Putting the low bench on the ground and sitting up, Nan Yi hit the floor with a mallet. As he banged, the mixed yellow mud slowly became compacted and the surface became smooth.

Before times got better, the floors in most rural people's homes were knocked out in this way. Concrete floors were very rare. Even if they were available, the floors would not be very smooth and would prick your hands when you touch them.

This is one less process and is also to save costs.

These days, cement is really hard to get, and it’s also expensive, so most people can’t afford it.

Bang bang bang, bang bang bang!

Nan Yi was there mechanically knocking, and the floor preparation was a labor of water grinding, so there was no rush.

If the floor is made outdoors and is exposed to the sun and rain, it will crack soon, and it will inevitably need to be repaired frequently in the future.

Fortunately, Nanyi doesn't need it to persist for long.

On the first day back, Nanyi spent time cleaning the floor.

The next day, I invited a member of Wenchangwei who was a bamboo craftsman to come home and make a sunbathing mat for me.

It is unavoidable to hire a master, a pack of cigarettes a day, and three meals a day.

For three days in a row, Nan Yi boiled water for the bamboo craftsmen to cook for meals. During the rest of the time, he and Xian Yaodong stayed together, thinking over and over again what Xian Yaodong was going to say at the dividend meeting.

Three days later, the sunbathing mat was ready, Nanyi paid the bamboo craftsmen for their hard work, and it was time to reach the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the day when men in the future would lament.

In the grain drying field next to the brigade headquarters, two tables were moved from the school to build a high platform. Xian Yaodong stood on it, holding a microphone taken from the radio station in his hand.

Nan Yi was sitting on the branch of a Chinese tallow tree, smoking quietly.

"Hey!"

Xian Yaodong tried the microphone first and found that there was no problem, so he got to the point.

"Ah, this, everyone is here, right?

Don't worry if you don't come all together, it will start right away. Today is the day for our team to distribute dividends. The money has been prepared and will definitely be distributed today. Don't worry.

Before paying dividends, I want to talk about a few points:

First, everyone is basically doing small business outside. It has been more than a year in the blink of an eye. I don’t need to say whether the business is good or not. You all know it in your heart.

There must be many of you who have the idea of ​​​​hiring a few people in your life to make your business bigger.

But, hiring workers is a big problem.

Regarding this point, the brigade headquarters held a meeting to discuss and formulate a plan.

That is, you can put your business under the name of the Wenchangwei Brigade, so that on the surface it appears that your business belongs to the Wenchangwei Brigade collectively.

For this affiliation, you have to pay an affiliation fee, which is not much. It costs fifty yuan a year to get a name.

Once you become affiliated, you need to pay special attention to one thing.

The money your company earns cannot just be taken and spent. You must understand a problem: the company's money does not mean that it is your own money.

Regarding this issue, a brochure will be distributed to everyone later, which will contain some regulations on enterprises.

Of course, it’s up to you to decide how your business’s money should be spent.

But there needs to be a procedure in between, a procedure for withdrawing dividends in advance. In this way, you are advancing dividends from the company instead of misappropriating public funds.

Please listen to me clearly, embezzlement of public funds is a crime and must be sentenced.

At that time, once you are arrested, it will not help to argue that your company belongs to you personally and you are just affiliated with the brigade.

So, remember this point, remember it, and remember it again.

If you don't listen and you get caught, don't blame me for not warning you. Don't think it's all your own money, I can spend it how I like.

Of course, you are free to be affiliated or not, and you can also choose not to be affiliated.

If something happens if you don’t rely on it, just take it upon yourself."

Xian Yaodong paused for a moment, waiting for the members of the brigade to digest it before continuing: "Second, regarding the method of dividend distribution, there are still some loopholes in the plan formulated last year.

This is about new students and out-marriages. These two things are not explained very clearly, so I will add them today.

We Wenchangwei do not engage in gender-differentiated treatment. Unmarried newborns, regardless of gender, have equal rights to dividends.

When the girl marries outside, her right to dividends will not be taken away, but the proportion of dividends will only be half of the original.

Why is this stipulated?

If a girl gets married and works for someone else's family, she will no longer contribute to Wenchangwei. I will keep half of the dividends for you. This is the brigade's care for you, not any gender discrimination.

Of course, if a boy becomes a live-in son-in-law, he will be treated the same way.

Having said that, I would also like to mention one more point.

Don't think about exploiting loopholes and marrying your children in Wenchangwei.

Our Xian family has always had a rule - people with the same surname should not intermarry.

This is a rule set by our ancestors. You must abide by this rule because it is a good rule.

Everyone in Wenchangwei, for several generations, comes from the same family.

Everyone, including those whose surname is no longer Xian, used to be from the same family. Children born from close relatives' marriages have a high chance of being defective, and we cannot take this risk.

In Wenchangwei, with the exception of Nan Yi and Liu Zhen, the spouses of others are not allowed to be members of the brigade.

Also, don't think about recruiting a son-in-law to take advantage of the situation.

If you want to recruit a son-in-law, you can just do it. The girl's dividend rights will still be halved. The man is not from Wenchangwei and does not have the right to dividends, including the offspring he will have.

In addition, the right to dividends belongs to individuals and cannot be transferred or inherited. Once you pass away, you will no longer enjoy dividends.

Uncles and aunties of the brigade, live a good life, and if you live one more day, you will get more dividends for your children."

Xian Yaodong's words made the members below burst into laughter, especially the old people, who smiled brightly.

Of course you have to live well and live a few more years.

Now the old people don't have to go to the fields. They can work as much as they like at home, and rest if they don't. They don't have to worry about food or clothing, and the eating, drinking, and diarrhea brigade will take care of it.

Even for medical treatment, the brigade will reimburse most of it.

"Okay, don't laugh. Let me talk about newborns again. Newborns, from birth to eight years old, get full dividends, and from eight to eighteen years old, they get half of the dividends.

Listen carefully, what I say next is very important.

After the age of 18, if you are admitted to a university, depending on the quality of the university, you will get a bonus ranging from 1.2 times to 2.5 times during the period of study, whether it is an undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral degree;

In addition, all expenses required during the study period, including living expenses within the normal consumption range, will be borne by the team.

After graduating from college, talents who return to Wenchangwei to work will receive another talent subsidy. This subsidy will not be less than 0.5% of the dividend.

If you join the military, your dividends will start from 1.5 times during your service. As your service years increase, your dividends will continue to increase until it reaches a maximum of five times.

In other words, the longer you serve as a soldier, the higher the dividends you can receive, and one person can receive the dividends of up to five people.

If you become a martyr with honor..."
Chapter completed!