As soon as Zhang Guangming heard that Sun Qingxi, the director of the commune, had called him and asked him to recommend Ma Xiaomei to go to university, he immediately said angrily: "You asked me to recommend that female intellectual, who has low consciousness, does farm work, and is lazy and lazy, to go to university?" I disagree. ”

Sun Qingxi was a little anxious, he was about to speak, only to hear Zhang Guangming say again, "Why don't you let me recommend Qin Qingchuntian and Li Zhongqiu, who have high ideological consciousness and love labor, to go to college?" ”

"Are you going to disobey orders?" Sun Qingxi was furious, and he angrily reprimanded, "You are a lower-level cadre, so you should obey any decision of your superiors. ”

Zhang Guangming said stubbornly: "Anyway, I don't approve of recommending Ma Xiaomei!" ”

His attitude was very resolute in refusing to recommend this educated youth to go to university.

For this, he was severely criticized by Sun Qingxi.

Zhang Guangming secretly found Qin Chun and Li Zhongqiu, and talked to them cordially.

"I'm going to recommend you both to college. Do you think you think about it? ”

The two of them analyzed the matter very seriously, and after thinking about it, they still refused.

Both of them said, "We came to Makino Flower Village together, so if we both go to university, we will lose our friendship forever."

……

On this morning, Zhang Guangming was in the office of the experimental base, selecting a large and plump ear of wheat, and as soon as Qin Chun and Li Zhongqiu entered the room, they asked curiously:

"Zhang Zhishu, what are you doing?"

"I want these wheats to be bred into new varieties that are highly productive."

"Will you breed new varieties?"

"Of course. I turned out to be an agricultural technician, and it was the old party secretary and the masses who invited me to be the head of this village. Zhang Guangming told the two intellectuals about his work.

The two of them admired Zhang Zhishu spontaneously.

When Zhang Guangming worked with the cadres stationed in the team and the educated youth, he always had to carefully select the strong seedlings of spring cotton, corn, sesame, soybeans, peanuts and other grains and cotton every time he was in the field.

Qin Chun and Li Zhongqiu were very interested, so they asked Zhang Zhishu: "What does Zhang Zhishu use a red cloth strip as a mark?"

Zhang Guangming replied: "These thick and strong seedlings are all the objects of cultivation by me, and I want to focus on protecting them." ”

Zhang Guangming asked tentatively: "Are you two willing to learn from me to cultivate new varieties of grain and cotton?" ”

The two looked at each other with a look of surprise and replied separately:

"I can't ask for it." Li Zhongqiu preemptively said.

"I'd love to learn from you!"

"Good! I'm short of knowledgeable and literate helpers. Zhang Guangming said overjoyed.

When he returned home, he saw his wife in the kitchen lighting weeds and preparing to stir-fry, so he rolled up his sleeves and came over to help.

He was overjoyed and told his wife about the two apprentices.

Li Yuet'e is also happy for her husband.

While the two were talking, Li Hongyun ran over and said, "Ma Xiaomei is leaving!" My wife and I tried our best to keep her from leaving, but she was willing to listen? Go check it out. ”

Li Yue'e was filling the pot with firewood, and when she heard it, she said in horror: "Ah? How mile is Ma Xiaomei going? How can this be done? ”

Zhang Guangming was busy stir-frying in the kitchen with a shovel, as soon as he heard this, he dropped the shovel and twisted his face, and said to his wife who was burning the pot: "Wen Ya Niang, you come to stir-fry, I'll take a look." He said as he walked out, "On the day of the rape harvest, I saw how she disliked the peasants, and I thought that there would be such a day, and sure enough, she really wanted to be a deserter."

Why didn't she want to participate in labor when she came to the countryside?

Say that you can't stand the hard life in the countryside, how can people who do farm work not have crops?

She doesn't want to be motivated, and she is really unbearable! ”

He ran to the brigade to see that Ma Xiaomei was packing her luggage, and the educated youths were persuading her not to leave.

Wu Baoguo was even more bitter, trying to persuade Ma Xiaomei to stay.

Zhang Zhishu hurriedly asked, "Why did Ma Xiaomei leave?" ”

She turned her face and said, "I was about to ask you for leave, and you came."

Because I'm homesick, I want to go home and come back, please take a leave of absence, Zhang Zhishu?

The intellectuals asked in unison, "Will you come again when you leave?" ”

She didn't answer, just quickened the action of packing her things.

The educated youths understood everything, and they shook their heads helplessly, knowing that Ma Xiaomei would definitely not come back after leaving.

Zhang Zhishu reluctantly approved her leave.

She hugged Li Xuehua and was very excited.

Ma Xiaomei carried her luggage and turned her head back, and left in a hurry.

"I also want to take a leave of absence and go home." Wu Baoguo looked at Zhang Zhishu and said.

Perhaps because he was afraid that Zhang Zhishu would not agree to his leave, he said, "But I'll come back when I go home." ”

Zhang Guangming looked at them and asked with a serious expression, "What about you?" ”

"I'm homesick, so I want to take a leave of absence to go home too." Li Xuehua said immediately.

"My dad was sick and I had to take time off." Sun Yong hurriedly said.

Zhang Zhishu said to a few people, "Then you should also pack up your things and go home to have a look." But you all have to come back, it's discipline.

Several educated youths who asked for leave agreed a little.

You've been away from home for months, and your family misses you. As soon as the three of them heard this, their faces were full of excitement, and they immediately began to pack their things.

Zhang Guangming looked at Qin Chun and Li Zhongqiu, but stood still in place.

Zhang Zhishu asked, "What about the two of you?" ”

The two of them said together, "I don't ask for leave!" Qin Chun and Li Zhongqiu said almost at the same time, and the two of them said clearly, "If you are homesick, I will write a letter!"

A little excitement appeared in Zhang Zhishu's eyes, and he hurriedly pulled the two educated youths to the gate and asked: "Look, the weather hasn't reached the dog days yet, it's so hot, and when it comes to the dog days, it's even hotter."

There is also a dry and hot autumn wind to do farm work, and there is a cold and freezing weather to do farm work, this summer, Qi cold day, but extremely difficult days? Will you be able to keep going? Can you? ”

Zhang Guangming still asked tightly with a puzzled expression.

He deliberately touched their thoughts as Professor Guo said.

The two educated youths expressed their positions respectively:

"We'll be able to stay the course!" Qin Chunxian said resolutely.

"Since I have chosen to support rural construction, then I am not afraid of hardship!" Li Zhongqiu said.

Then she added, "But we both saw our farmer friends working in the fields, using old tools.

We wanted to develop a new type of agricultural machine, but we didn't know where to start. ”

"Then if I introduce you to a well-known agricultural machinery expert, would you like to meet him?" Zhang Guangming continued to ask, and he wanted to further confirm their attitudes.

The two of them didn't wait for Zhang Zhishu to finish speaking, and asked with a shocked face: "You mean, take us to find an agricultural machinery expert?" ”

"Hmm!" At this time, Zhang Zhishu replied affirmatively.

The two of them looked at Zhang Zhishu and said very seriously:

"What about Zhang Zhishu? The two of us decided: we will not give up until we make a name for ourselves!" Qin Chun replied in a categorical tone and a sonorous voice.

"That's what I thought, too!" Li Zhongqiu was also busy talking.

At this time, Zhang Guangming was ecstatic, and his eyes immediately emitted a strange excited light.

There was a sense of mystery in his deep gaze.

He stepped forward quickly, took each of them by the hand at once, and said with tears of excitement in his eyes: "On behalf of the villagers, I would like to express my sincere thanks to you! ”

He even bowed solemnly to the two intellectuals, this move revealed his eagerness to seek talent.

He bowed deeply, causing the two young men to look panicked, and immediately one of them held one of Zhang Zhishu's arms.

Qin Chun asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Li Zhongqiu was puzzled and asked again: "Zhang Zhishu, you really tortured us!" ”

Zhang Zhishu was happy.

He grabbed the hands of the two intellectuals tightly, and said with a smile, "You two are waiting for me tonight!"

There's one guy who wants to meet the two of you.

But I had to wait until after dinner to see him.

The two of them felt that he had a mysterious expression, and they didn't know who to take them to meet.

Zhang Guangming said again: "This is really good! Hey! That's great! ”

Zhang Zhishu looked at the two educated youths happily and nodded with satisfaction.

His actions and mysterious words made these two people fall into a fog, making the two monks puzzled.

Familiar with the branch secretary of the military book, he wants to learn from the heroes of the ancients to recognize talents.

He deeply understands the importance of knowing, gathering, and valuing talents.

Only by relying on the progress of science and technology can there be great development in the rural areas.

In order to change the livelihood of the villagers, it is wise to think of retaining talents!

……

In the vast twilight, when Zhang Guangming was about to have dinner, Lao Li, who was looking at the phone, ran to Zhang Guangming's house in a panic and asked the branch secretary to answer the phone.

Zhang Guangming hurriedly ran to the brigade office and hurriedly picked up the phone and said, "Hey, who's it?" It turned out that Secretary Li of the commune told him that a notice was issued from above, saying that the educated youth named Ma Xiaomei had gone to the army to serve as a soldier.

Zhang Guangming said dissatisfiedly to the educated youth without saying goodbye: "The educated youth named Ma Xiaomei is like a marquee, how long has it been since he came?"

She hasn't gotten a good workout yet.

She gave me a prelude! ”

Secretary Li was on the other end of the phone, and told Zhang Guangming helplessly: "I'll tell you the truth, those female intellectuals are originally very promising, and all of them are the children of high-ranking officials."

Their parents want their children to go to the countryside to participate in labor and work hard.

It is to let them be trained under the difficult conditions in the countryside so that they can better go to Shengda.

But what about children?

I don't have any plans to stay in the countryside for a long time, hey, it's just a form of walking around and making a show for others to see. ”

Zhang Guangming said: "I think she is just coping with errands, and I am really speechless for those young people who engage in formalism." ”

Secretary Li said again: "I told you this because you are good friends. I waited for the people in the commune to leave after work before I called you.

Don't spread these words, just let you know and I know. ”

Zhang Guangming felt puzzled and confused, and he was really worried about the future life of this female intellectual!

Zhang Guangming hurriedly ate dinner, and went to Professor Guo's house to discuss with him that he should accept two educated youths as apprentices.

Professor Guo said with a frightened expression on his face: "What I do is underground work, and I don't dare to make it public, so I have to do it secretly." ”

Zhang Guangming said: "I understand that these two educated youths are different from other educated youths, they are honest and kind, empathetic, and very ambitious young people, they are willing to stay and contribute to our rural cause!" ”

He asked again with suspicion, "Will the two intellectuals leak the secret?" ”