a week later.
Middle and high school graduates who volunteered to go to the countryside wore a big red flower on their chest, sat in the car, and waved goodbye to their hometown with tears in their hands.
In a group of black heads, Zhao Lanxiang found out exactly where Zhao Yongqing and Feng Lian were, and smiled sweetly at them. Zhao Yongqing's serious face was tense, Feng Lian was holding Xiao Huzi, and the moment the car started, Xiao Huzi suddenly burst into tears, holding her two small arms up and grabbing forward, like she usually wanted her sister to hold her.
Originally, Zhao Lanxiang didn't feel sad and parted, and her nose was sore because of Xiaohuzi's trouble, and tears almost fell. The city quickly retreated in her field of vision, and was finally replaced by green water and green mountains.
After getting out of the car, the instructor who led the team read the list, and read the list of a dozen people, who were sent to the Qingcrop Commune in N city. Jiang Li was also on the list, and she was shocked when she saw Zhao Lanxiang, and her face was full of rejection.
Zhao Lanxiang couldn't help but sigh about his fate with the Jiang family.
The person in front of her was Zhao Lanxiang's sister-in-law in her previous life. She was born in a high-class family, and she never looked down on Zhao Lanxiang with eyes above the top. She was picky and arrogant, and she often deliberately made a mess for her to clean up. In the past, for the sake of family harmony and Jiang Jianjun, she endured this eldest lady, and now...
Zhao Lanxiangquan pretended not to see it, and regarded people as air, immersed in the joy of going to see He Songbai.
Cars, trains, and bullock carts were changing upside down. When Zhao Lanxiang arrived in Hezitun, it was already the next morning.
Zhao Lanxiang deliberately changed his clothes before getting off the train, so he might see the old man when he entered the village.
How can you be careless when you meet for the first time
After she put on new clothes, her whole person's mental outlook was completely new, clean and tidy, and she looked exceptionally different from the wrinkled educated youth in the car.
Jiang Li was tormented by the long-distance bus, and when she came to Hezitun, she had become a soft-footed shrimp, and she didn't even have the strength to stare at Zhao Lanxiang.
In the end, it was only the two of them who were assigned to Hezitun, but there were three educated youths from other places, and together they were just enough for five.
Several people rode an ox cart over the bumpy mountain road. Zhao Lanxiang put the fruit candy in his pocket in advance, followed the instructor into the village with a smile on his face and his head held high.
A few dark little radishes squatted at the head of the village and watched a group of educated youth enter the village.
Zhao Lanxiang just glanced casually in that direction, and his eyes suddenly lit up. Even Jiang Li, who was sick and weak next to her, was infected with the uncontrollable joy in her.
Zhao Lanxiang saw He Songbai's sister, He Songzhi, with sharp eyes. She had seen the photo of He Songzhi at the age of seven, and it looked exactly the same as the little radish head in front of her.
With her hands in her pockets, she walked over and distributed a candy to each of the children.
He Songzhi, the little radish head, squatted far away in the corner, and she was too timid to approach the children. Her face was as dirty as if she hadn't washed it in a few days. She only looked at the candy with a pair of envious eyes. The young child, a pair of black and white eyes were eagerly looking forward, but couldn't help but look at Zhao Lanxiang, Chai Shou's little hands continued to scratch the soil.
After Zhao Lanxiang finished dividing the group of children, she walked over and handed He Songzhi the sweetest and most expensive chocolate candy.
She smiled and asked, "What's your name?"
She peeled off the wrapping paper and put it into the mouth of the little radish head.
A mellow and sweet taste spread across He Songzhi's mouth, and her saliva gushed out, covering the source of sweetness, and she dared not speak.
He Songzhi had never eaten such good candy before, and he didn't know how candy tasted like this.
He Songzhi didn't say a word, and Zhao Lanxiang didn't ask any further questions. She secretly stuffed the rest of the fruit candy into the pocket of the little radish head, and said with a smile, "Eat it when you get home, don't let people know that you have so much candy. "
After Zhao Lanxiang finished speaking, the instructor roared, "Come back soon!"
Jiang Li pursed her lips and smiled gloatingly, Zhao Lanxiang responded quickly and returned to the team.
A tall and thin figure swept over, picked up He Songzhi in his arms, and the little radish muttered a few words.
Zhao Lanxiang turned around and looked, and the whole person suddenly froze in place.
This is... an old man when he was young
Her heart was beating violently, thumping, and her heart was so hot that even her face began to heat up.
The man turned his back to her and hugged his sister. When Zhao Lanxiang's patience was about to wear off, and when he was about to walk over to chat a few words, he turned to his side, looked at each other, and the eyes of the two met.
Zhao Lanxiang was stunned, this familiar outline was really He Songbai.
She glanced at it quickly, and sure enough, it was different from what the old man described.
He didn't have the kind of prudence and elegance that had settled down over the years, but when he was young, he had a youthful heroic spirit. He was wearing coarse earthcloth, which was a long time ago and had been patched a lot. A pair of rotten trousers was short to the calf, revealing a thin section of muscle. Such ragged clothes detracted from his handsomeness, poor and sour, and looked contemptuous.
However, in Zhao Lanxiang's eyes, no matter how poor his man is, he will be pleasing to the eye.
When Zhao Lanxiang met He Songbai, they were no longer young. At that time, He Songbai had more temperament, thick and steady, neither hurried nor slow, but peace and gentleness after the years and hardships were washed away.
He withdrew his gaze, picked up his sister with one hand as if carrying a package, and put one hand on his waist.
He Songbai saw that the girl's mouth was covered with suspicious marks, and knocked her on the head.
"Silly, why are you so hungry that you even eat soil? If Guanyin soil can't be eaten, your stomach will swell, and you will spit it out!"
He was full of unruly wildness and looked fierce, but his eyes touched his own sister, and the ice melted into a pool of clear water.
He Songzhi smiled and grinned, revealing more "black soil" inside, "Sweet, delicious, that elder sister gave it."
He Songbai glanced at the colorful fruit candies in the girl's pocket, glanced at Zhao Lanxiang in front of him, and walked away holding He Songzhi in silence.
The instructor severely criticized Zhao Lanxiang.
After Zhao Lanxiang saw He Songbai, a warm feeling flowed in his heart, like hot melt flowing through. I was criticized by the instructor, but I didn't take it to heart.
"Yes! I am deeply aware of my mistakes, and I will definitely keep in mind the discipline of the organization in the future, strictly demand myself, strive to be an excellent educated youth, and build a vast new world for the country!"
The instructor listened to the girl's clear and loud voice, glanced at her fair face again, and stopped thinking about teaching.
This kind of cute city student baby, let the production captain have a headache.
The instructor sent people to the educated youth point, and then called the old and new educated youth to hold a welcome party, and then took the car back to the city overnight.
…
night.
In the small shabby house of the He family, He Songzhi took out all the fruit candies in his pocket and lined them up neatly.
She showed a few glutinous rice teeth, "Grandma, I will give you a total of eight candies."
The old man who had been paralyzed in bed all the year round sat up slowly. This old lady was born in the 24th year of Guangxu. When she was young, she was the wife of a landlord, dressed in gold and silver. When she got old, she lost her father and son. Was pulled out to criticize. Dou, the evening scene is desolate.
She heard the word sugar, opened Chaos' eyes, and opened her mouth to her grandson.
The man tore off the candy wrapper and fed one into her mouth. The old man tasted a sweet and greasy taste, and his cloudy eyes were moved.
"It's delicious, Brother Bo, you can eat some too."
He Song Baiyun gave one to his sister, and put the remaining six in a jar and put them on the bedside of grandma.
"Don't take other people's things casually in the future, do you hear?"
He Songbai stubbornly taught his sister a lesson.
He Songzhi pursed his lips aggrieved, but saw the fierce and serious expression on his brother's face and agreed.
…
When Zhao Lanxiang and a few people came, it happened to hit the busy agricultural season. In the first few days, the leader of the production team specially brought the educated youth to work, demonstrated several times, and supervised by the side.
Li Dali, the captain of the first team in Hezitun, is a young man with high enthusiasm for production and strict requirements. Even the female educated youth does not rub the sand in his eyes.
On the first day of officially working in the field, Zhao Lanxiang was caught off guard.
Before five o'clock in the morning, a group of educated youths were dragged to work in the fields. After Li Dali finished dividing the work of the male educated youth, he glanced at the two newly arrived female educated youth, and his bushy brows became pimples.
"You don't know how to apply fertilizer, you can't do the work of watering the ground too hard, and weeding will always work, right? Today, you will weed in this cornfield, move quickly, and take advantage of the sun. It's all done."
Li Dali distributed the gloves to these female educated youths. There were only five pairs of gloves in total, but there were ten people. Li Dali was taking care of the two newly arrived female educated youths and let them pick them first.
Of course, it wasn't a good glove. It was dirty and couldn't see the original color. Jiang Li turned around in disgust and ran into the cornfield. When it was Zhao Lanxiang's turn, she took out a pair of cotton gloves from her pocket with a smile, "Thank you Captain Li, I have it, so I won't burden the team."
Li Dali grinned, "Look at how others do it, and learn how to do it together."
Li Dali finished the work of the entire brigade in the morning, and took the villagers to get farm tools.
Zhao Lanxiang is not stupid either. Knowing that he came to weed the cornfield today, he deliberately changed into long-sleeved trousers, and he did not drop a mask and gloves. He wrapped himself tightly, and burrowed into the ground and bent over to pull the weeds.
Jiang Li is even more squeamish than she is, because Li Dali caught and taught him a lesson for an hour because he trampled several corn plants in a row, and he sent him back to write a review letter long ago.
Before Jiang Li returned to the dormitory, she smiled smugly at Zhao Lanxiang.
Zhao Lanxiang didn't think there was anything to be proud of, and silently learned from the old educated youth to pull weeds.