An article recalling the life of educated youth: that day in Na Yue.

Editor's note: The life of educated youth is the most unforgettable memory in many people's hearts. The mountains there, the water there and the people there will always remain in the memory of educated youth.

Two years and eight months of educated youth life, there are always some things that will never be forgotten. Na Yue still remembers the year when he jumped the queue, in April of 1975, but he still doesn't remember what day it was. The location is Team 8, Team 12, Shi Fo Commune, Shi Fo District, Lezhi County. Now I can understand that after graduating from junior high school and high school, I haven't left Neijiang and my parents for a long time, and I still live independently in the relatively difficult countryside. I thought for a long time before and after jumping the queue, thinking about the past, thinking about the present and thinking about the future. I never thought about remembering that day, which I will never forget.

Supposedly, I should take the children of post and telecommunications system to Jianyang, but at that time, a friend of my father was the secretary of the Shi Fo District Party Committee of Lezhi County, so I went to Lezhi by mistake. On that day, I took a liberation car in my father's unit, accompanied by my second brother. He was once an educated youth. When we arrived at the commune, Meng, who was in charge of the work of educated youth, sent us all the way to the production team and handed it over to captain Yang (vice captain) of the production team.

From the commune to the production team, I climbed the mountain and walked eight miles. For a city dweller who just graduated from high school and has poor physical fitness, his feet are soft when he walks with his luggage on his back, and he is carsick, so he really can't shout out.

During the break on the way, Secretary Meng introduced the general situation of the production team. Team 8 is the largest production team among the 12 teams, and the conditions are relatively difficult. Surrounded by mountains on three sides and terraced fields in the middle, dozens of families in the team are mainly distributed in Shanggou and Xiagou, with only captain Yang in the middle. It is said that the house is ready-made and the furniture is ready-made. An educated youth lived in it before and returned to the city a few months ago.

At this time, Captain Yang almost repeated the introduction, saying that he opened the door. The room is so small that even the kitchen can barely live. There is a single bed covered with straw, a small wooden cabinet for storing food, a small wooden table for eating, a wooden stool, an iron pot, a water tank, a hoe, a shoulder pole, a laundry basket and a dung bucket. These are all used by educated youth before, and they are all possessions for me, an educated youth. After reading these, I looked up at the roof. There are several places where light enters the house directly from the roof, and there are cracks in the wall, which is still a little ventilated. At that time, my heart was like what Zhao Benshan said in the sketch:? Cold, cold? . Calm down, no matter what the conditions are, this place will be my home for at least two years, and I will be safe when I come.

This room is L-shaped, and the long side of the L is the home of Captain Yang and the silkworm room of the production team. The room that I started to live in tonight was built by the last educated youth, which is separated from the silkworm room by a wall. The earth wall has no windows, the main beam of the roof is trees, the bracket is made of bamboo, and the tile is covered on it.

There is a small dam in front of the house, and there is an old and big Huangguoshu beside it. Looking around, the vision is wide and the air is fresh. I feel that the scenery here is good.

What happened that night was beyond my imagination. I had dinner at Captain Yang's house. I cleaned up my room briefly. I was tired because of the hard work during the day, so my second brother had to make do with lying in bed with me. Because it is a single bed, you can only sleep opposite. A quick knock at the door in the middle of the night woke us up from our dreams. We were really startled. Get up! Get up! When we wake up, who and what? I am brave, I am brave, I am the son of Captain Yang. I asked again, what is it? He said to answer the door. Open the door and you will know.

When I opened the door, I saw the Yang family's old two and old three each carrying a bowl, still steaming, and a special fragrance came to my nose. Before we came to our senses, the second child bravely said, eat quickly! Eat quickly! This is the frog that Sanwa and I caught tonight, and the soup made by my mother. Although I am tired at this time, the simplicity, simplicity, sincerity and hospitality of rural people make me feel so warm. I said, what about you? They said we still have some. After thanking them, my brother and I began to eat and drink. It's really delicious. There are two glutinous rice cakes in the bowl.

After eating and drinking, I went to their house to return the bowl, only to find that their family was hardly asleep, probably because of my arrival. Captain Yang and his mother Yang, * * * have eight children, the youngest is only a few years old, five men and three women, and the second and third are arranged by boys. Except for the eldest daughter, who is married to other places, everyone else is in the production team and lives at home. At first glance, it is an extremely poor family, and life is very difficult. I can't sleep when I get back to my room. Let me meditate? It's?getting?light.

That day in Na Yue. This year was 1976, and Na Yue couldn't remember that day. What I was worried about happened. One night, there was a heavy rain, leaking walls, tiles on the roof, and the silkworm room next door was rustled by the wind. There are leaking places everywhere in the house, and many places on the bed are wet by the rainwater leaking from the roof, so we have to use pots and pans to pick up the leaked rainwater. Later, I really couldn't do it, so I asked Captain Yang's family for help. Second brother bravely shouted over there, Liu Dage, come here, come here. I couldn't take care of it here, so I hurried over. As a result, the youngest two boys (confused as Old seven old VIII) fell asleep in a big bed. The second and third children sat on the bed, and a plastic basin was put on the bed to catch the rain. It is much better than my room. There is only one place by the bed, and the water leakage is not as serious as mine. Seeing this, I asked him how they slept. They also said with a smile, it's okay to squeeze. In a few days, we will go to the house to fix it for you, pick up the tiles, and we will fix our roof. I think this is the only way. I can't sleep tonight anyway. Then I moved my two little brothers here, and the three of them sat on the bed against the wall for fear of affecting the rest of the family. We chat quietly and brag? It's dawn and the rain has stopped.

When I got back to my room, it was a mess. The bed is wet, the mosquito net is wet, the water in the bowl has overflowed and flowed all over the floor, and the dust is blown all over the house. There are no wooden doors in the main room and kitchen itself, the kitchen leaks rain, and some firewood is wet. I didn't say anything. I thought at that time, it was useless to say it, and I was watching it. It is impossible to return to the original state without moving. Another night without sleep on an empty stomach, I immediately began to tidy up, tidy up and clean the room. Now that I think about it, maybe God gave it to me? A gift? Test my ability to overcome difficulties and exercise my endurance and perseverance. Before that, it rained and it rained even harder. Small leaks are common.

A few days later, the second and the third found a wooden ladder. Because the second was bold, small, light and clever, he went to the room. He said that some bamboos are infested with insects and afraid of being crushed, so they dare not walk around on them, so they have to deal with the tiles blown by the wind and obvious problems carefully. But fortunately, there has never been such a serious rain leakage problem that night.

Na Yue that day, that year is 1977, Na Yue also can't remember that day. One day I came home from work at noon, and the weather was not very good. Suddenly, there was a strong wind and heavy rain. Sweet potato porridge just cooked it. At the moment I turned to get the bowl, something unexpected happened. A large piece of soil and dust on the wall suddenly fell into the pot. I am tired and hungry, and I am so angry that I have nothing to say. This is my two Chinese meals and dinner. It can be said that every meal is very hard for me. The earthen stove burns dried corn stalks, wheat stalks and bean stalks. Even these firewood are sometimes nervous. When it is not enough, we will go to the big sun dam of the production team to pick it, but we must ask the consent of the production team first. Water for eating should also be selected from far away places. Captain Yang and a well commonly used by my family have poor water quality and poor location, which is easy to be polluted. Sometimes they are taken home, poured into water tanks, and then purified and filtered with alum before they can be used for cooking and drinking. A well with good water quality, with a good location, can maintain good water quality all the year round, but the domestic water of all households under the ditch by the production team. Only when our wells are dry or seriously polluted can we choose the water they use. Faced with this situation, I want to cry without tears. Captain Yang's family has nine people to eat and five laborers, only three of whom are the main laborers. Life in their family is very difficult and difficult to disturb, so they have to spend their time doing it again. I have to go to work when the rain stops in the afternoon! ?

The above three things are three things that I will never forget in my educated youth life. In other respects, I want to have different experiences, similarities and differences, just like the educated youth in Qian Qian.

During my years as an educated youth, I worked as a substitute in a rural primary school for three months, and the literary propaganda team in Shi Fo District also had three months to go back and forth, so I was lucky. In that special era, my life during that time was somewhat enriched, and I got in touch with and learned more people and things. Educated youth come from Lezhi County, Neijiang, Chongqing, Luzhou and other places.

The mountains there, the water there and the people there will remain in my memory forever. No matter what difficulties you encounter in your life, it doesn't matter if you think about the years of educated youth and the people there.

20 17-02

Author: Liu Dewei

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