1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 10 It's my son, he looks like me! (Please read on!)
The topic then turned to the educated youth.

"Hey, have you heard? It is said that starting next year our village will also be assigned educated youth!"

"Ah, Xu Dazui, is what you said true or false?"

"It must be true! I heard it from the captain and Lao Gao at the brigade headquarters! How could I lie to you? If you don't believe me, ask Aunt Su."

Su's mother nodded immediately.

"I did hear my husband say that, but the higher-ups are still discussing it. I heard they're going to build a special place for them!"

"Ah, using our money to build houses for those educated youth? Why?"

"I don't agree. In my mother's brigade, there are many people who said they volunteered to support the educated youth in the countryside, but they couldn't lift anything with their hands or shoulders. If they were given food, they had to eat fine grains every meal."

"Yeah, I heard that he was just giving orders and didn't understand the work at all. I heard that the captain regretted it, so it's too late to send him back now!"

"Ah, what are people like this doing here? Not only do we have to give them food, but we also have to give them fine grains? We also have to build houses for them? This is too much of an abuse!"

"That's right, we don't agree with the educated youth coming here!"

"I don't agree either. Let the team leader tell the higher-ups that we don't welcome the educated youth who went to the countryside to come here!"

"I'm not welcome either!"

Suddenly the crowd became angry and began to boycott the educated youth from coming!
Su Wenchen saw that the situation seemed to be getting out of control.

He immediately shouted loudly, "Everyone, stop shouting and calm down. Things are not as bad as you think!"

After hearing Su Wenchen's words, many people in the crowd said, "Xiaochen, whatever you want to say, no matter what you say, we cannot agree to these people eating our food!"

"That's right. I don't agree either. Who has too much food and no stomach to eat? Why do we need educated youth to help us eat?"

"Yeah, we don't even have enough food to eat ourselves, so how can we have extra to give to others?"

Su Wenchen knew clearly that sending educated youth to the countryside was inevitable, and it was impossible for the higher authorities to abandon this policy just because the villagers disagreed.

In fact, Su Wenchen also knew that the reason why the villagers were so resistant was because many rural teams treated the educated youth who voluntarily went to the countryside better than the villagers.

This is the reason why many villagers have started to boycott even before they saw anyone.

However, at that time, it was the educated youth from big cities who voluntarily gave up their superior lives and came to the countryside to provide support. Indeed, many educated youth led various brigades and developed many new industries, which generated a lot of income for the collective.

Su Wenchen has deep respect for the first batch of educated youth. Those who were able to voluntarily give up life in big cities and devote themselves to the countryside in that era showed that they had an extremely high level of awareness, if nothing else.

Anyway, Su Wenchen himself would never be able to do it, but it was different for the educated youth who were forced to go to the countryside later.

Whether in terms of knowledge reserves or ideological awareness, they are not at the same level as the educated youth at the beginning.

Su Wenchen said directly.

"I know what everyone is worried about now. They think that when the educated youth come, we should do the same as other places, not only building houses for them but also providing them with fine grains!"

"It's not cost-effective to feed them for nothing! In fact, you are overthinking it. After the educated youth arrive, the state will subsidize them with some food."

"As for the money to build the youth camp, it was mainly paid by the commune, and the villagers in our brigade just lent a hand at most!"

"After they come here, they will work and earn work points every day just like you do, so they are not here to eat for free!"

Of course, what Su Wenchen didn't say was that those people probably worked about the same amount of work as he did, and many of them might not be better at farm work than he was, and the work points they earned might not even be enough to fill their stomachs.

Otherwise, many educated youth would not have given up and gone to the countryside to get married.

After hearing Su Wenchen's words, the noise gradually died down. Su Wenchen made the final decision and said,
"Besides, the educated youth going to the countryside was a national policy formulated by the higher authorities. What do you want to do by opposing it so much? Are you opposing the leaders?"

After hearing what Su Wenchen said, everyone at the scene looked at each other in bewilderment. In the minds of the subordinates, the leaders of this era were far beyond the reach of later generations.

After hearing what Su Wenchen said, many people seemed to think that although some educated youth would come to share food, others would also have to go to work, so it didn't seem like a big deal.

At most they could contribute a little to help build a settlement for the educated youth. For people today, contributing a little is really not a big deal.

The most important thing is that they would never dare to oppose the leader!
Su's father rushed over after hearing the news and saw that Su Wenchen had calmed down the villagers.

He immediately shouted with a dark face.

"It's so dark now, why are you all gathered here? Go back to bed!"

Many people saw Su's father appear.

"Captain, do the educated youth really have to work with us when they go to the countryside?"

"Yes, if we just eat for free without working, we definitely won't agree. This is the food we worked so hard to grow."

Father Su raised his hand.

"Need you to tell me that? If he comes here and doesn't work, and just eats for free, I will send him back to the commune myself!"

"Captain, I knew you were great!"

"Exactly. He's nothing like that damn Lao Gao, who just walks around with his hands behind his back all day long, pretending to check work like a leader. What work does the team need him to check?"

"Okay, let's all go back! It's still early. I'll let you know once the commune has made the specific arrangements!"

As he said this, he led the Su family and their group home.

Along the way, he said to Su's mother, "When you go out in the future, be more careful with your words. Don't go out and talk nonsense every day!"

Mother Su muttered a little guiltily, "It wasn't me who started it, it was Zhang Cuihua who started it, I just followed suit."

"Okay, don't talk about this kind of thing anymore. The commune is also worried about the educated youth who will come later! By the way, youngest brother, where did you hear those words just now? Are the educated youth who come this time really different from the previous ones?"

Su Wenchen made up an excuse and said, "Didn't I go to the commune a few days ago? Did I hear about it from others?"

Father Su was a little skeptical. "People from the commune? I went to a meeting at the commune some time ago, and the secretary was still racking his brains over how to arrange the first batch of educated youth! The document from above didn't explain it in detail, and he was racking his brains! How would the rest of the people know?"

Su Wenchen rolled his eyes and explained, "Judging from his clothes, he is not from our side. He should be here to send someone off!"

After hearing this, Father Su was thoughtful. "It seems that she must be from the capital. Some people have indeed been arranged to live in the commune during this period. I don't know what her family was thinking. Why would they send a little girl from such a faraway place to our commune?"

"Youngest, what do you think the higher-ups are thinking this time? Why are they assigning kids from big cities who can't do farm work to our place? I guess those kids can't even tell the difference between wheat seedlings and grass. Aren't they just causing more trouble?"

Su Wenchen rolled his eyes.

"They have no food to eat. There are not so many jobs for them in the city. If they don't go to the countryside to earn their living, they will just have to starve in the city!"

Father Su took a puff of his cigarette and thought for a while.

I think what Su Wenchen said is somewhat reliable. If you can't find a job in the city, you definitely can't just eat for free.

Sending them down there to fend for themselves does seem to be a good idea, but it makes life difficult for them.

Then Father Su said narcissistically, "Why didn't I realize before that you are quite smart? You are indeed my son, just like me!"

(End of this chapter)