Chapter 53 - Recruiting Apprentices

Chapter 53: Recruiting Apprentices

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

When Yu Bing heard this, her eyes lit up. “Since the policy has loosened, can our commune also expand production?”
Mr. Song smiled and nodded. “Actually, the policy has already been loosened since the beginning of the year, but we’re worried that it will change again, so we’ve been monitoring the situation. However, the conflict between supply and demand must be resolved. I think the county only dared to make such a big move because they got this batch of secondhand tractors.”
Song Jian lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before saying, “The inability to expand production previously has a lot to do with productivity. With the tractor, it can be completed in half a month or at most a month. Even if the policy changes and it’s no longer needed, it will only waste a month of work time. Dad, should our commune follow suit?!” ...
President Song’s tone was very certain. “Of course, it’s our duty as cadres to improve the lives of the people!”
Yu Bing had also thought of this. Now that she heard the Song family’s father and son’s deduction, she was very happy.
In her previous life, the Fengtou Mountain Commune didn’t have any plans to reclaim the land. Later, she was framed by Yu Yan and sent to the farm for labor reform, so she didn’t know much about the situation in the commune.
Yu Bing suddenly thought of something and looked at President Song. “Uncle Song, I think we should find out what the Agriculture Bureau is planting first to avoid repetition. It will be troublesome if the supply company can’t collect that many.”
President Song nodded repeatedly. “Makes sense. I’ll apply to the county first and ask about their plan.”
The three of them chatted for a while before Yu Bing returned.
When she got home, there was less than half an hour before work started, so she napped for a while.
After work in the afternoon, Yu Bing found Director Zhao and Director Liu, who were temporarily in charge of the He Mountain Brigade. “Director Zhao, Director Liu, I have something to discuss with you two.”
The two of them returned the farming tools in their hands to the warehouse. After registering, they followed Yu Bing to the foot of the big tree in front of the door.
Ever since Sun Wang was arrested, although the two of them were in charge of the village now, without Sun Wang’s suppression, things had been very smooth sailing for Director Liu recently. His attitude towards Yu Bing, who helped topple Sun Wang, was very gentle.
Director Liu smiled and asked, “Yu Bing, what is it?”
Director Zhao also looked at Yu Bing in confusion.
Yu Bing went straight to the point. “It’s like this. I want the village to choose two young people to learn tractor driving from me. This time, there’s a reclamation mission in the county. I think I’ll be there for about a month. I suddenly thought about how if there’s an emergency one day and I can’t go, wouldn’t that delay work?”
When Director Zhao heard this, his eyes lit up.
Seeing this, Yu Bing continued calmly, “The reason I want to train two more drivers is to deal with all kinds of emergencies, just like the reserve militia in the village. What do you two think?”
Yu Bing was preparing for the reclamation of the village in advance. The earlier the land was plowed, the less likely it was to miss the farming hours. However, it wasn’t certain that there would be no notice, so she thought of an excuse to mention this.
Among Director Liu’s two sons, one had used connections to find a job as a temporary worker in the city’s sugar factory and was waiting for an opportunity to become an official. The other had just entered junior high, so this matter wasn’t appealing to him.
However, this was beneficial to the village’s strong youngsters! Director Liu thought about how if he announced this news in the radio room, it would be extremely glorious.
Director Zhao expressed her support without hesitation. Previously, when she found out about this, she wanted her second son, Wang Tao, to fight for it. Unfortunately, Sun Yu had delayed things and she could only choose Yu Bing, who was experienced. Wang Tao didn’t even have a chance to fight for the opportunity.
Now that Yu Bing had given them an opportunity, Director Zhao smiled with joy.
“Yu Bing, this is a good thing. I will definitely support you! The country advocates modern agriculture. In the future, there will definitely be more tractors, so our village will nurture talents in advance. When needed, they can contribute at any time!”
Director Liu nodded in agreement and said, “Yu Bing, you’re quite sensible. Many people secretly hide their skills. As the cadres of the village committee, we want to praise you for thinking for the village’s sake and being so selfless! We definitely agree. I’ll inform everyone of this good news later and choose two suitable people for you in the next two days.”
After everything was settled, Director Liu couldn’t wait to go to the radio room where only the village chief could enter to issue the notice. Director Zhao was in a hurry to go home and discuss this matter with her son.