Chapter 116 Qian Gaoyun
Xie Yun was not too surprised to receive the new appointment. She had already realized this when the commune leader talked to her.
However, when she saw the name of the female educated youth who replaced her as a middle school teacher, she was really surprised!
Qian Gaoyun is also a background character that has nothing to do with the plot, but her experience has caused a lot of discussion. Many people mocked her for being brainless and said that she deserved such an ending. There are also many people who sympathize with her. After all, in the torrent of history, everyone is as small as dust, and Qian Gaoyun is just a speck of dust among them.
Full of enthusiasm, she volunteered to go to the countryside and came to Qushui County. She gave up the relatively wealthy brigade arranged for her by the county and took the initiative to ask to go to the Majiagou Brigade where the conditions were the most difficult. She hoped to use her hard work, wisdom and knowledge to change the backward appearance of Majiagou Brigade and help the people there live a better life.
Qian Gaoyun was warmly welcomed by the members of the Majiagou Brigade. Not long after, she became a teacher in the brigade-run middle school. She did a great job. She was lively and generous, cheerful and enthusiastic, not afraid of hard work or fatigue. Both adults and children liked her.
There were other educated youth in Majiagou Brigade, some of whom stayed for a year or two before leaving. At this point, everyone began to worry: Would this university student from the city stay in the impoverished and backward Majiagou forever? Would she leave soon?
Someone asked Qian Gaoyun this question, and she replied: "No, I responded to the call and came to Majiagou. From now on, I will be a member of Majiagou. I will work hard here with everyone until Majiagou is well built."
Qian Gaoyun was sincere, but her words did not win the trust of the Majiagou members.
They used provocation on her:
"We don't believe it. You're from the city, so you'll definitely leave."
"We won't trust you unless you settle down here and marry into our Majiagou."
Qian Gaoyun, who was young, had never experienced the harshness of society, and had never seen the evils of human nature, was easily deceived. With everyone's help, she married a young man from Majiagou.
Qian Gaoyun's husband is an ordinary young man with no father, mother or brothers or sisters. Apart from being poor, he is not outstanding in other ways.
The members of Majiagou were happy, and Qian Gaoyun's husband was so happy that he was at a loss as to what to do.
Qian Gaoyun herself was feeling uneasy and lost. She felt as if she was in a trance, not knowing how things had come to this point.
After the marriage, the members of Majiagou Commune told her: "Now that you are married, you should take your husband back to your parents' home."
Qian Gaoyun returned home with her husband in a daze, nearly pissing her parents off to death. They had hoped she would persevere and return to the city to start a family, but they hadn't expected her to get married without even telling them about it!
Qian Gaoyun's parents were not happy with their son-in-law and urged him to divorce her, but she refused because her marriage to her husband was considered a model of "worker-peasant union" in the local area.
"They say workers and peasants are one family, workers and peasants are united. What does it mean to unite workers and peasants? This is it!"
"Comrade Qian Gaoyun married a poor and lower-middle peasant, completely breaking with the idea of looking down on farmers. This is something everyone should learn from."
After Qian Gaoyun got married, she did another stupid thing at the instigation of the people in Majiagou. She personally wrote an article to the media, telling about her marriage to her husband and the realization of the integration of workers and peasants. She also firmly stated that no matter what the world said or how much they did not understand, she would definitely continue with her husband!
One wrong step leads to another, and Qian Gaoyun was placed on a moral high ground and couldn't get down.
Her married life was a mess. She and her husband had no common language and different living habits. She was diligent and motivated, while her husband was negative and lazy. They often quarreled over trivial matters and sometimes even fought.
After a long time, Qian Gaoyun filed for divorce. She was not a truly pedantic person.
The captain of Majiagou Brigade tried to smooth things over, "Every family has quarrels. If you divorce after a quarrel, how can you live like this? Go back and have a good conversation. Don't talk about divorce so often."
If the brigade doesn't issue a letter of introduction, the marriage cannot be divorced.
In addition, she had already given birth to a child at that time. Although her husband was not a good husband, he was still good to the child. For the sake of the child, the couple just made do with it.
Later, the educated youth returned to the city. Qian Gaoyun, who had regained her sanity, also returned. Although she and her husband did not divorce, they lived apart, and their relationship grew increasingly cold. Qian Gaoyun filed for divorce again, and her husband agreed.
However, just as the two were discussing the details of their divorce and preparing to get their divorce certificate, Qian Gaoyun died. In winter, with the doors and windows closed, she lit a stove at night to keep warm and died of carbon monoxide poisoning. She never got a divorce.
This is a tragic character used in the original novel to highlight the background of the times.
Now, she changed the place where she joined the team and came to Liushutun.
Xie Yun couldn't help but sigh: the butterfly effect is real. Coming to Liushutun, Qian Gaoyun would at least no longer face the unpleasant experience of being provoked into marriage.
The majority of women comrades in Liushutun will not allow this to happen.
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When Qian Gaoyun arrived at Liushutun, Xie Yun was still on his last shift, working in the fields with everyone else.
The junior high school run by the team will start in September, so when Qian Gaoyun arrived in Liushutun, the first thing he had to do was to work in the fields.
The book also wrote that when she first arrived at Majiagou Brigade, she did farm work for a while. Although she was not used to it, Qian Gaoyun did not complain or feel tired. She persevered and got better and better.
In Liushutun, she performed very well and was a very down-to-earth girl.
Because she had been decided to take over Xie Yun's teaching job, Zhang Guangzong specially assigned her to the production team where Xie Yun was.
He took Qian Gaoyun to find Xie Yun who was working and introduced her, "This is Xie Yun. We all call her Xie Binbin. She's a skilled worker in our brigade and the only high school student in the team. She'll be going to work in the commune in a few days. Before that, you two can get to know each other better. You can learn some farm work from Binbin. She also has some experience as a teacher. She previously participated in teacher training organized by the commune. Binbin, Qian Zhiqing is from the provincial capital. She's a college student and very knowledgeable. You should also learn more from Qian Zhiqing. You two can learn from each other and make progress together."
He also said to Qian Gaoyun, "Now that you've come to Liushu Village, you're a part of it. Don't be polite. If you have any questions, just come to the team headquarters and find me. If I'm not here, go find Director Yan. Although she's the director of the women's department, she's responsible for a lot of things and is very decisive in our team. The women here are all actively striving for progress, so you should communicate with them more."
Qian Gaoyun smiled and said, "Thank you, Captain. I heard back when I was in the county that Liushutun has embarked on a new path of development. County Secretary He suggested I come here to take a look. They said college graduates like me are needed here."
She smiled sheepishly. "Actually, I didn't graduate from college. Strictly speaking, I can't be considered a college student. I'm just an excellent high school student. I told the comrades at the County Youth League Office and Secretary He about this, but they said excellent high school graduates are rare, and that Liushutun's new development efforts need talent, so they suggested I come here. So, I obeyed their arrangements and came here. I hope everyone will give me more guidance and corrections."
In fact, when the Youth League Office initially assigned her to Liushutun, she refused. Her goal in going to the countryside to work in the fields was to go to the most difficult place, where she was most needed. Liushutun was already developing well, and having her there or not would make little difference.
However, the comrades from the Youth League Office said that Liushutun was the place that needed her most. To convince him, they even called the county party secretary, who met with her in person and told her that Liushutun really did need her.
"Before you came, Secretary Li of Taoyuan Commune came to the county and told me that Liushutun Brigade was exploring new development paths and needed a highly educated person. He begged me to arrange for him, otherwise the development of Liushutun would stagnate and he, as the commune secretary, would be ashamed to face the villagers.
As the county party secretary, I naturally had to support the work of the various communes. Secretary Li had already said so, so how could I not make arrangements? So, I contacted the Youth League Office and asked them to keep an eye out for any highly educated individuals who arrived, and to assign them to Liushutun.
"Xiao Qian, you went to the countryside to work in the fields for the development of the countryside. Since Liushu Village needs you so much, you should go there. I know you have ambitions and ideals, but obeying orders is also a basic quality that an educated youth must possess."
Once these words were spoken, she had to agree.
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