Yang Xiaole followed him back home and then he knew.

Uncle gave Grandpa 50 yuan, and also gave Dad 30 yuan, that's all.

It's not surprising.

After all, he is my dear father.

Although all the money has been donated, a starved camel is bigger than a horse!

But this money, I guess it hasn't warmed up yet, and it will all have to be taken out at the beginning of next year. Maybe even Zhao Jinhua's savings will have to be emptied.

Back home, Dad took Big Brother into the room and kicked out the younger ones.

Yang Xiaole was anxious!

He has always been impatient. If they secretly talk without telling him, how can he not be anxious?

But there's nothing he can do.

In a moment, Big Brother came out excitedly.

"Big Brother, what did Dad say to you?"

Seeing his expression, Yang Xiaole couldn't help but ask curiously.

Big Brother shook his head, "Dad is afraid that you guys will blabber and spread rumors. He said we will know when there are results."

Yang Xiaole's mind was racing.

Combining with some situations in the future.

He suddenly understood what it meant.

Running into the main idea of ​​supplying the factory, catching up with Y in three years, and surpassing M in five years. It is estimated that the major factories in the city will need to expand production on a large scale.

This also means the issue of job quotas.

Other than that, there's nothing else!

Understanding this, he suddenly lost interest.

If he goes now, won't he have to come back when they start downsizing?

The only thing that puzzles him is Uncle's attitude.

Why make it so mysterious!

If he wants to take the back door, he wouldn't say anything about not making mistakes. If he doesn't want to take the back door, he wouldn't mention this matter.

Strange!

He gently pushed open the door and walked in.

Wang Qiuju was counting money on the heated bed, and when she saw him come in, she quickly covered herself with a blanket.

"You could at least make a sound when you come in, scared me to death. Eldest Brother, you really don't know how to lock the door when you go out."

Yang Xiaole could tell what she was doing at a glance, she must be counting money.

Hearing her words, he smiled and said, "Mom, can you lock the door when you go out?"

While speaking, he locked the door.

Upon hearing this, Wang Qiuju glared at him angrily, "You're the only one who knows how to do it. I was talking about your dad, not your big brother."

Yang Guangzhi was smoking on the side.

Hearing this, he looked innocent.

How did this come to me?

Fine!

I won't say anything.

Seeing the door locked, Wang Qiuju opened the blanket again.

"Just counted how much? Ah, have to count again."

She took the money and started counting again.

Yang Xiaole took a look and could roughly calculate it.

With the two fees he randomly mentioned and the money from selling fish, it's about 40 yuan. The 30 yuan borrowed from the village, after buying clothes with the gold, there's about 13 yuan left, and finally the 30 yuan from Uncle.

In total, it's about 115 yuan.

Sure enough, Wang Qiuju counted three times and couldn't believe it, "Oh my goodness, 113 yuan, 7 mao, 6 fen. If this were exchanged for silver dollars, it would be 113 yuan!"

Yang Guangzhi was also surprised.

"So much?"

"Yeah, no, I have to keep this money safe, find a place to hide it. If it's lost, it will cost a life."

After Wang Qiuju finished speaking, she looked around for a place to hide the "huge" fortune, afraid that someone would steal it.

Yang Xiaole looked at Yang Guangzhi and said with a smile, "Dad, now Big Sister can go to school, you won't say you have no money, right!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Guangzhi pondered for a moment.

Instead of answering him, he slowly asked, "Do you know that work points are different now compared to before?"

Yang Xiaole was puzzled, "What's wrong? What's different?"

He probably guessed what it meant.

Yang Guangzhi took a puff of smoke before slowly saying, "From now on, everyone will eat the food produced together, which means there won't be a distinction between children and adults."

"Yeah, I know this!"

Of course, Yang Xiaole knew about this.

Upon hearing this, Yang Guangzhi nodded slightly and continued, "If everyone eats the same, then those with more labor in the family will lose out, and those with less labor will benefit! Just like our family.

If everyone eats the same food, then it's unfair for those who work more.

So the team leader said, let's convert the food, pork, and the output of the production team into work points based on their value. If the family's work points are not enough at the end of the year, they have to buy work points with money."

After finishing, he looked at Yang Xiaole and said, "If your Big Sister doesn't go to work, the shortfall in work points, calculated based on a year's worth of food (grains, vegetables, meat, and others), will be about 20 yuan to buy work points. Plus the cost of going to school for a year, it's about 10 yuan. So there's a shortfall of 30 yuan.

And that's just for your Big Sister. You, Fourth Brother, Fifth Brother, the four of you will have a significant shortfall over the year."

(Seeing this, many people understand why rural children didn't go to school in the past, right?

Is it because they have a narrow vision?

While this factor exists, there is still more helplessness.

The explanation above may not be detailed enough. Let's give an example. If one family has three members and all of them are laborers, while another family has seven members but only three are laborers, and they all eat together without distinction, the three laborers in the first family will definitely lose out. Since they have to eat, they have to spend money to buy work points.

What if they don't have work points?

At that time, the members of the collective would receive dividends at the end of the year.

Based on the value of 1 work point, if your family doesn't have enough, you can use the dividends to make up for it. If the dividends are less, or even none, and there's still a shortfall, it will be even worse. This is the origin of the term "hanging by a thread."

There are more in-depth explanations, but I can't explain further, otherwise I'll be locked up in a small dark room.

The above content and explanations come from a 79-year-old who entered the county middle school in 1958 after working in a rural production team for 44 years. For reference only.)

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaole fell silent for a moment.

At this time, Wang Qiuju had just hidden the money and was also looking at the two of them helplessly.

These two people in the family are the ones who can make decisions on major matters. Although her husband is the head of the family, he is too honest.

Although Third Brother is still a child, he has been clever since he was young.So, the two of them could actually have a discussion.

As for her, she usually talks a lot, but when it comes to running the household, it still has to be Yang Guangzhi.

Yang Xiaole was aware of this situation, he raised his head expressionlessly and said, "Dad, I won't persuade you about other things. You can discuss it with mom.

But I also want to express my opinion, we shouldn't give up the idea of leaving here just because Big Sister is a girl.

Should we let Big Sister live in the countryside for the rest of her life, repeating your kind of life?

Or should you swallow your pride, use this money for the children's education, and gamble on Big Sister's future in the next two years.

Of course, I can assure you, if Big Sister goes to junior high school, I guarantee she will be able to go to vocational school later, and then her household registration will follow the school. There will be no talk of owing work points to the village."

After Yang Xiaole finished speaking, he looked at the two bewildered people and said, "Also, if Big Sister goes to the county town for middle school, according to the current regulations, middle school students get 29 to 31 jin of grain, Big Sister is a girl, so she should get 29 jin of grain, which can be directly bought in the cafeteria with money. It won't cost much per month. You guys think about it!"

Then he turned around and left.

It was impossible not to be disappointed, but he couldn't blame them, everyone had different considerations.

When he opened the door, no one was there.

Yang Xiaole looked outside, it was bustling, which was a bit strange.

Just as he was about to go out, Big Sister ran back happily, holding some money in her hand.

When he saw that Big Sister's hair, which used to reach her waist, had now become short, he felt a lump in his throat.

Big Sister's face was still wet with tears, but she was very happy with the money in her hand: "Third Brother, I sold my braid for 8 yuan!"

After saying that, she happily went into the house.

Yang Xiaole watched her go in, collected his thoughts, and decided to find a way when he went to the city if things didn't work out.

He didn't believe that with the space available, he couldn't get Big Sister to the city in five or six years, that would be too useless.

……

"Mom, mom, the hair buyer came, I sold it for 8 yuan! Now we have the money for school this year."

Wang Qiuju looked at her daughter holding the 8 yuan from selling her braid like a treasure.

Then she looked at her daughter's short hair.

Her eyes reddened.

Yang Guangzhi was a man, he might not understand.

But she was also a young girl once, she knew what it meant for a girl to sell her hair that she had grown for 14 years.

Although it would be sold in the future, the first time selling her hair was the most painful.

Then she looked at her husband and gently called out, "Husband?"

Yang Guangzhi was staring at his daughter's hair.

Hearing the call, he came back to his senses, looked at the money in his daughter's hand, and was stunned.

He took a puff of his dried tobacco and said, "What? Put it away! School starts in a few days."

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"Oh, okay!"

Wang Qiuju took the money, comforted her daughter and said, "You child, why didn't you tell us before selling your hair? It's okay, it will grow back in a few days. It's also troublesome to take care of your braid all day."

Yang Xiaomei smiled happily at this; "Yes, it will grow back."

She handed over the money and said, "I'm going to do the laundry, Uncle is here, and his clothes haven't been washed yet!"

After saying that, she was about to go out.

Wang Qiuju stopped her: "It's almost time for lunch, wash it in the afternoon."

"Oh, okay!"

Yang Xiaomei agreed, and cheerfully left the room.

Yang Xiaole was standing at the gate, watching Big Sister come out with a cheerful smile, he had already guessed something.

But he still asked uneasily, "Big Sister, what did dad say?"

"Hehe, dad said, keep the money for school. I'm going to see Huahua cut her braid, she must be crying too."

After saying that, Big Sister went off to join the fun with a cheerful smile.

At this time, many children were gathered there to watch the excitement.

And Yang Xiaomei was comforting a girl about her age who was also in tears.

"Huahua, it's okay, look, it doesn't hurt after it's cut, it will grow back later."

……

Yang Guangzhi was smoking his dried tobacco, wearing a straw hat, and came out of the house.

"I'm going to the field with your mom, I don't know how many work points will be deducted for not going today!"

Behind him, Wang Qiuju also wore a straw hat and carried a hoe.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole stopped Yang Guangzhi and said in a low voice, "Dad, aren't we going to sell fish? I bought some things, they said they would deliver them to me tonight."

Hearing this, Yang Guangzhi was stunned: "What things?"

"Sautéed pork ribs with yellow eel, and stewed tofu. Dad, get some wine tonight, and we'll eat it secretly."

Looking at Yang Xiaole's grinning face.

Yang Guangzhi frowned: "Tell me honestly, did you buy it yourself? Do you still have money? If you do, hand it over, don't buy things randomly!"

He suspected that Yang Xiaole was hiding money.

"No more, really no more, if you don't want it, forget it, I'll tell them, let them eat it themselves."

Hearing this, Yang Guangzhi glared at him: "Want, why not? Bring it over tonight, you guys eat it."

In his view, there wasn't much food.

He didn't think too much, just taste it when the time comes.

After saying that, the two of them walked towards the field.