Farm cadres are highly mobile, often go out for meetings and visits, and there is a large demand for food stamps. However, the Food Bureau has a quota for issuing food stamps, and every time you go to ask for food stamps, you always have to grind your teeth for half a day before the quota is given to you.

Once I went to the grain depot to get food stamps, I saw many people around the old Brother Yang who was in charge of food stamps, I explained my intentions, and typed a collar note: "I received 300 catties of food stamps today...... Brother Yang, maybe he was too busy with work, maybe he was upset, he was in a hurry, and gave me a package of food stamps with paper, and I also "Ma Daha", I didn't click on it, put it in the bag and left, and temporarily put it in the "safe" when I got home, that is, the long wooden box that Qu Guo's comrades-in-arms gave me.

One day, Secretary Li was going to Spring City for a nine-day meeting, and asked for 30 catties of food stamps, I opened the food stamps I received and looked: good guys, what a big bunch of food stamps (one catty, 5 catties), a little bit, a full 500 catties of food stamps, I wondered: Isn't it 300 catties? How can there be 500 pounds? I immediately reported to Deputy Field Director Zhang, who was in charge of finance, and asked for advice on whether to return it.

He said: "Don't go back, stay in the field to use, save always without food stamps." ”

I said, "Okay." "I thought to myself, it's really hard to get a few food stamps.

In this way, the extra 470 catties of food stamps were "detained in the field", but I was uneasy in my heart: that old brother Yang was carrying the black pot, miserable! Then I calmed down in my heart: Since it is the leader who does not call it back, my responsibility has been fulfilled.

Later, the "Four Cleanups" campaign was launched, and someone in the accounting office reported me: "Embezzling more than 400 catties of grain stamps and not paying them to the public." At this moment, the "Four Clearances" working group immediately summoned me for a conversation. I was shocked at first, and then I thought it was funny, so I brought out all the details of the matter:

"The leader of this matter is clear, all the food stamps are used by the public, and the receipts are here, and I didn't swallow a pound privately. My mistake is that I didn't adhere to the principle and return it to the county grain depot, I shouldn't let Lao Yang carry the black pot, this is a lesson. ”

The working group also checked other accounting books and physical objects to see if they were consistent with the accounting books, and after checking for a few days, it was finally clear and clear, and there was no corruption at all, and I passed the "dangerous pass."

I thought back to myself: As early as Mengxi Farm, I was able to clean myself up with hundreds of thousands of materials and public funds in and out of my hands, and now I can't tarnish my personality by taking care of these things. Although I am not a party member, I must never lose my personality and moral bottom line, and I must not be ashamed of the organization's education.

In the summer of 1964, shortly after I was transferred to the field department, my wife was also transferred together. With the increase in the number of personnel in the field, the matter of children's reading was put on the agenda of the leadership, and the field decided to set up a primary school, the location was set on the hillside behind the field, dozens of primary school students in three classes, the person in charge was Gao Moumou, he was from Xiangjiang, taught private school, and loved it.

In May 1963, my third child (a boy) was born and named Xiao Na, which means born in Muuna in Nanzhao Province. Because I was born at only seven months, my physique was thin, and I was very anxious because I was weak and lacked milk, and I couldn't buy any nutritional products on the street.

At that time, the requirements for cadres were extremely strict, and they were not allowed to go to Dai villages to buy agricultural products. At this juncture, the "old Geng" of the enrollment - the Dai lady, from time to time sent some fish and meat (the aunt is sent at night, like a "thief", put it down and leave, we all try to give more money to show gratitude), we are very grateful to them for their true feelings for us.

When I was still working in the third team, this Dai lady (called "Lao Mitao" in Dai language) often brought some vegetables to sell, and after a long time, we became "Lao Geng" and became good friends. After we transferred the department, she often came to play, sat for a long time, usually as long as her family got fish, meat or something, she would always send it, we tried to count more money for her. We often have a little fish, which can be made into soup to replenish our body, and we are very grateful to her for treating us like relatives.

Lao Mitao's family lives in the Mangla village across the field, across the Nanla River from us. Her husband is in charge of guarding the sugar cane and peanuts. The eldest son found a partner in Mengtou (more than 100 miles away from home) and became a "son-in-law", the younger son was diligent, and he was an expert in fishing, farming, and hunting, and his daughter married in the village. We came and went with her family like relatives. Sometimes I go to the Jingshi for meetings, and when I buy scarce substances such as liquor, I give them them.

Every time we celebrate the New Year, we invite them to come to the house to eat and drink, and when they celebrate the Dai New Year, we also go to congratulate, she will always send us some pork, beef and the like. During the days when food was scarce, they brought buds and rice to help us from time to time. After a long time, the enrollment has also learned a lot of Dai dialect, and the language is clear, and the emotion is even stronger.

The Dai people are very kind and benevolent, sincere and kind, and outsiders say that the ethnic minorities are barbaric, but they are completely wrong! We have been in the border area for more than 20 years and have a deep understanding of ethnic minorities. The Dai people are simple, very polite, know honor and disgrace, abide by the law, never steal other people's things, even if you drop something, he will think of returning it to you after picking it up.

They go from house to house, and they never close their doors day and night. I remember when I was at Jingshi Farm in 1958, we forgot to take our clothes, leather shoes and so on on the construction site, and went to look for them a few days later and were still there. Sometimes they will send it back for you, and they don't ask you for anything casually. One year, when we came back from visiting relatives in Yuzhang Province, we bought some fishing line and sewing machine thread for weaving nets, and gave them all to them, and they liked these things very much, because there were no ones on the market.

We saw that they particularly liked the white fishing line, so we wrote to the elder brother who enrolled in the school, and sent more than ten catties of fishing line from their hometown to the Dai friends. Because you can't see this thing in Mengbaranasi, we buy some fishing lines for them every year.

Now that life is difficult, she sent fish, and did not forget to bring some spices such as green onions, ginger, fennel, etc., plus a few chili peppers, how thoughtful the old man is! If there is a lot of fish, it can be grilled into dried fish, and the children will have something to eat, and the family will often laugh. Although there are fish in the field and in the team, they can only meet during the New Year and festivals.

One year, Zou recruited students to go to the county to do business, to cross the Nanla River, the water is deep in the crotch, there is no bridge, she and another female comrade hand in hand to cross the river, suddenly, the enrollment stepped on a big rock, a slippery foot, people were washed away by the water, said that it was too late and that fast, a Dai man who crossed the river, saw this scene, desperately jumped into the river, chased Zou enrollment, and finally rescued the enrollment ashore, it was the Dai people who gave her a second life, due to the language barrier, we don't even know what the name of the savior is and where he lives.

Our friendship with Lao Mitao's family lasted until I left Yongchun Farm. Before leaving, I gave her a large wooden box and some clothes, etc., and she held the enrollment hand tightly, crying tears of sadness.

In 1968, the higher authorities issued a call for "young intellectuals to go to the rural areas to receive re-education from the poor and middle peasants." From then on, a large number of young intellectuals came to the rural areas, farms, and frontiers to receive re-education from the poor and middle peasants.

The Nanzhao Provincial General Administration received 110,000 educated youths from all over the country. Two or three hundred people came to Yongchun Farm, most of whom were assigned to various production teams, and a few people were assigned to work in the field department.

The arrival of educated youths has brought new ideas, new culture, and new technologies to the isolated frontiers, and promoted the cultural, educational, and economic development of the frontiers.

Infected by the spirit of veteran workers taking root in the frontier, defending the frontier, and selfless dedication, the vast number of young intellectuals actively participated in the production and labor of the team and became a new generation of pioneers. The vast number of educated youths have shed blood and sweat for the motherland's rubber cause, endured a lot of hardships, and even become disabled, and a large number of model workers have emerged, becoming a good example for everyone to learn, and I also appreciate them very much. They are all in their 16 to 20 years old, leaving the big city, far away from their parents, working with the old workers every day, and living a very hard life, cultural and recreational activities are a "desert", and it is not easy to withstand the test.