Chapter 557: Coming to the 70th level as an educated youth again 3
The remaining passengers were all taken to their offices by the railway police.
Sui Xin followed the crowd and walked towards that direction.
The valuables that just fell from Yuan Xu were worth at least five hundred yuan.
For stealing such a large amount, Yuan Xu would have to be sent to labor camp for at least 20 years.
Let him enjoy himself on the farm with his fragile bones!
The team leader who came to pick up the educated youth waited outside the station, but he waited and waited, and the educated youth never showed up.
He hurried to inquire and found out what had happened at the station.
Helpless, the captain could only wait patiently.
It was not until after eight o'clock in the evening that all the educated youth gathered and appeared before the team leader.
The team leader was exhausted at this time and didn't even want to talk. A lot of work in the village was delayed this afternoon.
However, he did not show any disdain towards the educated youth.
After all, they cannot be blamed for this, as they were also innocently implicated.
On the contrary, the captain felt a little relieved.
Yuan Xu was also assigned to their village. Fortunately, he was caught at the station. Otherwise, if he had brought such a trouble to the village, who knows how much trouble he would have caused in the future.
The captain looked at everyone and said, "Everyone is here. Put the luggage on the car. It's getting late. Let's hurry back to the village."
These educated youth had stayed in the police station for an entire afternoon. Now that they were able to leave, they didn't care about the fact that they couldn't take the bus before, and hurriedly followed the team leader to the village.
In Liaoning Province in July, although the temperature is over 30 degrees during the day, the nights are particularly cool.
After walking for a while, the educated youth's tension gradually eased.
One of the educated youth asked, "Captain, how far is our village from the county town? How long will it take us to get there?"
The team leader, who was originally chatting with the old man driving the ox cart in front, pointed to the front after hearing the question.
"See that bridge over there? After crossing it, we'll reach Shanggu Village.
It’s not far from the county town, and you can get there in about an hour’s walk.”
In modern times, such a distance is not easy to walk.
But in this era, even children from the city didn’t feel that the journey was far. Moreover, the temperature was pleasant at this time, so no one felt it was too hard.
Soon, they arrived at the bridge the captain mentioned.
The bridge is two hundred meters long and is a two-lane stone bridge that looks extremely sturdy.
The educated youth never expected that there would be such a good bridge from the village to the county town.
An educated youth hurried forward to flatter the team leader.
"Captain, was this bridge built by the villagers? Our village is truly remarkable. This bridge is so well built. It seems there are many talented people hidden in this village.
When we get to the village, the team leader must introduce me to someone so I can learn a few tricks from him."
The captain glanced at the educated youth and said slowly, "The bridge was indeed built by the villagers, but they were forced to build it by the Japanese at gunpoint.
I'm afraid you won't be able to ask for any advice on this matter from the village."
The educated youth were suddenly speechless and embarrassed, not knowing what to say.
The flattering educated youth didn't even know what to do with his hands and feet.
That tragic history is deeply engraved in everyone's mind. It is not difficult to imagine how many people in the village sacrificed their lives for this bridge.
The captain continued, "It's a good thing to know how to make progress. The devils were bad, but the bridge itself was not wrong.
We learn their technology and do our own projects.
If you are interested, go and ask the older generation in the village. There are still many elderly people in the village who were forced to build the bridge back then.
There are also retired veterans from North Korea in our village. One is the squad leader of the reconnaissance squad, one is the platoon leader of the combat unit, and there are also several soldiers.
During village meetings, we could hear their stories about the battlefield.”
The educated youth were relieved to see that the team leader didn't mind the previous discussion about building a bridge for the Japanese.
Many people actually mind having worked for the Japanese, and always feel humiliated when talking about it.
I didn't expect that the captain had such positive ideas.
When they heard the captain say that there were veterans from the northern battlefield in the village, they became even more interested and started discussing it.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, many veterans chose to return to their hometown to farm. Unexpectedly, there were two such veterans in this village, which made everyone feel more favorable towards Shanggu Village.
After crossing the bridge, a rice field comes into view.
At this time, the fields are full of tender green seedlings, and the chirping of insects and frogs interweave into a night melody. Under the cover of moonlight, it presents a quiet and peaceful scene.
After crossing the rice fields, we arrived at the village, where the villagers had already fallen asleep.
The educated youth unconsciously stopped talking and laughing and slowed down their pace.
After passing through the village, the team leader led everyone around to the back of the village. After passing a cornfield, more than a dozen houses appeared in front of them.
The team leader introduced: "This area is the educated youth site. There are quite a lot of educated youth in our village. The larger houses on the left are free collective dormitories for educated youth. Each room can accommodate four or five people, and each house has two rooms.
The remaining smaller ones require payment. Each one has two rooms, and each room can accommodate two people. The annual rent is 20 yuan. You can choose whichever one you want to live in.
If two people rent a small courtyard together, each person only needs to pay ten yuan, which will be less stressful.
The kang and stove are ready in the house, just install the iron pot and you can use it."
After hearing what the captain said, Sui Xin couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.
The team leader is great and smart. He is simply the "real estate developer" targeting educated youth in the 1970s!
These houses are definitely not all built in the village.
Starting from the first group of educated youth who went to the countryside, there must have been some who were not used to living in large dormitory beds and started to build their own houses.
The village allocated land and built houses. When the educated youth who had the opportunity to return to the city left, the houses would definitely be left to the village.
The village now has a business of renting out houses to make money.
When other educated youth arrived and learned that the village could build its own houses, they also went to the team leader to build their own houses, and thus there were other houses.
The village built a few more houses during the slack season, and together with the houses left behind by the educated youth who returned to the city, this became a stable source of income for the village.
The educated youth who have been in the countryside for a long time need a place to live when they get married, and the educated youth who have just arrived in the countryside don’t want to squeeze into a large dormitory bed. It doesn’t matter, there are houses for rent in the village, so this is not a problem.
Even if someone lives there for a year and finds that the work points they earn are not enough to pay the rent, they have to move into a dormitory.
The village also made money from the previous year.
Moreover, new educated youth come every year, so the income is a constant source.
Sui Xin is another person who has memories of later generations.
It is only a matter of time before all the educated youth return to the city. At that time, these houses can be sold to larger families in the village, which will be another source of income for the village.
The team leader turned the educated youth sent to the countryside into a profitable project. What a talented person the team leader is.
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