Early the next morning, Deng Xingming started the statistical work.
Qian Yuetao sat opposite him, staring at the work points book in his hand.
Being stared at for so long, even the dullest person would have noticed it. But Deng Xingming remained calm and continued to work. When he finally finished the statistics, Qian Yuetao jumped up from his chair and asked, "How is it?"
Deng Xingming shook his head, "She's not your type!"
The person with the most work points and who is single is Liu Bingnan.
There were 14 educated youth in the first batch, and his work points ranked only fifth. But who could blame him for the fact that the first four were married
However, because Liu Bingnan was thin and of average appearance, no one was willing to marry him, so he never got married.
Qian Yuetao walked over to look at the list and work scores he had compiled.
His girlfriend Shen Yanhong is only ranked tenth, and there are four people in between, one man and three women.
Deng Xingming took the list back and couldn't help rolling his eyes at him, "Are you stupid? If she goes back to the city, your marriage will be ruined. Why are you so kind?"
Qian Yuetao sighed softly and scratched his hair, "I just think that nothing can be forced."
He was fed up with his mother forcing him. Every time he found a girl, his mother would sabotage him. If it weren't for his father's constant frown, he wouldn't want to get married at all.
In the past, he always thought his mother was very good, his father always ignored his mother, and only thought about his grandfather and aunt. When he grew up, he found that he had taken everything for granted. His father loved him very much, but his mother was a little unreasonable.
His father kept asking the matchmaker for help for him, but was rejected again and again. He became depressed and had no choice but to find someone to marry.
If Shen Yanhong could really return to the city, at least his mother would reflect on herself and stop forcing him in the short term.
Deng Xingming patted him on the shoulder and expressed deep sympathy for the child. If his mother was so controlling, he would probably go crazy.
He looked at Qian Yuetao and patted his chest and said, "Just tell her that I can't possibly cheat. Tell her to come to me if she has any dissatisfaction."
Qian Yuetao bowed his head and sighed, "Thank you!"
During lunch, Qian Yuetao told Shen Yanhong the news, but she accepted it very quickly.
In fact, Kong Qiuyun had already analyzed the situation for her. Qian Yuetao would never help her get the quota. The reason was very simple: no one was willing to help Qian Yuetao.
It is impossible for Qian Minghua and Qian Shulan, two relatives, to help Qian Yuetao do such a thankless task.
Deng Xingming is a man who listens to his mother the most, so he definitely won't do that.
"If we can't get it, then we can't get it. Let's get married as usual." After being persuaded by Kong Qiuyun, Shen Yanhong also came to her senses.
Even if she really went back to the city, her family was average and patriarchal. If she didn't have a job, she would only have to work less, but her life wouldn't be any better than it is now.
It would be better for her to marry Qian Yuetao. At least after she marries him, she won’t have to work in the fields anymore.
Qian Yuetao breathed a sigh of relief and gradually felt at ease.
Not long after the two got married, a major event happened. The Central Committee issued Document No. 21, requiring all communes to resolutely crack down on team-level enemies who disrupted the "going to the countryside together" policy, and to severely punish anyone who raped female educated youth according to law.
Afterwards, the State Council held a national conference on educated youth and issued Central Document No. 30. The whole country launched an investigation to crack down on the persecution of female educated youth.
Wanghe Commune set up a working group specifically for this purpose, led by Director Ma. He was originally the director of the Revolutionary Committee, so it was most appropriate for him to lead the team.
He visited and investigated, held meetings at various production teams, encouraged the educated youth to speak actively, and if anyone harassed female educated youth, they would point it out.
You know what, there really are cadres who devote themselves to being brigade cadres in order to get places in the city and the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University.
Unlike the Wangjia Village Production Brigade, these quotas are actually decided by the brigade secretary alone.
Almost every production team had places for the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. This was the first time that Wangjia Village Production Team had been given places to return to the city, but other production teams had also been allocated a few places in the previous two years.
As soon as the meeting was held, someone wrote an anonymous letter to report it.
Several brigade cadres in Wanghe Commune have been dismissed.
Some of them could not resist the temptation and were seduced by the female educated youth, but were afraid that they would complain afterwards, so they used these quotas to silence them. Others were brigade cadres who were already obsessed with sex and had bad intentions towards those young and beautiful educated youth, so they used these quotas as bait to rape the female educated youth.
This matter caused a big stir and was carried out uniformly across the country.
Compared with other production teams, Wangjia Village is much calmer.
Originally, they gave all the places in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University to the children of their own production teams in the spirit of keeping the benefits within the family.
For the quota to return to the city, they chose a gay man this time. The reason they chose him was because he had the highest work points and was still single.
This is all checked in the account books and is not designated by anyone.
Director Ma highly praised the brigade cadres of Wangjia Village at the meeting.
After the inspection, the whole commune held a general meeting of all members. Everyone over the age of fifteen had to attend. Only those who could no longer walk were not required to attend.
Qian Shulan did not expect that this public trial would be so grand. There was a square in front of the entrance of Wanghe Commune, and it was packed with people.
Director Ma stood on a temporary platform and pulled all the brigade cadres who were tied up onto the platform.
These people have become bad elements, with signs on their chests that say "rapist" with their names underneath.
Director Ma held a loudspeaker and shouted at the people below about their crimes. The phrase "too numerous to describe" was not enough to describe their shamelessness.
The crowd below raised their fists and demanded that these bad guys be punished.
Director Ma called in the relatives of these people and asked them to sever ties with them and spit on them. After this process was completed, Director Ma called in a group of armed forces.
Qian Shulan was a little confused. How could there be a formal army here
Qian Shulan will never forget the scene that followed: they shot the prisoners in front of so many people. Every time a prisoner was shot, the crowd would cheer.
This scene was very familiar. It happened once in the original owner's memory, causing great harm to Zhengkang. She looked around and fortunately Xiaomin didn't come, otherwise she would really be worried about Xiaomin's psychological problems.
After the public trial, those female educated youth who had been abused by the brigade cadres were given the opportunity to return to the city, which gave them hope.
The working group, which had been disbanded, received a mountain of anonymous letters a month later. Director Ma was quite troubled.
But this was his job, and he had to cheer up and deal with it.
The consequence of being so busy is that he can't even take care of his family and children.
Guo Mingxia was unable to wait for her husband to come back again, and she was a little angry, so she had to rush to the office.
She pushed open the door of the office and saw him sitting alone at his desk reading documents. "The food is cold, are you going to eat or not?"
It is the coldest time of the year now, and the hot dishes are finished in a short while as soon as they are served.
Director Ma looked up at his arm, then at the dark sky outside, and immediately apologized, "Wife, I was too busy just now and forgot."
Seeing him rubbing his nose and looking a little tired, Guo Mingxia had to swallow her dissatisfaction.
Guo Mingxia didn't see Guo Sansheng and was a little surprised. "Where's Sansheng?"
Director Ma explained to her, "I sent him down there to check the situation. I've received too many letters these days, and many of them are fake. I can't just leave all this work behind and go to the countryside."
Guo Mingxia put a scarf on him and felt a little distressed when she thought about the weather outside. "This child is going to suffer a lot."
Director Ma also agreed, "There is nothing I can do. I don't trust others to do the work, so I have to let him go."
The people under him all have nepotism connections, so who knows if they will be able to fool him. He can only leave it to Guo Sansheng.
After they left the office, Guo Mingxia continued to complain, "You should take good care of your son. As soon as he came back today, he asked me for 200 yuan. He said he wanted to compensate the person, but he dismantled the person's camera."
As the two of them walked to the door, Director Ma just opened his mouth to speak when a gust of cold wind blew into his mouth, making him shiver.
When he got home, he saw Ma Yunhao sitting in front of the coal stove and warming himself. He was immediately furious and looked around for a tool. "You little bastard, your father only makes 53 yuan a month, and you've spent four months' worth of my money. I'll beat you to death!"
He was quick-eyed and quick-handed. He picked up the broom behind the door and swung it at Ma Yunhao.
Ma Yunhao didn't react at all. By the time he reacted and wanted to escape, it was too late.
A broom hit him directly on the back, causing him to cry out in pain.
Guo Mingxia stood by, feeling angry and distressed.
Ma Yunhao ran and hid, "Dad, I was wrong. I will never take down other people's things again."
Director Ma was so angry that his face turned blue. “I would have believed you if I had believed you. You promised me not to dismantle the bicycle, but you did it anyway. And the time before that you promised me not to dismantle the semiconductors in my home, but you did it anyway. You dismantle whatever is expensive!” He picked up the broom and hit him again.
This time, Ma Yunhao ran away in fear and refused to give him a chance.
The two of them played a game of chasing each other in the room, but Director Ma was still young after all, and Ma Yunhao was no match for him. In the end, he was severely beaten by him.
When it was time to eat, he had to eat while standing because his butt was so painful.
Before going to bed, the couple began to discuss Ma Yunhao's future.
Director Ma was really troubled by his son's temper. "I think Yunhao can't keep going like this. How can he keep tearing things apart every day?"
"Then what's your idea?" Guo Mingxia was also a little worried. Her son was going to a technical secondary school, and she couldn't leave her husband behind to follow him. The distance was too far to reach him.
Director Ma thought about it again and again, and finally said what he had been thinking about for more than half a month, "I think I should write a letter to my old friend and send Yunhao to the army for training."
Guo Mingxia opened her mouth in surprise, "Isn't this too sudden?"
Director Ma spread his hands, his face full of helplessness, "What else can we do? Our family's wealth is not enough for him to spend." Director Ma also made the decision after careful consideration, "Yun Hao is a child with no stability. He is too fickle. What great things can he achieve in the future? Besides, he has joined the army, and there have been no wars recently. Let him suffer a little, and maybe he can achieve great things in the future."
Although Guo Mingxia was reluctant, she was finally persuaded by her man.