Lin's father and Lin Luming lived in the family compound for two months and left at the end of August. When they came, they were carrying a lot of luggage, and when they left, they were also carrying a lot of luggage.
Mother Lin was thinking about her hometown, but she also knew that her daughter needed her. Her granddaughter was not even one year old yet, and her daughter had to go to work. If she left, who would take care of her granddaughter? It was not possible to ask her daughter to quit her job to take care of her, as her daughter's salary was so high. So of course Mother Lin took care of her by herself. It had been a year since she brought Mother Lin to the family compound, and she got along well with the family members there, so she was not lonely there.
Moreover, she was eating well, wearing good clothes, and looking younger, and Lin's mother was happy. However, she was reluctant to see her old man and son go. Thinking of this, one night when she and her daughter were taking a walk to digest their food, Lin's mother secretly asked her daughter: "My daughter, do you think the farm is still hiring?"
Lin Qingqing didn't think about what her mother was thinking. When she heard her mother ask this, she asked curiously, "Why are you asking this, mother?"
Mother Lin had nothing to hide from her daughter, so she confessed, "It's your father. I thought if the farm is still hiring, you could let your father come and try. If your father succeeds, your brother can also come here to study, so that our family can be together."
Lin Qingqing understood immediately. She was only 24 years old this year. Her mother gave birth to her when she was 17 years old. She was only 40 years old now. In modern times, there are many women who get married at the age of 40. It is indeed inappropriate to let her mother live here alone for a few years. Thinking of this, Lin Qingqing said, "Then I will go and ask when I go to work tomorrow."
Before going to bed at night, Lin Qingqing told Lu Cheng about this matter: "I don't know whether the farm will recruit people, but if not, I have an idea, that is, the farm can select an outstanding employee every year, and the outstanding employee can be awarded a job position. If I am selected, then this position can be given to my father. If I am not selected, it will also be an opportunity for other family members. What do you think?"
Lu Cheng had no objection: "Okay." Lu Cheng had been lonely since he was a child, and he felt good about the two months with his father-in-law and brother-in-law. With more people at home, it was much more lively.
So the next day, when Lin Qingqing went to work, she reported the matter to Political Commissar Qu.
After hearing this, Political Commissar Qu said directly: "This plan is good. It can encourage enthusiasm for work." However, he was a little confused, "Why did you suddenly come up with this idea?"
Lin Qingqing didn't like to lie about such things, she said frankly: "My father came here during the summer vacation... so I couldn't bear my parents being separated for a long time, so I thought of this." Although she proposed this plan out of selfish motives, she was not the absolute beneficiary, and she had a clear conscience.
Political Commissar Qu liked Lin Qingqing's frankness. Who doesn't have selfish desires? He has some too. But it's rare for Political Commissar Qu to see someone as frank as Lin Qingqing despite having selfish desires. However, when it comes to this outstanding employee, "Your plan can be implemented and it can encourage everyone's enthusiasm. But when it comes to a job, the farm can directly reward you with one. Over the years, you have contributed a lot to the farm, earned a lot of money for our troops, and solved many difficulties for the families of the troops. The troops' leaders were originally thinking about what reward to give you. Now that you have this idea, we can directly reward you with a job. However, the job does not conflict with this plan, so this plan can continue to be implemented." Originally, the braised pork recipe made a lot of money for the farm, that is, for the troops. Now the braised pork in the whole county is provided by the farm, and the troops only gave Lin Qingqing a job in her hometown, which was clearly a light job. Now that Lin Qingqing needs this job, the troops will treat it as a job reward for her. Right? It also saves time thinking about rewards, killing two birds with one stone.
Lin Qingqing thought for a moment and said, "In that case, I won't be polite. But in this case, I won't compete in the selection of outstanding employees. I'll just take it as an advance payment of the outstanding employee reward." She said this without being arrogant. If the farm selects outstanding employees, she will most likely be the first outstanding employee. After all, she founded the farm. People should look at the Buddha's face instead of the monk's. To put it another way, even if she is not the first one, there will always be one who is, so she can just take it as an advance payment of the outstanding employee reward.
Political Commissar Qu just liked her generosity and her frankness: "No problem. Comrade Lin, I hope the farm will get better and better under your leadership." Now the farm is the logistics of their troops. Most of the troops' expenses and material problems come from the farm.
Moreover, because of the existence of this farm, their troops' equipment and food have improved, and the comrades' physique has also improved a lot. Political Commissar Qu said with a clear conscience that Lin Qingqing is now the most popular person in the entire army.
More importantly, Comrade Lin never acts arrogantly or causes trouble, and his character is beyond reproach.
Lin Qingqing also expressed her gratitude: "Thank you. The farm can be what it is today, and I am also grateful for your trust and support in me." This is true. Whenever Political Commissar Qu had doubts about her or interfered with her, she would be hesitant to do things.
Political Commissar Qu supported her, firstly for Lu Cheng's sake, and secondly because what Lin Qingqing did would not harm the army. From the beginning of the farm, the army had supported her financially, but the amount was very small. It was all support for seeds, chickens, piglets, etc.
Moreover, these funds were immediately returned in the second year, and not only that, they were returned at several times the amount.
Political Commissar Qu also smiled at her. Lin Qingqing's success proved that he had not misjudged her, and he was very happy.
After Lin Qingqing left here, she went to the farm. Everyone was busy on the farm, and everyone was at their post. Lin Qingqing came to the farm office, and seeing no one inside, she went to the farm's literacy class. The farm usually had a lot of idle time, so Lin Qingqing opened a literacy class for everyone. When Lin Qingqing arrived at the literacy class, everyone was there. She waved to the teacher.
The teacher stopped and came to the door: "Comrade Lin?"
Lin Qingqing said: "Excuse me for taking up your time. I have good news to tell you."
The teacher immediately said, "Looking at Comrade Lin's behavior, it seems that this good news must be very good news." This teacher is also a military wife in the family compound. She graduated from junior high school. She worked with the military wives to earn work points, exchanged work points for benefits and year-end wages, and at the same time received the salary of a literacy class teacher. She likes this job very much, it is easy and comfortable. Of course, there are several such literacy classes on the farm, so there are also several literacy teachers like her on the farm, all of whom have studied among the hired military wives. Some graduated from junior high school like her, and some graduated from high school.
Lin smiled gently and said, "Indeed."
The teacher said to the wives of the soldiers in the literacy class: "Everyone, Comrade Lin has good news to tell you. Please welcome him with applause."
Snap, snap, snap…
The literacy class was very respectful and I clapped my hands.
Lin Qingqing walked to the podium and said, "Today I have brought you good news. It is good news for me and for everyone. Our farm has been established for four years since we worked together in 1963. Every chicken, every pig, every potato, and every sweet potato here was produced by our own hands. Here, I would like to thank you all for your joint efforts, which have enabled us women to hold up half the sky."
Clap, clap, clap… Everyone clapped again, the applause was even louder than before. This was their pride, the pride of their female comrades.
Lin gently raised her hand, signaling them to pause, and she continued: "So the good news is that starting this year, the farm will select an outstanding employee every year. Outstanding employees can have a job quota, and this job quota can be given to your family members, relatives, or betrayed. However, no matter whether it is given to your family members, relatives, or betrayed, the other party must accept the investigation of the army. At the same time, each person can only participate in the selection of outstanding employees once. If you are selected as an outstanding employee this year, you will have no chance in the future. So, please prepare for the next second outstanding employee. Because the first outstanding employee has been given to me by the army, I shamelessly accepted it."
“Oh my god, is this true?”
“Can I be awarded a job quota if I am rated as an outstanding employee?”
"That's great. We in the countryside actually have this kind of treatment."
"Comrade Lin, I have a question." One of the military wives raised her hand.
Lin said gently: "Please speak."
"If you are the first outstanding employee, will you also be awarded a job quota?" asked the military wife.
Lin nodded gently: "Yes."
The military wife continued to ask: "Is your job quota available?"
When everyone heard this, they thought this military wife was very smart, and they all wanted to buy Comrade Lin's job quota.
Lin smiled gently and said, "I'm sorry, I have to give my job quota to my family. But don't be discouraged, you may be the outstanding employee selected at the end of this year."
Everyone was full of energy when they heard Lin Qingqing's words. Everyone was not envious of Lin Qingqing for getting the title of the first outstanding employee. They felt that it was natural because the farm was established by Lin Qingqing. Of course, even if some people envied Lin Qingqing privately, they would recognize Lin Qingqing in their conscience.
After Lin Qingqing greeted the literacy class here, she went to other literacy classes. When everyone on the farm knew about this, the atmosphere on the farm became lively again. Everyone can only be selected as an outstanding employee once. If they persevere, it means that many people will have a chance.
Although there are more than 100 people on the farm and no one can live for more than 100 years, as long as you are willing to work hard, the opportunity is still in front of you.
When Lin Qingqing returned home for lunch at noon, she told her mother about this matter: "Mom, my father's job has been settled. I will write a letter to my family later and my father can come to the farm to work at any time."
"What?" In just one day, her daughter had already solved the job of being the head of the family? Mother Lin couldn't believe it, "How did you solve it?"
So Lin Qingqing told the whole story.
After hearing this, Lin's mother was stunned for a while: "My daughter, you are so smart." Such a smart daughter is not like herself, nor like the head of the family. Lin's mother thought about it carefully and felt that she was like her mother-in-law. Their mother-in-law was the smartest. The three brothers of the head of the family did not inherit her mother-in-law's intelligence. Unexpectedly, it was passed on to the daughter. However, the question arises again: "If your father comes, what will happen to his previous job at the post office?"
"Let's sell it to Uncle San's family." Lin Qingqing said, "One for each family. That way Uncle San's family will be happy, and Grandpa and grandma will have less worries." Of the three sons, the first and second wives have both made progress, but the third wife has not. Grandpa and Grandma Lin are worried.
Lin's mother had no objection to this. Although she had her own family and her family would definitely be willing to buy the house, she also knew that in this case, buying a three-bedroom house was the best choice. If she sold it to her family, it would be difficult for her to be a family member in her husband's family, and her parents-in-law would definitely have some ideas about her. She didn't want the family to break up because of this. "Then how much would it cost to buy it for the third wife? When the family was divided in 1966, your grandmother gave the third wife 500 yuan more as money to buy the house, but 500 yuan for your father's house would definitely not be enough, right?" Lin's mother was willing to sell the house to the third wife, but she didn't want to sell it for 500 yuan. In this way, she felt that their family would lose money. The house of the head of the family was 20 yuan a month, 240 yuan a year, and 500 yuan for two years. If it was sold to someone else, it would definitely be more than 500 yuan. Lin's mother felt that if the selling price was similar, she would consider her family first, but if the price difference was much, she would not be hard on the money.
Lin Qingqing asked: "What's the price in your mind, mother?"
Mother Lin did not ask for too much: "I don't know how much it is, but it must be more than 500. Girl, how much do you think is good?"
Lin Qingqing said, "How about this, I'll write a letter to my grandparents first, and then ask them to call me. I'll listen to their opinions and the price they'll give me, and then decide."
When Lin's mother heard this, she thought it was a good idea. Her daughter was really smart. "But my daughter, if you give the job quota to your father, will Aunt Lu Cheng have any opinions?"
"No." Lin Qingqing said, "There are workers over there. As for my aunt's in-laws, they are far away from us. There is no reason for us to worry about their work." If it was my aunt's children who needed work, they might help if they had the means, but my aunt's in-laws really had nothing to do with them.
Lin's mother always listened to her daughter, so she felt relieved when her daughter said that. She had lived here for two years and knew that between her daughter and son-in-law, the daughter was the one who made the decisions, and the son-in-law had no say.
“Ba… Ba…” the sound of milk calling was heard.
It turned out that Xiaobao, who was learning to walk in the yard, saw Lu Cheng coming. Xiaobao stood in the walker and walked around by herself. When she was tired, she sat in the walker. Now she can walk outside the yard with the help of the walker.