Chapter 150 The Moon Over the Past
The weather was gloomy, and it looked like it was about to rain. Xie Ning rode his horse past his own melon field and immediately ordered his guards to go down and harvest some to take back and eat.
From afar, Xie Ning spotted a man in a gray cloth robe who looked somewhat familiar. Before she could remember who he was, Xu He, who was standing next to the man, saw Xie Ning and waved to her happily.
"Changning! Look who this is!"
Of course I recognized him when we got closer. "Brother Pingyu?"
Cheng Youmin, courtesy name Pingyu, must have passed the initial screening to be brought here by Xu He. Xie Ning did not hesitate to show some closeness to appease Cheng Youmin.
Perhaps due to the bumpy journey, Cheng Youmin looked somewhat haggard and older than he had a few years ago, and he had even grown a beard.
Xie Ning could still recognize Cheng Youmin, but Cheng Youmin was hesitant to recognize Xie Ning. After not seeing her for several years, Xie Ning was even thinner than before. The clothes she wore looked very large on her. Her skin was still white, but it wasn't rosy; instead, it was sickly pale.
Only his eyes remained bright and alert.
It was truly a sudden encounter on the road from Changsha; we were both astonished by how different our temples had become since we last met.
"Changning...."
Cheng Youmin choked up as soon as he opened his mouth, feeling both bitterness for his years of hard work and heartache for Xie Ning's changes. He had heard that the Red Area was very difficult, but he hadn't expected it to be this bad. Judging from Xie Ning's appearance, he must have been starving and thin!
Suddenly, he felt a little lost about the future, but he quickly became determined again. Life is tough, but he could endure it; it's better than dying.
Xu He looked at the melons that the guards behind Xie Ning were carrying and shouted, "I'm not leaving today without giving you one of these melons!"
"Eat, eat as much as you want! It's about to rain, let's go talk in the yard." She has quite a few watermelons in her melon patch, how big is Xu He's belly?
Several people hurriedly ran past, all of them harvesting crops.
"Brother Pingyu, what brings you here? Are your wife and children alright?" Earlier, the border region sent people to mobilize her former students, but Cheng Youmin was not among them. It was said that as soon as the incident happened, Cheng Youmin took his wife and children back to his hometown in the countryside and went into hiding. Xie Ning was relieved.
Cheng Youmin took the hot tea and gave a bitter smile. "I had only been back in my hometown for a few years when the Japanese invaded. I had no choice but to take Jingru and the children to Hong Kong for refuge. There were some of my good friends there, so it was relatively safe."
But Hong Kong fell last year. When I first heard that the Japanese were attacking Hong Kong, I took Jingru and the children and escaped with the help of Labour Party members. Now, with large areas occupied and the Nationalist-controlled areas also in turmoil, we came here.
The main reason is that Xie Ning is here. If he comes, he won't be all alone. He knew before that Xie Ning had joined the Labour Party, but things have gone wrong in recent years, so he doesn't dare to trust anyone easily, lest he get into trouble.
If he were alone, he would naturally dare to go north despite the difficulties, but he couldn't leave his wife and children at home. Therefore, he respected those who could leave their families and careers to go out and make revolution, but he could not be as brave and fearless as them.
During the years I lived in my hometown and the port city, I dared not reveal any of my knowledge of mechanics, and only taught a little Chinese to make a living.
After chatting for a short while, Xie Ning asked Cheng Youmin to bring his wife and children over for a meal so they could have a good chat.
When Cheng Youmin returned with two watermelons, Xie Ning looked at Xu He and asked, "What happened?"
Xu He smiled, quite pleased with himself, "Our comrade received help from Mr. Cheng in Hong Kong. He happened to be the same comrade who was sent to Shanghai to pick up the students. He knew Mr. Cheng, and when things got chaotic in Hong Kong, he led a group to escort Mr. Cheng and his family out. After consulting with Mr. Cheng, he led his men north to settle things..."
Of course, there will definitely be some suggestive words in them, but they are all sincere!
Although this is the second time the border region has implemented the streamlining and simplification plan, the main focus is on reducing institutions and personnel, and filling vacancies in county-level governments.
After all, this was the center of the Chinese revolution, gathering numerous party and government organs and their staff, stationing garrison troops, and attracting a large number of intellectuals from all over the country to devote themselves to the revolution. However, the border region was an economically backward place with limited manpower, so the contradiction of "big fish and small water" was very prominent.
With the KMT's economic blockade, things became even more difficult.
This is why we need to streamline government and reduce personnel to save manpower and reduce the burden on farmers.
However, this policy did not have much impact on people like Xie Ning. They only had a shortage of people, never a surplus.
After all, talented people are hard to find.
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