Chapter 15 Mu Yu Xiaoxiao Chengdu in August (Part 1)
Chengdu in August.
The heavy rain season that brought emergency floods to Dujiangyan has just passed, leaving behind a small tail. The annoying autumn rain knocked down the leaves, and is still intruding on this ancient city that has become the political and cultural center of the Chinese military. These days
, the city's mud seems to have answered the curse of enemies from all over the world, and has never been dry for a moment.
The leaves of the trees that had turned yellow were knocked off by the rain and fell into the annoying mud, waiting to put more pressure on the drainage facilities of this ancient city. On the road, many pedestrians were walking cautiously or hurriedly on the street.
Walking through the alley, the caution is only short-lived. Sooner or later, the muddy water on the road will splash on those beautiful and brand-new trouser legs, so people complain, grit their teeth, and gradually it doesn't matter anymore.
There are still innocent children playing under the eaves of the roadside, using soaked mud to build embankments in front of the house to prevent the "flood" on the street. Some are covered in mud from playing,
The mother who was found was spanked hysterically and dragged back.
Carts pulled by tall horses passed through the streets and alleys in the city, occasionally stopping at fixed platforms. People dressed in novel or old-fashioned clothes got off the cars, avoiding the mud and water, holding up umbrellas, and people came and went.
It is a sea of umbrellas.
Restaurants and tea shops, large and small, do better business in such weather. People with various purposes meet at the agreed place, enter the side room facing the street, sit at the tea table with the open window and watch
Watching the crowd running around awkwardly in the rain, they first complained about the weather as usual, and then started to talk about the purpose of the meeting in the company of warm refreshments.
"You don't know, the roads outside the city are much worse than here."
"The Chinese army is carrying out a large-scale construction project. There is a whole circle outside the city. I didn't read it in Tiandu Daily. Chengdu has been the center of Shu since ancient times. The tombs of many generations of Shu kings, known and unknown, are all here.
It was said that the ground was dug last year and the royal tomb was touched..."
"The Huaxia Military Yamen said that it was developing too fast and the drainage facilities were not fully prepared. The main reason is that there are not enough openings for drainage outside, so the city cannot drain it. This year, a tax may be levied outside the city."
"Digging trenches for drainage is a big deal. We have a way to do it, so we can find a way to take care of it..."
“In July we talked about the integration of the military and the people, but we didn’t expect that in August there would be another rectification movement…”
All kinds of information are mixed in this busy city and have become part of urban life.
In the afternoon, in the first and most prosperous new factory area built outside the old city wall of Chengdu, some roads were even muddy due to the coming and going of cars and horses. Lin Jingmei, wearing a raincoat and carrying a waterproof leather bag for work, had a deep relationship with her partner, a middle-aged aunt.
Walking forward one foot at a time.
She had been deployed to Chengdu not long ago and was not very familiar with the surrounding environment, so the person who was assigned to work with her was an old Chinese Army cook who had long been involved in the development of the factory area here. This female cook
The employee’s surname was Shen Mingjuan. She was tall and illiterate. Lin Jingmei didn’t know why she was transferred to work in the education department at first, but after a few days, she came to understand. This woman’s personality was like a hen, and she was very calm.
She lives with her children and is very protective of them. Lin Jingmei came to partner with her, which can be regarded as making up for each other's shortcomings in writing work.
They are now visiting nearby factories one by one.
"We are from the Ministry of Education. Regarding the 'Good Learning' program that will be launched soon, the superiors should have sent you a notice. This is the original text of the order. This is the information about the foreign children registered here that the household registration department has compiled before.
Now I need to compare and verify the situation with you. At the beginning of September, all the children around here will have to go to 'Shanxue' to go to school, and they can no longer run around outside. There are fee regulations here..."
"Do you still want to pay?"
"We, the Huaxia Army, are responsible for the majority of the basic expenses. We are responsible for the daily meals. You bear part of it, and you can also deduct it from the taxes you have to pay in the future. You should have said it during the meeting at the end of July...
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"You have so many meetings and send out documents every day, how can we see it? Look at our small workshop... we didn't say before that we would send our children to school, and what kind of school will girls go to? Her girls..."
"Girls must also go to school. However, as long as you let your children go to school, every time they take a break, we will allow children of school age to work in your factory to make money and supplement the family income. You see, you can apply for this. If
If you don’t apply, you are using child labor. We will conduct an inspection on this area after September, and there will be heavy fines in the future..."
"You...their children follow the adults to do things...they don't want to go to school. Since ancient times, studying has been a matter for the rich. How can you do this? How much will it cost? These people are all suffering.
People, come here to make money..."
When ten workshops enter eight, they will encounter all kinds of pushback and obstruction. This may be because the Ministry of Education has no deterrent effect, plus there are two women. Some people make jokes, and some people try to say
: "There were so many children coming in at that time, but when we arrived in Chengdu, they had some... but not that many..."
Shen Juan then stood up: "What did you say?"
Lin Jingmei's eyes also darkened: "You mean, a child here died or ran away, and you didn't report it?"
The work of checking the list was quite difficult. Occasionally, we would encounter people with even worse attitudes. They would start to brag about their relationship with certain officials of the Chinese government and yell at them to get out. Some factory security guards would be photographed by Shen Juan.
Falling to the ground, sometimes Lin Jingmei enthusiastically began to ask who the other person's "relationship" was, took out a small notebook, and made simple notes until the other person's face became unconfident and suspicious.
This is bound to not be a simple task that can be accomplished.
In addition to the area she and Shen Juan were responsible for, there were still different people in various places outside the city who were promoting the same thing.
"The weather in July and August is really annoying..."
After running in the mud until evening, Lin Jingmei and Shen Juan returned to the address of the new "Shanxue" school in this area. Shen Juan made dinner and welcomed the returning school members to have a meal together. Lin Jingmei used
The rainwater in the sink washed my feet. My feet were almost soaked.
Peng Yueyun came over to have dinner twice. He spoke very sweetly and praised Shen Juan for the delicious food, which made Shen Juan smile. She patted her chest and promised to take good care of Lin Jingmei here. Of course, everyone knew Lin Jingmei.
Now she is a famous lady with her husband. It was for this engaged husband that she was transferred to Chengdu from other places.
For the time being, no one knows their relationship with Ning Yi.
After dinner, the two of them caught a public carriage back to the inner city on the side of the road. There were often many people in the spacious carriage. Lin Jingmei and Peng Yueyun huddled in the corner, talking about work matters.
"If the education side is just running and there is no stick to knock them down, these people will definitely play tricks. The children who were transported to the southwest were originally their intended child laborers, but now they are working in the workshops with their parents.
Common. We say we want to regulate this phenomenon, but in fact, in their view, we want to take away from them what they already have. The father said that children will be allowed to enter school in mid-September, and I am afraid that the Ministry of Commerce and the
Public security can only be guaranteed by a joint operation. But recently there has been a rectification movement at the top and bottom, and the implementation of 'Shan Xue' is not limited to Chengdu. For such a large-scale matter, will there be no manpower available..."
A century-old plan, education comes first. The construction of the Huaxia Army’s education system has been done almost immediately after the regicide, but the scale of the Huaxia Army is different at each stage. A few years ago, the Huaxia Army was trapped in the same situation as the three counties of Hedeng
In a small place, the force of trained teachers was almost sufficient, but then there was another big expansion when it jumped out of the Chengdu Plain. When the Jurchens were defeated and opened to the world, it continued to expand.
Although Ning Yi has opened night schools and simplified teaching, even if the number of people who can serve as teachers has been upgraded exponentially, it will still take time to suddenly adapt to such a large territory. In the first half of this year, the number of teachers was already in short supply. In the second half of the year, Ning Yi will
Yi also racked his brains to squeeze out some teachers to cover the junior schools for foreign children near Chengdu. Everything was actually quite hasty.
Such a "good learning" school is destined to have insufficient teaching staff, and bringing these boys and girls who work as child labor into the school will inevitably cause a wave of incomprehension and backlash, but Ning Yi decided to push forward. Lin Jingmei came
Here, there are also important "observers" placed inside this work.
She has followed Ning Yi since she was a child and was raised by the core and most outstanding figures of the Chinese Army. She was originally responsible for a lot of core work related to secretaries. Her vision and thinking ability have long been cultivated. What she is worried about at this time is still
It's not just the things in front of you.
"...Actually, what I'm most worried about is that what happened this time will actually make the situation outside worse...these refugees who were sent to the southwest already had no homes. The reason why they were allowed to take them with them to the nearby factories and workshops
When the children come over, what they want in their minds is to take advantage of the fact that they can do child labor. This time we will standardize things, and of course we must do it. But after we do it, outsiders who buy and sell people will probably let more people come over.
Wives are scattered, and some children who could have come in may not be allowed in... Could this also be regarded as, I don't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me?"
Peng Yueyun smiled: "Sometimes, it is indeed like this."
He did not express his opinion on this matter, because similar thoughts were surging in the core of the Chinese Army every moment. Every action of the Chinese Army now will affect the chain reaction of the entire world, and the reason why Lin Jingmei is at this moment
She is sentimental, but she just expresses these sentimental thoughts in front of him. On the other side of her temperament, there is also a determination and tenacity that is unique to her. Such a fusion of strength and softness is the unique woman he likes.
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"Liu Guangshi and Zou Xu were fighting fiercely...Liu Guangshi had the upper hand for the time being..."
They talked about many things in this way and that on the carriage, and people got on and off the carriage one after another. When they arrived at the Chinese military dormitory area at the carriage terminal, night had fallen, and the sky was as clear as water.
They talked side by side and walked inside. They were not married yet, so they each had their own room, but even if they occasionally lived together, no one would talk about them. They would talk about many things, and
The rapid changes in Chengdu and the Huaxia Army also gave them many topics to talk about.
At the same time, on the other side of the city, Yu Hezhong, who had become one of the important figures in Southwest China, visited the courtyard where Li Shishi lived. In the past year, they usually met as friends about twice a month.
It was not common for us to get together at night, but it was just dark at this time, and Yu Hezhong was passing by nearby, so it was natural for him to come and take a look.
Perhaps because he had just finished socializing, Yu Hezhong smelled of alcohol. The master was not surprised, so he called for tea and received him cordially.
"Only during the July flood fight, your news papers were full of good things about the army. When August comes, your rectification movement this time is really powerful..."
When facing his master, Yu Hezhong has long been accustomed to being straight to the point. He also knows that some of his thoughts cannot be hidden from the other party's eyes, so he always speaks very straightforwardly. But these things are in front of him, a "rich and idle man",
In fact, there are already countless connections...