Chapter 150: Chat
The villagers actually hoped that the educated youth would stay and continue to teach the children, but after Li Dequan said something to everyone at the meeting, no one tried to persuade them to stay.
"They are children who have left their hometowns and have relatives at home who care about them. If they get into college, their future will be bright. We cannot delay their reunion with their relatives and their bright future for our own selfish reasons."
In the end, two educated youth who went to the countryside earlier and were older failed to get into the teachers' college with the lowest admission score. Li Dequan went to the commune in person and asked for two letters of recommendation and sent them on the train.
"Xiao Yi, do you know that Linkou Commune is recruiting substitute teachers?"
Second aunt Zhao Qin took off her apron and sat next to Zhao Yi to chat with him.
"I heard from them that all the educated youth in the village have left, and there are no teachers to teach the students. The county doesn't have that many teachers to send over for the time being, so they are thinking of recruiting high school graduates from the city who didn't pass the entrance exam to take over for a while, and then send them over when there are enough teachers in the county."
Zhao Yi nodded to indicate that he knew about it.
“Is it true that they only give us 12 yuan a month, and that the food is supplied by the brigade?”
Lu Shaowen was a little curious.
"It's true. Wangou Village and Zhangjia Village are both large chicken-raising villages. The dividends are several dozen yuan a year. They won't lie about the salary of a substitute teacher."
Zhao Yi nodded and said.
The money was not only paid by the two villages, but also by the commune. The commune had some income from the coal mine, so it was considered a relatively wealthy commune, so the salary would definitely not be low.
As for the welfare, the most common ones are probably eggs, and there will be meat as well, probably at the end of every year. After all, those educated youth who are substitute teachers will have some, and at the end of the year each person can get a pound of pork to satisfy their hunger.
Or the educated youth could raise pigs collectively in the educated youth compound, but of course the pigs had to be handed over to the slaughterhouse.
Zhao Yi remembered that there was one time when the village distributed pork to everyone on an unrelated festival day. That time, the group of people in the educated youth compound suffered from vomiting and diarrhea for the entire day.
Two pigs suddenly died in the village pig farm. Li Dequan asked people from the slaughterhouse to come and check. After confirming that they died of illness, he allowed the villagers to slaughter the pigs and share the meat.
Those people were very happy when they first got the pork, but when they finished eating the pork and came to ask about it and found out that the pigs had died of disease, their faces changed immediately.
After I got back, I started feeling nauseous and wanted to vomit.
Everyone in the village was fine after eating.
Zhao Yi had not been at his second aunt's house for an hour when his younger aunt Zhao Yu and her younger uncle came over.
"You will spend the New Year at your second aunt's place, and the first day of the New Year at my place."
My sister-in-law Zhao Yu arranged it.
"Okay, I'll listen to my aunt."
Zhao Yi smiled.
"Then let's make a deal. If I don't see you, I'll chase you to the whole region to get rid of you."
The aunt laughed.
After his aunt left, Zhao Yi remembered the gift he had prepared for her, and hurriedly picked up the gift and chased after her.
He returned to the yard and took out two red envelopes he had prepared and handed them to Lu Aiguo and Lu Ting.
The two were so happy to receive the red envelopes.
He shouted that he would invite Zhao Yi to see a movie when he went to the district after the New Year.
"Stop yelling in the house and come over to help prepare dinner for tonight."
The second aunt was particularly pleased to see her child being so close to her nephew.
The two of them smiled and ran to the kitchen to help cook.
When Zhao Yi wanted to lend a hand, he was stopped by his uncle.
"You are a guest now. It's no big deal if I ask you to do something. Let's sit down and drink some tea and listen to the radio. It's rare to have a day or two of rest."
The second uncle laughed.
"Xiao Yi, do you think our salaries will increase after retirement?"
The second uncle looked at Zhao Yi and asked.
"I think so."
Zhao Yi said uncertainly.
In fact, Zhao Yi knew that the retirement salary would increase after everything was perfected, but not now. The salary of retired workers is determined according to the factory's income, and the normal retirement salary is 70%.
Just like Zhao Yi is now at retirement age and his monthly salary is 36 yuan, then the monthly salary he will receive after retirement is 25.2 yuan.
This is the case when the department store's income is stable. If it is unstable, it will be more than twenty yuan and will not exceed twenty-five.
But the advantage for workers is that even if you are retired and at home, as long as you report your illness to the factory or unit, the factory or unit will bear most of your medical expenses.
Even if your children cannot take over your job, they will be arranged to work in a nursery, kindergarten, or cooperative hospital.
The factory will take care of you from the time you enter the factory until you grow old.
A retirement pension is only available when one retires at a specified age. It is not possible for someone as young and strong as Zhao Yi to retire and receive a retirement pension.
My second aunt, Lu Shaowen, is not yet of retirement age. As for the fact that my second aunt has no pension, she is just a temporary worker.
For example, if you only get sick during work, the factory will try to reimburse part of the medical expenses.
"At my age, it's still too early for me to retire. I may have to work in the factory for another seven or eight years."
The second uncle laughed.
Factory workers generally retire at the age of 60, and some retire at the age of 55 to make it easier for their children to take over the jobs.
Zhao Yi remembered that these factories in Shanyang County faced a wave of layoffs in the early 1990s. At that time, his second uncle had already reached retirement age and did not have to worry about these problems at all.
Not long after, the second aunt cooked a dish of pickled fish and served it up. Tomorrow was New Year's Eve, so today was considered as a way to accommodate Zhao Yi as a guest, otherwise the fish would have to be killed tomorrow.
"Xiaoyi, this is what I bought at the market this morning. It's very fresh. Try it and see if there's any difference between it and what you made."
Second Aunt asked Lu Ting to help Zhao Yi serve a bowl of rice and then persuaded him with a smile.
"Yes, Second Aunt's cooking skills are much better than mine."
Zhao Yi praised after taking a bite of the fish.
"You little brat just knows how to make me happy. You're a better fish cook than I am."
Second Aunt said happily.
There is a big river passing through Shanyang County, so you don't need a receipt to eat fish here, which is much more convenient than in other places.
Most of the fish in the area's seafood markets are supplied by Sanyo Prefecture.
"Xiaoyi, does your department store have any internal welfare, that is, a TV?"
Second Aunt suddenly asked.
"The TVs in the department store do not have any internal benefits. For example, if you buy a defective or broken TV, you can return it. Those returned TVs must be sent back. The department store cannot keep them privately."
Zhao Yi explained.
Televisions are rare, not as common as radios.
Unless it is a factory that produces televisions, the office staff in those units will have such internal consumption, and those that are sent back with only some minor defects will be sold to those people in the unit at a low price by the factory.
As for the department store, it only has the right to sell or repair goods, and returned or exchanged goods must be returned.
Hearing this, Second Aunt nodded.
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