When the by-products of the brigade were almost dumped to the supply and marketing cooperative, Liu Dongyang came with good news, saying that he had helped find cotton seeds.

For the sake of the affairs of the educated youth going to the countryside, all the cadres of the commune were so busy that they had no time to take care of this matter at all.

In fact, many departments of Taoxi Commune have not been dismantled, and they are all concentrated in the supply and marketing cooperatives, so in the end, Qiao's father can only ask Liu Dongyang for help

It is not easy to find cotton in the south, if it weren't for Liu Dongyang's familiarity with Qiao's father, he wouldn't want to help with this at all.

"I said, why do your brigades think differently from others? It took a lot of effort to get these seeds, can they really be planted?"

Liu Dongyang looked skeptical, he felt that the decision of the Gaoshan Brigade was too whimsical.

Qiao's father untied the cloth bag, grabbed a handful of cotton seeds and put them in the palm of his hand to check.

These cotton seeds are still a little different from the little seeds sent by Bai Yushan, they should be smaller, and they should be different varieties.

Fortunately, these seeds don't look very different from the gray cotton seeds given by Qiao Jiayue, except for the shade of color, if they are mixed together, no one will really find out.

"How do you know if you don't try?" Father Qiao tightened the mouth of the bag, "If the cotton planting is not successful, the reclaimed wasteland will be replanted with other ones, and if it is successful, the brigade will also have an additional income." ”

When Liu Dongyang heard this, he found that he couldn't refute it, and he had already considered the result of failure.

"Then I wish you success. Liu Dongyang took a sip of tea, "I asked many people about this cotton seed, and finally I found it with the help of Sunshine." Otherwise, I really don't have that connection. ”

"I haven't seen the sun for a long time, how is he developing now?"

"Okay, I guess after the New Year, he should be transferred to the provincial capital. Liu Dongyang also admires Xu Yangyang, people just have the ability to go up.

"That's a good thing. Father Qiao smiled and said, "What about you, but there is hope to go up?"

Liu Dongyang shook his head, "A radish and a pit, I don't dare to think about it." ”

"Manager Liu is conscientious and conscientious at his post, and there will definitely be a chance. Father Qiao said with a smile.

In his selfish heart, he hoped that Liu Dongyang would stay in Taoxi Supply and Marketing Cooperatives for a few more years.

If Liu Dongyang leaves and gets a new manager of the supply and marketing cooperative, I don't know how people don't say it, and all interpersonal relationships have to start from scratch, which is the most troublesome.

"That's a good word for you. Liu Dongyang squinted with a smile, who doesn't like to listen to good words? Who doesn't want a higher position and better salary?

After Qiao's father got the cotton seeds, he didn't say anything, but took them to Li A and Hu Yueliang to check.

Before taking it, he asked Qiao Jiayue to take half of the total amount of gray cotton seeds and mix them into it.

Hu Yueliang didn't know much about cotton and didn't express his opinion, but Bai Ruosheng knew a little about it, so he took over the pretreatment of seeds.

Qiao's father took a look, Bai Ruosheng put the seeds into the ashes of the plants and trees for a while, which is said to kill some bacteria on the surface of the seeds.

"The temperature is not suitable for seedlings now, and it should be about the same for the Chinese New Year. Cotton seeds have poor topping ability, so my advice is to raise seedlings before transplanting. ”

Father Qiao nodded, "This is indeed a better way." ”

"Also, I suggest that you can now bury fertilizer in the cotton fields. The growth process of cotton is long, and it needs the support of fertilizer, if the base fertilizer is not enough, it is not easy to remedy it in the later stage. ”

Father Qiao saw that Bai Ruosheng was right, so he left the cotton seeds with confidence and went back, at the end of the year, the production team should also settle the accounts.

The production team lit kerosene lamps and worked overtime, and finally calculated the accounts for the second half of the year.

When Qiao's father looked at the final data, his face was not good-looking, compared with the money for two years, the difference between the numbers was too big.

The accounts of the four teams are public, and when the money is divided, it is not that there are no members who have opinions, but after counting the account books, I found that I can still get the money this year without pasting it upside down, which is already very lucky.

Qiao Jiayue didn't prepare the letter clothes, and there was a new dress that could be worn, and the pair made by Qiao Xiaofeng hadn't been worn much, so she made do with it, and came out wearing it.

It's good to have eighty percent of new clothes to wear this year, new clothes, cloth tickets are just that, monks have more porridge and less, where is enough?

Because the Chinese New Year is relatively late, the first day of the new year is two days before the rainy season, and this rain has been falling since the New Year.

When it rains on the mountain, it is very cold and damp. Qiao's father went to see Chu Liren and the others, and gave them a lot of straw mats and two broken quilts.

Either way, we have to get through this weather.

After Qiao's father arranged all the things of the production team, he began to eat Chinese New Year's Eve.

This year is the year when Qiao Jiayue's family has the fewest meat dishes for Chinese New Year's Eve.

The brothers and sisters don't have any opinions, their family usually refrains from eating, and they really don't dare to go beyond the other people's families too much.

After all, if you eat well, your body will change a lot, it is too conspicuous, and only people in the city can eat this year, and the number of people is even more numerous.

Some children see that there is nothing to eat during the Chinese New Year this year, less than the previous two years, and it is inevitable that they will cry, so they will inevitably be beaten.

In their spare time, the old people can't help but talk about the difficulties of those three years, the famine before liberation, and how many years they have not been tired of talking about these past events.

A new year and a new beginning, even if the weather is bad, the New Year's greetings cannot be left behind.

When Qiao Jiayue went to pay New Year's greetings, she gave many people the light of blessing.

She sincerely wished that in this movement, the intellectuals would be safe and sound, and that they would be able to wait for the arrival of spring.

She will apply the cloud spell every once in a while, I hope more people can survive it, after all, the cloud spell is not omnipotent, and it cannot control a person's behavior.

If the power of the system could have been so strong, the course of history would have been changed long ago.

Qiao Jiayue thought, it would be better to help one, especially those who are famous and are the most easy to be targeted.

The red envelopes I bought this year are very ordinary, but this year, in addition to candy and biscuits, there are also some meats, which is unexpected.

It's been raining, and there's no New Year's atmosphere, let alone where to go and what relatives to go.

Before the fifteenth year, the members began to be busy with the work in the field, and the spring ploughing was diligent, and it was good to have an extra handful of rice during the harvest.

Since the beginning of spring, it has rained a lot one after another, and the water volume of the stream has returned to its previous level.

The paddy fields are soaked in water early and are covered with emerald green weeds, swaying in the water to celebrate the arrival of spring.

The members of the club are busy working in the fields in their robes, plowing the fields, raking the fields, and repairing the ridges, all of which are not simple jobs.

The temperature is still low, and when you step on the cold muddy water, most of the time, your whole body will be cold.

This is also why many people have all kinds of pain in their bodies when they get old, which is the root of the disease left at this time.

Especially for women, there is no leave in the menstrual period, it is time to go into the water or to go into the water, there is no one to wait for the agricultural time, and no one to share it, everyone survives like this.

No life is easy, but farming is undoubtedly one of the hardest.

At the same time, the brigade headquarters also began to be busy with the affairs of educated youth.

The room where the educated youth lived was next to Chen Dongfang, one for men and one for each woman, and there was a table in it, and a few wooden planks were put on for a while, so that they could make do for the time being.

It is said that the first batch of educated youths after the year have already set off from various cities.

A large part of the educated youths go to the corps, farms, and the like, and the conditions in these places are definitely better than those of the brigade, and they are also the first choice of many educated youths.

According to conservative estimates, it will be four or five days before these educated youths arrive in Jin'an County.

However, before the Lantern Festival came out, an astonishing news came on the radio that the Soviet Union invaded our country's border and clashed over Zhenbao Island.

Former allies raised their guns, and our troops suffered many casualties and were forced to fight back in self-defense.

In this war, the Soviets considered Zhenbao Island to be their territory and that China had invaded their borders......

When the news spread, there was an uproar across the country, which caused a very big shock, and thus changed the decision of the central government in 69 years, which greatly affected everyone's lives.

Qiao's father knew the news on the radio at home in advance, but he couldn't tell the members that by the time he saw the newspaper, it was already after the Lantern Festival.

In the eyes of the members, the Soviet Union was the big brother, how could it become an enemy?

At this time, it was not long before the conscription registration ended, and the young people who signed up in the brigade heard the news, and their blood immediately surged, shouting that they wanted to go to the battlefield.

Not to mention the young people, other people are also indignant, these days, wherever they go, the brigade is talking about the incident of Zhenbao Island.

Qiao Hongzhi also signed up.

Their family's political censorship can't find anything, as long as he passes the medical examination, there is basically no problem.

As long as all goes well, you will be able to officially enlist in the army at the end of April or early May.

The political trial on their side is relatively long, and the enlistment time is several months later than in other places, and in addition, the number of people who enlist in the army is also strictly limited.

Coastal residents have always been stuck in some respects because of their overseas ties since ancient times and the importance they attach to clan ties.

On March 12, the first batch of educated youths had arrived, and a brigade was needed to pick them up.

It had rained for so many days, and even now that the weather was clear, the road to the commune was still muddy, and it was impossible to drive at all, because the wheels were prone to slippage and stalling, so I had to walk.

It's also a shame that the teams don't have to pick up people at the train station, otherwise it will be a big headache just thinking about it.

The educated youth office of Quan City will send people to various towns, and then the county seat will arrange for them to be sent to various communes.

These educated youths come from different places, some from their own province and some from other provinces, with different languages, and their childish faces are full of longing.

Because of the mountainous area of Min Province, most of the train tracks detour through the mountains, which takes a lot of time.

When these educated youths arrived at the train station, their faces were as white as earth, and then they were swayed to the town in a truck, and the whole person was about to fall apart.

How can they make a career in the countryside and open up a new world?

There are more than 100 educated youths assigned to Jin'an County, and then they are evenly distributed to several communes, and one commune is just over ten.

In this way, each brigade may not be able to be divided.

Where will these educated youths be assigned to, and those who are related to them have already found a good place to go, and they must be a brigade close to the county seat and with better living conditions.

And it doesn't matter to the educated youth, they can only be arranged by the organization, and unless they make a big mistake, there is basically no room for change.

Because the traffic remains unchanged and the road is long, it was already evening when the group of educated youths who were sent to Taoxi Commune arrived.

None of these people were assigned to the Alpine Brigade.

And the news of several brigades on the mountain is blocked, so naturally there is no way to know the news in advance.

Father Qiao, they ran in vain.

After another 10 days, the second and third batches of educated youths arrived, and this time the number of them increased rapidly, several times that of the first batch.

Whether it's a county seat or a commune, the pressure is very high.

At this time, it happened to be the busiest time for spring ploughing, no matter which brigade was busy, and there were quite complaints about the educated youth.

However, even if everyone has a lot of complaints in their hearts, they still have to send someone to pick them up.

As for the ox cart, it was a dream, the ox is an important labor force, and there is enough work in the field on weekdays, so where are the members willing to let the oxen come out to pull the cart?

What's more, no one walks fast when a cart pulled by an ox doesn't walk, so what's a waste of time?

Although cattle are not slow to run, in most cases, they rarely run unless stimulated.

They are mostly docile and prefer to take one step at a time.

As for the tractors of the Takayama brigade, because of the muddy dirt roads, they were afraid of accidents, and like other brigades, they were all on foot.

Qiao's father and Qiao Gaotie went to the commune for the second time to pick up educated youth, and there was a commotion in the commune office building, and there were many young people standing inside and out.

Their dress, spirit, and language are completely different from the locals.

In particular, the clothes of the educated youths are light in color and have many colors, which is in stark contrast to the gray, black and blue common in the local area.

Some of the little girls in the commune watched from afar, staring enviously at the clothes on the intellectuals.

Qiao's father and Qiao Gaotie were not in a hurry to get in, they saw the cadres of the other brigades scolding and scolding, leading four or five educated youths to go out.

Those educated youths couldn't understand the local dialect, but they also knew that these cadres were scolding them, and their faces were very ugly.

"It seems that every brigade will be lively in the future. Father Qiao raised his eyebrows and said, how can the young people who come down from the city stand the gap between the city and the countryside?

"If you're hungry, you'll be honest. Qiao Gaotie said indifferently.

Only after being hit can you know how to cherish your life in the moment.

Father Qiao smiled when he heard this, and looked at the fewer and fewer people, "Let's go, let's go in." ”

Li Xianghong and Liu Damin were so busy that they had to enter the household registration and other information of these educated youths into the commune and send them to the brigade in detail.

The accountant was not idle, and the placement fee for the educated youth had to be handed over to each brigade according to the number of people, and there was no negligence at all.

Because the first batch of the Gaoshan Brigade did not receive educated youth, the number this time was a bit large, there were ten of them, five men and five women, and the gender was very even.

These people were just here, and when they walked from the county seat to Taoxi Commune, they were already tired, so they looked forward to having a means of transportation when the brigade came to pick up people.

However, they were all disappointed, and none of the brigade had ox carts or mules or anything to carry them around, let alone welcome them.

This is different from what the educated youths expected, and they are a little dazed in their eyes.