Zhenhua smiled: "This is ...... What does that mean?"

He Naiping explained: "Even without an election, the village directly hires you as a cadre. It stands to reason that village cadres are subject to election. ”

Zhenhua nodded, but he was wondering in his heart, could it be that he is another "barefoot village official"? After being a "barefoot" teacher for five years, he was dismissed with one sentence, how long can this "barefoot" village official be a "barefoot" village official?

Ge Shoudao seemed to see Zhenhua's doubts and said, "You are now in office, and it is a temporary employment. But this autumn, just in time for the general election of the two village committees. At that time, you participated in the election, and if you passed the election, you would be an official village cadre. It's okay if you don't get elected, you will be hired for three years, and you will be elected after three years. ”

"That is to say, there is hope to turn positive, okay, I will discuss it with my parents and Yilan. Zhenhua said with a smile.

Staying in his hometown as a village cadre, Zhenhua has no opinion. In this way, you can take care of the family, and you can also take care of the leaves. However, the salaries of village cadres are meager, and whether Yilan agrees is still to be asked.

Father Zhenhua waved his hand: "No need to discuss, I asked Yilan, and she has no opinion." ”

Ge Shoudao smiled: "Since there is no opinion, then it is decided." ”

Zhenhua nodded, and accepted the appointment.

He Naiping asked again: "Does Zhenhua have anything to ask?"

Zhenhua thought for a while and said with a smile: "I have never been a village cadre, and I don't know what the responsibilities of this militia battalion commander are, so I'm afraid that it will be difficult to do it." ”

"Don't worry about this, in a few days, there will be a unified training camp in the county. During the training camp, there is a subsidy, which is higher than the salary. There is unified training in the military aspect, and in the village affairs aspect, you will be in charge of the 1234 group in the East Bay in the future. You don't have to worry about anything else. Ge Shoudao said.

"Okay. Zhenhua nodded.

Ge Shoudao chatted a few more words and said goodbye with the village director.

Zhenhua looked at his father and smiled bitterly: "This time you don't have to go out to work." ”

Dad smiled: "You can be a cadre for a few years first, and when you get money, you will continue to work, and if you can't get money, you will go out to work." ”

Zhenhua was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Then I'd better go out to work early, as a cadre, I will never embezzle a penny, only take my own salary." A few years ago, I promised Zheng Huailiang. ”

"I'll talk about it later, I'll talk about it later!" Zhao Chenghai waved his hand and went out for a stroll, showing off the news of his son's cadre to the villagers by the way.

Zhenhua was a little dazed, he was a village cadre, can he do something for the villagers?

After lunch, Zhenhua was teaching Panpan to read and write.

The old master came to the door and said, "Zhenhua, I came here once yesterday, but I didn't find you......"

Zhenhua beckoned the old master to sit down and asked, "Is there something wrong with the old master looking for me?"

The old master held a scroll of paper in his hand and said, "I have written another piece of writing and will give it to you." ”

"Thank you so much, old master. Zhenhua thanked him, took the paper scroll and unfolded it.

Written on the scroll of paper is an idiom: A gentleman is poor.

Zhenhua smiled, he is quite poor now, and he is not worthy of the word gentleman, but he can be worthy of this poor word.

The old master straightened his beard and said, "A gentleman is poor, have you read this idiom?"

Zhenhua nodded: "I have read it." ”

The old master smiled and asked, "Then tell me, what does this poor word mean? What do these four words mean?"

"Poverty, doesn't it mean poverty? A gentleman is poor, what he is talking about...... A gentleman does not lose his integrity in poverty. Zhenhua said casually.

"Wrong!" the old master shook his head.

Zhenhua didn't dare to argue with the old master, and said with a smile: "Then I have to ask the old master, I will listen to you." ”

The old master nodded and said, "In the ancient text, poverty does not mean that there is little money, but the meaning of hardship, which means that there is no way out. Poor to rich, poor to pass, poor is the opposite of rich, is the meaning of no money. ”

Zhenhua nodded and listened like a schoolboy.

The old master said again: "Being poor does not mean that a gentleman should be poor. This solid means to stick to the discipline. The meaning of the gentleman is that the gentleman can maintain his temperament and backbone in a difficult situation. ”

Zhenhua finally understood that the old master was here to comfort himself.

The old master continued: "Zi said, the gentleman is poor, and the villain is poor. When a gentleman is in trouble, he can still maintain his backbone, and when the villain is in trouble, he will do whatever it takes. I am sending this to you because I believe that you are a gentleman. ”

"Thank you, old master. I won't dare to be a gentleman, but I will remember the old master's words. Zhenhua thanked him.

The old master nodded, and said, "You have worked hard in the past few years, teaching to the children in your hometown, and opening literacy classes. Now that you are not a teacher, don't be discouraged, a gentleman is poor. ”

Zhenhua thought for a while and said: "Thank you for your concern, in fact, I am not 'poor' yet, the village secretary and the village director came to me in the morning and asked me to be the commander of the militia battalion in the village." ”

The old master was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Oh, that's a good thing, congratulations." ”

Zhenhua sneered: "It's just a mess of time, there's nothing to congratulate." ”

The old master was very serious and said: "You can't say that, the so-called gentleman hides his weapons and waits for the time to move, the poor are good for himself, and the good is for the world." You are so young, one day, you will take the lead and do some good things for your hometown......"

Zhenhua lowered his hand and listened, but in his heart he felt that the old master looked down on himself.

Where is your own 'weapon'? If you want to do something for your hometown, how easy is it. For example, if he wants to repair the mechanized road in the village, the old party member Xia Wansong is in the middle, and any 'device' is useless to him!

Seeing off the old master, Zhenhua suddenly thought of Qi Lei.

He is a "gentleman who is poor" at home, and Qi Lei, a kid, must be "poor" outside!

The news of Zhenhua becoming a village cadre soon spread in the village.

However, the villagers didn't care.

The third master said: "That is, a small cadre who runs errands, and eats and drinks a little." ”

Uncle Xiang knew the inside story even more, and said with a smile: "Zhenhua is a cadre, it's called 'deaf ears - with head!', it's just a look, a decoration." Ge Shoudao and He Naiping have always been at odds, they both want to use their own people, they can't quarrel, and finally choose Zhenhua, a good old man. ”

Because Wang Xiang's broken mouth shouted everywhere, Zhenhua got a nickname: deaf ears.

Later, this nickname was simplified by Song Jiacai, and behind his back, Zhenhua was directly called deaf.

Zhenhua vaguely heard these discussions, crying and laughing, and secretly ruthless in his heart, after the autumn harvest, he must build the machine farming road in the village, so that everyone can see if he is deaf!

After the fifteenth day of the second lunar month, Zhenhua received a notice from the village headquarters that three days later he would assemble in the township, and the militia battalion commanders of all villages in the township would go to Daishan, a hundred miles away, to carry out a fifteen-day military skills training.

Two days before departure, Zhenhua went to Zheng Huailiang's store to buy feed.

Zheng Huailiang grabbed Zhenhua, lowered his voice and said, "Zhenhua, do you know why they hired you as a cadre?"

Zhenhua stretched out his hand: "How do I know." ”。

Zheng Huailiang sneered and said: "There are many things you don't know, they hired you as a village cadre and a militia battalion commander, just to cope with this training." The original militia battalion commander in the village was Ge Shoudao's cousin Ge Shouwen, who received a salary and did not work. Ge Shouwen is almost fifty years old, and he doesn't meet the training requirements of the county armed forces, so he hurriedly pushed you up. ”

Zhenhua laughed at himself: "No wonder everyone says that I am deaf and deaf, with a head." I thought I was quite capable, I could teach, and I could be a battalion commander......"