The angry Yang Qionghua was pulled away by Lu Chunyi, and Fan Yun, Jiang Yizhen, and Min Lanzhen, who were not worried, also left after comforting Zheng Wenshu for a while. Cen Xinrui was angry, but he just took care of his father, and he didn't want his mother to worry about him, so Fang Qiang endured this evil breath. Inspecting the family, because there is no property, so there is no loss, but my father has always had the habit of keeping a diary, and nearly 20 or so books recorded over the years have all been copied. Seeing this scene, Cen Xinrui and his mother were a little worried, they didn't know if there were any out-of-the-ordinary words in it, and they would be caught by Yang Qionghua's gang and bring new disasters to their father.

The turmoil passed like this, and gradually, the Cen family returned to its original state, but Cen Xinrui knew that the peaceful days of the past would never appear again, and as for his future, it was a huge unknown.

Sure enough, just after a period of time after his heart was empty, Shao Yishan, who went to the school a few days ago to inquire about the news, brought him a notice that all the graduates of the 66th, 67th, and 68th classes would go to the school immediately, and the newly established school reform committee had something important to announce.

"What's the matter?" Cen Xinrui asked with great concern.

"I don't know, it's just that it's at my own risk that I don't go. Shao Yishan told the truth, but there was another situation he didn't tell Cen Xinrui, that is, the notice was issued by Qu Jinbai on behalf of the school.

Cen Xinrui was a little unsure, and when he thought of what Director Min said about decentralization a while ago, he felt even more uneasy. After thinking about it, he decided to go and see what was going on.

In this way, within the specified time, Cen Xinrui returned to No. 1 Middle School and walked into the reading room of the school library, which was the meeting place. It's just good not to walk into this house, and when I enter, I was surprised: the huge place, it was empty, and there was nothing but a dozen or so wooden benches with three-seaters. Cen Xinrui is only two years in the future, and looking at this scene at this moment, he really feels like a world away.

"Hey, where are the books here?" Seeing his friend Que Rendong walk in, he naturally sat beside him, Cen Xinrui couldn't help but ask.

"You don't know?" Que Rendong was surprised when he heard this, "It's all gone." ”

It will be Cen Xinrui's turn to be surprised, "Can't it!"

"I'm talking about you," looking at Cen Xinrui's unbelievable expression, Que Rendong shook his head.

"No one cares about this?" Cen Xinrui thought it was incredible.

"Who cares?" Que Rendong snorted heavily.

Hearing Que Rendong say this, Cen Xinrui was silent. He couldn't accept such a result, and it was even more difficult to imagine how Mr. Xu Zihang felt when he saw the room full of books being snatched up. In his impression, the librarian in his fifties can be said to love books as much as his life. During his work hours, in addition to borrowing books and returning books to his classmates, the most important thing the old man did was to repair the damaged books.

Alas-

Thinking of this, Cen Xinrui couldn't help but sigh. Somehow, he suddenly felt that his already unhappy mood was much heavier.

"Don't think about it, it's a meeting. Que Rendong knew that he was depressed, so he touched him.

Hearing his friend's reminder, Cen Xinrui raised his head. But this was not tight, and I was taken aback: there were only more than 40 classmates present, and they all lived in Lichuan County, and the person who presided over the meeting was Li Yagui, who had previously announced that he had been defeated. What's even more incredible is that Qu Jinbai actually sat next to him, and the two were smiling and talking about something.

"They're—"

"They're colleagues now. Looking at Cen Xinrui's puzzled expression, Que Rendong explained, "Teacher Li Yagui has entered the first middle school team. ”

I see! This will be a big surprise to Cen Xinrui. It's just that before he could continue to think about it, Mr. Li Yagui's speech immediately pulled him back to reality. Li announced that due to their different reasons, none of the students who attended the meeting were admitted to the higher schools, but were arranged to go to the mountains and go to the countryside, "the countryside is a vast world, and great achievements can be made there." As for the specific destination, that is, to go to Balinghu Commune, more than 80 miles away, to settle in the queue. Of course, as far as the students who graduated from junior high school are concerned, some of them have been allowed to study in high schools, and two of them have been sent to a military school in Guangdong.

This is not fair! When he learned such news, although he had been mentally prepared, Cen Xinrui was still very shocked and dissatisfied. Those students who have been allowed to enter high school, although there are a few students with good academic performance and good performance, there are also many who are very poor in all aspects. Especially the two students who were escorted to the military academy, their performance is usually very bad, their grades are a mess, and they can't convince the public at all, and many students are better than them. Don't talk about others, let's talk about Ma Ping who is sitting in front of him at the moment, although he is jealous and always can't get along with classmates who are stronger than him, but in all fairness, he is indeed a smart person, and his grades have always been good.

But Cen Xinrui didn't say anything, the leader made a decision, and it was useless to say it. But the more than forty classmates around him couldn't hold their breath for a long time and said what he wanted to say-

"Are you really going to get us to the countryside to be farmers?"

"Even if you are farmers, you can't get us to Baling Lake!"

"Why don't I go, take a stick?"

"Why are there just a few of us, Qu Jinbai and Chu Lan, haven't they finished high school, why don't they go down?"

Listening to the noise of everyone, Li Yagui, who announced the decision, sat quietly in the host position and did not say a word. It wasn't until everyone was tired of the noise and the noise gradually subsided that Fang said coldly: "Students, I know that this news is a big shock to you, but you must know that it is millions of junior and senior high school graduates across the country who want to go down, not just dozens of you, and the decision of intellectual youth to go to the mountains and countryside was made by the Party Central Committee and ***." ”

Hearing him say this, the crowd fell silent in an instant.

Seeing everyone sitting there like frosted eggplants, Li Yagui sneered in his heart.

"Recognize the situation, right?" Li Yagui glanced at everyone, and there was no deterrence in his words.

"That-why are some people not going to the mountains and going to the countryside, but are arranged to stay in school to study in high school?" Shao Yishan, who was silent for a while, and usually didn't squeak loudly, suddenly asked.

"This is also the need of the situation, and those who remain are those who are well-rooted and have a promising future. Li Yagui seemed to have anticipated this kind of question, so he replied in an unquestioning tone. After a pause, he said: "What is a policy, policy is the difference, and this is like some people have to go to the countryside, and some people have to stay in the city to work." There is no difference, how can the work be carried forward?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other, and the venue fell silent again.

After a while, with the departure of Li Yagui, Qu Jinbai and others, the sound of pushing tables and smashing chairs sounded, and everyone left the office dejectedly. Although there were many angry and corrupt among them, they still broke up after a while.

Cen Xinrui didn't know how he got out of the school library. He only knew that he was likely to have no fate with studying from today, and as for what the future was, he was undoubtedly at a loss.

"Damn, it's so unfair, good students will be punished, and bad students will have fruit to eat!" a shout came from behind him. Cen Xinrui didn't have to look back, he knew that it was Ma Ping who was complaining. But he didn't want to talk to him, so he just cared about his own. What is there to talk about? The school's approach is certainly frustrating, and this Maping is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Don't look at him now that he is angry, if he really wants to be questioned, he will push it all away and transfer the responsibility to others, and his classmates have experienced enough of such things.

But just as he walked to the school gate with a blank mind, he suddenly felt that someone was following him. When I looked back, I found that it was Lin Hongying, but I don't know when she followed behind, let alone where she came from.

"I'll accompany you to the ferry. Seeing Cen Xinrui looking at himself suspiciously, Lin Hongying whispered. probably knew that he was in a bad mood, and she was used to being spicy, and she was very careful when she spoke at the moment. She felt that her announcement to high school must be a stimulus to Cen Xinrui, because the reason was very simple, but it was not that her grades and performance were better than his.

Cen Xinrui looked at her like a look, and there was no squeak. He knew what she meant. He wanted to refuse the comfort from her, but after hesitating for a while, he finally had no exit. He felt that she had good intentions in doing this, but he couldn't be angry with her and make her look down on her.

The two walked along the boulevard leading from the library to the school gate, neither of them spoke, and they did not know what to say. After watching, I walked out of the school gate and onto the road leading to the ferry port. is also a coincidence, just when the two of them followed the flow of people through the barge passage and boarded the ferry that was about to leave the shore, Cen Xinrui accidentally found Huang Qingjun, who had not been seen for a long time, this big brother who was like his brother.

"Brother Qingjun!" Cen Xinrui called out loudly.

"It's you!" Huang Qingjun, who was looking at the other side of the ferry railing, turned around and found that it was Cen Xinrui, and he was very happy.

"Why are you here?" Cen Xinrui walked over excitedly. He remembered that Huang Qingjun was not admitted to university and went to a hydropower station in another province to recruit workers.

"Oh, my mother suddenly fell ill and I took leave to come back to visit. Facing Cen Xinrui's eager eyes, Huang Qingjun replied. But he soon felt that something was wrong, because he found that beside the other party, there was a girl with a beautiful face and a good figure.

"She is my classmate, and she is afraid that I will feel uncomfortable, so she will accompany me for a ride. Cen Xinrui is such a smart person, he immediately read his doubts and worries from Huang Qingjun's surprised eyes, and quickly explained.

"It's uncomfortable, why?" Huang Qingjun was really surprised.

Alas-

Cen Xinrui glanced at Lin Hongying, who was not far away, sighed, and said, "The school summoned dozens of our classmates from Lichuan County today to inform us that we will be sent to Baling Lake to be farmers. ”

It turns out that this is the case, Huang Qingjun immediately understood, no wonder why Cen Xinrui, who is usually very energetic, seems a little sluggish today.

"There is no study, no employment, and we have to be sent to remote villages, and from now on we will say goodbye to the city, we people are finished!" Looking at the Lishui flowing from west to east in front of him, Cen Xinrui felt very sad.

Hearing Cen Xinrui say this, Huang Qingjun didn't squeak for a while. On the train home, he listened to the passengers next to him talk about the fact that the young intellectuals went to the mountains and went to the countryside, and it became a fact that he did not want to be in his hometown. He is a person from the past, although it has been four years since the incident, the fact that he was not admitted to the university still makes him empathize with Cen Xinrui's feelings. He thought about it, took a step forward, stroked Cen Xinrui's shoulder, and comforted: "Don't be too depressed, in my opinion, the above approach may change." Maybe one day you'll get back to town and go back to school again. ”

"Is this possible? It says that you have to take root in the countryside for the rest of your life!" Although Huang Qingjun, like his brother, is a person he trusts, Cen Xinrui still doesn't believe it.

"Why not? Think about it, so many students have been sent to the countryside, who will study and work in the future?" Huang Qingjun asked him, "Now in order to get people down, of course, you have to talk harder." ”

Hearing this, Cen Xinrui felt that it made sense, and he couldn't help but feel relieved.

"I'd like to warn you, though. Looking at Cen Xinrui, who gradually unraveled his brows, Huang Qingjun said.

"You say, I'll listen. Cen Xinrui looked at Huang Qingjun convincingly.

"It's going to be very busy and even hard to go down, but no matter what, you must keep studying. Otherwise, when the time comes, you won't be able to seize the opportunity. Don't look at what some people say nowadays, 'Reading is useless,' but is there really no knowledge in this society? If you don't talk about anything else, you still have to have knowledge even if you run a board newspaper!"

That's really the way it is. Huang Qingjun said this, and Cen Xinrui felt that it made sense. Even Lin Hongying, who was listening attentively on the side, also felt that this was the case.

"Look at me, I didn't go to college, but I was able to play my part. Since I have been studying university courses in hydropower on my own since joining the work, I have tried to make some useful small inventions, and now the leaders want me to participate in the technical transformation of hydropower stations. I think that as long as I don't give up, I can still look forward to the future. In order to cheer Cen Xinrui up, Huang Qingjun put himself in.

"I see. Hearing Huang Qingjun say this, Cen Xinrui will feel a lot better. Think about it, the knowledge learned is one's own, and it is even more useful, and in the end, the world does not need any knowledge at all. But at this moment, he thought of Li Yagui's various rhetoric in the mountains and countryside, so he asked, "Brother Qingjun, do you know Teacher Li Yagui?"

"I know, what's wrong?" Huang Qingjun felt a little strange when asked like this.

"Isn't this man a little inexplicable? If you want to do what he told us, then don't learn anything, and be a peasant without culture. ”

As soon as he heard Cen Xinrui mention Li Yagui, Huang Qingjun's heart was flooded. How could I not know him? At that time, just because he was advocating justice for his classmates and had a few arguments with this member of the school's general branch and the head teacher of the grade, he signed an opinion on the graduation appraisal that "this student has always violated discipline and has no teacher, so it is recommended that he not be admitted," resulting in the failure of the college entrance examination. Of course, Li also paid the price for this. Listening to his classmates, because he did too much of this kind of thing, he was ridiculed by the students who failed in the past and suffered a lot. Originally, after these things, he should have learned some lessons, but judging from the situation described by Xinrui, not only did he not do so, but on the contrary, he intensified his anger and spread his anger on the heads of Xinrui.

How can you tell him? Seeing Cen Xinrui staring at him, Huang Qingjun wanted to tell him about his experience. But as soon as I thought about it, it was a bit of a short and long taste behind my back, and I was afraid that Lin Hongying was beside me, so I dispelled it. He thought for a moment and said, "What others say is their problem, the key is to have your own opinion." Some things will be known at that time, and you don't have to care how many people say it at a time, or what those who seem to have a little power say it. After a pause, he said, "Brother, remember, a person's life is both short and long, so don't be pessimistic and discouraged by a momentary hardship. The key is to have ideas for yourself, especially when you don't forget to learn. Some knowledge seems useless now, but if you don't master it, it's too late to use it. Even if it's useless, it won't be a burden that will burden you. ”

Listening to these words, Cen Xinrui felt that he really felt empowered. But just when he wanted to say something to the other party, Lin Hongying, who had been silently on the side, suddenly said, "The boat is about to dock." ”

Cen Xinrui and Huang Qingjun heard the sound, turned their heads to look, and sure enough, the ferry had already sailed to the barge moored on the riverbank.

"Let's break up here," Huang Qingjun took out a pen and notepad from his pocket, tore off a page from the notebook, hurriedly wrote down a line of words, and handed it to Cen Xinrui: "This is my communications office, we will contact more in the future." ”

Cen Xinrui took the note and was very happy in his heart. He wanted to say something more, but he didn't know how to say it for a while.

Huang Qingjun patted Cen Xinrui's shoulder again, turned around and left. After taking a few steps, he turned around and waved his hand. Although Lin Hongying next to Cen Xinrui came into his eyes again this time, he did not have the previous feeling of surprise. From Cen Xinrui's pure and immaculate eyes, he had already understood that his worries were unnecessary. In the past days, he not only had a better understanding of Cen Shishi's brother, but also had a good impression. He felt that this young man was not only smart and studious, but also very thoughtful in case of trouble, and although he was facing great difficulties now, as long as he persisted in his efforts, he still had a future. His only regret was that he forgot to ask him about the situation at home just now, and he didn't know how Uncle Cen and Aunt Zheng were in health and how their lives were.

Looking at Huang Qingjun's distant back, Cen Xinrui's mood at this time was much better than before. He thought, he is not the only one who goes to the countryside, so let's do it first, I believe that there is no endless road. It's just that when I think of bidding farewell to school and formal learning from now on, bidding farewell to Yahou Street, where I have lived since I was a child, especially my father who is worried about being in the Wuqi Cadre School, I always have a rare peace of mind in my heart, and I feel a little sad from it.