NFBE Chapter 296 The Choice of the Educated Youths
Chapter 296 The Choice of the Educated Youths
The educated youth were all trying to pressure Wang Lihua, fearing that the team leader would refuse to extend her leave.
Hearing the educated youth talking nonstop, the team leader frowned.
Zheng Jianmin saw that something was wrong and quickly called them over, "Alright, I called you over here, the captain has something to say.
You two are just arguing with each other.
In the end, should I listen to you or the captain?
Regarding Li Jieyan's leave, the captain has his own decision to make, why do you need to interfere? "
After hearing what he said and seeing that the team leader looked unhappy, the educated youth all fell silent.
The captain was too lazy to pay attention to them, "Li Jie will not come back."
He raised the document in his hand and said, "This is the procedure for him to return to the city, and he has gone through all the procedures.
He found a job back home and will stay in the city from now on.”
All the educated youth were stunned. Some of them actually returned to the city.
"He wouldn't be pretending to break his leg because he actually wants to stay there and find a job," Wang Lihua said in surprise.
This time no one responded to her.
The captain spoke again, "He hasn't returned for a long time, and suddenly something like this happened. We are worried that he is pretending to break his leg and deliberately delaying his return.
I reported this to the leaders of the Youth League Office and asked them to contact the Youth League Office in Li Jie's hometown and have them investigate.
The news that came back was that Li Jie had indeed broken his leg.
Moreover, his leg was left with sequelae, making it difficult for him to walk and he would no longer be able to engage in physical labor.
At the request of Li Jie's family, the two Youth League Offices discussed and agreed to Li Jie's application to return to the city due to illness.
I came here today just to tell you something.
Please pack up Li Jie's personal belongings and I will take them away and arrange for them to be sent to him."
When the educated youth heard this, they all fell silent.
With the precedent of Li Jie, they wanted to follow his example and see if they could find an opportunity to return to the city, but they didn't expect that Li Jie would become disabled afterwards.
Although they wanted to go back to the city, they had no intention of putting themselves in this state.
They knew before that Li Jie's family was quite powerful, otherwise he would never go to the fields to earn work points except for the autumn harvest, and in his daily life he seemed to not care about money.
Li Jie was injured, and his family was able to find a way to get him back to the city, but for them, that might not be the case.
"Li Jie's return to the city is just the first thing I came to tell you today," the captain continued.
But before he could continue, Wang Lihua interrupted him, "Captain, do we have anyone else who wants to return to the city?
Tell us who has such great ability, yet is so low-key and is going back without telling us."
The captain frowned and looked at Wang Lihua, "Why don't you tell me, I'm too lazy to say it."
Wang Lihua was so tactless that she interrupted him again and again.
"Wang Lihua, if you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb." Zheng Jianmin scolded Wang Lihua and then turned to the captain.
"Captain, she is sick and has a hole in her brain, so don't bother with her.
Please continue. "
The captain stared at Wang Lihua to see if she wanted to talk again.
Wang Lihua lowered her head and dared not raise it again.
After waiting for a long time, the captain finally spoke again when he saw Wang Lihua stopped talking.
"The people from Li Jie's Youth Affairs Office went to investigate Li Jie's broken leg. It is said that they also learned from Li Jie about the life of the educated youth in our production team.
You must be aware that compared with the educated youth who went to the countryside from other places, the treatment we give you in our production team is top-notch.
Except for the autumn harvest when you are forced to work, you can work if you want to, and you don’t have to work if you don’t want to.”
The captain shook his head and sighed deliberately.
“We thought we had done well enough, but we didn’t know why Li Jie wanted to harm us.
We haven't offended him since he went to the countryside.
Later we thought, maybe it wasn’t our production team that offended him, but you lived with him and had conflicts, which offended him. He knew he had to go back to the city and didn’t need to come here anymore, so he deliberately tricked you.”
When the educated youth heard this, they began to feel uneasy.
The captain said so, so what did Li Jie say to the people in the Youth League Office?
"Li Jie made no secret of the fact that after you go to the countryside, you don't have to work in the fields, but can run around and play everywhere every day.
He also said that when he wanted to eat meat, he would run to the mountain behind and catch some prey to eat. He lived a more carefree life than in the city.
When the leaders of the Youth League Office heard this, they refused to do it.
They said that sending educated young people from the city to the countryside was to bring them to propose new rural areas and contribute to the construction of the new Xia country, not to enjoy life in the countryside.
They told the Youth League Office here about this.
A few days ago, the leaders of the Youth League Office called Secretary Xu and me to a meeting at the commune. At the meeting, they severely criticized Secretary Yan of the commune, especially Secretary Xu and me.
They said we didn’t respond to the call from above, didn’t abide by national policies, didn’t let you participate in labor, and thus nurtured a group of social parasites.”
"The Youth Office and the commune leaders said that the educated youth must work in the fields.
Although it is impossible to work in the fields every day after the thaw, as long as there is work, the villagers have to go to the fields, and the educated youth have to be treated equally and go to the fields to earn work points.
The leaders said that from now on, except for the educated youth who came in the second half of the year and could not make up the work points required for the per capita rations, they could use money to make up the work points. The other educated youth had to accumulate the work points on their own and were not allowed to use money to make up the work points.
This statement was decided after discussion between the team leader and Secretary Xu.
After all, if the educated youth were asked to work more in the fields and then were allowed to do so for two or three years and then suddenly the restrictions were tightened, they would definitely have objections.
They didn't want the educated youth to vent their anger on themselves, so they had to find a scapegoat.
And the scapegoat must be the fake Li Jie.
After all, it was he who caused this incident.
If they had not allowed the educated youth to stay in the fields, giving Li Jie time to go to the mountains every day, they would not have thought of sending more educated youth to work and earn work points in order to avoid such incidents from happening again.
As soon as the captain said this, all the educated youth except Zhou Wenbing began to lament.
"Captain, we can't do this.
We can still do the same as before, can't we?"
"Yes, Captain, it's still the same as before."
The captain waved his hand and said, "Just listen to me first.
It won't work if you still ask for the same thing as before.
After all, our production team has registered with the commune and the Youth League Office. They said that they will send people down from time to time to check on the work points of the Youth League members.
We are just ordinary people, how can we possibly go against the leaders above us?"
The educated youth wailed.
Zhang Yingchun said bitterly, "This damn Li Jie, it would be fine if he just went back to the city, but he even came to trick us.
If he stood in front of me, I would bite him to death."
“Add me one.
I'm going to push him into the pit, stink him to death, and drown him." Xia Lan gritted her teeth and stared at a certain place with a fierce look in her eyes.
Other educated youth also expressed their dissatisfaction with Li Jie.
The captain coughed and said, "We, several cadres, have discussed it and found that although you are required to work in the fields every day, you really can't persist.
And there really isn't that much work to do on our farm.
Although the leaders above would come to inspect occasionally, it is impossible for them to come every day.
Except for the mandatory work in the fields every day during the autumn harvest, we provide several options for how to work at other times. You can choose which one.
One is to work half a day and rest half a day;
One is to work one day and rest one day;
Another thing is to set a work point standard every month based on the situation in the field. As long as the standard is met, you can rest for the rest of the month."
"You two can discuss which method to choose."
After discussion, the educated youth team finally chose the third option.
"Okay, I've taken note of your choices. I'll inform you of the work point standards for that month at the beginning of each month." After the captain said this, he prepared to leave.
Zheng Jianmin quickly stopped him and asked, "Captain, what about the expansion of the educated youth camp?"
"Don't worry, we have already made arrangements for this. We will start construction in late March or early April after the thaw."