Chapter 157 The Moon of Yesteryear
Yan Laoxi stirred up trouble again. Xie Ning listened to the leaders cursing at the meeting, but in the end, he chose to tolerate it. After the meeting, Political Commissar Chen pulled Xie Ning aside and asked, "Changning, what are you studying for this time?"
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After Chen Xiangyan asked him this question, Xie Ning remembered that he still had to attend classes. Not to teach lectures, but to study. Even many generals had to come back regularly to recharge. Xie Ning naturally wouldn't refuse this opportunity to enrich himself.
"I studied law before, and I know English and French. Now I want to learn Russian." Of course, besides law, she has also learned a lot about metallurgy, coal refining, mining, and so on. Some of it she learned from books, and some she learned from experienced workers. She never stops learning as long as she lives.
I lead a very fulfilling life.
"If you speak Russian well, we have several Soviet experts here. Learning Russian will make communication easier."
Chen Xiangyan seemed a little dejected. Actually, she didn't really love studying. Last time, she was even criticized for not studying well. She just wanted to go home and lie down for a little while after work, or go back to her parents' house to see her children.
All I can say is, she's so tired and in so much pain. At home, her husband keeps nagging her about studying, while he's teaching her music over there. It's enough already. Looking at those musical notes, she'd rather stay in the arsenal and watch the workers assemble ammunition.
Xie Ning patted Chen Xiangyan on the shoulder, "If you have any questions, you can ask me. Didn't you say last time that you ran out of notebooks? I have a new one here. You can take it and use it first, and then return it to me later. The lecture is starting in a few days, so you need to take notes carefully."
Chen Xiangyan was startled. After thanking Xie Ning, she immediately planned to borrow some ink from Qi Sizhe, as she was using it up too quickly and the allocated ink was not enough for her.
Both of them were from the Party School, so they could sit together. Zhao Le was also there. When she saw Xie Ning, she winked at her. Xie Ning's gaze swept over the resolute-looking woman next to her, and she nodded slightly.
This lecture summarized the study of Party history.
"In the history of our Party, there have been great struggles against the erroneous lines of Chen and Li... We repelled three large-scale anti-work campaigns of the Kuomintang, overcame right and 'left' erroneous ideas within the Party, and the whole Party learned many valuable lessons."
This is a summary of our work over the past seven years.
After the speech, everyone was deeply moved, including Xie Ning. He then wrote at the end of his notes: "A towering tree cannot grow in a greenhouse, and a lazy person cannot accomplish great things."
Zhao Le pulled Xie Ning to go to the cafeteria for lunch. On the way, the two discussed the speech they had just heard. "What does this mean? Does it mean that our struggle against the wrong line was wrong?"
Xie Ning shook his head slightly, "There are mistakes, but not entirely. It just more rigorously shows that team mistakes cannot be equated with the leader's personal mistakes. There were three wrong routes, and each time the former was criticized personally, but each time it was an extension and development of the wrong ideas."
Furthermore, making individuals bear the blame for the team's mistakes is detrimental to unity. Therefore, we must analyze mistakes dialectically and not completely negate them all at once.
Zhao Le squinted at Xie Ning's notes, "The power of thought... Changning, can I borrow your notes to copy? Your summaries are really good!"
"It's not that my summary is good, it's just that it's inherently good." Xie Ning stuffed the notebook into Zhao Le's arms and followed him to the cafeteria for lunch.
After reading Xie Ning's notes, Zhao Le flipped to the last page of his own notebook and showed it to Xie Ning. "This is a new article I wrote, but it hasn't been approved yet."
"It's very well written," Xie Ning praised, "but it's not suitable for the present." That's why it wasn't accepted as a manuscript.
Speaking of this, Zhao Le sighed, "Is there something wrong with my thinking? Getting married and having children is perfectly normal."
However, once they have children, they can no longer raise them on their own. They either send them to the homes of fellow villagers or to orphanages. But orphanages have a limited number of children they can accept. Therefore, many women who are unwilling to send their children away have to give up their jobs to take care of their children wholeheartedly. Even if there are subsidies, some people are willing to do so, saying it's easy, but most women are not interested in this.
Everyone else is out here. Men are here to defend their country and make a name for themselves, but what about women? If they're just looking to be good wives and mothers, why bother coming out?
It is said that they are not only wives, but also mothers.
But why doesn't anyone say that men are not only husbands, but also fathers? Why are women always the ones who suffer?
Men went to the front lines, but women went to the battlefield too, and their work behind the lines was equally important. Does sacrifice only mean shedding blood and dying?
Xie Ning handed the hot soup to Zhao Le to calm her down. Zhao Le continued, "So why get married and have children? If you want to avoid pregnancy, there are ways to do it, and I don't think it's impossible for men to take care of children."
"Because the nation needs new blood, and the battlefield needs fresh blood," Xie Ning said softly. "Whether it's now, in the past, or in the future, the population..."
Xie Ning paused slightly, unsure of what to say for a moment, "Population develops according to 'need'."
If there are too many births, then we should control births; if there are too few births, then we should encourage births. But whether we control or encourage, we should address the root cause of the problem, rather than using violence and inducement without providing substantial subsidies.
Zhao Le looked blank; she didn't quite understand. Xie Ning then explained in detail, finally saying, "...Actually, the current subsidy policy is relatively good, but the neglect of women is undeniable. Therefore, we must become stronger."
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