Ji Xia has already put the blame on Factory 21, the steel plant, the tractor factory, and the electronics factory.
Anyway, no one would verify such things, and even if it was exposed in the future, she wouldn't care, because she was the chief engineer of these factories.
In the eyes of those factory managers, her behavior fully represents the factory.
Although students still go to school now, schools basically do not teach anything useful. They just memorize quotations, and learn the basics of agriculture and industry, as well as labor. Compared with the extremely competitive teaching in later generations, it is hard to say whether today's students are lucky or unfortunate.
Ji Xia certainly would not allow such a thing to happen. She built the school herself, and she was determined that students could learn some useful knowledge. So, she paid the teachers' salaries in the name of the production team.
"30 kilograms of rice and two kilograms of meat per month, ten kilograms of oil and ten feet of cloth per year?" Shang Zhikun was shocked to death. Are primary school teachers treated so well?
You know, teachers nowadays are all ranked as the lowest class. Not only do they have no status at all, but many primary school teachers teach during the slack season and work in the fields during the busy season.
"That's right. The production team will keep track of work points, and you can get money at the end of the year." Ji Xia said with a smile, "Are you interested?"
How could there not be?
Liang Yunyue and the other three felt that eating meat was no longer tasty and asked, "What are the requirements for being a teacher?"
"Being responsible is paramount. You must be well-educated, be able to teach, and have good character. The production team will select students. Initially, we'll see if there are two classes. However, elementary schools are run for five years, so we'll definitely have at least five classes in the future."
When the four people heard this, they were very happy, because even if they were not selected this time, there would definitely be at least five or six teachers for the five classes in the future. As long as they were willing to work hard, they would definitely be selected in the future.
The reason why Ji Xia told them this news was probably to let them prepare in advance, so that they would have more confidence.
"What about road construction?" Chen Zhigang was more concerned about this than running a school.
Ji Xia wanted to train these four people, so he simply led them to expand their thinking. "Have you ever heard the saying, 'If you want to get rich, you must first build roads?'"
The four of them shook their heads.
Shang Zhikun thought for a moment, "This sentence makes a lot of sense."
"The country is currently promoting industrial development, and some factories in the county are looking to export high-tech products. For example, the Ministry of Commerce has granted a quota of 2,000 machine tools to Factory 21, but the orders were snapped up before the products were even released."
The four people were definitely unaware of this news, and they were so engrossed in hearing it that they even forgot to eat their meat.
"Is this true? Is it a high-tech product?" Shang Zhikun asked in surprise. Compared to Ji Xia, they were more like frogs in a well.
"That's right!" Ji Xia said, "If nothing unexpected happens, foreign cargo ships will arrive at the East and West Wharves in the spring of next year to haul goods. In the future, we will have more and more connections with the outside world. We can't just focus on farming forever. Once science and technology develop, who will still use manual labor to farm in the future?"
Chen Suhua nodded desperately, "Xia Xia, what you said makes a lot of sense. I didn't expect our country's industrial technology to develop so fast. It's great!"
Liang Yunyue also said, "The last time I went to the county, I heard that a research institute was researching an automatic cooking pot, called an electric rice cooker. You put water and rice in the pot, plug it in, and it will cook by itself. When it's cooked, it will automatically trip the circuit breaker to keep it warm, so you can eat it whenever you want."
"Ah, there is this? It's amazing!" Chen Suhua said in surprise.
"Indeed, it should be ready for research and development and production soon," Ji Xia said. "So, in the future, we'll not only need a large number of talented people, but also very convenient transportation. We're very close to the county. Once agriculture becomes mechanized, farming won't require so many people. With the freeing up of labor, we can also set up a factory nearby to further process the agricultural products. The roads must be repaired."
"Really? Xia Xia, you said that agricultural products need deep processing. Do we have to set up a processing plant?" Liang Yunyue asked.
"At least we need to build a processing plant. It's so hard to get rice these days. We can only grind a few grains of rice a day with a rice mill. And using a stone mill to grind flour is very labor-intensive, both in terms of quality and labor."
The more Ji Xia thought about it, the more he felt that all the manpower was wasted on these inefficient things.
But after hearing what Ji Xia said, the four people felt that tomorrow would be particularly bright.
As he was speaking, a scream was heard, followed by a loud noise mixed with curses. After identifying the direction, Shang Zhikun suddenly stood up and ran towards the backyard.
There is a door in the backyard that leads to the cowshed at the back.
Ji Xia felt something strange, but this was not the time to explore these things, so she hurriedly ran over and quickly passed Shang Zhikun. After going out of the backyard, she saw a lot of people standing in the cowshed, some of whom were wearing red armbands.
There were several people lying on the ground with gray hair and very thin clothes. They had suffered so much that people were afraid to judge their age by their appearance.
A pile of pots, pans, and several messy quilts were also thrown on the snow, and wooden stools and wooden tables were scattered on the ground, with limbs missing.
The few people on the ground were not only in a mess, but their bodies were curled up like shrimp balls and trembling in pain.
They have lost their human dignity and have truly become ants.
Ji Xia really couldn't stand the idea of killing people, so she tried not to come to the cowshed and always wanted to take a detour.
A man with a red armband kicked the ground, and the man rolled several times on the ground before falling headfirst into a cow dung pit, his head and face covered in cow dung.
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