With Secretary Yang taking the lead, the Youth League committees of several other universities in the city also cooperated, following the example of Jiangdong University, and started to carry out similar solicitation activities.
Of course, their student union is not as large as the Youth League Committee, so it is naturally not as impressive as Jiangdong University's.
The Jiangdong University Student Union also had contact with several newspapers in the province, and Li Ping specifically asked someone to leak the information to the newspapers.
In their search for news, the newspaper even made a special trip to Jiangdong University for an interview.
Seeing that Jiangdong University had made such a big fuss about the same thing, while their own schools had barely made a fuss, the other universities felt a bit pathetic. They even sent their student unions to Jiangdong University to learn from their experience.
These things made Secretary Yang extremely happy.
Li Ping certainly didn't disappoint Su Yu and Secretary Yang. Regardless of how well other universities handled their affairs, she managed to collect a large number of story drafts. After initial screening using the student union's strong human resources, she gave some of the more outstanding stories to the Youth League Committee for review.
The selection process was completed the day before May Day.
The top ten stories were published in the school newspaper, and the Youth League Committee even gave the selected students a school-wide certificate of merit.
In addition, Secretary Yang combined the top ten submissions with stories collected from other schools and submitted them to the city's publicity department as material for the city's May Day publicity campaign.
"Sister Su Yu, where are you going on your holiday tomorrow?"
As Li Ping left the school, she said excitedly.
Although this situation was tense and time-sensitive, it also helped her hone her skills. She felt confident that she would be able to handle similar situations with ease in the future.
“Let’s go to Jinhe County,” Su Yu said. “It’s not easy for me and my partner to meet.”
Hearing this, Li Ping felt a little disappointed. She had been planning to invite Su Yu out shopping. "Then I'll just tutor those kids at the military region," she said.
"Don't just spend the May Day holiday taking extra classes," Su Yu suggested earnestly.
"Then what are we doing?"
Su Yu said, "You can't let these kids remember you only for tutoring. You have to leave them with some lasting impressions."
"What are you doing?"
"Labor, of course we should take them to work on May Day. Jinhe County is not far from the provincial capital. If we have a special car, it will only take a little over an hour to get there. They are organizing land reclamation there. It's a good opportunity to go and help the people reclaim land, so they can experience the hardships of working people."
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When Li Ping returned home that evening, Li Guoliang had also returned.
Li Guoliang rarely comes home on time, but he has made it a habit that he always goes home on time whenever Li Ping comes back to chat with her.
As a very self-disciplined person, once this habit is formed, it is very difficult to change.
Li Ping first reported to Li Guoliang about her work and studies at school.
After hearing that Li Ping had accomplished something significant at school, Li Guoliang's eyes showed even greater satisfaction. "Don't be arrogant, keep up the good work."
“Dad, I know. I just feel that I have really grown a lot through constant training. I couldn’t even speak clearly before, and now it seems unbelievable. Dad, I think people really need to be trained, and the more difficult it is, the more effective it is. Just like our Party went through a lot of hardships and trials, which is why we finally achieved victory.”
Li Guoliang nodded.
Li Ping added, "Of course, there's another point I think is very important: we all come from working-class backgrounds and know how hard working people work, which is how we win their hearts. Dad, I'm planning to go to the countryside to work during the May Day holiday to experience the hardships of working people. Although I've already experienced a lot of that in previous years, I want to continue experiencing it now."
Upon hearing Li Ping's plan, Li Guoliang was slightly taken aback, then smiled with satisfaction, "Pingping, you've really grown up. Your idea is very correct."
"Dad, if you agree, I'm planning to take Ai Dang and Ai Jun with me. As children of military personnel, how can we be detached from the people? Look at those kids in the compound now, they're all teenagers, and compared to your generation, they're so different. It's because they grew up in comfortable environments and never experienced the hardships of the working people. As children of military personnel, most of us will join the army. The more successful ones will become officers. Can an officer who's detached from the people still be a good officer? Born into a better life than others, and then directly becoming an officer, can they still genuinely care about the people?"
These words made Li Guoliang think deeply.
He began to reflect on his past attention to his children. He suddenly realized that, as a father, he had indeed neglected their education.
No matter how self-disciplined or frugal they are, it cannot change the fact that their upbringing is better than that of ordinary people.
Then think about those troublemakers in the compound.
Li Guoliang felt that if these kids were to take over in the future, it would be very unreliable.
Where are you headed?
"Jinhe County is currently reclaiming wasteland, and they are in dire need of manpower. Moreover, land reclamation does not require any special skills, so there is no concern about delaying the farmers' planting work."
Li Guoliang asked astutely, "How did you know that Jinhe County was reclamation?"
Li Ping laughed, "Dad, you've forgotten, I'm the student council president. There are so many students, it's easy for me to find out things. Besides, some of my classmates have relatives who are cadres there. When I go, I'll volunteer... Volunteers are people who serve the people voluntarily and without pay. Dad, don't worry, I won't use your name to do anything. Nobody at the school knows about my family now. When we get there, we'll stay in the production team and won't have any contact with the cadres there."
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