The dilapidated machinery factory was very prosperous in the early years. About ten years ago, the machinery it manufactured was exported to earn foreign exchange. However, at the end of the year, a notice was issued to close down and lay off workers. After a few years of trouble, everyone accepted their fate and found another way to make a living.
Road, those who should receive the subsistence allowance receive the subsistence allowance, and life will eventually go on.
The factory closed down, but its popularity did not dissipate. On the contrary, it became more and more prosperous. The wealthy people bought houses outside early and moved out. The welfare houses in the factory were rented out to villagers in surrounding villages. There was an elementary school for children in the factory, and the villagers wanted to let them go.
The children go to "urban primary school" and therefore rent a house in the factory.
The popularity just soared.
Stepping into the 1980s-style factory gate, Li Zhan laughed at the few middle-aged people sitting in front of the guard room converted into a canteen, smoking and chatting. Unfortunately, it was not until he was far away that his fellow workers remembered him.
Who is it? The main road was in disrepair and was dilapidated. He walked inside with one foot high and one foot shallow, looking at the marks of the times on both sides. Li Zhan was in an unprecedented mood.
There are tile-roofed houses in the 1960s, flat-top houses in the 1970s, small buildings in the 1980s, commercial buildings in the 1990s, and tall and large Soviet-style factories in the distance. Every time I go home, I feel like I have traveled through time.
Even the plants and trees are still telling the story of the years.
"A Zhan? Oh, Jianguo's son who flies a plane is back!" Several aunties came towards me, riding bicycles, apparently going to buy groceries.
Li Zhan greeted me obediently, "Hello, Aunt Mei, it's me, I'm back."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, it's so high, it's really good, really good." The aunts praised, "I said your mother killed chickens and ducks early in the morning, so it turns out you are coming back."
"Will you return to the army when you come back?"
Li Zhan replied, "The one who came back from leave has been transferred back to Xi County, which is the airport on the west side of the city."
"Hey! This is a great thing! It's so close to home and you can come back anytime you want!"
After chatting for a few words, Li Zhan continued to walk home under the envious eyes of the aunts. The home is located at the deepest part of the usual living area, with vegetable fields and fruit trees in front and behind, and it is an absolutely pastoral scenery rarely seen in the city.
Li Jianguo walked up and down the balcony early in the morning, frequently looking at the top of the slope not far away. After walking down the long slope to his home, his son would definitely have to pass by the top of the slope when he came back.
"What are you doing here and there! Should you stir-fry the vegetables or should I stir-fry them?" Ye Huihua tore off the packaging of the medicinal materials and came over, opened the lid of the pot and poured them all in. There was a chicken stewed in the big pot and boiled in the other pot.
Holding a duck.
Li Jianguo pointed to the triangular stove built with stones against the balcony wall and said, "Am I not watching the fire? Then you watch the fire and I'll cook."
After adding a few pieces of wood, Ye Huihua chattered, "Look, look, let you see, I'll cook."
Li Jianguo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mom, I'll do it. Isn't the bed in A Zhan's room not made yet? Go and clean it up." The eldest sister Li Ling and her husband Qiu Guohao came. Qiu Guohao was holding his three-year-old son.
Seeing their grandson, the two elders were in high spirits for a while, and continued busy with their duties. Li Jianguo looked at the time and saw that it was past ten o'clock. He frowned and said, "Why hasn't Li Xiang come back? Huihua, hurry up and give it to him."
Call! What tricks are you doing!"
The youngest son, Li Xiang, has not returned from the class reunion last night. He is now a 22-year-old undergraduate intern, and Li Jianguo is no longer as strict as before.
"I'll call, I'll call, I'll call Ah Xiang." Qiu Guohao said quickly, put down his son and took out his mobile phone to make a call.
A soldier appeared on the top of the slope.
Li Jianguo was stunned and shouted excitedly into the room, "Huihua! Ah Zhan is back!"
There was a rush of footsteps in the room, and Ye Huihua ran out without putting down the quilt, "Where are you? Where are you?"
No one has ever seen tears come out first.
"We're over the top of the slope. We'll be there soon. Go ahead and clean up the room quickly." Li Jianguo waved his hand impatiently, turned around and suppressed the sourness in his nose.
Qiu Guohao hung up the phone and said, "Axiang said he would come back later, so don't wait for him to eat."
"What is he doing!" Li Jianguo said angrily. Thinking that his eldest son would be home soon, he temporarily put his younger son aside and looked forward to it.
Li Zhan is home. The last time he came home was when his eldest sister got married. He was still receiving his second year of education at Huaqing University. With the halo of being a student at Huaqing University, he really gained his eldest sister's face at that time, and the eldest sister's in-laws also
He was flattered, and the impact was far-reaching. Now that he has returned to the local area as a military cadre, the eldest sister's parents-in-law are even more cautious about her.
It has always been reasonable for a person to achieve enlightenment and a chicken or dog to ascend to heaven.
There was inevitably a sigh of relief. After the excitement, my parents were busy preparing for lunch. My brother-in-law Qiu Guohao packed away the crabs, green shrimps, lobsters, Dongfeng snails and other large seafood that inland people had never seen before. At noon, the table was slowly filled.
Put the dishes on the table.
Li Xiang hurriedly returned home before dinner, and brought back a bottle of Wuliangye. He said, "Brother, I bought it with a scholarship, which cost more than a thousand. Congratulations on your becoming an officer!"
"You are enjoying your life now. You are an intern. What do you think?" Li Zhan asked, letting Li Xiang give him a thumbs up.
Li Jianguo said, "What are your thoughts? If you are not a cadre, do you still want to be a boss if you take the civil service exam?"
"It's much easier to be a boss than a cadre." Li Xiang glanced at me. Apparently they had communicated on this topic many times and could never reach an agreement.
Li Zhan is very clear that he has a complex of state cadres. To be precise, in the eyes of his generation, no matter how big the business is, it is empty, and no matter how good the foreign company is, it is not his own. The only way is to eat the royal food, be a cadre, and the government
Cadres and army cadres. In his eyes, the status of a boss who earns millions a year is not as good as that of an ordinary civil servant.
If it weren't for this kind of family support, Li Zhan most likely would not have chosen to join the army. When he was recruited to fly, the emergence of the J-10 was just a motivation. In the final analysis, his parents put a lot of pressure on him. He actually preferred to work on how to convert communism
Theoretical research work to carry forward ideas.
Li Zhan realized that this was an important matter and said to Li Jianguo, "Dad, listen to what A Xiang said. After all, forcing him to do a job he doesn't like is not a long-term solution."
"Did you hear that?" Li Xiang rolled his eyes and said, "I have already thought about going to graduate school. I will find a job that can accommodate both my needs and graduate school first. I have investigated and found that the threshold for many corporate units is now higher.
, the requirements for academic qualifications will definitely become higher and higher in the future. Now there is not so much pressure to study for graduate school. If I go back to study after I find out that my academic qualifications are not enough when I start working, I guess I will not be able to study well."
Li Zhan was surprised, "That's good. I feel relieved if you think so."
"Okay, if your brother agrees, I will agree. Read, how much does it cost?" Li Jianguo decided. Since Li Zhan joined the army, the say in the family has begun to transfer from his hands to Li Zhan's. Some are even asking
Ye Huihua's hand was transferred. After being the head of the family for decades, he still had to get used to it for a while.
Li Ling hugged the child and said with a smile, "Dad, you don't have to worry about Axiang's tuition."
"Yes, yes, dad, my seafood business is doing well. A Xiang is studying for a Ph.D., so money is no problem." Qiu Guohao said quickly.
Li Jianguo waved his hand and said, "Keep your money, whether you are old or young, you will have more expenses in the future."
The seafood business of Li Ling and his wife had just started, and they had to use a tuition fee to make ends meet, but no more would be lost. Li Jianguo knew this very well.
"Eat, eat, let's talk after dinner." Li Zhan said, gave the chicken legs to his mother, and greeted everyone to eat.
After eating a meal for more than two hours, I was so happy that I drank up a pound of Wuliangye. Li Xiang had a limited amount of alcohol and went to sleep directly. Li Jianguo took a cup of tea and went out for a walk. In fact, he went everywhere to brag about his son. Li Ling and the other two opened
Motorcycle goes back.
Li Zhan had nothing to do, so he helped his mother clean up and wash the dishes. Then he called her to sit down in the living room, took out his bank card and bankbook, and said, "Mom, my current salary is more than 7,000, plus
The talent subsidy is over 8,000 yuan. When I came back, I took a look and found that housing prices in the county have increased a lot compared to previous years, so I thought about buying a house in the county."
Ye Huihua was happy and relieved that her son was successful. After feeling relieved, he immediately had new worries and said, "I want to buy a house. Nowadays, many girls get married based on whether you have a house. After the Chinese New Year, you will be twenty-seven, it's time to find a partner.
Already."
"Mom, it's only twenty-six after the new year." Li Zhan corrected with a wry smile.
"There are already several children on your level in the village, so we can't delay them any longer," Ye Huihua said.
Li Zhan regretted bringing up the idea of buying a house. He said, "I just joined the army, and now I am a new comrade. I haven't achieved any results at work yet. Why are you anxious about getting married? There is no rush for this. Let me concentrate on it for a few years. There are some
Let’s talk about the basics. The problem with this house needs to be solved as soon as possible. Our family lives in a suite that was converted from a welfare dormitory privately. The situation in the factory is really unsafe. I have public housing funds and took out a loan to buy a house, which solved the problem.
Now that I have no worries, I can work in the army with peace of mind."
"You make up your mind, I have no objection." Ye Huihua said, with some objections in her heart. At this time, many people in small counties do not have a deep understanding of housing prices. How can they think of losing money after spending so much money to buy a house? In a few years
Housing prices skyrocketed, and the whole population became panicked.
Li Zhan said, "Okay, I'll go around and check out the price in the afternoon."
Buying a house is definitely a big deal. Ye Huihua couldn't sit still and hurriedly went out to find Li Jianguo. Li Zhan smiled and let her go, thinking about how much savings he had. What many pilots at the same time didn't know was that when Li Zhan was at the training base
It is rare to have been rated as a third-level pilot. Once rated, you will receive a level subsidy, which is about 1,000 yuan.
Speaking of which, the basic salary of his captain's deputy company is no different from that of the lieutenant's deputy company in the army and navy. The basic salary of the cadre level in the entire army is basically the same. The basic salary is more than 3,000, and the level subsidy is about 1,000, and the lever fee
It's about 300 yuan per hour, plus other miscellaneous things, such as the subsidy for the old and young areas, which is more than 7,000 yuan a month, which is very high in the army. He also has an air force talent subsidy that many people don't have, and he gets it a month.
More than 1,000 yuan, and the monthly income is as high as more than 8,000 yuan.
Of course, it is obviously not comparable to that of civil aviation pilots, whose annual salary can easily reach hundreds of thousands or millions. Moreover, we have only entered 2009, and the decision to increase wages will not be announced for another month or two.
What is the drawbar fee? It is what is often called a flight subsidy. The subsidy is calculated in hours from the time the fighter plane drives to landing. Therefore, there is a position in the tower called a timekeeper, which is responsible for calculating this time. It concerns the pilot.
Vital interests cannot be careless.
What forced Li Zhan to risk his life to train and work harder than others during school and the training base to achieve his current results?
It's poverty.
It's the tie rod fee.
Before he joined the army, his family was really poor, and Li Xiang borrowed all his first-year college tuition. He joined the army as soon as he entered school. Although he carried the cadet epaulette and the salary was not high, it was a timely help to the family at that time. Later, he joined the army.
He started to fly as a beginner instructor, and the drawbar fee was only half of the instructor's, but it was a lot of income. So when he was at the training base, he tried every means to fly. As long as he was in the fighter plane, he almost had nothing to lose.
It's free to pull the lever. Just like that, his flying hours are almost several times that of other students.
It can be said that the real pressure that forced Li Zhan to work hard to fly solo as soon as possible and prepare for combat was that his family was financially poor, and God could get him three hundred yuan per hour in draw rod fees. Generally, each person flies about two hundred hours a year, and he is Ben
I did it for 500 hours, because I can earn 150,000 yuan a year!
Of course, the reason why his current salary is nearly 8,000 is because the rod fee is included. The rod fee is paid monthly and separately, one month later than the salary. Because the army is paid first and then works.
For example, wages paid on January 1st are for January, not December of the previous year as ordinary people understand. Tie rod fees cannot be paid in advance. They usually have to be paid at the end of the month or a few days before the next month. The salary for the previous month is calculated.
flight time, so that the drawbar fee can be paid according to the quantity.
All in all, he has a big heart. Flying 500 hours a year is almost impossible but not impossible. Calculated this way, he can get an extra 80,000 to 90,000 yuan a year. A mortgage loan of hundreds of thousands is really not a big pressure.
In other words, in addition to yearning for the J-10, the high salary of pilots was definitely the main factor that motivated Li Zhan to participate in the recruitment of pilots.
Another reason why he is determined to fly third-generation aircraft is that the drawbar fee of third-generation aircraft is high! The drawbar fee of su-27 is three times that of J-7! When he thinks that Zhang Xueyang, that rich bastard, can fly third-generation aircraft, and
As a pauper, he could only fly the J-7, and Li Zhan felt unbalanced.
In addition to the tens of thousands I remitted to my family, the 100,000 yuan in my bankbook was saved in this way. After joining the army for five years, I earned more than 100,000 yuan, which seems like a lot, but in fact, for a pilot, it is really shabby.
A down payment of 100,000 should be enough, he thought.