Zhenhua laughed and said, "What does this employment mean?"

He Naiping explained: "It means that the village will directly hire you as a cadre without going through elections. Logically speaking, village cadres must go through elections."

Zhenhua nodded, but was wondering in his heart, could he be another "barefoot village official"? He had been a "barefoot" teacher for five years and was fired by one sentence. How long can this "barefoot" village official be?

Ge Shoudao seemed to see Zhenhua's doubts and said, "You are currently in office and it is a temporary employment. But this fall, it just happened to be the election of the village committee. At that time, if you participate in the election, if the election passes, you will be a formal village cadre. It's okay if the election is not completed. The employment period is three years, and you will be elected after three years."

"That is, there is hope of becoming a regular person? OK, I will discuss with my parents and Yilan." Zhenhua said with a smile.

Zhenhua has no objection to staying in his hometown to be a village cadre. In this way, he can take care of his family and Jianjia. However, the salary of the village cadres is meager. If Yilan agrees, he still needs to ask.

Dad Zhenhua waved his hand: "No need to discuss it. I asked Yilan, but she has no objection."

Ge Shoudao smiled: "Since you have no objection, then that's it."

Zhenhua nodded, as if he had accepted the appointment.

He Naiping asked again: "Is there anything Zhenhua wants to ask?"

Zhenhua thought for a while and said with a smile: "I have never been a village cadre. I don't know what the responsibilities of this militia battalion commander are, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to be competent."

"Don't worry about this. In a few days, the county will have a unified training camp. There will be subsidies during the training camp, which is higher than the salary. There will be unified training in the military. In terms of village affairs, you will be responsible for the first, second, third and fourth groups in the East Bay in the future. You will basically not have to worry about other things." Ge Shoudao said.

"Okay." Zhenhua nodded.

Ge Shoudao chatted a few more times and said goodbye with the village director.

Zhenhua looked at his father and smiled bitterly: "I don't have to go out to work this time."

The father smiled and said, "You can be a cadre for a few years first, and then you can make money. If you can't get it, go out to work."

Zhenhua was stunned, then shook his head and said, "Then I'd better go out to work early. As a cadre, I will never embezzle a penny and only get my own salary. A few years ago, I promised Zheng Huailiang."

"I'll talk about it later, and I'll talk about it later!" Zhao Chenghai waved his hand, went out to stroll, and showed off the news of his son being a cadre to the villagers.

Zhenhua was a little confused. As a village cadre, can he do something for the villagers?

After lunch, Zhenhua was teaching Panpan to learn to read.

The old master came to the door and said, "Zhenhua, I came here once yesterday, but I didn't find you..."

Zhenhua greeted the old master and sat down and asked, "Is there anything wrong with me when I ask you?"

The old master held a scroll of paper in his hand and said, "I wrote another piece of writing to give it to you."

"Thank you so much for me." Zhenhua thanked me, took the paper roll and opened it to see.

The paper is written on an idiom: A gentleman is poor.

Zhenhua laughed. He is quite poor now and is not worthy of the word "gentleman", but he is worthy of the word "poor".

The old master kept his beard and said, "A gentleman is poor. Have you read this idiom?"

Zhenhua nodded: "Readed."

The old master smiled and asked, "Then tell me, what does the word "poor" mean? What do these four words mean?"

"Isn't it just about poverty? A gentleman is poor, which means... a gentleman does not lose his integrity in poverty." Zhenhua said casually.

"Wrong!" The old master shook his head.

Zhenhua didn't dare to challenge the old master and smiled and said, "Then I'm going to ask the old master, I'll listen carefully."

The old Master nodded and said, "In ancient Chinese, poor does not mean that there is little money, but that it means that there is no way out. Poverty is the antonym of wealth, poverty is the meaning of wealth, and poverty is the meaning of no money."

Zhenhua nodded and listened like a primary school student.

The old master said again: "Solid poverty does not mean that a gentleman should be poor. This is solid, which means sticking to integrity. A gentleman's poor meaning means that a gentleman can still maintain his solar terms and backbone in a difficult situation."

Zhenhua finally understood that the old master was here to comfort him.

The old master continued, "The Master said, a gentleman is poor, but a villain is poor and a villain is indiscriminate. A gentleman can still maintain his backbone when he is in trouble. When a villain is in trouble, he must do whatever he wants. I will give you this calligraphy because I believe you are a gentleman."

"Thank you, Master. I dare not be a gentleman, but I will remember Master Lao's words." Zhenhua thanked.

The old master nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work in the past few years. You have taught the children in your hometown and opened literacy classes. Now that you are not a teacher, don't be discouraged. A gentleman is still poor."

Zhenhua thought for a while and said, "Thank you for your concern. Actually, I am not 'poor' now. The village secretary and the village director came to me in the morning and asked me to be the militia battalion commander in the village."

The old master was stunned and then smiled and said, "Oh, that's a good thing, congratulations."

Zhenhua smiled awkwardly: "It's just a matter of time, there's nothing to congratulate."

The old master was very serious and said, "You can't say that. The so-called gentleman hides his weapons and waits for the times to move. If he is poor, he will be able to keep himself alone. If he is prosperous, he will help the world. If you are so young, one day you will take on the responsibility and do some good things for your hometown..."

Zhenhua listened with his hands down, but he felt that the old master looked up to him.

When you hide the weapon and wait for it to move, where is your "utensil"? It's not easy to do something for your hometown. For example, if you want to repair the mechanized farming road in the village, the old party member Xia Wansong just interferes in the middle. No "utensil" is useful to him!

After seeing off the old master, Zhenhua suddenly thought of Qi Lei.

He is "a gentleman is poor" at home, and Qi Lei must be "poor" outside!

The news that Zhenhua became a village cadre soon spread in the village.

However, the villagers didn't care.

The senior high school master said: "It's just a little cadre who runs errands, eat and drink."

Mr. Xiang knew the inside story even more and said with a smile: "Zhenhua is a cadre, and it is called 'deaf ears-compliant!', it's just like a decorative look. Ge Shoudao and He Naiping have always been disagreeable, and they both want to use their own people and can't argue. Finally, they chose Zhenhua, a good old man."

Because Wang Xiang's broken mouth was shouting everywhere, Zhenhua got a nickname: Deaf Ears.

Later, this nickname was simplified by Song Jiacai, and Zhenhua was called deaf.

Zhenhua vaguely heard these comments, and was amused and cried. He felt nervous. After the autumn harvest, he must build the mechanized farming road in the village so that everyone can see if he is deaf!

After the fifteenth day of the second lunar month, Zhenhua received a notice from the village department. Three days later, he gathered in the village. The militia battalion commanders from all villages in the township went to Daishan, a hundred miles away, to carry out a 15-day military skill training.

Two days before departure, Zhenhua went to Zheng Huailiang's store to buy feed.

Zheng Huailiang pulled Zhenhua and said in a low voice: "Zhenhua, do you know why they hired you as a cadre?"

Zhenhua spread his hands: "How can I know?"

Zheng Huailiang sneered and said, "You don't know too much. They hired you as a village cadre and a militia battalion commander to deal with this training camp. The former militia battalion commander in the village was Ge Shoudao's cousin Ge Shouwen, who received his salary and did not work. Ge Shouwen is almost fifty years old and does not meet the training requirements of the county armed forces department, so he hurriedly pushed you up."

Zhenhua laughed at himself: "No wonder everyone said I am deaf and have a good ear. I thought I was very capable, able to teach and be a battalion commander..."
Chapter completed!