Chapter 418: The Society of the Four Peoples

Ding Rui's family of three sat around their dining table. There were sumptuous dishes on the table, and the best bottle of red wine in the house was opened. Their eyes were full of tears, and they were about to cry with joy.

Although Ding Xiao is not yet an eighteen-year-old adult, he still drinks alcohol. That's the case in China, it doesn't matter if you're an adult or not.

The father would hold his month-old child and dip the end of his chopsticks into the liquor in the cup and put it in his mouth.

After Ding Rui, Ding Xiao, and Jia Dan sat down one after another, they were all in a very good mood. Today is different from the past, and it is rare for a family to be able to sit down and eat together.

"Dad, after you are transferred to Tokyo to serve as the master of Jia's Shipping, will I also follow you to study there?" Ding Xiao said as he put the red wine glass in his hand on the dining table.

"Whatever you want. If you're willing to follow me, that's the best. We were able to be together as a family of three. If you don't want to, then your mother will definitely stay in China to accompany you. ”

Ding Rui did not force it, and he carried forward the democratic side of the family. He left the choice to his daughter. As in the past, even if her daughter went to an aristocratic school, she didn't have to live in school. Ding Xiao wants to go home to live, and she chooses to go to school, and she also follows her.

Ding Xiao neither agreed nor directly disagreed. She still yearns for Tokyo. I have traveled to the island country several times, and I have also seen the flowers.

She didn't really fit into the other party's mainstream social culture and life. What's more, I am more or less full of expectations for the education methods of the island country.

This is normal. When choosing a university to study, many college entrance examination candidates did not choose to go to Tsinghua University or Peking University, but went to the University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Chinese University.

Or, I went to the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Institute of Technology. What they say the most is that they want to experience different cultures, teaching concepts and methods that are different from those in China.

"In the future, if you don't want to go to college at home, you can go to the United States. Or, European countries such as the United Kingdom, France, etc. Ding Rui said quite seriously.

"You have time to think about it, after all, your dad isn't going to Tokyo right away. Jia Dan also did not put any pressure on his daughter to choose.

"I'll think about it. Ding Xiao personally felt the full happiness brought by his family. She smiled, "Today, a few girls in our class had a big discussion about whether there is a Dalit class in China. On one side it says no, only in India, and on the other side it says there is. Dad, what do you think?"

"India is a caste system, Brahmins (monks), Kshatriyas (warriors, princes, nobles, etc.), Vajas (merchants), Shudras (peasants).

In addition to these four castes, there is also what the Indians call an untouchable class of untouchables. In contrast, China is a society of four people, that is, scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants.

In fact, in addition to the four people's society in our country, there are also untouchable classes. It's just that I don't mention it much. As for the untouchable class in China today, aren't they those who have no education, no technology, no money, no fixed residence, no fixed occupation, rely on temporary work, and even steal chickens and dogs to make a living, and are marginalized in society?" Ding Rui has insight into the real social way.

"Dad, I agree with you. Nowadays, the order of taxi, agriculture, industry, and commerce has become that of taxi, businessman, worker, and farmer. Ding Xiao's view is that there is a Dalit class in China.

"Scholar not only refers to a person who is an official, but also refers to a person who reads a book in general. The status of merchants, even in feudal society, has not been inferior in real life.

They have money, resources, and control a lot of things. Not to mention scholars, even if they are officials, if they don't have any money on hand, they will still not be able to live well.

Workers and peasants are not working for merchants most of the time. In today's society, the status of businessmen is becoming more and more prominent. Ding Rui and his daughter chatted casually.

"I don't understand, why do those people who are staying in the countryside want to come out and be blind streamers?" Ding Xiao asked on a matter-by-case basis.

"Blind flow, in China, specifically refers to the 30-odd period from 1953 to 1989, the surplus labor force in agriculture or other people who spontaneously migrated to the cities to make a living from the household registration management at that time. It is related to the dual system of household registration management.

There is a saying that it is the first generation of migrant workers. They left their homeland and came to the city to gamble on the future for a better life.

There will always be a problem in our country, the problem of more people and less land. The first generation of migrant workers were basically either bold or helpless. Otherwise, it's just a simple idea to come out and break through.

In the early days of China's reform and opening up, when the economy had not yet picked up, not only did the cities not need so many cheap laborers, but even a large number of demobilized military personnel who had returned to the cities and had been disarmed had not been digested, and the young people in the cities who were unemployed at home were much older.

In order to allow their children to be employed, some families take the initiative to retire in advance, and then let their children take over.

After all, they are people from the past, and they know very well that if young people are idle all day long and do nothing, they are not only easy to learn badly, and cause trouble, but also more likely to lose their will to work.

Coupled with the fact that the peasants continue to move blindly and disorderly into the cities, the problem is even more serious. Therefore, at that time, the decision to restrict the free movement of peasants was right and in line with the actual situation at that time. Ding Rui said eloquently.

He paused at this point, shook the glass in his hand gently, and then said, "The land is fertile, and the countryside is close to the city, and life can still be lived."

The contradictions between the old and the young are the most prominent, and the poor areas are really the natural conditions are extremely harsh. In addition, not to mention the village tyrants, it is often difficult for the public procuratorate to control and touch.

Even, in many areas, it is directly a three-regardless zone. Huang Bo acted in a movie called "No Man's Land", isn't that what he said?

Labor-intensive industries were originally in Southeast Asia, but they were later squeezed out by China, resulting in a large number of factories moving to China.

Under the economic conditions of such a general environment, only when the peasants go to the cities again will they have jobs to do. Nowadays, they do not move blindly, but migrate to economically developed areas like migratory birds.

However, it is still difficult for them to stay and integrate into today's cities, and they often cannot go back to their former rural homes.

Every year when I go back to my hometown for a reunion during the Chinese New Year, I not only visit my relatives and children who have not seen me for a year, but also exchange news. ”