1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

Chapter 286 If you want to get rich, you must first connect electricity and then build roads (Request full order)
Then he told his family about his departure for Yanjing to report.

But I came back during the busy farming season, which was unfortunate.

My brother-in-law Wang Quanwen is a private teacher in the village primary school, so he must transfer his connections before leaving.

Not only my brother-in-law wants to transfer.

Even my sister and cousin had to use the admission letters that Cheng Xuemin helped them get to go to the brigade, the commune, and then the county to transfer their relationship and household registration.

The admission letter contains a letter of introduction and a residence registration permit issued by the university.

It is convenient for prospective college students to get all their relatives’ household registrations arranged before reporting to the school and transfer them to the school together.

In this era, the most direct and easiest way for rural farmers to change their agricultural household registration to non-agricultural household registration is to get into university.

and so!
After discussing it, the family decided to let the elder sister take Qingwa and go back to Yanjing with Cheng Xuemin first.

My brother-in-law Wang Quanwen took the next step. After all their relatives’ household registrations were sorted out, he went to report to the school around the end of the month.

Also, because my sister was admitted to Yenching University and my brother-in-law was admitted to Yenching Normal University, they were not in the same university, so it would definitely be inconvenient for the couple to find accommodation in the school.

In addition, my nephew Qingwa has been attending kindergarten at Yenching University for a semester.

There is no need to change kindergarten next semester, just report there directly.

So Cheng Xuemin suggested that the three of them live at home, as the two-entry courtyard house in Yanjing happened to be big enough.

Cheng Xuemin also suggested vacating two rooms in the backyard for his sister and brother-in-law to live in.

One room was used as a bedroom for the three of them to sleep, and the other room was used as a study.

We are all college students now, so it is necessary to have a study room.

Cheng Xuemin also said that after the couple reported to Yenching University, his wife Feng Jiayou, as his brother's wife, would buy them each a bicycle to make it easier for them to go to and from school.

"It's useless, it's useless!"

"Xuemin, forget about the bicycle!"

"It's already troublesome enough for you two to live in our house, and you even bought us such an expensive bicycle. We can't use it!"

Brother-in-law Wang Quanwen didn't have any problem with the arrangements for his brother-in-law.

But the mood is complicated!

When his brother-in-law was still lazy and careless, it was his brother-in-law who often cleaned up his mess.

But who would have thought!
People say girls change a lot when they grow up, and my brother-in-law has changed so much.

It was as if I suddenly got it.

They are all pioneers of reform and opening up, and are specially appointed lecturers and professors at Yenching University.

The level of treatment has reached level seventeen.

A private village primary school teacher like my brother-in-law Wang Quanwen, regardless of his rank, is not even worthy of being called a private school.

Even if he and his sister were admitted to university, they would only get the salary of a level 23 official after graduation.

With this calculation, there is a big gap between me and my brother-in-law.

In addition, during this period, my wife came back from Yanjing, and she kept saying how great and outstanding her brother was, as if he was the God of Literature from heaven.

After hearing this, brother-in-law Wang Quanwen had to admit that his brother-in-law was indeed far superior to him.

From now on, my brother-in-law will basically have the final say at home.

It’s also good to live at home!

It's just right that their family of three can be together and don't have to be separated anymore.

So, it was already a huge favor for the brother-in-law to arrange accommodation for them, so why did he also provide them with two cars, to make it more convenient for them to go to and from school?
This won’t do! This won’t do!

Wang Quanwen heard that Yenching Normal University was not far from his home, and it would take less than an hour to walk there.

Not to mention my wife. I heard that Yenching University is just opposite our house. We can walk from one end of the village to the other, so there is no need to ride a bicycle.

They can just walk to and from school on normal days, so why should I let my brother-in-law and sister-in-law spend money to buy them bicycles?

"Yeah, Xuemin, forget about the bicycle!"

"We're not even two steps away from school!"

Sister Cheng Wenxiu also waved her hands repeatedly, saying that the class was just opposite their house and there was no need to use a bicycle at all.

"Then we'll talk about it when we get to Yanjing!"

Cheng Xuemin didn't say much on this topic, but just nodded and said, "Sister, if you hear the school bell ringing when you are in class and then run over, you may still make it in time!"

"But my brother-in-law must buy one!"

"Besides, it will be useful when I need to pick up Qingwa from kindergarten."

One is definitely needed!

A bicycle for a family of three is basically the standard in Yanjing City.

Of course, the Feng family is not an ordinary family in Yanjing City. Almost everyone in the family has a bicycle.

When I get home from get off work, there are usually six or seven bicycles parked in the yard alone.

This was when Cheng Xuemin hadn’t bought a car and had always been sharing one with his wife Feng Jiayou.

"Xiao Lian should live in the school, right?"

After talking about her sister and brother-in-law, Cheng's mother Qin Guilan talked about her niece.

"That should be the case! The school has dormitory arrangements, and she said she would live in the school!"

"I'll ask my uncle later!"

"It doesn't matter whether I live at home or at school!"

Cheng Xuemin didn't care about this, but his cousin Qin Xiaolian, Feng Jiamo and Zhu Shan all went there to play together.

We had agreed to take the entrance exam to Yenching University together, live in the school together, and not be disciplined by her parents. We would be free.

Cousin Qin Xiaolian is also afraid of being disciplined by her cousin Cheng Xuemin, and is afraid that Cheng Xuemin will report her to her uncle and aunt at home, so she obviously will not live at home.

Neither Cheng Xuemin nor Feng Jiayou considered arranging for her to live at home.

"Xuemin, how many days do you plan to stay this time?" Qin Guilan didn't say much after hearing what her son said.

I've already helped Xiaolian get into college, so there's no need for her to live at home in the future. If conflicts arise over time, we'll end up becoming enemies.

I am concerned about my son. How many days can he stay at home this time?

During the last Chinese New Year, I didn’t stay for a few days and rushed back to Yanjing.

"Mom, I haven't finished filming that movie yet, and I have to go back to Yanjing to reshoot a few scenes, so the director only gave me a week off!"

"I can only stay at home for three or four days!"

Cheng Xuemin estimated that he could only stay at home for three or four days and had to leave quickly as the journey would still take three or four days.

“Three or four days?!”

"That works!"

"I'll work harder with you these two days, and when we go back, I'll go with Wenxiu!"

Cheng's mother, Qin Guilan, also made an estimate and told her son Cheng Xuemin about her plan.

"Yes, I asked your mother to go over there!"

"Xiaosong is already one month old, and we haven't even gone to take a look!"

"It's a good opportunity for you to come over and pick her up, so you can bring your mother over to live with you for a while, so that she can help take care of your wife and Xiaosong!"

When Mr. Cheng saw that his wife suddenly mentioned this matter, he explained it to his son Cheng Xuemin.

I had been hoping that my son would bring back his daughter-in-law and eldest grandson, but the weather was too hot and my eldest grandson was still too young for a long journey.

But looking at the grandson's eagerness, it is not something that will disappear just because he doesn't come.

Since the eldest grandson couldn't make it, they should have gone over to see him directly.

Originally, when her daughter-in-law gave birth and was in confinement after childbirth, it was her mother-in-law Qin Guilan who had to go over and take care of her.

But it’s too far and inconvenient.

In addition, after the busy farming season is over, the team will be busy again and have to wait until the autumn harvest in October.

So Mr. and Mrs. Cheng decided to let Mrs. Cheng go over to help take care of the baby, but more importantly, to look after the eldest grandson.

"That's good, that's good!"

"Why don't you go with mom and stay there for a while!" "Wait until the autumn harvest, and I'll take you back?"

Of course Cheng Xuemin felt great to hear this. If his parents could go over and live there for a while, his wife Feng Jiayou would be so happy.

"Um, you don't need to be the captain anymore?"

"You don't need to worry about the team's affairs?"

Of course, Mr. Cheng also wanted to visit his grandson, but he was the captain of the Chengjiawan Brigade, and it was the busy farming season, so how could he possibly leave?

Cheng Xuemin didn't dare to say it, so he just gave up being the position.

The family talked until very late, and the main topic later was Cheng Xuemin's performance in the south during the first half of the year.

When my sister Cheng Wenxiu came back, she told the family everything. When Mr. and Mrs. Cheng heard it, they were so frightened that their faces turned pale.

Now when I hear my grown-up son talk about things in the south, I still feel scared.

late!

Cheng Xuemin did not move into the new cave dwelling, nor did he move into his previous cave dwelling. Instead, he took Qingwa and the other two to the roof of a small bungalow outside the cave dwelling and slept there in the open air that night.

It’s basically like this in the countryside in the summer. People who have small apartments basically sleep on the roof, enjoying the open air and the night breeze, which is quite cool!
It's just a bit of a waste of blood!

There are so many mosquitoes!

It's simply impossible to guard against them, but luckily there's a straw cigarette lit nearby, which does have a little effect in repelling mosquitoes.

By the second half of the night, when all the cigarettes were burned out, Cheng Xuemin could no longer bear it and had to carry Qingwa back to the room to sleep.

Fortunately, the weather in the second half of the night was no longer so hot and humid, and it got better with a fan.

Buying an electric fan?

Cheng Xuemin did have this idea, but not only did their county supply and marketing cooperative not have it, even the region did not have it.

Maybe there should be some in the provincial capital.

Because this year, the first Friendship Store was opened in the provincial capital Xi'an, and it sells the same things as the Overseas Chinese Store, all imported foreign items.

But it’s useless to buy it, as many rural areas in northern Shaanxi have no electricity.

In Chengjiawan of Cheng Xuemin and all the brigades under Guanzhuang Commune, not a single village has access to electricity!

Nowadays, almost every household still uses kerosene lamps from the Republic of China era.

So in fact, Cheng Xuemin’s county is very poor!

Electricity was only available to the commune, so on weekdays, members had to go to the commune to grind flour.

There was only one flour mill in the commune, and on weekdays each brigade had to line up to grind flour.

Flour grinder?!

Cheng Xuemin originally wanted to do something for his village. At first, he planned to donate some money to improve the teaching conditions of the village primary school.

But now, there is a better way!

The next morning, almost every household, young and old, went to work!
But not including Cheng Xuemin!
Now Cheng Xuemin’s household registration has been transferred to Yanjing, and his ticket relationship has also been transferred. It doesn’t matter whether he earns work points in this brigade or not.

No one would ask him to help with farm work.

Cheng Xuemin was unaware of it and ended up having some free time.

After all, the sun was so strong, and Cheng Xuemin had never done farm work before, so he was just slacking off when he went to the fields to earn work points.

“Electricity for the village?”

"Xuemin, why do you have this idea?"

After a day's work, it's evening!

When Cheng Xuemin was chatting with the old secretary and others, he suddenly mentioned the matter of providing electricity to the village.

The uncles and other grandparents were quite surprised on the spot, and even Cheng's father was shocked as well.

Didn’t you inform him about this kid before?

Why did you suddenly think of providing electricity to the village?
"Yes, Xuemin, it's not that easy to get electricity. It costs money!"

"But how can our team get so much money?"

The uncle also nodded, surprised at his nephew. Why did he suddenly want to bring electricity to the village?
Yes!
Who doesn’t want to bring electricity to the village?
The brigade also wrote a note to the commune to apply, but it was not approved for a long time, and no one from the county came to do it!
It's not just their brigade that has no access, most of the brigades under the county have no access, and they are only connected to the commune.

No Money!
“Even if we have electricity, we can’t afford it?!”

"Well, I heard that the government charges electricity fees. One month's electricity fee is enough for us to light kerosene lamps for several months, right?"

Then the second uncle, the third uncle, several uncles and uncles in the family, and some cousins ​​also nodded.

They are all authentic old farmers who have used kerosene lamps all their lives.

For them, providing electricity to the brigade and the village so that everyone can use electric lights is an extremely luxurious thing.

It is definitely unaffordable!
"Grandpa, uncle, dad!"

"In fact, the country now encourages people to use electricity, and the electricity bill is not that expensive!"

"Normally speaking, the monthly electricity bill for a light bulb might actually be less expensive than a kerosene lamp!"

Cheng Xuemin proposed to the old man who was the brigade secretary that electricity be provided to the village. In fact, Cheng Xuemin just wanted to provide electricity to his own home.

If there is electricity!
This year, when the whole family comes back to celebrate the New Year, we must buy a TV to liven up the atmosphere.

Without electricity, even if there was a TV, it wouldn't work.

"Master, this is what I think!"

"Uncle, you can report to the commune and apply for it. You don't have to connect the wires to every household. You just need to pull the wires to our brigade!"

"If it doesn't work, I'll ask my dad for some money and buy some electric poles and wires in the name of the brigade!"

“We pull our own electricity!”

Cheng Xuemin had indeed thought it through. If the commune or the county refused to help him, he would pay for it out of his own pocket.

Ask his father to go to the county power supply station to buy electric poles and wires in the name of the brigade.

At worst, you can pull it back and pull the line yourself!

The distance from the commune to their brigade was only about ten miles, with a wooden electric pole every hundred meters, and at most two hundred poles.

How much money can a telephone pole be worth?
Even if it costs ten yuan a piece, it's only two thousand yuan. With the wire, it can be done for three thousand yuan at most.

and!

You may not even have to buy the electric poles. You can just wait until the villagers are free from their busy farming season and then go to the mountains to cut them.

In this way, the cost can be reduced by at least half!
When the time comes, Cheng Xuemin can directly allocate one thousand yuan to the brigade, and see if the uncles and uncles will go up the mountain one by one, chop wood and make their own electric poles?
"We'll pull the electricity ourselves, Xuemin, you pay for it yourself?"

"Xuemin, what on earth are you thinking?"

After listening to what his nephew Cheng Xuemin said, the old secretary had no idea what his nephew was trying to do!
"Uncle, you said I was the pioneer of reform and opening up appointed by the higher-ups, what can I do?"

"I just want to take the lead in reforming Chengjiawan!"

"Uncles, you must have listened to the radio a lot, right? Now everyone is talking about reform, but you probably don't understand what reform is, how to reform, and what to reform, right?"

Cheng Xuemin was concise and to the point. With his current status, he continued to talk to the uncles and the others, "I just want Chengjiawan to be the first to respond to the call and make changes!"

"We don't have to take such a big step. We can first connect electricity to our brigade. We don't have to connect electricity to every household, just connect it to our brigade!"

"As long as our brigade has electricity, the flour mill, oil press, loom, and maltose machine that I will bring to our brigade will be powered by electricity!"

"If our brigade had these machines, we wouldn't have to count the days and wait to get in line to take the wheat grain to the commune for grinding!"

"We no longer have to take our corn, soybeans, peanuts, and rapeseed to the commune to be pressed for oil. We can do it right at our doorstep!"

"Not only is it convenient for our team members and villagers, but even the neighboring Dayang and Xiaoyang brigades will bring wheat, corn, peanuts and other things to our team."

"Uncles, please count. Just these flour mills and oil presses, we can arrange a lot of young and strong people to work as workers. Just like the people in the city, they can work as workers without going to the city!"

"Uncle, do you think we should turn on the electricity?"

Who can't paint a big picture?

However, Cheng Xuemin did not make any big promises, since he wanted to do something for his family and his father was the team leader.

Then let Cheng Xuemin, the son, help his father to make progress.

Since the country has already been reformed, it is definitely unrealistic to let his father pursue a career in politics, so let's just take a step ahead and lay the foundation for training his father to become a generation of farmer-entrepreneur.

……

Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of this chapter)