Chapter 59 Chapter 59…

The woman turned around and walked towards the restroom beside the venue. Just then, several female comrades came out, including Teacher Dong from Dongfanghong Primary School and Teacher Hu from Xinxiang Commune.

Teacher Dong looked gloomy and wiped her hands with a handkerchief. Teacher Hu glanced at her and thought that Dongfanghong Primary School had a good reputation, but in the end, it was just like their Xinxiang Commune Primary School, and could only get an excellent award for equal treatment. She didn't say that.

"I don't know what the judges did this time. I think they have no vision. It's not surprising that some of the good schools in the province and the city are outstanding, but two children from the Dadu Primary School both won second prizes. This is too outrageous. And what about the Liuqiao Commune Primary School? Don't we know what their level is? Can they be higher than you if they cram for the last minute?"

Teacher Dong: "I asked someone and they said that the paintings of the three students from Liuqiao Commune are very innovative. The judges' evaluation is that they are still a little lacking in basic skills, but they have good natural talents."

She was actually very unconvinced. It was not surprising that their county-level primary school could not get a good ranking in the provincial competition. It is a very honorable thing to win an award for excellence, but this year Liuqiao Commune has two second prizes and one third prize. This comparison shows that their Dongfanghong Primary School is too bad.

Since the news came out, the school leaders have not been very happy.

Teacher Dong, as a teacher, is naturally under great pressure. She also blames the judges in her heart. Aura is something ethereal. Isn't the most important thing to consider in judging the awards the painting skills? The children she teaches have a solid foundation.

And Liuqiao Commune, isn't it deliberately embarrassing their Dongfanghong Primary School by showing up like this?

But she is a shrewd person and will not be as outspoken as Teacher Hu.

Teacher Dong didn't want to say more, so she just left on the pretext of having something to do. The other people didn't want to get involved in such a sensitive topic, so they left quickly.

The woman then walked over from the corner and said, "Sister, about the regularization..."

Teacher Hu quickly glared at her and said, "Let's talk about it when we get home!"

She didn't pay much attention to what she said, but that was a normal thing. She wasn't a fool. Could she talk about this outside?

This teacher Hu was called Hu Qiaodan, and the woman was her biological sister, Hu Qiaoqin.

Hu Qiaoqin said anxiously, "What are you going to say? I just heard that people in Liuqiao Commune said that their commune secretary asked the county head for an extra quota for regularization, and wanted to give it to Shen Moer! Didn't Ke Hongwen say that there is only one flexible quota for regularization in the whole county this year, and she took it. What should I do?!"

Hu Qiaoqin is a private teacher in Xinxiang Commune. In fact, her job as a private teacher was arranged by Hu Qiaodan's man. Hu Qiaoqin's grades were not good, so she was not good at teaching students. Fortunately, people didn't value grades these days, so she could get by in school.

But it was a bit difficult to get a regular job.

However, since Hu Qiaodan's man could arrange for her to be a private school teacher, he could naturally find a way to make her a regular teacher.

Hu Qiaodan's man is Ying Yongfei. He has a good relationship with Ke Hongwen, who is in charge of the regularization of private school teachers. For Ke Hongwen, as long as there are enough regularization quotas, it is not difficult to help. But the problem is that the number of private school teachers has increased in recent years, but the number of regularization quotas has decreased. With limited resources, Ke Hongwen can't help casually.

It was not easy to get an extra flexible quota this year. The Hu sisters have no idea how many connections they have made. Seeing that the duck was about to fall into their pockets, who knew that Shen Moer, a Cheng Yaojin, would appear halfway?

Hu Qiaodan's face suddenly became ugly.

She had spent countless efforts, money, time and favors to help Hu Qiaoqin get a permanent job. Otherwise, how could she have been so supportive of Ke Hongwen when she went to the provincial capital to participate in the competition? She was just thinking of taking the opportunity to build relationships.

But she was intercepted again.

Not only was she intercepted, but it was intercepted by a little girl like Shen Moer.

Hu Qiaoqin was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood.

Although there were only some quarrels during work, Hu Qiaoqin had always been very self-righteous because her husband worked in the county education bureau. She was arrogant in her words and deeds, especially in their Xinxiang Commune Primary School. Even the principal had to give her some face. So Shen Moer had cut her face in public several times, and she was very resentful.

She didn't think that she was the first to provoke without reason every time. She thought that Shen Moer's rebuttal was not giving her face and deliberately picking on her.

However, Hu Qiaodan thought about it and said, "We don't know what's going on yet. Let's ask Ke Hongwen first. The money we spent is not in vain. How can we just say that a quota for regularization is gone? Maybe it's an extra quota. We asked the county governor for it. Maybe the leader approved it specially?"

The two sisters went to find out the news in a hurry.

They didn't just look for Ke Hongwen's relationship, but also some higher-level leaders. After receiving the things, they also gave a definite promise, saying that they would be regularized with others at the end of the year.

So they still held some hope.

However, this time when they went to find someone, the other party was not as firm as before. They only said that they would try their best to help and go to Ke Hongwen again.

Ke Hongwen gave a definite answer. After all, he was in charge of this job. He made it very clear that the county could not have any more quotas. He also said that the county compound did come to their unit to inform them of this matter, but the unit was still discussing it. In

fact, Hu Qiaodan's connections were still useful. People had promised to give her a regular quota, but who knew that the county suddenly took away this quota. As a result, there were naturally differences of opinion within their unit.

The top leader wanted to implement the county's decision, but the second-in-command in charge disagreed and vowed that there was no more room for improvement. The two sides are still wrangling.

The county was not aware of the situation. The county had discussed the matter at a public meeting. Besides, the county had won two provincial second-class awards at once. This achievement was indeed worthy of a regularization quota, and improving the salary to keep excellent talents in the teaching team. There was nothing wrong with

that. So this wrangling matter was still hidden inside the Education Bureau. The county was unaware of it. Ke Hongwen knew about it because he was in charge of this stall.

Hu Qiaodan gritted her teeth in hatred. If it was someone else, she might not be so angry. It was precisely because the quota fell into Shen Moer's hands that she was even more angry: "No, we can't just give up like this, let's find some connections."

On the other hand, Shen Moer didn't know about these episodes. They all happily took the truck arranged by the commune back to Yangliu Brigade, and were envied and admired by the members who couldn't go to the city.

The meeting in the county was really intensive. After they finished the meeting and received the prizes, they returned home before twelve o'clock.

"You and Xiao Fu cook, I'll clean up."

Shen Shaoyuan ordered as soon as he entered the house. Although it was not yet twelve o'clock, it would be too late if they lit the fire and cooked. Eating was the most important thing in the world, and eating was the most important thing.

Fortunately, they had prepared in advance. They got up early and went to the private plot to cut vegetables. Shen Moer washed and cut vegetables, and Fu Mingze fetched water and lit the fire. The couple cooperated tacitly.

Shen Shaoyuan took apart the two blankets and hung them directly in the yard. This thing was not easy to wash, so he could only dry it in the sun.

Their family took advantage of Shen Moer and Fu Mingze's wedding to secretly buy a lot of things. In order not to be so conspicuous, Shen Shaoyuan also borrowed some from several good colleagues, such as Xu Weiguo, he borrowed 50 yuan and some bills, and other colleagues also borrowed 5 or 10 yuan each, and they bought all the daily necessities for the family in a short time.

But cotton is really too hard to get, even Bao Ge didn't have any, so they only bought two quilts and two mattresses in total. Originally, they were worried that the quilts would not be enough when the weather got cold, but now, with two blankets, it is definitely warm enough.

The new thermos, lunch boxes and so on also need to be boiled and washed, and other things should be put away and unpacked.

Some families might put these good things away first, like a thermos, which is very good to show off during a wedding. But it was different in their family. They used the things they got right away.

Shen Moer cut some bacon and vegetables and cooked a pot of noodles.

The bacon was actually the ham she found in the treasure house before. She cut it into pieces and put it away. The noodles were bought while buying things for the wedding. Anyway, countless things were bought during the wedding days, and many things were given by those who came to the wedding. These things were all placed in Shen Shaoyuan's house, and Fu Mingze was not aware of it.

Moreover, Fu Mingze knew that his father-in-law had gone hungry outside, and he just thought that the father and daughter were too hungry before, so now they would rather borrow money to buy things.

The noodles were quickly cooked, and the family of three sat down to eat them. The noodle soup had the aroma of bacon, which was very tempting.

"Xiao Fu, have you replied to your family?" Shen Shaoyuan asked while eating noodles.

It was impossible not to tell his family about such a big thing as marriage. When Fu Mingze went to the countryside, his files were altered. His parents were ordinary workers in the capital. His mother was in poor health, and his father's salary was not high. He also had a grandmother who was often sick, and there seemed to be a young brother. In short, you can tell from the files that the family should have been sent to the hospital if they had some money.

The brigade knew some of these situations. When Fu Mingze and Shen Moer were preparing to get married, Zhou Mancang also told Shen Shaoyuan quietly.

Although the brigade said that they would treat members and educated youth equally, they would definitely be more biased towards members behind the scenes, so Zhou Mancang took the initiative to tell Shen Shaoyuan about Fu Mingze's family situation.

Shen Shaoyuan knew that his family was poor, but he didn't care and didn't expect his family to give him any dowry. Didn't they say that he gave 80 yuan as a gift when he went to the countryside.

But a few days ago, Fu Mingze said that his family heard that he was getting married and sent him a banknote. He used this money to buy a watch for Shen Moer.

Shen Shaoyuan asked Fu Mingze to write a letter to thank his family and ask if his parents had any difficulties.

Two of their family members now have jobs, and they live in the countryside, so their daily expenses are actually fine. What's more, they actually have a treasure trove. If that doesn't work, they can just get some gold and exchange it for money.

Now that Fu Mingze and Shen Moer are married, if the in-laws have any difficulties, they are willing to help within their ability.

Especially since their family was in such a difficult situation, they really didn't care about their children's marriage without even mentioning it. Instead, they even sent money invoices, which shows that the family members are still very good.

When people get along with each other, there are always comings and goings. People are reasonable and restrained, so Shen Shaoyuan is naturally willing to have a good relationship with others.

Fu Mingze held his chopsticks for a moment, shook his head and said, "Not yet."

Shen Shaoyuan nodded and didn't ask again.

After dinner, the family of three took their leave in the afternoon, some went to work, and some went to work.

After work in the evening, Shen Moer hurried home to cook, while Fu Mingze carried a hoe to go to the private plot.

Fu Mingze is now tending the family's private plot. Originally, their family's private plot was the worst among the nearby plots of land. Since Fu Mingze took over, it has surpassed the others and has grown better than others.

The villagers are amazed. When Fu Zhiqing first went to the countryside, he didn't know how to farm. In just over a year, the vegetable plot he tended is better than the one taken by the old hands in the village. Isn't it amazing?

Zhou Mancang said that the educated youth had built a compost pond and some kind of experimental field. The villagers didn't take it seriously at first. Every time the agricultural technicians from the commune came to the countryside, they always told them to learn scientific farming. None of the old farmers who had worked in the fields all their lives would listen. Those kids were just talking big. How many acres of land had they planted?

But seeing that the private plot of Shen Laoqi's family was growing better and better every day, some people couldn't sit still.

Every household had only a small private plot. With the same area of ​​land and the same cabbage, your family could harvest 500 kilograms, while my family could only harvest 350 kilograms. That meant my family had lost 150 kilograms!

This was a matter of food, and it was no small matter for the old farmers.

Someone asked Fu Mingze what was going on. Fu Mingze answered honestly that he brought some books on agricultural technology when he came from the capital, and he learned everything from the books. Some

people also asked why he hadn't done any experimental fields since he brought books. Fu Mingze was calm: "I didn't finish reading the books, and I didn't know how to farm."

The fact is that he had never read these books before.

These books were prepared by his elders when he went to the countryside. The elders thought that since he was going to the countryside to work in the fields and do a lot of things, he should study the knowledge of agricultural technology. The books were very complete, and there were some materials that were difficult for ordinary people to collect, which were some of the most cutting-edge theories in China.

However, as soon as Fu Mingze arrived at Yangliu Brigade, he realized that the elders were still too idealistic like intellectuals. There was still a big gap between actual farming and the theories in books. Moreover, the old farmers who had been farming for decades would not listen to him, a kid who had never farmed before.

Besides, the personnel in the educated youth point were complicated. For example, Shi Wei, Fu Mingze saw from the beginning that this person was not simple. For example, Yang Qingqing, for some reason, always stared at him. Fu Mingze wanted to keep a low profile, so he naturally could not stand out in such matters.

If he showed from the beginning that he wanted to lead the villagers to increase grain production, not to mention others, Zhang Zhiqiang might regard him as a thorn in his side.

Besides, Fu Mingze really had no ideals and ambitions in this regard.

He has good academic performance and is somewhat interested in physics and chemistry, but when it comes to agriculture, he actually doesn't have much interest in it.

After all, I have had very little exposure to it since I was a child.

So Fu Mingze directly put a large bag of books and materials in the brigade headquarters.

Zhou Mancang heard that Fu Mingze also brought a large bag of farming books and materials when he went to the countryside, and he had a good impression of him. Zhou Mancang could only recognize a few words and was definitely not good at reading books, but he still admired educated people and cherished these books and materials. He specially found a box to pack them and put them in a storage room in the brigade headquarters that was not usually used.

The building of the brigade headquarters was originally the home of a landlord. It was spacious and had many small rooms. This utility room was one of them. It was used to store some important things that were not usually used, such as the hairpins and notebooks. There was no secret, so Zhou Mancang gave Fu Mingze the key to the utility room.

However, Fu Mingze rarely used this key before. He took a copy of the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" and put it on the bedside without turning a few pages.

Fu Mingze actually used the key more to take out bills, but not frequently.

He put some bills in this sundry room, put some bills with Bao Ge, deposited some in the bank, and hid some on his body. Anyway, he was a cunning rabbit with three burrows, so occasionally he would go to the sundry room to get bills under the pretext of taking books.

As for why he suddenly started to build a compost pond and experimental field later, there were many reasons. On the

one hand, he had some understanding of farming and could consider the connection between theory and practice. On the other hand, he had a full grasp of the situation in the village and the educated youth point, so he could handle any problems even if they occurred. But the main reason was that he had a girl he liked and was going to settle down in Yangliu Brigade. He certainly couldn't keep a low profile. He couldn't always rely on his wife and father-in-law for food, right?

So he took the time to read through those books and materials, and then picked out some useful ones, thinking about them while trying them out in the vegetable garden.

With more than a year of experience in farming, it is natural to get twice the result with half the effort when theory is combined with practice. At least, for example, how to make fertilizers more easily absorbed by crops, how to use fertilizers and crop rotation to improve soil, how to irrigate to save water while ensuring that crops absorb enough water, how to adjust the planting density of crops so that the same area of ​​land can grow more crops... Fu Mingze has more or less some ideas about these problems.

After observing the experimental field at the educated youth site, Zhou Mancang built a compost pond in the village and marked out a small piece of land for the experimental field. So far, the experimental field has grown well, and it is estimated that by next spring, some of the effective experience they have summarized through the experimental field can be applied to other farmlands.

Fu Mingze now feels a sense of urgency. His wife will soon be a regular employee, and his father-in-law also has a salary, but he is the only one who earns a living.

If this goes on, he and Moer will have a child, and he will not be able to find an excuse to buy some nutritional supplements for his wife and child, right?

Moreover, he has been in the village for more than a year and has settled down here. He also hopes that the village can develop better and everyone can live a better life.

Fu Mingze quickly cleaned up his private plot and walked back with the hoe on his shoulder. When he was about to reach the door of his house, he ran into Zhang Junliang who was riding a bicycle back from the commune.

Zhang Junliang braked, tapped the ground with one foot, looked at Fu Mingze and said, "You are a good old man, but it will be a mess if you rely on your wife and father-in-law. We are brothers-in-law after all. I will let you know when the textile factory recruits temporary workers."

Fu Mingze didn't even need to say a word. Shen Shaoyuan, who was riding back closely behind him, heard this man talking nonsense in front of his house for no reason. As soon as his bicycle stopped, he asked in confusion, "Why are you acting so arrogant at the door of my house? If the textile factory recruits, "Don't I know that as a father-in-law, I should consider my son-in-law. Do I need to interfere? Besides, doesn't my son-in-law go to work every day? In your eyes, he works every day relying on his wife and father-in-law? Your idea is not acceptable. It seems that the ideological and political education work in your factory has not been implemented well!"

Look, he is now able to integrate into this world. When he talks back to people, he can flexibly use the "native" vocabulary of this world.

Speaking of which, Shen Shaoyuan really thinks that it is nothing for his son-in-law to work in the village. They, father and daughter, earn wages, and the son-in-law earns work points. It just happens that they can get some food in the village. At the end of the year, whether the brigade distributes pork or something else, they will have a share then.

As long as all family members contribute to the family, it's fine. It's meaningless to quibble about who contributes more and who contributes less.

Some gossipers in the village did talk about Fu Mingze behind his back, but no one dared to really confront them.

But Zhang Junliang came directly to his door. This was clearly an attempt to provoke their harmonious family relationship, so Shen Shaoyuan naturally wouldn't be polite to him.

Zhang Junliang's expression was slightly stiff: "Seventh Uncle, I mean well, but you're going too far by saying that."

Shen Shaoyuan was too lazy to say more to him, and waved his hand: "Hurry back, or you'll accuse me of bullying the younger generation."

Zhang Junliang opened his mouth, finally stepped on the pedal, and rode away.

Shen Shaoyuan was quite popular in the commune. Even the people in the propaganda department of their textile factory had a good relationship with him. Zhang Junliang didn't want to offend him easily.

Shen Shaoyuan glanced at Fu Mingze, and asked as he pushed his bicycle: "Do you want to go to the commune to be a worker?"

Through observation during this period of time, Shen Shaoyuan felt that his son-in-law was actually a very smart person. If he really wanted to be a worker, as long as there was a chance to be recruited, he would most likely pass the exam. It was not known whether he had taken the worker exam before going to the countryside. Shen Shaoyuan guessed that maybe he was unlucky and didn't encounter a good opportunity.

Fu Mingze slightly lowered his eyes, shook his head and said: "Farming is good."

If he took the exam to be a worker in a state-owned factory, he would definitely have to undergo a political review, and his file would not be able to withstand a detailed examination.

Shen Shaoyuan nodded and said nothing more.

He knew that Fu Mingze was working on the experimental field and it seemed to have achieved some results. If Fu Mingze stayed in the village and could help increase production and income, it would be more meaningful than being an ordinary worker.

The father-in-law and son-in-law didn't take it to heart and went home to eat.

Over there, Zhang Junliang rode his bike back to his mother-in-law's house with a gloomy face. As soon as he parked his bike, Shen Lingling came out of the house: "It's time for dinner, come in quickly."

Zhang Junliang glanced at the main room, where the eight-immortal table was crowded with people. He frowned and said, "I'm a little tired and don't want to eat for the time being. You guys eat."

Shen Lingling looked at him worriedly, and seeing that his face was indeed not very good, she hurriedly said, "Then you go back and rest first, I'll cook you a bowl of noodles later."

Zhang Junliang nodded, turned around and went into their own room.

"Why, Junliang doesn't want to eat?"

As soon as Shen Lingling entered the main room, Tian Fang asked, Shen Lingling nodded and said, "He is too tired from work and wants to rest for a while."

Tian Fang's expression froze for a moment, then she immediately smiled and said softly, "He's a technician, his work must be much more tiring than others. In that case, let's eat by ourselves, and you can make something for him later."

Jianshe's wife rolled her eyes and muttered, "He keeps cooking every day, no matter how much food money he has, he can't afford it!"

This is not the first time that Zhang Junliang has said he wants to take a break and skip meals, he has been doing this almost every day recently. Although he and Shen Lingling have paid food money for the family, how can that food money be enough to keep cooking every day?

Shen Lingling's eyebrows immediately raised: "Second sister-in-law, what do you mean? Junliang has been very busy at work recently, which is unavoidable. Besides, we pay so much for the food expenses, so what's wrong with eating a few meals of noodles and drinking a few bowls of porridge?"

Tian Fang glanced at Shen Yongjun. In fact, she felt sorry for him. Every day, he either cooked noodles or egg porridge, which were all fine grains. She wanted to make a little money from the food expenses. If she continued like this, not only would she not make any money, but she might even lose money.

Shen Yongjun frowned: "Okay, everyone, please say less. Junliang is not easy to be tired at work. But Lingling, you should talk to him too. In the future, we should eat together when it's time to eat. It's still time to rest after eating."

Shen Lingling could only respond with a dark face.

Later, Shen Lingling cooked another bowl of noodles and brought it to their room. When Zhang Junliang was eating the noodles, she mentioned that they should try to eat together in the future. Zhang Junliang didn't say anything. After eating the bowl of noodles, he said, "I'm not used to eating together with the whole family. Let's cook by ourselves."

Shen Lingling was a little angry when she heard him say that. She couldn't help asking, "Don't you eat together as a whole family?"

Zhang Junliang didn't think so at all. Feeling guilty, she snorted coldly: "Then go back to the commune and rent a house. I have money, so why should I be afraid of not being able to rent a house? If I didn't want you to live comfortably at home and be closer to work, why would I live in this country and ride a bike to and from work every day?"

Shen Lingling softened immediately. She felt that Zhang Junliang was right. Living in the village was indeed convenient for her. She had to coax him softly. After coaxing for a long time, Zhang Junliang reluctantly agreed.

Over there, Shen Lingling coaxed her husband with soft words. At the entrance of the village, Fu Mingze was helping Shen Moer get hot water for a bath.

The four thermoses were filled slowly, and Shen Moer took a comfortable hot bath after mixing with cold water in the bathroom. While she was taking a shower, Fu Mingze boiled two more pots of water, took a quick shower, and cleaned the bathroom before returning to his room.

"The weather is really a bit cold."

Shen Moer had already nestled into the quilt, revealing a white face under the dark red quilt. She looked pretty and cute, and Fu Mingze couldn't help but smile. He turned off the light, and as soon as he got into the quilt, he kissed her lips with great precision.

Soon, a rustling sound rang out in the darkness, mixed with Shen Moer's angry voice: "Be gentle, you have to go to the commune tomorrow!"

Fu Mingze smiled softly and coaxed: "Well, I'll listen to you."

It sounds good, but in reality, huh.