Captain Lin bowed his head and said politely, "Yes, yes, I am the captain of the Shanglin Production Brigade. Who are you?" He looked at the people behind him and vaguely understood what was going on. Captain Lin was a smart man. In front of people with status and position, he was always flexible and believed that less trouble is worse than more trouble.

The man nodded and said, "Li Shengzhong, Yang Chengguo, Zhang Xi, and Li Qiuhui, these four are bad elements sent to you. Remember, these are all bad elements. You must criticize and fight them severely. Do you understand?"

Captain Lin said, "Yes, yes, I will definitely listen to you and criticize them severely."

The man nodded and said, "You can take these four bad guys away."

Captain Lin: "Yes. Li Shengzhong, Yang Chengguo, Zhang Xi, Li Qiuhui, I am the captain of the Shanglin Production Brigade, please follow me."

The four followed Captain Lin.

Lin Dajun glanced at them secretly. Among the four people, Li Qiuhui was a young man, about 15 years old, about the same age and height as himself, but very thin, even thinner than Zhang Xiaojun. In Lin Dajun's eyes, he was no more than the corn stalks planted in their fields.

After getting on the bullock cart, the four people sat quietly on one side. They all looked very bad, as if they would die at any moment. One of the old men kept coughing, as if he would cough out his lungs. Lin Dajun sat opposite them and trembled. He felt that not only the other person was coughing, but he was also going to cough.

The bullock cart went from the county town to the brigade. It was almost lunch time. Lin Dajun had lunch at home and then went to Datang Production Brigade. His sister said that if someone in the brigade was sent down, she had to be informed. His sister said that this was to keep up with the news of the country. As an ordinary citizen, it was very important to keep up with the news of the country.

Lin Dajun arrived at Datang Production Brigade and saw that the door of his sister's house was closed. He thought for a while and went to the Xiao family's old house: "Sister." He saw Lin Yiyi and Liang sewing and chatting.

Lin Yiyi: "Dajun, why are you here?" I just came here this morning.

Lin Dajun: "Sister, a new group of people came to our team this afternoon. They are three old men and one young man. They are bad elements."

Lin Yiyi paused and asked: "What do those bad guys do?"

Lin Dajun: "I know this. My father-in-law asked them on the way to pick them up. One of them, Li Shengzhong, did not say what he did before. He was demoted because he committed a crime.

There was also a young man named Li Qiuhui who was about my age and his grandson. The remaining two were Yang Chengguo, a university teacher who was sent down because he had written a book about capitalism, and Zhang Xi, Yang Chengguo’s wife, a daughter of a capitalist family.

Lin Yiyi: "Is that so? Then where are those bad guys arranged to live?"

Lin Dajun: "They live in the cowshed. My father-in-law said that there are enough people working in the fields, so we let these bad elements open up wasteland at the foot of the mountain, collect manure, and clean the cowshed."

Lin Yiyi nodded: "Then don't get close to these bad elements. Of course, when they are being criticized, you should not get close to them. Although they are bad elements now, they were people with backgrounds before. Who knows if their relatives and friends will come to pick them up? Or when their relatives and friends come to see them, what if they know that they have been bullied and come to retaliate? So it is better for us to have less trouble than more. Don't get close to these people, understand?"

Lin Dajun: "I know, don't worry, sister."

Lin Yiyi nodded: "Okay, you can go back."

Lin Dajun: "Well, I'm going back then."

Lin Dajun left, and Lin Yiyi also took Xiao Shiyi home.

After returning home, Lin Yiyi also fell into deep thought. Among the four people who were sent down, two were the ones she wanted to help, Li Shengzhong and his grandson Li Qiuhui. Li Shengzhong was an old revolutionary comrade who had made many military achievements. However, when he was fighting in the early years, he had contacts with some capitalists and landlords. He was caught and sent down. With Li Shengzhong's demotion, his family members all cut off ties with him in the newspaper, and some even reported other things in order to protect themselves. Li Shengzhong's grandson couldn't bear to see his grandfather suffer alone in the demotion, so he followed him. Originally, he had passed the recruitment selection, cut off ties with his grandfather, and could become a soldier, but he gave up.

Li Shengzhong's grandson was arranged to be sent to Shanglin Production Brigade because he didn't want Xiao Yu's secret help to be too obvious. However, since he was in Shanglin Production Brigade, it would be more difficult for Lin Yiyi to help.

While watching her son playing alone in the yard, Lin Yiyi was thinking about how to help Li Shengzhong. After thinking for a while, she came up with an idea.

In the evening, she and her son had porridge, which was pumpkin porridge bought from the system mall. Xiao Shiyi's appetite was the same as his father's, and they both liked sweet food.

After her son fell asleep, Lin Yiyi started to buy things in the system mall. The things she bought were very practical. First, she bought cold medicine,

Antipyretic medicine, not much, 14 cold medicine pills, 3 antipyretic medicine pills, cold medicine is a week's worth, antipyretic medicine is three days' worth. The second is dried meat, which is easy to preserve. The weather has become comfortable since September, and the dried meat will not go bad even if it is stored for half a month, which can replenish the physical strength of the elderly. The third is money and tickets. She prepared 10 yuan of money, and the tickets are meat tickets and sugar tickets, not much, two kilograms of each. Whether it is money, meat tickets or sugar tickets, they can be used in emergencies when they need them.

After preparing all these, Lin Yiyi also wrote a note. Unlike her own notes, she wrote it stroke by stroke, imitating the notes of an elementary school student.

Early the next morning, Lin Yiyi took Xiao Shiyi to the Shanglin Production Brigade.

The mother and son went there by pushing a bicycle, with Xiaoyi sitting on the bicycle and Lin Yiyi pushing it. Lin Yiyi fixed a basket on the back seat of the bicycle, which contained a few bunches of grapes, dried kelp and shrimp.

When we arrived at the Shanglin Production Brigade, it was just after eight o'clock. Because we left home early, everyone had already gone to work.

Lin Yiyi: "Is Xiaozhen here?"

Lin Zhen was sewing something in the house. When she heard Lin Yiyi's voice, she hurried out: "Big sister." There was confusion in her eyes. Why was big sister here?

In this era of inconvenient transportation, most people would not visit relatives without a reason. Some relatives would not visit for several years. Moreover, Lin Yiyi rarely came to the Shanglin Production Brigade. Usually, it was Lin Dajun and Lin Sijun who went there.

Lin Yiyi said, "Hey, Sijun will be 17 after the Chinese New Year, so I came to ask my in-laws about his marriage."

Lin Zhen: "I guess there is no news yet."

Lin Yiyi had entrusted this matter to Lin Zhen's mother before, so Lin Zhen had no doubts.

Little Eleven: "Auntie."

When Lin Zhen heard his babyish voice, her heart melted: "Hey, our little Eleven is here." She wanted to hug him. Little Eleven was the best-looking and cutest baby she had ever seen, but she couldn't hug him because she was pregnant.

Lin Yiyi took the child off the bicycle, and Lin Zhen took the opportunity to kiss Xiao Shiyi on the cheek. Xiao Shiyi touched his face and giggled. He was used to being kissed by adults.

Lin Yiyi took out the things in the basket and handed them to Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen: "Sister, it's good that you came, why did you bring things?" Others said that she was lucky, married to Lin Dajun, she didn't have a mother-in-law to control her, and she also had Lin Yiyi, her elder sister-in-law, to take care of her. In fact, it was true that her elder sister usually didn't care about them, but every time Dajun and the Fourth Army went there, they always brought things back. So, she felt very happy.

However

Lin Dajun and Lin Sijun also often bring things there. Every time Lin Yiyi's eggs are running out, they will bring the next batch of eggs over. They know that Lin Yiyi likes to eat yams. When the season comes, the two brothers will go up to the mountains to dig yams. They also often send meat to Lin Yiyi from time to time. Others only see that Lin Yiyi often helps her mother's family, but they don't know that her mother's brother also often gives her things.

To be realistic, favors are given out when gifts are exchanged. And today, Lin Yiyi had something to do, so she was even more polite.

Lin Yiyi: "We have extra at home. I will be returning to the island in a few days, so I will bring the rest to you."

Although she said so, Lin Zhen knew that it was because her elder sister remembered them, otherwise there would be many people who wanted the dried kelp and shrimp at Xiao's house: "Eldest sister, please stay at home for lunch."

Lin Yiyi: "Okay, I'm bored at home alone." She was here to eat, and she still had to find a way to get closer to the bullpen. "By the way, I heard from the army that there are bad elements in your brigade. What do bad elements look like?"

Lin Zhen said, "I don't know either. I've never seen them. Dad arranged jobs for them, such as picking up manure, cleaning the cow shed, and reclaiming wasteland." The brigade has been talking about bad elements these past two days. This is the first time that bad elements have been sent to the countryside, so everyone is very curious.

Lin Yiyi: “Really? Let’s go and take a look.” It would be better to take a look openly than to approach stealthily.

Lin Zhen: “Ah?”

Lin Yiyi: "Don't go if you're pregnant. I'll go take a look. I haven't seen any bad guys before. I want to see how evil they are."

Lin Zhen: "I'll go with you."

Lin Yiyi: "No need, I know where the cowshed is." Then she teased her son, "Little Eleven, do you want to go see the big cow?"

Xiao Shiyi: "I want to see it. I'm going to see Daniel."

Lin Yiyi: "Well, after seeing the big bull, let's get rid of the big fierce shrimp, the delicious big fierce shrimp."

Xiao Eleven: "Okay."

After the mother and son had discussed it, Lin Yiyi went to get the fishing hook and the wooden barrel: "We are leaving. We will be back for lunch."

Lin Zhen: "I'll go shrimp fishing with you guys."

Lin Yiyi: "Pregnant women can't sit for a long time, and there are grasses over there and mosquitoes and stuff. You'd better not go. After you give birth, you can play however you want." If Lin Zhen went, it would be difficult for her to get close to Li Shengzhong.

When Lin Zhen heard that sitting for a long time was not good for pregnant women, she decided not to go. She had finally gotten pregnant and didn't want anything to go wrong.

Lin Zhen did not follow. Lin Yiyi held the fishing rod in one hand and the wooden

On the way, they met several villagers. When they saw Lin Yiyi, they greeted her warmly: "Yiyi, why are you in the village? Are you going back to your mother's home?"

Lin Yiyi said, "Yes, my sister-in-law has been pregnant for several months, so I came to see her. I also went to catch some big shrimps. The doctor said shrimp is very good for pregnant women."

"Oh, you still say that? Then when my daughter-in-law gets pregnant, I have to prepare some shrimp."

Lin Yiyi smiled and said, "By the way, auntie, are you using cows in the fields?"

The other party looked puzzled, "What's wrong?"

Lin Yiyi: "It's my kid who insisted on going to see the cows. He's young and curious about everything."

Xiao Shiyi: "Look at the big cow... go and see the big cow..."

"All children are like this, but today we don't have any cows in the field, they are in the cowshed. Oh, by the way, some bad guys came here yesterday, they live in the cowshed, and they are watching over the cows, so don't get involved with them when you go there."

Lin Yiyi: "Don't worry, as a military family member, I am the most conscious in this regard."

These bad elements had just arrived yesterday. They were old and sick, so Captain Lin did not let them start working right away. Instead, he let them rest for a while, just like when the educated youth first arrived. Anyway, resting would not earn them work points, and Captain Lin was not a bad guy, so he let everyone rest.

Lin Yiyi led her son to the cowshed and saw the cows outside while someone was cleaning inside. Li Shengzhong and others arrived yesterday and had already spent a night in the cowshed. However, they did not sleep inside the cowshed, but slept outside because it was smelly and uninhabitable. After a day's rest yesterday, everyone had some strength today and started cleaning.

There are two huts in the cowshed, one for the cows and one for people to live in. Originally, the hut for people was for the herders, who also took care of the cows. Now that there were bad elements, they were given the responsibility. However, there were four people in the group, so how could they live in one hut? So, they had to build another hut.

Although these people did not live a life of luxury before being sent down to the countryside, they had certainly never built huts before, so they had some difficulties for a while.

However, they learned from other people's huts how to build one. Without adobe and bricks, they needed wood to build a hut. Wood on the mountain could not be cut, so they had to pick it up. Therefore, the wood needed to build a hut could not be gathered in a short time. So the four people had to squeeze together.

Fortunately

The family is all elderly. Even if there are female comrades, they are elderly grandmothers. They divide the hut into two halves and separate them in the middle with dry grass.

Li Shengzhong and the others were surprised to see a girl leading a child to the cowshed, and couldn't help but look at them a few more times. However, they quickly looked away, because of their special status, they were afraid that looking a few more times would cause a conflict. At this juncture, they were despised, and they didn't know when they would be dragged out for criticism.

Lin Yiyi came up to them with a haughty look on her face: "What are you looking at? You bad elements are the running dogs of capitalism. You don't work honestly and you sit around and slack off. You were demoted to atone for your sins, not to slack off."

Li Shengzhong lowered his head calmly, Yang Chengguo's eyes were full of sadness, the young Li Qiuhui clenched his fists, and Zhang Xi, the only waitress present, said flatteringly: "Yes, yes, yes, this comrade is right, we will clean up immediately, we will clean up immediately."

Lin Yiyi snorted: "I heard that you are the daughter of a capitalist. Bah, capitalists are all sucking the blood of us ordinary people. Unlike me, I am a military family."

Zhang Xi's face turned pale. She lowered her head and dared not speak, for fear that if she said a few more words, the young girl would call a group of people to beat them up.

Seeing her like this, Lin Yiyi cursed her and then said to Xiao Shiyi in a gentle voice, "Look, Xiao Shiyi, this is Daniel. Doesn't Daniel look good?"

Xiaoyi: "Daniu...Daniu looks good."

Lin Yiyi touched her son's head and said, "This is Daniu. Does Eleven remember your mother's name?"

Little Eleven: "One by one..."

Lin Yiyi: "Yes, my mother's name is Yiyi. My son is really smart. What about my grandfather? Does Shiyi remember his name?"

Xiao Shiyi shook his head.

Lin Yiyi: "Grandpa's name is Qi Youguo, Qi Youguo, remember? Xiaoyi, you must remember your mother's name and your grandfather's name. If one day, Xiaoyi meets a bad guy and is captured by the bad guy, you must run to the police station and tell the police uncle your mother and grandfather's names, so that the police uncle will send Xiaoyi here."

Little Eleven: “Yi Yi…” He knew his mother’s name and was very proud.

Li Shengzhong and Li Qiuhui suddenly raised their heads, and the grandfather and grandson looked at each other. They knew Qi Youguo, who was Li Shengzhong's good friend, Xiao Yu's leader, and the one who secretly arranged for Li Shengzhong to come here. Before Li Shengzhong came, Qi Youguo passed him a message saying that he had arranged someone here to take care of them. Li Shengzhong didn't think much about this matter.

Lin Yiyi's words gave him a very bad impression of her, but he didn't expect the turn around to come so quickly.

Hearing Lin Yiyi mention Qi Youguo, Li Shengzhong had no idea. Was this girl... someone arranged by his old comrade to take care of him? Then he thought again, he had to admire this girl. Just now, this girl lectured them, and everyone knew that she looked down on them. Who would have thought that this girl was actually someone who came to take care of him?

Lin Yiyi: "Aren't you going to work? What are you standing here for? People like you need to be taught a lesson. I have to report to the captain. I can't let you have too much free time, or you will think you are here to enjoy yourself." As she said that, she walked into the straw shed where the cattle were kept, and then she shouted loudly, "How did you clean this? Why is it so dirty?" Then she hurried out and pointed at Li Shengzhong and said, "You old man, I think you look the best among all of them, you come and clean it up again."

Li Qiuhui immediately said, "I'll do it. I'll clean it. My grandfather is old, so I'll do his work."

Lin Yiyi snorted: "People like you take advantage of your age to be lazy. Look at the elderly in our village. Who of this age doesn't go to work? Let this old man come."

Li Qiuhui: "You..."

Lin Yiyi: "Shut up! If you dare to talk to me like this again, I will let the captain force you to go to the struggle. Do you know the relationship between my family and the captain's family? The captain's daughter is my sister-in-law, so she is our in-law."

Li Qiuhui: "You..."

Li Shengzhong grabbed his grandson and said, "Qiuhui, grandpa is going to clean up. Grandpa is going to go." As he said that, he picked up the broom and dustpan and walked into the cowshed.

Lin Yiyi looked at the others and scolded them, "What are you doing standing there? Are you watching the show?" Then, she also went into the bullpen, "I'll supervise you to prevent you from being lazy."

After entering the cowshed, Lin Yiyi continued to scold, "This place is not clean." While scolding, she wrote on the mud with a branch, "Excuse me, who are you?"

Li Shengzhong took out a letter from his arms. This letter was secretly given to him by Qi Youguo. He kept it close to his body, and because of his identity, those people did not go too far.

Lin Yiyi kept criticizing the letter, but she read it at a glance. The letter was addressed to Xiao Yu, and addressed to him as Comrade Yu'er... Xiao Yu'er was Xiao Yu's nickname, and the letter was a family greeting letter, which was just a code. In fact, there were two identical family greeting letters, one of which had already been in Xiao Yu's hands and Lin Yiyi had already read it. So how could Li Shengzhong take out this family greeting letter?

So there is no problem with his identity.

Lin Yiyi took out a cloth bag and gave him the contents. During the conversation, they did not communicate with each other verbally because there were four people here. Li Qiuhui was the grandson of Li Shengzhong, so his identity was not a problem, but it was not certain whether the other two would take the opportunity to cause trouble.

Lin Yiyi came out of the cowshed and took Xiao Shiyi to fish for lobsters.

Li Shengzhong did not open the bag immediately, he tied the bag around his waist. After they cleaned the cowshed, Li Shengzhong took Li Qiuhui to pick up matches, and then opened the package on the mountain. The things in the package were simple, but very practical. Medicine, dried meat, money and tickets, all of which were life-saving.

Although it was a gray era and although he was betrayed by his family, this moment was the happiest moment for Lee Seung-chung since the incident.

Li Qiuhui: "Grandpa, is that the person that Grandpa Qi was talking about?"

Li Shengzhong nodded and handed the note in the bag to Li Qiuhui: "Qiuhui, although some people are cruel, some people are also very kind. We must be full of hope in our hearts."

Li Qiuhui: "Yes, Grandpa."

Li Shengzhong saw a piece of meat as thin as a thumb and said, "Eat it to replenish your body."

Li Qiuhui: "No, no, no, Grandpa, you eat it. You are old, you should keep it for your health."

Li Shengzhong: "You eat. You have been giving all your food to an old man like me. You have become so thin. You need to take good care of yourself so that you can continue to take care of an old man like me."

Seeing that he still didn't want to eat, Li Shengzhong said, "Let's eat together. We have been through all the hardships in the past, so this is nothing."

Li Qiuhui: “Yeah.”

Lin Yiyi was relieved after meeting Li Shengzhong. She came to check on the situation today and couldn't bring much with her. However, they had just been sent down yesterday and Captain Lin also gave them food, so they could survive the first month. After confirming Li Shengzhong's condition, Lin Yiyi took her son back to the unit the next day.