The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

She originally wanted to stay for two more days to recover before going back, but someone from the commune came the next day and directly found her and Xie Chengzhi to talk about the construction of a primary school in another brigade.

Jiang Jiancheng said: "There were seven brigades, one primary school in each brigade, and two teachers in each primary school. The masses did not agree, but there was only one teacher, and the educated youth also refused, mainly the female educated youth. Later, everyone decided to use your method and set up a school in the neighboring brigade, so there would be two schools in total, which means four teachers."

Children in the village have to earn work points when they turn fourteen, and most of them give up going to school, as primary school admissions require children to be seven years old and above.

In any brigade, there are not many children of this age group. For example, in a brigade, there are only a dozen children, and two teachers are responsible for taking care of them. However, the teachers' full work points have to be shared with all the members. Naturally, most people disagree.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "Indeed, using only two teachers for a dozen children is a waste of resources."

The point is that a brigade with nearly a hundred households is unwilling to support a teacher for the children of more than a dozen families.

Jiang Jiancheng sighed: "In fact, there are still some younger children. If we wait another year or two, they should be able to read."

The villagers don't have such a long-term vision, but they are unwilling to share the food rations because they don't have children to go to school.

Zhu Xiaomin naturally understood.

Xie Chengzhi asked: "How many brigades support two teachers? Has the work been done now?"

Jiang Jiancheng said: "There are only about 30 to 40 children of school age in the several brigades combined. After discussion, we decided to give lessons to the children during the day and hold literacy classes at night. All members can participate. Only then did everyone agree."

Zhu Xiaomin was surprised: "Have you discussed this with the educated youth?"

Jiang Jiancheng shook his head: "I haven't discussed it with the educated youth yet, now I want to ask you for advice."

Xie Chengzhi asked: "What's the idea?"

Jiang Jiancheng was helpless: "The original teams had looked for nine educated youths, and they said they were afraid that they were not enough. Now they only need four. You have to decide on the candidates."

Zhu Xiaomin shook her head: "Director Jiang, if this commune wants to hire someone, they can just name them directly. Why do they let us decide? Isn't this going to cause conflicts within the educated youth camp?"

Xie Chengzhi also said: "Also, with the addition of literacy classes, my opinion is to seek the personal opinions of the educated youths to see if anyone will give up."

Jiang Jiancheng knew this, and said hurriedly, "Of course I will ask this, but you can also recommend candidates privately."

Zhu Xiaomin turned and looked at Xie Chengzhi.

Xie Chengzhi was helpless: "Director Jiang, how about this, let's go back today and tell everyone about the situation and see if anyone gives up. Also, those nine people have attended a few classes in our elementary school and observed teaching. How about you organize a few people and let those who are still willing to go give a class and listen, and then you can choose?"

Zhu Xiaomin nodded immediately: "Yes, this is fairer."

Anyway, they don't intend to take on this hot potato.

Jiang Jiancheng thought about it and nodded. He asked about their class schedule and said, "Tomorrow, I'll talk to the secretaries and we'll come together. We can't all attend a whole class, so how about half an hour each?"

That's a full day of classes.

Zhu Xiaomin and Xie Chengzhi looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

After making the decision, the two went back and told the nine educated youths about the situation and asked everyone to prepare for the lecture.

When they heard that only four people were needed and that they had to add the work of a literacy class, the nine people's faces turned a little ugly. While they were hesitating, they looked at their companions with vigilance.

Where there is competition, there is hostility.

Zhu Xiaomin sighed secretly.

The classes for the next day were fully scheduled. The secretaries of the seven brigades and Jiang Jiancheng came to attend the class. Then the seven brigade secretaries voted. Finally, the four people selected were Cao Liqing, Shi Meiqi, Zhang Liqun, and Bai Zhiru, exactly two men and two women.

After the four people discussed it, Cao Liqing and Bai Zhiru went to the primary school jointly run by the fourth, fifth and sixth brigades, and Shi Meiqi and Zhang Liqun went to the primary school jointly run by the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth brigades.

There are only thirty or forty students on each side. The teachers' accommodation is arranged in one of the brigade headquarters. The classroom is next to the brigade headquarters and is already under construction. It will be completed in a few days. It also imitates the model of a primary school in the first brigade.

The matter was decided, and several brigades agreed to pick up the educated youth in three days.

As a result, Zhu Xiaomin stayed in the village for a few more days until the four educated youth were sent away. Apart from occasional vomiting, there was nothing abnormal with her body. After Chen Xudong delivered the eggs, she packed up and went back.

Miao Shiwen was worried, so she followed her all the way to the threshing ground and gave her many instructions before she reluctantly sent her to the car. Luo Ye even went early to pick up some freshly fallen poplar hairs and put them in a cloth bag for her.

The tractor was covered with a thick layer of hay, and Chen Xudong also took a few sacks filled with hay and placed them on three sides of her body to prevent her from being hit by the tractor.

Zhu Xiaomin was touched to see that everyone was being so careful. She waved to everyone as the tractor left the threshing floor.

The tractor went to the long-distance bus station first, and Chen Xudong ran to buy her a long-distance bus ticket back in the afternoon, and then turned into the supply and marketing cooperative.

Yan Yimin saw her through the window and quickly came out to greet her, saying with a smile: "Zhu Zhiqing... Oh, now I should call you Secretary Zhu, but I haven't seen you for a long time. I heard from Chen Zhiqing that you are in the village?"

Zhu Xiaomin got out of the car, smiled and followed him into the office, saying, "The factory in the commune has started construction. I have been in the village for a while. Now that the project has been sorted out, I plan to go back to the city and come back when the factory is almost completed."

Yan Yimin's eyes lit up: "I saw the document sent down from above. How come the canning factory was changed to a food factory? What new products are they planning to come up with?"

Zhu Xiaomin shook her head helplessly: "Not really, it's just that the leaders above gave us some suggestions, and we thought that we would have more room for development in the future, so we changed it to a food factory. As for the products... we can only take our time."

Yan Yimin said with a smile: "At least, there must be hawthorn jam, hawthorn cake, and candied haws."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and nodded: "In the first year, several teams planted nuts. Next year or the year after, they will also enter the peak fruit-bearing period. Even if we can't develop new products by then, at least these nuts can be processed to improve their taste."

Yan Yimin nodded repeatedly: "I am looking forward to your development." Then he talked about another thing, "A while ago, the district said hello, saying that this year's sunflower oil administration will have to make unified arrangements for two-thirds of it. Did you know about this?"

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and nodded, explaining, "After the inspection team organized by our unit came before the New Year, Secretary Gu sent some oil over. I asked for more and sent it to the canteen of the administrative office. It was probably because the leaders ate it and asked about it that they knew it was our oil."

Yan Yimin nodded at her and smiled: "This way, with the unified arrangement of the administrative office, the transportation can also be carried out in counties that are farther away."