The wheel of history has gone to 1981 in a flash, and it has been 23 years since I started my business from Chuncheng to Mengbalaxi in April 1958, and many of the comrades who transferred to the frontier with me have moved back to their hometowns. As I get older, my homesickness grows day by day. It's really a bit of "thinking about the empty wandering of the heart, and thinking about returning to the hometown." (Cao Pi's "Yan Ge Xing").

By chance, Dou Peng, the head of the cadre section of the general field group, said to me: "Lao Zhang, do you want to move?" ”

"Where are you going?" I asked in amazement.

He said slowly: "Now that the policy has been relaxed and it is allowed to leave the frontier, can you see if there is a unit in your hometown that can accept it?" ”

"Oh, this ......" I felt at a loss, although I usually miss my hometown and my relatives, but I have never thought about transferring back to my hometown. Because the idea of taking root in the frontier has been deeply imprinted in the heart, and the brain has not yet turned a corner.

"Good! Thank you for your concern, I'll contact you first, and then I have to trouble you to open a business investigation letter, try it. I said happily.

When I returned home, I told Zou Admissions about the unexpected news, and she was also very excited when she heard it: "I never dreamed that we could also apply for transfer, it seems that we, the old branch people, also have the hope of returning to our hometown!" ”

So we held a family meeting, focusing on the eldest daughter, second son, and third son who had already participated in the work, whether they were willing to transfer back to their hometown to work. In view of the fact that inter-provincial transfer is a very time-consuming and energy-consuming matter, I said to the older children, "In order to transfer back to Yuzhang Province, you are not allowed to find a partner here in recent years, and you will go back to Yuzhang Province to find it in the future!" ”……

A week later, I handed over the transfer application to Section Chief Dou, but I didn't expect Lao Dou to be happy, so I did it immediately and sent a letter to the Personnel Bureau of Wenshan County, Yuzhang Province.

Lao Dou was transferred from the army with me, he has been engaged in organizational work for decades, doing things fairly, iron-faced selfless, everything that goes against the policy, things that go through the back door, he never does it can be said that he is iron-faced and selfless, not moved by money and beauties, some people vividly say that he is: "Money can't move, water can't splash in", 50 years old or a single.

I remember that in 1975, my old chief was the director of a fertilizer factory in Chuncheng City, and he agreed to transfer me to work in his factory, but I wrote an application and handed it to Section Chief Dou, but he just wouldn't do it. I calmly said to him:

"We are all old comrades-in-arms, and the Spring City side agrees to transfer me over, so you can approve us to go."

He said earnestly: "Old comrades-in-arms, it's not that I won't help you go, it's that the policy doesn't allow it, the policy of 'only allowed to enter, not allowed to leave' has lasted for more than 20 years. ”

I think about it, it is true that no one has been transferred, just my comrade-in-arms Meng Yichang and her lover are in Spring City, and the husband and wife cannot be transferred away after separation, let alone our family moved away.

So we died of the heart that was transferred.

At the end of the seventies, thousands of educated youths returned to the city, and the policy of 'only allowed to enter, not allowed to go out' has entered the museum, and Section Chief Dou received a document that the provincial personnel could be transferred, so this time he took the initiative to inform me that I could be transferred back to my hometown, which is really thanks to him for remembering that we are old comrades-in-arms, and now that there is a new policy, tell me quickly.

Our brother Zou Ping, who was in a hurry to recruit students, sent an airline letter, asking him to carry out activities and find a receiving unit. Half a month later, Zou Ping sent a letter, saying that the county education bureau had agreed to accept our husband and wife and our eldest son (because all three of us were teachers), saying that we should not miss the opportunity and prepare for the relocation as soon as possible. We never expected Wenshan County to reply so quickly. Our family was so happy that we couldn't sleep for a few days and nights, and it was like a "Arabian Nights" dream, so we started to make some preparations for the migration.

One day in February 1982, we first received a letter from the Personnel Bureau of Shui County, Ji Province, Yuzhang Province regarding Zou Xiaoyun's transfer. The appointment stipulates that he should arrive at the Geshui Institute in Wenshan County before March 4. So in mid-February, Xiaoyun was accompanied by his mother to return to his hometown in the first batch, and after placing Yun'er, the enrollment was non-stop, and he rushed back to Mengna, Nanzhao Province alone, more than 4,000 kilometers back and forth, and it took eight days and three nights to take a car one way, which was very hard, and we were safe for her on the way back. At the beginning of March, I was relieved that the admissions arrived safely in Monnah. Practice has proved that the trials of life have made her a woman who can take charge of herself.

In mid-July 1982, we received a letter of agreement to transfer me and the enrollment back to Wenshan, and we immediately went through the formalities, bandaged our luggage, and tried to pack as lightly as possible. In order to thank our relatives, friends and leaders for their care for so many years, we will kill a big fat pig that we raised, and invite everyone to our house as a guest, drink some wine, reminisce about the old days, wish each other happiness and health, and we also wish us a safe journey, don't forget Lassi's relatives and friends.

Since Xiaolun and Xiaola had already participated in the work, it was difficult to find the receiving unit for a while, so they had to temporarily leave Xiaolun and Xiaola and their nephew Zhang Pingsheng as a family of four.

The farm gave 3,600 yuan per person to settle in, free of charge to check the luggage to the spring city, the transfer train required to integrate the small pieces into large pieces, and tossed for a few days, after four days of long-distance bumps finally arrived in Wenshan County, Yuzhang Province, it was the end of July, fortunately the school has been out of the summer, not in a hurry to report. I was assigned to Geshui Middle School as the principal, Zou was arranged to teach at Wenshui Primary School in the county seat, Xiaochun was transferred to Wenshan Middle School to study the first year of junior high school, and Xiaojian was transferred to Wenshui Primary School to study the third grade of primary school.

On July 30, 1982, the whole family (except Xiaoying, Xiaola, and Pingsheng's family) finally returned to their roots, which is a day worth remembering. This day is not easy to come by, we have been looking forward to it for twenty-four years! This unattainable wish has finally come true!

When we applied to be transferred back to Yuzhang Province, we also reported the names of our nephews Zhang Pingsheng and his wife, but the result was not approved on the grounds that "he is not an immediate family member." In this way, there was no successful adjustment in his life for the time being.

In 1993, when I was the president of the Wenshan County Taiwan Federation Association, I found Secretary Rao, secretary of the county party committee, and explained to him that Zhang Pingsheng was the son of Zhang Xuexi of the island province and asked to be transferred back to Wenshan. It's a pity that after returning to Wenshan to visit relatives in his life, he was not used to the life in his hometown, and his lover Yikan did not want to leave the homeland of the Dai family, and did not agree to move back to Sijiang's hometown, so he lost an excellent opportunity. Since then, their family of four (son Zhang Xiaohua and daughter Zhang Xiaoyan) still live in the Mengna Farm Department.

I've been on the frontier for twenty-four years, and I've been in Spring City for ten years. When he was in his twenties, he went to Nanzhao Province and returned to his hometown in Wenshan at the age of fifty-four, and he was already in his prime. My beloved wife, who was 23 years old when she accompanied me to Mengbalasi in February 1959, went to Mengbalasi in July 1962, where she spent 23 years of extreme hardship in the magical land of Mengbalaxi, and when she returned to her hometown, she was also a middle-aged woman of 46 years old. It's really "a young man who left home and returned to his hometown, and his hometown voice has not changed and his sideburns have declined"! We have dedicated our youth and blood to the lovely frontier construction, Mengbalasi left us too much joy and relief, pain and sorrow, we dare to proudly say that we are worthy of the times, worthy of the people!

I have participated in the revolution for so many years, experienced countless tests of blood and fire, and applied to the party organization to join the organization many times, until I had to leave Mengna Farm and return to my hometown Wenshan County, but I did not get my wish, and I always felt some regrets in my heart.

I remember that I had a student who graduated from primary school and joined the party as soon as he joined the workforce. I often wonder: Am I so bad? Perhaps the political ideology has not been reformed enough, and it has not yet reached the "realm" of party members. Therefore, I always encourage myself to be modest and cautious, guard against arrogance and rashness, and redouble my efforts to strive for it.