Ring ring ring ring ring…
The assembly bell that used to be rung by hand in Lijiawan has long been changed from manual to automatic.
The villagers gathered in the threshing ground. The village chief had not arrived yet and everyone was chatting.
"Zhang Laizi, is your wife about to give birth?"
Zhang Laizi's face was full of joy: "It will only take half a month."
"Zhang Laizi, you are so lucky. Your daughter-in-law is a good wife who cares about her family."
Zhang Laizi just chuckled foolishly, but still puffed out his chest with pride.
After what happened with Ye Donghan, Zhang Laizi and his mother seemed to have changed into different people.
Mrs. Zhang restrained her hot-tempered and unreasonable temper, and stopped taking advantage of the villagers. She separated from the old family and lived with Zhang Laizi. Zhang Laizi spent his days either collecting herbs or working for the villagers. The mother and daughter both worked hard to earn money and live.
His temper has improved and a matchmaker has come to his house, which makes both mother and son very happy. They never thought that Zhang Lai Zi, who was getting married for the second time, would have a matchmaker to help him.
In fact, Lijiawan is now very famous. Such a large pharmaceutical factory has been built here. Not to mention anything else, just collecting herbs to supply the pharmaceutical factory throughout the year is a considerable income, not to mention the pharmaceutical factory hiring workers. The first thing they consider is the people of Lijiawan.
Renxin Pharmaceutical Factory is a well-known pharmaceutical factory of the General Pharmaceutical Institute. It is a public job and a job that many people are rushing to get.
So the girls from outside all want to marry to Lijiawan, and the boys from Lijiawan have become popular.
As soon as Li Jianguo stood on the squat, the villagers all quieted down.
Li Jianguo glanced at the huge crowd and asked, "Do you know why we've all gathered here today?"
Most people shook their heads to indicate they didn't know.
"Is the pharmaceutical factory going to lay off workers?" someone asked.
After this was said, everyone started discussing it. Everyone knew that pharmaceutical companies had high salaries and good benefits.
Just like the young widow Lin Qing, she has become a completely different person since she started working at the pharmaceutical factory. She used to never dare to look up at people and was timid, but now she speaks and acts in an organized manner and never panics when encountering problems.
Before Lin Qing joined the factory, several people in his family were pale and thin, but now they have fair skin and rosy complexion. Aunt Xu used to look like a sixty-year-old woman in her early forties, but now she looks only in her forties.
In fact, the people of Lijiawan used to be pale and thin, but later on, with the advent of cassava flour, everyone could have enough to eat. In addition, they collected herbs to supply the pharmaceutical factory, and now they had money and could eat meat from time to time. Their lives became better and they had a future, so now the mental outlook of the people of Lijiawan has changed.
Li Jianguo held his hand. "Let's not talk about that for now. Let's talk about the village primary school first. The school is finished. The desks and benches will be ready in a few days, and the teachers will be in place. In short, we just need students."
After hearing this, the villagers wanted to speak but did not dare to.
"Lijiawan used to have no school and no teachers, but now we have them, so we need students. Before, it was voluntary for children to learn to read and write, but now the village requires every child to go to school."
The villagers were furious. With all the kids off to school, who would do the housework? Who would take care of the little ones? They had to dig fewer herbs.
Everyone was shouting their disagreement, saying that whether or not to send their children to school was their own business, so why should the village interfere?
No one paid any attention to Li Jianguo's request for silence.
"Bang, bang, bang." Li Jianguo picked up the gong on the ground and started beating it.
"Can you all be quiet and listen carefully?" Li Jianguo was furious.
"All village primary schools are exempt from miscellaneous tuition fees, and the fees are donated by Vice President Wen personally." Li Jianguo gave way to Wenwen who was standing behind him and led the applause.
The villagers below also applauded enthusiastically, and admired and respected Vice President Wen and his team from the bottom of their hearts.
"Now if someone who doesn't want their children to study stands aside, I won't force it. You parents are willing to let your children become illiterate, what can I do?" Li Jianguo saw that most of the people stood up.
Li Jianguo continued, "However, there are two points I want to emphasize. First, Renxin Pharmaceutical Factory gives priority to purchasing medicinal herbs from families with children who are studying. After all, children need to buy some pens, inkstones, and so on when they go to school. It costs more money than not allowing children to study, and there is also one less person to dig herbs.
Second, Renxin Pharmaceutical Factory's 10% profit share will only be given to families who are willing to send their children to school. After all, this money should be used to cultivate children's education and talent. The pharmaceutical factory is public, and this is to cultivate talents for the country."
Before Li Jianguo could finish his words, most of the people who had just stood up stood back. Li Jianguo snorted coldly and said, "Can't I deal with you?"
Li Jianguo looked at the villagers and asked, "Are you all willing to let your children go to school?"
The villagers answered loudly: "Yes!"
Nonsense, is it okay if you don’t want to?
"Then let's get to know the teachers of Lijiawan Primary School first." Li Jianguo pointed to four or five young men and women who were lined up on the side.
They were all educated youth who went to the countryside: Xiao Huimin, Su Anqiao, Gu Xingyu, He Yuan, and Zhou Yebin.
"We all know each other. We are all educated and cultured educated youth. Say hello to the teachers."
The villagers all cooperated and shouted loudly: "Hello, teacher!"
Li Jianguo was satisfied. "Okay, now that we've finished talking about children's education, let's talk about adults' literacy. See that big auditorium? It will be the location for the literacy classes for the villagers of Lijiawan in the future."
The villagers were about to explode when they heard this, but when they thought about how much the village chief could control them, they shut up and listened to what the village chief had to say.
Li Jianguo was very satisfied when he saw everyone hesitant to speak: "Renxin Pharmaceutical Factory wants to recruit a large number of employees, but -"
The villagers were in high spirits again.
"But we only accept villagers who can read." Li Jianguo glanced at the villagers who were about to explode and said, "In order to help everyone learn to read, the village has set up a literacy class. If you want to work in the pharmaceutical factory, you have to go to the literacy class every night.
If you don't want to work in a pharmaceutical factory, then there's no force. It's up to you. People outside are scrambling to work in a pharmaceutical factory. You should think about this carefully. If you miss this opportunity, you'll never get it again.
The villagers all started to murmur, saying that they couldn't let outsiders get away with it. It was just learning to read. It was no big deal. They had to learn it no matter what.
Li Jianguo and Wenwen breathed a sigh of relief after the problem of Lijiawan's adults and children going to school was solved. Fortunately, they had the villagers under their control. Otherwise, it would be the same as last year, with only a few dozen students at most.
Now the students’ problem has been solved, but the teacher’s problem has not been solved.
Now the educated youth all work in the pharmaceutical factory. Even He Yuan and Zhou Yebin were later employed. It is definitely possible to let them be primary school teachers temporarily; but it will not be possible for a long time. Firstly, they cannot handle two jobs at the same time, and secondly, the pharmaceutical factory will definitely be busy in a while. Therefore, primary school teachers are the main problem at present.
Li Jianguo was also helpless. Why was there no one with a higher education in Lijiawan? Even if they had graduated from junior high school, they could still teach first grade, but there was no one in Lijiawan who even graduated from junior high school.
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