After the second half of 1968, the vigorous special period began to enter a period of relative cooling, the great man waved his hand, millions of young people, and threw themselves into a movement called "intellectual youth to go to the countryside", all the 66, 67, 68 three high school graduates belong to the category of intellectual youth who should go to the mountains and go to the countryside, the busiest are the staff of the neighborhood committees of each street, first of all, with the police of the police station to go through the procedures for transferring household registration, Then it is necessary to persuade some young people who are unwilling to leave the city to obey the arrangements of the party and the great leader, to make suggestions for their future direction, and so on.

Originally, if the children in the family belong to the school-age intellectual youth, there will be certain preferential treatment in the policy, simply put, one child can stay in the area closer to the city, so that when something happens in the parents' home, they can be taken care of nearby; But this is such a policy, and it is not applicable to the Wu sisters. The two young girls signed up for the first time to go to the place where the motherland needs it most! After selection, one went to a village under the jurisdiction of Gutong (Liao) City, Inner (Mongolia), and the other went to Xishuangbanna.

Lu Li was young, I don't know how far these two unfamiliar place names are from Tian (Tianjin), ask my uncle to know, Tong (Liao) is up and down 1800 miles, take the train to take two days and two nights to arrive; As for Xishuangbanna, it's even further. Nearly 5,000 miles! Such a number, for Fang and Lu Li, is almost the same as Sun Monkey learning from the West!

On the day of separation, Yu Fang cried like tears, and told her husband several times to reopen the child's camphor wood box to see if the clothes in it were enough? Is the money on your body put away?

"Alright, don't cry!" Wu Baokun impatiently waved his wife away, helped his daughter tie up the luggage, and let her carry it on her back, "Get there...... Obedient, people let you do it again, don't do it if you don't let it, you know? ”

"I know, parents, grandpa, don't worry, I went this time in response to the call of the great leader and the great leader, and went to the countryside to receive re-education from the poor and middle peasants. I know that when I arrived there, I first became a student and then a gentleman, and in the future, I will keep in mind what I have learned in the rural areas, and strive to plant the red flag of socialism all over the world one day earlier and liberate Taiwan (Bay) one day earlier! ”

"Pull it down!" Yu Fang scolded her daughter with a crying smile, "Just you, are you still plugged all over the world?" Jiefangtai (Bay)? ”

"What's wrong? Mom, why don't you believe it? Wait and see, I'll have to make a show for you. ”

"Alright, you two don't call in vain!" With tears in his eyes, Wu Baokun and Wu Aimao put the luggage of the two people on the board car, and Lu Li and his uncle pushed the cart together, Yu Fang followed closely with his infant daughter, and walked all the way to Heping Road; The road is full of young people wearing yellow-green and red (guard) uniforms, wearing big red flowers on their chests, standing under the big banner slogan of 'Warmly sending off intellectual youth to the mountains and going to the countryside', the young faces are full of glorious and reserved smiles, and around them, without exception, are family members who show reluctant colors.

From here, they take the car to the train station, the train to the southeast is close to full, in front of every window, there are countless parents, handing apples, pears, hawthorns in their hands into the carriage, and are sent out by their children again and again, "obedient, keep it for the road to eat." When you get to the place, you send a letter to your home, do you hear? ”

Lu Li walked forward with the crowd of people, until Wu Aimao was sent into the carriage, Wu Baokun returned to the outside of the carriage, "Brother Lai, I asked my colleague, saying that it was hot over there, it was such a season, and there were mosquitoes," the father stood on the platform, looked up at his daughter in the carriage, and handed in a package, "This is medicine for you, there is cooling oil or something, mosquitoes bite, wipe a little bit will not itch." ”

"Got it, got it, Dad, will you go back? There is no problem on my side, and when I get to the place, I will write to you. ”

The train whistled and left the platform, and countless parents on the platform followed the train in vain for a few steps, looking at the distant train and burst into tears.

sent off the eldest sister, followed by the second sister, and the scene was staged again, so there is no need to mention it; Wu Aiwu found a seat from the carriage, and when he came out to look, his eyes were already red, "Dad, Mom, Grandpa, I'm leaving, you guys will go back too?" ”

"It's cold in the Northeast, remember to wear more, don't be too troublesome; When you come out and go in, remember to wear a hat. In particular, the ears and nose must be covered, otherwise they may freeze. ”

"Got it, Dad, don't you worry? So many people, can you still watch me freeze and don't care? Wu Aimao said impatiently, his eyes turned and fell on Lu Li's face, "Xiaoxiao, my sister is gone, obedient at home, my mother is old, my sister is still young, you help the family do more work, you know?" ”

Luli nodded, his heart swelling; Did you just send your sister away? Is that what Tong (Liao) is good? Will my sister suffer and suffer there? When will my sister come back when she leaves this time?

"Little ,......" Brother Zhao hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said: "Xiaoxiao, come here, my sister will talk to you." ”

Luli approached as close as he could, raised his face to look at his sister, "Xiaoxiao, I'm sorry, my sister shouldn't have burned your books; Although it's your fault ...... you read Feng Zixiu's book, but, hey, Xiaoxiao, don't hate your sister! ”

Lu Li, who has never shed tears since he can remember, has already shed tears all over his face before listening to his sister! "Xiaoxiao, don't cry......" Wu Aiwu said with a crying voice: "If you cry, my sister will cry too." ”

"Sister......" Lu Li stood on tiptoe and grabbed the second sister's hand, "You...... How many ...... are you? It's time to ...... Can ......"

"Chinese New Year, obedient, little, don't cry! The second sister will come back next year for the Chinese New Year...... You are obedient, don't cry! Don't cry...... Mom, you take care of the little ones! ”

The more he said not to let him cry, the more Luli cried, and it seemed that all the tears in his life had accumulated to this moment! "Don't cry, little one, it's ugly for you to cry."

"Sister......" Lu Licai didn't care if he was good-looking or ugly, opened his mouth wide, and cried loudly; Fortunately, the people who came to see them off were all sad in their hearts, but as parents, it was inconvenient to cry in front of their children, but they were a little envious of this little ghost who could cry unscrupulously!

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After the climax of the months-long journey of young intellectuals to the mountains and the countryside, the cities suddenly became deserted, and with the exception of some young people who refused to leave after eating the scales, the young people of the appropriate age, regardless of their noble or low-class -- this is a very rare moment when they did not distinguish between their origins -- were all dispersed to all parts of the motherland, and as for what fate awaited them, it was up to these people to comprehend it individually.

After the summer vacation, he entered the fourth grade, and on the way to school, he heard a very bad news: Vice Principal Yang Shiguang was sick, and it was very serious.

Yang Shiguang is a native of Beijing, her parents are in the United States, and she and her younger brother are the only two people in China. Before she returned to China, her parents persuaded her, thinking that at the beginning of the country's construction, everything was unclear, and she should wait for the situation to stabilize before going back. Originally, the second elder was also going to come back after his children, but he didn't want to have a serious illness with his grandmother in the United States, and Yang's father took care of his mother and recuperated for more than a year.

Although Yang Shiguang and his younger brother are close relatives to each other, she has lived in Tian (Tianjin) for many years, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, all kinds of turmoil continues, and there are not many contacts.

After hearing Xu Yunjian's words, Lu Li glared at him, "You...... Who do you listen to...... Tell me about it? ”

"Listening to what Mr. Li and Mr. Tian talked about, I heard them say that I want to go and see it after work today."

"And ...... What do we have...... What...... Relationship? ”

"No, but Xiaoxiao, I think Teacher Yang is quite pitiful, the injury he was beaten last time has not healed, and now he is sick again? Why don't we check it out? ”

Luley is indispensable, "Okay. Put...... Learning, a ...... Go along. ”