In early 1966 and 1967, the social revolution entered the stage of seizing power, and the whole country was in a state of total civil unrest with the desire to overthrow everything.
Almost everyone would engage in a quotations war to protect themselves and subdue the other side, because the Chairman's words were "highest instructions," and anyone who dared to disobey was "disobeying the order."
The "Quotations" have penetrated into many details of life. Children are influenced by them and when they are beaten by their parents, they will shout "Let's fight with words, not with fists" without any instruction.
Even the least educated peasants learned to use "quotations" to argue with others.
Local party and government organizations were paralyzed, public security, procuratorial and judicial organs became ineffective, the atmosphere of armed struggle was serious, enterprises stopped production and transportation was paralyzed.
The leaders decided to send the People's Liberation Army to carry out the "three supports and two armies" tasks, the main tasks of which were to support the left, support agriculture, support industry, and carry out military training and military control.
In response to the call, more than 2.8 million officers and soldiers from the entire army participated in the three-force and two-army mission.
The military district where Gu Tingzhou was located was almost fully mobilized, and all the troops were arranged to send out three or two armies.
In the military area where the sound of trumpets is usually heard, there is no longer a single soldier training.
Everyone in the family compound is also in danger. Apart from daily basic life, people basically don't get together to chat. After all, any casual word may become a sword stabbing at them.
In addition to taking care of her second child and cleaning the house, Li Qingyun also looks after her private plot of land.
Her only friend in the family compound was Bai Yu, and the children of the two families often visited each other. She didn't dare to trust anyone else.
Whether eating, training or resting, it is common for them to immediately gather and run to the scene after receiving orders from their superiors.
Later, they simply moved to the city, stopping the fighting during the day and sleeping under the eaves on the streets at night. As the fighting continued to escalate and the situation became serious, they had to be at the scene to stop the fighting at any time, and often could not eat and rest on time.
Gu Tingzhou often came back in a mess.
Although she had the memory of her previous life, Li Qingyun was still worried about him.
Supporting agriculture and labor means doing physical work, which is not a big deal. However, with the frequent occurrence of various armed conflicts, they are often sent to carry out military control tasks, and they may not be able to come back for more than ten days.
The longest time was even as long as a month. When I came back, I was almost unrecognizable and fell asleep while sitting at the dining table.
Although I have learned about this revolutionary history from books, the feeling I had when I experienced it personally is different. If I had to describe it, it would be extreme depression.
He usually reports good news but not bad news.
How could she not know the hardships involved?
I was so heartbroken that I cried, but there was nothing I could do. Because of his military status, the family was able to live a peaceful life.
Now people everywhere are living in dire straits, and it is already very good for them to be able to live in peace in a corner.
Even Gu's father wrote to say that the commune is not peaceful now, conflicts are frequent, and the villagers are also very sensitive to rumors and are ready to make trouble.
Feeling sorry for Gu Tingzhou's hard work and difficulties, and unable to do anything else, Li Qingyun took out a head of wild boar meat from the space and made it into dried meat and jerky in batches for easy storage and carrying.
Every time before going out, I would pack him a bag of dried meat, and the adult nutritional milk powder that I had prepared in my own space, which I would also pack into small bags and give to him so that he could occasionally have a snack.
Then I gradually felt better and no longer looked so haggard.
Even the wife of the chief knew her method and came to her in person to ask her how to make dried meat and meat jerky.
Her Jiang Fan also needs it.
Baiyu is a novice in the kitchen, so her mother has to worry about her.
In the blink of an eye, it was six or seven years ago.
The military region began to set up red training classes.
It means to cultivate red seedlings, which will become the future Red Guards.
It is equivalent to today's kindergartens and preschool classes.
After completing the Yuhong class, students will have to take an exam. Those who fail to meet the requirements will not be able to enter the first grade of elementary school.
This has found the best place for preschool children in the military region and also provided several employment opportunities for the families of the military region. These are all formal jobs with salaries and various subsidies.
The superiors instructed that the teachers for the military district’s red education class should be selected from among the military’s families, as women have a natural advantage in raising children.
After all, they are just preschool children, and anyone with a little education in elementary or junior high school can teach them. It can be considered a benefit for the majority of military families.
How to choose becomes a difficult problem.
Finally, after discussion, it was decided to admit the best candidates through examination and interview.
Li Qingyun stayed at home every day and was cut off from the news, so she learned the news from Bai Yu.
She originally just thought it was gossip and didn't take it seriously.
"Qingyun, I think if you take the exam, you will definitely pass." Bai Yu reminded her unintentionally.
Bai Yu usually saw Li Qingyun helping Dabao with his homework with ease and speaking in an extraordinary manner, so she always thought that she was cultured and had a lot of knowledge.
Li Qingyun also began to have some thoughts. She couldn't possibly wait for Gu Tingzhou at home for the rest of her life, right?
Although her ideal life is to be a lifelong idler, the reality is that if she is a lifelong housewife, she will soon have no common topics with her husband, no foundation to stand on, and no self-worth.
The best marriage is one where both parties are equally matched, where you are strong and I am not weak either.
Especially recently, she has felt more and more distant from Gu Tingzhou. It is difficult for the two of them to see each other, and there is no chance to talk when they meet.
This situation will become more serious in the long run.
She really didn't want to be a dodder that just waited at home.
She was originally a little hesitant about whether to go to work now, after all, her second baby was still young and needed someone to take care of him.
Bai Yu even thought of this problem for her. There was a nursery in the military district. When the adults were at work and there was no one to take care of the children during the day, they could send them to the nursery. They could have lunch there and pick them up after get off work in the evening. All she had to do was pay the monthly food allowance.
This is what many families with busy spouses do, and the children can keep each other company in the nursery.
Similar to the daycare center in later generations.
Now, Li Qingyun's mind also became active.
In order to fight for this opportunity to be a teacher in the Yuhong class.
She could only lie to Bai Yu, saying that she learned her knowledge from her elders at home and had never attended school properly, so she had no diploma to prove it. She hoped that Bai Yu could help her.
Bai Yu didn't expect that she had never attended a proper school, but her knowledge and conversation were quite good.
It can be seen that diplomas have nothing to do with knowledge. You can not go to school, but you cannot not read.
She agreed to help Li Qingyun register through the back door, but there was no way she would help with the subsequent exams.
Li Qingyun naturally agreed.
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