Chapter 164: Getting excited
After entering the courtyard of the educated youth center, Wang Yuanchao found that the educated youth center was particularly quiet today.
Wang Yuanchao came to the courtyard and saw that there were twelve educated youths sitting in a circle on the ground in the courtyard.
Everyone was sitting on the ground resting with a tired look on their faces. Their bodies were covered in mud and dirty without washing. They no longer had the anticipation and energy to go out to work like they had last night.
After Wang Yuanchao came in, he went straight to the steps and sat on the ground with everyone else. After looking around, he said:
"My fellow revolutionary comrades, it seems that your first day of working on the ground must have been a very profound experience.
Since everyone is sitting on the ground and doesn't want to talk, should we start today's political class directly, or share our experience of the first day of working on the ground?"
Seeing that everyone looked exhausted and didn't want to talk, He Jianguo said to Wang Yuanchao with a wry smile: "Hey, Captain, although you told everyone about the hardships of working in the fields yesterday, hearing from others and experiencing it yourself are two completely different things. After working for a day today, everyone feels like they have crawled back from the brink of life and death. I doubt that if we continue to work like this for a few more days, we educated youth will be able to survive intact."
Wang Yuanchao looked at the crooked educated youth and laughed in his heart. It has only been one day, so we have not even started yet. But Wang Yuanchao certainly cannot say that. He must get excited, so he said: "Comrades, in fact, you are very lucky to come to our Red Flag Brigade to go to the countryside.
Because our Hongqi Brigade is close to the provincial capital, it has a relatively large population and was developed early, so there is no need for us to build water conservancy projects, reclaim wasteland and expand land, get up early and go to bed late every day, work under the stars, and build canals and reservoirs during the slack season after finishing our work in the fields.
The educated youth who went to other places to work in the countryside were much more miserable than you, especially those places that needed to be reclaimed. They had to work every day, getting up early and going to bed late, and had no time to rest.
But our Hongqi Brigade doesn't need to do this. The busiest and most tiring time for the Hongqi Brigade is the three time nodes of spring ploughing, autumn harvest and grain delivery. The rest of the time, we take care of the work in the fields. As long as you have enough food and are not afraid of going hungry, you can go or not.
This is much more comfortable than most of the educated youth who went to the countryside. Everyone should not be ungrateful for the blessings they have. "
After saying this, Wang Yuanchao completely ignored the gloomy faces of all the educated youths and continued: "If you don't believe it, you can go to a remote commune and take a look at their water conservancy facilities. They were built by everyone during the slack season. The hardship is so great that it is hard to describe it. They eat less than chickens but work harder than cows.
Therefore, I hope that you can adjust your mentality as soon as possible, maintain a hard-working mentality, and have the determination to overcome all difficulties.
Live up to the expectations of the Party and the country for us young people,
We must complete the movement of integrating educated youth with poor and lower-middle peasants through concrete actions and fulfill the historical mission of re-educating educated youth and poor and lower-middle peasants. Comrades, the Party and the country are watching over us.
I hope that everyone will not give up because of temporary hardship or hard work.
If we fail to live up to the expectations of the Party and the country for our educated youth, I hope that you will take up your courage, stand up strong, set an example, and be useful to the country and the people, and make contributions to the country. "
After being poured with a bowl of warm and soul-stirring chicken soup, the educated youth in the yard of the educated youth center, who had just looked devastated, instantly became more energetic and spirited. A bright and sacred temperament flashed on their listless and tender faces. Wang Yuanchao knew that this was the power of faith.
After Wang Yuanchao gave everyone some inspirational speeches, the educated youth finally became active. A trace of dissatisfaction flashed across Hu Meng's tired face, and he said to Wang Yuanchao: "Captain, working in the fields is tiring, but we are all young people with strong body recovery ability. It's not that we can't persevere.
But the two old ladies in our group kept urging us to do the work.
When I was doing it, I felt tired and annoyed. It was the cruelest torture in the world. I didn’t even want to talk.”
Wang Yuanchao recalled the time when he first went to work and Aunt Ruolan was urging him from behind. He couldn't help but smile and said:
"Hu Zhiqing, what you are talking about is what I experienced last year.
These aunties and grandmas don’t really have any bad intentions. They are farmers, and their food depends on the crops. At that time, I was so annoyed by these aunties that veins popped out of my forehead. But later I realized that they just wanted to earn a few more centimeters every day.
I believe that everyone who has worked for a day will know that in the Red Flag Brigade, people working in the fields are all in groups, working together.
If one person lags behind, the rest of the group will be affected.
So when everyone’s working capacity improves in the future, this kind of situation will no longer occur.”
Hu Meng obviously did not agree with the sarcastic remarks made by Wang Yuanchao standing beside him. He pursed his lips and sat aside sulking.
Fan Zhaodi, who was sitting nearby, raised her hand timidly and said:
"I am in a group with Aunt Junlan today. When I was working, Aunt Junlan told me that the head of the field was in a group with her last year. At that time, the head of the field was very competitive. When she first started working, she only got 8 centimeters on the first day. After that, she got full work points every day. This caused a sensation in our team at that time."
All the educated youths changed their expressions instantly after hearing what Fan Zhaodi said. Only those who had gone down to work knew how difficult it was to get a full centimeter.
Today, every educated youth at the educated youth point only took about five or six centimeters.
Everyone was shocked when they heard that Wang Yuanchao could earn full centimeters every day. Many educated youth looked at Wang Yuanchao with admiration.
After all, those who can talk may not be able to do it, but Wang Yuanchao can not only talk, but also do it, which is very amazing.
"It's longer. I only took five centimeters today and I was too tired to move. How did you do it?"
"Yes, Captain. Farm work is really tiring. How do you do it?"
"Yes, please share your experience with us."
Wang Yuanchao saw everyone asking questions eagerly. Naturally, he did not want to keep the atmosphere from getting dull. He smiled and said to everyone:
"Comrades, everyone asks me how I did it. I can only say that steel is forged by working in the fields.
Persist, persist, persist, persist again. Comrades, we are all young, and the greatest asset of young people is their strong ability to recover.
As long as everyone grits their teeth and perseveres, there is nothing that cannot be accomplished. Oh, and by the way, everyone’s meals must be provided.”
(End of this chapter)
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