Chapter 102: No Discrimination in the Great Northern Wilderness
"No, no." Yun Qiao hurriedly explained, "I went to visit my uncle's family."
"You have a cousin from the Northeast?" Captain Yang was surprised. "Aren't you from Shanghai?"
"They're from Shanghai, but my uncle's family is from the Northeast," Yun Qiao said. "They live next door at the 52 Farm."
Although Yun Qiao avoided the main point, Captain Yang guessed it immediately: "Demoted?"
Yun Qiao was silent for a while before he said softly "hmm".
She had thought Captain Yang would look at her strangely, but he simply nodded indifferently and said, "Hey, I understand. I'll approve your leave."
Yun Qiao was stunned, and it took him a long time to find his voice: "Captain, do you mind?"
"Why would you mind? There are plenty of rightists in the Great Northern Wilderness. Even the deputy director of our Hulin Farm Reclamation Bureau was a rightist who was sent down from the capital a few months ago."
Captain Yang said loudly, "We are all here to contribute to the development of the Great Northern Wilderness. We are not divided into factions. Our Corps does not discriminate."
The revolutionary atmosphere in the Great Northern Wilderness was not strong, and the thinking was relaxed, so Yun Qiao had sensed that early on.
Specifically, the red armbands and red guards that were ubiquitous in Shanghai were rarely seen here. There might still be a handful of young hooligans in the communes, wielding the banner of the big gangs and engaging in minor riots, but on the farm, they were practically nonexistent. Yun Qiao had never heard of any regiment or company engaging in ideological struggle instead of production.
But she never imagined that the people on the farm would treat rightists the same way.
Yun Qiao's nose felt sore, and he bowed sincerely to Captain Yang: "Captain, thank you."
"No need to thank me. This is a legitimate reason for your leave request. I would have approved it for anyone else." Captain Yang waved his hand and asked, "Ye Yunqiao, where is your uncle's family now at Farm 52? I'm quite familiar with the villages nearby. Tell me about it, maybe I can tell you where it is."
Yun Qiao replied, "It's a village called Sanheying. Do you know it?"
"So it's Sanhe Camp. I know it," Captain Yang said. "It's not far from our Fifth Company. I even know the village chief there. By the way, do you know how to get to Sanhe Camp?"
"I know." Yun Qiao nodded. "I've already inquired about it. Sanheying is just behind the mountain at Nanhu. Just over the mountain and past two villages."
Captain Yang's expression changed. "No, who did you ask for this route?"
"It's Changsheng." Yun Qiao saw that Captain Yang looked unhappy and asked hurriedly, "Captain, what's wrong? Is this route wrong?"
"It's more than wrong! It's outrageously wrong!" Captain Yang said, "This kid is too unreliable. You too, why don't you use your brain to think about it? It's minus ten or twenty degrees Celsius now, and the mountain is about to be closed due to heavy snow. If you really follow this route to climb the snowy mountain, you'll probably freeze to death on the way."
"There's also the issue of jackals, tigers, and leopards. It's freezing cold, and these wild animals are starving. If you're unlucky enough to run into one on the road, you'll be delivering food to them!"
Yun Qiao was embarrassed for a moment: "Captain, I don't know."
She lacks common sense.
The main reason was that she had never experienced this before. The winter in Shanghai was not too cold, and there were no deep mountains or old forests. All the wild animals were locked up in zoos, and she had no idea about this at all.
"It's not too late to know now," Captain Yang said with a straight face. "The route over the mountain is used in spring, autumn, and summer, as a shortcut. You can't do that in winter; it's unsafe. You have to take the main road. Do you understand?"
Yun Qiao humbly accepted the advice: "I understand."
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