1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 212: Changes in the City! (Two in One)

Just as the two were on their way back.

A woman who was weeding between the ridges of a field suddenly straightened up and pointed her muddy fingers directly toward the roadside a hundred meters away.

"Hey, look, there's actually a man next to Secretary Jiang."

Hearing this, seven or eight members wearing straw hats who were originally bending over in the fields immediately raised their heads and looked in the direction the woman pointed.

"Who is that? I don't think it's a male educated youth from our brigade, and I haven't seen Secretary Xiao Jiang get close to any male educated youth from the educated youth group."

"Is it boy Chen? I think they look a bit like him in height." said a woman who often visited Su Wenchen's house.

"I think their figures are somewhat similar, but why is that guy so shabby? Didn't he say he was going on a business trip to Shanghai? Why does he look like he's out collecting junk?"

“Who knows?”

But it’s different here, where we can have a leisurely chat while pulling weeds.

However, several male educated youth in the educated youth team not far away were heartbroken.

Because at the beginning they discovered that the deputy director of the commune was not only good-looking, but also lived in their brigade, and they all thought that they could get the upper hand by being close to the water.

Although we all know that he already has a partner, doesn’t that mean he is not married?
Besides, how could these educated young people from big cities be inferior to a country bumpkin?

Unfortunately, after flirting with her for more than a month, Jiang Li didn't even look back.

Now I see a man in tattered clothes talking and laughing with my secret crush.

Suddenly some people became indignant.

"Is Director Jiang's eyesight bad? That guy looks like a bumpkin. Why did Director Jiang fall for him?"

"Who knows? Maybe he or she will like this, right? Liang Fei!"

"It's such a pity. You spent a lot of money to get this piece of land to work, but now you have no chance anymore."

Hearing this, a young man with a slicked-back hair and wearing a light blue shirt clenched his fists in dissatisfaction. It was obvious that he had been preparing for a long time today.

So he spoke directly to the captain of the educated youth team on the other side.

"Captain, I need a leave of absence."

Having said that, before waiting for consent, he could not help but run towards the road at the end of the field.

"You, Liang Fei, come back here."

The captain of the educated youth team looked at Liang Fei, who turned a deaf ear and jogged towards Su Wenchen and Jiang Li, and looked at the remaining people with an angry face.

"You're all fanning the flames, aren't you? How many fights have we had with the members of the brigade during this period?"

"If this gets out of hand, whoever wants to be the leader of the educated youth team can do it. I won't clean up your mess!"

Apparently he was elected as the team leader of the educated youth because he was the oldest. When he first learned about the work point subsidy, he thought it was a good thing.

result.

It was discovered that almost every once in a while, the educated youth at the educated youth sites would have friction with the local members.

He has apologized at least five times.

He couldn't continue with this unfortunate job. He didn't get any benefits and only had to pay the penalty. Afterwards, the people at the educated youth center complained that he was spineless.

To be honest, don’t they even see where this is?

They still think they are in their own home.

In other words, the leaders of Pingcun Brigade were fair and did not target them specifically, otherwise they would not have been weeding in the fields.

It's time to go to the chicken manure field to compost.

And who is Director Jiang's partner? He is the son of the captain. Even if he is not good-looking, he is still the son of the captain.

Not to mention that he is the director of a state-owned farm.

Even if he was allowed to choose, he would not choose an educated youth who was pulling weeds in the fields.

However, as the captain of the educated youth team, he still said.

"Let's go! Go and take a look and hold them back for a while, so they don't start a fight."

"If a fight really breaks out, we might have to go to the chicken farm to make compost."

Hearing what the educated youth team leader said, they all became angry.

"Why? You can bully the captain's son!"

"That's right. I won't go. I feel sick when I get close to that place. If I really go, we will go to the Youth League Office to report their brigade."

But some people clapped their hands and stood up from the ground.

"You're so naive. Other members of the chicken farm can do composting, but you can't?"

"Captain, let's go and stop them. I don't want to really go and pick up chicken manure. I don't understand why they would send so little down. It will cause trouble every day."

It was obvious that the educated youth site was not always harmonious. After all, the first batch was a group of unemployed young people who had been gathered there before.

The oldest is in his twenties, and the youngest is only fourteen or fifteen.

The huge age gap makes it difficult for them to get along well with each other.

The members on the other side, seeing the educated youth running over, also stood up excitedly and spoke slowly.

"Let's go, let's go eat some watermelon!"

"What the hell are you eating melons for? There are no melons to eat at this time. They are still melon seedlings!"

"What do you know? This is what Ah Chen said. He said he wanted to go to the theater."

"He can come up with new tricks every day, but those educated youth have gone there, and we have to go there too. We can't let our own people suffer."

Here, Su Wenchen was still chatting and laughing with Jiang Li, telling them about what they had seen and heard along the way.

Suddenly, someone came out from the edge of the field, panting.

Especially now that spring is in full swing, the fields on both sides of the road are covered with a bunch of thorny brambles and cockleburs that stick to your body and need to be pulled off one by one.

Because of his anxiety, the man's shirt was caught by thorns, and his short hair, which had been carefully oiled, was also covered with cockleburs.

It looks like a ball of green thorns.

"Comrade Jiang Li, Comrade Jiang Li!"

Su Wenchen smelled the scent of clam oil coming from the other person, mixed with the smell of fermented manure in the fields, forming a strange smell.

However, he still subconsciously pushed Jiang Li behind him.

When Liang Fei saw Su Wenchen's actions, he took a deep breath and calmed down.

"Comrade Jiang Li, I wrote a poem for you. I'll read it to you."

"I hope you can consider me seriously. I will make you happy!"

After saying that, he took out a small notebook from his chest pocket while Su Wenchen looked confused.

Before either of them could say anything, he started reciting.

"When the spring thunder rolled over the red flag of the production team, I rolled up my trouser legs to the height of my longing. The mud waves surged on the tip of the hoe. Your pigtails were the softest curve on the ridge of the field, acting as a tractor."

"stop!"

Su Wenchen stopped the other person before he finished reading because he was afraid that he would say something he didn't want to hear.

What does this young man with green cockleburs hanging on his head mean?

It's so brave to confess in front of me!

Moreover, there is a red flag, longing, and pigtails. Is this a love poem written for Ali?
Ali doesn't have pigtails either.

Ever since she moved into his house, Jiang Li has been wearing her hair in a bun like a woman!
So Su Wenchen was a little confused. Who was this person confessing to? If it was to Jiang Li, then it was not right. If it was to someone else, what did it mean when he read it in front of the two of them? Or maybe he really copied it, but he didn't even understand it.

Before Su Wenchen figured out what was going on, he still looked at Jiang Li.

"you know?"

Jiang Li shook her head.

"Comrade educated youth, I don't understand poetry, but you can discuss this kind of thing with other comrades in your educated youth camp."

"Besides, the country sent you here to receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants, not to recite poetry and compose music."

"It seems that your thinking really needs to be re-educated."

Jiang Li was obviously a little embarrassed and annoyed at being suddenly blocked.

In addition, she had just told Su Wenchen about a bunch of messy things in the commune, but the next moment this person jumped out and said some irrelevant things.

Hearing Jiang Li's words, the other party became a little anxious and stood in front of the two of them.

"Comrade Jiang Li, I am serious. Believe me, I will definitely make you happy."

"You went out of your way to pick us up and even came to see me."

Jiang Li frowned when she heard this.

"Comrade educated youth, please don't talk nonsense. I brought all the educated youth in our commune back from the county."

"I have visited every educated youth center in every brigade of our commune, and I have visited every educated youth. You are no different to me."

After hearing this, Su Wenchen finally understood that this was the boy who thought he had a crush on Ali.

He estimated that he didn't know where the poem was copied from, and his writing skills were so limited that he didn't even know how to make any changes and just copied it verbatim.

Regarding this young man Mu Ai, Su Wenchen thought about it and said directly.

"Comrade educated youth, don't talk about happiness yet, just take care of yourself first!"

"You mean giving Ah-Li happiness by squatting on the ground and pulling weeds together?"

"Don't even mention this. You are all living in a youth camp now! You are eating subsidized food issued by the state. After the autumn harvest, there may be no more. You can only rely on your own hands to earn food from the fields bit by bit."

"Or are you pursuing Director Jiang because you have bad teeth and want to eat something soft?"

After hearing what Su Wenchen said, the young man immediately became furious.

"You're talking nonsense, that's not what I think."

Su Wenchen walked over and patted the other person on the shoulder.

"It's good that you don't think so. Then you should work hard! At least you have to get the return to the city quota before you can talk about happiness."

"How else can you give her happiness? With weeds in the field? Don't you think so?"

"I!"

Hearing Su Wenchen say this, the young man wanted to refute, but he also felt that Su Wenchen had some truth in what he said.

"Humph, I will prove that I can make her happy."

Su Wenchen encouraged.

"Then you have to work hard!"

"Let me tell you, Director Jiang doesn't like your greasy and powdered look either."

As he said this, he pointed to his dirty clothes that smelled of pig.

"Look, this is what it means to be manly. You can't do that."

"Is it Ali?"

Hearing Su Wenchen's words, Jiang Li rolled her eyes, but didn't say much.

Seeing that Jiang Li didn't refute, the young man was a little confused.

She wouldn't really like such a strong smell, would she?

What should I do? Should I go to the chicken manure composting site tomorrow? But the smell is really bad!
After saying that, Su Wenchen pointed towards the edge of the field.

"Okay, go back to work! You don't want those people behind you to come and watch the monkey show, do you?"

After hearing what Su Wenchen said, the other party looked back.

Looking at the educated youth from the educated youth team walking towards this side, and the members of the commune watching the fun behind them.

He turned and said to Su Wenchen.

"I won't be afraid of you! I will compete with you fairly."

"Comrade Jiang Li, I will try my best to find a way back to the city, please wait for me!"

After saying that, he ran back to the edge of the field.

Jiang Li looked at Su Wenchen with some surprise.

"He wants to compete with you fairly, and you don't say anything?"

Su Wenchen raised his eyebrows.

"What do you mean? Or do you want me to fight him? A fair fight between men? Whoever wins will own you?"

"So what have you become?"

"Besides, what is my identity? What is his identity?"

"If we really fight, I will suffer no matter what. He is just a little brat. How can I take him seriously?" "Let's go, go back and eat quickly, and then we can talk about who will compete with him fairly!"

"When he returns to the city, I think our children will be able to help with cooking."

"Let's go home and see the donkeys of the production team!"

When Jiang Li heard Su Wenchen talking about the child, a hint of anticipation emerged on her face, and her face blushed again when she heard the rest.

He pinched Su Wenchen's lower back in annoyance.

"There's someone over there, keep your voice down."

"I'll deal with you tonight!"

As he said this, he hurriedly walked towards home.

Looking at the backs of Su Wenchen and Jiang Li, the group of people who were ready to watch the show suddenly felt a little disappointed.

"How come he came back in just a few words? I was still thinking about watching the show."

"That's right, this male educated youth is no good either. I thought I could see another big show. Don't tell me that I didn't see any good things from this educated youth, but I saw a lot of excitement."

"Haha, your family is an unmarried child, otherwise you will be in trouble."

Su Wenchen pushed open the door of his house.

It was discovered that only Su's mother was in the yard, with a little fat baby sitting on her lap. Next to her was a porcelain bowl with a chip on it, which contained something like corn paste.

Hearing the noise, Su's mother turned around and a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"Youngest! You're back."

"Dayong from Li Xiangdong's house said he saw you at the commune. I thought he was seeing things!"

As he spoke, he picked up the corn paste that was placed in the yard.

"Are you hungry? This is for Little Tietou, can you eat it?"

As if hearing the noise, a little fat baby came out from Su's mother's arms, his chubby little hands still holding half a corn cob.

After seeing Su Wenchen, he grinned with his newly-teethed mouth, drooling down the bib embroidered with five-pointed stars.

The little hands were still waving towards the porcelain bowl, and he kept shouting, "Ah! Ah!" as if to say that it was mine.

After seeing this, Su's mother wiped Xiao Tietou's mouth with her apron.

"You little thing, you're still so protective of your food every day!"

As Su Wenchen walked over, she seemed to smell an unpleasant odor on Su Wenchen's body, and buried her head directly in Su's mother's arms.

Seeing that he was being disliked, Su Wenchen walked over and pinched the other person's face.

"Hey, you're disgusted with me. If it weren't for me, you might have been called Cycas Revoluta!"

"You must thank me later."

Look at this person who is actually pinching his cheek with his smelly hands.

"Wow--!"

In an instant, a loud cry echoed throughout the yard.

Hearing the crying and shouting, Jiang Li came over and spoke to Su Wenchen in a bad mood.

"Go wash up quickly. You see, little Tietou is suffering from the smoke. Come here, little Tietou, don't cry. Let me hug you."

When he saw that the person touching him from behind was his sweet and soft aunt, Xiao Tietou immediately stopped crying and reached out to her.

Su Wenchen curled his lips.

"When this kid grows up, he will also be a lecher. I think he will be just like my second brother."

Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Su's mother slapped him in anger.

"How could you say that to your second brother? He is just too embarrassed to refuse, so just tell him."

Su Wenchen doesn't believe that. As men, everyone knows each other.

"Come on, why are you embarrassed to refuse? Just enjoy the feeling! If this doesn't stop the next step, I'm afraid I'll have to shout that this is love."

"Okay, I'm going to go back and change. I don't care about this matter. I'm not his father. Let my father take care of it. If my father can't do it, then I can't do it either."

Su Wenchen knew that taking care of such matters was a thankless task, so he didn't bother with such trivial matters.

After saying that, he pulled Jiang Li back to the house.

"Why are you dragging me along when you go wash yourself?"

"Of course, boil some water for me, Mom, let's go back!"

After saying that, he pulled Jiang Li, whose face was flushed, back into the house.

After a while, Su's mother seemed to have heard something, muttered a few words, and went straight into the inner room with the child in her arms.

After resting for a day with Jiang Li, the two of them didn't stay in the house all the time.

Vegetable garden at the back of the house.

Both of them changed into clothes that were resistant to dirt.

Su Wenchen bent his waist, leaned on the handle of the hoe, and panted.

"Ali, digging the ground is not something that ordinary people can do. I have only been digging for a while, and you can see my sweat."

As he spoke, Su Wenchen took off his straw hat and fanned himself.

I looked up at the sun above my head.

"It's only May and it's already so hot. It looks like there won't be much rain this year!"

Jiang Li also put down the basket of seeds in her hand and stood up. Because she had been squatting, the front of her clothes was soaked with sweat.

“It’s really hot!”

"I hope the river next to us can hold up, otherwise the crops will have a hard time this year. We still have a river here, and those communes without rivers may have to arrange to dig wells together."

After saying that, seeing that Su Wenchen didn't reply, he raised his head and found that he was staring at him.

Jiang Li rolled her eyes in annoyance and threw the straw hat in her hand over.

"Look at that shit, you haven't seen it!"

Su Wenchen muttered.

"How can it be the same? With the broken lamp in our room, who can see clearly?"

While the two were talking, a young man came towards them on a bicycle.

And when he got closer, he immediately braked the bicycle with both feet.

Shouted to Su Wenchen inside the fence.

"Captain, there's an emergency!"

Su Wenchen heard the shouting and looked at Xu Xiangqian's anxious expression in their field.

"What's the emergency? Something happened at the pig farm?"

After all, in Su Wenchen's eyes, the pig farm that had just arrived might be unable to adapt and something might go wrong.

Xu Xiangqian shook his head.

"It's not about the pig farm, it's about the city."

Su Wenchen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said with some suspicion.

"In the city? What's going on in the city?"

Xu Xiangqian shook his head.

"do not know."

"The city sent a notice this morning asking the field leaders to go to the city early for a meeting."

"You and Deputy Director Zhang both have to go."

"I thought it was just an ordinary meeting, but Secretary Sun from the county called at noon and asked you to go to the county immediately, saying that County Chief He wanted to see you urgently."

Su Wenchen frowned.

"Let Deputy Director Zhang and I go to the meeting?"

"He County is looking for me too?"

Obviously, given his relationship with Jiang Li, it would be impossible for him to go there immediately unless it was an urgent matter.

In addition, the city had informed him that he and Zhang Zhenhua would go there together for a meeting tomorrow.

Apparently something happened in the city that he didn't know about.

"Okay, go back!"

"I'll go to the field tomorrow."

After Xu Qianjin left, Su Wenchen looked at Jiang Li with some apology.

"I'm sorry, Ali. I was planning on spending a few days with you, but it ended up being just one day."

Jiang Li packed up the tools and comforted Su Wenchen.

"It's okay, just go ahead!"

"I have to go to work tomorrow anyway, so you can help me and Uncle He take care of it later."

Su Wenchen had no choice. After all, County Master He would not normally look for him unless there was something important. Since he asked someone to call him alone at this critical moment, something important must have happened.

So he went back, changed his clothes in a hurry, and rode his bike to the county.

County Party Committee Yard.

As soon as he entered, Su Wenchen saw Secretary Sun staring at a group of people holding lime and printing various slogans on the wall.

Su Wenchen walked over and asked curiously.

"Secretary Sun, what are you doing? Is the whole hospital going to print?"

Seeing Su Wenchen, Secretary Sun pulled Su Wenchen's arm.

whispered.

"The leader is waiting for you in the office. I originally thought that this matter had nothing to do with you, but now it seems that your field is probably unavoidable. You should go back and print it as soon as possible to be prepared."

Secretary Sun walked towards the county office with a confused look on his face after hearing what Su Wenchen said.

office.

As soon as Su Wenchen walked in, he saw He Zhenbang sitting in his seat looking a little tired.

Seeing Su Wenchen coming in, He Zhenbang waved.

Motion the other person to come over and sit down.

After Su Wenchen came over, he saw that there were already quite a few cigarette butts in the ashtray.

"Uncle He, I heard you are here to see me for something urgent?"

"Why are you smoking so many cigarettes? Ali asked me to bring some for you before I came here!"

When He Zhenbang heard Su Wenchen's words, he felt a little warm in his heart. It was not in vain that he had called the other party over to give him instructions.

"do it."

"I called you here because of tomorrow's meeting. I thought it was only local cadres like us, but I didn't expect that even production cadres like you would have to attend the meeting."

As he spoke, he lit another cigarette.

"Secretary Li from the city is going to be promoted to deputy director of the provincial revolutionary committee."

Su Wenchen was a little confused when he heard this.

Isn't this a good thing? After all, getting promoted means there are people above you.

He Zhenbang naturally saw the confusion in Su Wenchen's eyes and explained.

"The successor is not the old Zhai who took over in order, but a transfer from the province."

"After the Ninth National Congress in April, the Revolutionary Committee and the Party Committee will implement unified leadership, which means that the new secretary will be in charge of all matters."

"It is basically difficult for old Zhai to compete with him, and the new secretary's previous work in the province was mainly focused on spiritual construction."

When Su Wenchen heard He Zhenbang say this, he understood instantly.

"I understand, County He. I'll make arrangements when I get back and get the atmosphere going right away."

He Zhenbang understood what he meant and nodded with satisfaction.

"Go back and ask Ali to move back to the commune dormitory. It's not nice to live together without getting married. You're just waiting for others to find fault with you."

"Also, if there are any small tails in your field, clean them up quickly. Tomorrow's meeting will gather all the main cadres in the city. We don't know what big action will be taken."

(End of this chapter)