Super first-tier cities: Starting from village committee secretary

The high salary wasn't because Xiong Xu was such a great guy, but because Shan Xiong Breeding Company's hardware conditions were too poor. The environment was bad, the transportation was bad, and even getting sick required a trip to the town eighteen kilometers away.

With these conditions, if you didn't offer a high salary, no one would be willing to work here.

Xiong Xu put away his phone, went to the bathroom to wash up, and after washing up, went to the kitchen to get a bowl and chopsticks to eat breakfast in the living room.

"Why are you back!"

"I don't want to work anymore. I want to study."

"Study what? What's so good about studying? You think everyone's like Xu-zi."

While Xiong Xu was eating breakfast, a commotion suddenly came from outside the door. Xiong Xu, like a curious cat, left the table with his bowl and chopsticks, walking to the door while scooping porridge.

Only when he got to the door did he see that it was Xiong Qing, the son of Aunt Ba from next door, who had returned.

Xiong Qing was someone Xiong Xu knew. He was five years younger than him, should be 18 this year, and used to follow him around all the time when they were kids. He and Xiong Jiqing were very close and he could be considered Xiong Jiqing's little brother.

Aunt Ba was scolding Xiong Qing, questioning why he had returned. Xiong Xu carefully listened to a few sentences between the mother and son and roughly guessed the reason for their quarrel.

Xiong Qing had good grades in high school and scored over 480 on the college entrance exam. With this score, there would be no problem attending a second-tier university in Jiangnan Province. Xiong Qing also wanted to continue studying, but Aunt Ba wouldn't let him, because they didn't have the money.

The cost of attending university these days isn't generally low. Tuition alone starts at 5,000, and then there are textbook fees, accommodation fees, military training uniform fees, water and electricity fees, material fees, and so on.

For a moderately well-off family, this is naturally affordable, but for the villagers of Shan Xiong Village, this is an expense that is difficult to bear, especially since Aunt Ba's conditions are considered poor in the village. In addition, Uncle Ba broke his leg while herding sheep in the mountains the year before last, basically losing his ability to work, and the whole family relies on Aunt Ba alone to support them.

Aunt Ba doesn't just have Xiong Qing as a son; she also has a younger son who is ten years old and a younger daughter who is eight years old.

It's only because the villagers and Comrade Xiong Jingchun often take care of Aunt Ba's family, and the village committee gives a few hundred yuan in relief each month, that it's unknown whether Aunt Ba would be able to support so many people.

Xiong Qing also knew his family's situation. Although he really wanted to study, he chose to go out to work in the face of economic pressure.

He left in July, worked for two months, and now he's back.

From what Xiong Qing said to his mother, Xiong Xu heard that the reason he came back was that he had earned four thousand yuan after working for two months and felt that he had money to study, so he carried his luggage home from the factory, ready to continue studying.

"Why are you so stubborn? What's the use of your few thousand yuan?" Aunt Ba rebuked Xiong Qing in front of the villagers.

Xiong Qing lowered his head in grievance, and tears flowed uncontrollably.

The villagers felt sorry for him, but they didn't say anything.

It's not like before. If it were five or six years ago, everyone could have pooled money to help Xiong Qing go to school, because at that time in Shan Xiong Village, most people didn't continue studying after finishing junior high school. Only a few persevered to high school, and the college entrance exam scores of those few were not impressive. Xiong Xu was the only one at the time who had good college entrance exam scores and was admitted to university, so he was regarded as the hope of the whole village, and they all raised money to help Xiong Xu go to university.

Now, with the country's support for poor areas, living conditions are also better than they were five or six years ago, so many people attend high school, and many people pass the college entrance exam.

It's no problem for the villagers to pool money to help one or two college students, but if there are more, the villagers can't afford it. After all, the villagers' conditions are not good either, so since Xiong Xu, the whole village has not sponsored anyone to go to university. This has led to the fact that, to date, Xiong Xu is still the only college student in the village.

Xiong Xu is lucky, although the environment is poor, he is showered with love.

"Do you really want to study?"

Xiong Xu walked up to Xiong Qing with his bowl and asked.

Xiong Xu immediately attracted the attention of the villagers. Xiong Qing also raised his head, looked at Xiong Xu, and then looked at his mother.

"Xu-zi, don't interfere. He's not the studying type. Working is his way out. Otherwise, to be honest, Xu-zi, your Aunt Ba can't support this family anymore," Aunt Ba said, unable to hold back her tears.

Aunt Ba is getting old and is gradually losing her ability to support her family, so she doesn't want Xiong Qing to study, but hopes that he can work to earn money to support his younger brother, younger sister, and disabled father.

But Xiong Xu ignored Aunt Ba and stared at Xiong Qing.

"Yes!"

Xiong Qing said the word he wanted to say with a stiff face.

Xiong Xu smiled and nodded. "Okay, that's good. How many other people in the village are like you?"

"Many, about a dozen."

Xiong Xu understood, and then said, "Wait for news at home."

After speaking, Xiong Xu returned to his living room with his bowl, put down his chopsticks, took out his phone, and made a call to Xiong Jingshan.

"Xu-zi, what's the matter?"

"Immediately convene a shareholders' meeting at the threshing ground. Get as many people there as possible!"

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"Make an announcement, make an announcement now. Everyone go to the threshing ground for a shareholders' meeting. Those who can't go should send a representative. Hurry up."

The village's broadcast announced the news of the meeting.

The villagers who heard the news rushed to the threshing ground. Those who couldn't leave the construction site asked their family members at home or friends who could go to attend on their behalf.

About half an hour later, more than 400 shareholders and shareholder family representatives gathered at the threshing ground. Everyone brought their own stools and sat down freely.

Xiong Xu also rushed to the threshing ground, without bringing a stool, and stood directly in front of hundreds of people.

"The main purpose of this temporary meeting today is to discuss one thing. I have found that many teenagers in our village who are good at studying want to study, but are forced to go out to work due to economic problems."

Xiong Xu delivered the opening speech of the meeting.

This is a problem that has always existed in the village and is a regret for many families. When Xiong Xu mentioned this, it couldn't help but make many villagers take it seriously, and some villagers also recalled past events related to this matter and smoked gloomily.

"I won't talk about some great principles, anyway, you all know this principle. Studying may not necessarily lead to success, but it can definitely improve oneself."

"For the sake of the future of Shan Xiong Village, I propose in my capacity as a major shareholder of the company that the company contribute 1 million yuan to the village committee, and then the village committee will provide growth subsidies to the students in our village according to the actual situation."

Xiong Qing's matter reminded Xiong Xu of what he should do. Everyone once held an umbrella for him, so now that he has the ability, he should hold an umbrella for everyone, so that every teenager in the village can afford to study and make a contribution to the education of Shan Xiong Village.

"This is a good thing."

"How much can this subsidy subsidize?"

"I don't know, let's see what Little Secretary Xiong says."