Chapter 189 Chapter 24 Educated Youth Going to the Countryside

It turned out that Aunt Liu's name was Liu Qinglian.Her parents were both soldiers, and they fought dozens of battles, large and small, with outstanding achievements. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, they were demobilized and returned to the local area, so they returned to Dalian.The jobs assigned by the government are naturally good. In addition, they are all old party members, so they are doing impressive work in the factory. At that time, children of military families were very popular, and they were given preferential treatment everywhere, so they didn't suffer much from childhood to adulthood, and their living environment was also very good.

The old lady told us that when she was about to graduate from high school, she just caught up with the "Cultural Revolution", so she didn't take the university entrance exam.Straight out of the classroom at school, he took to the streets, plunged into the torrent of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, joined the "Red Flag Combat Team" established by the school, and became a member of the Red Guards. The bourgeois headquarters" paraded through the streets. In those days, people were like crazy.She followed a group of people to hunt down this and fight against that, why today a small group of "landers, rich, counter-revolutionaries, bad, and rightists" were found out; The day after tomorrow there will be another group of "people in power taking the capitalist road".The movement at that time, it can be said that the net is big and the eyes are small. It is easy to get in, but difficult to get out. If you identify who has a problem, this net does not catch you. Don't worry, wait, there is another net...

Within two years, it was a mess.Government agencies were also paralyzed, factories were shut down, schools were shut down, leaders became enemies, differences between factions developed into armed struggles, even live ammunition was used, and the armed forces in the county were occupied by Red Guards Yes, the development of things has changed a lot from the original intention.Later, her parents saw that something was wrong, and they resolutely refused to let her associate with the Red Guards. I really didn't expect this old lady to have a high school diploma. The high school education in that era was not simple, but it was genuine. Unlike the current high school, you can basically get into it if you miss it. No wonder this old lady speaks in a clear and orderly manner.Organized.

I have also heard some old people talk about this period of history, but after all, I did not live in that era. Listening to adults talk about those things always feels a bit far away.Later, I saw some photos at my second uncle’s house, which were taken when my second uncle joined forces with the Red Guards and went to Beijing to visit the chief.In the photo, a train compartment full of Red Guards is full of excited smiles, with military shoulders and armbands on their backs. There are people under the seats, on the tables, and even on the luggage racks. It is much more terrifying than the current Spring Festival travel. up.

When the old lady said this, she smiled helplessly for a while, and then told us that in the late period of the Cultural Revolution, the central government decided to put a stop to the Red Guard movement, and issued an order that "educated young people go to the countryside to receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants, It is very necessary" the highest instruction.Ever since, another vigorous "going to the mountains and going to the countryside" movement began. As the "third class", she is a child of the military, and has received a good proletarian higher cultural education. Naturally, she bears the brunt of it. She took the train to the north with many of her peers. After leaving Shanhaiguan, she rushed to the Northeast with arrogance.

At that time, the Northeast was full of wasteland. They were arranged to go to Huaide County, a small county in Jilin Province, to live in a small village. The village was not big, so each family lived in several families "Educated youths" like her, when they arrived there, obeyed the command of the production team leader, opened up wasteland and farmed fields with fellow villagers. They were also young and energetic at the time, and they felt fresh at first, but within a few days, they were tired and cried. I can't find the tune. When she said this, the old lady seemed to be emotionally affected, and she was a little sad. Da Ya quickly refilled her glass of water, and then asked carefully: "Aunt Liu, is the Huaide County you mentioned just now called Gongzhuling? ? Right between Siping and Changchun, isn’t it?”

Aunt Liu took a sip of water, her expression recovered, she nodded and told us.It was there, and it was later assigned to Gongzhuling City. They were still called Huaide County back then, and the place where they jumped in the queue was called Torch Commune. At that time, there were 15 collective households, 9 women and 6 men. No one knows anyone, but they work together every day, and after a long time, they get to know each other well. Speaking of this, the old lady couldn't help being happy, and told us that when she first arrived in the countryside, she couldn't do any farm work in the field. Once the production team leader asked them to pull weeds in the valley, but she I don't know what is millet and what is grass. I pulled out all the good seedlings and left a line of grass, which almost made the nose of the production team leader crooked. Work points were also deducted.

We couldn't help but laugh when we heard it.In that special era, it was really difficult for those educated youths, and each era had different hardships and helplessness. At the beginning, she didn't know how to do anything, she had to learn everything, and she was not used to life in the countryside.After living in the village for a long time, I got used to rural life and gradually got used to it.At that time, she was small and had no energy, so she couldn't do much work, so she earned the least work points. For a while.They all say "work points, work points, the lifeblood of commune members", because at that time the commune distributed all kinds of food and property with the denominator of work points, so they all regarded work points as the lifeblood, and each of them had different work points , You have to rely on your own hard work to earn, one work point is more than ten cents, and there is no more than one hundred yuan left in a year, which is not enough to spend at all.

Aunt Liu smiled and said to us: "At that time, there was a friend named Dong Xi in our collective household. He was older than me and came earlier than me. He was very strong and always helped I do some work and take good care of me in life, so my relationship with him is getting better and better. I always look for him for anything.” When Da Ya heard this, he rolled his eyes and winked at me secretly. It just so happened that Liu Ye saw this scene squarely. next thing. When Aunt Liu said this, she was also a little sad, and Da Ya guessed the meaning out of ten. The old lady shook her head, and said that the economy gradually improved, and the ten-year turmoil was basically over. Gradually, the educated youths were allowed to return to the city, but it was not blatantly. Various names such as workers, peasants, soldiers and students gradually returned to the city.They had been in the countryside for several years at that time, and they wished they could leave here immediately and return to the city as soon as possible. They were looking forward to it every day and every night, but they had been looking forward to it for a long time.Did not go back.

Some people even give up their minds and simply get married in the countryside and settle down. They don't plan to return to the city, but plan to stay in the countryside forever. In 1978, Dong Xi returned to the city first. Before leaving, they agreed that when she returned to the city, they would go to Beijing to find him.After seeing Dong Xi off, she was looking forward to returning to the city every day, but she couldn't wait for the notice.What was even more unexpected was that shortly after Dong Xi left, she found out that she was pregnant. At that time, such things were naturally shameful and embarrassing.And if this matter is discovered, there is no way to go back to the city, so she didn't tell anyone, and she insisted on it.

At that time, communication was not as developed as it is now, and we could only rely on writing letters.She wrote several letters back and forth according to the address that Dong Xi gave, but the results were as if nothing had been heard, and there was no reply at all. In the end, she was also desperate, and she no longer counted on that man.God also seemed to be deliberately trying to make things difficult for her. When she was about to give birth, she hadn't received the notice to return to the city. After all, the paper couldn't contain the fire. In the end, the people around her found out that she was pregnant. Many people came to her to talk about "work" and asked her to tell who the child belonged to, but she never said anything. Of course, there was no hope of returning to the city this time, and it was stranded.But she didn't let go of her mouth, and she didn't say anything, and in the end the matter was over. After the child was born, she pulled the child alone, and when the child was almost two years old, she finally "went to the mountains and went to the countryside" The wind has passed. She had no face to go home at all, and the village was full of gossip and gossip.In the end, she returned to Liaoning with her two-year-old Liu Ye, and lived in Wafangdian. She has been here for almost thirty years, and she has taken root here in her life. Hearing Aunt Liu finish these things, not only Liu Ye, but also Da Ya and I were stunned. I never dreamed that the things inside would be like this, so I understood why the old lady kept hiding it Not to mention Liu Ye, there is indeed too much bitterness and helplessness, it is difficult to express it at all.When I thought of Aunt Liu who was in her early twenties pulling a child and pulling Liu Ye to such a big age, I felt emotional, it was really not easy. As the old lady talked, she seemed to be emotionally moved, and her eye circles were a little moist. Da Ya was beside her and quickly asked Aunt Liu to drink, and then kept persuading her. The old lady took a sip of water, her mood eased, she waved her hands at us, signaling that we don’t need to persuade her anymore, and then smiled and said to us: “Over the years, she has long thought about it. People will inevitably do something. The stupid thing about 'monkeys fishing for the moon'. I have been studying Buddhism for so many years, and I have already seen through it. Everything in the world is changing, and people should not be forced to pursue it." Liu Ye told us with a smile that her mother believed in Buddhism, and she was also influenced by it, so she learned some Buddhist principles. Mom told her that she would never be able to enter the door because she was too "smart". If she was too smart, she would be "foolish". I used to talk about some Buddhist principles with Liu Ye, but I didn't expect her to be influenced by her mother. Hearing what her mother said just now, I was really enlightened, but even though I said so, I always felt that she There was still a hint of persistence hidden in his eyes, as if he was deliberately avoiding something, it was hard to say, and he couldn't see through it.