My uncle was a math teacher at a township elementary school, and he taught in the town's primary school in the 80s, and he worked for 37 years until he retired.
When my uncle was in his 20s, it was popular for people in the village to go to the sea to do business or go out to work, and there were not a few people who went out to work for a few years and then came back with money to build a house and buy a car, so there were very few people who were willing to stay in the village.
The teaching conditions in that school were very poor, and there was a shortage of teachers, and although my uncle only had high Chinese, he was also good in a poor mountain village. My uncle's salary was very low after he joined the company, and he actually thought about going out to work, but my uncle and his father wouldn't let him go out.
Later, after marrying my aunt, my uncle completely gave up the idea of going out, and because of family planning, my aunt gave birth to only one son.
After my cousin was born, my uncle's parents didn't help my uncle take care of the children for various reasons, so my aunt didn't go out to work later, and did some work in the village and became a housewife.
At that time, my uncle's salary was less than 1,000 a month, and the two of my aunt combined, the family was barely able to eat and wear.
None of my uncle's relatives stayed in the countryside to earn a living, and when they all earned money outside and returned to their hometown to build a new house, my uncle just renovated his own house.
In order to reduce the burden on the family, my cousin was sent to the army by his uncle after graduating from junior high school.
It's just that my aunt is very reluctant, after all, my cousin's son is a son, my cousin's grades in school are not bad, and he is expected to enter the county key high school, and later because he found that his cousin learned to smoke at a young age, so he sent him to join the army.
My cousin originally planned to come back after two years, but my uncle didn't let me, because the longer I was in the army, the better the treatment, and there would be opportunities to assign jobs in the future.
After many years, the conditions of the village schools were improved, and the primary schools in several nearby villages were merged into the central primary school in the town. Due to my uncle's insistence, after the new policy came out, my uncle also changed from a private substitute teacher to a regular teaching staff.
The school allocated a dormitory, and because the salary was not satisfactory, my uncle lived in the town on weekdays to teach, and on weekends and winter and summer vacations, he had to ride a motorcycle back to the family to farm.
In the past few years, with the increase of the state's attention to and investment in rural education, the treatment of rural teachers has gradually improved. My uncle's salary began to increase steadily, and at the same time, there were more benefits and security.
When my aunt and uncle were old, my cousin chose to retire from the army, and it was then that I realized that my uncle was actually quite far-sighted.
At that time, my uncle did not build a new house in the countryside, but chose to buy a suite for my cousin in the county seat, and the decoration was also handled by my uncle, which saved a lot of money.
After my cousin was discharged from the army, he got married with the discharge pay, and married his cousin who also lived in the county town and had a stable job.
The life of my uncle's family has been going up, and this year my cousin gave birth to a pair of twins, and my aunt and uncle hugged two big fat grandchildren at once, which was a particularly happy thing.
But after my aunt went through the retirement procedures in the first half of the year, the pension she got almost made the whole family unbelievable. My aunt was 68 years old, and she was in the pension passbook of the postal office at the time.
When the first pension arrived, the number on the passbook was more than 3,000, and my aunt was stunned. At that time, I thought I was dreaming, but I didn't expect to receive 3,000 a month.
My aunt was overjoyed, and my uncle took a look at the passbook and found that my aunt was indeed not very sober, and the pension of 3,000 yuan was actually three months. After my aunt asked, I learned that the retirement was calculated according to the date of birth on the household register.
My aunt's household registration book is a lunar birthday, and my ID card is a solar birthday, and my aunt went to retire in April, in fact, she has been retired for three months.
So when it was issued, it accumulated for three months, which means that my aunt's pension is actually about 1,000.
When she received more than 1,000 pensions in the second and third months, my aunt lamented that her pension was too low, and my aunt was worried about her and her uncle's pension every time she talked about it.
In the past two years, my aunt and uncle have to help my cousin take care of the children, and the expenses are greater than ever, and the savings on my aunt and uncle are not much left because of buying a house and a car for my cousin, so my aunt wants to know what my uncle's pension is.
My uncle asked me to calculate it for him, but I didn't understand this, I saw that others used the formula to calculate, so I helped my uncle estimate it, and finally calculated that his pension was about 3000.
My uncle was very satisfied when he learned the news, and said that if he could get 3,000, then he and his aunt's retirement life would be guaranteed in the future, but he didn't expect his uncle to retire last month, and he was shocked after getting the pension.
I have a pension of more than 6,000!"When my uncle told my dad about it with surprise and joy, we were all stunned.
My uncle's pension is undoubtedly the highest in our big family, even higher than the salary of many young people, and now the pension problem is getting more and more serious, and I am also very concerned about the pension.
I asked my uncle why his pension was so high, and he said: "In addition to receiving the basic pension of the state, I also paid an additional personal savings pension, which I did not pay much, but after decades, the figures are still very objective." ”
This pension figure not only exceeded his uncle's expectations, but also changed his plans for the future. Originally, my uncle planned to save money and use his pension to maintain basic living expenses.
But now my uncle has found that his pension is enough for him to live a more comfortable life, and he can spend his time and money more freely without worrying about the cost of living.
Now my aunt and uncle live separately from my cousin, and the two children are also taken separately, in order to reduce the burden of my cousin and his wife going to work and taking care of the children, my uncle even spent money to hire a sister-in-law for my cousin for a month.
Now my aunt and uncle live in the countryside with their little grandson, usually grow vegetables, play mahjong, and chat with the parents and villagers of the same age in the village, and live a very comfortable life.
Because my uncle's prestige in the village is quite high, in recent years, he has had a lot of time, and he will ask my uncle to help with the red and white ceremonies in the village, and he can earn some living expenses.
The life of my uncle's family is really enviable now, and my parents often use my uncle's example to educate me, first bitter and then sweet, because of my uncle's previous dedication and persistence, which in exchange for his old happiness.