Chapter 110: The Australian Dream
When several heavyweights of the executive committee decided to elect Uncle Lao Gen as the mayor of Panzhihua Town, the person concerned, Uncle Lao Gen, also visited the community to comfort the new immigrants, and I have to say that he is an extremely responsible director of the community neighborhood committee, although the director's salary is only two yuan per month, which is not as much as he earns by making a few more chairs in the factory, but the two cannot be equated.
In Uncle Lao Gen's heart, the post of director of the community neighborhood committee is not included in the establishment is very important, although he is not a civil servant of the official government organ of the state, but he is also working for the country, and he is also regarded as a half-official status, Uncle Lao Gen used to be respected on the street because he was keen to help others, but now everyone sees him with a completely different look.
To paraphrase a classic sentence in later generations, don't treat the village chief as an official, the village chief is also an official in a small age, and the director of the neighborhood committee is nothing in the eyes of the crossing, but the hearts of the immigrants are very different, that is the real official master.
"Uncle Gen, I came out to visit again today, you don't go to the supermarket to buy something during this big holiday, things are cheap these days." A woman who was familiar with Uncle Lao Gen greeted Uncle Lao Gen with a few items bought from the supermarket in her hand.
"Hehe, Yumei has bought, it's useless to buy so many for two people in the family, this visit is originally my job, I still have a few that haven't been finished, and I'll talk about it when I'm free." Uncle Gen walked ahead with a smile, and he was very satisfied with his current work.
Along the way, those who are familiar with it will call Uncle Gen good, and those who are not familiar with it will also call Director Gen good.
Uncle Lao Gen once again knocked on the home of a new immigrant, a family of three people surnamed Huang, a mother with two children, a boy is six years old and a girl is nine years old. According to the instructions on the entry registration, the woman's husband died halfway through the migration and was also a miserable family.
"Hey, it's not easy, it's good that it's in Australia, there is government assistance to receive, how can there be such a good thing in Daming, the government will give you money and food, don't even think about it." Uncle Lao Gen sighed and knocked on the door. Then a woman popped out of the door. In terms of age, a woman is only 30 years old at most, and she may not be 30 years old.
This ancient person got married early, and in addition to the fact that the woman has been doing farm work for many years, she naturally looks a little old, it seems that the person is the old Uncle Gen, and the slightly sad face finally squeezed out a smile: Lord Gen, you come to visit, please in the house.
The woman's surname is Huang, her nickname is Narcissus, she was born in a poor family, and she has no big name at all, just a small name, so the person in charge of registration at that time directly wrote Huang Narcissus.
Looking at Huang Shuixian's sad face, Uncle Lao Gen naturally knew what the woman was worried about, there was no man in the family, and he could not work in the factory like a man, and there were relatively few jobs available for women in Australia.
Huang Shuixian interviewed several companies one after another, but was not admitted, not because people discriminated against her status as a woman, but because she really couldn't do that job, and originally wanted to do her old job as a farmer, but the state-owned farms under the Ministry of Agriculture almost did not recruit workers, and they were all indigenous.
"Narcissus, according to your situation, the community neighborhood committee has specially launched a discussion meeting, we are going to recommend you to work in the garment factory, as for the two children, they will be sent to school, and the food expenses will be borne by the community neighborhood committee, and you will pick up the children after work, what do you think."
"Uncle Gen, is this appropriate? Everyone is from a poor family, and the money from the neighborhood committee is donated by everyone, which is probably not appropriate. Huang Shuixian asked with some concern, it has been two months since he immigrated, and he still knows what is going on with Uncle Gen's suggestion that the neighborhood committee will pay for the children's food.
You don't have to worry about this, everyone is a person from the Ming Dynasty, and when you arrive in Australia, you should help each other, which is also what the government often advocates, and everyone will not have any opinions.
"Oh, that," some of the daffodils wanted to say something, but in the end they could only hold back their tears and did not speak, when they were told that they would have food and drink when they arrived in Australia, they still didn't believe it, saying that there was gold everywhere, and everyone was friendly and helped each other, and now I really feel that this is true at all.
"Narcissus, the days will get better and better, strive to join the Australian nationality as soon as possible, with your situation, you can apply for a subsistence allowance to eat, and in a few years you can also apply for a low-rent house, as long as you pay a few dollars in a month, you can live in a big house, these benefits are only available to the people, you can't enjoy it if you don't join now."
Uncle Gen's words are not only said to the Huang Shuixian family, as long as he visits the homes of immigrants who have not yet been naturalized, he will definitely talk about the benefits and benefits of becoming an Australian national, which is also one of his important jobs, the task of the neighborhood committee is not only to coordinate the relationship between the people in ordinary times, but also to brainwash everyone and draw a big pie, in the words of Zhao Shijie, is to let everyone have an Australian dream.
After finishing all the visits, Uncle Lao Gen walked towards home with a cigarette pouch, and at this time he happened to meet a film policeman who was also born as an immigrant, and said hello to him with a smile, but he didn't expect the other party to stop him.
"Congratulations, Director Gen, you are about to become the mayor of the town, I came here to give you a whistle message, go to the office building, the leaders are waiting for you there."
"Xiao Linzi, this is not a joke, be careful that a few adults will not listen to it." Uncle Lao Gen looked around, and then said with some caution, he knew that this Xiaolinzi usually liked to joke, so he didn't take his words seriously.
"Ouch, Uncle Gen, can you make this joke, I will still play you old man, go to the office building, that's how the leaders called me to pass the word, if you don't go out, they should be really angry."
"You kid, uncle will believe you once."
"Uncle, remember to invite everyone to a meal after being promoted, this is a great thing." Xiao Linzi said with a smile.
Uncle Lao Gen trotted all the way to the executive committee, and after asking a few workers, he entered the conference room, and sure enough, he saw several big leaders here.
"Come, sit, Comrade Gen Youfa, I heard that you are now the director of the neighborhood committee, and your work performance has been good, and several of our committee members are looking at your work, so after everyone's discussion, it has been decided to appoint you as the mayor of Panzhihua Town, the location of this town is close to the Pilba area, where the environment is more difficult, before the formal appointment, we would like to hear your own opinions, if you yourself do not want to go, the executive committee will also fully respect your decision." Zhou Aiguo first made a speech on behalf of the people.
Uncle Gen, who has been the director of the neighborhood committee for several months, learned about the size of the official positions of some government agencies and departments during his training at the School of Political Science and Law.
"I'll go, what's the hardship, I've been suffering for half my life, I haven't lived in any environment, as long as I can eat, it's not bitter." Uncle Gen almost only thought for less than thirty seconds before agreeing, much to the surprise of everyone present.
However, at this time, Uncle Lao Gen also had another idea in his heart, he wanted to experiment with what he learned in the School of Political Science and Law in person.