"The Red Army is not afraid of the long march, and thousands of mountains and rivers are just a piece of cake. The Five Ridges are winding and the waves are rolling, the Wumeng Mountains are majestic and the mud balls are rolling. The water of Jinsha River hits the cliffs and is warm, while the iron chains of Dadu Bridge are cold. I am even more delighted by the thousands of miles of snow on Minshan Mountain, which makes the three armies smile after passing by."
After dinner in the evening, Zhu Yong recited the great man's poems with great emotion. After he finished reciting, many people in the carriage applauded and praised him for his good recitation.
"We, the educated youth who go to the countryside, should learn the spirit of the Red Army martyrs who climbed snow-capped mountains and crossed grasslands. We should not be afraid of difficulties or hardships. When we arrive at the production team, we should be diligent and hardworking, rush to work, strive to be a good farmer, and get full work points. As long as we get full work points, we will never go hungry." Zhu Yong said passionately.
"Well said." The educated youth praised him and gave him applause.
"Yes, we must work hard to be good farmers. This time we go to the countryside to learn from the poor and lower-middle peasants and work hard to be good farmers... The commune is an evergreen ivy, and the members are the melons on the vine. The melons are connected to the vine, and the vine leads the melons..." said a female educated youth, and suddenly started singing.
As soon as Xu Zhixin heard the song, she knew she was singing a farmers' song that was very popular at the time, called "All Members Are Sunflowers." It was said to reflect the farmers' optimism in overcoming natural disasters and their firm confidence in following the socialist path. It was also a famous red song that many people could sing.
"The fatter the vine, the sweeter the melon. The stronger the vine, the bigger the melon..." Another female educated youth also started singing along.
"The commune is an evergreen ivy, and its members are the melons on the vine. The melons are connected to the vine, and the vine leads the melons. The fatter the vine is, the sweeter the melons are. The stronger the vine is, the bigger the melons are..." Two more male educated youth sang the rest of the song at the same time.
"The Qingteng of the commune connects thousands of families, working together to grow crops. Hard work brings good crops, unity brings strength, the collective economy develops greatly, and the members are very happy..."
More and more educated youth started to sing, and everyone in the carriage was infected and started to sing along. Xu Zhixin also hummed a few lines based on the original owner's memory. This song was widely sung, so the original owner could also sing it.
"The commune is a red sun, and its members are all sunflowers... The flowers bloom towards the sun, and the flowers are as big as millstones... No matter the wind or rain, we will never leave it. The sunshine of the commune shines on thousands of families, and thousands of families have great ambitions..."
"Every family loves the commune, and everyone listens to the Party's words... The seeds of happiness have sprouted, the seeds of happiness have sprouted..."
For the last few sentences, all the educated youth in the carriage sang together in a cheerful atmosphere, and everyone laughed after singing.
Xu Zhixin looked at the educated youth in front of her and felt that each one of them was so young and yet so energetic, exuding the breath of youth. She couldn't help but sigh that it was great to be young.
I don’t know if it was because of the influence of these educated youth, but I suddenly felt that my mental age had become younger, as if I was back to seventeen or eighteen years old. However, this body is still young, not even seventeen years old. I am very young now, a real teenager.
Xu Zhixin raised the corners of her lips and smiled.
You should enjoy the beautiful time of youth, because youth is the best time of life.
The educated youth sang excitedly and sang two more red songs. It was getting dark, so Lu Pinjie asked everyone to go to the toilet before it got dark, and those who needed hot water should go and ask for it quickly.
The educated youths all agreed. Xu Zhixin happened to need to go to the toilet as well, so she went with Lu Pinjie. The toilets on trains at that time were not as clean as modern ones, but they were not very dirty either. Xu Zhixin went first, and then left the toilet to let Lu Pinjie, who was waiting outside the door to go to the toilet, go in.
"Zhi Xin, I'm going to do a big one, which will take some time. Don't wait for me, go back first." Lu Pinjie said embarrassedly with a hint of shyness on her face.
Because they were going to join the queue, Lu Pinjie naturally became more friendly with Xu Zhixin. She asked Xu Zhixin to call her Pinjie, not comrade, and she also called Xu Zhixin by her name.
"Okay, then I'll go get some water and then go back to my seat." Xu Zhixin nodded.
She had finished the water in the kettle after a day's drinking. She wanted to ask the space to send some spiritual spring water directly into the kettle, but she was afraid that the people in the same carriage would notice that she had been drinking water for a day and would be suspicious if there was still water in the kettle. So she decided to get some boiled water on the train to drink.
In fact, she was also a little curious about the boiled water on the train at this time.
Xu Zhixin asked the space to send out an enamel-mouthed mug. She went to the hot water supply area, poured most of the mug into the hot water, and returned to her seat. Not long after she sat down, Lu Pinjie came back.
Soon it was dark and Zhu Yong stood up to speak again.
"I heard there are a lot of thieves on the train. Many of the educated youth in the previous batch had their belongings stolen from on the train and have not been able to find them back. We must be careful. I suggest that everyone should not all sleep at night. Someone should take turns to watch over our belongings to prevent thieves from stealing from us while we sleep."
Everyone agreed with Zhu Yong's proposal, and Xu Zhixin also agreed. Although she was not afraid of being stolen, anyone who dared to steal from her would be seeking death. But at this time, she naturally had to agree and could not object, otherwise it would arouse suspicion.
"I think we male comrades should take care of the female comrades. Let us male comrades take care of the night duties. The female comrades can sleep peacefully. Do the male comrades agree?" A male educated youth also stood up and suggested.
His proposal won the thanks of many female comrades, and made many of them feel good about him. Seeing the female comrades doing this, the male comrades agreed one after another in order to gain the favor of the female comrades and get the thanks from them. No one objected.
In this way, the female educated youths slept peacefully, the male comrades took turns sleeping, and there were people awake to watch over them all night, so it was a peaceful night...
The next few days were uneventful, and the educated youth entered Jiang Province smoothly. Just when they were completely relieved, they unexpectedly ran into trouble, a big one, and almost all of them died. Not only them, but almost everyone on the train died...
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