The results of the exam will be available in three days.

The tractor pulled the students back that day and stopped at the drying field.

Not to mention the parents of the eight students and the teachers of the school, the members of the brigade are also paying attention.

"What's the test like?"

"Can you get in?"

"I see you're in a good mood, aren't you stable?"

Principal Gu was steady, and before the results were released, he didn't say too early, "They said that the exam was okay, but it is not ruled out that anyone will lose points sloppily, and the exact results will have to wait for the release of the list." ”

"The babies work so hard, they will definitely be able to do it."

The cultural reserve of everyone is not enough, I don't know that this is called "passing on the torch", they just look at a group of children happily, as if they see a completely different future, starting from this generation.

Countrymen are not stupid, and they are not all shafts, and they are oiled, and they can figure out the taste if they don't understand the truth.

What's more, Zhao Ke and Zhao Xinshan have to derust and oil them every now and then.

Let's talk about the issue of education, going forward, there is a ready-made example of Zhao Ke, who doesn't know that reading is good, and the future is broader than shaving food in the field.

They just don't have the money and don't see a good future.

Zhao Ke and the brigade have done a lot, and one of the most important things is to let them see more possibilities, and reading is a road that must be taken.

The cost of reading is indeed not low, and everyone may hesitate and retreat by smashing pots and selling iron, but now that there is a brigade to open the way, it doesn't need to be so difficult.

The members of the club estimated the time for their children to take the middle school entrance examination, and thought about working hard.

Mr. Wang's family has a lot of children, and if they all go to school, the burden is heavy, so he said worriedly: "Director Zhao, why don't our family build a brick house first, and the money can go to school with the dolls first?" ”

There are several families in the village that are in a similar situation, there are many children, and when they hear the words, they all look at Zhao Ke.

"You should earn and spend, if you use the money you saved to build a brick house, the brigade has no ability." Zhao Ke smiled without the slightest burden, "There are so many households in the brigade, it can't be built in a year, whoever has a lot of children, they have to go to school, the money is tight for a while, you can arrange it to the later stage, it doesn't matter if it's a little later, it's all a matter of one or two years, rest assured, the brigade will definitely not let you eat soil." ”

The attitude of the brigade is the confidence of the members of the Zhao Cuner brigade.

No one wants to watch other families live in brick houses, and their own dolls can't live in them.

Everyone put down their messy worries and laughed: "They are all old farmers, and what they eat is just soil." ”

Zhao Ke smiled: "The words are not rough. ”

During the day, everyone gathers at the entrance of the village to enjoy the shade and chat.

Before Zhao Ke returned to the village to become the women's director, he didn't like to stay at the entrance of the village, so he quickly withdrew after greetings. Now, she loves to chatter, and from time to time she gets together with people to chat for a while.

This can be regarded as going deep into the front line, understanding the village situation, and listening to the voice of the people.

The things that the brigade has to consider are relatively macroscopic, and sometimes some small problems will be overlooked, and small problems are likely to become big problems in the future and affect development.

Because the distance between the cadres of the brigade and the members is not far, the members have some practical needs, which will be directly expressed in the chat, as long as they are careful, they will find some problems.

For example, more and more students in the Zhao Cun'er Brigade are going to school in the commune, and they will have to live in the commune in the future, and their parents are worried that they will not be able to eat or live well, and they will not be able to study well......

This is indeed a problem, nine and ten steps ahead, the eleventh step is lame, and there is a high probability that the effort ahead will be in vain.

So the next day, at the daily morning meeting of the cadres of the brigade, Zhao Ke raised this question and her suggestion.

"Build a dormitory for Zhao Cun'er's brigade in the commune?"

Zhao Ke nodded, "The dormitory of the commune middle school is not very good. ”

Not only in the dormitory, but also in the classroom.

How bad is it?

The house was built many years ago, the doors and windows are not tight, in winter, minus twenty or thirty degrees outside, minus seven or eight degrees in the house, often there are classmates whose fingers are frozen into radish heads, and they can't hold the pen.

When you sleep at night, you can pull out the cold in the bed, not to mention the ears and shoulders that are easy to be exposed.

The local students in the commune are fine, and the home is much warmer.

Zhao Ke took a kettle, poured a pot of hot water back, and woke up at night to change the water in the hot water bottle.

A big reason why Zhao Ke skipped a grade at that time was that the environment was too difficult.

In the past, the classrooms of the primary school of the Zhao Cun'er Brigade were also like this, but the rural schools were more flexible, and if it was too cold in winter, they would not attend classes, and they would save firewood.

"They are all children from our village, how can they bear those hardships."

Moreover, Zhao Ke is still thinking about another matter, "There will be more and more people in the commune in our brigade in the future, children who are studying, workers in the sauerkraut factory, drivers of the agricultural machinery station, my father will work in the commune health center for a period of time when he comes back, Fu Zhiqing and Lin Zhiqing They also have to go to the agricultural machinery station for training, so many people, all pointing to the commune to arrange accommodation, it is unrealistic, the most important thing is that this is a good resource for the children, it is a pity not to use it." ”

Even if it was Hu Hezhi, Zhao Ke actually felt in his heart that he was a bit wasteful in the sauerkraut factory.

When the time comes, they will tutor the children to study, and they can also skip a grade in three years of middle school, saving time and tuition.

The office was dark, and each of them had a small bench, sitting under the eaves around a small square table.

Zhao Xinshan lit a cigarette and thought.

Accountant Niu spoke: "After the brigade has built a school, we still owe a lot of money, and we are short of money. ”

Zhao Ke calculated: "We will build the bricks by ourselves, and we will build the house by ourselves, which is the money for glass windows, diesel fuel and food......"

Accountant Niu frowned, "There are a lot of jobs." ”

The brigade organizes that the members who go out to build houses and those who stay in the village to burn bricks and take care of the fields have to work overtime, and according to the current work points given by the brigade, the dividends at the end of the year are definitely not a small amount.

Accountant Niu couldn't help but complain about her: "No wonder your mother always says that you are a loser, can't you tighten the seams of your fingers, and show them less." ”

Zhao Xinshan said: "Zhao Ke is also for the children. ”

Of course, Accountant Niu knows, but he is in charge of the accounts, and he is also in charge of an account that is not rich, so he should click and can't be extravagant.

Zhao Ke said: "My mother helped me save some manuscript fees, which can be lent to the brigade, the health center is mainly short of medicine, let's build the money of the health center, set aside to buy medicine, and use the rest to the shortage first." ”

Accountant Niu took out his account book again, "You have borrowed a lot of money from the brigade, and it is not appropriate to borrow it." ”

At this time, it is a very honorable thing to be able to publish an article in a newspaper with a very strict review, and at most it will give some encouragement to the items.

"Capital Newspaper" has a large circulation, and after each issue is published, a considerable amount of manuscript fee is sent over, but the rhetoric is not a manuscript fee, but the newspaper's encouragement to the example of young intellectuals who have worked hard to build the countryside, and I hope that she can make more exemplary roles.

And the current team committee members, except for Vice Captain Tang, have not lent less money to the team, but Zhao Ke and Zhao Xinshan have borrowed more.

In that case, there's nothing to be stingy with.

Zhao Ke didn't care, "It's not that I won't pay it back, I'm afraid that I will lose, so I'll calculate the interest at the post office interest rate." ”

Zhao Xinshan finished smoking a cigarette and clapped the board: "Then cover it, Pingping is also coming back, let's raise more pigs next year, and it will be a year or two years." ”

At present, the pig raising technology of the Zhao Cuner Brigade is not scientific enough, and the pigs have also been folded, but fortunately, they are all raised in separate pens, and they are also carefully raised, which has not caused particularly large losses.

According to their estimates, Zhao Cun'er's brigade will harvest next autumn, and all the pigs will be slaughtered this year, and they will begin to have plenty of money.

"It doesn't have to be ......"

Zhao Xinshan and the three looked at Zhao Ke.

"When the dormitory is built, the students who move in will be charged a little money for accommodation, and the brigade can directly deduct their parents' work, and it is easy to say that they will get rations for whoever lives in the house, and if there are students from the neighbor brigade who also want to go to live, we don't have to bear half of the accommodation fee for our brigade, maybe they can offset the two."

At this time, I have to say that the primary school of the Zhao Cun'er Brigade has the benefits of accepting students from the nearby brigade.

When it comes to children, excluding the purpose of getting benefits from them, it will be much simpler, and you can take care of the children without losing money, and there is not much pressure.

Zhao Ke has always adhered to the concept that for long-term planning, the necessary investment is indispensable, "Before the commune develops, we will occupy a place first, and we will have to grab it from others later." ”

The commune has a geographical advantage over their Zhao Cun'er brigade, and the more prosperous the commune, the more the brigades will concentrate on the commune, and the Zhao Cun'er brigade is too remote, in fact, it has limitations in all aspects.

It's like a puppy peeing to mark the territory, whoever sows first occupies the territory, if someone grabs it, fight, anyway, the strength of Zhao Cun'er's brigade will definitely not lose.

Zhao Xinshan and Accountant Niu looked at each other, and Zhao Ke could always convince them.

"You can arrange it with Deputy Captain Tang, and Accountant Niu will cooperate."

Zhao Xinshan's top concern is the crops and breeding of the Zhao Cun'er Brigade, and Zhao Ke also said that with the geographical conditions of the Zhao Cun'er Brigade, for a long time, agriculture and animal husbandry were the pillars of development.

The three of them agreed in unison.

Zhao Ke looked at Vice Captain Tang, who had not spoken for the entire morning meeting.

When Deputy Captain Lao Xu was in office, he would occasionally question the inappropriateness of the team's measures, and would also take the initiative to put forward some opinions or take over some work.

Tang Guowei has strong executive ability, not strong initiative, and changed the village member as the deputy captain, there is nothing to find fault with such characteristics, but as a literate educated youth, everyone will naturally raise their expectations for him, even if it is not as brilliant as other educated youth, it should also do some practical and constructive work.

Zhao Ke was only a women's director, so he couldn't say anything to him, so he reminded Zhao Xinshan to remind Tang Guowei that he needed to change his work attitude.

Zhao Xinshan pushed her: "I went to him, as if I was criticizing him, who in the team committee will you mobilize?" Go ahead, no one has a problem with you. ”

Zhao Ke couldn't cry or laugh, and he didn't refuse.

Build a dormitory in the commune, and get the commune to grant land.

It's still early today, Zhao Ke plans to go by bicycle, and before that, Zhao Ke and Deputy Captain Tang and Accountant Niu will dock work.

School will start in a few days, and the new teachers will move into the educated youth point in these two days, adapt to the style of the primary school of the Zhao Cuner Brigade in advance, and participate in pre-employment training.

The assessment of the new teacher is over, and several teams close to each other have successively enrolled their children to study in the Zhao Cun'er brigade, not many, only five at present.

The three students from the Li Cun'er Brigade and the Pan Cun'er Brigade can go to and from school every day, and the remaining two have relatives in the Zhao Cun'er Brigade and will stay at their relatives' houses.

The school is still tidying up, and the Yu family has no time to do carpentry for the school for the time being, and the desks can only be used first, and if they are not enough, they will be borrowed from various families, and they will move back after school.

The brick kilns had to continue to produce and burn when they had time, and in order to save money, they had to burn the lime used to build the house themselves, and they had to store a lot of clay, sand, and firewood......

Next month, the cabbage will also be ripe, and the sauerkraut factory will be put into work, and the cabbage will be collected from the various teams one after another, and it will also have to be arranged.

After chatting roughly, everyone was busy with their own work.

Zhao Xinshan went to the field, and Accountant Niu was in the office planning to settle the accounts.

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p; Zhao Ke and Tang Guowei went out together.

"Vice Captain Tang, you and Yin Zhiqing haven't been home for a long time, are you planning to take a vacation to visit your relatives this winter?"

Tang Guowei paused and shook his head, "She rarely sends letters from her home, my home is a little far away, Xiaowan is still young, we are afraid that she will get sick when she goes out." ”

I didn't plan to take a leave of absence to go back for a while......

Zhao Ke said with a smile: "When the conditions of our brigade are better, we can go back and return to our hometown." ”

Tang Guowei laughed and said expectantly: "I hope there will be that day." ”

"Yes." Zhao Ke affirmed, and then entered the topic, "Deputy Captain Tang, are there any difficulties in your work?" If you have, you're welcome, we are all serving the Zhao Cun'er brigade, tell us, everyone who can help will try their best to help you. ”

Tang Guowei looked honest, "There is no big difficulty, I have worked very hard, and I dare not be sloppy." ”

Zhao Ke's eyes showed appreciation: "The captain also told me before that you are very down-to-earth in your work, and he is very relieved." ”

Tang Guowei showed a happy smile and promised: "Let the captain rest assured, I will continue to work hard." ”

"You and Yin Zhiqing have been in our team for many years, they are down-to-earth and hardworking, and the captain sees it in his eyes and will definitely believe you, but ......"

Tang Guowei's smile narrowed slightly.

"You are an educated youth, the brigade has high expectations for you, the captain sees that you have not fully played your strengths and entered a better working state, and he is a little anxious, he is afraid that he will find you, so that you think he wants to criticize you, let me remind you."

Tang Guowei didn't know where he hadn't entered the state, and he was visibly nervous.

Zhao Ke took Liu Xingxue, Zhuang Lan and several other educated youths as examples.

Several people have now found their way.

Liu Xingxue and Deng Haixin were previously focused on the architectural planning of Zhao Cun'er's brigade, the commune reclaimed wasteland, and the two of them were invited to be in charge of the planning of the canal, and the other brigades were also reclaimed with the help of agricultural machinery, and the two of them often went on "business trips" outside.

Zhuang Lan and Su Limei are mainly responsible for literacy work, in order to be able to eradicate illiteracy more comprehensively, they continue to study and supplement during the period, and occasionally have to be asked by Zhao Ke to do some chores.

The two of them also participated in the editing of the brigade's primary school curriculum, and the prescribed curriculum is still on, and the difficulty and depth are quietly deepened on the basis of this.

"The brigade is very optimistic about the educated youth, such as Yin Zhiqing participated in the training of midwives, and now he has been able to go out independently to deliver babies for women, and he can also deliver pigs next year, which is very helpful to our team and your small family."

"Everyone's strengths and strengths are different, maintain your enthusiasm for learning, actively integrate into the team, listen and think about the needs of the team and yourself, when everyone else is improving, if you stand still, you will fall behind."

"Of course, what the brigade hopes most is that every person in Zhao Cuner will sincerely enjoy and love life in the Zhao Cuner Brigade."

Tang Guowei was touched.

Zhao Ke stopped, separated from him, went home, got on his bicycle, and rushed to the commune.

It can be said that the commune and the Zhao Cun'er Brigade are in the honeymoon period, and it is not difficult for the Zhao Cun'er Brigade to approve a piece of land to build a house in the commune in the name of the collective.

Secretary Duan asked them about their use, and stamped and approved the land.

Zhao Ke came to the house, Secretary Duan simply called Director Wu, and the three of them went to the street to check together, the guests were coming, and the host of course had to clean up the house and do a good job in reception.

The awareness of hygiene in the countryside is poor, and it is rare for the commune to be so clean, not only the three of them, but also the members of the commune walk on the clean road with a brisk pace.

Secretary Wu said: "It seems that it has to be maintained, and having a good environment can also bring a good mood." ”

Secretary Duan pointed at Zhao Ke, "Xiao Zhao, their brigade planted flowers this year, and they showed off to me, give us some seeds in the autumn, and the commune will also plant them next year." ”

Secretary Wu smiled, "Now the commune and various brigades are learning from the Zhao Cun'er brigade, and Comrade Xiao Zhao is leading well." ”

Zhao Ke is not modest, "It is also the progress of the members of our Zhao Cun'er Brigade who actively cooperate." ”

The three of them walked to the front of the school, and Secretary Duan said: "Xiao Zhao reminded me that next year, the commune will be more financially prosperous, and we must first allocate funds to the school and the health center, and serving the members is the foundation of our work." ”

Director Wu nodded.

The commune is not big, and it was done quickly, Secretary Duan and Director Wu invited Zhao Ke to the state-run restaurant of the commune for a meal, and did not let her spend money, and by the way, they booked a meal with the restaurant during the expert's time in the commune.

Two days later, Zhao Ke rode to the commune again to see the list.

The eight children of Zhao Cun'er's brigade, not surprisingly, were all admitted to the commune's middle school.

Zhao Ke determined the time of school and the preparations that needed to be made, and the bicycle pedaled up, exceeding twice the usual speed, and returned to the team to report the good news.

Several families were overjoyed, and the members of Zhao Cun'er's brigade were also happy.

The students of Zhao Cun'er's brigade are all admitted to middle school, which shows that the education level of their brigade is indeed very good, so their children can also be admitted in the future.

The reputation that all eight students of Zhao Cun'er's brigade were admitted to middle school spread abroad, and in two days, three more children came to sign up.

That's a good start.

On 29 August, Zhao Ke drove a tractor to take Yu Sui, Zhao Xiaocao, and eight of their students to the commune to run an enrollment.

In the afternoon, the minibus arrived at the commune on time and stopped on the side of the road.

The simply-dressed passengers got off the train one after another, and finally came down with a group of four big and one small, which was the Zheng and Song families.

Zheng Meizhu's face was pale, and the moment her feet stepped on the ground, her legs widened slightly.

Song Mingjie stretched out his hand to help her, but Zheng's mother took the lead, intentionally or unintentionally separated him, and asked with concern: "Meizhu, are you okay?" ”

Song Mingjie's expression was lonely for a moment.

Xiao Song Zhuo leaned on his mother's lap with tears in his eyes, looked up at her worriedly, and cried: "Mom, ......"

Although he is young, he also knows that something has happened in his family, so he is particularly clinging to his mother.

Zheng Meizhu reached out and stroked his head, soothing her son's emotions, and shaking her head at Zheng's mother, "Mom, I'm fine." ”

Mother Song leaned over with a distressed face, "Meizhu, if you feel uncomfortable, you must tell your mother, don't bear it yourself." ”

Jung Mi-joo leaned weakly on her mother and avoided it.

Zheng's mother asked Song Mingjie lightly: "How far is it from Zhao Cun'er's brigade?" Can you get there today? ”

Song Mingjie immediately said: "Go to the village, the road conditions are very poor, it takes a few hours to make an ox cart, it's dark, Meizhu is pregnant, she can't bump, it's better to rest for one night......"

Mother Song echoed: "Yes, yes, the body is important." ”

There was a carriage parked next to it, and an old man received someone and was about to leave, when he heard the words of the mother and son, he suddenly interjected: "Comrade, are you going to Zhao Cun'er Brigade?" ”

When Zheng's mother heard this, she responded politely: "Yes, fellow, let's go to Zhao Cun'er brigade, can we go?" ”

The old man glanced at Song Mingjie and said loudly: "Of course it's easy to go!" Was this gay man a member of Zhao Cun'er's brigade before? How long has it been since you contacted your fellow countrymen? Our commune has rebuilt the gravel road, and it is not bumpy at all! ”

At the end, he looked at Song Mingjie in surprise, "People who walked out of our commune didn't even read the newspaper......"

Is it a sin not to read the newspaper?

Song Mingjie just doesn't want to watch it, is there a problem?

But his wife and mother-in-law were nearby, and he could only smile wryly.

The old man turned his head and invited them warmly: "Our brigade is not far from Zhao Cun'er's brigade, I will send you." ”

Mother Zheng was surprised, but she was a little worried, "Meizhu, you ......"

Mother Song glanced at her son and persuaded again: "Meizhu, don't be reckless, rest for a night, it's not a day and a half night." ”

Zheng Meizhu shook her head, "It's just a little tired, there is no other discomfort, you can go." ”

Song Mingjie was worried about her, "Meizhu, it's not easy to settle in Zhao Cun'er's brigade so late, I can't let go of your body......"

The old man clarified for Zhao Cun'er's brigade: "Pregnant women are not comfortable, and it is okay to live in a commune guest house to rest and rest, but Zhao Cun'er's brigade is decent, and they have never treated guests badly." ”

If you are uncomfortable, you will not be comfortable, don't rely on Zhao Cun'er's brigade to entertain you unenthusiastically.

When Song Mingjie heard the sentence "Zhao Cun'er Brigade is decent", his expression stiffened slightly.

Before he came, he thought about it carefully.

Even if there was a change in Zhao Cun'er's brigade, he could infer that it had changed later, but he didn't expect that before he arrived at Zhao Cun'er's brigade, he would first meet an troubled old man.

He is not from Zhao Cun'er's brigade, and it is far-fetched to insist that the locals protect the locals.

And when Song Mingjie was thinking about how to deal with it, Zheng Meizhu had already asked the old man to give them a ride.

Zheng's mother also thanked: "We give you ...... for the travel expenses."

The old man waved his hand and said boldly: "What to give, you are guests, just let go of the guests when they come, and don't worry about anything else." ”

"You're so enthusiastic, fellow."

The old man smiled heartily, "Yes, the people of our Shuangshan Commune are so hospitable!" ”

Zheng's mother had a good impression of this fellow, and at the same time, she was even more suspicious of Song Mingjie's words, she didn't look at him, and made sure that Zheng Meizhu's health was fine, so she helped her daughter and lead her grandson into the carriage.

Song Mingjie couldn't say that the people of the commune looked at them in the past, whether they had nothing to do with themselves, or they were curious and cowering, and they were more vigilant and defensive, and they wouldn't approach them anyway.

Why are you so cheeky now.

"Sit down." The old man admonished, flicked the whip to drive the horse, and said while controlling the reins, "We didn't dare to talk to people when we saw them before, especially you who came from the city at first glance, but now it's different, and there are reporters to interview!" ”

The carriage moved slowly, and Zheng Mu and Zheng Meizhu realized that the whole street was not dirty at all, and it could even be said to be unusually clean.

This is very different from their impression of the countryside.

can think about it, part of their impression of this place comes from Song Mingjie's family.

The old man noticed that they were looking around, simple and proud, "Clean, right?" Our commune wants to invite experts to inspect the land, it is an expert from the Agricultural College of the Provincial University, and it is said that Comrade Zhao has been in contact for a long time! ”

"Comrade Zhao, you know, it's the women's director who has been in many newspapers."

Zheng Mu curled the corners of her mouth, "You know, we have read the newspaper, very powerful comrades." ”

Those who have been here don't understand, and those who haven't been here have read the newspapers, and the old man looks at them and thinks it's strange.

But he didn't ask, he was still bragging Zhao Ke: "Of course Comrade Zhao is powerful, she is the pride of our Shuangshan Commune!" Celebrities from all over the country! You are unlucky, the tractor of Zhao Cun'er's brigade came to the commune today, and the front foot has just left, Comrade Zhao can drive it, and the tractor is much faster than the carriage. ”

Zheng Mu said: "That's a pity, I missed ......"

Seeing that she was interested, the old man continued to blow: "Comrade Zhao ......"

Song Mingjie tried to change the topic, but every time he said a word, the old man could turn to the praise of "the pride of Shuangshan Commune".

Song Mingjie: "......"

Tired...... ：，，.