Rebirth begins with marrying an educated youth

Chapter 150 Notes on Returning to Hometown
Ji Yuanhai rode his bicycle through a familiar street intersection and entered Xiaoshan Village.

As soon as I entered Xiaoshantun, I saw a group of people talking together on the street, as well as children running and throwing cannons.

Seeing a bicycle, two well-dressed city dwellers entered the village. Both adults and children looked over.

Then someone reacted and recognized Ji Yuanhai and Lu Heling.

"Hey, Era Sea!"

"You two are back from college!"

Ji Yuanhai nodded and stopped his bicycle: "Well, I'm back. Everything is fine, right?"

"Hmm, everything is fine, everything is fine! I heard that you got a scholarship of several hundred yuan in school?" the villagers asked.

Ji Yuanhai smiled and nodded: "Yes, I happened to meet the conditions, so I got it."

"It's amazing, it's amazing!"

The villagers gave a thumbs up one by one: "College students are college students after all!"

"We farmers will never be able to make this kind of money in our lives!"

Ji Yuanhai laughed: "I am lucky, but I am still not as practical as us in working and farming!"

Regardless of whether what Ji Yuanhai said was true or false, the villagers felt comfortable in their hearts after hearing it.

After finishing speaking, Era Kelp led Lu Heling towards the south of the village.

The children who were setting off cannonballs shouted, "College students are going home!" "College students are going home!"

The villagers also seemed to have received some mission, hurriedly visiting the house and spreading the news.

"Hey, do you know? Ji Yuanhai and his wife are back today!"

"The college students in our village are back!"

The speed at which this news spread was truly extraordinary.

Outside the fenced yard, Ji Yuanhai stopped his bicycle and Lu Heling got out of the car. The two of them looked in through the fence and saw grandma busy washing things in the yard.

This is according to the New Year custom of washing things and tidying up the house to welcome the New Year.

As soon as the two of them stopped, the busy grandma noticed it and raised her head.

It's just that she is old after all and has a bit of presbyopia, so she can't see clearly through the fence.

"Who is it?" Grandma asked.

Grandpa chatted in the house: "You called me?"

"No, I mean who is coming?" Grandma said.

Ji Yuanhai smiled and pushed the bicycle and entered the fence gate: "Grandma, it's me, Yuan Hai!"

Grandma was immediately overjoyed and quickly stood up: "Yuan Hai is here!"

Ji Yuanhai saw that she had been sitting for a long time and it was very difficult to get up. He quickly stopped the car and quickly stepped forward to support her.

It is so easy for an old man to suddenly stand up after sitting still for a long time.
"Yuan Hai is back!" Grandpa also walked out of the house quickly, with a happy face.

"When did you come back? Have you eaten?"

"I've eaten, I've eaten!" Ji Yuanhai and Lu Heling both said quickly.

Ji Yuanhai unhooked the specially bought holiday gifts, including pork, candies, wine, snacks, etc. from his bicycle and moved them into the house.

The grandparents were very happy and asked them to sit down quickly.

"I received your letter a few days ago. My family was worried at that time. Why don't you come home quickly after the holiday?"

"Now I'm back!"

"In the room next to you, the bedding for you two has been prepared. They were dried just yesterday and are also laid out..."

When they first met, the old man had endless things to say. Ji Yuanhai and Lu Heling both nodded and listened.

After talking for a while, grandpa came to his senses and asked grandma to call Ji Yuanhai's parents, second and third uncles, and Ji Yuanshan and his wife.

Ji Yuanhai smiled and said: "Grandma, just rest, I'll go!"

I got on my bicycle and rode from the south of the village to the village. When I arrived at Ji's house, I called out. My parents all shouted out, with happy faces.

Ji Yuanshan even rushed forward and couldn't help but hug Ji Yuanhai.

"It's time to get back from school!"

"Why did you write a letter back specifically, saying that you had other things to do and you couldn't come back in time? It's just making us think wildly!"

Ji Yuanhai explained with a smile: "Didn't I make it clear in the letter? He Ling has recognized relatives in the provincial capital, and we have to stay with relatives for some time."

"That's not possible, that's just as worrying." Ji Yuanshan put his arm around his shoulders and said, "You're back from vacation. Why don't you go home? Who can't be worried?"

Ji Yuanhai laughed and said: "He Ling and I are both over 20 years old, how can we get lost?"

After greeting the father and mother, Ji Yuanshan and his wife took their children to take the exam in Chengdu and went to the south of the village.

He also called his second uncle and third uncle's family and they all headed to the south of the village.

After calling someone, Ji Yuanhai met the brigade secretary and seventh uncle Ji Baotian at the street corner.

"Seventh uncle!"

Jibotan smiled and nodded: "Yuan Hai, are you back from vacation?"

"Yes, Uncle Seven, I'm back from vacation!" Ji Yuanhai greeted, "You can have a meal with me at my house in the south of the village tonight and let's talk."

Jibotian did not refuse and followed Ji Yuanhai to the south of the village.

Ji Yuanhai also got off his bicycle and pushed the bicycle to accompany him, talking as he walked.

"Yuan Hai, our village has begun to implement household responsibility for production." Jibotian said.

Ji Yuanhai was a little surprised: "Seventh uncle, has it already started?"

"Yes, it has already started." Kibota said, "The production brigade is still there, and the fields still belong to the brigade, but each family owns a piece of land and the production is guaranteed."

"To be honest, everyone is a little not used to it and a little confused."

"There's no one blowing the whistle, and there's no one arranging tasks. It's all up to you to do whatever you want."

Ji Yuanhai nodded: "There is no need to calculate work points."

"Yes, there is no need to calculate work points." Jibotan said, holding a cigarette in his mouth, lit the match, and puffed out a puff of smoke, "To be honest, I'm not used to it either."

"However, the production team is still there now, and the situation is different from what you said at the beginning."

"Yuan Hai, will this be the case from now on?"

Ji Yuanhai shook his head: "It's just a try now."

"If you wait another year, it will no longer be a pilot, but a basically mature method."

Hearing this, Kibota quickly asked: "When the time comes, what will the mature method look like?"

"It will still take a year or two, Uncle Qi. What I said may not be accurate." Ji Yuanhai said.

Jibota shook his head and said: "Yuan Hai, don't hide it from me!"

"You told me that household production must be guaranteed to every household, and you were right. Now I don't believe what others say at all, but I believe what you, a college student, say!"

"Yuan Hai, please help me take a look at what the village will look like in the future."

There is nothing to hide in the Era Sea.

There are many things that only Xiaoshantun doesn't know. In fact, the outside world has determined a lot of them.

Nowadays, there are various types of large-scale contract work, household contracting, production teams... Although there is no final conclusion, household contracting is already on the way to take shape.

Ji Yuanhai briefly talked about the future situation. To put it simply, it was the same words Ji Yuanhai said to Jibotan before.

The production team is still the manager responsible for household production, but it will not be the case in a year or two.

At that time, those under the quota system will not need production teams, but will directly hand over public grain to the towns and villages.

Jibotian nodded repeatedly as he listened, keeping Ji Yuanhai's words in mind.

When we arrived at the south of the village, Ji Yuanhai and his family were all present, and it was very lively.

Kibota was also called into the house by his grandfather to talk.

Ji Yuanhai and Lu Heling smiled and distributed candies to the children, and chatted with their second and third uncles.

At dinner time, the lights were turned on and the men sat together, drinking, eating and talking.

The women sit together and take care of the children.

"Yuan Hai, is that a watch you're wearing on your hand? How much does it cost?" After drinking, the second uncle stared at Ji Yuan Hai's wrist with drunken eyes and couldn't help but ask.

Grandpa glared at him: You need to be beaten again, right?

Just don’t touch the wine!
Ji Yuanhai smiled and said: "It's not worth much. Some things in the provincial capital are actually cheaper than here."

"That's good, that's good... you can bring a piece back to me when school starts next semester."

The second uncle grinned and said with a smile.Ji Yuanhai smiled and ignored him.

After eating, Jibota said goodbye and left.

As soon as Jibota left, grandpa immediately got angry, knocked his second uncle with a dry tobacco pipe, and asked his second aunt to take him back.

"Things that can't be served on the table are not allowed to be drunk in the future!"

"If you drink again, give him dirty water!"

The second aunt was also angry and laughing, but she couldn't pull the second uncle away who was as drunk as a dead pig.

It was Ji Yuanshan and the third uncle who sent the second uncle home.

After that, the third uncle's family also went back.

The father, mother, Ji Yuanshan and his wife also went back with their children.

During this reunion dinner, other than the second uncle being drunk and talking inappropriately and making a joke, there was nothing else going on.

Ji Yuanhai and Lu Heling rested in the side room that day.

The next day, Ji Yuanhai and Lu Heling helped with the work at home.

On the third day, the two rode bicycles into the county town to buy some fireworks and firecrackers, and also bought a bag of white flour for their family.

When they arrived at the county town, Lu Heling took Wang Xiaohong shopping and didn't come back until the afternoon.

Ji Yuanhai helped Liu Xianglan play with it, and the two of them enjoyed it quite a bit.

In the afternoon, Ji Yuanhai brought some New Year gifts to the county family home, met Mr. Wang and Grandma Yuan, paid New Year greetings to them, and also told them about the past six months.

Mr. Wang and Grandma Yuan both praised him repeatedly.

After leaving the county family home, Ji Yuanhai and the guard, Uncle Dong, also presented them with snacks, fruits and wine, as a personal gift.

It's a pity that Uncle Zhao is not here. I don't know where they sell roasted sweet potatoes or candied haws.

Otherwise, Ji Yuanhai would have to have a good New Year greeting and walk around with him to express their feelings.

In the evening, Ji Yuanhai and Lu Heling returned to Xiaoshantun with the fireworks, flour, and holiday gifts they bought.

Fireworks and firecrackers were sent to the children of the second uncle and the third uncle's family. Children like these things.

Flour is given to grandparents to help them improve their lives. We can't always use cornbread as food.

Ji Yuanhai and Lu Heling also already knew that the 300 yuan they had paid back had been collected by their grandparents and set aside for future "contingency needs."

However, there is really no point in keeping this money.

If you save a few hundred dollars as a fortune now, you will definitely regret it after more than ten years. It is more practical to use it to improve your life.

For a while, Ji Yuanhai couldn't convince his grandparents who "know how to live a good life" and were careful about their budget, so he had no choice but to buy flour for them in person so that they could eat more white-flour steamed buns.

Feeling the feelings of Ji Yuanhai and his wife, the grandparents could not help smiling while talking about their waste of money.

The grandson is filial and this is their blessing!

Another day passed and the production team killed the pigs.

Adults and children gathered around to watch the fun.

Of course, Ji Yuanhai and Lu Heling were not greedy for pork, so they did not join in the fun.

After the production team divided the pork, the father, mother, Ji Yuanshan and his wife brought their children with them to the south of the village for dinner.

After dinner, the family all talked inside the red brick house.

After saying a few words, Ji Yuanhai looked at the words and felt that his father, mother, and Ji Yuanshan's husband and wife had something to say.

"Brother, is there something wrong with you?"

Qi Qi Ai Ai from Jiyuan Mountain said: "Yeah...it can be considered a yes."

His wife Ma Xiuping saw that he was embarrassed to speak, so she smiled and said, "Yuan Hai, He Ling, that's what happened."

"You said before that our production team may not work and earn work points in the future."

"You are highly knowledgeable. These words are accurate and have become true."

"Now that our village has implemented household quotas, when our parents can work in the fields, Yuanshan and I can both contribute some hard work. If our family can finish the land contracted for us, we can reach around the world." The two of us, Shan and I, can be spared and have nothing else to do."

"We were just thinking about whether we should find something else to do to supplement our family income and live a better life; but we are not sure about this, so we just want to ask you, can we leave Xiaoshan now? Are you going to the city to find work and make money?"

Ma Xiuping spoke clearly and neatly, making Ji Yuanhai and Lu Heling understand clearly.

My father, mother, and Jiyuanshan Ma Xiuping wanted to ask if I could find a job.

They must also want to know another thing, and that is whether Ji Yuanhai can help find a job.

It’s just that the words have to be said step by step, and we haven’t reached this point yet.

Ji Yuanhai glanced around and saw the concerned eyes of his grandparents.

Obviously they also want to know if Jiyuanshan or Ma Xiuping can go out and earn some income other than land.

Although it is said that "farming the land down-to-earth" is the most reliable, if there is other income besides farming, they will certainly not refuse it.

Ji Yuanhai said: "I told my grandfather, father, and seventh uncle last year about this; I also said that the production team will definitely not have it in the future."

"The situation is now like this. Although it is similar to what I said, there are actually differences."

The whole family braced themselves and listened carefully to Ji Yuanhai's words, for fear of not being able to hear clearly.

"Can my eldest brother and sister-in-law go to the county to find some work now? In fact, it is definitely possible." Ji Yuanhai said, "Without the constraints of the production team and the constraints of work points, you only need to plant well. If you own the land that you own, you can move around freely at other times.”

“However, there are things to be aware of.”

"That is, if you think this way, other households with household quotas and villagers in other villages should think the same way. There will soon be many people in the county, all looking for jobs to supplement their families, but it will be difficult for them to find jobs."

"When the time comes, it's hard to say what the situation will be. People should be driven back to the countryside and not allowed to enter the city."

The whole family probably understands.

With so many people moving into the city to look for work, chaos is indeed brewing.

Grandpa said: "That's right... Yuanhai, tell me, can Yuanshan enter the city after the New Year?"

Ji Yuanhai said: "If you can do any job stably, you can go to the city."

“If you don’t have a job and don’t know what to do, going to the city is basically a waste of time.”

After hearing this, Ji Yuanshan thought about it and said, "Then I'd better not go to the city. I don't know anything except farming. I can't do anything except moving people's things and doing some hard work."

"According to what Yuan Hai said, my work in the city will be in vain."

When Ji Yuanhai heard this, he smiled and shook his head slightly.

"Who said you were working in vain?"

"If you and your sister-in-law really want to go to the city to make some money, I can find a job for you; however, I think it is better for you two to go together, and wait until Ji Kao is older and can eat. "

Ji Yuanshan and Ma Xiuping were both surprised and surprised.

"Yuan Hai, can you help me find a job?"

"Are you two going together?"

Grandpa also asked: "Yuanhai, it would be great if you could find a job for Yuanshan... Why do you have to go together as a couple?"

Ji Yuanhai said: "I am preparing to tell Liu Xianglan and see if it can work."

As soon as Ji Yuanhai finished speaking, his grandfather immediately said: "Then the couple must go together for this matter!"

Liu Xianglan, Widow Liu, asked Ji Yuanshan to go to the city alone to find her a job, which felt inappropriate when she heard it.

Grandma also understood why grandpa said this and asked, "Isn't it okay to let Xiuping go?"

Grandpa shook his head: "You still don't understand what Yuan Hai just said."

"Yuan Hai just said that in every village and every household, there must be someone who is thinking about making more money besides farming. Suddenly, there will be tens of thousands of idle farmers."

"Do you know how many second-rate people, how many bad people there can be here, who don't do serious things?"

"When they go to the city, they can't find a job, and they can't be stable in the city; they live in the countryside, and they can't be stable in the countryside either. From now on, we, the adults and children of the Ji family, especially the women, have to be careful, and the door locks and walls of our homes have to be locked. Be careful."

"The days to come will be different from the days of the collective brigade!"

When grandpa said this, grandma, father, mother, and Ma Xiuping of Jiyuan Mountain all understood why Ma Xiuping could not go to work in the county alone.

Ji Yuanhai also nodded, admiring his grandfather's wisdom in his heart.

From the memory of later generations, he knew that the public security would become very bad starting from this period of time. Based on what he just said, grandpa could deduce that the public security would become worse and the number of bad people would increase, which is already quite a remarkable thing.

And if my sister-in-law Ma Xiuping really spends the next two years traveling back and forth from the county town to Xiaoshan Village to work alone every day, then there is almost a 100% chance that something will happen.

This is not the curse of the Era Sea, but an objective fact.

Too many people want to make money, can't find a job, and are at a loss...

Therefore, it would be better for Ji Yuanshan and his wife to go to the city to work together.

(End of this chapter)