Chapter 107 The Decision of the Troop Leaders
Li Aiyun said angrily, "You were quite happy when the third brother was serving you, but now that something has happened, you put all the blame on me? I'm his mother, not to mention that I was beaten, even if I wasn't, what's wrong with letting him serve me?"
To appease the third son that day, she even knelt before him. But after she did, she regretted it and felt extremely resentful. A mother kneeling before her own son—is there any other mother in the world as cowardly as her? Later, she asked the third son to serve her, simply to atone for herself, to make herself feel better, and to get over the hurdle of kneeling!
Who would have thought that the ungrateful Third Brother would have no patience at all! It's only been a few days and he's already quitting!
Old Man Zheng frowned and said, "It's fine if we just let him serve us, but he also serves the eldest and second eldest families. Lan Ping, a good person, also lets him serve her. This is really a bit too much."
Li Aiyun: "...It's all the fault of the eldest and second eldest children. They really can do it by asking their younger brother-in-law to serve them. The eldest and second eldest children are the same. They have no sense at all. As parents, we can let the third eldest child serve us, but how can they have the nerve to do so?"
Zheng Lao Da and Zheng Lao Er both closed the door tightly and said nothing. This was clearly all his mother's intention. Now that things have gone wrong, he's blaming everyone else.
Old Man Zheng said, "Okay, stop complaining. He's gone. He was going to leave sooner or later anyway. It's just a few days early. Let's just do what we need to do."
"That's easy for you to say. The whole brigade is laughing at our family now. The third child thinks he's smart, but in fact, he's also a fool."
Old Man Zheng sighed: "It was fine before, why is it like this this time?"
Li Aiyun frowned. She used to think that the third child was honest, obedient and easy to control, and whatever she said was what she believed. But now, she suddenly became uncertain.
Before, she knelt down to the third brother and thought she had him completely under her control. In the past few days, her whole family has been ordering the third brother around, also wanting to verify the results of her control over the third brother.
The third brother had always been hardworking and she was actually a little complacent in her heart, but she didn't expect that he would suddenly want to return to the team. He left cleanly and neatly without arguing with them. He just said that he had reasons for leaving and they had no way to stop him.
So, did she really have him under control? Or did the Third Brother make her believe she did, when she didn't? What was he trying to do?
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After Zheng Guoqiang returned to the army, he was quite nervous for a few days. He thought the leaders would ask him why he returned early, but no, no leader asked.
No one took it seriously.
Only his comrades asked about it, and Zheng Guoqiang said with a wry smile that the marriage did not take place because his mother and fiancée did not get along, so they had to cancel the engagement.
No one pressed for details. After all, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts are an age-old issue. Even if one isn't married, one has witnessed mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts in other families. Furthermore, this isn't a good thing, and no one wants to rub salt into Zheng Guoqiang's wounds.
Zheng Guoqiang also observed the leaders' attitudes towards him, but he found nothing. Everything was business as usual.
He felt relieved.
He thought the matter was over, but he didn't know that his leaders had already sentenced him to death.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, they received a letter from the Liushutun Brigade and saw the farce that happened in the Zheng family.
They sent a telegram back to Liu Shutun, thanking him for taking the initiative to communicate with the troops, which allowed them to have a better understanding of the soldiers' personal situations, and promised to strengthen the education of soldiers on family responsibility.
Then decided to give up Zheng Guoqiang.
Cultivate oneself, manage the family, govern the country and bring peace to the world. This person neither cultivates himself nor manages the family. Can we still expect him to govern the country and bring peace to the world?
Zheng Guoqiang's performance is clearly disappointing. He was unfair, objective, and even lacked a sense of right and wrong. His actions during the county town robbery were a disgrace to the military. Such a person is unfit for high office.
They didn't plan to tell Zheng Guoqiang that they had received the letter from Liushutun. What if the Zheng family went to make trouble with the leadership of Liushutun Brigade? Wouldn't that cause trouble for Liushutun? The Zheng family didn't seem like a reasonable family!
They also don't plan to talk to Zheng Guoqiang to let him know where he is wrong and how to correct it. It's unnecessary and not worth it!
Zheng Guoqiang isn't a rare talent, nor is he irreplaceable. Why bother saying anything to him?
According to the "Interim Measures for the Local Re-employment of Retired Active-Service Cadres," which came into effect in September 1965, "Before the end of March each year, each military region, service, branch, and headquarters shall report to the General Political Department the number and quality of cadres to be transferred that year; and each central government department, province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the central government shall report to the Ministry of Internal Affairs the number, quality, and placement of cadres to be transferred. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the General Political Department shall formulate and issue allocation plans based on work needs and the situation of the transferred cadres."
They have added Zheng Guoqiang's name to the list of cadres who need to transfer to civilian jobs this year.
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After the fifth day of the first lunar month, the Chinese New Year is completely over.
The members have resumed their busy lives, busy with spring plowing, sowing, weeding, fertilizing, preventing and controlling pests and diseases, and preventing lodging. If there is not enough rain, they have to water the crops according to the actual situation.
The land in the Xie family's yard was re-plowed and planted with spinach, tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, beans, and potatoes.
Planting those with longer growth cycles in the front yard, and those with shorter growth cycles, such as spinach, in the backyard. I also planted some cucumbers and eggplants, which have relatively shorter growth cycles, in the backyard. This way, I wouldn't miss out on planting cotton in late April or early May.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the Liushutun Brigade added two new members, two male educated youth from the commune. They carried their luggage and moved into the tidied "educated youth site" - which was originally the home of an elderly person who was a five-guarantee household. After the elderly person passed away, the house became vacant.
The two educated youth were assigned to a small team and worked with the other members. Worried that they might not be able to do the job, the team arranged for members to provide them with special guidance.
Fortunately, these two people were not pretentious at all. They knew that they went to the countryside to work and integrate with the poor and lower-middle peasants. They accepted the current situation well and were even full of enthusiasm.
He followed the arrangements of the members completely, asked questions proactively, was not afraid of getting dirty or tired, and worked very actively, which was recognized by the majority of members.
When Xie Yun saw them for the first time, the two of them, like most of the other members of the commune, were carrying manure with their trouser legs rolled up.
It's time to fertilize.
At this time, no household was allowed to withhold fertilizer privately. All feces produced by pigs, chickens, rabbits and humans in the household had to be handed over to the collective to fertilize the collective land.
If you are found to have kept it privately, you will be criticized and reported.
The two educated youth quickly adapted to rural life and got along well with everyone.
Zhang Guangzong once said with emotion: "These are two great comrades! Secretary Li and his team originally said that these children were in no hurry to go to the countryside. I thought it would take some time before they came. I didn't expect them to come right after the Chinese New Year! How proactive! They changed my preconceived notion of urban children."
Xie Yun twitched her lips. She had some understanding of why these educated youth were so eager to join the team.
Zhang Ruifeng's colleague, Wang Shuzhen's son, went to work in the countryside. He returned to Wang Shuzhen's hometown, Gongqiao Brigade, and also went there after the Lunar New Year. It was said that he had no choice but to go, because Qushui County was organizing a group of educated youth to support border areas and encouraged young people to sign up.
If they don't join the queue nearby, they will probably be sent to the border all at once.
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