Chapter 3 3 Appearance of being knowledgeable and reasonable

He Erbao's usual attire when he appeared at the educated youth spot was a half-new military uniform with a white false collar nailed to the neckline of the military uniform, and a mask on the front brim of the cotton cap, which was of course white , folded neatly in the brim of the hat, revealing a section of white edge.This was a very trendy dress at the time, whether it was in urban or rural areas.With He Erbao's attire, he looks very capable, with a well-educated look. In Li Hongmei's heart, He Erbao is no worse than these male educated youths from the city. Moreover, they are all receiving re-education from poor and lower-middle peasants under He Erbao's leadership.He Erbao was about the same age as the educated youth, because of He Erbao's status, he seemed so mature everywhere.Ever since He Erbao discovered Li Hongmei who was different among the many female educated youths, he appeared more and more frequently in the educated youth spots.

Winter in the north is the slack season for farming.Farmers have nothing to do, so they often gather on the heated kang of the production team, smoking and studying politics at the same time.The so-called political study is to read newspapers, or read "Mao Xuan".A person who can read and write takes the lead in doing all this, and the others are sitting on the hot kang, smoking homemade cigarettes and dozing off. Farmers like this, the educated youths in the educated youth point naturally have nothing to do, so they just sit on the heated kang all day long, playing poker, and staring at the ice outside the window in a daze.At this time, He Erbao appeared in the educated youth spot.The educated youths hurriedly hid the poker, took out the newspaper from a few days ago, and read the truth and falsehood.He Erbao didn't say anything, just looked at this, looked at that, finally his eyes met Li Hongmei's, and Li Hongmei avoided He Erbao's gaze as if running away, her cheeks flushed.After the educated youth read a paragraph, he looked at He Erbao inquiringly.He Erbao spoke very bluntly about some domestic and foreign affairs, which were all mentioned in the newspapers. The educated youths didn't find it strange after hearing it, but they still listened with interest.

As He Erbao was talking, his gaze met Li Hongmei's again, and he couldn't explain why he was so willing to visit Li Hongmei. Every time he saw Li Hongmei, he felt as if he had a rabbit in his heart. So alive and kicking.As soon as he saw Li Hongmei, he lost his mind, and the words in his mouth couldn't convey the meaning. Fortunately, the educated youths didn't pay attention to what He Erbao said, and the words didn't convey the meaning. He Erbao first talked with Li Bai and Taohong for a while, and then walked around inside and outside the educated youth spot with his hands behind his back, asking about the living conditions of the educated youth spot with concern.Once, he walked into the dormitory of the female educated youth, which was separated from the dormitory of the male educated youth by a stove.The quilts of the female educated youths are much more neatly folded than those of the male educated youths, and the upper and lower floors of the kang are naturally much cleaner. He Erbao once stretched out his hand and put his hand under one of the quilts to feel it. The quilt turned out to be Li Hongmei's.Li Hongmei blushed first, all of this did not escape He Erbao's gaze.He Erbao said as if to cover up something: This kang is not hot, burn more firewood at night, don't freeze it.

All the educated youths nodded or answered, their hearts were warm. In the past, when the old party secretary was there, he also visited their educated youth spot, but he never cared about them as much as He Erbao.Looking at He Erbao in front of them, they all felt that they would not be too far away from returning to the city, so all men and women smiled at He Erbao and said something about the burden and hardship of the branch secretary. At this time, He Erbao's expression was indifferent. Until now, he still has no good impressions of these educated youths. , only people like Li Hongmei deserve to live in the city.

Once, He Erbao participated in a political study at the educated youth spot, and the content of the study was naturally reading newspapers.All the young intellectuals could read and write, so everyone took turns to read the newspaper. When it was Li Hongmei's turn, He Erbao was attracted by Li Hongmei's sweet voice. Li Hongmei finished reading a paragraph and passed the newspaper to the next generation. Alone, He Erbao still couldn't wake himself up at this moment.When Li Hongmei was reading the newspaper, he not only found her voice pleasant, but also found that Li Hongmei had red lips and white teeth.He Erbao's heart was beating wildly.It wasn't until he left the educated youth spot that a bold idea of ​​his came into being.

Early the next morning, Li Hongmei was called away by the brigade correspondent who rushed to the educated youth point.The correspondent said that the branch secretary had something to tell Li Hongmei to hurry to the brigade headquarters. Although the correspondent came to call her, she was still disturbed. She walked a while, only to remember that she was not wearing the red scarf, and then came back to put the scarf on, and then walked to the brigade headquarters in a panic .The educated youths didn't know why they called Li Hongmei away. They were very sensitive at this time, so they asked each other if there was any target to return to the city recently.

While they were wondering, the tweeters installed on the roof of the brigade headquarters and on the old pagoda tree in the center of the village rang.First, He Erbao blew two breaths into the microphone, and then He Erbao said into the microphone: The poor and lower-middle peasants in the backing village, now we have studied, and the educated youth Li Hongmei will be invited to lead everyone to study together. Next, people heard Li Hongmei's voice reading a newspaper. What Li Hongmei read was an editorial in the People's Daily about the capitalist roaders still leaving.Li Hongmei's voice was not at all calm and composed to people's ears, she seemed flustered, and attentive people could hear He Erbao's voice beside him, He Erbao said: Don't be nervous, why don't you drink some water first.There is also the sound of pouring water and setting glasses.

When Li Hongmei read the second article, her voice became more natural, and her words became more fluent. From then on, Li Hongmei walked into the brigade headquarters as soon as she had breakfast, and after a while Li Hongmei read the newspaper from the tweeter.