Jijia Village is developing and also needs some talents, which forms a virtuous circle.
At this moment, the new educated youth saw four people talking to Ji Xia and asked the old educated youth, "Is that Comrade Ji Xia?"
"Yes, she is Comrade Ji Xia. She has gone to Beijing now. I don't know why she came back this time." said the old educated youth.
"I heard that our village is going to build a factory, and the commune is also going to build a factory."
The person who was speaking was a newly arrived educated youth, He Xiang. He had just come out for something and happened to meet Ji Changgeng and three others coming out of the brigade headquarters. They were talking about the construction of a fertilizer plant and a pesticide plant.
Since they were talking without avoiding each other, He Xiang would know it sooner or later anyway, so he just said it. Who doesn't want to be the focus of everyone's attention? Sure enough, as soon as he said it, the educated youth gathered around him, and everyone was very surprised.
"Is it true?"
The new educated youth all came in July and have a six-month internship. Now they are all temporary workers, with a monthly salary of 18 yuan. They don’t have to work in the fields, but do odd jobs in the factory. They do all the hard and tiring work. Who doesn’t want to be a formal worker?
However, there are limited formal job positions in the shoe factory. If they cannot stay in the shoe factory, they have to find ways to go to the county town to work in the factory, which is quite troublesome and expensive.
If Jijia Village sets up another factory, they will definitely be able to become regular employees because of their proximity to the water.
Sure enough, trying my best to come to Jijia Village was the wisest decision I made in my life.
As soon as the educated youth arrived at the canteen, some people were already talking about setting up a factory. The new educated youth quickly gathered around and heard someone asking Ji Xiaozu, "Captain, do we really want to set up a factory in our village?"
"Yes, Xia Xia said that it is too difficult for us to apply for fertilizer. Without fertilizer, we can't produce much grain from the fields after working hard all year round. It is not worth it to work hard for a year and then go hungry. We might as well set up a fertilizer plant to increase the income of the village, and we can also harvest more grain from our own fields!" Ji Xiaozu smiled from ear to ear.
"This is truly a great blessing! Xia Xia has appeared in our village. It's like... a golden phoenix has flown out of a chicken coop. The whole village will benefit from it!"
"Isn't it? You see, we have such a good life thanks to Xia Xia! If it weren't for Xia Xia, we wouldn't be like Team 5. This year, I've even made two new sets of clothes."
"Two new sets of clothes are nothing. I haven't been hungry this year. I'm so scared that I can't close my eyes every night because I'm afraid I'll wake up and find it was all a dream."
"Hahaha, you too! What are you afraid of? We've already had such a good year. From now on, things will only get better and better."
"That's right. I've gained several pounds this year, and the clothes I wore last year can no longer fit into me. I don't have to work very hard, but I can still eat my fill. This is truly an unexpectedly good life."
"Take advantage of Xia Xia!"
The new educated youth were also happy when they received the accurate news. They each made plans to work harder in the future and strive to be converted to regular employees as soon as possible.
Ji Xia said to the four old educated youth, "I don't know either. I'll ask my mom later what they plan to do with this house."
In the past, the Ji family's house was considered pretty good in the village. After the autumn harvest this year, Ji Changgeng brought in several carts of blue bricks, and almost every household in the family was built with blue bricks and tiles. Ji Xia's house, on the other hand, looked gray.
Shang Zhikun also heard about the factory and was a little worried. "If we build a factory, who will help us build a house? Building a house is getting really expensive now. If we want to build one, we can only go to other villages to hire people. I'm afraid that by then everyone in the nearby villages will be requisitioned to build the factory, and we may not be able to hire anyone to build our house."
Ji Xia soothed him, "Why would we need so many people? Building a factory will only take two or three months at most. It's winter now, and everything is frozen. At most, we can just prepare the materials and wait until spring comes and the ground thaws before we can build it."
"Ah, then the winter wheat in the field won't be able to fertilize in time?" Chen Suhua was extremely worried. What's the use of having money now? They still can't buy food. So, the food in the field is still the key.
There was still a lot of fertilizer in Jixia's space. It was useless for her to keep it, and she couldn't sell it on the black market like food. She planned to give some to the village to ensure increased food production.
Ji Changgeng came out to invite Ji Xia to dinner. There were several dishes on the innermost table, including chicken stewed with mushrooms, braised pork, cabbage stewed with vermicelli, dried beans stewed with pork ribs, and a pig-killing dish. The staple food was white flour buns.
Two terms of village leaders and several elders accompanied Ji Xia for dinner.
There were no such delicious dishes on the other tables. There was only one pig-killing dish, which was cabbage stewed with vermicelli and beans stewed with pork ribs, but there were fewer pork ribs and more beans.
Although two pigs were killed, there were too many people.
The staple food is steamed buns made of two-grain flour.
Even so, it is much better than life in other villages.
Xia Ying was also a new educated youth from Shanghai. Today she was working in the factory lacing shoes. She was quite slow and when she finished her work everyone had left. She hurried over alone and squeezed herself onto the table with the new educated youth.
No one likes her. She is not good at anything. She always wants to be the first to eat. She likes to take advantage of others. She is petty and has little ability, but she is always competitive.
"Xia Ying, there are so many seats left. Why are you here instead of going to another table?"
Yang Lin and she were high school classmates, and she was very annoyed with her. She almost pushed Yang Lin off the table, Yang Lin said angrily.
"Which table should I go to? Are you chasing me away? We are all from the educated youth camp, you are destroying our unity." Xia Ying was so angry that she stood up suddenly and glanced at the secretary's table.
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