"Shujie, everything has been arranged in the big conference room. We can just let people go there tomorrow."
At the Beitou intersection of Caojiazhuang Village, Cao Jianlong told Cao Shujie his arrangements.
Cao Shujie nodded: "Uncle Long, I'm troubling you again this time."
"You have to do these things before you can rest assured."
This sentence gave Cao Jianlong great comfort and felt that he was still of great use.
"As I get older, I only have this little ability left." Cao Jianlong said modestly.
In fact, Cao Jianlong's skills are really good.
If there were no Cao Shujie, Cao Jianlong himself would be more than enough to serve as the village party secretary.
Although his ability is not enough to lead Caojiazhuang to a higher level, he is more than capable of defending the city.
It's just that Cao Shujie's current problem is that someone did it better, which highlights that what Cao Jianlong did seems to be inconspicuous.
There was nothing else going on, so Cao Shujie told Cao Jianlong to go over there and take a look.
"Let's go, I'll take you there." Cao Jianlong turned and walked south, with Cao Shujie following behind.
"Uncle Long, have you contacted the gongs and drums team as well?" When he was about to reach the Caojiazhuang Village Committee compound, Cao Shujie remembered something.
Cao Jianlong nodded: "It's all agreed. Come to our village before 8 a.m. tomorrow, eight people will come, and the price will be 200 yuan per person, which is definitely a high price."
He also explained to Cao Shujie: "If I can't find a more suitable one temporarily, I will definitely delay him for a few more days, and then the price will be cheaper by at least thirty yuan."
"That's not necessary, 200 yuan is not expensive," Cao Shujie said.
While they were talking, the two of them stumbled to the village committee compound, and without stopping, they walked directly towards the large conference room on the south side.
As soon as he came over, Cao Shujie saw a red carpet spread on the ground from the door to the stage. Along both sides of the red carpet were bamboo flower baskets as high as one person, with flowers of various colors inserted in the flower baskets.
Cao Shujie and Cao Jianlong were standing at the door, and they could still smell the fragrance of flowers.
In addition, there are pots of flowers placed against the walls on both sides of the conference room.
There are also flower pots placed on the left and right sides of the stage in the east of the conference room and in front of it. All the windows in the conference room are decorated with red paper-cut flowers. No matter where you look, you can feel the festive atmosphere.
Cao Jianlong told Cao Shujie that these things were purchased with public funds from the Caojiazhuang Village Committee.
The last time Cao Shujie, Caojiazhuang Village Committee and Caojiazhuang Collective invested 70%, 20% and 10% of the funds or resources respectively, but the Caojiazhuang Village Committee’s part of the funds was paid in three years, and Caojiazhuang Village was not included.
All the committee money was collected.
It is not difficult to spend thousands of dollars to buy some flowers.
After reading it, Cao Shujie truly felt that Cao Jianlong was as reliable as ever.
After walking around the large conference room and coming out, the two of them walked towards the office again.
Before entering, Cao Shujie remembered something again. He told Cao Jianlong that he was going to renovate the Caojiazhuang Village Committee's office.
When Cao Jianlong heard what he said, he was a little curious and didn't know what Cao Shujie was thinking about.
While I was thinking about it, I heard Cao Shujie say: "Uncle Long, this is what I'm thinking about. In two or three months, we will start to renovate the mountain in the southeast. After the new scenic spot is built, we will definitely
I need an office space, so I’m considering combining it with the Caojiazhuang Village Committee’s office, what do you think?”
"Okay, I think it's pretty good." Cao Jianlong said.
Let’s call the new scenic area office location the scenic area management committee. There must be some overlap in staffing between it and the Caojiazhuang Village Committee. Putting the offices together not only saves space, but also improves efficiency.
Cao Jianlong strongly agrees with this point.
"Uncle Long, since you agree, let's take some time to go over it and finalize the matter as soon as possible. In the long run, we must spend the least money and do the most things."
Cao Jianlong agreed very much with Cao Shujie's views.
On this day, the entire Caojiazhuang was immersed in a joyful atmosphere. Most people in Caojiazhuang were talking about Cao Shujin's eldest daughter, Cao Yuting, who was admitted to the National University of Defense Technology.
Xuemeng Food Factory gave her a one-time reward of 200,000 yuan, the school gave her a one-time reward of 50,000 yuan, and another company awarded her 20,000 yuan. The total bonus of these three awards reached 270,000 yuan.
This is no small amount of money.
According to their average salary level, ordinary people would need to save three or four years to reach this amount without food or drink, but Cao Yuting earned so much money in one go.
The key is that the kid just graduated from high school.
Because of this, other families with children are even more envious.
Cao Hongzhao, who took the college entrance examination in the same batch as Cao Yuting, seemed to have become a foil. The other four college entrance examination students who were admitted to colleges and universities were not mentioned at all, as if they had never existed.
There is no way, Cao Yuting's college entrance examination results this time are too dazzling.
She scored 687 points and was the well-deserved top scorer in the science college entrance examination in Pingyuan County. In addition, there was a bonus of 270,000 yuan to add to her glory, which made many of her peers dare not look directly at her.
In fact, Cao Hongzhao scored 635 points, which is not low. However, Cao Yuting's performance this time was too good. Everyone focused on her, and naturally paid less attention to the following people.
During this period, Cao Yuting was definitely the subject of discussion among most students in Qingshi Town.
They were thinking that Cao Yuting had earned so much money just after graduating from high school, and she would definitely be able to earn more money after graduating from the National University of Defense Technology.
If you're lucky, you might be able to become an officer right after graduation...
And there are rumors that if they don't want to go outside after graduation, they can actually choose to return to their hometown and work in Xuemeng Food Factory.
If this news is true, it is more like a guaranteed job, which makes many parents in Qingshi Town excited just thinking about it.
The current Xuemeng Food Factory is not the same as when it was first built a few years ago. At that time, construction was just beginning and it required a lot of manpower. As long as you work quickly, you can get in.
It's really hard to get into now, and according to rumors that have just spread, some technical positions and management positions are trained and promoted from grassroots employees in the factory, and are no longer airborne.
In addition, Xuemeng Food Factory made a profit of 2 billion in half a year and has no debt.
The salary is high, the benefits are good, the bonuses are large, and wages are basically stable every month. Such good companies are rare not only in Yiling City, but also in the whole province.
In fact, many people in Qingshi Town hope that their children can work in Xuemeng Food Factory after graduation, and they will be completely satisfied.
From this point of view, if their children can also get this guaranteed job, they will even feel that the hardship of their children going to school is not in vain.
Before I knew it, another day passed.
On the morning of the second day, Cao Shujie was woken up by his biological clock as usual.
After walking the dog on the dam, I came back, took a shower, put on clean clothes, and walked towards the village committee compound without even eating a few bites of food at home.
Wang Yuelan was still shouting from behind to ask him to eat more.
"Mom, you go ahead and eat. I'll go over there to prepare it. You can come over later and watch the excitement." Cao Shujie said.
He went to the village committee compound in advance to prepare.
Today I want to award awards to Cao Yuting and Cao Hongzhao. Although the other four college entrance examination students also worked hard, their personal abilities were limited and they were only admitted to vocational colleges. This time, the village committee also received their 1,000 yuan cash reward.
However, these four students were embarrassed to come forward because Cao Yuting and Cao Hongzhao were in front of them, and ultimately rejected the Caojiazhuang Village Committee's good intention to invite them to the stage through their parents.
In view of this special situation, Cao Jianlong and Cao Shujie discussed it and gave each of them a standard bonus of 1,000 yuan to their parents.
Three years ago, according to the standards at that time, they would not have a penny.
When this policy was first implemented, the minimum bonus was 2,000 yuan for ordinary undergraduate students.
But starting from last year, bonuses for students admitted to colleges and universities have been added.
When Cao Shujie came over, he saw many people already standing in the village committee courtyard, and they all came to watch the excitement.
I heard that people from Xuemeng Food Factory will also come to the scene today to award awards to Cao Yuting and Cao Hongzhao. These people are so curious.
They were wondering whether people from Xuemeng Food Factory would give Cao Yuting 200,000 yuan in cash, or give her a check of 200,000 yuan as shown in the news?
When they saw Cao Shujie coming, the villagers all greeted him, saying "Director Cao" to represent their respect for Cao Shujie.
"Have all the folks eaten?" Cao Shujie faced them and shouted loudly.
Hearing everyone shouting that they had already eaten, Cao Shujie said a little disappointedly: "Why do you guys eat so fast? I was thinking of inviting you all to a college entrance banquet at noon!"
Hearing what Cao Shujie said, the people watching at the scene burst into laughter. Cao Shujie also clasped his fists and bowed to everyone, then turned and walked towards the office.
But Cao Shujie didn't expect that he would be the last one to come so early.
Cao Jianlong, Cao Zhengcun, Gao Changyin, and Lu Ping have all arrived and are chatting in the office.
Seeing Cao Shujie come in, the four of them subconsciously stood up to greet him.
"Grandpa Zhengcun, there are no outsiders, so don't be so polite." Cao Shujie stretched out his hand to motion for them to sit down.
Cao Jianlong told Cao Shujie: "Just now Jiancheng and Shujin came over to tell me that they are ready and can take the stage at any time."
He also pointed to the room next to him: "I'll let them wait in the room next to me first."
"Okay, Uncle Long, there's no rush to get on stage right now, you can wait a little longer." Cao Shujie asked Cao Jian if anyone from the Long Gong and Drum Troupe was here?
"On the way here." Cao Jianlong said.
He also told Cao Shujie that some tourists might be attracted later.
"Come on, the more people come, the more lively it will be." Cao Shujie does not prohibit tourists who come to Caojiazhuang from participating in their award ceremony.
He just wants to let more people know how much Caojiazhuang and Xuemeng Food Factory value these outstanding students in the college entrance examination.
While they were talking, Wang Zhifeng walked in from outside with two people dragging a small black suitcase.
After seeing Cao Shujie, Wang Zhifeng told him that everything was ready.
Cao Shujie took a look at the suitcase that Wang Zhifeng was dragging. Not surprisingly, there was 210,000 in cash awarded to Cao Yuting and Cao Hongzhao.
Cao Shujie felt that it was not appropriate for them to hold an enlarged version of the check, and it would not be of much use to these ordinary people.
On the contrary, Cao Shujie prefers to come directly and let everyone see the 200,000 cash awarded to Cao Yuting. That kind of visual impact can give people a deeper impression.
"Okay, Manager Wang, please wait for a while. After everyone arrives, we can go over together." Cao Shujie said to him.
Wang Zhifeng is not in a hurry.
Cao Jianlong and the others were filled with emotion when they saw Wang Zhifeng and the other two people, especially when they saw the suitcase dragged by Wang Zhifeng.
Thinking about this matter, Cao Shujie has done far more than the Caojiazhuang Village Committee.
Until now, Cao Shujie has been silently contributing to Caojiazhuang, but there is very little they can do to help Cao Shujie.
This made Cao Jianlong and the others feel a little disappointed, and they always felt like they were redundant.
Cao Jianlong stood up again and greeted Wang Zhifeng and the other two people, asking them to sit down and rest, and brought them freshly brewed tea.
Talking and laughing, while waiting patiently, the sound of gongs and drums came from outside, followed by the sound of flutes and suonas, playing festive music, and many people couldn't help but hum along.
At this time, Cao Shujin, Cao Yuting and his daughter, and Cao Jiancheng and Cao Hongzhao, who were waiting patiently in the small room next door, heard the noise coming from outside the village committee compound and looked at the people standing in the compound.
They were also very excited.
Cao Jiancheng patted his son Cao Hongzhao on the shoulder: "Hongzhao, you must study hard when you go to school. Whether you want to stay outside or return to Caojiazhuang in the future, you must remember the kindness of your brother Shujie."
Cao Hongzhao was introverted and not good at words. He just nodded heavily and responded to his father in this way.
Cao Shujin also looked at his daughter Cao Yuting proudly, with light in his eyes.
For Cao Shujin, even if he dies now, he has no regrets.
I never dreamed in my life that I would still be famous in middle age.
Because of this result, Cao Shujin has gone to the Caojiazhuang Cemetery to burn three pieces of paper for the ancestors of his family, and burn more money to the ancestors who are aware of the underground, to thank them for their blessing in heaven.
"Tingting, study hard in the future and don't be proud." Cao Shujin told his daughter.
Cao Yuting held her father's hand: "Dad, I understand everything."
"Well, Dad believes in you. Don't be nervous when you go on stage later and perform well." Cao Shujin said.
While talking, Cao Shujin rearranged his daughter's collar and slowly smoothed the uneven collar. He did such a simple thing meticulously.
There are at least more than 100 villagers standing in the compound, not including those standing outside the compound and those who are rushing here one after another.
There were also many people who could tell by looking at their clothes that they did not belong to Caojiazhuang. Cao Shujin guessed that those people came to Caojiazhuang to play.
Today happens to be such a grand awards ceremony in their village. ()
