Chapter 8: Withdrawing

Wang Yuanchao smiled at Aunt Liu with gratitude and asked:

"Aunt Liu, can we choose where to go to the countryside?"

Aunt Liu asked with some embarrassment:

"Yuan Chao, where do you want to go to the countryside?"

Wang Yuanchao said with a firm look:

"Aunt Liu, I want to go to the Red Flag Brigade of the Red Flag Commune in Pingzhen, the Northeast. My father's comrades are there, so I can have some support."

Aunt Liu looked at him in astonishment and tried to persuade him:

"The Great Northern Wilderness is not a good place. No one wants to go there.

Would you like to reconsider it?"

Wang Yuanchao knew that people nowadays had a very one-sided understanding of the Northeast. Many people's understanding of the Northeast was basically through "Song of the Great Northern Wilderness":

The Great Northern Wilderness, the vast sky, the boundless land, a land of withered grass and dry reeds.

The reeds are green, the reeds are yellow, the living die, the dead rot, and they fertilize the soil and provide food for the next generation.

What are flying in the sky? Mosquitoes, flies, midges and gadflies.

What crawls by the water? A lizard, a toad, or a leech.

But Wang Yuanchao had once traveled by car to the Red Flag Brigade of the Red Flag Commune in Pingzhen, a black market town in the northeast, and he even spent a winter there just to see the snow.

Wang Yuanchao thought he was very familiar with this place.

The Hongqi Brigade was backed by the Greater Khingan Range and surrounded by mountains on three sides. However, next to the village where the brigade was built, there was a Qingyu River more than 50 meters wide. The river was named after the clean and clear water. The entire village was built along the river.

When Wang Yuanchao visited Hongqi Brigade, the sparse houses in the village of Hongqi Brigade were dotted like yellow gems at the foot of the Daqing Mountain in the Greater Khingan Range. From a distance, it looked like a beautiful landscape painting.

Wang Yuanchao was instantly attracted by the beautiful scenery of the Red Flag Brigade and lived here for several months.

Moreover, the geographical location of the Red Flag Brigade is also very good, as it is located at the junction of the provincial capital, county and town.

Hongqi Brigade is only a dozen miles away from the city, more than 20 miles away from the county seat, and more than 20 miles away from the town.

In addition, there is a large black soil plain at the foot of the mountain in Hongqi Brigade, which is very suitable for grain farming.

The unique geographical location, coupled with fertile arable land, mountains rich in resources, and abundant water systems, made the Hongqi Brigade a very wealthy brigade in the local area. Even during the three years of great disasters, no one starved to death in the Hongqi Brigade. It was a great place to go to the countryside.

Especially in the Northeast, the thaw does not start until April, and people do not go back to work until the end of April. It starts snowing in October, so people only need to work for half a year a year, and spend half a year in hibernation.

It is very suitable for Wang Yuanchao. After all, Wang Yuanchao is not really going to build a new countryside, but to escape. He can easily live in the countryside, so why should he work so hard?

"Aunt Liu, thank you for your kindness. I have carefully inquired about the situation of the Red Flag Brigade of the Red Flag Commune in Pingzhen, the Northeast Black Market, and chose this place after careful consideration. My father's comrade-in-arms is the brigade leader there and can also take care of me. Thank you for your kindness."

Aunt Liu took the application form handed over by Wang Yuanchao. After hearing what Wang Yuanchao said, she smiled at Wang Yuanchao with satisfaction, put the application form in the drawer, took out 20 big unity notes from the drawer, handed them to Wang Yuanchao and said:

"Okay, just think about it carefully. This is your subsidy for going to the countryside as an educated youth, a total of 200 yuan.

In addition, the state provides food subsidies for the first year of educated youth, 35 kilograms of food per month for each person, and they will be given to you when you arrive at the brigade where you are sent to work. Also, in the Northeast, the winter is very cold, so there is a cotton subsidy. When you go to the countryside, you can take your educated youth certificate to the local supply and marketing cooperative to buy five kilograms of cotton for free.

Wang Yuanchao took the Great Unity handed over by Aunt Liu, listened carefully to Aunt Liu's instructions, remembered them in his heart, and said to Aunt Liu with gratitude:

"Thank you Aunt Liu, I'll keep it in mind. Thank you for your kindness. I'm grateful."

"Alas." Aunt Liu sighed and took out a form from the drawer. After filling it out, she handed it to Wang Yuanchao and said,

"You will go to the countryside in five days. You will board the train at 1:00 p.m. It is a special train for educated youths to the Northeast. When the time comes, you will take this certificate to the station to get your ticket. The Youth Office has not arranged a leader for this trip, so remember not to be late."

"Thank you, Aunt Liu. I will arrive at the station early and will not be late. Don't worry."

After registering and thanking Aunt Liu, Wang Yuanchao walked out of the neighborhood committee and put the subsidy and information into his trouser pocket, which was actually put into the space.

Then Wang Yuanchao immediately went to the next place where he needed to do business.

Soon Wang Yuanchao took a bus, crossed half of the city, and came to the bank in the south of the city where the original owner's parents kept their money, ready to withdraw money.

Nowadays, people rarely deposit money in banks. Most of them hide cash at home, which is safe, convenient and practical.

So when Wang Yuanchao arrived at the bank lobby, there were no other people doing business there except the bank staff.

Wang Yuanchao took out his household registration book, passbook, and personal seal from the space, sat in front of the window and said to the staff:

"Hello, comrade. Please help me withdraw the money."

"How much?"

"All the money in the passbook has been withdrawn."

The bank staff looked at Wang Yuanchao in disbelief and asked,

"Ah? Comrade, are you sure? Also, what are you going to use so much money for?"

"Comrade, my parents were both soldiers of the teacher. They were martyrs and have now died. I grew up under the red flag and was born in the spring breeze. I am always ready to follow in the footsteps of my parents.

Now I have responded to the call of the country and signed up to go to the countryside. I

am ready to roll in the mud, cultivate a red heart, work for the revolution all my life, and be a good student of the teacher all my life.

Go to the countryside, change the world, and build a new socialist countryside!

I don't know if I can go back to Xingcheng in the future. You also know that the money in the passbook can only be withdrawn from where it is deposited.

So I plan to take out all the money in my passbook and take it to the countryside to better build the country's new countryside and help more people."

When the staff heard what Wang Yuanchao said, they looked at the martyr certificate and the certificate of going to the countryside that Wang Yuanchao handed over, and immediately showed awe and smoothly processed the withdrawal procedures for Wang Yuanchao.

Wang Yuanchao took a thick stack of Big Unity bills and put them into his bag, or actually into the space, then walked out of the bank, took the bus back to the vegetable market to buy vegetables.

Today's bank counters are open offices with no glass. The conversation about Wang Yuanchao withdrawing money just now was also heard by the staff member's colleagues at the counter next to him.

"Yuanzi, you don't know, I was stunned just now. What do you think that comrade was thinking? His family background is so good, he is the orphan of a martyr, he is the only child in the family, and his parents left him so much money, Yuanzi, do you know how much money it is? 6700 yuan, isn't it good for this comrade to marry a wife?

Marry a wife and give birth to a few big fat boys, isn't it good?

This amount of money is enough for their family to spend in their lifetime."

Yuanzi rolled her eyes at her colleague and said unhappily:

"Nuan Nuan, please be careful with your words. Comrades here are people who love their country and have lofty ideals and firm beliefs.

How can you speak so mercenary? And be careful what you say, don't let anyone hear you and report you for having corrupt thoughts."

"Ah, Sonoko, I just can't understand it for the moment."

"Okay, stop talking. It's easy to make mistakes. If you don't understand, just think about it slowly."

"Okay, I won't say any more."

(End of this chapter)

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