At 5:20, the train stopped on time at the Tiancheng Railway Station platform.
With the help of the train conductor and Liu Haizhu, Xiao Chengyi got off the train while Jiang Xile carried her own bag.
On the platform, the staff from the educated youth office were already standing there with loudspeakers, ready to go.
After getting off the train, the educated youth were able to find their registration point immediately.
Sweet City had more than twenty communes under its jurisdiction. To facilitate management, the educated youth who had reported for duty were all put on tractors and transported to their respective communes by the staff of the Educated Youth Office.
Then the brigade leaders from each commune came to take the people away. Jiang Xile, carrying a satchel, boarded the tractor with the others.
Inadvertently, Jiang Xile glanced back and saw Xiao Chengyi being carried on Liu Haizhu's back, and then the two of them were picked up together in a military vehicle.
The tractor drove for two hours, and Jiang Xile felt that half of her body was numb before they finally arrived at their destination.
I jumped off the car, lost my balance, and almost fell. Luckily, Zhang Xuesong, who was next to me, caught me.
"Thank you so much, otherwise I would have definitely fallen!"
"It's nothing, just a small favor."
Jiang Xile nodded and didn't say anything more. Not far away, four eye-catching red characters, "Songzhan Commune," were hanging on the gate.
Led by comrades from the educated youth office, the group arrived smoothly at the commune's meeting room, awaiting the next round of arrangements.
Songzhan Commune had eight production brigades, and each brigade had five to ten smaller production teams.
A production team consists of about 30 households, more than 140 people, more than 50 laborers, and more than 240 mu of cultivated land.
[Information sourced from Baidu, for reference only, please don't take it too seriously!]
This wave of educated youth to Songzhan Commune totaled forty-eight people. According to the average distribution, each brigade should also take six people back!
The educated youth from other places all had to get their grain from the commune members in the brigade.
Especially the educated youth from the city, not only were they unable to work, but they also caused a lot of trouble.
Therefore, no matter which brigade leader it is, they are unwilling to accept educated youth.
But there's nothing we can do if they don't accept it. In the past, we could draw lots or draw lots, but now the allocation is all done directly by the higher-ups.
After the commune secretary finished another round of ideological work, the brigade leaders, each with a worried expression, led the educated youth assigned to their respective brigades, holding the lists in their hands.
"You educated youth from the Progressive Brigade, assemble here!"
"You educated youth of the Qianjin Brigade, assemble at the east gate!"
"All educated youth from Tieniu Brigade, assemble at the commune gate!"
.........
The captains of each brigade shouted at the top of their lungs, and Jiang Xile also came over to report for duty immediately with her satchel.
After all, we'll be living here for several more years. As the saying goes, a local official is more powerful than a distant one, so it's very important to maintain a good relationship with the brigade leader.
"Hello, Captain! I am Jiang Xile, an educated youth from the Progressive Brigade!"
Li Tiejun took a look at the list in his hand and confirmed that the name was indeed there. He then glanced at Jiang Xile.
He immediately frowned. Such a pretty girl, the village is bound to be in turmoil again.
"Jiang Xile, right? Stand in the back and wait until everyone is here before we start talking."
"Okay, Captain!"
Jiang Xile stood at the back, and then the other educated youth from the progressive brigade also came over.
"Duan Chengyu!"
"Mu Tianye!"
"Liu Hongtao!"
"Li Xiaojuan!"
"Zhou Caixia!"
After verifying each person's name, Li Tiejun began his first interaction with the new educated youth.
"The six of you are all educated youth who have come to the countryside this time. There is one thing I need to tell you in advance."
The Progressive Brigade has always been an advanced brigade in the commune, so no one who comes here can attempt to escape labor under any pretext.
Every work point you earn is related to your future food rations, so whether you go hungry depends on how many work points you can earn!
Furthermore, gossip and creating trouble without cause are strictly prohibited in the village. Anyone who deliberately undermines unity will be severely punished.
I will definitely report to the educated youth office immediately and send him to a farm for labor reform. I'm making this clear now, and I hope everyone will remember it.
Of course, this isn't just directed at you few; I give this instruction to every new batch of educated youth who arrives here.
The six newly arrived educated youths looked at each other, but none of them dared to challenge the brigade leader's authority, especially at this time.
"Yes, Captain! We've got it! We'll work hard, make more contributions, and never slack off!"
The first to speak was a male educated youth named Mu Tianye. As soon as he opened his mouth, he had a fawning smile on his face, and it was clear that he was a rather shrewd person.
Seeing this, Li Tiejun frowned even more deeply.
"It's good that you have this awareness. Alright, enough said. Our Progress Brigade is about six or seven kilometers away from the commune."
You have one hour. You can go pick up your package or go shopping. You only have one hour.
Starting tomorrow, you'll officially begin work. You won't be allowed to take leave without permission during work hours, so hurry up! Meet back here in one hour.
"Yes, Captain!"
.........
The group of six educated youths consisted of three men and three women, and none of them knew each other. Of course, only Jiang Xile was from Suzhou.
After the registration process, the six of them exchanged names, and now someone is suggesting that they form a group.
"Are all of you going to the post office? Let's go together! We're all from the same batch of educated youth, so we need to get along well so we don't get bullied by the older educated youth!"
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