Reborn to be rich

Chapter 117 It's New Year's Eve

Time passed quickly, and it was already a new year in a blink of an eye. Every family in Zhangjialing Village started to smoke meat. In previous years, the family’s economic strength was limited, and it was enough to buy a few catties of pork to entertain guests. At the beginning, on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, there were pigs screaming everywhere in Zhangjialing Village. This year, none of the pigs raised in the village were taken away, and they were all killed by themselves and digested internally in the village.

Zhang Guodong and his second elder brother, Uncle Qi Bo, agreed that their family slaughtered pigs and left a whole fan for him. As a result, Uncle Qi Bo’s pigs had not been killed yet, but many people from Zhang Guodong’s family brought meat.

Rural people are simple-minded, and he remembers not being able to express who is good to him. This year, when the family is good, the family kills pigs, and often the pig's head is reserved for the most grateful person, and the pig's legs are given to the elders.

Zhang Guodong went to the brigade headquarters in the morning, and when he came back, there were 6 more big pig heads and more than 20 big pig legs in his family. He asked how many cousins ​​gave pig heads to his father this year, and other people in the village also sent pig heads. The pork leg, they said it was given to Zhang Chenglin, but everyone knew it was to thank Zhang Guodong!

The things that Xiaonian gave cannot be returned, otherwise others will be sad. Zhang Guodong wrapped each pig's head with salt and hung it on the wall of the room with a rope. There is so much meat that he can't finish it.

At noon, more than a dozen family members came to Zhang Guodong to invite him to eat pig-killing rice. Zhang Guodong and his father took turns to eat a circle and didn’t want to walk. Everyone took it back, but they couldn't stop it.

"They should keep it for a long time! Anyway, our village is not short of meat this year, so you will be unhappy if you don't want them!" Zhang Guotao saw another villager put two pig legs at the door, like a thief After running away, Hu Yue'e went to the door and took the pork leg back into the large basin in the middle of the yard. The two large basins here were slowly filled.

"You can't say that. If others give it to you, it's because of your heart. We shouldn't take it. Although your brother has done some things for the village, he is the village chief. Everything should be done. Find a way to return everything tomorrow. Go back." Father Zhang Chenglin was still unwilling to take advantage of others, so he sat in the yard and said to Zhang Guodong.

"Dad, how about this! Let's buy more fireworks in Chang'an during the Chinese New Year, and set them off at the intersection of Guanlu on the 89th night. Everyone in the village can see it. This is also a disguised form of repaying favors." Zhang Guodong thought for a while and said. In 10, there were only a handful of fireworks that could be set off in rural areas. A firework started at [-] yuan, and the smallest and cheapest ones were sold in the county.

"You are the village head, you can figure it out! By the way, there are a lot of people getting married in the village this year. Several people have already asked me if you can be a witness. On this day, three families got married."

When my father said this, Zhang Guodong's headaches ached. This year, 14 families in Zhangjialing Village got married during the Chinese New Year.No, from the 24th of the twelfth lunar month to the 9th day of the first lunar month, happy events in the village basically continue.

"I see. The village brigade is going to hold Shehuo on the first day of the new year, and let children aged 4 to 7 from all families try it. Tomorrow you take your younger brother to the village brigade, and Xiao Liang bought back all the Shehuo clothes." Zhang Guodong said.

Shehuo is a rare event in the countryside. Generally, it is only occasionally reported at the township meeting. Chang'an City and some wealthy villages around Qindu city occasionally do it. This is the first time in Zhangjialing Village, Yongkang County.

This year's Chinese New Year, Zhangjialing Village feels very harmonious. Everyone is eager to help anyone who has a happy event. If you have money, who doesn't want to have a lively place to do family affairs. Since the day of the first year, the whole village has basically been accompanied by someone who has a happy event. When I go to someone's house for dinner, the people from the neighboring villages will rush over to watch the scene.

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, Zhang Guodong just went to the sixth team to be a wedding witness, and when he returned home, he saw his uncle at his home.

"Uncle, are you looking for something with me? Look at your frowning face?" Zhang Guodong asked when he saw his uncle hesitated to speak.

"Guodong, I think you have to pay attention to some things. Now many people want to join our village, but joining our village is too difficult. If you don't talk about it after working for three years, it is very difficult to get recommended by three village committees. Yes. From June this year to now, the teachers at the school have been wandering around the gates of several village committees every day. After two years, there will be more people in three years, and more people will apply to join. Recently, I found that our village Many people have many children in their families. Some children are 6 or 15 years old. When they are 6 years old, do you think they are considered as people in our village? We have a few families, and everyone says that the children of relatives cannot survive in the family. Adopted. What are you going to do about this?"

Zhang Guodong also recently discovered the faces of some strange children in the village. He didn't expect it to be like this. If it is said that only those born in Zhangjialing are considered Zhangjialing villagers, how will this policy be issued?But if you ignore it, I believe that the population of the village will increase several times in five years. By then, not to mention children, adults will also come. The good policy of Zhangjialing Village is not something anyone can enjoy.

"This issue is a matter of great importance, so let's do it! Uncle, we will hold a village committee meeting later to discuss this matter on the table. We are not ignorant of the situation in many villages nowadays, and there are indeed situations where there is not enough to eat. It is normal for the villagers to help out when they are capable, but we must draw the bottom line if we want to participate in the village's dividend!"

After receiving the notice, all 21 members of the village committee came to the head of the village brigade. Zhang Guodong told everyone about his uncle’s concerns. I thought about keeping the child forever.

"Our village primary school has good conditions. According to Principal Zhou's statistics, the number of students reached 88 in the second half of the semester in 912. Two years ago, our primary school had less than 300 students. How did so many students come? Some of them are from the surrounding villages, and more Many children from far away are borrowing from our village." Uncle Qi Bo is in charge of the expansion of the school in the village, and he has a good understanding of the school.

"In the second half of this year, our village has 109 borrowed students. On average, there is one person in each household. Many families suddenly have 7 or 8 more people, including adults and children. Everyone's life is hard. Our village is good, of course we go to our village, but If we want to block us, how can we block it!" Zhang Xiaoliang said in embarrassment.

The members of the village committee have been talking about each other for half a year, but there is no way to solve the problem. The villagers adopted 4 children from relatives. If they insisted on adopting them by themselves, the village brigade could not say anything.

"I think we need to improve our dividend distribution method. It is not a bad thing for us to have more people in the village. The key issue is not to mess up and not let others take advantage of loopholes." Zhang Zehui is worthy of being the factory manager for half a year. He speaks very vigorously.

Zhang Guodong saw that everyone basically expressed his views, thought for a while and said: "The dividend distribution method in our village has good intentions, but now because of the dividend distribution, many villagers are jealous, wishing that my family can be divided into 10 households, so that they can share I have an idea for everyone to discuss. Since working in the village for three years has the possibility of becoming an official village dividend, then children who grow up in the village must also have the opportunity. Everyone knows about Wang Shengli. The working time in Zhangjialing Village is reduced to one year. People from other villages who want to join our village write their own applications, and only 7% of the village committee agrees to pass it. Children under the age of 5 who have lived in Zhangjialing Village for more than 13 years are educated. For the villagers in our village, all the villagers after the separation of households can participate in dividends after 18% of the votes of the village committee, what do you think?" Zhang Guodong thought for a while and said.

"In this way, as long as the village committee doesn't mess around, there will be no chaos in the village. When we vote in our village, we can't take advantage of them. We can understand that some people have no children at home and adopt one or two." Uncle Mancang nodded.

Everyone is quite satisfied with this proposal. In the future, I will not be afraid of someone holding a gift at the door of my house and recommending it myself. Many young people in their 30s in the village have not separated from their parents because it was too late. The team itself has not yet distributed its full strength, which is also very reasonable.

The village committee agreed to revise the decision on year-end dividends. It will be relatively easy to become a member of Zhangjialing Village in the future, but it will not be so easy to participate in year-end dividends.As soon as the policy changed, Zhangjialing Village suddenly had 30 more families who could receive dividends, and Zhang Guodong was one of them.

On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, Zhang Guodong received a call from the township government that the fourth national census will be conducted this year. The county has issued a notice. Thanks to everyone's strong efforts in the birth policy, Ganjing Township can no longer cope with things as usual. The village branch secretary of each village is required to take the lead, with the village chief and women's director as deputy team leaders, to do a good job in the family planning work in each village. Before the county commissioner arrives, do a good job of publicity in the village, and all prominent places must have family planning advocacy signs.

Zhang Guodong remembers that the family planning in Zhangjialing Village was the most serious from 90 to 94. In the four years since [-], the women in the village had basically undergone vasectomy, and it was the kind of permanent vasectomy. Zhang Guodong definitely supported the basic policy of this country. , but he can't do it if he wants to block his wife's wife at home, or force him to take down the hospital for surgery.

On the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, the township government notified the village secretaries, village heads, and women directors of Ganjing Township to hold a meeting. When Zhang Guodong brought his uncle Zhang Chengzhi and his sister-in-law Qi Lianhua to the Ganjing Township government, Cao Haiyang was also sitting on the meeting table.

A senior township official spoke about the necessity of family planning. In the past few years, the family planning work in Ganjing Township has been very poor. The county decided that all women in childbearing age who have two children at home must undergo vasectomy. This matter must be implemented in the next year , Just after the end, the senior officials of each village made a speech to express their views.

Everyone knows how difficult this matter is. Some senior village officials who did not express their views in place stopped to correct them. Everyone knows that a big battle is coming, a battle of all village cadres.

Fortunately, it was Cao Haiyang who made the statement in Zhangjialing Village, and Zhang Guodong listened quietly in the audience. Finally, the senior township officials said the fine standard for overbirth in Ganjing Township. The fine for the second child is 1200, and the third child is directly 5000. This is for Zhangjialing Village. It's still acceptable, and everyone's opposition to having two children per family can be less.

On the way back to the village after the meeting, everyone was in a low mood, especially Sister Lianhua, who had two children who had to be circumcised. As a village cadre, she could not take the lead in implementing this policy.

"Sister-in-law, the country now implements eugenics and postnatal care. In the past, it was impossible to have a lot of births. The county required sterilizations, which were permanent. If women in our village do not go to the county for sterilizations, they will go to large hospitals in the province. The policy in the future If you let go of your desire to live and live, let’s all actively do the work of the villagers after returning to the village! This matter cannot be avoided.” Zhang Guodong said in a low voice.

"Don't worry! Sister-in-law is fine! In fact, it is relatively easy for our village to implement family planning. As long as the family planning is included in the villagers' points, we can lobby and go directly to Chang'an Hospital, and everyone will basically listen to you." Sister-in-law Lianhua said Still thinking about how to lobby the villagers, Zhang Guodong couldn't help admiring her.

On the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, the village committee communicated a new policy to each household. Those who are willing to go to Chang’an for ligation surgery on the [-]th of the first lunar month will get three points, and those who have not done it at the end of the year will lose one point, and the second child will lose five points. [-] points will be deducted for the first child, [-] points will be deducted for the fourth child, and it will continue to be doubled in the future.

This makes no one in the village dare to have three children, and four children do not want to share dividends in the future.Everyone in the village has great opinions. Zhang Guodong needs someone to cry to him every day, and he will patiently enlighten him.

And some families who don’t have children yet are impatient to bring in relatives’ children. They have just tried to transfer their household registration and now they have to transfer out. The birth quota in the village is tight, so you can’t just go for a sterilization if you don’t have a child!

During the Spring Festival in 1989, Zhangjialing Village was full of joys and sorrows. Among the 94 women in Zhangjialing Village who needed circumcision surgery, 91 had agreed to undergo circumcision. These women had given birth to more than two children. After the birth, everyone's resistance was not as serious as Zhang Guodong imagined.

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Zhang Guodong finally waited for a call from Ouyang Xinlan. Her family agreed to her request to spend the New Year at Zhang Guodong's house, and asked Zhang Guodong to go to the county to pick him up early on the 31st of the new year.

Zhang Guodong knew that this must be the request of his future mother-in-law. This New Year's Eve must be enough for him to pay New Year's greetings. If he does not come to the house on New Year's Eve, he would be too particular about leaving his father-in-law's house.

A big pig's head, two pig's front legs, a pack of snacks, a pair of lotus roots, two catties of red dates, two catties of sugar, one catty of tea leaves, two cigarettes, and half a car full of them. After dressing up and going out, Zhang Guodong was happy to see Ouyang Xinlan again, but he was also worried about Secretary Ouyang's attitude.

(End of this chapter)