Qian Shulan didn't stay in Guangzhou for long. After finishing this matter, she went straight back to Wangjia Village.
At noon, just as she arrived at the production team, the Wangjia Village Production Team held a very loud criticism and struggle meeting.
The target of the criticism was Wei Jianshe, and she appeared as the victim who was almost framed by him.
The military released Wei Jianshe only because he was not a spy, but that does not mean he is innocent.
He wrote slanderous letters to others, which was very bad.
In order to establish his authority, the newly appointed Director Ma of the Revolutionary Committee directly used him as an example.
This criticism and struggle meeting was much more severe than the previous one in which people recalled the bitter past and thought about the sweet past.
Rows of armed militiamen stood at the four corners of the conference. Their serious expressions made people scared at first glance.
Director Ma stood there shouting for more than two hours. In order to respond to him and to avoid embarrassing him or making him look like he was performing a one-man show, the members kept waving their hands, clapping, shouting, etc.
After a criticism and struggle session, everyone's throats were filled with anger.
This Director Ma is better at being an official than the previous Director Lei. I don't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.
When these educated youth saw that Wei Jianshe was in trouble, they all shrank like partridges and looked very pitiful.
After the criticism and struggle meeting was over, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Although it was quite satisfying to see the bad guys being punished, it was still hard for these kind-hearted villagers to accept the fact that such a young child was flattered and had to spit on him.
Qian Shulan watched Wei Jianshe being carried away by the militiamen and continued to be beaten in the next production team. She could only be thankful for her good luck, otherwise she would have been the one to be beaten.
Qian Shulan followed the crowd back to the chicken farm to check on Sun Daqin's work.
Sun Daqin remembered it very well. Although she was a little careless, she was still obedient and followed her instructions closely. She calculated each account more than three times and checked it repeatedly, and she did not make any mistakes.
After checking the accounts of the chicken farm, Qian Shulan went to the brigade office again.
Because she was away from the production team for a long time, her work almost fell on Deng Xingming. In addition, Qian Yuetao was very slow in calculating the accounts and could not help at all, so he had to do the work of two people. But he worked very hard.
When Qian Shulan was checking Deng Xingming's accounts, she heard someone shouting outside the door from a distance. It sounded like Qian Yuetao.
Zheng Xiaohua chased after him, pulling his arm and trying to pull him back, "Listen to your mother, go and apologize to her. You are a man after all, you should be more tolerant. She is a city girl, you should give in to her."
Qian Yuetao's face flushed, and he refused to go, forcibly prying his mother's hand away, "I won't go! Since she doesn't like me, I won't be with her anymore."
Zheng Xiaohua was so anxious that she kept jumping up and down. "Hey, why are you so disobedient? I'm a city girl, I'm thin-skinned. When you get married, I won't care about you anymore. No matter if you are disrespectful or do anything else, I will let you do whatever you want. Now you haven't gotten married yet."
Qian Yuetao was still young, so he didn't know how to play double-dealing. He just knew that he couldn't lose face. "I just won't go! She and I have already separated. Mom, if you want to do this for my own good, please don't meddle in my business."
Zheng Xiaohua gnashed her teeth in anger. She didn't know what was going on. After living with his father for a few days, her son became more and more disobedient. Why didn't he understand her painstaking efforts? "How can you talk like that, kid? I'm your mother. How can I harm you?"
Qian Yuetao grabbed the door frame and said, "I don't care. My father said that a real man sheds blood, not tears."
Zheng Xiaohua was worried that others would see her, so she lowered her voice and whispered, "I didn't ask you to cry, I just asked you to admit your mistake."
Qian Yuetao, however, was not afraid of trouble, and he yelled at her, "I did nothing wrong, why should I admit it!"
Seeing the quarrel breaking out at the door, Qian Shulan simply threw down her pen and walked over.
Qian Shulan stepped forward, grabbed Qian Yuetao's wrist, and scolded Zheng Xiaohua, "Do you have any sense of organizational discipline? It's his working time now, and you think you're just playing house. If you have anything to say, wait until he gets off work! Now, get out of here!"
Zheng Xiaohua watched her son hide behind the person she hated the most in her life. She was so angry that her mouth twisted. "You idiot, you just make me angry."
Qian Yuetao felt a little guilty and didn't dare to look up at his mother.
Qian Shulan stood in front of her with her hands on her hips, looking unhappy. "Who are you scolding?"
Seeing her aunt getting angry at her, Zheng Xiaohua waved her hands and said, "Aunt, I didn't scold you!"
On the first day after Qian Shulan came back from collecting crystal balls, she saw a new house built next to her house. Well, when she asked, she found out that it belonged to Qian Minghua.
She immediately scolded Qian Minghua. People in this era are a bit strange. They think that men are responsible for the outside world and women are responsible for the inside world. The children are actually raised entirely by women. Unless they make a big mistake, men will not intervene.
Qian Minghua adhered to this principle. Qian Shulan thought it would be better for Qian Minghua and Qian Weihan to separate.
Who would have thought that the child would be spoiled by the two of them.
During this period, Qian Shulan and Qian Yuetao had done several things together. Although the child was raised a little useless, there was one good thing about him, that is, he admired his father like most boys.
As long as Qian Minghua puts in the effort to teach, he can still set people straight.
Qian Shulan suggested that Qian Minghua should communicate more with his son, saying that boys don't like mothers who are controlling. They actually prefer to be close to fathers who can guide them forward.
Qian Minghua let his son stay with him for several nights, and this kid actually had the confidence to say no to Zheng Xiaohua. It must be said that this is a big improvement.
In addition to being a little angry at Qian Minghua's indifferent personality, Qian Shulan was also very angry at Zheng Xiaohua. However, she was the elder after all, so it was not appropriate for her to scold him. Now she had to take advantage of the situation and said, "You didn't scold me, but you yelled at me?!"
Seeing her fierce look as if she wanted to have a fight, Zheng Xiaohua immediately took a few steps back and stammered, "No, no, aunt, you are busy, I'm leaving now."
After saying that, she turned around and ran, and almost fell because she ran too fast.
Qian Shulan turned around and saw Qian Yuetao's dusty face. "You are right to do this. Your mother is just ignorant. Of course, you should marry a wife who loves you. How can you marry a wife who looks down on you in every way? You are not a cheap person."
Qian Yuetao glanced at Qian Shulan with resentment and sighed heavily, "It would be great if my mother thought like you."
Deng Xingming looked up at him and said, "Parents can't persuade their children. Just hold on a little longer."
Qian Yuetao glanced at Qian Shulan next to him and winked at him, meaning, your mother is still here, how dare you say that.
Deng Xingming didn't feel anything, because his mother had no objection at all to the wife he was going to marry.
When Qian Yuetao sat down at his seat, he sighed again before even picking up his pen, "I don't know when Zhengfei will be back."
Deng Xingming looked up at him and said, "It should be soon. Hasn't he been in military training for a month? It will be a month in a week."
Qian Yuetao held his chin up like a little old man, "Zhengfei has loved playing with sticks since he was a child. Should he be selected this time?"
Deng Xingming followed his meaning and replied, "Maybe!"
Qian Shulan was pleased to see that the two were chatting happily. After checking the accounts, she returned to the chicken farm.
When they arrived at the chicken farm, Ge Xiaoyun came over and asked, "Director, can I get some more eggs?"
Qian Shulan flipped through her work points book. She hadn't received any eggs in ten days. "Sure. How many do you want this time?"
Ge Xiaoyun thought about it and said, "I still want seven."
Qian Shulan nodded and asked her to pay the bill on the spot.
Ge Xiaoyun hesitated a little, "Director, can I get paid at the end of the year like others?"
Qian Shulan shook her head and refused without thinking, "I don't think your work points this year will be much after you take the food, so I don't think you will get much money. So I'll just give you cash."
Ge Xiaoyun was stunned for a moment, and then became anxious. "Didn't they say that even the poorest families could get more than 100 yuan?"
Qian Shulan looked at Sun Daqin and lowered her head guiltily.
Qian Shulan explained to her patiently, "The chicken farm belongs to our production team. It was not created by you educated youth. The dividends do not include you."
The chicken farm belongs to the team's factory, and the profits are distributed to the members. How could they be distributed to these outsiders
The work points these educated youth received were only the work points of the team. The money earned by the chicken farm, rattan frame factory and pig farm had nothing to do with these educated youth.
Ge Xiaoyun was stunned. His lips trembled and his hand holding the broom began to shake. "What should we do? Director, will we not get any money by the end of the year?"
Seeing that the girl seemed to be crying, Qian Shulan felt very sympathetic.
But this was the production team's arrangement, asking the members to share their own interests with these outsiders, and they would never agree to it. Even if she initiated a vote, it would be useless.
Qian Shulan thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you take some hens home to feed at the end of this year?"
There is still more than half of the space in the canteen empty. Since there is no one living there or eating there, why not raise some chickens to generate some income
Ge Xiaoyun's eyes lit up, "Is it okay?"
Qian Shulan smiled and nodded, "Of course. You can be considered as self-reliant in the youth camp. It is not against the rules. And you don't have to pay taxes for raising children."
For the members, there was a rule that each household could not raise more than three chickens. But for the educated youth, they were much more tolerant and were always encouraged to work and generate their own income.
As far as Qian Shulan knows, next year these educated youth will not even be able to receive the eight yuan monthly subsidy.
By then, these people will have an even worse life.
Sun Daqin counted the eggs and came over. Ge Xiaoyun looked at the eggs with some hesitation.
If she doesn't get any money at the end of the year, will she still eat these eggs
The money she had on her couldn't last much longer. Her family didn't give her much money when she came here, and she bit her lip and kept looking at the eggs.
Qian Shulan understood her concerns after a brief thought and deliberately asked, "Can you eat so many eggs by yourself?"
Ge Xiaoyun shook his head and said, "We are eating from the same pot now."
Qian Shulan glanced at her patched clothes and felt very sympathetic. "Take these eggs back and let those who eat them pay for them. Boil these eggs, three cents each. Then tell everyone about your difficulties. You can't always provide eggs for everyone. You should save money." Qian Shulan had noticed that even city dwellers had poor conditions. Ge Xiaoyun was one of them.
Ge Xiaoyun's eyes lit up, "Okay!"
After returning to the educated youth point, Ge Xiaoyun told everyone the news he had learned today.
The educated youth were all dumbfounded. Shen Yanhong's eyes widened and her voice was frighteningly sharp, "Why don't you give it to us? We have also joined their production team and are part of their team."
Kong Qiuyun kept his head down and said nothing.
Wu Lijun was obviously also shocked. After Wei Jianshe was criticized, she behaved herself for a while and was not as lazy as before.
Wu Lijun stared at Ge Xiaoyun, "Then how much money can we get?"
"Based on the work points we earn now, we can probably get 20 to 30 yuan." Ge Xiaoyun specifically asked Qian Shulan this question. Qian Shulan helped them estimate. Her original words were that Xun Xiaoyun could get 50 to 60 yuan, and the others could only get 20 to 30 yuan. She was an accountant, and the numbers she estimated were basically the same. Ge Xiaoyun still believed it very much.
Wu Lijun frowned, "What can I do with this little money? It's not even as much as a city worker earns in a month."
Ge Xiaoyun sighed, "Other production teams are all similar. They are even worse than Wangjia Village Production Team."
The educated youths all started to discuss the matter. Shen Yanhong lay on Kong Qiuyun, already worried to death, "What should we do?"
Ge Xiaoyun pondered for a long time before sharing Qian Shulan's suggestion with everyone, "The factory director asked us to raise chickens ourselves, and we don't have to pay taxes. Their chicken farms have to pay 30% tax."
The educated youths' eyes lit up, "Is it really possible? But I've never raised one before."
Ge Xiaoyun immediately encouraged everyone, "Chickens are easy to raise. When I was sweeping the floor at the chicken farm, I saw other people feeding the chickens. All you have to do is feed the chickens earthworms and boil water for them to drink."
"Earthworms are so dirty." A girl frowned and fanned herself.
Ge Xiaoyun was choked by her and looked a little embarrassed.
Shen Yanhong became interested. "We can raise chickens ourselves and eat eggs every day. It doesn't matter if it's dirty."
Kong Qiuyun also nodded in agreement, "Yes, let's raise them ourselves. Didn't they also figure out their chicken farm bit by bit? At least we can ask them directly how to raise chickens. And we don't need to start from small chickens. They can also provide us with experience, so we don't have to cross the river by feeling the stones and get hurt. It's already much better."
As soon as winter came, all the chickens in Wangjia Village that were over three years old had to be sold, most of them to department stores or supply and marketing cooperatives, and a small portion to members of the cooperative, and of course now also to educated youth.
Although the other educated youth were reluctant, they still started to raise funds to buy hens in order to earn more money.
Finally, after everyone spoke enthusiastically, Kong Qiuyun suggested, "We don't have much experience for the first time, so let's buy 100 chickens."
Kong Qiuyun did some calculations for everyone. "A hen weighs about 15 pounds, and 0.40 cents per pound equals 1.6 yuan. 100 chickens equals 160 yuan. There are 14 of us, and each of us has to hand in 11.5 yuan. For the extra money, we can buy some nets to enclose it."
It is simply not possible to support themselves with just the twenty or thirty yuan they get every year. Although they are given eight yuan a month, it has been delayed for more than two months and everyone is worried that the money will not be paid.
So even if everyone thinks chickens are dirty, they still have to raise them.
After spending half a year together, these educated youths all regarded Kong Qiuyun as their leader. She was very modest and everyone liked to chat with her.
Just two months ago, when the group leader was elected, Kong Qiuyun received eight votes and was elected group leader.
The money handed in was kept by Kong Qiuyun, and the accounting work was given to Ge Xiaoyun. Others had the right to check the accounts.
The next day, Kong Qiuyun and Shen Yanhong went to find Qian Minghua to get a letter of introduction. They went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought some nets.
After the two returned to the educated youth point, everyone started to make arrangements.
Qian Shulan heard about it and came over to take a look. Seeing that their arrangements were not solid at all, she called a few villagers to come and help.
Qian Shulan pointed to the pit they had dug and explained, "I'm telling you, the rack must be buried deeper so that it's stronger. Also, the bamboo should be thicker and longer so that it can hold the chickens. Also, when you feed the chickens, be careful not to forget to close the fence door. Otherwise, the chickens will run out and mix with other chickens, and you won't be able to tell them apart."
After the villagers helped them build it, Qian Shulan brought some ceramic jars.
These are a batch of coarse pottery that their production team ordered from Yaojia Village. They are just for chickens and don't need to be very good.
The educated youth were very grateful to her.
After Qian Shulan left, Ge Xiaoyun said to everyone, "See, our factory director is a good person."
Shen Yanhong pouted, "I can see that she likes hardworking people."
Ge Xiaoyun was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, "Yes, she particularly likes people who are diligent and don't cause trouble."
The chicken farm has been built, but these people don’t even know how to raise earthworms.
So these educated youth got up early in the morning and went to the chicken farm to learn how to feed chickens from others.
For these educated youth, even smelling the stench was better than working in the fields.
The amount of labor is just not on the same level, plus there are often insect bites and such.
The educated youth were all city dwellers before, and their skin was tender, so they couldn't stand this.
During the summer harvest, everyone suffered greatly.
In order to feed themselves, they had no choice but to learn to raise earthworms.
Qian Shulan was very pleased to see these educated youth working so hard.
"Aunt, I want to go back to the county town." A female voice sounded in her ears.
Qian Shulan looked up and was stunned when she saw it was Du Damei.
After she responded, she asked, "You want to go back to see your family?"
It's been several years, so it makes sense to go back and see him.
Du Damei shook her head and said, "I want to go back to see my fiancé."
Qian Shulan's face was filled with surprise. She pinched her brows and thought carefully, "You have a fiancé? Aren't you single?"
Did she remember it wrongly? Wasn't she criticized by those people because she was single? How could she have a fiancé? Qian Shulan was a little confused.
Du Damei lowered her head, pursed her lips and said nothing.
Seeing that she didn't want to talk, Qian Shulan didn't force her. "I'll take you to the county town." Then she started to pack up.
Du Damei was startled and waved her hands quickly, "No! No! Auntie, I can go back by myself."
Qian Shulan was a little worried, "But you..."
Du Damei lowered her head, looking very confused, as if she couldn't speak. "I don't want to meet anyone else. I just want to see him once. I want to ask him something!"
Qian Shulan looked at her deeply. Seeing how determined she was, she could only agree without hesitation. "Then be careful." She looked at her face again and said, "Don't forget to apply the ointment, otherwise others will recognize you."
Du Damei was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
Before the autumn harvest, the one-month military training finally ended.
Three people from the Wangjia Village Production Team were selected this time, including Wang Zhengfei.
Wang Shouquan kept counting the days on his fingers. After waiting for a month, he waited at the entrance of the village early in the morning. When he saw his son coming back and got such good news, he shouted with joy.
Qian Yuetao also came over and congratulated Wang Zhengfei.
The villagers all looked at the three families with envy. For these country folks, if they couldn't become workers, becoming a soldier was also a very good choice.
The educated youths were also envious. Wu Lijun's eyes kept wandering around the three people, and she was a little confused.
Early the next morning, an incredible event occurred in Wangjia Village, which seemed to make Qian Shulan's efforts over the years go to waste.
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