How the Zhao family was worried about Zhao Min and Xie Jun's affairs had nothing to do with Lu Li, and there was no way to inquire, but three days later, Xu Yunjian and Zhao Min found Lu Li, "You two ...... Why did they come together? ”

Zhao Min and Yu Fang were talking in the temporary construction shed, and they heard her say that they came to apologize to Yu Fang for their parents. Xu Yunjian looked embarrassed, smiled, and moved a bench at the door of the temporary construction shed and sat down, "Xiaoxiao, I have something to tell you." ”

Lu Li and Xu Yunjian are best friends, the relationship between the two is too close, Xu Yunjian has been heartless since he was a child, and he throws out everything that should be said and shouldn't be said, he is definitely the kind of person who can't hide his words! Luli asked himself, this was the first time he had seen him look like this. "What? Say? ”

"It's Zhao Min's business." Xu Yunjian smiled bitterly and scratched his head. This morning, Zhao Min came to him, their two families live close, and the Linjian shed is not far away, after meeting, the girl expressed her heart directly, and there was only one sentence: I want Xu Yunjian to help ask, what does it mean to the girl?

Zhao Min made it clear to Xu Yunjian, "I'm just a sentence, as long as he doesn't hold a grudge against me last time, I'm still willing to follow him." You go and ask me what he thinks? ”

Xu Yunjian was very surprised, although he was a little rude, but he had been an old friend of Lu Li for many years, and he knew too well about his surname of 'not eating back grass'! Didn't Li Xueqing, Li Tiehan and his buddies for so many years fall apart just for the sake of review? Isn't it ugly to ask yourself about such things? Thinking about it like this, I had the heart to shirk it, "You go and ask yourself, this is the business of the two of you, what am I doing?" ”

Zhao Min shook his head vigorously, "Less nonsense!" I'm going to ask you today! Are you going or not? ”

"Go, go, go!" Xu Yunjian had no choice but to come to Lu Li hard.

Listening to his hesitant words, Lu Li hesitated for a long time, "This ......"

"Xiaoxiao, I'll tell you this, sister-in-law, ......, I mean, Zhao Min is a good person, she looks beautiful, and her body is better, so she is also a match with you. What if you really look like me and get a Fan Meidi, and I'm almost nervous? ”

Luli pursed his lips and looked at his old friend with a smile, "...... I mean, if you really mean that, Zhao Min has nothing to say. People are girls, they all say such things, what do you want to do? Hey, don't pretend to be a bastard now, give a happy word? ”

Lu Li's brain spun quickly, and he suddenly got up and went to the entrance of the Linjian shed, "Auntie, can you wait a while and then talk?" I'll have a word with Zhao Min. After speaking, he turned around and gave Xu Yunjian a look. The latter smiled, walked sideways with Zhao Min, and spoke to Yu Fang instead of her.

Zhao Min and Lu Li stood face to face, looking at his familiar face, "Let's go, let's take two steps." After saying this, he turned around and walked forward, and Zhao Min followed step by step.

"He told me." Luley slowed down, waited for her to walk side by side with him, and said, "How are you doing your homework?" ”

Zhao Min didn't expect him to ask this, what does this have to do with this matter? "Huh? Oh, that's great, I'm in the top 10 in my grade right now. ”

Lu Li nodded, during the earthquake, he was buried in the rubble, and after being rescued, there was a lot of information in his mind that he didn't understand the origin at all, he didn't know whether these contents were true or false, and he didn't dare to speculate, let alone say anything to others, and more importantly, this knowledge was just some scattered fragments, which were not enough for him to organize a complete set of structure. But one thing he was almost certain of was that the university re-enrolled!

The reason for the affirmation is related to his work experience in the past year: the country has begun to recruit college students on a small scale, and it has gradually opened up and increased the pace of selecting and transferring educated youths to return to the city, which are all real events that happened around him, and with the occasional flash of inspiration in his mind, he can basically be sure that this matter is about to become possible. "What are your thoughts on going to college?"

"You told me at the beginning that one of the things to study is to seize the opportunity, and if you can continue to go to university, I will not object to it - however, now only workers, peasants and soldiers can go to university, and my background is not particularly good......"

"I'm asking you, what if you don't think about your origin?"

"Regardless of origin? You're not kidding! Where can you not consider your origin? ”

Lu Li didn't speak, just looked at her, Zhao Min sighed in his heart, and had to give in, "If that's the case, of course I want to go." ”

"Then, Zhao Min, have you ever thought that in the future, when you graduate from college, I am just an ordinary worker in the city, what will happen then?"

"So what? Big brother of the working class, lead everything! ”

The thought that flashed through Luley's mind told him that the girl's words were wrong! It won't be long before the working class is trampled to the bottom of society! What Big Brother, what leads everything? It's all! "Luley, are you talking? When you call me out, do you ask me to study? ”

"Oh yes." Lu Li nodded, the sky in October, the sun was hanging high, and it was a little scorching, "Zhao Min, what happened last time, I was really special...... Other...... Saddened. ”

"I know, I know, it's me who is bad, it's me who is not good!" Zhao Min was eager to argue, and when she heard him speak, she began to stutter again, and the girl became a little scared, "Lu Li, I was wrong, and I won't be in the future." I promise, I promise to the great leader. ”

"I ...... Hey, Zhao Min, I don't blame you, your brother and your parents are not wrong in their choice, if it were me, there might not be another choice. I mean, as a parent, can you not want your child to be well? I want to ask you, what are you going to do in the future? For me, and between them, ......"

"It's okay, if they don't agree, I'll break with them!"

Luli immediately frowned and shook his head categorically! "You're really in a blessing...... Zhifu? ”

"Huh?"

"Do you know how happy it is to have a home? You know...... I...... How much do I want to have my parents hurt? Break? They raised you so big just to make you break with them? Lu Li said coldly: "If that's the case, Zhao Min, forget it." ”

"Don't!" Zhao Min told him that he was about to cry! In desperation, he hugged his waist, "Luli, I know what you mean, but I really can't help it,...... If I had to choose, I would choose you! I...... Like you, I love you! ”

"Trust me, Zhao Min, I know a lot more than you do, and your family's ,...... It's love. ”

"No, you're not right!" Zhao Min screamed, causing the residents of the Linjian shanty area to side, and the girl was shy for a while, pulling him away a little, "You're not right, Lu Li, it's not right!" ”

Luli smiled silently and took the girl's hand, "You know I'm right. Zhao Min, I like you very much, but if you were asked to choose between your family and me, I would rather ...... Quit. ”

"Don't, don't," Zhao Min finally cried, whimpered and threw himself into his arms, and cried and complained, "Lu Li, I really went to Tangshan just to deliver a letter for your aunt, but I heard Xu Yunjian and them say...... After that, I was so scared, I was so scared that I wouldn't be able to see you! That's when I knew that I couldn't live without you, please, don't ...... Drive me away, please! ”

Luli hugged the girl in his arms tightly, lowered his head and kissed her soapy hair, and suddenly nodded, "I...... Occur...... way. ”

"Huh? What's the solution? ”

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Father Xu worked in the construction team, with his help, the house in the Wang family's courtyard was finally able to recreate the old look, soak the paint with caustic soda, and brush the wall little by little with a board brush on the 'big white (this is a widely used indoor wall paint at that time, of course, the color can not be compared with now, and the process is also very troublesome, among which caustic soda is a highly corrosive drug with a strong corrosive surname)', and when it is dried and cool, you can move in.

"Come on!" Father Xu took off his gloves and threw them aside, "Xiaoxiao, how is it?" ”

"Don't talk about it, let's have a drink tonight."

Dad Xu laughed out loud! "Uncle loves to hear that." He smiled and said, "Seriously, Xiaoxiao, if you really say thank you to your uncle, your uncle will turn around and leave, and you will not be ignored in the future!" cao！ ”

Lu Li chuckled, together with Xu Yunjian, the three of them set up a table in the small courtyard, Yu Fang and Zhao Min were busy all afternoon, and the wine and food had already been prepared, "Hey, Xiaoxiao, now that the educated youth in many places have begun to return, do you plan to come back more?" What are you going to do when you come back? ”

"We'll have to wait."

"I'm thinking about it for our kid anyway, and I'll let him join the construction team when I come back, I'm tired, the food standard is high enough, forty catties a month!"

The food standard refers to the amount of food that each person can get every month, according to the level of physical strength to distribute, forty catties is the highest (this refers to white flour, rice and other fine grains), if it is not enough to eat, you have to find a way to change it - fine grains and coarse grains can be exchanged according to a certain proportion, taking cornmeal as an example, one catty of white flour can be exchanged for three catties of cornmeal.

"Dad, I don't want to join the construction team, how hard is it?"

"Fuck you!" Father Xu opened his mouth and scolded, "Your father has been working in construction all his life, why do you want to do this if you don't do this?" Are you afraid of hardship? How is it not easier than you are in the countryside? Hey, Xiaoxiao, what do you say? ”

"Uncle is right."

"Did you hear that? Xiaoxiao agreed. Don't talk nonsense, when you come back to the city, you will go to work with me in the construction team! Hey, Xiaoxiao, if you don't have a place to go to work for a while, why don't you ask Uncle for you? In that place, there are one or two more people, it doesn't count. ”

Before Lu Li could speak, Yu Fang interjected first, "Xiaoxiao, don't thank you Uncle Xu yet?" How do you say this, it's not enough to trouble you, and you also remember the work of your children? ”

"It's okay, sister-in-law, Xiaoxiao is the same as my son! To tell you the truth, sometimes I really want to have such a kid as Xiaoxiao, our kid, too unmotivated. ”

"What, how good is the cloud sword? is obedient and obedient, Xiaoxiao is too skinny...... when his uncle was alive, I don't know how much thought he put into him. ”

Listening to the words of a pair of elders, the three young people were relatively speechless. "Hey, Xiaoxiao, how do you decide with her? Is it going to work? ”

Lu Li was speechless to answer, even Zhao Min was very confused about this matter, but he was incapable of explaining it with his current knowledge, so he had to put it off; But on the surface, the two people still resumed their original relationship, "you...... Leave it alone, you'll find out later. ”

“cao！ And you don't tell the truth with me? Xu Yunjian glanced at him, "Pull down, hey, sister-in-law?" He doesn't say it, you can talk to me, right? ”

Zhao Min pursed his lips, although Lu Li said a method that she didn't understand very much, so that the two of them had no further possibility in a short period of time, but just from the fact that he had no objection to Xu Yunjian calling himself 'sister-in-law', the hope for the future is still quite great! "He told you not to ask less! You and his buddies for so many years, dare not listen to him? ”

"It's over, it's over. Good fellow, speak to him now? Xu Yunjian joked, "Hey, Xiaoxiao, tell me, why did you make your sister-in-law so well-behaved?" If I had you and you, I wouldn't have made such a big mess. ”

"That's because you're out of luck!" Father Xu suddenly took a sip of his son, "Do you know what it means to be a good man on his mouth and a good horse on his legs?" Look at the little people, when they came to our house that day, how energetic they talked? Look at you again, damn it, you can't even say a whole sentence! You're scared to pee, right? ”

"Hello? Isn't it like me, stammering? ”

"What do you say?"

"It's okay, it's okay."

So, Yu Fang was a few of them.

Yu Fang took Wu Ting and Zhao Min to the train station to see them off, "Go back, it's cold, it's windy outside." ”

"Xiaoxiao, go there and do a good job for others, you are the head now. Yes? ”

"I didn't say that, aunt."

"Also, Xiaoxiao, aren't there a lot of educated youths returning to the city now? Let's see, can you come back sooner? Don't be so stupid? Come back early, let's take your sister and have a good time. How is it not stronger in Tian (Tianjin) than in Tangshan? ”

Luli didn't want his aunt to ask such a question, so he hesitated, "That'...... Okay, aunt, but this matter, at most two or three years, maybe the state will solve it. When the time comes, I will come back and serve you. ”

Yu Fang nodded and wiped away her tears, "It's almost time, let's go in." ”

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There was nothing to say on the road, returned to Tangshan, the urban area is still a ruin, but the situation of Shanglin is a little better, more than a third of the people and educated youth died here, and the houses have all collapsed, it is too difficult to clean up, after discussion, simply abandon the original village site, and move to the west instead, and at the same time move the East Angezhuang Village to the east, the two villages are combined into one, with Angezhuang as the new name, and become a new natural village.

A small number of houses have been built in the village, and there are too many people to divide the porridge, and there are not enough houses, so we have to squeeze people I don't know into one room, and there is only this one winter, and when it is over, the state will arrange for the construction of more houses next year," ...... Educated youth, Xiao Lu, you still have to lead it, for what? You're a party member, and you're a village cadre, right? ”

The new production team leader's surname is Chu, who is a native of Dongang Zhuang, with a pair of big leopard eyes, and the flesh on his cheeks is very rich, and he droops down slightly, "I heard the branch secretary talk about you, you are strong and young, and you have to carry more burdens." ”

"I didn't ...... said. Lu Li said: "After I came back, I looked at this in our two villages, the recruitment of workers, and the list of recommended universities......

"This matter, I think we have to wait, why do you say that, we have suffered such a big disaster, and someone has to do it next year, right? If everyone is gone, who will do it? Moreover, these young intellectuals nowadays, as soon as they hear that they can go to university, they want to go to college no matter what their background is? How can this be done? The state has a policy, doesn't it? All people who go to college must first have a good background, and then they can say anything about their labor performance! Secretary Liu, what do you say? ”

Secretary Liu is the deputy secretary of the former Dong'an Gezhuang, and the secretary was stoned to death, and when the two villages merged, he still did his deputy, and nodded when he heard the words, "I agree with Lao Chu's words, it's better not to publicize this matter to the outside world." If you really have a good job performance, an excellent mass foundation, and a good background, we can wait until the next day, and then notify him alone! As for recruitment, the state also has a policy. What do you see, secretary? ”

"I agree."

Lu Li was stunned, he didn't want to agree to the other party's words without thinking about it, this is not much like his personality? At present, the situation is bound to not say much, and after talking about work for a while, they dispersed.

Lu Li returned home, had a bite to eat with Xu Yunjian and a few others, tidied up dinner, went out with it, and went straight to Shang Kang's house. The old man now lives alone in an unfinished house, and every dinner is brought by him, and when he enters the door, he sees that the old man is sitting on the kang and smoking, since the catastrophe, his addiction to smoking is getting bigger and bigger, "Uncle, it's time to eat." ”

"Hey." Shang Kang threw away the dry tobacco, sat on the edge of the kang, waited for Lu Li to take a short table, and began to eat, "Uncle, you eat, I'll talk to you about something." ”

"You say, you say."

"It's about the selection of educated youths and going to college, do you think, do you have another meeting with Secretary Liu and Captain Chu to discuss? And now that the three-year policy period of non-recruitment has passed, many educated youths have the idea of returning to the city to work. ”

The three-year policy period refers to a policy adjustment made after 1972, and the simple explanation is that in the three years from 73 to 75, all fresh graduates, except for a few special circumstances, will go to the countryside! In 1974, only 280,000 workers were recruited nationwide, and the number of places dropped sharply, causing young people to come up with various ways to stay in the city, and the contradictions were very prominent.

He continued: "Although we have been recruited in 76, many of our Tangshan are nearby, and everyone is very resentful......

Shang Kang said waved his hand and interrupted him, "What do you mean to be resentful?" Xiao Lu, I don't like to hear what you say! Didn't the fertilizer factory recruit workers last year, and 15 people were also transferred? So they are not satisfied? ”

"Yes, but those are people from other cities, many of them are even from Shanghai (Hai) and Hangzhou, and they still want to go back to their own cities?"

"Little Lu, what's the matter with you? What's going on today? All go back, what about things here? Yes? ”

Since coming to Shanglin, Shang Kang said that it was the first time to get angry with Lu Li, after a roar, both of them were flustered, Shang Kang said that he felt a little regretful, anyway, Lu Li is filial and obedient, what kind of fire did he send him? "Xiao Lu, Uncle doesn't blame you, who are you Uncle knows best, but ...... Look at our merchant Lin, now he doesn't even have his own name! What is this called? Uncle has been well-behaved and innocent all his life, what has happened? ”

"Uncle, don't be angry, I don't mean to be around, I'm just ......"

"Xiao Lu, uncle doesn't blame you, uncle is just wronged!" Shang Kang said in a low voice, tears rolling in his eyes, "Uncle is just wronged!" ”

Lu Li couldn't persuade him, so he had to sigh a few times, "Xiao Lu, what about things, you have to take your time, don't worry, right?" What Lao Liu just said, I think it's quite right, whether it's going to college or recruiting, isn't there a national policy? If we follow the policy, we will not be afraid of making mistakes. ”

Lu Li was disappointed in his heart, and Shang Kang said that he was no longer the honest and simple old man he used to be! Do it according to the policy? It's just a matter of doing it, but it's too much! Feng (Nan) County is because there are too many human factors in the process of handling, so he forced people to death, doesn't he know?

Speaking of the problem of recruiting educated youth, it can really be regarded as the beginning of China's 'back door' crooked trend! There is a lot of chaos in various places, here are a few examples——。

First of all, there is no plan, sometimes recruiting workers many times a year, which makes people's hearts fluctuate, affects production, and causes psychological fluctuations among educated youth; The second is that localism is serious, most of them are recruited from the city and the province, and other provinces are almost not considered; The third is to blow a wind of arbitrary substitution, regardless of whether it is touched or not, all occupy the replacement quota, at first it was still a son and daughter, and later it developed into a wife, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law all replaced, occupying a precious place.

Fourth, the examination is too strict, a certain province recruits, in accordance with the requirements of conscription, as many as 14 conditions, from origin, performance, social relations to height and weight; It is jokingly called the backbone of the sucker, the top, and the best of the best. In addition to these, the female surname also has to be subjected to a gynecological physical examination, which is extremely harsh, and in the local area, it has caused a tragedy of a female educated youth unwilling to be humiliated and committed suicide by lying on the rails, which shocked for a while.

The fifth is the discrimination of surnames, some places recruit workers, as long as the male educated youth, the female educated youth do not want! In the end, in addition to delaying childbirth, the adverse effects also made the marriage of older women and young people a problem.

With so many situations, although there are many ways for educated youths to return to the city, the specific handling often becomes a big problem, and what is even more annoying is that it has become a way for some people to seek personal gain.

After a discussion with Shang Kang, there was no result, and Lu Li was very disappointed! Walking out of the room, looking at the starry sky under the cold night sky, he secretly sighed, and used Qu Yuan's famous sentence in his heart to force himself: "The road is long, I will go up and down and seek!" Luli, don't worry, there will always be a day when the light will come! ”

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Words written at the end of the first volume.

The upload of the first volume of "The Red Age" has ended, and many readers can see that the content of the first volume is as 'Quantum Lightning' says, and the theme is not clear, in fact, this is also deliberately arranged by me.

I mentioned it once when I left a message in the article, about the three works after "Qingshan Change", this is one of them. In my original plan, "The Red Age" still took the standard path of rebirth, but as the story developed, I found that I lost more and more interest in such a setting - Lu Li will not enter the officialdom, but embark on the road of self-employment, becoming one of the first batch of practice stall army in New China - in this context, if the old setting is adopted, a time-traveler to the era of Lu Li, especially in 1980 after the reform and opening up, it is simply too simple to make a fortune!

To use an inappropriate analogy, this is like a person driving a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the Tang Dynasty, and then sweeping everything invincible: exterminating the Huns, subduing the Quartet, conquering sticks, and slaughtering the Japanese people. Rockets and missiles are flying all over the sky, and in less than half a month, the whole world can be handled by one person! The rest of the time is to build a big **......

This kind of writing may be very enjoyable, but in my opinion, it lacks a passion and fun of struggle. I always believe that readers' love for works and appreciation of stories is more due to the process of working hard to pursue goals. The final result is just a happy ending. Therefore, the original opening content was revised and moved to the second volume and beyond.

Words are an art of regret. My personal habit is to find a little time every day after the end of each volume and before uploading it to appreciate and browse carefully (about the appreciation of a work, it is another topic, and I will communicate with you in the text when I have time), and more importantly, to correct the typos in the text and some incoherent sentences. For example, a lot of the content after Liang Xin went to the countryside to join the merchant Lin queue was re-added in the later finishing.

But even so, looking back at the text content uploaded to the web page, there are still a lot of things that I am not satisfied with. Especially in this section of the earthquake, I consulted a lot of historical materials that I could find, and finally used one out of ten, which I can't help but say that I regretted it.

The content of the first volume has a rather realistic style. Of course, due to the limited pen power and some well-known reasons, even one percent of the amorous paintings of those turbulent years can be presented to the reader, and I apologize to everyone here.

The overall style of the story is still based on realism, mixed with a little YY. However, those who have read the opening paragraph of verse 102 can already grasp the direction of some stories.

Finally, let's talk about updates: in principle, there are two updates per day from Tuesday to Saturday, and one update per day every week and Monday; Until Eleven hits the shelves, this frequency will be maintained.