Spring flowers bloom, on the vast Huaibei Plain, Daqinzhuang who lives on the Tuohe River bids farewell to the depression of autumn and winter, the apricot blossoms have failed, the pink peach blossoms have bloomed, and the willow branches that have already pulled out the buds are fluttering, and the scenery is a lot fresher.

"The countryside is a vast world, where great things can be done." Groups of urban high school and junior high school graduates actively responded to Chairman Mao's call, bid farewell to their parents, bid farewell to the bustling and comfortable urban life, and traveled thousands of miles to the countryside to receive re-education from poor and middle peasants. I don't know if the road is in a remote location, or if the people here have never been to the big city, I heard that there are three young intellectuals from Shanghai who are going to settle here, and the men, women and children of the whole village have already gathered on the side of the dusty road at the head of the village, waiting to see the appearance of the big Shanghainese.

After receiving the notice from the commune, the captain Qin Dahai sent someone to drive the ox cart to pick them up early in the morning, and at ten o'clock in the morning, Qin Zhongliang picked up the three young women. As soon as they got out of the car, under the signal and leadership of the captain, everyone applauded and welcomed. Looking at their quiet and delicate appearance, the old people estimated their age: "The oldest is seventeen or eighteen years old!" "I can't help but worry about whether they can endure the hardships of the countryside in the future; The young man's eyes were a little straight when he looked at the girl in the city, and he looked at the white faces and beautiful clothes of the people; The seven- and eight-year-olds stared blankly for a moment and then returned to their parents, holding the hands of adults; The girls in the countryside felt inferior to themselves and turned around and went home.

A cadre of the educated youth said: "Comrades of the poor middle peasants and comrades of the members, hello! These three young women from Shanghai have come here to receive your re-education, not to mention that they can't do work in the countryside, and they don't even know what the crops look like, and I hope that you will teach them more and help them more in the future, just like your own daughters. Thank you! After speaking, seeing that the three educated youths were a little restrained, he asked the captain to tell the crowd to disperse, "Lead them to the place where they live!" ”

When the members went home, the captain took the three educated youths to the two grass houses that had already been cleaned, arranged for them to sit down, and said: "I am the captain of this production team, my name is Qin Dahai, and I will solve any difficulties in the future." The three educated youths saw that there were fewer people at this time, and they were not very nervous, and they each reported their names to the captain: Yang Ke, Zhao Huimei and Fang Ling. The captain looked at them and said worriedly, "Can you do the work in the countryside?" ”

"Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" Three educated youths said.

In this way, these three educated youths began to live in the countryside that they were not yet familiar with.

Just as rural people don't fiddle with the machines in the factory, Yang Ke, Zhao Huimei and Fang Ling worked during the day as soon as the whistle sounded, the captain arranged for Nidi, they carefully looked at the posture of the other members, and then followed along. After a few days, the grass at the roots of the crops was cleaned, and the hands and feet were moved in a decent way. Just like what the silver ring of the Baojiao Sect said in "Chaoyang Gou": bow the front legs, kick the back legs, don't panic in your heart, don't be fierce in your hands. It's just that the density of seedlings and seedlings of various crops needs to be reminded from time to time. Although it is said that it is born once and matured twice, it is difficult enough for girls who grew up in the city and have never seen all kinds of crops. One day, Yang Ke dropped three red taro seedlings in a row, and the captain trained for a while: "I don't have a long memory!" How many times have I said to you, don't remove the seedlings of the red taro, just remove the grass, how many can you remove in succession? If you like you, you will be saved! Qin Dahai blushed, glared at Yang Ke, and said angrily.

"Didn't I want to purify the grass at the root of the taro seedling?" Yang Ke said with a red face.

"Ni Jing! Ni Clean! What are you doing with the crops when they are gone? How can other people not be distracted? Qin Dahai asked Yang Ke. I just don't want to do it anymore! If you don't want to do it, you have to do it, anyway, if you don't call it a day, you can't stop it. Accept the re-education of the poor and middle peasants, you will not receive education at all. I was afraid of working under the sun, so I didn't come to the countryside in the first place. Qin Dahai talked endlessly, and the members of the club also stopped working and looked and listened here.

Yang Ke didn't cry with tears in her eyes just now, this time I heard Qin Dahai say that she didn't accept education, was afraid of the sun, wanted to finish work early, and couldn't control herself anymore, tears fell, and said aggrievedly: "I signed up to come to the countryside in response to Chairman Mao's call, I don't think there's anything wrong with me." At first, I didn't know how to do rural work, which is good, but since I came, I did it with peace of mind, withstood the exercise and test, and I couldn't do the work. You said that I was afraid of drying in the sun and wanted to call it a day early and go back, but I couldn't accept it. Since I came to your production team, I have never been to work once, I have never said that I have never said that grinding calluses on my hands is to refine a red heart, how long can poor middle peasants and members and comrades dry in the sun, I Yang Ke can dry for as long as I can! After saying that, seeing that everyone else had surpassed him, he hurried to do it again.

Who is Qin Dahai? Since Zhang Ba, the secretary of the brigade, was nominated as the captain three years ago, not only as a key training object for party members, but also in Daqinzhuang, it can be said that no one dares to talk back to him. Only once, Qin Daling quarreled with a few people close to him because he arranged to do light work, and after being criticized for a few fights, everyone could only put their dissatisfaction in their stomachs, and when he was not there, he was lazy, grinding foreign workers, and on the surface, he had to say good things to flatter him, and there were even a few sycophants who turned behind his buttocks. Today, his so-called criticism not only failed to make Yang Cheng acceptable, but was rejected by people with high-minded arguments, that is really the mosquito once defeated the elephant, but today it is defeated by the spider, it is really unreasonable! How could he lose this face in front of everyone? What's more, he's still the leader of a dignified team?

"Alright, that's all this morning, let's go home!" As soon as Qin Dahai said that he was going to call it a day, the members rushed home with hoes on their shoulders. "Yang Ke go back, immediately bring back the bucket and plant a few red potatoes with water!" Qin Dahai said in a commanding tone, "I'm waiting for you on the ground." ”

After Yang Ke came back, he fell on the bed and cried. Although Zhao Huimei and Fang Ling were sympathetic, seeing the captain's resolute attitude, they had to persuade Yang Ke: "Don't cry, quickly carry a bucket and bring some water to plant those ones. Seven, the office sued us, and was reprimanded by the leader. ”