The control group in the chronological text of Chapter 186 (1)

The train swayed and rattled.

The air was filled with excited singing; a group of young people were singing "The East Is Red."

Changqing suddenly propped himself up from the seat he was lying on.

The two girls with thick braids opposite him were startled by his actions and shrank back. The square-faced boy next to him, who had been singing the loudest, also stopped and looked at Changqing with displeasure.

"Wan Changqing, others may be afraid of you, but I, Zhao Jianguo, am not! It's one thing if you don't sing along with everyone, but what do you mean by making a racket and disturbing others? You're supposed to be a high school student, how can your moral awareness be so low?"

Zhao Jianguo, with an air of righteousness, launched into a tirade against Changqing.

Changqing looked at the various posters of leaders pasted on both sides of the carriage, and a banner hanging in front read: "Uphold revolution, serve the people, educated youth go up the mountain and down to the countryside!"

Good heavens!

This is on the train to the countryside.

He understood.

At this moment, the young people in the carriage also stopped singing and looked over. However, they looked at Zhao Jianguo with admiration, but at Chang Qing with disdain and speechlessness.

Seeing this, Zhao Jianguo became even more smug, looking at Changqing as if he were the victor.

"Tsk tsk, I remember someone saying they would never go to the countryside. What? Your little capitalist mentality has finally failed?"

Changqing:...

This person is sick.

They label people without warning.

While labeling is common in this era, it's still excessive to label someone twice out of three sentences.

He resisted the urge to physically assault someone.

In this day and age, resorting to violence will cause a lot of trouble.

"Excuse me, I need to make way, I can't hold it in anymore."

Suddenly, his expression changed, and he clutched his stomach.

It would be best to leave the scene first.

Zhao Jianguo looked disgusted and was about to say something when Changqing shoved him away, causing him to stumble and almost fall.

"you--"

Zhao Jianguo was furious, but Changqing didn't look at him and rushed out in a hurry.

Zhao Jianguo's words got stuck in his throat.

There are three urgent needs in life, and it's unreasonable to try to stop someone from using their time in such situations.

Changqing ignored him and went to the toilet at the junction of the carriages.

Close the door.

I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

A few minutes later, when he returned to the carriage, the matter had indeed passed, and Zhao Jianguo stood in the aisle and began to play the harmonica.

This kid is like a peacock spreading its tail feathers—positive and ambitious.

Changqing silently walked back to his seat and lay down again.

boring.

Not only did the original owner find these activities boring, but Changqing also found them extremely boring.

These young people still believe that the countryside is really as the propaganda portrays it—simple, kind, and a paradise.

When they arrived in the village.

I knew then that the countryside wasn't as romantic as I'd imagined.

There, there's only endless farm work, exhausting you to death, and you still can't get enough to eat. Your enthusiasm will quickly run out, and by then, forget about singing; some people might even commit suicide because they can't take it anymore.

Yes.

This is a world derived from historical fiction.

The original owner was Wan Changqing.

In this storyline, they belong to the control group.

His family was originally well-off, but his father was a factory director. However, he was affected by the movement and was sent to the Northwest to plant trees. He couldn't bear it and died. His family property was also confiscated. His mother remarried a worker surnamed Wang and had another child. In addition, Wang Ting already had an older son. Moreover, Wang's parents also lived together. The family consisted of seven people, and their family background was quite complicated.

There are many children and elderly people.

With the adults in the family too busy to attend to everything, the original owner received less attention.

There's nothing we can do about it.

Originally, his family consisted of one parent and one child. Now, with his new family, there are four children and two elderly people, so naturally, they pay less attention to him.

Changqing carefully recalled the plot.

His family didn't really treat him badly. All the children were pretty much the same. Wang Ting was just an ordinary worker, while his biological mother had a bad family background and didn't have a job. She just stayed at home taking care of the whole family, busy from morning till night every day, without even a moment to catch her breath.

However, for the original owner, the difference was quite significant.

Originally an only child who enjoyed the exclusive love of his parents, he has now become one of many children in a blended family.

He started to get conflicted.

They do all sorts of outrageous things in an attempt to attract attention.

First, his previously excellent academic performance deteriorated.

Then, he started associating with some shady characters and became a notorious troubled youth.

This naturally saddened Zhao Suqin, the mother.

Despite repeated advice, the original owner refused to listen.

In the end, they could only let it be, and his family stopped caring about him.

He became even more self-willed and became a notorious troublemaker in the area.

Later, the policy of sending educated youth to the countryside was launched.

The original owner didn't take it to heart at all.

Unexpectedly, this time his mother was determined and sent him to the countryside for training.

Upon hearing the news, he naturally caused a huge scene.

But it didn't work.

Although he was a tyrant at home, he had no choice but to go to the countryside despite his reluctance.

Changqing looked at the two large bags full of things on the opposite shelf.

That was prepared for him by his family.

He still had more than twenty yuan on him, which his mother had given him.

Compared to other educated youth, he was considered wealthy, which explains why Zhao Jianguo accused him of having petty capitalist ideas.

These things are nothing in the eyes of later generations.

But in this era of scarcity, it was definitely a generous amount.

However, the original owner was not satisfied.

Instead, he came to hate his family.

After being sent to the countryside, he immediately lost contact with his family.

He was determined to make something of himself.

That's why people who get by are so quick-witted.

The original owner belonged to that type.

Life in the countryside was tough, but he managed to endure it and performed quite well. He was hardworking and knew how to get along with people. Compared to the other educated youth who were arrogant, he seemed much more easygoing.

He even orchestrated an accident to save the captain's father in the mountains, thus establishing a relationship with the captain, who already had three sons, and got the captain to recognize him as his godson.

Thanks to this connection, he became a teacher at the village primary school.

Subsequently, he used this connection to get to know the brigade leader's brother-in-law, who worked in the commune.

He boasted about his background without batting an eye, even producing a newspaper article featuring an interview his father gave when he was the factory director, thus gaining the other party's trust.

Less than a year later, he was transferred from the village school to the commune.

They only actually worked in the fields for about half a year.

That's how he schemed.

The educated youth couldn't stand him and privately called him a sycophant who bullied his superiors and didn't act like an intellectual.

Compared to him.

Zhao Jianguo was different. Although he wasn't good at farm work, he was extremely upright and popular among the educated youth.

For example, some female educated youths didn't transplant rice seedlings well and were criticized.

Zhao Jianguo then organized everyone to continue helping out that evening.

They sang while they worked.

Although they wasted more seedlings, they were not afraid of hardship or fatigue, which was very touching.

The educated youth were not good at working, did not have enough work points, and could not even get enough to eat. He organized everyone to recite quotations together, absorb spiritual strength, and get through the difficult period.

He even suggested that the educated youth pool the supplies sent from their homes and use them together to ensure that everything was used to its fullest potential and maximize efficiency. Although this did not work out in the end, it did garner some support.

Changqing didn't know what to say.

Such people seem to have been completely brainwashed, and they like to use the guise of the collective in everything they do.

This is, in a sense, a smart approach.

Zhao Jianguo maintained a high reputation among the educated youth, and many female educated youth had a good impression of him.

He blended into the group, and even when he helped, he involved the group as well. He didn't contribute much himself, and others were grateful to him, since he was the organizer.

Compared to the original owner's scheming.

Young people of this era certainly prefer Zhao Jianguo's style.

Therefore, the original owner belonged to the control group of those with wicked intentions.

People with wicked intentions often don't have a good ending in the story, and that's exactly what happened. The captain's brother-in-law was later arrested for embezzlement, which implicated the original owner of the body. He used some underhanded methods, which were eventually exposed, and the result was that he was executed.

People are executed at the drop of a hat these days.

As a comparison.

Zhao Jianguo's life was different.

After the original owner's incident, all the educated youth in Sanwan Commune attended the warning meeting. Among them, Zhao Jianguo, who had always been at odds with the original owner, appeared to be a more positive figure. He was even invited to be the main speaker to tell some details of the original owner's life to help everyone prevent problems before they arise.

Zhao Jianguo was already quite prestigious among the educated youth. After this incident, Datian Village changed its brigade leader and leadership team, and he naturally became the leader of the educated youth. He even gained the qualification to be recommended by workers, peasants and soldiers to go to university.

There are fewer college students these days.

After graduation, he stayed on to work at the university and later went abroad to study on a government scholarship.

They have truly benefited from favorable policies.

Many years later, Zhao Jianguo published a memoir recounting his time as a sent-down youth. One sentence in it resonated with many people: "The torrent of history is unstoppable, but as long as people's hearts are upright and virtuous, even if they are mired in the mud, they will find a bright path."

That's just too much of a motivational quote.

Changqing doesn't like looking at this stuff.

Of course, although it was a control group, he and Zhao Jianguo mostly just disliked each other and had verbal battles. After all, in this day and age, physical fights were a serious matter.

He had another goal for this trip to the countryside: to find out what the original owner regretted.

It's about a girl.

Su Hui!

The original owner had no regrets about what he had done. He accepted his loss and realized that he hadn't done enough. But before he died, his only regret was that it was related to this girl.