Before leaving the county party committee compound, she met Zhang Jie, her colleague from Taoyuan Commune.
"Xiao Xie."
"Zhang Jie, why are you here? Is there something wrong?"
"I'm here to pick someone up. Secretary Li and the others asked me to come find you. I just wanted to ask if you're done with your work. If you're done, we can go back together."
"I'm done and about to leave. You came just in time. Who are you here to pick up?"
"The educated youth from Beijing, named Yue Zheng, went to your Liushu Village to work in the production team. The county educated youth office was worried about letting her go alone, so they called the commune and asked us to pick her up. So I drove my tractor over here."
Xie Yun: “!!!”
Yue Zheng!
The official match of Comrade Yan Dongsheng, the daughter of his teacher. In the original novel, Yue Zheng went to the frontier, where the environment was harsh. She stayed there for just over a year before falling seriously ill and had to return to the capital for treatment.
After her parents were rehabilitated, she resumed her studies and work and joined Yan Dongsheng's research team. She and Yan Dongsheng shared the same ideals and not only worked together, but later got married. She made indelible contributions to his research on distant hybrid wheat varieties.
But her health was never good and she died in her forties.
Now that I’m back in Liushutun, I’m sure I’ll live a long life!
"That's perfect. I can tell her about the commune and Liushutun in the car."
The two men walked out of the yard. Zhang Jie cranked the handle to start the tractor, while Xie Yun climbed into the back bucket and sat with Yue Zheng.
"Hello! My name is Xie Yun, and I'm from the Liushutun Brigade. I heard you were going to join our team?"
"Hello! My name is Yue Zheng, and I'm going to Liushutun."
"Every educated youth here can use their specialties. Some do research, some become teachers. What are you good at? Talk to our team leader and he can arrange a job for you based on the actual situation."
Yue Zheng smiled and said, "I studied plant pathology in school. I don't know what I can do there. But I can teach students and farm."
Xie Yun smiled and said, "Everyone has to farm. Comrade Yan Dongsheng, who does research here, farms and does research during the day, and teaches students at night. It's not enough to just teach students. You have to be mentally prepared. It's hard work, from the moment you open your eyes to the moment you close them."
Yue Zheng smiled and said, "Since I'm here, I must be prepared. I know Comrade Yan Dongsheng. Whatever he can do, I can do too."
"Really? You know Professor Yan? He's doing research on hybrid wheat. So, can you do research like him?"
"I can help him. He's researching hybrid wheat, and he needs my expertise in plant pathology."
"That's great. I hope you can produce results soon. That way, our Taoyuan Commune High-Quality Wheat Seed Research Institute will be more worthy of its name."
"graduate School?"
"Yes. We have established a research institute, and Professor Yan is the main researcher."
Her article was just sent out the day before yesterday and hasn't been published yet. She still needs to introduce these things.
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