There was still a while before lunch, so Yu Dong and others went back to the bungalow they had just rented to make the beds.
Although the room was very clean, the bed had not been slept on for a long time, so it had to be wiped before putting down the quilt.
While Yu Hua was wiping the bed with a rag, he asked Yu Dong, "What's the matter? Seeing what you mean, you want to teach here too."
Yu Dong smiled and said, "I will work as a part-time worker and you will work as a long-term worker. From now on, I will come one day a week."
Wang Xiaobo said with a smile, "No wonder we found this place. The distance here is so close that we can go back and forth in one day."
"The car is shaking. I still don't know where it is. Have we left Suzhou?" Yu Hua asked.
"Of course. Our current location is Huangcao Village, Wugang Town, Hongqiao County, Anhui Province. The straight-line distance from Jinling Art Institute is actually less than fifty kilometers." Yu Dong said.
"Less than fifty kilometers? We have walked for such a long time, it must be more than two hours, and we have walked less than fifty kilometers?" Yu Hua said in surprise.
Yu Dong nodded, "I'm talking about the straight-line distance. However, the roads around here are not repaired and there are many detours. It is estimated to be 80 kilometers. The key is to cross the river. Don't forget."
"That's true, but I didn't expect that with such a small distance, the economic gap would be so big. The traffic here is even worse than where I jumped in line back then. It's the 21st century now," Wang Xiaobo said.
Yu Hua wiped the bed for a while and was tired. He threw the rag away, lit a cigarette for himself, and then said, "This Principal Huang is quite interesting. He arranged our board and lodging in such a short time.
You are very generous. You pay three yuan for a meal, which is enough to eat two meat and two vegetables in Jinling City."
Yu Dong smiled and said, "When people are busy, they have to make a little money, right? This principal Huang's name is Huang Guozhu. He used to work as a teacher in another village. Later, because there were no teachers in Huangcao Village, he was transferred
Come here and have been working here for more than ten years. Before us, three teachers came here last semester, but they all left in the end."
"The villagers looked at us very strangely just now. We don't know why," Wang Xiaobo said.
"I guess it's because we are relatively old. If someone at our age has to be transferred here, we must not be doing well. The city teachers who taught here before were not very old.
The oldest is only twenty-four years old, and the youngest is seventeen or eighteen years old." Yu Dong said.
Yu Hua took another puff of cigarette, "You should tell us when you change our name. We were a little confused when we were introduced just now. Yu Dahua, why does this name sound so weird to me?"
Wang Xiaobo also nodded, "You took away my Xiaozi, and I became Wang Bo, and I don't sound like myself anymore. Are you worried that people here will recognize us by our names? Don't worry about that.
, if you want to change your name, you have to change it, they may recognize you, but they may not recognize us."
"Just in case, so as not to run into any trouble." Yu Dong said with a smile.
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A few people chatted for a while, and then heard Principal Huang's voice coming from outside, "Teacher Yu, it's time to eat."
Yu Hua looked at the time, it was only eleven o'clock, and said with a smile, "It's really early for dinner here."
"Hey, here we come." Yu Dong responded, then stood up and walked out.
Huang Guozhu's home is a mile away from the school, which is not too close. There are two houses in the house. The east one has earthen walls and thatched roof, and the other one is a bungalow. In addition to Huang Guozhu and his wife, there is also a grandson and two
granddaughter.
The grandchildren are not very old. The eldest granddaughter is only seven or eight years old and just started elementary school. The younger granddaughter is two or three years old. There is a little boy between the two girls who is four or five years old.
The eldest granddaughter and grandson belong to Huang Guozhu's eldest son, and the youngest granddaughter belongs to the younger son.
The two sons and daughter-in-law are both working as masons outside. They have been wandering outside all year round and have no fixed place. Naturally, the children can only stay in their hometown and be raised by the parents. This is the case in many households here, and there are many left-behind children.
Huang Guozhu probably wanted to reassure Yu Dong and others that eating at his house was worth the money, so his family even killed a chicken, burned half of it at noon, and drank some wine.
His family must rarely eat meat. When the chicken was served, several children stood far away and stared at the chicken on the table.
When the little boy's penis was about to flow out, he took a deep breath and wiped the corners of his mouth.
When Huang Guozhu heard the sound of his grandson slobbering, he felt a little embarrassed, so he waved his chopsticks at the children and said, "Take the rice bowl and eat on the pot."
In their place, "Guoshang" refers to the kitchen.
Several children were so frightened that they ran out and went to the "pot". After Huang Guozhu's wife brought the dishes, he also followed him to the kitchen.
Yu Dong and the others looked at each other and felt something was wrong, but they didn't say anything.
At their age, they naturally know that a few words to persuade Huang Guozhu here will have no effect at all. After decades, people's thoughts will change step by step.
Later, when the wine was halfway through, Yu Hua suddenly spoke to Huang Guozhu and said, "Brother Huang, we are new here, and we will need you to take care of us in the future. In this way, I would like to toast you and my sister-in-law."
The smile on Huang Guozhu's face twitched, "Your sister-in-law doesn't drink, so let's just drink."
"That won't work. We will be here every day from now on. We should toast my sister-in-law with a drink. Even if she doesn't drink, tea can be used instead of wine."
"Yes, Principal Huang, I don't know what the rules are here. Anyway, over here, it's not allowed to drink disrespectfully. If we don't drink this wine today, we will be too embarrassed to come over for dinner," Yu Dong said.
Upon hearing this, Huang Guozhu quickly shouted outside, "Chen Xiuhua, come in quickly."
His wife hurried in and asked, "What's wrong? Is there not enough food?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Huang Guozhu said with a smile, "These guys are so enthusiastic that they insist on toasting you with a drink. If you do this, drink from a small cup."
Chen Xiuhua was stunned, a little at a loss.
"What are you doing standing there in a daze? You want me to pour you a drink?"
"I'll do it myself, I'll do it myself." Chen Xiuhua wiped her hands and poured herself a glass of wine, then slowly raised it.
She didn't know how high to lift it. She was afraid that it would be bad if she lifted it too high, so she stopped when it reached her abdomen, not knowing what to say.
Yu Dong smiled and said, "Sister-in-law Chen, from now on we will come here often to bother you. I want to thank you for this glass of wine."
"No, no." Chen Xiuhua said no twice and drank the wine directly.
Yu Hua said with a smile, "Sister-in-law Chen, please have some food. You don't want to go down after just one drink, do you?"
"Not happy, not happy."
Huang Guozhu pushed a bench over, and Chen Xiuhua also sat down.
Then Yu Hua and the others toasted to Chen Xiuhua. Huang Guozhu felt uncomfortable at first, but after drinking, he gradually stopped caring. What he was thinking about was that Yu Hua and the others would come to eat every day in the future, and they would have to pay money to their family every day.
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It is really difficult to make money in rural areas, especially in villages like theirs where transportation is inconvenient. Siji basically makes some money by selling some vegetables.
It is too difficult to make money selling vegetables. Let’s not talk about the cost. The difficulty of the process alone deters many people. Sometimes when carrying a load to the town, two large baskets of vegetables can only be sold for a dozen yuan.
If the market is bad, the vegetable seller can give them away for a few dollars.
If you feel the money is too little, you can go to the county with a load and sell twice as much, sometimes more. But the town is dozens of miles away from the county, and it only takes a day to go back and forth.
Too tired.
Why do we have to go out to work? Isn’t it because we can’t dig food out of the ground?
When the bottle of wine was almost finished, Huang Guozhu burped and said, "Looking at your accent, you are not from our county, right? Why did you come to teach in our school? I reported it to the county education bureau before.
Teacher Pai, I thought there would be no reply for a while, but I didn’t expect to send you here so soon.”
Yu Dong said drunkenly, "We don't want to come either. Isn't this a small mistake at work? The leader asked us to come here to exercise."
Upon hearing that they had made a mistake, Huang Guozhu comforted him, "It's not a big deal. I'll definitely go back soon. Xiao Yu, don't you only teach here one day a week? You still have to work in the county most of the time."
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"Hey, isn't it? It's quite tiring to run in both directions." Yu Dong said.
"It's not easy to come here from the county. I went to the county before and it took me a long time to get there. Our place is actually quite good. It's not far from Jinling. I heard that a railway line will be built from Jinling in the future.
When we get to Luzhou, we will be on this line. Maybe we should build a train station in our town, and then our area will be developed."
This statement is naturally impossible. Huang Guozhu must have heard this statement somewhere. He may not believe it himself. He just wanted to stabilize Yu Dong and others by saying it.
According to the geographical location, Huangcao Village is indeed on the line connecting Jinling and Luzhou, but the railway line has been built and passes through the county. How could another railway be built to pass through their side? There is also a Chuzhou railway line next to them.
Rivers, railways and bridges need to be built, which is very expensive.
Seeing that Yu Dong and others had no reaction to this rumor, Huang Guozhu added, "I also think this statement is unreliable. The country has a plan to build railways, but I heard from old friends in the education system that Jinling may need to expand in the future.
If our area is included in the area under its jurisdiction, then we will no longer be from Langya, but from Jinling. Even now we are closer to Jinling than to Langya."
Huang Guozhu's statement is more reliable than the one just now. After all, in terms of straight-line distance, it is closer to Jinling city center than to Jinling Lukou International Airport.
But it's just a bit reliable, this kind of thing is basically impossible.
Although he knew it was impossible, Dudong still cooperated and said, "Yes, that's right. If we build a cement road from our town to Jinling Railway Station, it will only take two or three hours by bicycle."
Huang Guozhu waved his hand and boasted, "By the time the road is repaired, every household will have a motorcycle. If we ride a motorcycle there, it will probably take an hour. When my eldest son comes back this year, he plans to buy a motorcycle.
"Motorcycles are also cheap now, costing less than 10,000 yuan. This money is nothing to them. The couple can now earn 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a year."
Although Huang Guozhu was bragging, Dudong and the others were not too disgusted. Instead, they saw Huang Guozhu's positive side.
China's economy has developed rapidly in recent years, and many people who work outside the home have made money.
It is possible for Huang Guozhu's eldest son and his wife to earn 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a year. It is also possible for them to save more than 10,000 yuan for a year through frugality.
However, Yu Dong has seen that many rural people spend money on houses. Even in places like Huangcao Village, you can see some two-story "small foreign-style buildings".
Even in rural areas, everything is cheap. Building a house like this costs tens of thousands, and some better houses cost hundreds of thousands.
After years of hard work, all the hard work was wasted on just one house.
And when they finished building the house, they had no money to decorate it. The house only looked good from the outside, but not good-looking from the inside.
The most important thing is that they cannot live in such a house for a few days, because those who can afford to build such a house are likely to work in other places and are away from home all year round.
But in fact, even in Shanghai, in some communities you can buy a house for tens of thousands of yuan, and it also comes with a household registration.
A community was built on a previously demolished area near Yu Dong's home. Last year, the house was put to sale for 80,000 yuan, with a free household registration. However, the area was not large, only about 60 square meters.
But if a family working outside saves 80,000 to 90,000 yuan and chooses to buy a house in Shanghai instead of building a house in the countryside, their life will change accordingly.
Even if you buy a house not in Shanghai, but in an urban area of ​​a third- or fourth-tier city, it will be completely different.
After that, Huang Zezhu boasted a lot, saying that if you buy a motorcycle this year, you can build a house the year after next.
In a few years, when the son and daughter-in-law have made enough money, they will come back and hire a few people to help them herd ducks. Now there is a lot of chicken, duck, and fish in the city, so raising ducks will definitely be easy to sell, and the ducks are easy to feed, and there is basically no cost.
When they raise ducks here, they always go to one place. The duck raiser sets up a tent and starts releasing ducks. After the ducks have eaten all the area, they move to another place and rely on nature to feed the ducks.
After talking about raising ducks, I talked about raising pigs again. I said that the breeds of pigs are different now, and they eat feed and grow bigger than before. A pig can weigh two to three hundred pounds. You can also feed geese, and you can also feed goose feathers.
Sell ​​for money.
Chapter completed!