"Okay." Ye Xiaoxin also politely got up and escorted Su Xinyi to the courtyard gate.
Ye Beiping picked up a flashlight and said to Ye Xiaoxin, "Sister, let me see them off. It's so late."
"Go."
After Ye Xiaoxin gave her permission, Ye Beiping left with the two girls.
On rural roads at night, you can only hear your own footsteps and heartbeat, along with the sound of some families keeping dogs.
As the three of them approached the educated youth settlement, Su Xinyi suddenly asked, "Ye Beiping, you'll be going to the city in the future, right?"
Ye Beiping was a little taken aback by the question.
"Maybe... If I were given the chance, I definitely wouldn't let it go. Not just me, but I would also take my sister and my mom to the city to see it. The future development will definitely be in the cities. The era of rural areas is over. I believe that in the future, it's only a matter of time before farmers move to the city."
Su Xinyi frowned slightly: "How can you be so sure?"
These words not only piqued her curiosity, but Deng Huiling also asked in surprise, "But aren't people with rural household registrations not allowed to enter the city?"
"hehe."
Ye Beiping smiled, turned around and walked backwards, explaining, "Just because it's not possible now doesn't mean it won't be possible in the future. Take the educated youth going to the countryside, for example. Perhaps it was due to policy considerations at the time, but it's no longer necessary now, is it?"
"Agriculture is developing, cultural levels are rising, and the economy is about to start developing, so shouldn't you educated youth be put to more important purposes?"
"For example, economic development requires building many factories. At the very least, factories need knowledgeable people to operate their machines, right? Or, with more factories, there will be more children of factory workers, and schools will also increase. Does that mean there will be a shortage of teachers in cities?"
"Furthermore, as you probably know, university entrance exams were introduced last year, right? So why was the college entrance exam reinstated? This is very important information. Our country lacks sufficient knowledge reserves, and there's a shortage of educated young people in the industrial workforce, yet these people are all doing farm work in the countryside. Isn't that a loss for the country?"
The more Su Xinyi talked, the brighter her eyes became, and Deng Huiling was also filled with hope.
They originally thought it would take three to five years before they could return to the city.
Now, after hearing Ye Beiping's words, it seems that the hope of returning to the city is just around the corner.
Deng Huiling thought about it carefully and pouted, "But I heard there are tens of millions of us educated youth who went to the countryside. If so many people return to the city all at once, will they all be able to find jobs?"
If you don't have a job, wouldn't that just be a burden on your family?
Perhaps for a family like Su Xinyi's, which comes from a scholarly background, having one more person to eat or one less to eat is not important, but for Deng Huiling's working-class family, it is very important.
Besides, people in this era usually have several children, not just one.
Ye Beiping smiled, turned around and saw that they had arrived at the educated youth settlement courtyard. He stopped and said, "So do you understand what I just said about the inevitable trend? When the employment supply system has problems, most people in the country will have to find other ways to make a living. The era of guaranteed jobs will be over. The era in which the country supports you and you also contribute to the country will be over."
"What?" Deng Huiling frowned and scolded, "Ye Beiping, don't spread harmful information. This will have a very bad impact on us."
"All right."
Ye Beiping pursed his lips and spread his hands, saying, "Since you don't believe me, then I won't say anything more."
"Hmph. Xinyi, let's go."
Su Xinyi glanced at Ye Beiping and said to Deng Huiling, "Huiling, you go in first. I have another question for Ye Beiping."
"Xinyi, you... alright." Deng Huiling paused for a moment, then realized that she had eaten someone's food, and that being impolite would make her seem ill-mannered.
After Deng Huiling left, Ye Beiping asked with a smile, "Xinyi, is there anything you want to ask me? I promise to answer everything I know."
"Cough cough."
Su Xinyi coughed awkwardly, looked up and asked curiously, "When you say there's a problem with the job supply system, does that mean that once the tens of millions of educated youth return to the city, there won't be enough units to take us in, and we'll become unemployed?"
“That’s right.” Facing Su Xinyi, Ye Beiping made no attempt to hide his feelings and nodded directly.
"But why are you still recruiting us educated youth back to the city? Don't you think that's contradictory?" Su Xinyi frowned, not understanding at all.
Ye Beiping smiled, turned off his flashlight and then turned it back on, saying, "You may not understand now, but I believe in our country. I love my country, and I trust my country very much. Let me put it this way, do you know how many years behind our country's industrial base is compared to other countries? In terms of GDP, we have already been declining in the last two years, so if we want to seek a breakthrough, we can only find a way by leveraging our population advantage."
"Wait... what did you say? What GDP?" Su Xinyi couldn't keep up with Ye Beiping's train of thought.
Ultimately, she's just a high school student, so her information in this area is still very limited.
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