321. Educated Youth and Peasant Girl 20
With Zhou Zekai's expression, Village Chief Yang felt relieved to assign the places to other educated youths. After all, Zhou Zekai is his future son-in-law, so it doesn't matter if he is biased or whatever. In short, after knowing that Zhou Zekai doesn't plan to go home, Village head Yang notified all the educated youths.
The next day, all the educated youths gathered together. This time, there were more than 30 educated youths assigned to Pinghua Village, more than a dozen girls, and the rest were boys. The village chief suddenly called them over. This thing is a bit surprising.
But it's almost Chinese New Year, and it's normal for the village head to say something, so everyone came over to listen.
Village head Yang stood on the highest platform and looked at these young and fresh lives. He knew that there were very few places to go back to the city every year. Next year, there might be new educated youths from their village going to the countryside. In this case , the competition will only become more intense in the future, but he can't help it, the policy is like this, if he wants to return to the city, he must work hard! He told Zhou Zekai first this time because Zhou Zekai was the one who worked the hardest in this trip to the countryside. Since he didn't plan to go back, the opportunity will be given to others!
That's right, in order to let these educated youths know how to live in this rural area, he fairly assigned the quota of return to the city to the educated youth with the highest work points, and among these educated youths, it was obvious that the one with the highest work points was Zhou Zekai.
"Comrades! The end of the new year is approaching. I believe that you have been able to live hard in the village after half a year in the village! I called you here today to wish everyone a happy new year, and to return to the city next year. It has been sent to our village, and today, I want to inform everyone that the only way to get a quota!"
The educated youths below didn't take the village chief seriously. After all, these educated youths are alone outside for New Year's greetings. Every New Year is actually the saddest time.
It's just that when they heard Village Chief Yang's words, everyone immediately became passionate and looked at Village Chief Yang! Even if it is a quota to return to the city, they still hope that this luck will come to them! Because each of them wants to be able to go home!
"In the past six months, I have spent a lot of time with everyone, so the list of returning to the city at the beginning of next year will be given to the one with the highest work points among you! I believe that everyone knows about work points. The one with the most, may also be the luckiest one!"
After Village Chief Yang finished speaking, almost all the educated youths looked at Zhou Zekai, because they knew that among the crowd here, Zhou Zekai had the highest work points, and he had been working hard since he first came to the village. Completed the tasks assigned by the villagers, and the accumulated work points were more than twice that of ordinary youths like them...
However, these educated youths had some thoughts in their hearts. They felt that Village Chief Yang must have made such a decision because he saw Zhou Zekai as his son-in-law. I heard Village Chief Yang speak.
"I believe everyone knows that Comrade Zhou Zekai has been working very hard to cooperate with the work of our village since he came to the village! The work points are the highest! I have also consulted Comrade Zhou Zekai about returning to the city. He hopes to stay in the countryside to build our peaceful village. The development of Huacun! Therefore, this quota for returning to the city has been given up, please applaud him!!!"
Village Chief Yang said that he was really proud. He felt that Zhou Zekai was different from other educated youths for having such thoughts. For Zhou Zekai, the countryside was not a place where he could be trapped. Way to go out with a radiance!
The educated youths looked at Zhou Zekai with complicated eyes again and again, and clapped their hands. They felt that the other party was a fool, but at the same time, they were grateful that the other party gave up this quota. After all, except for Zhou Zekai who was particularly outstanding in work points, everyone else would If you are not lazy, you will have a chance...
Hang Ziqi also looked at Zhou Zekai, somewhat puzzled by Zhou Zekai's choice. Would a person from the city really be willing to stay in this poor and backward village? There is not everything they want here. This is not only a cage for their bodies, but also a place that binds their minds. How can anyone stay here willingly?
"Okay, next, I'll ask the village party secretary to announce everyone's work points and the comrade who got the highest work points!"
This is the answer that Zhou Zekai and Village Chief Yang came up with after discussing for a long time. In order to prevent the village's return quota from becoming an object of unspoken rules, everyone judged by work points. The work points are judged differently between men and women. They work in the fields, while women cook or make clothes. In short, although the methods of judging are different, they are still very fair.
The village party secretary didn't expect that the village would have a place to return to the city so soon, but thinking about what happened back then, he still had lingering fears, and felt that the village chief's arrangement for returning to the city was indeed a good name.
Soon, these educated youths heard their names and work points from the village party secretary. Zhou Zekai's work points were naturally the highest, without any suspense, and the second highest, that is, the person who got the quota to return to the city, was simply Let all the educated youth fall below their eyes.
"Then the comrade who will be able to go home at the beginning of next year will be Comrade Feng Jingwen who came to the village the hardest! Congratulations!!!"
That's right! Among so many people, the one with the second highest work points turned out to be a lesbian! Feng Jingwen!
As far as Feng Jingwen is concerned, she is not very good among these educated youths. Since she came to the village, she has been a taciturn person all day long and does not like to talk. The work points are actually ranked in front of so many old men! Let the educated youths are all confused...
And Feng Jingwen also seemed to be hit by a surprise, and looked at the village party secretary on the stage in disbelief.
"I... can I go home?"
She has always been reluctant to talk, but at this moment tears immediately fell, and she was crying and laughing on her face, so that Village Chief Yang came forward to comfort her, and told all the educated youths that in Pinghua Village , as long as the performance is good and the work points are high, then there is definitely a chance to return to the city! Everyone must work hard to seize the opportunity! Don't always think about being lazy...
These words made the educated youths feel hot in their hearts. In fact, it’s not like they haven’t been out of the village since they came. They also met other educated youths when they went to the outer villages. But because of the reason of jumping in the queue, in fact, many educated youths came to the village for 20 or 30 years and could not return. This simply broke these educated youths.
After all, not everyone has a background and can jump in line! But now Village Chief Yang's words directly gave everyone the motivation to fight again!
After Hang Ziqi heard this, he quietly took his sister's hand and said.
"After the new year is over, I will definitely save more work points for you, and try to let you go home next year."
With her brother's words, Hang Mengjiao also burst into tears. She knew in her heart that her brother loved her the most. Thinking that every share and every second of staying in this village would be suffering, she still agreed with her brother. He is so capable. After she returns home, her brother will definitely be able to return home soon...
In short, after the educated youths got the news, they were really happy, and as one of the lucky ones, Feng Jingwen, knew that she would be able to go home after the spring, she was so happy, and she promised the village chief that she would stay in the village During this period of time, she must work harder.
Standing in the crowd, Zhou Zekai seemed out of place with these excited educated youths. These people were all excited to go home. They were fed up with such a poor and backward place, but they never thought of using their knowledge to change this place. I feel that they are imprisoned here like a cage, leaving them nowhere to escape.
But for a person, in any place, the heart is free, and the so-called bondage is nothing but something imposed by oneself.
Of course, Zhou Zekai can also understand that these people who have lived in the city and have not suffered much, when they come to such a poor village, they are naturally very afraid and fearful, and even want to escape. Because of his understanding, he couldn't change this dark age, but he wanted to change the bright rhyme of some people.
At least, when making the people in the village rich, it also makes these educated youths feel that the future is not so difficult.
On the second day after the news was announced, it snowed heavily in the village. It snowed for a whole day and night, covering the whole village. When Zhou Zekai got up and opened the door, the snow had already fallen outside. It's almost to the knees, although it is said that the auspicious snow is a sign of a good year, but the snow is also turned up...
He hurriedly put on the scarf made by Yang Yuehua, and the five-fingered gloves made after Zhou Zekai's command. It was very warm to wear and convenient to work.
Taking out the shovel, Zhou Zekai resigned himself to starting to shovel the snow. Finally, the snow stopped. Although it was beautiful when it snowed, the roads in the village were very difficult after it snowed. This made Zhou Zekai think that next year, he must Try to solve the road condition problem in the village.
He has heard that the country wanted to build roads for several villages before, but after getting bricks and paving the roads, the villagers secretly moved them away in the middle of the night, and finally the road was nothing...
Poverty can make people ignorant. They don't know what kind of changes will be brought to the village if the road is built. They only know how to steal bricks, thinking that they can get some benefits.
The same goes for other people in the village. After such a heavy snowfall, they all get up to sweep the snow. The snow is so thick that it won't melt for at least ten days and a half months, and they can't do other things. It's better to clear the snow early Shovel the snow.
Looking at the snowflakes, Zhou Zekai had an idea, took out his clean bowl and jar, dug the pure white snow into the jar, filled several jars, and planned to filter the snow water in the coming year Make tea at once, of course...if there is tea.
Even if people live in a difficult place, they must maintain a comfortable heart. Zhou Zekai has already decided on the piece of land at the door. When the next spring comes, all of them will be good. Of course, Zhou Zekai was already in this small courtyard before. Peach trees were planted around the yard, and when it was snowing, Zhou Zekai protected it in advance, thinking that after a year or two, the yard would be covered with peach blossoms...