Chapter 143 Settlement
Heilongjiang Province is vast and sparsely populated, so the distance between the commune and the production brigade is not close.
In addition, most of the rural roads in this era are dirt roads, and there are no seats in the back of the tractor.
People and luggage were crammed into the carriage, swaying back and forth as the road bumped.
This kind of road condition can make even people who don’t get carsick feel carsick.
The new educated youth were a group of young people who had not experienced much hardship in the city. They had not washed themselves on the train for several days and their bodies were sore.
When they took the tractor back to the brigade from the commune, the new educated youth vomited out the food they had eaten on the train, along with the stomach acid.
The smell on the body is inevitably a bit strong. Wang Yuanchao has also experienced this and is more involved in these things.
Moreover, these new educated youth were not like time travelers themselves. Before going to the countryside, their ideas were inevitably naive. They thought that the rural scenery was infinitely beautiful and that they could either go up the mountain to hunt or go down to the water to fish. But when they went to the countryside, they found that there was no rural fun at all. Everywhere was poor. Even though more than half of the people in the Red Flag Brigade lived in large blue brick and tile houses, for these young people from big cities, they still felt that this was a poor and remote place.
At this time, after experiencing the excitement of traveling far away, the new educated youth arrived at the real countryside. Each of them was like an eggplant hit by frost, listless and dispirited.
Secretary Zeng and the team leader noticed that the newly arrived educated youth were not in good condition, so they walked over and said:
"Hello, fellow educated youths. I am the branch secretary of the Red Flag Brigade. My surname is Zeng, and this is the captain of our Red Flag Brigade.
We welcome all the educated youth to come to our Red Flag Brigade and use their knowledge and abilities to help us build a new socialist countryside. "
After hearing Secretary Zeng's introduction, the new educated youth responded listlessly:
"Thank you for the welcome from the Party Secretary, the Team Leader, and all the rural folks. The rural areas are vast and have great potential.
Since we have signed up to go to the countryside and are determined to take root in the countryside, we will naturally contribute our own strength to the construction of a new countryside."
When Secretary Zeng heard the words of the young man in military uniform, his eyes lit up. "Well, the country needs ambitious young people like you. Come on, this is Comrade Wang Yuanchao, an educated youth from our Red Flag Brigade. He will also be the head of our educated youth point in the future.
Later, Wang Zhiqing will lead you to get familiar with the Zhiqing point and introduce you to the specific situation of our Red Flag Brigade.
I hope that all the educated youth can quickly adjust their mentality and quickly integrate into the life of our Red Flag Brigade."
Secretary Zeng was disappointed when he saw the group of new educated youths who were listless and crooked. They were nothing like Wang Yuanchao when he first arrived at the Red Flag Brigade.
But when I heard the words of this new educated youth in front of me just now, which had the same tone as Wang Yuanchao's, I had more expectations for this group of educated youth.
After Wang Yuanchao saw Secretary Zeng finish introducing himself, he also stood up from Secretary Zeng's side, stood straight, and said to the new educated youth with a smile as if bathed in spring breeze:
"Hello, fellow revolutionary comrades from all over the world. I am Wang Yuanchao, an educated youth from Hunan Province.
The revolutionary youth have great ambitions, take root in the countryside, take root in the frontier , go to the mountains and the countryside, change the world, and build a new socialist countryside. The Red Flag Brigade welcomes everyone. Come, everyone, take your luggage. I will take you to the educated youth site first and settle you down.
We will hold a welcome party later so we can get to know each other."
After saying that, Wang Yuanchao signaled everyone to pick up their luggage and walk towards the educated youth site.
Wang Yuanchao knew the behavior of the educated youth and would not be as polite to them as Secretary Zeng and the others. He would not pamper them from the beginning and help them carry their luggage.
The new educated youth behind them panicked when they saw their senior educated youth Wang Yuanchao turn around and leave. They hurriedly looked for their luggage on the tractor bed, took it down, put the bags on their backs, and followed Wang Yuanchao into the yard of the educated youth site.
The situation of each new educated youth was different. Some had less luggage and could just carry it on their backs.
Some of the educated youth had a lot of luggage, so they couldn't move it in one trip. However, the villagers in the Red Flag Brigade generally had a good impression of the educated youth and offered to help them.
Wang Yuanchao and the other educated youths behind him moved their luggage into the yard and stood in position.
The elegant man said on the steps:
"Comrades, this is the youth settlement where you will all live. It is a newly built courtyard of our Red Flag Brigade. Although it is a mud-brick house, it has not been used much, so it is in very good condition.
In the middle of the yard is a public rest area. There is a well for everyone to use water.
On the left side of the yard, there is a room which is the boys' dormitory. There is a big kang in the room, which is convenient for everyone to sleep. The boys can put their luggage in and settle down first.
There is also a room on the right side of the yard, which is the girls' dormitory. It also has a large kang. Girls can put their luggage in now and settle down first. I will wait for you here for half an hour. After half an hour, we will hold a welcome party together. I will tell you in detail about the situation of our Red Flag Brigade and what our educated youth need to pay attention to.
All right, everyone, go and get settled."
After that, the new educated youth began to settle down in their rooms according to Wang Yuanchao's instructions.
In the men's dormitory, the new educated youth looked at the dusty room with a long, straight, heated kang. Such simple conditions made everyone's faces turn very ugly. "Brother Jianguo, are we going to live here every day from now on?"
"Hey, Aihua, since we are sent to the countryside as educated youth, we must be prepared to endure hardships. It's okay if the conditions are a little tough. Our parents crawled on the grass and slept on graves. At least we have a kang to sleep on. It doesn't make sense that we, the children in the compound, can't even endure this little hardship."
"Oh, that's not right, Brother Jianguo, wasn't that Wang Yuanchao also an educated youth?
Why didn’t he sleep at the educated youth camp?
Look, there is no one else's stuff in this room."
"Oh, yes, Aihua, you are really careful. Aren't we going to the welcome party later? Let's ask Wang Zhiqing later."
"Okay, we just got here, let's get to know the situation here first, and then make plans for the next step."
"Well, we were totally unprepared this time. The old man hurriedly dropped us off in this mountainous area in the northeast. It seems that our family is really in danger this time.
Oh, I hope the old man and the others are okay."
"Brother Jianguo, don't think too much. There are so many old men and comrades from our two families, so there shouldn't be any big problems. After all, it's just a dispute over position, and it won't cost anyone's life."
"Well, it's hard to say. We should behave ourselves now and not let others find loopholes in us."
"We have all fled to the countryside, it shouldn't be that serious, right?"
(End of this chapter)
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