The process of going to the countryside and doing farm work in the production team
In June 1969, I came from our county Chengguan Town Middle School graduated from high school. In September of that year, those of us who graduated from middle schools in the county towns were assigned to work in the rural areas below the townships and received re-education for the poor and lower-middle peasants.
I remember one morning in late September when the six girls we had a good relationship with at school got into a big truck with boys and girls from other classes.
A large truck took us more than 30 boys and girls straight to a commune called Dongfang Commune, which is more than 20 kilometers away from the county seat. The truck stopped in an open space in front of the commune’s office bungalow. . At this time, about eight or nine cadres from the brigade and production team, as well as several leaders from the town, came. The brigade cadres are here to pick us up.
A twenty-eight- or nine-year-old town clerk who claimed to be surnamed Li named more than 30 of us and divided them into groups. When we clicked on “Chen Juan” When he saw me, I answered “yes”, but when he saw me, he froze for a moment. At this time, I also felt a little fever on my face, because I felt his eyes were weird…
< p data-track="39"> Later, I carefully observed him: 1.75 meters tall, well-proportioned, average-looking, wearing a pair of glasses, the kind that lacks masculinity.
The six of us girls were divided into a group according to our own volition (the classmates who had a good relationship at that time could voluntarily group together to go to the countryside), and we were all arranged in One called Shahe Brigade cut in line to settle in; the other boys and girls were arranged to cut in line to settle in other brigades.
I was divided with two female classmates, Li and Wang. The three were divided into a production team called Hebianwan, and the other three girls were placed in the production team. Another production team of the brigade jumped in and settled in.
The leader of the Hebianwan production team, surnamed Li, helped us carry our luggage to the two tile-roofed houses that the production team had already made for us. And made arrangements for our recent life and work, etc., and then asked us to follow him for lunch at his house.
Next, after the captain arranged for us to go to other members’ houses to have a meal for less than a week, we started to cook by ourselves.
The members of the Hebianwan production team also added all the daily necessities and tools for our daily life and farm work, so everything went smoothly after we came here. of.
On the second day of the pie meal, the three of us started to work on the farm just like the commune members.
Here we go to work in the morning, morning and afternoon, all of which are signaled by the bell of the captain; there is no bell during work, because the production Some of the fields in the team are far away from the iron bell, and even if the bell is ringing, the working members cannot hear the bell.
I remember the morning on the first day of work, three of us girls went down to the field to pick up cotton with the commune members. Because it was morning to go to work, there was dew on the cotton leaves, and the dew wet the clothes of the three of us.
It stands to reason that you should wait for the dew to dry before picking it up. Because the cotton was blooming too much, and it was autumn harvest and peanut digging season, all the farm work was too busy. The production team had to arrange for female commune members to pick up cotton in the morning and then work overtime to refute the cotton.
In the morning after work, the staff recorder specially weighed the members and recorded the work points. Based on this, the cotton that the three girls picked up together could not be picked up by two members. A lot, but we still feel very tired, and after working every day, the whole body is sore and unbearable.
After work in the morning, we started to make breakfast.To save time, the three of us picked vegetables and cooked together after work. Sometimes it’s too late to make noodles for breakfast. Just after breakfast was finished, the bell rang again for work in the morning, and the three of us joined the team of workers to go to work again.
It goes around like this, working day and night throughout the year, pulling seedlings, planting seedlings, pulling seedlings, cutting valleys, picking grass heads, playing fields, building roads, picking Pond mud, picking cows and manure, picking rubbish in front of members’ houses, digging cotton ditches, reclaiming wasteland, delivering public grain, cotton, and oil, repairing canals, water conservancy, hoeing peanuts, cotton, and sesame grass, and sowing cotton, peanuts, and sesame seeds , beans, manure (cut grass, pick up cow dung, etc., then pile them together and add water, coat the surface of the pile with mud, and pick it out into the field for fertilizer after fermentation) and so on. Anyway, there are There is a job you do every day.
The captain rarely does farm work, and other cadres or related people work on the sidelines or do light work; There are piles of grain harvested on the paddy field, and there is a lot of grain; but the grain left to make rations is pitifully small; the general commune members cannot eat enough; but the captain and the village cadres have food at home.
At that time, people were very poor. Some families were so poor that they had no clothes to wear, and some had no shoes to wear in winter. At that time, there was no electricity in the countryside, people lit kerosene lamps, and many homes There is no money to buy kerosene, and the home is dark every night; some families are so poor that they can’t even buy salt, matches, and soap. Poor!
The situation where the town officials pursued me
After the time, I remember that it seemed to be one day after the frost, at noon after work, the clerk Li who named us, accompanied by the brigade secretary, came to the two houses where the three of us lived to check and told the three of us. One session: Ask us if we are used to the farm work here, whether we are tired, etc. Of course, we all say that we are tired, we are exhausted.
When he left, Officer Li said to the brigade secretary: They are all teenage girls, and the team should take care of them. When he walked dozens of meters away, he turned back and gave me a special look for two seconds.
Why does Director Li always pay attention to me? I can actually guess the reason: when I graduated from high school, I was 18 years old and 1.65 meters tall. He is tall, slim and graceful, with a graceful and charming body. In high school, there were several boys who tried to pursue me, but I rejected them all. At present, it can be said that I am keeping my body like a jade.
Sometimes after work, when the three of us are free from work, the three of us would rate each other and share their respective sexual history. Both girls said that I was the most beautiful.
I work like this, and have been on holiday for the New Year. When I first came to the production team after the Spring Festival the next year, the captain called me to his side and said, “Chen Juan, the brigade has arranged for you to be a substitute at the brigade school.” I jumped up happily at that time. Then the captain went on to say, “It was arranged by Mr. Li in the town and asked me to inform you…” I just said thank you at the time, and before I knew it, my face began to blush slowly…
You must know that teaching was a very easy job when there was a large collective at that time, and people would rush to it.
I remember that I was teaching until one night around the Qingming Festival in April that year. The weather was very hot that night. I was in my dormitory wearing short sleeves to correct my homework. Suddenly a male teacher brought After Mr. Li came to my dormitory to play, the male teacher left quickly.
After Mr. Li sat down, he said how beautiful I was, etc. Of course, he also said how he helped me and arranged me to teach at school.
I just kept saying thank you, Secretary Li, and got up to pour boiling water for him. When I put the boiled water in his hand, he held my hand tightly and said that he liked me very much… I only said that I was still young and tried my best to pull my little hand out of his hand. , and then I left the dormitory for an excuse, and then he left after he didn’t see me for a long time.
The next day, the male teacher told me that Secretary Li liked me, and said he was a cadre, and he and I were a natural pair. When asked about my attitude, I said, I will fall in love after returning to the city. I am still young, and my parents do not allow me to go to the countryside to fall in love.
Later, Mr. Li came to sit with me a few times. A female teacher from our school accompanied him to come to play with me. It can be seen that he really wants to fall in love with me, but I have no feelings for him, so I have not made any progress with him. He later fell in love with the female teacher and got married. After the marriage, he changed the female teacher’s private status to a public teacher.
In the spring of the third year, my dad went to the city to find a relationship, and I returned to the city to work in the factory. Later, I married a handsome guy in the factory.
My wife and I are both retired now, and the combined monthly salary of the two of them is more than 6,000 yuan; Secretary Li later became the deputy director, and he His wife was also rated as an associate senior teacher, and now their combined monthly salary is more than 13,000. Alas, life is unpredictable!
Copyright owner: Jiang Tao
April 3, 2022 16:12