flstandardbreds Chapter 343 You have inherited all of my aunt's strengths
Chapter 343 You have inherited all of my aunt's strengths
After the primary school of Shengli Brigade was opened, all the children went there to attend classes. The driving and repair classes in Zhoujiawan also held theoretical classes in the former private school.
Zhou Jiaxing has been a student disliked by teachers since he started school. He never thought that he would become a "teacher" one day.
He was very serious when teaching, and imparted all the knowledge he had learned. The "students" below all praised him for his good lectures.
After receiving the praise, Zhou Jiaxing worked harder when teaching. He also asked Zhou Chuanyi to bring a few people on the truck every time it went out to transport goods, so as to facilitate practical operations and help unload the goods.
Zhou Chuanyi thought this was a good idea and agreed.
After three months, all students in the class were able to drive and perform simple maintenance proficiently.
After “graduation”, it means finding a job.
If students don’t have connections and rely on themselves to find the way, it will be difficult to succeed and a waste of time.
Zhou Chuanyi had no choice but to ask Zhou Chuanyu and Zhou Rong for help to see which unit in the county and provincial capital needed a driver, hoping that they could help make an introduction.
There are not many trucks in the county, and they all have fixed drivers. They are not recruiting new people at the moment. Zhou Chuanyu got three apprentice spots at the county's maintenance shop, with a monthly subsidy of 3 yuan. The same method of drawing lots is used to decide who will go to work.
Anyone who can drive can participate in the drawing of lots.
The eldest and second brothers are both in the city and only come back once a year. Sometimes they are too busy and don’t even come back for the Chinese New Year. Zhou Jiaxing often hears his mother muttering that it may not be a good thing for children to be too successful, as they cannot be filial to their parents. It would be better for them to be a little stupid. At least the family can be lively.
If he went to the county, only his parents would be left at home.
Although she was his "adoptive mother", Zhou Jiaxing still didn't want to make his mother sad, so he took the initiative to give up the opportunity to draw lots.
Zhou Chuanyi wrote to Zhou Rong some time ago, asking about the recruitment of drivers.
Zhou Rong wrote back, saying that he had not seen any unit recruiting drivers at the moment, and that the city was under great pressure to supply food this year and that the urban population would soon be reduced on a large scale. If one went to the city now, he would soon be sent back to his hometown.
It is better to stay in the village first, or take turns driving, and then go into the city when policies allow.
After Zhou Chuanyi conveyed Zhou Rong's meaning, the members of the teaching class expressed their understanding. They had been following the trucks to deliver goods during this period and had seen many city people in the county and the provincial capital, whose lives were even worse than theirs in Zhoujiawan.
Zhoujiawan has mountains, water and a base. As long as you are not lazy, you will not starve to death. Why go to the city to suffer?
This year, severe drought occurred across the country, with the affected area reaching 3784.6 million hectares and 1865.4 million hectares severely affected, mainly in the North China Plain, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Loess Plateau, and the Xiliaohe River Basin.
Many rivers have dried up, seriously affecting the growth of crops.
More than 2.1 million people across the country are food insecure.
Public canteens in many places could not even provide wild vegetable porridge and sweet potatoes, so they had to be disbanded, leaving the villagers to find ways to solve their own food problems.
By June of 61, almost all public canteens in various places had been disbanded...
In order to ensure the harvest in the fields and bases, Zhoujiawan arranges people to grab water every day. When the nearby rivers dry up, they drive trucks to places with water to transport water.
There was no leap forward target this year. In order to leave more food for the villagers, Zhou Chuanjing directly lowered the rice yield per mu to less than 400 kilograms during the production meeting held in the commune. The area of wasteland reclaimed by everyone was also reported less.
Except for a few who were proud of themselves and boasted like in the previous two years, the captains of other production teams all underreported the output and the area of land reclaimed. Their purpose was the same as Zhou Chuanjing's, which was to leave more food for the villagers.
Zhou Chuanyu knew what everyone was thinking but did not expose it. He asked everyone to make sure every villager had enough food to eat so as to live up to his position as production team leader.
When the early rice was harvested, the yield per mu of Shengli Brigade was basically around 400 jin. Because the yields reported by the team leaders were relatively low, a lot of grain was able to be secretly left behind.
The actual yield per mu in Zhoujiawan was 586 kilograms. After the data came out, Zhou Chuanjing and Zhou Chuanyi both breathed a sigh of relief. The villagers should not have to go hungry in the second half of the year...
Affected by the disaster, the food supply in the city has become even tighter. Even "108" may not be available for purchase. The most common thing in the grain stores is various kinds of "flour".
In order to fill their stomachs, they will try to bring home anything they can see and catch, whether it is flying in the sky, crawling on the ground, or swimming in the water.
The children in Chang'an like to go to the woods, parks, or rivers to find food.
Cicada pupae, grasshoppers, frogs, snails, clams, etc., are all their targets. As for birds and fish, they have long been "wiped out"...
Zhou Qinghong was not very interested in studying, and after school he wanted to take Nini to the riverside to find something to eat.
Nini: "My uncle from Zhoujiawan sends us vegetables and meat every other day. My mother also often goes to the market to buy rice to make porridge for us. There is no shortage of food at home. If you want to go to the river to play, just say so. Why are you lying?"
Zhou Qinghong: "...Don't you often tell me 'white lies'? Why do you act like you've made a big mistake when it comes to me?"
Nini: "...That's different. Our reasons are very good, but yours are so lame that they sound like lies."
Zhou Qinghong: "I can't argue with you. I won't argue with you. I heard from my classmates that after peeling the kema, you can roast it or stir-fry it with oil. It's very fragrant. How about we go and catch some and try it?"
Nini: "That thing is disgusting. If you want to catch it, go ahead. I've only worn this skirt a few times, and I don't want it to get dirty or torn."
Zhou Qinghong: "Okay, I'll go by myself. If my aunt asks about it, you can cover for me."
Nini: "Help me wash the dishes for a week."
Zhou Qinghong: "Uh...you have inherited all of my aunt's strengths."
Nini: "Stop talking nonsense, do you agree or not?"
Zhou Qinghong: "Promise..."
Zhou Qinghong learned to swim for half an hour by the river before he went to look for frogs and touch snails.
As expected, nothing was found. The food had already been taken away by others.
He came back covered in mud and wanted to secretly take a shower and change his clothes, but Zhou Rong went to a meeting at the municipal government today and went home early after finishing his work.
Zhou Rong glanced at him and asked, "Where have you been?"
Zhou Qinghong thought it was Nini who was complaining, so he stole a glance at her.
Nini: "Don't look at me like that, I didn't say anything."
Zhou Qinghong didn't dare to lie to Zhou Rong. He lowered his head and whispered, "I went swimming in the river."
Zhou Rong: "Didn't I tell you not to go into the water without permission?"
Zhou Qinghong: "The weather was hot, and I saw a lot of people swimming in the river, so I followed them in."
Zhou Rong: "The riverside is very dangerous. Every year, children get into accidents in the water. Do you want to make your parents sad?"
Zhou Qinghong: "No, my classmates laughed at me for growing up by the river but not being able to swim and being a landlubber. I didn't want to be laughed at by them, so I thought of practicing."
Zhou Rong: "The so-called way of filial piety is to 'take the path but not the short path, and take a boat but not swim.' This means that a true filial son will not take the short path if there is a main road, and will not go swimming if there is a boat.
Because small paths and swimming are unsafe. If something happens, parents and relatives will be very sad, which is a great act of unfilial piety.
Therefore, children who can't swim are all filial sons, do you understand?"
Zhou Qinghong: “???…”
Nini: “…”