The term "going to the countryside" was first seen in the state's document "National Agricultural Development Outline from 1956 to 1967 (Revised Draft)" on October 25, 1956. It was the first time that the concept of educated youth going to the countryside was proposed, and it also became a symbol of the beginning of the educated youth going to the countryside.

I checked it on Baidu, you are right.

In order to let the intellectuals experience the revolutionary spirit of the hard work of the poor and lower-middle peasants and thoroughly transform their class thinking, the concept of going to the countryside and mountains was first conceived.

The real movement of going to the countryside to work and study began in 1955.

"The countryside is a vast world where you can achieve a lot."

“It is very necessary for educated youth to go to the countryside and receive re-education from poor and lower-middle peasants.”

The above are the instructions issued by a great generation.

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The story takes place in 1962.

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A sensational incident occurred in Yejiagou Brigade.

A new male educated youth has arrived at the educated youth point, like a bright star suddenly appearing in the sky, injecting a different color into the ordinary educated youth point.

I heard that the male educated youth was called Mu Jingsheng.

He was not stunningly handsome, but he had a unique temperament and the elegance of a scholar, with a hint of melancholy between his eyebrows, as if he was a scholar who walked out of an ancient book.

His presence makes the ordinary Yejiagou Brigade less monotonous and boring.

The most important thing is that he is handsome enough.

The girls in the village generally had little education and could not think of any words to praise others. But when they saw Mu Jingsheng for the first time, the only sentence in their minds was: So damn handsome!

His arrival attracted all the unmarried girls and female educated youth.

When working in the fields, although he was wearing the same coarse cloth clothes, his every move revealed a different style, as if even the most ordinary work became poetic because of him.

If Mu Jingsheng is the most handsome boy in Yejiagou Brigade, then we have to mention the most handsome girl in the brigade.

The most beautiful girl in the team. Whenever the word "beautiful" is mentioned, the first person that comes to the villagers' minds is the daughter of the Ye family - Ye Xia.

Not only in Yejiagou, but all the girls in the surrounding villages are not as pretty as her.

She has a pair of beautiful and bright almond eyes, a porcelain-white oval face, and waist-length black hair cascading down like a waterfall. She likes to wear a simple white shirt with a black skirt. She has a gentle and clean temperament, and I don't know how many young and old guys have been fascinated by her.

Ye Xia has been a beauty since she was a child, because her mother was exceptionally beautiful, and her mother was just a beggar from another place.

There was a war going on outside at that time and everyone was in danger. Her mother was dirty and wearing patched clothes and wandered to Yejiagou. No one was willing to help her, but her father was kind enough to give her half a steamed bun.

Then her mother married her father.

It was not until the wedding night that her mother washed away the mud on her face, revealing her angelic beauty.

His father sighed that he had gotten a great bargain.

Her father often told her that her mother must be the daughter of a wealthy family, because her mother was not only beautiful, but also had white and tender fingers, and she looked like she had never worked before. Something big must have happened in her family, and in order to seek refuge, she had to pretend to be a refugee to save her life.

In troubled times, there are many rich ladies who fall into trouble.

Her father was a carefree person and never cared about these things. After he married his wife, he treated her well with all his heart. Her background was not important.

When she reached the age to get married, Ye Xia realized how precious people like her father were.

Because the friends she grew up with got married one after another, and most of the endings were not good. Either they were treated harshly by their mother-in-law, or their husbands beat them. Once they got married, it was as if they became the personal property of their husbands and in-laws, who could beat, scold and abuse them at will.

And they cannot divorce.

Because her natal family doesn't care about them anymore and just says: A girl who is married off is like water spilled.

Every time she heard about this kind of thing, she felt indescribably sad and scared, wondering what she would do if she also fell into that situation?

Girls in the village have to get married when they grow up. If they don’t get married, people will gossip about them. What should she do?

Fortunately, her father and mother are very sensible.

Her mother told her that getting married is for a better life, and if you can't wait for a man who treats you sincerely, doesn't beat you, doesn't scold you, and treats you well in everything, then don't get married.

No one would jump into a fire pit knowing that there is a fire pit ahead. That would be so stupid.

Her father also said, if you are afraid of getting married, then don't get married, stay at home, your father, mother and brother can support you for the rest of your life.

She was very happy every time she heard this.

Unfortunately, her mother was unlucky. She died of illness before she could marry a boy who loved her sincerely. She left behind her, her father, her brother, and her sister-in-law who had just married into the family.

During the time when her mother was seriously ill, her family was afraid that her brother would have to observe three years of mourning and would not be able to find a wife, so they hurriedly brought back a sister-in-law.

As soon as her sister-in-law came in, her father spoke less.

My sister-in-law has a bad temper and always dislikes her for eating nothing at home. Because my father and brother love her, they never let her do hard labor in the fields to earn work points since she was a child. They only let her embroider at home, read books, and repeat some of her mother's living habits when she was alive.

My sister-in-law was angry about this and she slammed a washbasin and cursed in the yard more than once.

"What kind of girl is still not married in her twenties? She is just lazy and eats a lot at home, and thinks she is a spoiled daughter of a wealthy family!"

"Your mother deserved to die early. I think she died because of you, a delicate lady!"

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