"Let's put it this way! For three days, we only ask that you don't leave the village for three days! This won't mean that our village is bullying you educated youth, right?"
Accountant Li said it lightly, asking them not to leave the village for three days.
But the educated youths' faces turned ugly!
But the recruitment exam is the next day!
How could they wait for 3 days!
But why 3 days?
This request was made just one day before the recruitment exam!
The village chief and his men suddenly came and made this request, which really caught the educated youth off guard.
Li Wenyuan couldn't figure out the significance of Accountant Li's request, and he didn't know how to respond. He said to the village chief and others, "Village chief, your request is too sudden. We need to discuss it first."
Upon hearing this, the village chief and Accountant Li nodded in agreement. They did not leave but sat down in the yard.
It seems that he is planning to wait here for the educated youth to come up with a conclusion.
Li Wenyuan was very surprised to see this. He thought that based on Accountant Li's behavior just now, he would directly say something like "This is the village's decision, and the educated youth don't need to agree or disagree" or "No matter how much you discuss it, it's useless."
Unexpectedly, when he proposed to discuss it, the village chief and Accountant Li actually agreed. The two of them stayed here and seemed to be waiting for them to come up with a result.
What is going on here?
Li Wenyuan was a little confused.
Gu Weiliang looked towards the courtyard thoughtfully.
The old village chief looked as if it had nothing to do with him. He puffed on the welding cigarette in his hand and sat leisurely on a bench in the yard.
Accountant Li on the side was biting his thumb with his teeth, looking like he was calculating something.
This is really strange.
The village chief, who has always been busy taking care of the village's reputation, now looks as if it has nothing to do with him. Accountant Li, who rarely interferes in village affairs, especially matters related to educated youth, took the initiative in this matter.
Just now, Accountant Li was talking for a long time, but the village chief didn't say a word.
It was as if the village chief was brought in by Accountant Li to serve as a figurehead.
And Accountant Li is the core of this incident!
Seeing this, Gu Weiliang also had some ideas in his mind.
It seems that the request not to leave the village for three days is probably just a pretext.
Their real purpose is yet to come.
As for the purpose, Gu Weiliang had some vague guesses in his mind.
The educated youth over there were also discussing in low voices:
"If this really requires us to stay in the village for three days, how can we take the job recruitment exam?"
"I've been taking advantage of the past two days to look over the textbooks I brought with me, planning on studying hard for tomorrow's exam! Now... ah..."
"No, they said we can't leave the village, so we can't leave? They can also set up a checkpoint at the door and have people watch over us to prevent us from leaving!"
"Yeah! Our feet are on our bodies, so we can walk wherever we want! If they have to find someone to watch us during the day, we can just leave in the middle of the night!"
"Hey! We can leave in the middle of the night! It's better to go early than late!"
"Besides, there are many of us. If we can walk together, it doesn't matter even if it's at night."
"Well, then, what time of night would be best for us to leave?"
Seeing that everyone was planning to quietly leave the village in the middle of the night to take the exam, Li Wenyuan had to remind them, "Even if we sneak out in the middle of the night and pass the exam, we still have to go to the village committee to get a certificate and the village chief to transfer our household registration and grain and oil relations. We still have to ask the village cadres for help in the end! What if they are determined to block us?"
At this point, everyone fell silent.
Isn’t it the household registration and grain and oil relations that the village committee can use to control them?
If the village really doesn't let them go, even if they pass the exam and find a job, as long as the village procedures are delayed for a few days and the reporting time at the factory has passed, their jobs will still be ruined!
At this time, it would be useless even if they went to the commune to sue the village committee.
People can say that the official seal was lost or damaged, or that you behaved poorly during your time in the village, and the matter can be covered up.
So the current situation is that the villagers actually have the educated youth under their control.
Some educated youth were puzzled, "But why? What's their purpose in doing this? They just don't let us leave for three days. What good does it do them?"
Chen Jiaxin suddenly said, "Could it be that the village chief and the others have already heard about the job recruitment in town? They might have already known that we're planning to skip work tomorrow morning and go to town to take the job exam."
Seeing everyone looking over, Chen Jiaxin continued, "Before, Li Fuyong planned to drug us. Wasn't it because he learned about the job recruitment news from Wang Yamei?" After a pause, she continued, "Later, I learned that when Li Fuyong discussed this with Wang Yamei, Li Xiaoyu from Accountant Li's family also overheard it. So, I know of only two people who leaked the job recruitment news, and it was all leaked from Wang Yamei. Who knows if these two people have told more people? Especially since Li Fuyong and Li Xiaoyu are close relatives of Accountant Li, so it's very likely that Accountant Li knew about this news!"
"You mean, Accountant Li might have heard about the job openings, or even more likely, that we were planning to skip work to take the exam..."
"That's definitely possible! It's not unreasonable for word to spread quickly. Two people in the village already know about it, so the possibility of others knowing it is very high!"
"So the village chief and his men really want to stop us from going to town to take the exam?"
The educated youth did not think it was a coincidence that Accountant Li came specifically to make this request.
I'm afraid they already knew that the educated youth were planning to skip work the next day and take the glove factory's recruitment exam.
So they suddenly made this request now, which was clearly meant to make things difficult for them!
But why is this?
What's the point of stopping them from taking the job exam?
Are they afraid that if the educated youth pass the exam, there will be no one to do the work in the fields?
Not to mention the poor working ability of these educated youth, they have always been criticized by the villagers.
Moreover, even if they were admitted to the factory in the town, according to Xu Zhiqing, this factory only recruits 3 workers!
At most three of them can be selected, and this small number of people will actually have no impact on the village!
"To stop us from taking the exam, what's the purpose?"
"Could it be... the same idea as Li Fuyong's? There are so many of us educated youth. If we don't go, won't there be fewer competitors from the village taking the exam?"
"Is it to eliminate our competitors in advance?"
Gu Weiliang suddenly interrupted at this moment and said, "No... I think it's more likely that Accountant Li did this for Li Fuyong!"
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