Chapter 10 The East is Red Brigade
After saying goodbye to Wang Xiuxiu's family and the old couple's family, Xia Wanyang left her address and got off the train with a large package and a box. The station was crowded with people. The high spirits when they boarded the train had long disappeared, replaced by fatigue and confusion on everyone's face, and everyone looked dusty.
It was even more lively outside the station. There were ox carts, tractors, and even a mule cart parked there in a crooked manner. When they saw a crowd coming out, they all started shouting at the top of their lungs.
"The Backer Brigade, the Backer Brigade!"
"Red Flag Production Team!"
"The Dongfanghong Brigade is here!"
"The Xiangyang Brigade is here!"
Xia Wanyang was rushed out by the crowd, holding a large package that blocked most of her vision, but she was not short and could barely see the road clearly. She came to the tractor of the Dongfanghong Brigade, put the package on the ground, and looked up at the person who came to pick her up.
Zhou Su, Zhang Shiye’s good brother.
Zhou Su's face flushed as he looked at the female comrade in front of him. "Comrade, welcome to the Dongfanghong Brigade. My name is Zhou Su, and I am here to pick you up!"
Xia Wanyang smiled and said, "Hello, my name is Xia Wanyang, and I am an educated youth who came to your brigade to work in the countryside."
Zhou Su's neck was red at this time. He grabbed Xia Wanyang's luggage on the ground and put it in the car. He tried to adjust his mood and said, "Well, you have worked hard. You should get in the car and sit for a while. Everyone is not here yet. There are ten people in total this time, and you are the first one to arrive."
"Okay." After saying that, Xia Wanyang got into the car, took out a small cushion and sat down.
After a while, four men and two women came over together, checked the list, and got on the tractor.
Everyone waited for more than ten minutes before the three people finally showed up. Before they arrived, a voice came over, "Li Xiang, how come you don't know how to be gentle with women? What's wrong with helping me with my luggage? Are you still a man?"
Li Xiang snorted, "My future wife will know whether I am a man or not, why do you need to talk about it here?"
Xu Jiaojiao rolled her eyes and saw Zhou Su standing not far away holding a list. "Hey, you, come over here and take over. Is this how your team welcomes us educated youth?"
Zhou Su walked over and took the luggage from Xu Jiaojiao's hand. "That's pretty good. You have good eyesight!"
Zhou Su said calmly: "You are the last three people, Xu Jiaojiao, Li Xiang, and Wang Jing."
Xia Wanyang turned around. Wow, they were all familiar faces. What a fate. We were in the same team. It seemed that life wouldn't be boring anymore!
"Sister Yang, Sister Yang, it's really you!" Li Xiang shouted exaggeratedly.
Xia Wanyang also waved at him. Before she put her hand down, Xu Jiaojiao looked at Xia Wanyang, who was dressed meticulously. After not seeing her for a few months, her increasingly delicate face made her jealous and crazy. She then sneered, "Hey, isn't this the daughter of the Xia family? Why don't we have a berth for you to sit on? Do you have to ride the tractor with us?"
Xia Wanyang glanced at her calmly, "If you have nothing to do, go lick the toilet. Don't talk to me here. I can sit wherever I want. If you are envious, just say it! It's not your fault that you are ugly, but it's wrong for you to embarrass yourself here!"
Xu Jiaojiao was embarrassed by what she said, "Xia Wanyang, don't think you are better than me just because you have a sleeper berth. I don't want to compete with you. If I wanted to, my dad would have booked a carriage to take me here!"
Li Xiang was so frightened by her bold statement that his face turned pale. "Xu Jiaojiao, are you crazy? How dare you say anything in front of so many people?"
Xia Wanyang laughed so hard that tears came out. "Xu Jiaojiao, is that thing on your neck to make you look taller? Tsk tsk, you are such an idiot. Don't worry, I will write a letter to my dad and tell him that Comrade Xu Zhengguo is really rich and can even rent a carriage to send his daughter off!"
"Okay, stop arguing. Is everyone here?" Zhang Heping walked over at this time.
"Hello everyone, I am Zhang Heping, the captain of the Dongfanghong Brigade. Welcome to the Dongfanghong Brigade. Everyone is here, let's set off now!"
Xu Jiaojiao looked at Xia Wanyang with eyes as if soaked in poison, and slowly got into the car.
"If you don't want your eyeballs anymore, just tell me and I can take them off for you. If you dare to look at me like that again, be careful or I'll beat you up!" Xia Wanyang glared at Xu Jiaojiao and said.
Zhou Su set off quickly on the tractor. Xia Wanyang got on the tractor early and sat in the innermost seat. Zhang Heping also sat with the educated youth and shouted at the top of his voice: "It takes 40 minutes to drive a tractor from our team to the city, about two hours by oxcart, one hour by bicycle, and even longer to walk, four hours. But our commune has a supply and marketing cooperative that can basically meet everyone's living needs. We can exchange common items with our team members."
Xu Jiaojiao exclaimed, "It's so far? How can I send letters or other things?"
Xia Wanyang snorted in her heart, "Your father is going to eat peanuts soon, and you are still sending letters and packages. Send them to ghosts!"
"There is a mailbox at the commune. Our team goes there every two weeks to send parcels. If you want to send or receive parcels, you can go with us. Each person will receive 50 cents to subsidize the team's production!"
The other educated youth nodded, saying that the conditions were acceptable, at least much better than they had imagined.
After forty minutes, even though Xia Wanyang was lying on a small cushion, her butt was numb. The road was too difficult to walk on, with so many potholes that the two female educated youth vomited.
After arriving at the destination, Xia Wanyang looked up and saw a small fenced yard surrounded by branches, which looked very simple.
The small wooden door just reached the height of her thigh and looked particularly small. The vegetable patch in the yard was neatly tended, with several common vegetables planted in it, growing vigorously, adding a bit of vitality and vigor to the small courtyard.
Behind the vegetable field stands a blue brick house. Although it looks a bit old and dilapidated, it is obviously much better than other earthen houses in the village. This blue brick house seems to carry the traces of time and witness the stories and changes of the past.
After getting off the car, Xia Wanyang blocked everyone's sight, quietly stuffed a box of Daqianmen into Zhang Heping's hand, and whispered: "Uncle Zhang, this is what my mother asked me to bring to you! Don't refuse me!"
After saying that, he looked around as if nothing had happened. Zhang Heping put the cigarette into his pocket and felt very happy. At least the girl's parents took her seriously.
"Captain, this house is nice!" Li Xiang said excitedly.
Zhang Heping saw that everyone was satisfied with the environment and smiled. "You left home at such a young age to support rural construction. The team must have left the best environment for you. This house was originally a landlord's house. Later, it was confiscated and returned to the team. It is very spacious, with four large rooms. Now there are only six male educated youth and four female educated youth living in it. Together with you, there are a total of twenty people. I am not exaggerating, there is enough room for another twenty people!"
When everyone walked in, they found that the room was indeed very spacious, but there were not many pieces of furniture. There were only two boxes on the kang and a small kang table. There were two red books on the table, and several patched luggages were piled on the kang.
"In addition to these rooms, there is also a storage room, which is much smaller than this one. If any of you don't like group living or have any inconvenience, you can live alone, but you have to pay two dollars to the team every month!"
As soon as the words fell, Xia Wanyang immediately said: "I'll pay for the accommodation!"
Xu Jiaojiao followed up, "I want to live alone too! I want it!"
She was about to take money out of her bag, but Xia Wanyang had already taken out a big unity banknote and stuffed it into the captain's hand, "Uncle Zhang, I'll pay five months first!"
Then he raised his eyebrows provocatively at Xu Jiaojiao.
The captain put the money in his chest pocket and said, "Okay, when you go to get the food later, remember to ask the accountant for the receipt. I will give the money to Shi Ye for you later!"
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