disappeared without a trace, but Du Shouquan's heart was still beating wildly. He couldn't hide his excitement on his face, and he was crying and laughing at the same time.
Guo Feng'e, who was sleeping in the same bed with him, was almost scared to death. She nudged Du Shouquan beside her pillow with her elbow and said, "Old man, what's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing, just go to sleep."
Du Shouquan was increasingly grateful that the educated youth assigned to their brigade was Shen Yunshu. If it had been someone else, their brigade would still be hungry.
However, he was so excited about his future wealthy life that he couldn't sleep, but there was no one to share this joy with.
When Shen Yunshu came home after finishing his work, the two little girls in the bed were still awake.
"Sister, there's hot water in the kettle."
“I understand, you guys go to bed quickly, I’ll go wash up.” After saying that, Shen Yunshu poured some hot water into the enamel washbasin and went out to wash up.
When Shen Yunshu came back after washing up, Huang Qiaolian and Du Fuyao were still awake. Shen Yunshu turned off the kerosene lamp and slept between them.
"Go to sleep quickly, you have school tomorrow morning."
Du Fuyao doesn't have a schoolbag for school, so Shen Yunshu asked Chen Fengying to sew one for her. It should be finished tomorrow, and then the little girl will be able to go to school with the schoolbag.
School bags these days are actually very simple. They are made by sewing two pieces of cloth together, and some are made from fertilizer bags.
Following Shen Yunshu's instructions, Chen Fengying stayed up all night to cut out a piece of cloth sent by her daughter and sewed a small schoolbag for Du Fuyao.
The next day, Chen Fengying didn't even have breakfast. She took the schoolbag she had made overnight and went to Shen Yunshu's house and gave the schoolbag to Du Fuyao.
"Thank you, auntie." Du Fuyao was very happy after getting a new schoolbag.
Chen Fengying said with a stern face, "If you want to thank someone, thank your sister-in-law. She saved you and sent you to the countryside to study. You must not be an ungrateful person in the future. You must learn to be grateful."
Du Fuyao said firmly, "Aunt, I will study hard and repay you in the future."
Chen Fengying smiled when she heard Du Fuyao's promise: "You are a good girl. If anyone bullies you in the future, just call me your aunt."
"Thank you, auntie."
They had breakfast at the Wan family. After breakfast, Wan Xinyu took Huang Qiaolian and Du Fuyao to school.
Shen Yunshu was worried that Du Shouquan could not deal with Secretary Ma, so he borrowed Wan Xinyu's bicycle and took Du Shouquan to the commune.
Secretary Ma was very happy to see Shen Yunshu. He took Shen Yunshu aside and talked to him for a long time, most of which were related to the construction of the commune.
Secretary Ma hoped to hear something useful for the development of the commune from Shen Yunshu, and Shen Yunshu did not disappoint him. He combined modern development and expressed some unique insights.
Secretary Ma suddenly understood, shook Shen Yunshu's hand and thanked him, but then thought it was impolite and immediately let go of his hand.
“Shen Zhiqing, I’m just too excited, I don’t mean anything else, don’t get me wrong.”
Shen Yunshu said: "It's okay. We came here today to ask the commune to organize a matchmaking conference for unmarried young people, to bring together those young talents and unmarried girls, so that they can get to know each other better and increase the marriage rate in our commune."
Secretary Ma thought about it carefully, felt that this was feasible, and agreed.
Seeing that their goal had been achieved, Shen Yunshu and Du Shouquan immediately found an excuse to go back, and Secretary Ma couldn't stop them.
After leaving the commune gate, Du Shouquan said excitedly: "Shen Zhiqing, I'm so grateful to have you by my side today, otherwise that old fox Lao Ma wouldn't have agreed so quickly."
"The young men in the team who are still unmarried should also take this opportunity to look for someone and get married right away if they find the right one."
"I'll do as you say."
So, Shen Yunshu carried Du Shouquan on his back and hurried back.
At night, Du Shouquan knocked on the half of the old railway track under the big locust tree again to call everyone in the team over.
Everyone stared at Shen Yunshu on the steps with burning eyes, and someone took out a handful of homemade roasted pumpkin seeds from his pocket and stuffed them into Shen Yunshu's hand.
"Chen Zhiqing, you look so thin. You need to eat more. When you go back this time, I will kill the old hen we feed at home. You can take it back and have your mother-in-law cook it for you."
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