The old team leader was worried that the leaders would think they had too many landlords and have a bad impression of the production team, so he explained, "Our production team is poor and doesn't have many landlords. But the neighboring ones, their cowsheds are full."
Secretary Song said sternly, "Your work is inadequate."
Upon hearing this, the old captain asked anxiously, "Why isn't it in place?"
"Labor reform only changes their bodies, not their minds. Does anyone conduct ideological education for them regularly? Reform is, of course, primarily about education."
The old captain said, "How are we supposed to educate them? We don't have many literate people."
"He's literate, isn't he? Let him read the ideological documents issued from above and learn new ideas to reform them ideologically. We can also have everyone come and listen whenever they have time, so we can all learn together. This way, we can reform him and also get him to contribute to the team. During the off-season, let him teach literacy classes. He used to charge tuition, but now we'll have him teach for free as repayment for what he collected before. With his old, weak, and disabled appearance, he can't work as well as others and is useless. He's just wasting food."
The old team leader thought that made sense. This old scholar was indeed incompetent at work. He had fainted several times before, wasting a lot of their saline solution.
While Secretary Song was still there, the old scholar was arranged to read ideological study documents to Secretary Song in order to test his literacy skills.
After listening, Secretary Song said with dissatisfaction, "You need to be passionate and express your love for the new society. You also need to keep working hard. From now on, you'll spend half of your time carrying cow dung and half studying. You also need to educate everyone about literacy."
The old scholar, his eyes red, asked, "Will I still be able to study in the future?"
Secretary Song said sternly, "If you want to study well, you must discard the feudal remnants in your heads and serve the working people wholeheartedly. You must help the team to become literate. Next time I come, I'll make sure everyone can write their own names!"
The old captain said from the side, "Did you hear that? You have to do your best."
The old scholar wiped away his tears and nodded.
As he left the production team, Secretary Song sighed. He got into the car that the county had sent to pick him up.
He felt that he would have more to do after coming here than he had originally planned.
After returning to the city, he consulted with Secretary Qiu and made a decision: he would go to Jinhe County from now on.
"Did you go with Su?" Secretary Qiu asked with a smile.
Secretary Song nodded. "She knows. She also supports my decision."
"Su was an active comrade."
Secretary Song scratched his head and said pitifully, "Boss, look at me, I'm so old and I haven't even settled down yet because of my work. Now I'm separated from my partner. Could the organization compensate me a little, support my work more in the future, and offer more assistance when I need your help?"
Secretary Qiu smiled and said, "I plan to have Su be my secretary after she graduates. You can look for her then. But you know my temper; if my secretary helps my subordinates, I will punish her."
"..."
That old fox!
…………
Su Yu received a call from her boyfriend on Wednesday. She hadn't seen him in a long time and had been missing him.
After school in the afternoon, I went outside the school to look for someone.
At the school gate, Secretary Song was waiting again with a lunchbox. Seeing her partner, a big smile spread across her face. The two easily found their usual spot behind the flowerbed and began eating and chatting.
Secretary Song recounted his experiences in the countryside to Su Yu. Then he sighed, "Back in the base area, we often thought about what kind of life everyone would lead after peace was restored. I've been living in the city all these years, and every time I went to the countryside, it was on official business, and I received good treatment. But after this real visit, I realized I was truly a frog in a well. For example, so many people are starving and I need to find ways to help them, and there are so many people who need reform and need my help to reform them."
Su Yu felt that her boyfriend had really grown up.
She encouraged him, "Work hard and do whatever you want. For example, I fully support you in punishing that old scholar. People like that should be dealt with properly. If I were in charge, I would punish him even more severely. As a cadre, you have to be ruthless with these kinds of people. If you're not ruthless, your position is not secure. We must firmly follow the organization's ideology and move forward."
"..." Secretary Song breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly kissed Su Yu on the cheek.
"Thank you."
"No need to thank me, I'm a youth league cadre now. I'm a progressive youth."
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