50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 166: Expenses

It was already October when the three entrances and exits of the kindergarten were well managed.

With the successful reconstruction of the old building of Tiancantan, faculty and staff moved their families here to live, and this place has become the family compound of Beihai Kindergarten.

Sun Zhiwei and Tong Jiajia also moved in, leaving all the houses in the teaching area for single faculty and staff to live in.

On October 10, the school resumed classes, but the official notice was not actually sent to the school until around the 14th.

Of course, this lesson is not so easy to review. First, we need to inform the teachers and students. But there are only a few people in the school now, so it is impossible to notify each school one by one.

Therefore, each street found a way to find a car, installed a loud speaker, and started to publicize along the street, playing the notice of resumption of classes in a loop.

"Notice, XX Elementary School has ended its suspension of classes. All teachers and students of all grades will report to school tomorrow. Notice, notice, ..."

Before students arrive at school, teachers must arrive at school in advance to prepare for the start of school.

This is a huge project. Most of the classrooms were requisitioned some time ago. Some were used as animal sheds, and some were used as dormitories. You can imagine the sanitary conditions.

First they cleaned, then they started putting up posters and portraits of heroes, like the Heroic Sisters of the Prairie, and all the heroes from comic strips were on the list.

The document also states that the 5-year system will be abolished and shortened to a nine-year system, namely: 2 years of primary school, 2 years of junior high school, and years of high school.

When all the students arrived, there were not all teachers for each grade, so the school simply held large classes and temporarily did not divide the students into grades or classes.

The content of this kind of class varies across the country. The most distinctive one is in Northeast China, where the first lesson is "Preparing for War."

The second lesson was a bit more complicated, as we learned to shout “Surrender your weapons and you won’t be killed!”

"Grape Yuer Hanzan, give Wumiyouer Ganga's Waisaiwei Okeyu (English: Put down your weapons and don't kill)!"

"Hello, Donte Anket (English: Hey, don't move) Lifthands (English: Put your hands up)!"

"Su Nier'er is very smart. He deserves to be beaten (Korean: Put down your weapons and you won't be killed)!"

"Nihongno, Haiyisang, Bukoo, Wataisi, Kenosalai (Japanese: Brothers, lay down your weapons, we treat prisoners well)!"

"Lelejiamulubu (Burmese: Hand over your gun and you won't be killed)!"

"Luo Song Kong Yan (Vietnamese: Hand over your gun and you won't be killed)!"

There are many interesting things like this.

Regardless of the conditions, or whether or not they learned anything, having a place to go was a good thing. Sun Zhiwei knew the situation wasn't over, so he didn't relax security at the kindergarten. The teachers' families were also brought in, so the situation at the kindergarten remained stable.

Before the end of the year, Sun Zhiwei returned to Wenjin Street and had a long talk with his godfather and godmother.

No one knew the content of this conversation, but a week later, the names of his godfather and godmother were added to Sun Zhiwei's household registration book, and even their names were changed to a homophone.

The person in charge of this matter is naturally Director Liang. She still has a strong control over the street. Many key positions under her are occupied by her old subordinates. This is the prestige she earned behind enemy lines back then.

Given Director Liang's background, no one could touch her. When Sun Zhiwei went to see her, she secretly complained that she couldn't do things as smoothly as before.

Sun Zhiwei smiled without comment.

After the new year, activities were held in full swing in various places.

But it costs money to organize an event. You spend money every time you organize one, and the money is spent a lot. The money goes out like water.

After the accounts were submitted, everyone was shocked. How could so much money be spent?

Come on, start saving money.

So on February 2, a notice was quickly issued, "Urgent Notice on Further Implementing XX Savings and Resolutely Saving Expenditure."

The Notice stipulates that all funds and year-end surplus deposits of all government agencies, organizations, schools, enterprises, and institutions will be frozen at the end of 1978.
Infrastructure construction, major repairs, and equipment upgrades must proceed according to plan, with strict control over the use of funds. Administrative and operating expenses for all departments will be reduced by 30-40% this year compared to last year.

If a unit is divided into two teams, two sets of financial accounting, two vaults, and two bank accounts, they must be combined and managed in a unified manner within one month.

The finance and banks should support production development, and taxable units and individuals should pay taxes according to regulations; the savings deposits of individuals who have not clarified the situation in banks will be frozen and they will not be allowed to withdraw them.

After the notice was issued, the extravagance and waste were not immediately curbed.

So on March 3, the second notice was issued, "Notice on Protecting State Property and Saving XX", requiring the protection of state property and the practice of strict economy.

The Notice stipulates that vigilance must be heightened, and the masses must be educated and united to fight against all acts that damage state property;
It is forbidden to embezzle production team property or destroy farm tools and machinery; all unnecessary expenses must be eliminated;
Strengthen the protection of cultural relics and books; educate and punish those who steal and destroy state property.

It was only after two consecutive notices were issued that the culture of saving was implemented.

In Sun Zhiwei's view, no matter what the reason is, thriftiness is a good habit, and with the notice, it will be more deeply rooted in people's hearts.

For example, one day, when he was out doing some work and passed by a butcher's shop, he saw an old woman wanting to buy five pounds of meat. The salesperson immediately put it into practice and said, "Save XX."

(End of this chapter)