Chen Yuan smiled at Hu Dabao and said, "It's troublesome."

Hu Dabao shook his head: "No trouble, no trouble."

"Okay, go get busy." Zhao Qingjian sent Hu Dabao away, then turned to Chen Yuan and said, "This is my wife's nephew. He can drive a big truck and works as a transporter in our commune. He runs back and forth. This time he's going to Xuzhou to transport goods. You can go with him."

Zhao Qingjian was very thoughtful, but he didn't expect that Chen Yuan and Hu Dabao had met before.

"Secretary Zhao, this won't be too much trouble for Brother Hu, right?"

Chen Yuan looked at Zhao Qingjian. Zhao Qingjian arranged Hu Dabao to work in the commune, probably for the sake of his wife's family. But did Zhao Qingjian know Hu Dabao's private identity?

Judging from Hu Dabao's performance in front of Zhao Qingjian just now, he was a completely honest man, not like the cunning man who was scheming in the black market that day.

"What's the problem? I'm worried about you going alone. He can drive and take care of you on the way." Zhao Qingjian treated Chen Yuan like his own junior.

"This is your first time traveling far away, right?"

Chen Yuan nodded and thanked him profusely: "Thank you Secretary Zhao for considering me."

When Chen Yuan went downstairs, he went around to the backyard and saw Hu Dabao wearing only a black two-stranded shirt, bending over to wipe the car.

A dark green truck was polished to a shine by Hu Dabao, and it was obvious that Hu Dabao took good care of the truck.

"Brother Hu." Chen Yuan stepped forward. The last time he went to the black market, he brought a blue cloth mask to cover his face and deliberately messed up his hair. He wondered if Hu Dabao could recognize him.

"Hey!" Hu Dabao straightened up and saw that it was Chen Yuan, and said enthusiastically, "Comrade Chen, I plan to leave tomorrow morning. Is that okay with you?"

"Sure, thank you for your hard work on the road, Brother Hu!" Chen Yuan saw that Hu Dabao was fine and felt suspicious. He didn't know whether Hu Dabao really didn't recognize him or he recognized him but was unwilling to admit it.

"What's so hard about it? Let's help each other!" Hu Dabao gestured to Chen Yuan, "We're going on a long trip, I need to check the car, you go get it ready, we'll meet at the back door of the commune at four o'clock tomorrow morning!"

After agreeing on a time, Chen Yuan went back to Chenjia Village without any further ado.

When passing by the wool textile factory, Chen Yuan was still hesitant about whether to go in and check it out.

But when he saw that the little boy was not at the railway crossing, he gave up his curiosity.

In Chenjia Village, spring planting has been completed for the most part.

Chen Yuan told Xu Guoqiang and Chen Zhide about the plan to build a school.

Xu Guoqiang thought this was a good idea: "Great! With a school, the children in our village can also go to school!"

The school in the town is far away, let alone the school in the county.

There are no schools in the nearby villages.

The school-age children in the village just chat about cats and dogs every day, and they don’t even have a picture book at home.

If we delay any further, all the children in the village will become migrant workers.

Xu Guoqiang thought Chen Yuan’s proposal was very good and it also solved the problem of many families in the village being unable to take care of their children.

Chen Zhide thought for a while and said worriedly, "We have built a school in our village, but what if we don't have teachers?"

Xu Guoqiang was stunned for a moment, and then fell silent.

Yes, what if there is no teacher?

There were very few people in the village who could read, and he became the village accountant because he had attended a private school for two years and learned how to use an abacus.

The rest are not as good as him.

"Yeah, Chen Yuan, wouldn't it be useless without a teacher?" Xu Guoqiang said dejectedly, "Not to mention our village, even the surrounding villages don't have anyone who can be a teacher."

Since we want to teach and educate people, it is definitely not enough to just know two words, we must have culture.

Where can we find some educated people to be teachers?

It can't be from the farm, right?

That place is full of class enemies!

Those people are the ones who make mistakes. What if we let them teach our children bad things?

"And Chen Yuan, even if we can find a teacher, you know the situation in our village. How are we going to calculate work points for the teacher? Is there any precedent for this?"

"Do the kids have to pay tuition to go to school?" Chen Zhide thought, no matter who becomes the teacher, they must be paid a salary.

But it was difficult for people in Chenjia Village to get food, and every household had no extra food or money to pay for the children's tuition.

Chen Yuan was not worried about this. It was already the end of the 60s, and universal education was the top priority of the above policies. It would not be long before there would be subsidies for going to school and receiving education. Although the benefits of the policy would not be spread so quickly, their Chenjia Village would soon benefit from it.

When the time comes, if other villages build schools first, the subsidies will naturally go to other villages.

Moreover, the commune would not agree to approve the establishment of a school in every village.

If Chenjia Village was a step late in this matter, the children would have to go to other villages to go to school in the future. Not to mention whether other villages would exclude them, the daily journey would also waste the children's time.

The school must be located in Chenjia Village!

First come, first served!

This was Chen Yuan’s experience in his previous life!

"Old Village Chief, Uncle Xu, I've considered what you said, but I don't think we should be afraid of difficulties!" Chen Yuan said firmly, "I think the teacher's problem can be easily solved."

According to the timeline, a large number of educated youth were about to go to the countryside.

There will also be educated youth coming to their village at that time. Those educated youth are all educated students, and most of them are city people who have never done farm work.

It is impossible to expect them to work in the fields in Chenjia Village to earn work points, so we can consider letting them come to school to be teachers.

By then, the policy will be relaxed, and Chenjia Village can also determine work points according to the teachers' contributions. Those educated youth will definitely be willing to come, and they may even have to take exams to apply.

Chen Yuan doesn't have to worry about the teacher's affairs at all.

Seeing that Chen Yuan was full of confidence, Chen Zhide had his doubts, but he also knew that Chen Yuan was doing good for the villagers and for the development of Chenjia Village, so he certainly would not object.

"Yuanwazi, if you have an idea, just go for it. I'm a strong man and I will definitely support you at the critical moment!"

"Thank you, old village chief!" Chen Yuan knew that Chen Zhide had not yet dispelled his doubts, but it didn't matter, he wouldn't have to wait too long!

The location of the school is also very important. Chen Yuan and the other two decided that it would be most appropriate to choose a location next to the ancestral hall. The ancestral hall is now the granary of Chenjia Village, and the land there is flat and high.

It is far from the fields, but right in the middle of the village, so it doesn’t take too long for children from any family to go to school.

"I will go and notify the villagers to go to the village committee for a meeting!" Xu Guoqiang was very excited. Their village was going to have a school. This was good news!

Seeing Xu Guoqiang as cheerful as a rabbit, Chen Zhide was helpless: "Look at how old you are, and you're still so unstable!"

"Uncle Xu is very happy!"

"Chen Yuan, I think some people will object. Although you are the village chief now, you took over from Zhou Ganmei after all. The Zhou family has always held a grudge against you!"

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