In the sixties and seventies, the countryside was enviable to work in the iron rice bowl, and everyone rushed to do it at the beginning, but now no one cares

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In the long history of time, people in the countryside also have unique memories of the work of "iron rice bowl".

People in the sixties and seventies were not all like people in the city, working in factories all day long, and people living in rural areas also had some enviable iron rice bowls.

In the past, people would be happy because they had an iron rice bowl, and even everyone wanted to rush to do it, but with the changes and development of the times, some of them now are slowly becoming uncared for.

The photo above is the grain station in the sixties and seventies, and at that time you could become a quality inspector of the grain station, which was a good job, and the land yield at that time was not as good as it is now.

Therefore, at that time, in order for people to be able to eat, it became a major feature of that era to pay public grain and pay for grain purchase, so it was more and more important to let the quality inspectors of grain stations work.

At that time, every time it was time to hand over the public grain, every move of the quality inspectors was also holding the hearts of the farmers, because if there was no qualification, then it meant that the farmers needed to pull the grain back and deal with it again.

In that era when transportation was inconvenient and labor-intensive, the transportation of grain was also very difficult, so at that time, people who could work at the grain station could be the first to know the food standard and avoid the trouble of transporting food back and forth.

With the increase in grain production year by year, there will be some machines and instruments that can help people work better, and the responsibility of the quality inspectors has become heavier.

So it may not be that the job of a grain quality inspector is completely unpopular now, but that the more and more professional technical requirements now make it more difficult for people to do this job, so there are fewer people who can do it.

In the sixties and seventies, a projectionist could have been a very good job, especially at that time, when television was not widely used and people didn't have much entertainment, so the mobile movie cart became a favorite of people.

After dinner, the whole village will gather at the designated place early, waiting for the night to fall and the movie will be released in the movie truck, and the movie player is the one who puts the film on the white screen.

Therefore, the people who can operate this work are either people who have the opportunity to go out and learn to use them, or they have a little foundation at home and can afford to maintain them.

But later until now, more and more advanced and popular movie theaters can also better meet people's needs for watching movies in life and entertainment, so the early film projectionists either changed careers to learn new film technology, or could only be eliminated by society.

Moreover, now more and more smart mobile phones have the posture of replacing theaters, thousands of movies can be played through the Internet, in the mobile phone that you carry with you, and the projectionists of the year may not have thought that their work will be replaced more and more thoroughly.

Therefore, this profession is now, and it has nothing to do with the "iron rice bowl" work in the early years, the development of the times has made some professions have to progress with it, and the current rapid development is also unpredictable at that time.

In the past, although there was little food, it was really envied by people now, and the work of the pork guy in the food company in the past was also worthy of the title of iron rice bowl, after all, in the era when the materials were not abundant, pork was not something that could be eaten casually.

In the 60s and 70s, there were people in charge of food and dishes, such as vegetable stations and pork stations, which were very popular at that time, and they were places where everyone wanted to work.

In the early years of the planned economy, the pigs raised by farmers were also sold to food companies, and after a professional inspection, it was possible to estimate what price pork could be bought.

Moreover, the price of pork in that era, although it was quite cheap compared to now, but for the people of that era, pork had to be exchanged for meat tickets, and what kind of meat they wanted was determined by the meat seller.

So if you can do pork-related work in the company, it means that you can pick and choose to buy some good meat, so if some ordinary farmers want to buy good meat, then there are people who set off in the early morning to queue up.

At that time, the meat seller not only had noodles, but also the people who came to sell meat had to shout something good, so that they could buy good meat as they wished.

Nowadays, people who sell meat, although they can also make a lot of money, but the attitude is better than in the past, more than one or two points, and now people want that piece of meat, that means to show the master, and the master has to cut it according to the requirements.

Although there are many people who sell pork now, it seems that there is no such thing anymore when it comes to rushing to do it or enviing it, so this profession has gradually become a kind of physical work that requires hardship.

Once highly sought-after positions, there must be indispensable sales staff of the supply and marketing cooperatives, at that time they could not afford to work in the supply and marketing cooperatives, at that time many people yearn for jobs, people working there, can be the first to understand the information of goods.

Especially in the era of general shortage of materials, it is also quite a decent job to provide people with a place to buy daily necessities, and the salespeople may not need too superb sales skills, as long as this thing is new, there may be a lot of people, and they will have to get it in line.

In addition to some special treatment, the salesman who works for the government will also be the first to see the new goods, and he will have a lot of face in front of his family and friends.

As an iron rice bowl recognized in the early years, it is naturally self-confident to work, but with the continuous development of the market economy, various stores and supermarkets have appeared in the society, and people's shopping choices have become a lot richer.

Therefore, the supply and marketing cooperatives that have lost their monopoly position in the past are also being replaced by all walks of life, such as the later sellers of electrical appliances who were placed in Wujiaohua, there are special sales points for grain, and the sale of daily necessities is becoming more and more ubiquitous, which also makes the professional advantages of supply and marketing cooperatives and salesmen gradually disappear.

In the era when information dissemination was not convenient and materials were not so abundant, most of the ways people obtained information were transmitted through the broadcasters of radio stations, and the announcer with a good voice at that time was also a profession that people liked.

The radio announcers do not need to memorize the script skillfully, and the radio station can hold the materials and read them out with emotion, so the big and small news in the village is inseparable from the broadcasters behind them.

To be the only announcer in the village, just like the current stars, it will also be a joy to be recognized by people after walking out of the radio station, and it may be the biggest advantage of the announcer at that time to have first-hand news without going out.

And now because of the development of the Internet, the popularity of mobile phones and other equipment, the work of broadcasters is more, is applied to the car radio, once everyone scrambled for the iron rice bowl, with the development of society, is no longer so popular.

Although there were almost no cars at that time, there were people who could drive tractors and trains, and the drivers who could drive these vehicles had an enviable and high-paying career.

Ordinary people may live and travel by walking, but there will also be some people who can own a car, as early as the end of the 50s, China had its first car, so at that time it was a very good technology to drive.

So at that time, it was also a high-level profession that few people could compete, and the driver who drove for people was also very face-saving, but with the continuous improvement of people's economic strength, people gradually began to own private cars, and those drivers who could drive were gradually less popular.

Drivers with superior skills can drive for the boss, but those with skills have nothing to do with it, they can only drive public transportation, and drivers have gradually become a profession with a low status.

Compared with the drivers who had high wages and high status in the early years, the current profession is no longer a good profession, so no one is willing to compete to do it now.

In the past, people wanted to connect with people, but there was no such convenient telephone as now, but at that time, it was a busy but decent job as a country postman, and it became the job that ordinary people wanted to do.

At that time, the rural postman was also regarded as one of the jobs of the iron rice bowl, and the communication was not developed, but the postman could run back and forth on many small roads, and people's letters were exchanged.

At that time, although there were not many literate people, letters could be passed on to each other, and in the past, there were also pen writers who were responsible for collecting money to write letters for people, and through people's dictation, the messages were written.

The postman, who is tasked with conveying information and emotions, will walk or ride a bicycle through all corners and lanes of the countryside, and people who receive letters from afar will also spend money at the post office to find literate people to read them, and the emotional exchange is achieved.

Today's postman work has also been replaced by e-mail on the Internet, or network software and other means of communication, and now the postman has also been given new tasks and become couriers in people's lives.

In the past, the work of rural postmen is no longer as indispensable as before, but has new responsibilities according to the needs and development of society, and the people who deliver parcel messages and so on have become synonymous with hard work.

Although there are people who are now engaged in the work of postmen, delivering newspapers and other things, etc., it is no longer a job that everyone envied and longed for in the past, and the transportation is convenient, but people are working harder and harder.

The times are changing and the profession is also changing, but the pursuit of a better life by human beings will never change, in today's society, new occupations are constantly emerging, and new opportunities and challenges are also in front of people.

The occupations of the past have either slowly disappeared or changed in the torrent of the times, but each profession also has its own unique meaning and value, and it is a profession that has passed but is worthy of nostalgia and respect.