"Mom..." Su Wennian walked towards his mother, "Don't worry about me. I think it would be good to go to the countryside. I can help the production team, which is better than doing nothing all day long like now."
School has not been in session for a long time, and occasionally I read some quotes from famous people.
Not to mention courses such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, history, geography, and biology, even the most basic cultural course, Chinese, was not taken.
Su Wennian had forgotten the last time he took classes seriously. The school did not allow them to attend classes and did not allow them to graduate. Previously, someone tried to use connections to find a backdoor to enter the factory, but all the files were returned.
Now the factory clearly stipulates that they will not accept graduates from the 1966, 1967 and 1968 classes...
They cannot go to college or work in factories. Almost all roads are blocked except for one road to the countryside.
"Mom, just let me go. I really feel like a useless waste when I stay at home!" Although Su Wennian tried hard to hold back his inner emotions and not let his parents worry, he still couldn't help but speak out what was in his heart.
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"What are you talking nonsense about? How can you be useless? You are the most useful. How talented are you in painting?" Bai Lu hugged Wennian and said, "You don't have to work, you just stay at home and paint.
Anything goes, mom will be happy when she sees it."
Su Xiaosi stood up at this time and said: "Third brother, mom is right. You are not only good at painting, but you are also good at studying. It's just that you haven't had a good time. Your hands are used for painting, not for carrying a hoe.
Sickle."
Speaking of this, he said firmly: "Let me go! I will be fifteen soon, which is appropriate for my age. It's just right for me to join the queue in the countryside. The countryside is suitable for me. I have wanted to go there for a long time..."
"Let me go!" Su Xiaowu said, "I have stayed in the countryside for the longest time, and I will not get used to it at all. Don't argue with me. No one can compare with me when it comes to farming in the fields!"
"Fifth brother, what are you talking about? How old are you? You didn't even go to junior high school. Why can't you get your turn? Don't compete with me. It's decided like this. Our factory will be the first to go to the countryside to jump in.
That’s me!”
When saying this, Su Xiaosi raised his chin triumphantly, put his hands on his hips, and said in a cheerful tone: "When I think about going to the countryside, I am so happy that I can't even sleep, hahaha..."
"Don't go!" Bai Lu clenched her fists and said in a serious tone, "None of you are allowed to go!"
"Mom, dad is the director of the factory. He can lead by example. Someone in our family must set an example and go to the countryside first, so that others will not scold our dad. If you stop us, won't you let dad continue to be scolded?"
Bai Lu said: "I would rather be scolded by everyone than let you go to the countryside! Do you know how difficult the conditions in the countryside are? I have been there once and never want to go a second time. The bed is full of fleas and lice, and there is no toilet in the village."
, can only go to the pig pen..."
Recalling the visit to her husband's hometown, she still felt psychologically shadowed.
"Mom, you love to be clean so much, but I'm different. I can sleep even on muddy ground."
Su Xiaosi wanted to continue talking, but his mother interrupted angrily: "Xiaosi, you are saying this now because you have never been to the countryside. When you go, you will regret it and cry and make trouble to go back."
Home."
After saying that, she said in a strong tone: "There is no room for negotiation on this matter. None of you are allowed to mention going to the countryside again, do you hear me? Unless you want to piss me off to death."
Several children looked at each other and finally looked at their mother.
Su Xiaowu noticed that the fourth brother opened his mouth and wanted to argue, so he tugged on his fourth brother's sleeve and whispered: "This is the first time I have seen my mother so angry. Don't make her angry again."
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Su Xiaosi looked at his fifth brother, then at his mother, reluctantly compromised and stopped saying anything.
The next day at school, Jinbao stayed in the classroom all day without even seeing the teacher.
This situation is becoming more and more frequent. Many times, although the teacher comes to the classroom, he only reads newspapers and news to them and does not teach them any knowledge.
Although it didn't matter whether she went to class or not, she felt that the students in the class were at a critical age for increasing their knowledge, and it was a waste of time.
"Brother Wu, have you gone to class today?" Jinbao asked on the way home.
Su Xiaowu shook his head, "No, the teacher didn't come..."
"How about yesterday?"
"He came yesterday, but he only read us two poems and then asked us to study by ourselves."
The two children chatted all the way.
When they returned to the family building, they were shocked by the scene in front of them.
Almost everyone in the building gathered in the courtyard, which was completely dark and full of people.
The person at the front of the crowd was tall and thin. Jinbao had never seen him before, but she guessed that he must be a person with a much higher position than her father, because her father was standing on the far right of a row of eight people and said nothing the whole time.
I didn’t say it, it can only be used as a background board.
"Nowadays, there are too many urban people eating commercial grain. Our city plans to reduce the urban population by at least 800,000 people and reduce the number of students by more than 100,000. This requires everyone's cooperation. When you go to the countryside, we will provide you with housing, cooking utensils and farming tools.
If you are an educated youth, there will be people who can help you when you get to the countryside, so you don’t have to worry about food. Don’t worry, the countryside is not as scary as you imagine. You must exert your strength and have the courage to build the countryside.”
The speaker took a look at the manuscript and continued: "Those who are being mobilized should come to your factory manager Su to sign up as soon as possible. Single educated youths who join the queue will receive a subsidy of 250 yuan per person. If they have relatives in rural areas and join the queue to visit relatives, they will receive a subsidy of 120 yuan.
If you don't worry about your children going to the countryside alone, you can join the queue as a family.
The meaning of "jumping the queue" means that the whole family moves to the countryside, whether they are eight or nine years old or 80 or 90 years old. Each person will receive a subsidy of 150 yuan. If there are ten people in the family, that is a huge sum of 1,500 yuan!"
The previously silent crowd gradually began to make noise, and everyone started talking, "It's 150 yuan per person. There are five people in my family, so it's more than 700 yuan. Oh my god, such a large amount of money is enough to live frugally in the countryside."
It is estimated that it can be used for more than ten years.”
"Yes, you can still get food in the countryside. It only costs three to five yuan a month at most. It's not as expensive as in the city. Whether it's rice or noodles, it's expensive. Even if you make more than twenty yuan a month, it's still not enough."
I can’t save more than a few dollars.”
"The factory hasn't paid wages for several months, so why not go back to the countryside?"
Hearing that everyone was shaken, he mobilized those who went to the countryside to strike while the iron was hot and continued: "In addition, when you arrive in the countryside, the production team will give you a living allowance of 75 to 85 yuan per person, and 20 to 35 yuan for small farm tools and stoves.
Each person, of course, this money is not given in one lump sum, the production team will give it to you month by month within ten months."
He later said a lot, for example, once they arrived in the countryside, although they were assigned work points the same as the production team members, there were additional subsidies for oil stamps, cloth stamps, cotton stamps, and other industrial stamps.
After saying these words, he said some more encouraging words, and then left surrounded by a group of people.
"Director Su, why didn't you tell me earlier that we could share the money? Really, if we had known earlier that we could share so much money, we wouldn't have been so angry with you, right?"
"yes……"
Su Jianmin felt very uncomfortable being surrounded.
He knew very well how much moisture there was in those words just now.
It’s just a dream! The economy is so bad now, how can it be possible to make so much money?
Seeing her husband's sullen expression, Bai Lu probably guessed the reason, "What should we do now?"
"I don't want to do this anymore," Su Jianmin frowned in pain in the bedroom and said with his head in his hands, "I really can't do such a deceptive thing... But where can I go after leaving the machinery factory? The house will be taken over by then.
Let’s go, we don’t even have a place to live.”
"Dad..." A sweet little voice came from the direction of the door, "Shall we go to the countryside?"