Chapter 79: Funding
"Today is only the 2nd, it will take several days for the salary to be paid."
Chen Fengxia explained, "Usually, it's sent on the 5th or 6th of every month. If it falls on a Sunday, it might be delayed until the 7th or 8th. But it won't be later than the 10th at the latest!"
"So, did we get a salary of over thirty yuan?" Zheng Wenjing asked excitedly. "At that time, the Corps came to our neighborhood to recruit people and said that the monthly salary would be over thirty yuan!"
"There should be," Yun Qiao said, "I checked with the Shanghai Subdistrict Office, and they also found out that the funding is about the same."
"Yes." Chen Fengxia is an experienced person. She has been in Beidahuang for more than a year and has received nearly 400 yuan in salary.
"The monthly salary for us educated youth in the Corps is 32 yuan, and in the winter we get an additional 9 yuan in cold-weather allowance, so the total is 41 yuan."
"Wow! That's a lot of money! Over 40 yuan! I can't even spend it all!" Zheng Wenjing jumped up and down happily. "Hahahaha, once I get my salary, I'm going to go to the public's state-owned restaurant to have a meal! I've been here for over half a month and haven't even had a bite of minced meat. I'm so craving it!"
As Zheng Wenjing spoke, her mouth was almost drooling.
After hearing what Zheng Wenjing said, Yun Qiao also felt a little greedy.
Like Zheng Wenjing, she hasn't seen any meat since she came to the fifth company.
Braised pork, pork elbow, sweet and sour spare ribs, braised carp... I want to eat them all.
Ahhhh, never mind!
When she gets her salary, she also wants to have a meal at the public state-owned restaurant!
"Hang, ah, ah, let's all hang!"
Another four or five days passed, and on the sixth day of the Gregorian calendar, which was the fourth day of the lunar calendar, the salary was finally distributed!
Communicator Lu Xun came to the educated youth compound to pass on the message, asking all the educated youth to gather in the team headquarters yard.
By the time Yun Qiao and the others arrived, the quartermaster who was in charge of finance and logistics for the fifth company was already waiting in the yard of the team headquarters.
In front of the quartermaster was a table on which were the names and capital of the educated youth. Behind him was a horse-drawn cart filled with clothes and shoes.
Company Commander Yang asked all the educated youth to line up in the yard, and when everyone was present, he began to call the roll.
Whoever's name is called steps out of line and goes to the front to receive their stipend, which includes not only money but also various coupons.
Each educated youth was given a set of cotton-padded clothes and trousers, a pair of large-toed shoes with fleece lining, a cotton overcoat, and a cotton hat made of shearling.
They are all military green, the same style as military uniforms, but without collar badges and cap badges.
On the day their wages were distributed, all the educated youth became agitated.
Fortunately, the company leaders understood the educated youth’s restless mood. With a wave of their hands, they announced that they would have a day off.
The educated youth cheered, and Yun Qiao was also a little excited.
At night, Zheng Wenjing was so excited that she couldn't sleep. She pulled Yun Qiao to talk about this and that. Yun Qiao could still follow her for a few words at first, but later she was too sleepy to open her eyes and fell asleep as soon as she closed her eyes.
When I opened my eyes again, I was woken up by Zheng Wenjing.
"Yun Qiao, wake up quickly, it's time to go to bed!"
Yun Qiao opened his eyelids with difficulty and met Zheng Wenjing's bright almond eyes and radiant beautiful face.
"Why are you up so early today?"
Yun Qiao was extremely surprised. After all, Zheng Wenjing was never very active in getting out of bed during her early morning hours; she was always very good at staying in bed.
Zheng Wenjing went to bed even later than me yesterday, so why is she so energetic this morning? And I look so tired?
This is too weird.
"Wenjing, don't tell me you didn't sleep all night?"
"When I fell asleep, I kept thinking about the braised pork. I woke up after a while, and woke up again after a while. I woke up several times in one night, and the more I woke up, the more energetic I felt."
Speaking of braised pork, Zheng Wenjing swallowed uncontrollably and urged, "Yun Qiao, hurry up and get up. We have to go to the regiment headquarters first. I've asked around, and there's a public bus there. If you're late, you won't be able to catch it."
Yun Qiao resigned himself to his fate and got up to start getting dressed. As he did so, he asked, "Wen Jing, what time does the bus to the regiment leave?"
"Not sure, probably between nine and ten."
Zheng Wenjing said, "I heard from Sister Wei Xing that the bus leaves from the field headquarters and first takes people from the field headquarters to the regiment headquarters, and then takes people back to the field headquarters. The time is not fixed. If the bus comes early, it will leave early, and if it comes late, it will leave late. We'd better go to the regiment headquarters early to wait for the bus, so as not to miss it."
"good."
After Yun Qiao finished washing up, it was still dark outside, and the female educated youth were already dressed and ready.
Yun Qiao was about to say, "Are you guys going to be idle if you don't eat?"
Then she heard Zheng Wenjing urging her again: "Yun Qiao, hurry up! Sister Wei Xing said that the regiment cafeteria has meat buns for sale! They're only one yuan each and there's a lot of meat in them! Let's hurry up! Let's go to the regiment to eat meat buns!"
When Yun Qiao heard this, he quickly put on his hat, wrapped himself in a scarf and gloves, and joined them.
There were seven people in their team, including Yun Qiao, Zheng Wenjing and Wang Ru, three new educated youth, as well as four old educated youth including Chen Fengxia and Wei Xing.
Facing the cold wind and fog in the early morning, the seven female educated youth hurried on their way.
On the way, Chen Fengxia and Yun Qiao said that the four of them wanted to buy frostbite cream, and they wanted to buy all the medicinal materials they needed from the field office together this time.
Yun Qiao nodded in agreement.
She didn't say anything, mainly because the wind was so strong that she couldn't hear her soft voice, and shouting was too tiring. She was also hungry and had no desire to chat.
The seven of them braved the cold wind and thick fog as they continued their journey. Halfway through, Yun Qiao suddenly heard the sound of carriage bells and the clatter of horse hooves behind them.
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