Chapter 2890
Reconstructing the Family Genealogy, 1 page
Chapter 2890 Reconstructing the Family Genealogy, on a separate page
Yangjiazhuang.
clang clang
The broken bell at the village entrance was being struck forcefully.
Upon hearing the noise, the villagers immediately dropped what they were doing and headed towards the village headquarters.
Normally, when this broken bell rings, it means that a village-wide meeting is about to be held to announce important matters to the villagers.
It's been rare to see this in recent years. People with good memories remember that the last time it was rung was for road repairs.
I just don't know what's going on this time.
The group left their homes and hurried along the alley to the village.
At this time, in the village's brigade headquarters.
Grandpa sat to the side staring at his pipe, while Uncle Nine was also puffing on his big pipe.
Beside them were several older villagers, who were huddled together laughing and whispering to each other from time to time.
Yang Dazhuang, Yang Shitou, and the rest of the Yangjia Village management sat together, forming a large circle.
As the brigade secretary, Yang Dazhuang's experience over the past two years has given him a sense of authority, and the people around him look at him with awe as he sits there.
Yang Shitou is the militia company commander in the village, a position he took over from Yang Dazhuang.
Now, with a mustache, he looks much more mature.
There were also the village's women's director, deputy team leader, brigade accountant, custodian, and so on.
The gathering of all the village leaders in Yangjiazhuang made this village-wide meeting even more important.
"Stone, check if everyone's here."
Yang Dazhuang spoke first, and Shi Tou immediately nodded. Then he ran out of the brigade headquarters and gave a series of instructions to the militiamen.
Then came the voices of the team leaders from each production team, who ran back after a while.
"Secretary, we've checked, everyone's here."
"it is good!"
Yang Dazhuang stood up and then turned to look at his grandfather.
"Grandpa, you..."
"Don't talk about me, I'm just observing. You guys make your own decisions."
The old man interrupted Yang Dazhuang, his pipe still smoking, showing no intention of getting involved.
"Okay, then I'll go and tell the villagers."
Yang Dazhuang nodded and then walked out of the house.
The others nodded to the great-grandfather, ninth uncle, and the others before leaving the house one after another.
After everyone had left, Uncle Jiu smiled and said, "The kids in our village are really lucky this time."
As soon as he finished speaking, the other elderly people in the room also started to laugh.
Uncle Nine then changed the subject, “Back when we were building the school, it was so difficult. There was no school, no teachers, and we only had one teacher, Qiu Ye. Xiao Tao had to go to work, so he could only be considered half a teacher.”
"Back then!"
Uncle Jiu looked at the old man in the corner and shouted, "Yang Shanzi, you're still making Da Ni and Er Ni dig in the dirt at home!"
After Uncle Jiu finished speaking, Yang Shanzi's face showed a look of shame.
The surrounding elderly people immediately burst into laughter, making Yang Shanzi's face burn with embarrassment.
Then he waved to his old buddy beside him and said, "Go away, go away, go away."
"I was young and ignorant back then."
"Haha, a young man in his fifties who doesn't know any better."
"Go away, go away, or I'll get angry."
Yang Shanzi also has a temper, but everyone around him has been fighting since childhood, so who's afraid of who?
"Alright, alright, I know I was wrong, isn't that enough?"
Yang Shanzi had no choice but to beg for mercy, then looked at his grandfather and said, "In my whole life, I never thought I could enjoy this blessing."
"Seriously, I never dreamed of this."
Those around him nodded in agreement.
Don't be fooled by the fact that Yang Shanzi only has himself and his two granddaughters; those two granddaughters are truly capable.
Not only did he work at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, but he was also an official, in charge of people.
This is what city people are like.
I receive food every month, along with various subsidies and coupons. My monthly salary is over forty yuan.
This made Yang Shanzi's life much better. He could eat his fill, wear a cotton-padded coat when it was cold, and his two granddaughters would bring meat and vegetables and two bottles of wine when they came back for holidays.
He said he could never dream of such a life; it was a lie.
Because I simply don't dare to think that way.
For two years, matchmakers practically wore out the threshold of his house. If it weren't for these two granddaughters, Yang Shanzi would have remained a nobody for life.
"You can dream about it, not just in your dreams."
The old man snorted coldly, his tone tinged with reproach, "You don't believe in our country, you don't believe in our revolution."
Yang Shanzi took a deep breath and nodded vigorously, "Captain, you're right."
"In those years, I truly lost all hope. There wasn't even a son in my family."
"But now I understand that as long as I don't give up, as long as I want to improve, and as long as I follow the flag, it's never too late."
As Yang Shanzi spoke, there was a moment of silence around him, then Uncle Jiu laughed and said, "Not bad, Shanzi, you've got some flair in your speech. Did your eldest daughter teach you that?"
After he finished speaking, the people around him laughed again.
Yang Shanzi raised her head and said, "Of course! My daughter said that as long as she follows Teacher Ran and Teacher Yang, she will definitely not go wrong."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately nodded in agreement, "At least Yang Shanzi said something worthwhile."
"Go away, all of you just know how to bully me."
Yang Shanzi stood up abruptly, "Which of your grandchildren hasn't gone to school all these years?"
“In Yangjiazhuang, if any child of school age doesn’t go to school, they’re considered an idiot.”
“You all got the benefits, but you all kept quiet and just bullied an honest man like me.”
Uncle Nine picked up his pipe, stood up, and walked over to Yang Shanzi. “We don’t bully honest people; we bully young people.”
puff
Everyone laughed again.
At this moment, the old man coughed twice, and the room immediately calmed down.
"We've done a lot over the years."
The old man tapped his pipe twice on his heel, the ash falling to the ground, and then said, "There are two things about this that I am very satisfied with, very satisfied with."
Everyone nodded in agreement, already guessing what it was about.
"The first one is our Yangcun No. 1."
"Yangcun No. 1, named after our village, is a fitting tribute to our ancestors."
A group of old men nodded vigorously.
"The second point is to give children a better path and the opportunity to choose their own path."
"It takes ten years to grow a tree, but a hundred years to cultivate a person."
"I'm really happy about this."
Everyone nodded again, tears welling up in their eyes.
They endured hardship their entire lives so that their descendants would suffer less.
The cornbread and straw they eat now are so that their descendants can eat white flour buns and meat every meal.
And now, they have done it.
At the very least, they have fulfilled the mission of their generation.
“Old Party Secretary, Dazhuang came to me a while ago and said that there are too many people in our village now. Some girls from other villages are marrying into our village. Compared to ten years ago, the number of households has tripled.”
"Now, including the newborns, the population of our village has exceeded two thousand."
"Also, in recent years, many families' sons have gone out to work after finishing school, and there may be even more in the future."
"Don't let the world turn upside down and you lose your roots!"
"So I thought about revising our Yang family genealogy."
After Uncle Nine finished speaking, he looked at the Great-Grandfather beside him. He had said the same thing to him before, but the Great-Grandfather hadn't agreed then.
He understood the reason: it was the influence of the environment, with people saying that family genealogies were feudal remnants. But in the past two years, the social situation had improved day by day, and those messy things from before had decreased, with even fewer disturbances.
Yang Xiaotao was partly to blame for this.
After all, because of his arrival, there were one less people playing mahjong, and many went to the Northwest to "do construction" and the Southwest to "build railways." Compared to the past, things are much better.
Last year, the surrounding villages such as Gaojiazhuang and Qinjiacun had already compiled their family genealogies, and the higher authorities didn't say anything after they found out.
This emboldened many more villages.
Now that Yang Dazhuang has brought it up again, he feels it's time to give him some advice.
After Uncle Jiu finished speaking, Yang Shanzi immediately received a signal from Uncle Jiu and then went to the old man. "Captain, I think what Uncle Jiu said makes sense."
“Look, our generation still knows who our ancestors were and what happened in the past of our Yang family.”
"But do other people know?"
"Even Xiao Tao wouldn't dare say he knew."
"If we're all gone, what will we say when the younger generation asks about our ancestors?"
The old man was hesitant at first, but after hearing Yang Shanzi's last words, he was moved.
Yes, how many more years do we people have left to live?
If they all pass away, who will tell future generations about the hardships their ancestors endured?
So how did we come to have this stable life?
At that moment, the old man wavered.
After a moment of contemplation, the old man said, "Then, let's do it."
As soon as the old man finished speaking, everyone in the room immediately cheered.
Meanwhile, cheers could be heard outside.
"Haha."
"These guys will probably set off firecrackers when they hear the good news."
Uncle Jiu walked to the door and said with a smile, and then the sound of firecrackers came from the village.
"Let's go keep watch."
The old man appeared at the door and said, “Take a good look at the requirements of the Nine Departments. If anyone dares to cause trouble, don’t blame me for being impolite.”
After saying that, he walked out.
Uncle Nine and the others followed behind with cold faces.
They knew that the two requirements for recruiting people in the Ninth Division were already very considerate of the children in the village.
If anyone still tries to do something wrong, then they are simply ungrateful.
A burst of merriment erupted in Yangjia Village, and Gaojiazhuang and Baima Village, which belonged to the same manor, were equally lively.
Although the children in their two villages didn't have as many school-aged children as those in Yangjia Village, and not many of them passed the entrance exams, it was still an opportunity for them to become workers.
By becoming a worker, one can break free from the shackles of the land.
After the news spread, the children in the village who had finished junior high school immediately became highly sought after.
Some families with daughters have already made their choices.
Children who are still in school are repeatedly urged by their families to study hard.
Of course, they were hit quite a few times with sticks and rolling pins.
Nine parts.
Yang Xiaotao was busy disassembling the machine in front of him in the workshop.
This is a winding machine obtained from an electric furnace factory.
I thought this thing wasn't a precision instrument and shouldn't be difficult to make.
Unexpectedly, the machine itself was not difficult to make, but meeting the precision requirements of Factory 709 was the challenge.
So Yang Xiaotao had no choice but to take matters into his own hands and redesign the machine to see if he could make a winding machine that met the required precision.
"Minister Yang!"
Just as Yang Xiaotao was putting on gloves to disassemble the device, Lou Xiao'e walked in from outside, holding a document in her hand.
"what happened?"
"Minister Yang, this is a report from the steel plant. Director Guan wants you to review it personally."
Lou Xiao'e handed the report to Yang Xiaotao.
Taking off his gloves, Yang Xiaotao glanced at the materials and then frowned. "Tell Guan Zhiyong, I don't care about pushing carts or shoveling coal. The Ninth Department's requirements are requirements, and no one can break them."
"Also, tell him to keep an eye on the steel plant for me. If there are any problems, he'll have to go back to shoveling coal."
After saying that, he threw the report at Lou Xiao'e.
Lou Xiao'e, seeing Yang Xiaotao's anger, dared not say more and quickly took the report and walked away.
Although she also felt that jobs like boiler operator and coal shoveler had little to do with education.
Why do we need academic qualifications when we can just find anyone who is strong and healthy?
She couldn't understand it, but dared not contradict Yang Xiaotao.
Perhaps there are other hidden intentions behind this.
When Lou Xiao'e ran back to the office and told Liu Lixue what had happened, as well as her own opinion, she was met with a serious expression from Liu Lixue.
"Xiao'e, do you think there are more people in rural areas or people in cities who meet these two conditions?"
Lou Xiao'e scratched her head. "Well, it's probably because there are more people in the city."
Liu Lixue shook her head, "Although the education level is better in the city, and workers' children are more likely to receive an education."
"But I think that children from rural areas have an advantage in meeting these two requirements."
"What?"
"Origin!"
Liu Lixue spoke softly.
Lou Xiao'e frowned slightly. Because of her less-than-ideal background, she had always subconsciously downplayed it. But now, hearing Liu Lixue say this, she began to think about it carefully.
"This time we are very strict about the requirements for family background, and many people from middle peasant families have been eliminated."
"Even for special groups in Beijing, only a small portion were given, and they also needed a recommendation letter from the neighborhood committee."
"In your opinion, who has the advantage under these conditions?"
Lou Xiao'e immediately understood, and then sat in her chair in silence.
After a while, he looked up and said, "So, requiring a degree is encouraging children to go to school?"
Liu Lixue nodded, then smiled and said, "To be precise, it's about encouraging children in rural areas to go to school."
Lou Xiao'e suddenly realized.
"So that's why it's done this way, there's a deeper meaning behind it all."
Liu Lixue walked back to her seat, picked up the research institute's documents, and said, "Let's get busy. There are more people around these days, so there will be even more work to do."
"If we finish this sooner, we can go see a movie."
"Cinema?"
"No, it's from Hong Kong, Brother Tangshan."
"Huh? You brought this back?"
"Shh, keep your voice down"
In the evening, Yang Xiaotao finished disassembling the winding machine. All that was left was to draw the design drawings, but he couldn't finish them today, so he decided to leave them for tomorrow.
After putting down his tools and leaving the workshop, Yang Xiaotao didn't go back to his office but drove straight back to his courtyard house.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, Yang Xiaotao saw white smoke coming from the heating pipes inside the house, and he knew that Ran Qiuye had returned.
When I got home, sure enough, Ran Qiuye was busy cooking.
After putting his things down, Yang Xiaotao came up behind Ran Qiuye and hugged her tightly. "Why did you come back today?"
"Where are the children?"
Today is not a day off.
Ran Qiuye leaned against Yang Xiaotao's chest, feeling his ill-intentioned actions, and said with a smile, "I have something to tell you this time I came back."
"What's the matter?"
"Grandpa said the village is going to revise its genealogy, and our family will have its own page. He asked if you wanted to be the head of the household."
"Revise the family genealogy? Make it a separate page?"
Yang Xiaotao's hand, which was climbing upwards, suddenly stopped, and he looked somewhat bewildered.
Is this how you achieve the 'single page' achievement?