Chapter 206

"I've got it." Liu Guangtian was holding a notebook. Instead of reading, he learned to take notes.

"Okay, ask me to leave from the academy at 8:30 tomorrow, and then arrange for the seventy students to go to four grain stations to unload the goods.

As long as you work hard, I will find you a good job in two years."

He can find better part-time jobs for students, but if they can't even carry a heavy load, then forget it. Without strong willpower, there's no point in staying in the society.

"Brother, I listen to you."

Liu Guangtian had just seen that this brother was actually familiar with so many leaders of the grain stations.

……

It was Sunday morning in a blink of an eye, and Li Zhiguo got up early again. He had to start asking for leave no matter what.

I took Liu Guangtian to the school gate, where 70 students were already waiting. Not only that, several class teachers were also there, which made things even easier.

He divided the team into four and then said, "It's two cents for unloading a bag of grain. The wages will be settled on the spot after unloading. If you are paid less, I will be responsible for recovering it.

Even if you only unload one bag, you must pay two cents. Don't feel embarrassed.

However, the food is quite heavy and cannot be carried by one person, so two people can work together.

Those who are not in good health can quit now. We will arrange some relaxing part-time work activities in the future. That’s all. Let’s take action!”

"Thank you, President!"

Fang Minggen shouted quickly. He was a pre-arranged assistant and a member of the atmosphere group.

"Thank you, President!"

The other children also started shouting. Isn't that what herd mentality is all about?

"Okay, let's go now!"

Li Zhiguo gave the bicycle to Liu Guangtian to push, and he followed along, leading a team to the Wangfujing store, which was neither far nor near.

The class teacher Tang Dongqiong also came along. The team consisted of seven students from the class.

When they arrived at the place, Li Zhiguo asked his waiter to call the director out. It was Sunday, but the director had to come as long as food arrived.

It had been agreed in advance, the truck carrying the grain had arrived, so we started work right away.

Li Zhiguo was worried that the students would not be able to bear the weight, but there was a strong man among them who carried three bags of grain at a time, each bag weighing 50 kilograms.

Of course, there are also those who are weak and cannot lift things with their hands or shoulders, so it takes two people to work together.

But no student backed down. Being poor is the best way to train one's willpower, especially for poor students of this era, few of them are pampered.

The biggest problem was the two female students in the team, who were also gritting their teeth to carry food.

Li Zhiguo saw it but didn't treat him specially. Making money is not easy.

"Li Zhiguo, are there any other activities? It's okay for girls to unload food once or twice, but if it's more than that, we won't be able to handle it."

Tang Dongqiong is over 40 years old and has suffered a lot. She didn't feel any pity at this moment, but just felt that something was wrong.

"Of course there are, but no matter whether you are a man or a woman, you have to carry food once when you join the commune. Those who are unwilling will be eliminated."

I think that he started out as an apprentice and had worked hard and spent his youth for the steel mill!
"Teacher Tang, my health is not very good. I may need to take sick leave more often in the future. When I am not around, let He Yushui be the acting monitor."

What a coincidence that Li Zhiguo took this opportunity to mention this matter.

"Are you not feeling well?"

Tang Dongqiong really didn't realize that you are the one with the best complexion in the class. I heard that you eat white flour for every meal and have two or three dishes. You eat better than her.

“I have had stomach problems for several years and was previously retired from the factory due to illness.

Teacher Tang, don't worry, I will study on my own at home, and my work-study program will not be affected.

There are activities scheduled every week, and we just need to pick a few leaders to lead the team.

Also, the one in front is called Liu Guangtian, he is from the same courtyard as me, he didn’t get into high school this year, he is a failed student, he acts as a liaison for me, responsible for running errands and contacting part-time work activities. "

Li Zhiguo has made all the arrangements. Once the club is established, he will apply for a venue and hold meetings for members occasionally to give them some inspirational speeches. That would be even better.

"Li Zhiguo, you want to take a long vacation, that's not good, school has only been open for a few days?"

Tang Dongqiong knew that this student was not easy to teach, and she would be under a lot of pressure if he asked for leave like this.

"Teacher Tang, I heard that your child is also waiting for a job?"

Li Zhiguo never fights a battle he is not sure of winning. How can he block this punch with thirty years of experience?

"I'm waiting for a job. The street office is trying to arrange one for me. My child doesn't like studying."

Tang Dongqiong was a little embarrassed. She was a high school teacher and a class teacher, but she failed to teach her own child well and the child failed the high school entrance exam last year.

But she has more than one child, and the younger one can still read.

"Teacher Tang, how about I take a leave next week and help your child find a job? What kind of unit or factory does she prefer to work for?"

Jobs are in short supply now, but for unemployed young people in cities, they can still find a job as long as they are patient.

But you only have one chance, there is no choice. For example, if you enter a small factory, you have to work there for the rest of your life unless the factory goes bankrupt or you are transferred because of connections.

Tang Dongqiong sighed and said, "My girl doesn't want to be a worker. She wants to find an easy job, such as a broadcaster, librarian, telephone operator, or recorder.

I can only wait for news from the street, but I heard that the street will arrange a broadcaster training class in a while, but I don’t know if I can get a place. ”

"Teacher Tang, I'm going to take a month off. I'm pretty familiar with the people on the street."

Li Zhiguo thought, no wonder, Yu Haitang didn’t get into high school, so how did he end up being a broadcaster? It must be because of the training class.

Just like Yang Guangan whom he met when he went to the countryside before, after graduating from junior high school, he attended two weeks of training and was able to go to the commune primary school to teach. However, he was unlucky and encountered the communal meal system, and finally went to the canteen to manage logistics.

Sometimes getting a job depends on luck, but it is also reliable.

"Can you really get my girl to attend broadcaster training class?"

Tang Dongqiong had a premonition that her bottom line as a human being would be retreated again and again and would not be able to withstand the sugar-coated bullets.

"Teacher Tang, this is my previous work ID. I am currently on unpaid leave due to studying."

Li Zhiguo thought it would be better not to go through so much trouble and explain more, and just get it over with once and for all.

Tang Dongqiong took the certificate with doubts. When she saw the cover, she was stunned. Why is it Qianmen Street Office? Shouldn't it be Hongxing Steel Rolling Plant?

When she opened it and read the contents, she was shocked to find that her student was actually a cadre of the Qianmen Street Office, and his rank was not low.

"Li, classmate Li, asking for sick leave is a good thing. Taking good care of your health is the most important thing. Do you want to arrange for a few students with good grades to come to your house for tutoring?"

Tang Dongqiong retreated. You are already a street cadre, and your rank is higher than that of a college student after being converted to a regular employee. Why do you still come to high school? Are you kidding? Do you have a mine at home?

No matter what the situation was, she couldn't afford to offend him, and she was also hoping to arrange a job as a broadcaster for her girl.

“You said tutoring, that’s fine, I’ll choose the people myself then.

Teacher Tang, if that’s the case, then I will formally apply for leave. Please write me a note later. I will apply for leave for a month first. Once my health gets a little better, I will come to school despite my illness.

If anything happens, ask He Yushui to notify me. She is from the same courtyard as me, just like my sister."

Li Zhiguo breathed a sigh of relief. If this class teacher was not good enough, he would apply to transfer to another class. If that didn't work, he would transfer to another school. There was always a way to solve it, it was just troublesome. Now it was the best situation.

"This, okay!"

Tang Dongqiong retreated. Special matters had to be handled specially. Others were already cadres, so it didn't matter whether they took the college entrance examination or not, let alone just going to high school.

Li Zhiguo was not in a hurry to leave. He wanted to make his presence felt on the first day and establish a great and glorious image in the minds of the members.

Immediately, he rolled up his sleeves and walked to the truck amid everyone's puzzled looks.

"Hello, Brother Li!"

"Brother Li, you are bringing students here to experience life."

The two otakus unloading the goods on the car knew Li Zhiguo. The otakus in Beijing were all in touch with each other. They especially liked to go to pubs, where they could sit at the table and have a drink for only seven cents. How wonderful!

"Okay, it's good to know each other. Come, give me some food, and I'll try whether this job is tiring or not."

Li Zhiguo hasn't done any heavy work for at least ten years. Today he wants to make an exception and try to carry food while he is sick.

"Ah! You have to carry the food. This is not good."

The two guys in the car were dumbfounded. If they got hurt from overwork, they would be in trouble.

The students who worked and studied were also confused. Their president, who rode a bicycle, wore a watch, and ate white noodles for every meal, was going to take action personally?

"Stop talking nonsense and deliver the food."

Li Zhiguo put on a waistcoat and lowered his head slightly, exposing the back of his neck, which is also the origin of the hollow neck.

"Hey! You're steady."

Two people were sitting on the top of the carriage, picked up a bag of grain and put it on Li Zhiguo's shoulders.

"Four more bags."

Li Zhiguo not only has superb physical fitness, but also has previously developed the "Five Forms Fist", which has the explosive power of a leopard, the bones of a tiger, the spirit of a crane, the breath of a snake, and the divinity of a dragon. A few bags of food are nothing at all.

"Four more bags?"

The two boys were stunned for a moment. This was a bit too much. A bag of grain weighed 50 kilograms.

Generally, a normal person would carry three bags at a time, while someone with a naturally strong physique like Cai Quanwu could carry four bags at a time.

Old Cai can carry the load ten times in half a day and earn 80 cents. He is truly a strong man.

No matter what era, anyone who can carry 200 kilograms on his shoulders continuously is considered a strong man.

Three or four hundred kilograms is considered rare, and five hundred kilograms is just bragging. It can be said that one is born with supernatural powers.

Of course, it also depends on the terrain and region. For example, Shuzhou is full of mountains, and there are many slopes to climb. There is no one in several villages who can carry 300 kilograms. The road to Shu is difficult.

Moreover, a normal basket is designed to be filled with 50 to 60 kilograms of grain. Two baskets together should weigh a little over 100 kilograms, which is within the comfort zone that a normal young and strong shoulder can bear.

As five bags of grain fell on Li Zhiguo's shoulders, everyone was stunned. How could they not see this?
"Five more bags!"

Li Zhiguo shook his shoulders. He weighed 250 kilograms, but didn’t feel anything.

"what!"

The two men hesitated.

Li Zhiguo urged, "Don't just stand there, deliver the grain!"

"Got it!"

The two brothers looked at each other and had no choice but to do as they were told, carefully adding food bag by bag.

This situation has attracted onlookers, and even Director Zhou from the grain station came over.

When the two men stood up on the carriage and put the tenth generation of grain on it, they were shocked. This was a solid 500 kilograms, without any discount, and even slightly more.

Because no matter how much grain is imported, the same ration or grain will be taken back in the end, so the amount of grain purchased can only be more or less.

"Go away!"

Li Zhiguo carried ten bags of grain and, accompanied by Director Zhou and a group of people, went to the grain warehouse at the back. But when he arrived at the door, he could not get in because the grain was too high.

This was not a problem. He simply lowered his body, squatted in a horse stance, and walked through the warehouse door. Once inside, he exerted a little force and unloaded the ten bags of grain into the grain pile.

"Li, President Li, you are born with supernatural powers!"

Director Zhou has worked at the grain station for decades and has seen strong men before, but this is definitely the first time he has seen someone who can carry ten bags of grain into the warehouse.

The key point is that this person is Li Zhiguo, who is famous for his illness. Isn’t this nonsense?

Li Zhiguo took off the waistcoat on his shoulders, which was used to cover his complexion, and handed it to a girl next to him.

He clapped his hands and said, "I'll set an example. As long as you are willing to work hard, whether you study or work hard, you can earn enough money to eat.

Now we live in a new society. If we roll up our sleeves and work hard, our lives will only get better and better.

Director Zhou, I'll charge you 20 cents for this trip. Let's settle it."

"Okay, that's it."

Director Zhou immediately called the accountant and gave Li Zhiguo two cents.

I thought that if everyone carried food like you, making ten trips in half a day, I would earn two dollars, or four dollars a day. At the end of a month, that would be higher than the salary of an eighth-level worker. It's scary!
This also requires deducting the time spent in queue to unload grain, otherwise the time would be more than doubled.

Li Zhiguo only carried this load for one trip, and that was enough.

At this moment, all the students' eyes changed when they looked at him.

Li Zhiguo smiled and thought, when you carry the food, you will respect me as you respect God!
"Brother, you are so patient."

Liu Guangtian was shocked. He didn't expect that his brother, who lay in the yard every day, was born with supernatural powers.

When Liu Guangtian was a few years old, this brother had been lying in the yard. He had never exercised, so how come he is so strong?

Tang Dongqiong also said: "Li Zhiguo, what did you eat to grow up? You are so strong."

"It's natural. I can't help it. I'm in good health, except for my stomach."

Li Zhiguo smiled awkwardly, it was basic operation.

Perhaps his proofing inspired the students' fighting spirit, and before noon, a truckload of food was unloaded.

The most energetic student made seven trips, carrying three bags each time, and earned 42 cents, which was enough to pay for vegetables for a week.

Boys in the middle earn about 20 cents.

The two girls who made the least ran six times together and earned 1.2 cents, or 6 cents each.

This shows the gap between men and women in the agricultural era when people relied on physical labor.

Of course it is not absolute. The two girls arrested were students, not farm workers. This can be distinguished based on their work points.

Generally, men earn ten work points a day, and women earn six to eight work points a day.

In the original drama, Qin Jingru worked in the commune and earned eight work points a day, which was about eight cents. It depended on the total income of the production team. The extra work point could be worth two or three cents, and the least was less than half a cent.

"Let's go back to school. The cafeteria has prepared food."

Li Zhiguo took the students back today and they were the first to arrive at school. After waiting at the gate for a while, the other three groups also came back.

The students were all very tired, but their faces were filled with smiles, and everyone had earned money.

Li Zhiguo stood directly on the back seat of the bicycle and asked Liu Guangtian and Fang Minggen to hold the bicycle to prevent him from falling.

"Students, Mr. Liang Qichao once said that if the youth are wise, the country will be wise; if the youth are wealthy, the country will be wealthy; if the youth are strong, the country will be strong.

You are all high school students who have stood out from junior high school and are about to enter the halls of university.

Among you there will be cadres, engineers, doctors, scientists...

The only thing is that there is no one who can carry something big, but every work in life is a precious spiritual wealth.

We are young people, so we should have the courage to experience, to try, to fight... to fight for the construction of the country all our lives! "

Li Zhiguo gave an impromptu speech and did not forget to flatter Liang Qichao!
At the school gate, dozens of students listened attentively with light in their eyes.

Li Zhiguo added: "Today, the Red Star High School Work-Study Club is officially established, and you are the first batch of members.

We must set a good example for future members and carry forward the spirit of hard work.

There will be better work-study activities in the future, but no matter who you are, as long as you join the club, you must first experience the activity of carrying big objects.

All the suffering you endure today will become your life wealth tomorrow.

Because studying is the least strenuous of all labors, so students, work hard. I hope I can still see you in the work-study club when you go to college. I encourage you all! "

"mutual encouragement!"

"Work and study to get into college."

"Well done, President! Work-study programs are a valuable asset in our lives!"

The students were excited and felt like they had drunk a bowl of chicken soup. They were full of energy and wanted to carry a few more bags of food. They also regretted not working hard enough.

"Okay, everyone has worked hard, let's go to the cafeteria to eat.

From now on, there will be work-study activities every Sunday morning or afternoon. The work will be divided according to everyone’s situation. The various work-study activities and assignment lists will be announced in advance on Saturday.

I have contacted places like Xinhua Bookstore and Comprehensive Library, and they will help me with easy tasks like organizing books.

But remember, no matter how high or low the job is, doing it well is the most important thing, you represent the face of our work-study society."

Li Zhiguo didn't say much. Don't feed them too much chicken soup. They are too weak to be nourished. Some students are almost exhausted. Eating is important.

After the students dispersed, several teachers gathered around.

"Student Li, what you just said was very good."

"Work-study programs are of great significance. These students who have experienced hardships will definitely work harder in their studies."

The next day at school, the news of the Work-Study Society spread throughout the school. Dozens of poor students heard about it and wanted to join the society. They came to find Li Zhiguo, only to find out that others had taken leave.

At noon, Li Zhiguo slept until he woke up naturally. He finally felt back to normal. This was life.

Because from a medical point of view, the older you get, the less sleep you need. If you don't sleep more when you are young, you won't be able to sleep when you are old.

"Good morning, Chunyan!"

"Brother Li, you didn't go to class today?"

Tang Chunyan was washing vegetables. She now knew some simple cooking skills, such as cooking noodles, which were dry noodles she brought from her mother's home.

It’s not that I don’t want to order takeout or eat out, it’s just that I don’t have enough white flour tickets.

"No, I took a leave and studied at home."

Li Zhiguo explained that you should just rinse your mouth with water and move around after a good sleep.

(End of this chapter)