Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1046 Private School Teachers

Secretary Li said, "The teachers in the villages now have spent most of their lives there. Their houses and land are there, so it's not easy to settle them. There are quite a few of them, and resettlement is a problem. There are too many things involved."

Xiao Wei said, "That's not a problem. Doesn't everyone want to move towards a better life? Teachers are government employees, which means they have a little private land. I'll just build the teachers' building and give it away for free. Every teacher will get one, but the house won't belong to them until they retire. If they resign halfway through their career, they have to return the house."

Secretary Li gave Xiao Wei a closer look, surprised: "Building a house? An apartment building? For free?"

Xiao Wei nodded and said, "An apartment, free. The condition is that I work until retirement, unless something major happens."

Secretary Li tapped the armrest of his chair a few times with his right hand and said, "This is a good offer. But there's another problem: this will add a lot of teachers, and the finances might not be able to handle it."

To be honest, the number of officially employed teachers in the city is limited. Most of the teachers in our county are privately employed. They say the government provides subsidies, but I've never seen any. They all rely on local government funding.

Even a portion of the salaries and benefits for regular teachers were squeezed out of our meager savings. Even so, our county still owes a debt. If you were to build these schools, and according to your plan, adding dozens more teachers would be minimal, where would the money come from?

Since the vigorous development of education in the 50s, privately-employed teachers have been a part of history, and the problems they present have become increasingly prominent. In vast rural areas of my country, the main teaching force is almost entirely comprised of privately-employed teachers.

However, most of these people who dedicated their lives to education in remote mountainous areas, sacrificing their youth and even their lives, did not achieve good results.

Starting in the late 80s, widespread wage arrears began to appear, but no one paid attention or cared.

We shout that everything is for the children and that education should never be neglected, but in reality, we are the country that cares least about children and values ​​education the least. We have money to entertain them with food and drink, buy them nice cars and give them benefits, but we don't have money to pay the meager salaries of private school teachers.

Can you imagine? Until after 2000, most private school teachers in various regions were still earning a salary of one or two hundred yuan, and they couldn't even finish it all.

Then some people appealed, some people ran around, and finally a policy was put forward for this group of poor people, but it was to close, transfer, recruit, dismiss, and retire. Who enjoyed and used those pitiful transfer and recruitment quotas?

Just as the newspapers were vehemently praising the fact that the problem of privately-run teachers had finally been resolved,

Those who dedicated everything to education ultimately received only unpaid wages and were forced to close down, resign, or be laid off. As for how they would survive, or even if they could survive at all, who cared?

Countless meaningless so-called cultural buildings and landmarks have sprung up in the city. Billions are invested every year in a football team that can never qualify for the World Cup, but no one seems to think that these people buried in the mountains should be given an identity or a glimmer of hope.

There are three names that have been lost in the long river of history, but though stained with blood, they will forever shine brightly: engineering corps, barefoot doctors, and privately-run teachers.

The news media would rather fawn over celebrities and report on their sanitary napkins than give a single word to these poor and respectable people.

Those who formulate the relevant policies live in luxury homes and drive luxury cars while claiming to live a simple and frugal life, yet they never see the blood-soaked soil beneath their feet.

When city schools become money-making machines, generating huge sums of money for certain groups, the symbol of education shines in the hands of these humble people.

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Xiao Wei thought for a moment and said, "The money isn't much, but it's not realistic for me to say I'd manage it. This isn't something that can be done in a year, two years, ten years, or twenty years. It's also not a legitimate reason to do so."

In this way, I will build the school, including facilities and equipment, teachers' housing, and student meal subsidies. The county will take care of the teachers' expenses. Is that okay? This part cannot be taken lightly. Going to school is the only way out and hope for our rural children.

Then, I can help the county build a few factories. I don't care how you use the money you earn, but I hope that a portion of it can be earmarked for education, at least to ensure the normal operation of schools.

Secretary Li asked, "Which factory?"

Xiao Wei said, "I need to go back and discuss this. We'll see which products have high sales volume and low technical content, and get a few suitable ones to be produced in the county. The county must guarantee the quality; that's the prerequisite."

Xiao Hong said, "Aren't we also going to develop animal husbandry? Secretary Li, encourage farmers to raise chickens, ducks, and pigs, and to cultivate more wasteland for vegetables. We will then purchase all the produce. I believe that if farmers' incomes increase, the county's fiscal revenue will also increase."

Secretary Li asked Xiaowei, "Are you coming back to start a breeding farm?"

Xiao Wei shook his head: "No, I don't have the energy. Let the farmers raise them themselves, I'll buy them. If someone is bold enough to raise more, I'll support them; the county can arrange it. But, the quality must be guaranteed."

"You can only use our feed; we can pay you after you use it. For vegetables, it's best to use as little chemical fertilizer and pesticide as possible, or none at all, so we can offer a higher purchase price later."

Secretary Li looked at Xiao Wei with a strange expression. Xiao Wei realized what was going on and said, "It's not what you think. The feed we produce is a little different from others. It's a special formula, mainly for our own pig farm. I'm confident in the pigs that grow up eating this."

Those who are willing to raise livestock can sign a contract first, so they will have peace of mind.

We need a lot more than just a little; our county alone isn't enough. We need to train more farmers to supply the local area, so I have to guarantee the quality. I definitely won't accept anything that doesn't meet the standards, not even the ones my uncle grows.

Secretary Li asked, "What exactly were you doing in Fengtian? Didn't you say you were working at a food factory or something?"

Xiao Wei said, "We've done a bit of everything: food factories, cake shops, hotels, restaurants, shopping malls. Not just in Fengtian, but basically in every city below, including our city. The shopping mall here will open next year."

Secretary Li asked, "Which area?"

Xiao Wei said, "The Yongfeng area. The county's supplies will be provided here."

Secretary Li asked, "How will the transportation problem be resolved? What about the payment deadline?"

Xiao Wei said, "We'll come and collect it. The military vehicles will come and pick it up. We'll weigh it on the spot and pay immediately. I won't delay payment. However, vegetables like leafy greens need to be cleaned and prepared properly. My people will come and pack them into boxes and weigh them directly. They can't be left in a mess with stems and mud still attached; that won't do."

Secretary Li asked, "Are the pigs being taken away directly? That's quite an encouragement; there are probably over a thousand this year."

Xiao Wei said, "I'll build a slaughterhouse by the river, slaughter pigs, and process sausages, egg sausages, blood sausages, and the like."

(End of this chapter)