Chapter 244 Isn't it just about making money? I have a way
In the classroom, Jiang Tian was worrying about how to tell her uncle when she got home in the evening that his temporary workers would be forcibly recalled by the school soon.
From now on, when we need to meet deadlines on Sundays, we will have to find people from outside.
Nowadays, many people working on construction sites have no concept of "weekend rest". Generally, they only have two days off a month, or they can ask for leave on their own.
Whether you are resting or taking leave, you will not be paid.
Because of this, many workers who come here to earn money are reluctant to take a rest.
But there are exceptions.
For some families who live locally, when their children come back from school on Sundays, their fathers can't help but want to go back to see them, bring some money for their children, or buy some delicious food. So every Sunday, some local workers at my uncle's construction site would ask for leave to go home.
Previously, these students from the school went to do odd jobs, such as helping to move bricks, mix mortar, etc., so the construction site was not affected much.
But now, the head teacher has said that students are no longer allowed to go to the construction site to carry bricks to earn pocket money...
"He Tiantian! Come out for a moment." Ouyang Sihai poked half of his head out from the back door.
The classroom was suddenly filled with the sound of reading aloud.
"Teacher Ouyang?"
"Hey, Tiantian, the teacher was angry just now, and what he said was a little unpleasant to hear, so please don't take it to heart."
"I later thought about my classmates doing odd jobs at construction sites. As long as it doesn't affect their studies and they can get some exposure to society and understand how hard their parents work to earn money, it's not a bad thing."
"Well, please go back and tell your uncle to let the students go to the construction site to experience life. One month before the final exam, don't let the students go to the construction site so that they can focus on their studies. Do you think that's okay?"
"Sure! Actually, there is no need to take the final exam. My uncle's construction site is expected to be completed by the end of November. By then, there will be no work to do on the site, and the students will have to stay in school and review their lessons."
That’s more like it!
Ouyang Sihai went back satisfied.
Jiang Tian was surrounded by her classmates.
"Eavesdropping" is something that not only the head teacher does, but also the students do it.
They all heard just now that He Tiantian told her head teacher that there would be no work at her uncle's construction site by the end of November. Doesn't that mean that they won't have many opportunities to earn pocket money?
"Don't worry, everyone! It's just about making money, right? I have plenty of ways to do it!"
Jiang Tian rolled his eyes and quickly thought of a way to have the best of both worlds -
"Well, you just heard that our homeroom teacher was worried that we would miss out on studying if we did odd jobs at the construction site on Sundays. So let's prove to him that doing odd jobs on weekends to earn money will not only not affect our studies, but will actually help us learn!"
"How do you prove it?"
"Yeah, the final exams are at the end of the year, so there's no time at all."
"How come you're too late? Or are you just planning to earn some pocket money this semester and not do it next semester?"
Next semester?
The classmates' eyes lit up: "Tiantian! Are you saying that your uncle will open a new construction site next year? Then I want to be the first to sign up!"
“I want one too!”
"And me!"
My goodness, there is no sign of this new construction site yet, but the vacancies for the workers who have signed up are almost full.
However, this time Jiang Tian had no intention of taking them to continue moving bricks at his uncle's construction site.
Others may not know, but doesn’t Jiang Tian know?
After finishing this year's project, my uncle may not work in Shuangfeng Town next year.
Most of the projects that Uncle Hu has received now are to rebuild some hotels, inns, restaurants and the like that were demolished along the provincial highway. In other words, his project will follow whichever section of Provincial Highway 336 is repaired.
This year, Jiang Tian took his classmates to move bricks at his uncle's construction site. One reason was that they were acquaintances and could take care of them. Another reason was that the construction site was quite close to their school, only a 20-minute walk away. Even if they didn't have a car, it wasn't too far by foot.
But next year's construction site will be far away, and it will take half an hour to get there by car. How can I walk there? Don't dream!
What Jiang Tian wanted to teach her classmates to do was actually her old profession - selling boxed lunches.
However, she didn't go to her uncle's construction site to sell lunch boxes, but went to the newly moved Foreign Languages University along the provincial road to sell lunch boxes.
It’s a sin to say the least!
I don’t know which smart person came up with the idea of building a university town on the side of a deserted provincial road.
It is said that this is because the university wants to expand, but the areas near the old campus are either state-owned enterprise dormitories or public institutions, which are difficult to demolish.
So someone suggested: Since there is no space in the old city, why not divide the school into two?
The old campus remains in the same place.
Then build the new campus next to the provincial road, in a sparsely populated area, and build a university town.
In this way, even if the new campus is not big enough in the future and we want to expand it, there will be plenty of cheap wasteland around it.
The most important thing is, after the university moves to the provincial road, won’t it also drive the economic development around the provincial road?
Just like that, "Unlucky Guy No. 1" - the Provincial University of Foreign Languages was the first to be infected and was "exiled to the frontier" to a piece of wasteland about two kilometers away from Shuangfeng Town.
The leaders above were particularly considerate and said: This is because the province is considerate of the teachers and students of the Foreign Languages University and is worried that they have just moved to a new place and their lives may be inconvenient, so they deliberately built the new campus near Shuangfeng Town.
This way, it is convenient for teachers and students to go to town to buy some daily necessities during the weekends.
Besides, doesn’t the school have a canteen?
Students go to school to learn knowledge, and they can overcome the little hardships in life!
Teachers and students of the Foreign Languages University: Thank you so much! I thank you for all your ancestors!
As the saying goes, "a small arm cannot twist a big thigh", the new campus of Foreign Languages University was moved to the vicinity of Shuangfeng Town in this way.
This is a tough time for the students who moved to the new campus.
I originally thought that to go to college, I had to go to the city.
Some parents of students whose hometowns are in rural areas have even given their children a "vaccination" in advance, repeatedly telling them not to be dazzled by the bright lights and nightlife of big cities, and to continue to maintain a simple and frugal lifestyle...
But when school started I realized, wow!
Why does the area near the university seem even more backward than their town?
Shuangfeng Town, the only town closest to the new campus, was demolished into pieces due to the expansion of the provincial road and became like a construction site.
This... their child was indeed admitted to an undergraduate foreign language university, right?
Because of this terrible new campus, when the freshmen of the University of Foreign Languages registered this year, the most common question the seniors were asked was not where the dormitory was or where the cafeteria was, but -
Is this really the Foreign Languages University of a certain province?