Zhang Hongcheng's bicycle stopped in front of a group of educated youth.
The few educated youth who had prepared to complain to the new educated youth team leader were dumbfounded.
Among the more than 40 educated youth, one-third are over 20 years old, and there are a few who are 23 or 24 years old, but the man in front of him who may be the team leader is probably only 20 years old at most?
The educated youth had inquired and found out that their new educated youth team leader was also the militia battalion commander of Hongqitun, and was a formal cadre.
But he is not the so-called "captain" who has no real power in other educated youth sites.
Zhang Hongcheng looked at the group of people in front of him, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
These forty-odd men and women all looked like they were fleeing famine.
Some people were wearing patched jackets, and some were even wearing tattered winter cotton-padded jackets.
But he had never expected that these people would be malnourished to this extent.
Zhang Hongcheng glanced at these people and smiled.
"Hello everyone, I'm Zhang Hongcheng. I think you're all waiting for me, right?"
"Are you the new captain!?"
The person who spoke was a male educated youth in his early twenties. He was the only one among these people whose clothes were slightly better.
Zhang Hongcheng did not follow the man's pace and did not answer his question at all.
He smiled and looked at the others: "Excuse me, which one is Comrade Yu Kai?"
A male educated youth who was hiding aside and watching the excitement had a stiff smile and raised his hand in confusion.
"I am..."
Zhang Hongcheng nodded: "You can keep accounts, right?"
Yu Kai touched his head, not knowing how the new captain knew this, but he nodded anyway.
"Then you can count the food reserves of each person in the educated youth group and tell me the figures."
As soon as Zhang Hongcheng finished speaking, the eyes of all the educated youth suddenly lit up.
The expressions on everyone's faces immediately became lively.
The male educated youth who had rushed to ask Zhang Hongcheng moved his lips. He had wanted to use the incident between him and the villagers last year to embarrass the new team leader, but in the end he couldn't say it out loud.
He knew that everyone was more concerned about food rations.
Because the people in the entire educated youth site were on the verge of running out of food.
Zhang Hongcheng pushed his bicycle to the door of the easternmost single room in the row of old houses, and immediately several male and female educated youth came up to help him unload his things.
The other educated youth exchanged glances with each other. They didn't understand why the new team leader knew that this room was his office.
Of course the educated youth team leader did not have an office, but the militia battalion commander did.
The previous educated youth team leader also wanted to use this office, but no one agreed.
Before the educated youth could figure out what was going on, Zhang Hongcheng first thanked the people who helped him, then turned around and asked them.
"Which one is Comrade Xia Juan?"
A female educated youth with pigtails pointed at herself in surprise and walked up generously.
"Captain, do you know me?"
Zhang Hongcheng nodded casually and ignored him, but asked again.
"Is Wang Fengzhi here? Come over too."
A young man who was helping Zhang Hongcheng unload his bicycle luggage was stunned for a moment and quickly raised his hand.
"Captain, I'm here."
Zhang Hongcheng continued to nod.
"You two come in for a moment."
After saying that, he led the two of them directly into the simple office.
The educated youth outside the door looked at each other in confusion.
This new captain is quite interesting.
The male educated youth who had spoken first was embarrassed.
Zhang Hongcheng's nonchalant actions gave the educated youth at the educated youth site a psychological hint.
In the future, the representatives of the young men and women at the educated youth site will probably be Wang Fengzhi and Xia Juan, and Yu Kai may also be valued by the team leader.
It was just a small trick that allowed Zhang Hongcheng to quickly form a small pyramid structure among the scattered educated youth.
When a new official takes office, the thing he fears most is not a lack of prestige, but a lack of communication channels with those below him.
Zhang Hongcheng's action undoubtedly told everyone: public matters can be reported to him through Wang Fengzhi and Xia Juan, while more personal matters can be conveyed through Yu Kai.
Whether these three people are available and trustworthy is another matter. What Zhang Hongcheng needs now is to let everyone know that the communication channels with him are unobstructed.
This is a good start to mutual trust.
The reason why Zhang Hongcheng knew these people was all thanks to Comrade Yu Kai.
It is said that people will still write diaries every day decades later, but that is probably not serious.
But in this era, writing diaries is a daily habit for many people, after all, no one has mobile phones or the Internet.
After the reform and opening up, most of the first people who wrote memoirs were those who had experienced life as educated youth.
Fatty Hu Yu knew that Zhang Hongcheng was going to the Hongqitun Youth League site, so he spent a lot of money to get a copy of his memoirs.
The author was Yu Kai, who later compiled "The Years in Hongqitun" based on the diaries of seven or eight people.
The book was not published, but each of the educated youth in Hongqitun received a copy as a collection.
This makes it easy to understand why Zhang Hongcheng knew the names Wang Fengzhi and Xia Juan.
Wang Fengzhi is a character that Yu Kai writes about a lot in his memoirs, not only because he would later sacrifice his life in southern Xinjiang, but also because he was a very ancient person in his conduct.
Xia Juan is also a character that frequently appears in Yu Kai's memoirs. She has a bold and straightforward personality and is considered a mouthpiece for the female educated youth.
According to Yu Kai's memoirs, Zhang Hongcheng knew what the biggest problem facing the educated youth sites was.
It wasn't the conflict with the villagers at all, but the events hidden after the conflict.
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