Chapter 33: A Change of Mind
It was the summer of 184 A.D., the seventh month of the lunar calendar, and this year's rain was not very abundant, but fortunately, the water conservancy construction in the autonomous region has been stepping up, so the farmers are not worried about the lack of water sources. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Lingyang County was originally Lingyang Town, but since the main person came back a few days ago, it has been changed back to Lingyang County. Qianxian County and Taoyuan Town also returned to the county level, and even Qiyue Township was upgraded to Qiyue Town.
In the early morning, Lao Guo's family woke up in their sleep, but the time was only about half past five in the morning.
Lao Guo's daughter-in-law had breakfast early, and I don't know when it started, but the people of the autonomous region are used to having three meals a day. Last year, there were even a lot of black and white cows, which are said to be used exclusively by cows to produce milk. Now the children who go to school have a glass of milk or soy milk for breakfast every day, plus a big duck egg, and their lives are much better than their people.
"Lao Guo, I sent you to school, breakfast is ready, you eat first!" The daughter-in-law of the Guo family shouted into the house, and then took the seven-year-old baby and the three-year-old girl to school.
Since the beginning of the previous year, the Autonomous Region has opened a number of enlightenment colleges in various places, which seem to be called 'kindergartens'. In fact, it is not an enlightenment, the main thing is to bring the child over to help take care of it, and he can be admitted to the hospital at the age of three, and then go to primary school after the age of six.
Kindergartens belong to the Autonomous Region Education Bureau, but there are also many privately opened kindergartens, the latter fees are more expensive, but the key is that others are one and a half years old or two years old, and the conditions are similar to those of the government, but there are also many parents who do not have time to take their children, and are willing to send their children over.
"Got it!" Lao Guo was still going to sleep longer, so he muttered a sentence and continued to roll over and fall asleep.
The kindergarten actually opened at half past six, but the school bus to the elementary school departed at six o'clock. There is no primary school in the village, only a kindergarten, so the daughter-in-law of the Guo family has to send the child to the school bus first.
It is said that it is a school bus, but it is actually a horse-drawn carriage, and one car can hold more than ten children. The school is a boarding system, with four days off every ten days, which also makes it easier for these rural students to go home during vacations.
"Son, when you get to school, you have to listen to the teacher, don't get into trouble, you know? You have to study hard to be successful in the future! The daughter-in-law of the Guo family handed over the twenty yuan, which was your child's pocket money for the past ten days.
The Autonomous Region provides three meals a day, free tuition and fees, and free teaching assistance, and there is nothing happier in the world for parents. For Li Yu, the financial expenses are indeed very large, but the key is to cultivate a large number of educated children, which are the future talent reserves of the autonomous region, and compared to this, those expenses are not a thing.
"Mother, I know!" I was said in front of so many classmates, so naturally I was embarrassed. In fact, several other classmates didn't feel anything, after all, they were also explained like that when they left home.
I used to hear that it was very difficult to have a family, let alone study, and even if it was full, it would be a problem. Since coming to the autonomous region four years ago, not only are they not unregistered mountain people, but they have also begun to contract land. The harvest in the past few years has been good, so the family has money to spare. No, I took all the pocket money!
The principal is a good person, let them study for free, and provide them with three meals a day. When you grow up in the future, you must repay your kindness and serve your husband well, which is basically the most talked about by all students.
Sending the eldest baby to school, seeing that she will not see her for another ten days, the daughter-in-law of the Guo family is inevitably a little worried. However, in order for her child to be able to study, she felt that she had to be ruthless. So he immediately turned around and sent the little girl to kindergarten.
When I came to the kindergarten, the time was just over half past six, and the kindergarten was not open, and the kindergarten teacher also welcomed the little girl in.
The teacher will help take care of these children, and the key will be to make some games for them, craft or teach them pinyin and numbers, and do some simple enlightenment. By the age of six, when you enter primary school, it will be much easier to learn these things.
For parents, the most convenient place here is that someone helps them with their children. Now they can be freed from the trouble of having children, and they can go to work or labor.
When he returned home, Lao Guo happened to be eating, and Guo's daughter-in-law took a pair of bowls and chopsticks in the cupboard and scooped a bowl of porridge for herself. Eating porridge for breakfast has become a habit for many people, and adding some corn or sweet potatoes to it tastes better.
Rich families are said to eat porridge every day without adding anything else; The poorer this person is, the more corn and sweet potato shreds there are, and some bowls full of corn kernels or shredded sweet potatoes can't see a few rice grains. But it is not good to eat corn and sweet potato shreds, and the stomach is panicked by simply eating corn and sweet potato shreds.
"The potatoes are ready to be cooked, and the potatoes of more than 30 acres of land are only afraid that one or two people will have to be hired to help harvest them!" After breakfast, Lao Guo muttered.
Potatoes mature in about 60 days, belong to early-maturing varieties, have a large yield and a good taste, and can be used for cooking and cooking. Recently, the government has also been buying a large number of potatoes and making them into mashed potatoes for those who are waiting to be resettled, and the price is not low.
"It's only thirty acres of land, and the family has already hired two people to help, so it's better to work harder, where do you need to continue to find someone to come......" Guo's daughter-in-law is reluctant to spend this money, she has been living hard for a long time before, and now she has not been able to let go.
"Isn't there any other land to plant? Our family has contracted more than ten hectares of land, which sweet potato, corn, potato and vegetable are not planted? Not to mention that it is mainly rice fields, and fish are raised in them. I have calculated, this year's harvest in the Central Plains will definitely not be good, when the grain can be sold for a large price, the extra part of the invitation to one or two people back, can plant the field better, can be harvested faster. If you sell it early, you can make more money, and if you can't ask someone, the money will come back! Lao Guo counted it.
In the past, he didn't think about this, because he didn't have the culture and didn't have the conditions to think about it. But after the enlightenment, the daimyo Guo Yihui wrote, and even began to settle accounts.
"That makes sense, so please!" The daughter-in-law of the Guo family is not good at disobeying the family, so she calculated it in her heart, and it was the same thing, so she agreed.
"Now I'm wondering who I'm going to invite better! The people of our autonomous region are naturally the best, not only enlightened but also understand the rules, and their hands and feet are also clean. It's just that the price is a little expensive, and it's not cost-effective; Those refugees who fled south are the cheapest, but many of them don't know a single big character, and many of them still have unclean urine, and some of their hands and feet are not clean......," Lao Guo said by the way, what gave him a headache.
Since the beginning of spring, there have been yellow turbans in the north, and a large number of people, it is said that millions of people have fled south. At first, many of them set up refugee camps on the outskirts of the autonomous region and lived in them temporarily, but in the end the autonomous region did not have much land to house them.
Ten days ago, the chief came back, and it is said that the autonomous region has also been expanded, so that there is a place to house them. However, it does not happen overnight, and everyone has to register as a resident, even in several new counties.
In normal times, these refugees also have to help with things, otherwise they will not have anything to eat. However, if you want to earn more, you have to find your own work, and the wages are naturally low, but the people in the autonomous region feel that they don't understand the rules and look down on them.
Ironically, a few years ago they were black households, just mountain people. But now they are actually qualified to look down on the people in the Central Plains, such a situation was unimaginable before, and it was a good life brought by the main thing.
The people of the autonomous region also know this, and they spontaneously support and support the main task in their hearts. Now even if the court says that they want to remove the principal, they are unwilling, even if they rebel with the principal, a huge part of them, even ninety percent of the people, will be willing to rebel with the principal!
Behind this, Momen also contributed to a certain extent, and the idea of a cult of personality began to spread in the autonomous region. Many people think that Li Yu is a messenger sent by God to save the people of Limin, and many people even built an immortal tablet for him at home and worshiped him day and night.
"There are always a few honest people, didn't the government mobilize us? If you need it, you can help hire them, anyway, the price is about the same, just choose someone well! The daughter-in-law of the Guo family thought about it and replied.
"Okay, I'll pick someone later!" Guo Yi thought about it, so he settled down.
Later, Guo Yi really went to the border with the convoy and picked a family in the refugee camp to come back to help. This family of three, the age of the child is about ten years old, in the past half of the labor, a man and a woman are in the prime of life, but the nutrition seems to be unable to keep up, a little emaciated.
According to the head of the family, the three of them counted the money of two people, and Lao Guo felt that it was a bit of a sin. The little girl doesn't go to school but has to work, and even if he goes to a literacy class when he grows up, I'm afraid he won't have much interest......
However, he Guo Yi is not an official government, and he has no ability to sponsor the little girl to study. Now that people's lives are in trouble, it's not good to force too much. I just hired them, and helped them with literacy in the evening, which was an extra payment.
The people of Momen have been propagating that 'if you are poor, you will be good alone, and if you are good, you will help the world', which means that when you have no conditions, you should take care of yourself first, and if you have the conditions, you will gather the people around you.
This propaganda is related to the 'Great Chinese People. The propaganda of 'nationalism' is matched, which makes Lao Guo understand what is called a nation and what is called a country. Many people think that the Han Dynasty is not a country, at least they don't recognize it, but the autonomous region gives them more sense of belonging. But they understand the concept of nation, in fact, everyone is compatriots, regardless of whether they live in the same place or not.
Since ancient times, China has had a sense of regional protection, and the people have always rejected outsiders, in the final analysis, it is to protect the interests of their own villagers to the greatest extent. Now it has changed a little, at least Lao Guo knows how to safeguard the interests of the autonomous region.
Under these propaganda, he felt that within his ability, he always had to help others, especially if everyone was a compatriot!
This kind of thing is not a minority, many people have been influenced by Momen, more and more people have become outer disciples or registered disciples of Momen, and even more people have become inner disciples. It is said that after becoming an inner disciple, you can learn more useful knowledge, and you can also be more reused. It's just to get in, but it's not something that ordinary people can get in......
As a result of long-term propaganda, people's minds are also changing, sometimes quickly, sometimes imperceptibly.
Many people don't even realize the shift in their thinking, but for those who are entering the autonomous region for the first time, here and outside are simply two different worlds. (To be continued.) )