There are a group of elementary school students of different ages, talking and laughing on a gravel road that can barely pass the Dongfanghong tractor, and going home from school with great interest.

Six or seven boys were all dressed in tunics, some grass green, some earth gray and some dark blue, basically two warrior uniforms with upper pockets, and the trousers were generally short, as if four or five inches of trouser legs had been cut off, and most of them were barefoot. The clothes of the four or five girls were similar to those of the male classmates, except that the stand-up collar had been changed to a ruffle collar, and the clothes were decorated with more spots or small flowers, but they were not barefoot, and they all wore rubber-soled shoes with buckle loops. The children's clothes and pants are quite old, and some of them have several holes on their bodies, and they can clearly see the white flesh inside; Most of the schoolbags are sewn by parents with old cloth, like a small pocket nailed with a cloth belt, cross-body on the shoulder, not only awkward but also lacking beauty, carried by hand, and looks rustic.

I was among them, and I was the only one who wore a non-wrinkle, light gray material (polyester card) shirt and a four-pocket cadre uniform that children envied; Carrying a military schoolbag that high school students rarely have, although it is washed white but very intact, I cherish it, because it was bought in Beijing when my father was in college, and my father also carried it on his back to take a photo in front of the Tiantian and Anmen Towers.

"Duh... Honk... Duaf

The last ring was 12 o'clock Beijing time. ”

When this group of students walked to the stone arch bridge of the Qingshui River after school, it was like this almost every day, and the loudspeaker of the commune radio station was not only first-class loud, but also sounded super punctually and punctually. The music of "Socialism is Good" is followed by a report on some experiences and practices in a certain time and place, followed by some commentators' comments on events or deeds. The distance from the audience is quite far away, and sometimes people can't tell the difference between east and west, but the close and close eyes are all tangible things that can be seen, such as terraces, canals, cisterns, etc.

Look, the members who have the spirit of Yugong moving mountains, after fighting again and again, have changed the original land on the mountain into a very spectacular terraced field, because the fertilizer is all buried at the bottom, and the grain does not increase but decreases the yield, Yugong is very creative to let the members apply the fertilizer that should be applied to the paddy field to the terraced fields; It's just that the water of the canal can't lead to the mountain, and the "heavenly pot" like reservoir seems to have never enjoyed the rain since it was repaired.

When the last sound of the loudspeaker "beep", everyone stood on the bridge and involuntarily followed the time in unison, and then stood on the side of the bridge in twos and threes to watch the groups of small fish under the bridge struggling to swim, and dived happily when crossing the bridge hole, and the more the viewers applauded, the more energetic the fish jumped. Everyone had to watch it for two or three minutes each time, and they felt bored, most likely because their stomachs were rumbling too loudly, so they dispersed and continued to rush back.

"Hailiu, what are you doing so fast?" My classmate Song Xiaoxun greeted him and chased him from behind, and said in a begging tone: "Today's '5?1' afternoon is not in class, let's go to the production team's barn to play spinning tops, okay?" ”

"You want to hit my emperor spinning top again, but I don't know if my father has returned."

"If you come back, you can ask for leave."

"In this case, you go home and eat and go to the top of the opposite gate to get two fragrant seeds; Don't look at me, there is one on the edge of the ancient base. ”

"If you can't take a leave of absence, won't I waste my efforts?"

"When I take a leave of absence, it will be too much time, and I have to think about everything on the good side; You're watching me again, and I'll bring a kite again, okay! ”

"Are you the roundworm in my belly? Even people know what's going on in their hearts. ”

"The skin is itchy, dare to say that my song Hailiu is a worm, eat me with two punches; Haha, don't run if you have a seed. ”

Song Xiaoxun ran forward more than ten meters away, looked back, and found that I had been chasing him, so he squatted on the ground and gasped for breath. I was all there, and he was still squatting, so he kicked him twice in the ass and joked, "Look at your embarrassed appearance, you can't run after only a few steps?" It's a shame that your old man gave you the name 'monkey' in the first place. ”

"Ouch, ouch!" Song Xiaoxun pretended to scream twice, and when I finished speaking, he squatted on the ground and responded: "People are kind enough to wait for you, and you don't know how to lift, do you really think that the 'Monkey King' is so capable?" I saw that his squatting posture was really a bit monkey-like, so I looked back and said with a smile as I walked: "Look, the surname Song is clearly just a monkey, and he has proclaimed himself the king, which is indeed not small." ”

"Hai Liu, that ......" As soon as Song Xiaoxun saw me leaving, he immediately got up and followed, but he seemed to forget what he was about to say, and walked forward a few steps before starting a new topic and said: "It seems that I haven't seen you Daddy very much recently, what important thing is he busy with?" ”

"You ask me, who do I ask? It's better to ask less about the affairs of adults. ”

"You are talking well, others don't know about you, I don't know yet?"

"Don't come here, I'm recognized as a good student, I'm afraid you won't be able to talk nonsense?"

"What is this serious, which teacher's situation you don't know clearly, aren't these things for adults?"

"Stupid, I really don't have the spirituality of a monkey. As the saying goes, 'A teacher for one day, a father for life.'" If you don't even know about the situation of the reborn parents, then wait for the hardships. ”

"No wonder every teacher likes you."

"I'm so happy to be liked by every teacher, and of course, I'm talking about really liking it from the bottom of my heart."

"You're too demanding, I don't mind if it's from the heart or the surface."

"You may be right, I just feel that way."

Although I said that it was better to ask less about adult affairs, I was strongly thinking about my father in my heart, but I didn't want to reveal it in front of outsiders. It is common for my father to be busy with official business outside, but it is not like this time, when he only takes time to come back once in ten days and a half months. Of course, I went directly to ask my father why he had to devote himself so much to the construction of a very ordinary rural middle school, with a salary of only about 40 yuan a month? Apparently both unwise and mentally retarded. Living with my father for a long time, I don't even have this understanding, so it's better to quit eating.

Many years later, I slowly learned that when Siyuan Middle School was built, the county's allocation was only used to pay for labor wages, because the national finances were very tight at that time, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the country was too poor at that time. Therefore, we have worked the location of this school, that is, we can not only use local materials, but also do more with less expenses. The place where the school was built was originally a part of the forest of the Mochizuki Ridge Brigade, and it was allocated by the prefecture to support national construction projects, and as long as the brigade's manual felling fee was paid, all the timber could be used to build the school. But in half a year's time, to cut the logs, peel, change the board, dry, make purlin rafters, doors and windows, tables, chairs and benches, etc., and to dig the footing, lay the cornerstone, build a brick wall to build a school building on the original site of the felling, can only rely on manpower and animal power, April and May is the rainy season, the organizers and construction personnel are the enthusiasm of the sky, there is no sense of responsibility, there is no public and selfless conduct, it is an impossible task.