50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 74 Ceremony
If her family is a particularly troublesome one, then he can only stay away from them; it would be best if there is no trouble at all, even if there are some minor problems, as long as he can solve them, he is not afraid.

The other party was a girl, so it was inconvenient for him to inquire, so the matter finally fell on his godmother Aunt Chen.

My godmother has to pick up my daughter from school every week, so I can ask other teachers for help.

After he returned that day, he rushed to his godmother's house overnight and entrusted the matter to her.

My godmother is worthy of being the mother of five children, oh, now it’s seven.

She knew everything about matchmaking. Sun Zhiwei had heard about it in his previous life. At that time, the older sisters and aunts were particularly keen on matchmaking.

Now that she received the request from her godson, godmother Aunt Chen was extremely enthusiastic and vowed to make this a matchmaking event.

Sun Zhiwei handed the matter over and didn't bother with it anymore. After all, there was no rush. Dating was strictly prohibited in college now, so he was just preparing in advance.

Aunt Chen was concentrating on finding out about Teacher Tong's family situation, so I won't mention it.

Shortly after the busy farming season ended in autumn, Lao Zhang's wife finally came to Beijing with their three children. Sun Zhiwei specially invited the whole family to dinner.

From what I saw when I first met her, Aunt Zhang has a very good personality, but she doesn't talk much.

Xiaolan, the eldest daughter of the Zhang family, is just 12 years old. She has already taken on many housework at home and should be a good child. As for the two younger ones, it is not clear yet.

The only thing that made him feel uncomfortable was that Zhang Lan hadn't started school at the age of 12. He planned to find time to talk to Uncle Zhang about this.

Although Sun Zhiwei's school has weekly holidays, he actually has to go to school every day. The First Five-Year Plan only started last year, and national construction was in full swing, so there was no time for vacation and fun.

If you ask what is the most important thing now, it is naturally to join the organization. There is a wave of oath-taking applications at the end of each year.

Naturally, he had written the application as early as his freshman year, but the annual quota is basically not given to freshmen who have just entered the school.

He was an active candidate last year, but there were a large number of candidates accumulated from the previous three classes. Considering that he was only a sophomore, the spot was finally given to a senior who was about to graduate.

Now he is a junior and plans to apply for graduation in the middle of next year. This is his last chance in school.

But before the list was announced, no one knew whether he would pass. In order to improve his performance and not miss any news, he naturally had to report to the school every weekend.

In early December, Sun Zhiwei suddenly received a notice asking him to attend a week-long training session, during which he learned various topics such as history, regulations, and life principles.

After a week of study, he achieved excellent results. At the end of the study, the higher-ups asked him whether he wanted to find an introducer himself or be assigned one.

You have to be careful about this, as they will be related to each other for the rest of your life, especially if you found it yourself. If it is specified by the above, it is just an official matter and there is no big problem.

He has many acquaintances who can act as introducers, but he cannot guarantee whether they will encounter any problems in the future. This is the uncertainty.

In that case, it would be better to handle the matter impartially, so he replied that the higher-ups would designate the matter.

A few days later, two introducers were identified and he began to study under them. During this period, Sun Zhiwei received a "Volunteer Form".

Under the guidance of his introducer, he filled out the application form and submitted it together with his autobiography, and then there was no news of him again.

During this period, Sun Zhiwei became more cautious in his words and actions, until the end of the year, when his superiors found Sun Zhiwei for a talk.

Not long after school started in February, the official notice finally arrived. Within a few days, the branch office added him to the group activity roster and informed him that he now had to pay 2 yuan in fees per month.

The payment standard at this time is (calculated in two sets of currencies):
1. For those whose monthly salary is 6 yuan or less, they shall pay 0.1 yuan per month;
2. For those whose monthly salary is between 6 yuan and 15 yuan, they shall pay 1% of their monthly salary;

3. For those whose monthly salary is between 15 yuan and 25 yuan, they shall pay 1.5% of their monthly salary;

4. For those whose monthly salary is more than 25 yuan, they shall pay 2% of their monthly salary every month.

Sun Zhiwei is a student and has no salary income, so he has to pay 1000 yuan (0.1 yuan of the second set of RMB) every month according to the lowest standard.

After he starts working, the payment will be made according to regulations based on changes in his salary.

Sunday, February 2th, is the day when a new batch of members take the oath.

This group of 9 new members arrived at the branch meeting room early to gather. The new members' introducers and many internal comrades came to watch the ceremony.

At 9 a.m., all the people had arrived and the flag had been hung on the front wall. The new members stood in a row in the front, facing the flag, with old members and spectators surrounding them on both sides and behind.

The host first announced the official start of the oath-taking ceremony and everyone sang the Internationale.

Then everyone in the room began to sing in unison:
Debout, les damnés de la terre, Debout, les forats de la faim.

La raison tonne en son crater, C'est l'éruption de la fin
After the chorus, the second item was a speech by the leader, which was full of gratitude to the old members and encouragement to the new members. All members were deeply inspired.

Then came the exciting oath-taking ceremony, where all new members faced the flag, stood at attention, and raised their right fists above their shoulders.

The oath-taker read the oath sentence by sentence, and Sun Zhiwei followed along with the others. Everyone was serious, their voices were loud, and their emotions were passionate.

"I voluntarily join ____, recognize ____, implement ____ resolutions, observe ____ discipline, maintain ____ secrets, and am ready to sacrifice everything for the individual and fight for the complete liberation of all mankind throughout my life. Swearing by: Sun Zhiwei."

After the oath was completed, Sun Zhiwei and other people who took the oath officially became probationary members. They all looked happy, and the comrades who were watching the ceremony came forward to congratulate them.

After a burst of noise, the representative of the higher-level organization came to the stage to speak, once again encouraging all the candidate members to keep up the good work, study hard, and make new contributions.

Afterwards, representatives of the old members who were watching the ceremony also came to the stage to speak and share their experiences in study, life and work.

Finally, Sun Zhiwei expressed his determination to the organization on behalf of all the preparatory members.

At this point, all the oath-taking ceremony procedures have been completed.

From today on, Sun Zhiwei entered the preparatory probation period. He needs to be more strict with himself and study and work harder.

During the preparatory period of one year, he needs to seriously participate in organizational life, and consciously accept the organization's education and assessment through heart-to-heart talks, centralized training, and help from introducers.

They must also report their thoughts and work to the organization regularly, and report their thoughts and work to the branch in writing once every six months until the preparatory period is over.

Then came the process of becoming a regular employee, which was a year later. Sun Zhiwei's heart was filled with excitement, nervousness and anticipation.

Even though this was not his first time going through this process, he was still very excited. Every candidate who reached this step should be excited.

(End of this chapter)