Chapter 58: The Sixty Peasant Mother-in-law (34)
Something must have happened in the first few days of the educated youths going to the countryside, because almost all of these educated youths are students who have just graduated from school, and they have never gone to work, let alone farming.
When the above propaganda is done, it is to publicize the knowledge of young people to go to the countryside, and when building the countryside, it must be very good, which makes people feel enthusiastic and full of ambition when they listen to it, and they must contribute to the country regardless of their own efforts, but in fact, there are not so many job arrangements in the city, so they can go to the countryside to farm.
Don't think that farming is easy, if farming is easy, then everyone will not be so envious of the people who go to the city to work in the factory, not to mention the tiredness of peeling the skin when harvesting, it is the usual work of digging the ground, it is not easy, for people who have not done the work, digging one or two times seems to be very easy, but you dig for half an hour to see, absolutely you are tired of the muscles and bones, but where is this land where you dig for half an hour, when busy, which person should not dig for five or six hours, Only by digging for so long can you get full work points.
In addition, it is very tiring to plant rice and everything.
In general, there is no easy work, the difference is only that some are generally tired, some are very tired, and some are super perverted and tired.
Those educated youths are obviously not people who usually work at home, even if it is Zhang Zhaodi, they are just brushing pots and pans, washing clothes, and cooking at home, and they have never been on the ground.
Therefore, on the first day of work, although I gritted my teeth and worked for half a day, I was not very happy to go in the afternoon, and when I slept at night and got up in the morning when I was very sore, I wanted to report for illness and rest.
So no, the captain specially put down his work and came to persuade them to go to work.
Divided into two ways, the captain went to the two houses where the male intellectuals lived, and the captain's daughter-in-law came to Qiao Mu's house, and by the way, he also called Qiao Mu to persuade the two female intellectuals together, Qiao Mu was fine anyway, so he followed to join in the fun.
In the east room, Li Fang and Zhang Zhaodi were sitting on the edge of the bed with the pain on their bodies, while Qiao Mu and Wang Xiangfang, the daughter-in-law of the captain, each moved a stool to sit opposite them and communicate face-to-face.
"I know that farm work is tiring, and I also know that you young people with fine skin and tender meat may be a little uncomfortable at first, but you are not adapting too quickly, so you have only done a little half a day's work, and you have saved less than two jobs in total.
Since you have already come, it is definitely impossible to go back in a short time, at least you have to stay in our village for two or three years, you can't work for half a day and rest for two or three days, if you really do this, when you go back to the autumn harvest and divide the grain, your three melons and two dates are enough to divide a few catties of grain, tiredness is certain, but you must slowly get used to it!
As educated youths in the countryside, don't you have the spirit of hardship and hard work, we come here like this every day, and you have only been working for a long time to carry the burden, is this like a word? ”
Wang Xiangfang also went to a new-style girls' middle school back then, so she was much more organized than the people in the village, and she could barely convince people with reason.
"But this is too tiring, we are in pain all over our bodies, how can this be so painful!"
Li Fang was a little sad, and at the same time secretly glad in her heart, glad that her mother helped her change the location, the southern countryside is so miserable, if she really goes to support the Great Northwest, will she still have her life?
Qiao Mu saw that Wang Xiangfang still wanted to speak, raised his hand to stop it, and said to the two with a smile:
"You must be tired, but you must know that when you come here, you can only rely on the exchange of work for food, and if you don't go to work, there will be no work, and if you don't work, there will be no food.
Of course, if your family can send you money and food stamps every month, so that you can eat and drink enough, then it doesn't matter if you don't go to work, just live here, and pay three or five yuan a year for rent.
That's all I have to say, think about it yourself, anyway, it's not us who will be hungry at that time, and think about whether your family has the confidence and food stamps to support you not to work. ”
Qiao Mu didn't say a big reason, but directly pointed out the core food problem, and after speaking, he raised his head and glanced at Li Xiangfang, raised his hand and pulled Li Xiangfang out of the house, and asked the two of them to calm down and think about it carefully.
Out of the house, Li Xiangfang was not too relieved:
"Mrs. Qiao, is it useful for you to say that?"
"I'm not sure, but I think it's okay, if their family can really send them money and food stamps every month, then if they don't work, they won't work, and they won't have to work if they don't work, and it will save us from distributing food to them, and it would be better for our own villagers to share more food."
If you really don't know what to do, they can figure it out after a few hungry meals, and some people just don't hit the south wall and don't look back, just wait. ”
How can Qiao Mu know if the two of them can figure it out, but it doesn't matter, anyway, these educated youths don't have any fixed tasks, they can't fall in love, there is no need to be too entangled.
"You're right!
Anyway, there are no hard requirements above, so I'll go back and talk to Lao Qiao, let them go! ”
Li Xiangfang thought about it for a while, and after whispering a few words, she hurriedly went to find her wife, and asked her wife to tell him about it.
At this time, Li Fang and Zhang Zhaodi in the room were discussing with sad faces.
"Li Fang, what the mother-in-law said just now is such a reason, we don't have a job, and the subsidy for going to the countryside is just like this, and there will be no more in the future. Even if we save some food, it will not be eaten for half a year at most, and if we don't go to work, I'm afraid that our future life will really be a problem.
My family can send me money once or twice, but the food stamps are not enough for my own use, and sometimes I have to go to the black market to change points, where is the surplus to exchange for national food stamps and send them to me, if I really use all the money to go to the black market to exchange food, even if my father's salary is sent to me, I can't exchange much food.
It's definitely impossible to rely on the family alone, I think we still have to work a little bit, even if we only earn three or two jobs a day, it's good, sometimes even if the food we change is not enough to eat, we should be able to rely on the money ticket subsidized by the family.
What do you think? ”
When Zhang Zhaodi said this, Li Fang also pondered carefully in her heart, wondering what her parents, mothers, and eldest brother's monthly salaries were, and how much did they spend every month?
How much can I send to her?
Roughly calculated, Li Fang also felt that it was unreliable to rely on the family to support her, her brother was going to get married this year, and her brother's salary would not be handed over after marriage, plus her brother would definitely have to ask someone to spend money when he went back to find a job, and it was really hard to say how much money the family could come up with at that time.
So, too, nodded and said:
"I can't think about relying on the family alone, and it's okay to let the family subsidize it once in a while, if it all depends on the family, even if the parents have nothing to say, the brothers and sisters will probably have opinions, it's hard to say.
Then let's go to work in the afternoon! ”