In the past few days, the hot topics of educated youth have become more and more concentrated, and news, legends, and stories all revolve around one - returning to the city.

In the past few days, an atmosphere has become stronger and stronger among the educated youth-returning to the city.

In this hot topic and strong atmosphere, a big news spread among the educated youth - Huang Xiaomin's father came to the small Xing'an farm in this remote northern wilderness from Beijing. Before this, everyone knew that Huang Xiaomin's father was the deputy minister of a ministry, and he wore a high hat and entered the "cowshed", and then when he went to the "Wuqi" cadre school to participate in the exercise, Huang Xiaomin signed up for the countryside. With the gradual implementation of the party's cadre policy, he temporarily worked in a district educated youth office. Xiao Bu'er, Ma Guangdi asked Li Jin curiously, how big an official is this vice minister, Li Jin thought about it and said, it is equivalent to a vice governor, if you go to inspect it, there is medical care and security, and there are a lot of cars...... When they heard this, hey, it was the first time for such a big official to come to Xiaoxing'an Farm, and he said that he was doing the work of educated youth, what did he do in Xiaoxing'an Farm? All kinds of speculations came one after another: some said that it was probably the petition that Li Jin picked up and wrote, and he wanted to give an answer; Some said that they came to see Huang Xiaomin...... The educated youths went to ask Huang Xiaomin, and Huang Xiaomin said that he didn't know what his father was coming about, but he did not deny that his father was recently assigned to work in an educated youth office. As a result, the arrival of Huang Xiaomin's father was overshadowed by the three teams of educated youths with an extremely mysterious color.

Li Jin gave Ma Guang an order: Listen as soon as possible, what is Huang Xiaomin's father, a big official who does educated youth work, doing in Xiaoxing'an Farm? Business or private?

Huang Xiaomin's father's name is Huang Zhifu, and before he left for Beijing, the Educated Youth Office where he worked made a long-distance call to the farm and sent a telegram, but he didn't say anything about his business trip. When Secretary Xiao heard this, he saw that it was from the Educated Youth Office, and attached great importance to it, personally picked up the station, accompanied the meal, and organized team members to prepare to report on the work of the educated youth. After the meal, Huang Zhifu didn't talk a few words, Huang Zhifu took out a complete set of materials for "family change" in Secretary Xiao's office, asked Secretary Xiao to sign, and went through the procedures for Huang Xiaomin to return to the city. When Secretary Xiao heard this, his enthusiasm quickly cooled down, and he ended the accompaniment, arranged for Director Wu of the Political Department to accompany him, and proposed to report to the field from the grassroots level where Huang Xiaomin was located. To be honest, Secretary Xiao was very angry, if it weren't for this, even if he came to visit his children, such a high-level cadre, he would definitely accompany him to the end. Home change? What has changed? A few days ago, he accompanied several cadres in Shanghai and the provincial capital who were a little younger than him, and they also came to return to the city for their children. He discovered a small pattern that was almost universal: all the people in the city who had heads and brains came to report back to their children after returning to the city were almost all fakes. After that, Secretary Xiao made up his mind: as long as the officials from the city return to the city for their children, let them go according to the procedures and will not accompany them. As for the fake, what can be done? I had to believe in the big red seals on the formalities one by one.

The night is cloudy.

Huang Zhifu has no bottom in his heart. He often heard people in officialdom say that the king of Hades is easy to see, but the little ghosts are difficult. In the land of Xiaoxing'an Farm, this Secretary Xiao can be described as the king of Hades, contrary to what people often say, it is easy to meet and enthusiastic, and when it is mentioned to Huang Xiaomin to return to the city, he brushes his sleeves away, and if he does not meet again, it has become "difficult". One pole to the production team, how about the "little ghost" of the production team?

The Beijing jeep accompanied by Director Wu delivered Huang Zhifu to the door of Captain Zhang's house. This was communicated by Director Wu by phone in advance, first looking for Zheng Fenghua, and when Zheng Fenghua heard about Secretary Xiao's reception and attitude, he pushed it to Captain Zhang. He enthusiastically agreed, and heard that Huang Xiaomin's father was such a big official, so he arranged a light meal at his house on the grounds that the guest house was unprepared and the cooks had left work. Huang Zhifu, who has gone through ***** hardships, after all, has been in the officialdom for many years, and he has no bottom in his heart: when he came here, he should have sent an office staff from the grassroots level to the field department to do it according to the procedures, and even if he came to the grassroots level, he should be accompanied by Secretary Xiao, not even a deputy secretary or deputy field director, only a director of the political department did not say, and the jeep threw him down and returned to the field department with smoke on his buttocks; When you come to this small production team, you should arrange it in the canteen of the guest house, and find all the team members in the team. Do you want to do this to return to the city......

"You are—" Captain Zhang heard the horn of the jeep and hurried out of the shoji door.

Director Wu hurriedly stepped forward and introduced: "Captain Zhang, this is Huang Xiaomin's father, and he is a leader in the work of educated youth in Beijing. ”

"Before this, Director Wu had already asked the field office to call." Captain Zhang smiled all over his face, "I don't know what to call it when we meet for the first time?" ”

Huang Zhifu was polite while being let into the house: "You don't need to be polite, you just call me Lao Huang." He entered the house and saw that the furnishings were full of local farmers' specialties on the small kang table, and he felt that this Captain Zhang was easy to deal with, as long as he signed and stamped the formalities, it would be easier to say whether he was enthusiastic or not. While being asked to sit in the kang, he said as if chanting: "Tian Fu hoes to the lotus, and the words of the meeting are still the same." ”

Captain Zhang didn't understand what it meant at all, so he pretended not to hear clearly after sitting down, and asked Director Wu: "Director Wu, what did our leader say?" My ears are a little back, so I don't hear very well. ”

"Tian Fu hoes to the top, and the words of each other are still there." Director Wu repeated, "This leader is reciting an ancient poem, which means, I am very happy to see you, praise you for your simplicity and diligence, and speak like an old friend, very kind." It's so warm and happy to be here! Then he turned his face and asked Huang Zhifu, "Old Huang, am I right?" ”

"The conditions are not good, that's what I want," Captain Zhang picked up the small wine pot that his wife was burning in the big teacup, and was about to pour wine for Huang Zhifu when he stopped, as if he had found some major problem, "Director Wu, should you call Huang Xiaomin?" Turned his face and asked Huang Zhifu: "Huang Xiaomin knows you're coming, right?" Then he shouted at the opposite bedroom: "Yuying, you go and call—"

Huang Zhifu hurriedly stopped: "Captain Zhang, listen to me first, I want to investigate the work of educated youths in our Xiaoxing'an Farm this time, and I will hold a few symposiums after returning to the field department, and then go down to have a look." This time I came to you by the way, don't look at home, let's still do business, don't call your children here. I'm in a hurry this time, and he doesn't know, so it's not too late to wait until tomorrow or when we're done talking. ”

Captain Zhang looked at Huang Zhifu in a daze, and then at Director Wu. Director Wu saw Huang Zhifu's earnest words, and hurriedly said, "Captain Zhang, just do what Lao Huang said!" ”

"Dad, what do you call me for?" Liang Yuying asked at the door.

Captain Zhang replied: "No, you can go with your business." ”

Liang Yuying turned around and went back to her bedroom to coax Yingying. From the process of preparing this dinner with her mother-in-law, she knew that it was Huang Xiaomin's father who came here, and remembered that after some senior cadres were reinstated in the society, they did everything possible to get their children from the countryside to return to the city. Since she and Xue Wenqin went to the hospital to forcibly abort Ma Lina, although she breathed a sigh and relieved a little hatred, her mood was still very heavy. She observed that Zhang Xiaokang had not said anything about this matter for the time being, and found a reason to let Ma Lina go back to Beijing, so she did not mention it, pretending to be calm, and secretly and quietly thinking about her future life prospects......

"Director Wu, I heard that Lao Huang was a minister, you can accompany a cadre like Lao Huang to my house as a guest, it's rare!" Captain Zhang poured wine for the two of them and said, "I don't know what to call it now, I'll call it Minister Huang, taste our little soju, the grain, not the top." ”

Suddenly, the rich fragrance of pure came to the nose, wafting and wafting in the small room.

Captain Zhang looked at this senior official who had been a minister, burly and red-faced, full of brilliance, wearing a straight Mao suit, a little restrained when they met, and it looked natural after a glass of wine.

"Yo, this is the real wine, it tastes so good!" Huang Zhifu smacked his lips and exclaimed, "It's hard to drink this kind of good wine in the city, Captain Zhang, you are too polite, and you are causing trouble......

The minister was in a greeting and politeness, but he was secretly thinking about his little Jiujiu: this time he was full of enthusiasm when he saw that Secretary Xiao did not mention that he would return to the city for his son, and as soon as the words came out, he immediately cooled down, this captain should not be despised either, don't provide a meal with good wine and food, and then give his son a soft nail to return to the city, no need for anything else, just say that we will investigate and investigate the materials left, then it will be a big disappointment, and it will be difficult to do it in the field department......

Director Wu took the initiative to pick up the wine glass, and while greeting and pouring the wine, Captain Zhang's wife smiled and brought some small dishes: meat floss, fish floss, air-dried sausage, bacon...... It's all high-end food from big cities. In these years, not to mention the small production team on this farm, even in the big city, it is not on the table of ordinary people. He looked at the beads of his eyes and stopped rolling, staring at the dried sausage with muscles and tendons: such a familiar crimson casing, such a familiar sausage meat, especially the *zigzag pattern formed by the fat strips, how similar to the air-dried sausage commonly used in his own home. This is an air-dried sausage family in Sichuan Province connoisseur new to Beijing meat factory to develop the exclusive new product, the color is new and delicious, said to be exported, in essence is to some leaders of the special food, because he was in charge of the industry when he was the minister, made a phone call, but also according to the price and quantity of the special household delivered to the home on time. He concluded: The parents of the Beijing educated youth of this production team are not older than their own officials, and they can't enjoy this kind of special food, so how can they come here? After thinking about it carefully, the manufacturer sent this sausage once and didn't eat it a few times, and my wife said no, it must have been brought by Xiaomin's wife to her son when she went home to visit home...... He used chopsticks to pick up a piece and put it in his mouth to chew it, yes! It was further confirmed that his judgment was right. It can be inferred that those fish floss, meat floss and the like were also sent by the educated youths to this little emperor. Xiaomin also mentioned when he went home that if he didn't give some gifts to their leaders, it would be difficult to do things, maybe he was talking about the captain.

"How?" Captain Zhang saw Huang Zhifu chewing the dried intestines carefully, and he didn't understand what he meant, and even his wife forgot which educated youth gave this intestines. There are so many educated youths, almost everyone sends them, how can they remember!

"It's delicious," Huang Zhifu thought about it, wanting to blackmail the captain first, and began to tease, "It's also the best in Beijing." Captain Zhang, what's the matter, can our farm produce this kind of product? ”

"Ah, ah......" Captain Zhang didn't know how to answer yes, he told his wife to arrange this meal better, how did he not expect that this stupid old woman would bring the gifts to the parents of the educated youth, and it was a big official to eat, and hurriedly played a round for himself, "It was given by a few young people who had a relationship with my wife, they often came to my house to make a dumpling, eat a rolling noodles, sew and mend with a sewing machine, and when I came back from visiting relatives in the city, I would send my wife some fresh goods in the city for us to taste......"

"Oh-your wife has made a lot of educated youth friends, and it's quite complete," Huang Zhifu began to say something, telling us to enjoy it, sorry, sorry......

"You are a person, and you have dealings with the little educated youth," Huang Zhifu indulged and captured, "I am now doing the work of the educated youth, not only organizing the arrangement of the educated youth to go to the countryside and returning to the city, but also including investigating and understanding the situation of the educated youth from Beijing to the countryside in various places......" He stopped, put down his chopsticks, and his tone became heavier, "As far as I know, the leading cadres of some farms, corps, and production teams are now very unrepresentable, and it can be said that some have reached the level where they are unbearable and cannot be punished without sanctions." In some farms in particular, there are quite a few letters written to us by educated youths and their parents, and many letters have been forwarded to us by the central leading comrades, so that we can seriously investigate them. It is said that educated youths should take a family leave, go to college, join the party, etc., and they can't do it without gifts. According to the survey, almost all of the food and clothing used by some grassroots cadres in farms have been urbanized......

Director Wu knew that it was caused by these dishes, and he also knew that the drunkard's intention was not to drink, and he understood the intention of this big official, but it was hard to say, according to his knowledge, he really worked in a Beijing educated youth office, and the work of educated youth was so difficult to do in recent years, if he investigated something, the big things would not be covered up, and the small things would be big, and it would be enough for the farm to support for a while. He pretended to go to the toilet and went to the kitchen of the outhouse to tell Captain Zhang's wife not to use this kind of thing again.

Captain Zhang was already a little weak-hearted, his face became unnatural, and his eyes flashed with a dull gaze, avoiding Huang Zhifu.

Huang Zhifu saw these in his eyes and was happy in his heart, he was still a little wary of Director Wu, and took the opportunity to continue to launch a heart-attacking tactic: "A few years ago, the central government severely cracked down on the criminal act of raping and persecuting female intellectual youth, don't you have a Wang Su in the field, it has an impact throughout the country, and the reaction is very bad and very bad, which has greatly damaged the stable work of intellectual youth in the countryside. At present, there is another unhealthy trend of Leka intellectuals, and the amount of gifts and money collected and extorted from educated youths is not large, but the impact is extremely bad and the nature is serious, and the leading comrades of the State Educated Youth Office said that they should arrest several typical ...... in this regard." He was like a politician who could see through the psychology of others, and he frightened Captain Zhang and began to work step by step, squinting at Captain Zhang and saying, "On the day I set off from Beijing, a leader of the State Educated Youth Office called us. It seems that there is such a letter written by the educated youth of Xiaoxing'an Farm, let us investigate......"

"Minister Huang, isn't it," Captain Zhang's hand trembled a little and asked, "It's a signed letter, asking to return to the city, right?" ”

Huang Zhifu didn't think about it, and replied firmly: "No, no, I remember very clearly, it is a letter of complaint that reflects the cadre of the team!" ”

At this time, Director Wu walked in, understood the content of the conversation, and said with a smile while sitting on the kang: "I also call you Minister Huang, we have a work of educated youth here, please take care of it." ”

"Yes," Captain Zhang interjected, "Please take care of Minister Huang, our Xiaoxing'an Farm does not have that kind of bad atmosphere, and it is purely a courtesy exchange for intellectual young people to send something small to cadres." For example, when our Secretary Xiao was the captain here, Xi Chundi, a young man in Shanghai, was not in good health, how many times did Secretary Xiao and his wife invite her to eat at home, she was embarrassed to go, Secretary Xiao sent the poached eggs to the dormitory, so Xi Chundi went back to Shanghai to bring two packets of candy to Secretary Xiao's granddaughter, can she not accept it? As he spoke, he felt justified, and secretly wiped away a small bead of sweat from his forehead.

Huang Zhifu lost no time in threatening: "As far as I know, that Shanghai female intellectual, Xi Chundi, is not in good health, but it was caused by a blood transfusion to the wife of a cadre named Wang Da stunned!" He shook his head and put the food in his mouth, chewed and swallowed, sighed and said: "Alas, how can our Xiaoxing'an Farm clean up this matter, it is really far away, the emperor is far away, and he is lawless and careless, and he can do something by finding a few cadres." ”

Captain Zhang's heart tightened again.

Director Wu also appeared unnatural.

"However, I heard Xiaomin say that Captain Zhang is still good, simple and simple, mingling with educated youth, and has a high prestige, so he dares to come to your house for dinner." Huang Zhifu used both soft and hard, and he caught and indulged in good results. "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be," Captain Zhang seemed to fall into the pot of boiling water from the ice cave again, his heart rhythm was a little abnormal, he picked up the chopsticks and gestured to the dish and said, "Thank you Minister Huang for the compliment, come-eat the vegetables, eat the vegetables." ”

Director Wu's mood was also relaxed, and he thought: This guy really has the means, and he will really use the little power in his hand, taking advantage of the improvement of the atmosphere, he raised his glass and said: "Minister Huang, come, let's patronize and do this cup!" ”

"Okay, good," Huang Zhifu raised his glass and drank it all, made an exception to take the small wine jug, tore apart with Captain Zhang and Director Wu, and poured a glass of wine for each of them, with a smile on his face, raised his glass and said, "I am very touched by the warm reception of the two of you, I invite you to Beijing to my house as a guest, I will take you to Tiananmen Square, and you can also go to Zhongnanhai to see Chairman Mao's former residence...... This is not a polite remark, and when it is said, you should not be polite, you must go. Come, I borrow flowers to offer Buddha, three meanings: one is to thank you for your warm reception, the second is to thank Xiaomin for your care and help over the years, and the third is to invite you to Beijing. Cheers! He raised his glass □ into his mouth.

Captain Zhang was flattered, drank it all, laughed embarrassedly, laughed embarrassedly, and gradually smiled naturally again.

"If you have this heart, it is enough for our grassroots cadres to be grateful." Director Wu also drank it all. Putting the wine glass on the table, he took the opportunity of Captain Zhang to pour wine again and said, "Minister Huang, it's easy to say, how can we grassroots cadres have a chance to go to Beijing!" ”

"Hahaha......" Huang Zhifu laughed heartily for the first time, smiling so proudly, "It's not simple, I am doing the work of educated youth, you are the educated youth farm, I will go back and ask the staff to seal the letter, just say that I want to hold a grassroots cadre symposium, no, I really want to open a ......" Huang Zhifu felt that he was out of his mouth when he spoke, so he didn't expose himself to deceive in front of them, and said impeccablely: "Even if you two are named and let you go, there is nothing wrong with it." For another example, there is a letter of complaint written by an educated youth, we think it is unlikely, so we ask you to report the situation first...... That's fine. It's a public trip again, and I have returned my wish! His tone was bold and his demeanor was calm.

"That's great." Captain Zhang raised his glass and said happily, "We hope to have such an opportunity, come, Director Wu, let's have a toast to thank Minister Huang for the invitation!" ”

When Director Wu raised the glass, the cups of Captain Zhang and Huang Zhifu had already touched together, and at the same time, they touched the cups that were raised to Director Wu, and with a "bang", three glasses of wine rolled into the stomachs of the three people at the same time.

Huang Zhifu was secretly funny, remembering that Xiaomin talked about the farm when he went home, saying that Wang Da was a bad old tun, and Captain Zhang was a stupid old tun, Wang Da was stunned and had never seen it, I don't know what it looked like, this Captain Zhang was really stupid, and he was rustic. asked him to go to Beijing with an empty word, and he smiled happily and smoothed out the wrinkles on his cheeks; In a word, there may be a sue for him, and his frightened hands trembled. It seems that it will not be a big problem for him to sign the procedures for Huang Xiaomin's "family change" to return to the city and stamp the official seal of the team, and he is happy.

He took a sip of wine, ate a mouthful of food, and slowly continued to carry out the tactics of attacking the heart step by step as if he were chattering: "As far as the present situation is concerned, the situation of the work of educated youths across the country is not stable, you may have heard that some of them are petitioning, and some of them are writing letters asking to return to the city, and they are not at ease in the countryside, farms, and corps, and this has become a sign of tendency, and the central leading comrades attach great importance to it and are closely watching the trend of this movement of educated youths going to the mountains and going to the countryside, and they must seriously study and deal with it...... "He is like talking at a wine table, and it is like making a political report." At present, there are two kinds of bad signs in some places where educated youths are resettled: First, when they see that educated youths are petitioning to make trouble and go on strike, they relax their conditions, and they do not investigate the letters of fake 'family change' from the city to return to the city, and they do not check the materials of the fake 'sick retirement' made by the local educated youths themselves, and let them go unchecked; on the other hand, they appear in the form of ultra-leftism, and no matter whether they send letters from the city or those made here, they will not handle the letters that really meet the conditions, and they will all be beaten to death with sticks. I suggest that you be realistic about these issues......"

"Minister Huang, please rest assured." Seeing that Huang Zhifu's words had just ended, Captain Zhang immediately said, "We will definitely implement the national policy and return the good educated youth to the city." If there is something wrong in the future, please take care of it. ”

"Well said, well said!" Huang Zhifu replied very simply, "As long as I have the final say, I can speak, even if you go to someone, make a phone call, or write a letter, I will do my best!" ”

Director Wu was also happy when he heard this: "It seems that Huang Xiaomin can come to us in the countryside, it is the fate of our acquaintance, come - eat vegetables!" ”

"Okay, good," Huang Zhifu said as he gestured to the plate with chopsticks, "Don't just persuade me to eat, you can eat too!" ”

Director Wu and Captain Zhang saw that they had such a speculative conversation with Huang Zhifu, and they took a big bite of vegetables and ate them.

Huang Zhifu saw that the time was ripe, he seemed to care but didn't care, and said in a very relaxed tone: "I am on a business trip to other places in the Northeast this time to investigate the work of a little educated youth, and by the way, I went to our Xiaoxing'an Farm to have some personal matters, speaking of which, it can also be said that it is a job, and I want to trouble you-" When the words came to his mouth, he still didn't feel very sure, and he played a trick again: "I went to Secretary Xiao first, I was very enthusiastic, he couldn't accompany me because of something important, and entrusted Director Wu to come......"

Captain Zhang couldn't wait a little: "Minister Huang, if you have something to say, don't say that you also found Secretary Xiao, if there is no Secretary Xiao, let's be so speculative, I will definitely do it!" ”

"Okay," Huang Zhifu put down his chopsticks and solemnly said his intentions, "You may know that Xiaomin is my only child, and if I hadn't been sent to the cowshed as a capitalist at that time, he wouldn't have been able to get down." That's fine, just come, there's nothing wrong with coming here, going to work and earning a salary, it's no different from in the city. Unfortunately, Xiaomin's mother passed away a few days ago, and there must be someone by my side, and the organization went through the procedures and agreed to let Xiaomin return to the city and return to Beijing according to the 'family change'. ”

"Oh-ah-" Captain Zhang was taken aback, "Huang Xiaomin died dead, why didn't he let the child go back?" ”

"That's the case-" Huang Zhifu explained with a worried look, "My wife has a bad heart, I didn't want to go so fast, the person is already dead, I sent a telegram, it is said that I have to take a car to the county seat, and I have to go to the provincial capital to change the car, and I have to toss for several days, and the farm is the busy season for the autumn harvest, so I didn't tell Xiaomin, he doesn't know now, I'm afraid that he won't be able to stand it all of a sudden when he knows, and he will slowly reveal it to him when he gets home." ”

"Alas," Captain Zhang knocked on the small dining table with his hand, complaining and regretting it, "I just don't know, you have to let the child go back to see if his mother is dead, this is not an ordinary thing!" He sighed again, "Alas, you senior leaders, just put the interests of the revolution first, and no matter how busy the autumn harvest is, Huang Xiaomin is not bad here!" ”

Director Wu interjected: "I said, why don't you let Xiaomin come here for dinner, it's hard to say something." ”

"Minister Huang," Captain Zhang asked eagerly, "Is there any formalities for Huang Xiaomin's family to return to the city?" ”

Huang Zhifu replied: "Of course, it's all about the sub-district office, the rural office, my wife's unit, my unit, and the death certificate of the hospital." He then stared intently at Captain Zhang and said, "It's up to the leaders of the production team on your farm to investigate." ”

"It stands to reason and procedure that we should investigate it here." Director Wu said.

Captain Zhang took over: "What a leader like you said can be fake, investigate what, and go through the formalities in the team tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow?" Huang Zhifu looked a little embarrassed and said, "It's okay." He was worried that the night was long and dreamy, this Director Wu was very elf, what the hell would he do, call Secretary Xiao or something, sooner rather than later, the sooner the better, so he said to himself, "I want to return to the field early tomorrow morning, ask Secretary Xiao to arrange a symposium, and return to Beijing as soon as possible." ”

"Since you're here, I'll stay two more days." Captain Zhang said sincerely, "I want you to take a look at our threshing and grain delivery tomorrow, which is very courageous." ”

Huang Zhifu hurriedly said: "No, Captain Zhang, I can't help myself, I am really busy with work, and I will have a chance in the future." ”

"Hey, Yuying," Captain Zhang shouted to Liang Yuying in the opposite bedroom, "You go to the house of the head of the political and industrial unit, ask her to bring the official seal, and just say what I said, the sooner the better." ”

"Go now." Liang Yuying pretended to be busy in the outhouse, and the conversation in the house was clearly heard, and she left in response, also wanting to discuss the matter of returning to the city.

"Minister Huang, there is a question I don't understand, I want to ask for advice." Captain Zhang was very happy to see Huang Zhifu, opened the chatterbox, and spoke freely, "You said, Chairman Mao's old man has sent all the educated youths alive, and now it's less than ten years, and it's conscription, schooling, and recruitment, so the family changes, there is no way to be here, you can return to the city, we have no idea, so if you go to the mountains and go to the countryside, isn't it a yellow stall?" It is enough to withdraw labor from the farm in batches, and some educated youths in our team have signed a petition asking to return to the city. ”

Huang Zhifu calmly said: "Didn't I say it just now, this issue is a serious political issue, related to the stability and unity of the country, we must conscientiously implement the national policy, not from one extreme to the other." As grassroots cadres who are engaged in the work of educated youth, they must not only have a high ideological level, but also have artistic work methods, and they must correctly understand that recruiting students, conscription, and workers from among them is the need of the state, and that returning to the city in terms of 'family change' and 'returning from illness' is an embodiment of the party's policy, and there should be no ambiguity. We must do patient and meticulous ideological and political work for those who insist on making trouble, petitioning and striking and demanding their return to the city......"

This reply, which was like a political report, made Captain Zhang very satisfied, raised his glass and said: "Minister Huang, I understand this specifically, and I know how to get it in the future." Here, a toast! ”

The three wine glasses collided again, and there was a "clang".

……

Ma Guangdi accepted the detective task assigned by Li Jin, and was so anxious that he wanted to go to the field department to find out the truth first, but he couldn't get a car, and he got a horse from the animal husbandry row, and he calculated that the back and forth time was too long, so he had no choice but to call Zhang Xiaohong, and he was close to it, and he made up nonsense, and even bluffed, only a little bit of meaning came out of Zhang Xiaohong's mouth: Secretary Xiao was not interested in this big official from Beijing to return to the city for his son, and after a warm reception, he sent a bowl of lukewarm boiled water. He comforted himself: Okay, this is also a harvest, and going to the field department is to find this kid.

According to the reconnaissance route provided by Li Jin, he came to the door of Captain Zhang's house after making a phone call. In the night, he walked around and around the front room of Captain Zhang's house as if he was going to someone's house, and every time he went to the front door and back window, he slowed down and looked into the window, and every time he saw three figures singing and chatting very kindly, he really couldn't judge what kind of fame was going on, so he was so anxious that he thought: Brother Li is not stunned for any task given by him, and he feels a little difficult to accept it this time, it seems that he wants to smash the sign in front of Li Jin. He turned from the front door to the back of the room, and was worried, and found that Liang Yuying's shadow was swaying back and forth in her bedroom with the child, probably cooking outside and skewering into the house, and the front and rear windows were open with a big crack. He had a plan, hurriedly took out a stack of rubbing papers in his pocket, ran to the street lamp of the telephone pole on the side of the road, took out a pen from his pocket, squatted, and wrote a note crookedly:

Sister Yuying:

Please pay attention to the purpose of Huang Xiaomin's father's visit to your house and the content of the conversation, and tell me as soon as possible, it will be of great use. Millions, millions!

I'm interested in you, and I hope you'll be interesting enough for what I'm asking for!

Sincerely

salute

Ma Guangdi grass

After he finished writing and folded it, he quietly slipped into Captain Zhang's shoji courtyard, flashed his cat waist to Liang Yuying's bedroom window, and took a closer look, there were indeed only Liang Yuying and Xiao Yingying, and they threw the paper ball made of paper from the open window "whoosh", just wanted to observe whether Liang Yuying picked up the note, and splashed a basin of vegetable washing water from the outhouse kitchen, startled him, and hurriedly lay down, and when the figure of the splashing water turned around, he hurriedly slipped out of the Zhang family compound.

It turned out that Liang Yuying was not interested in Huang Xiaomin's father coming to the house as a guest, guessing that it was nothing more than coming here to return to the city for Huang Xiaomin. Later, I took the initiative to go to the outhouse kitchen to help my mother-in-law busy with this and that, and accepted Ma Guangdi's task, and his ears were straight to the side of the bedroom, and he went straight to the side.

Ma Guangdi walked around the place far away from the door of Captain Zhang's house, secretly proud in his heart, proud that he had a way at any time, waiting for Liang Yuying to come out to report the information, and suddenly heard a "squeak" sound of the door, and sure enough, it was Liang Yuying who came out, and the strange thing was that he didn't send a signal to find himself after going out, but went straight to the back room. He hurriedly followed, and Liang Yuying briefly told him as he walked about Huang Xiaomin's mother's death, and the situation of returning to the city according to the "family change", and what he was doing now. After asking carefully, he had already arrived at the door of the head of the Shang family. He repeatedly instructed Liang Yuying that he waited not far from the door, and after looking for Chief Shang, he would listen and tell in detail what he had heard.

"What's the value of this bullshit news!" Ma Guangdi turned back to the door of Captain Zhang's house, muttering to himself, and suddenly saw the old horse head of the office on the shift hurriedly coming over, as if he was going to Captain Zhang's house, so he took the initiative to take a few steps forward to talk, "Yo, family, what are you doing in the dark light?" You go slowly, don't fall, I'll help you get old, right? ”

"No, no," the old horse head smiled, "Oh, it's Guangdi, they all say that you are a fart, you have become more in recent years, you can talk and do things, our old Ma family has no waste!" ”

"yes, I'm asking, what are you going to do?"

"I answered a phone call, saying that it was a long distance from Beijing, looking for Huang Xiaomin, I went to find Huang Xiaomin to answer the phone, and I wanted to find Huang Xiaomin's father, saying that he was drinking at Captain Zhang's house......"

Ma Guangdi saw that the old horse head was about to arrive at the door of Captain Zhang's house, and lowered his voice and said: "Family, you must slow down, it's not easy to be blind in the dark, you have to take care of everything." ”

Ma Guangdi had an idea, fuck, it's so tight, maybe there's something here, and the girl ran towards the office, and went straight to the cat under the window of the mailroom, held his breath, and raised his ears sideways.

The phone in the mailroom was placed on the windowsill, talking inside, and after a little attention outside, he heard it clearly, and as soon as he heard it, he knew that it was Huang Xiaomin who was speaking:

“…… Mom, I'm fine, I can eat and sleep, don't worry. What did you say? I haven't seen my dad yet...... Mom, you wait, my dad is here, talking to you. ”

Huang Zhifu: "I can't hear clearly, you make a louder voice, get closer to the microphone and say, you ask how things are going, you are a person, it's really like a burning ass, I just arrived and you chased the phone, it is estimated that the problem is not big, you can complete the formalities in the team tonight, and go to the field department early tomorrow morning, ah?" What did you say? Don't worry, I didn't tell you, no problem. I'll call you when it's done, this place is a place to suffocate cows, ah, okay......"

"Daddy—"

As soon as Huang Xiaomin spoke, Huang Zhifu heard footsteps at the door, and hurriedly stopped: "Go back to the dormitory, talk less, don't make trouble, hurry, go quickly!" ”

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Ma Guangdi hid under the window and could hear it clearly, happy and angry in his heart. Happily, Liang Yuying collided with the eavesdropping phone and got out of the doorway, and there was a long-distance conversation here, Huang Xiaomin's father is such a big official, and he is in charge of the work of educated youth, he lied with his eyes wide open, and said that Huang Xiaomin was dead. Hmph, home change, home change, change legs! This is the official who takes the lead in playing tricks. Good information, good information, tell Brother Li Jin, listen to what he thinks!

Ma Guangdi heard the sound of the phone, hurriedly hid behind the small elm wall in front of the door, and with the sound of footsteps walking out, through the gap in the elm wall, he saw two figures walking forward together, so angry that he wanted to scold him for not finding the right word, "Bah-" spit and flew out, gritted his teeth and said contemptuously: "The capitalist roaders are still leaving!" Damn it! ”

He followed the two figures up the avenue. As soon as Huang Xiaomin walked towards the dormitory, Captain Zhang greeted him, if Huang Zhifu didn't let him accompany him to answer the phone, he would be more attentive than Wang Da and Wang Su back then, and greeted Huang Zhifu into the house with a smile. He stared at the window, trying to see through the window what else they were playing, and then a figure flashed.

Ho, it's Liang Yuying, it's really interesting!

"What's going on?" Ma Guangdi coughed lightly and lured Liang Yuying over.

Liang Yuying dragged Ma Guangdi behind the wheat straw stack in front of the vegetable garden and whispered: "I've got it, I'm here to return to the city for Huang Xiaomin, just now I asked me to call Chief Shang and sign and stamp it at home." ”

"It's so fucking happy, Huang Xiaomin doesn't call this dad a dad in vain, what a fucking daddy! My father is good, he is the chief of the labor and management section on the stone, and he forced me to go down the coal mine to exercise, but I don't do it, and the exercise is here. Ma Guangdi vented a few words and asked, "What other reasons?" ”

"No, I just listen to it, Huang Xiaomin's mother died not long ago......"

"Donkey fart! This guy is looking forward to Huang Xiaomin's death, and then find a little wife! ”

"Don't talk nonsense, I just heard it in the outhouse."

"What do you hear?" Ma Guangdi couldn't help but amplify his voice, "I didn't hear it?" Just now I was under the window outside the mailroom, and I heard Huang Xiaomin's mother and Beijing talking long-distance, and his father didn't say much! ”

"Really?" Liang Yuying asked in surprise, "You are quiet, did you hear it right?" ”

Ma Guangdi stomped his feet: "My ears are good and not deaf, how can I hear it wrong, I tell half a lie, dare to gamble, it's really dad!" ”

"Don't curse, it's unlucky." Liang Yuying took a cool breath, "There is such a thing!" ”

Ma Guangdi shrugged: "Hey, you say it's fucking weird, there's a bed bug in the melon seeds, everyone (Ren) has it, I want my son to go crazy when I want to return to the city, lie without blinking, and send the old woman to the Lord of Yama in the Netherworld to be a mortgage......"

"Gotta get it, don't talk nonsense," Liang Yuying became upset, "Ma Guangdi, I'm leaving, what does the dark night look like, if I let that bastard look at it, I can't tell." She turned around and left.

"Hey-" Ma Guangdi was very happy to get these situations, and when he went to Li Jin, he could sell Daguanzi and sell great merit, his heart was hot, and he grabbed Liang Yuying Lai Pilai's face and said, "Who are we with, what do others like to say, some people gossip, I won't believe it, if Zhang Xiaokang's eight calves meet, I will hug you and kiss him violently, angry with him, as long as we are not sick in our hearts, we are not afraid of being faced...... Don't go, just a little longer. ”

"Go, go, don't give me a poor mouth," Liang Yuying broke away from Ma Guangdi's hand and said, "Listen, the child is crying in the house." ”

Ma Guangdi looked at Liang Yuying's back, full of warm gratitude, smacked his lips and said to himself: "This little girl is so benevolent and righteous, enough to make friends!" Zhang Xiaokang, this king and eight calves, is really not a fucking thing, when he meets a good person, he is not a bear, and he is not a bear! If there is no Han Qiumei, I will marry her, what kind of girl gives birth to a son, these days, women have turned over, and it is more cost-effective to raise a girl than to raise a son......" He muttered, suddenly heard footsteps from the road, hurriedly covered his mouth, looked left and right, found no one coming, relieved, and said with a grimace: "If this is for the daughter-in-law to listen, what about being a scout tonight, Ma slip back and kneel on the washboard!" ”

As if he had won a battle, he hummed a small tune and strode towards the dormitory of the educated youth.

He put his mouth on Li Jin's ear and muttered for about half an hour, Li Jin patted his thigh and asked, "Really?" ”

"I'm going to tell half a lie, my father will die tomorrow, my mother will die the day after tomorrow, and my wife will die the day after tomorrow!" Ma Guangdi's eyes widened.

"Shut up," Li Jin said to Ma Guangdi, "let's not curse that kind of frustrating thing." ”

Ma Guangdi said: "We only bet on the curse when we tell the truth, the more we bet on the father, the more hard the wife, that can withstand the test of the gambling curse - a long life of 100 years!" ”

"You have on the ground! Well scouted! Li Jin patted Ma Guangdi on the shoulder, "Not only urine, but also a set of aphorisms for gambling curses." Then he patted again, "Ma Guangdi, you are worthy of being my Li's apprentice, follow me, grow up, good boy, it's a piece of material!" ”

"Hey, I said Brother Li, Liang Yuying said, Huang Xiaomin's father may have to come to this big dormitory to have a look in a while," Ma Guangdi put his mouth on Li Jin's ear and said, "...... Do you think it's okay? ”

Li Jin smiled "poof", and patted Ma Guangdi's shoulder again: "Blue is better than blue!" Okay, what the fuck are you doing, I'm tired enough during the day, I haven't had a lot of fun for a long time, don't talk, don't laugh, don't be lively, do what you say, activate the air, and let everyone be happy. ”

Ma Guangdi got permission, and pretended to be calm and walked to Huang Xiaomin's shop: "Hey, I said Brother Huang, your father is here, why don't you go and have a look?" ”

Huang Xiaomin was strange: "Who did you listen to?" He knew that Ma Guangdi, this kid, was well-informed, and his father went directly to Captain Zhang's house from the field department, how could he know?

"Ouch, there's no such thing as an impermeable wall." Ma Guangdi began to tease him, "It was rumored by someone in the family team. ”

"Yes." Huang Xiaomin was very calm, "I heard that I came to the team to do something else, meet the team leaders, and come to see me later." He said with a sense of pride, as if he was proud to have such a father. He also knew in his heart that what he shouldn't say was not something that these boys couldn't say, although it was consistent with the general direction of their request to return to the city. said earlier that he learned that his father was coming because he received a letter from his father a week ago, and the specific departure date was not accurate, and he also knew that his father was coming to return to the city for himself, what reason, what to do, Dad didn't say, just said that he would just wait, but his heart was always churning: according to the terms of the current policy of returning to the city, he was not enough, so he actively participated in the signature petition advocated by Li Jin, besides, it was done, what should I do with my lover Fang Liying? When Captain Zhang first took office, he said that the national admissions exam was going to start, and his father wrote a letter to let him review, which provoked all the educated youths to ridicule him as a "college fan" and make trouble, and the exam was just a reference, and he still didn't leave the recommendation and selection. At that time, Yuan Dacang was turning purple red, and he came up with a bad idea with Tian Ye to let Fang Liying go to the normal school of the provincial agricultural reclamation system, and was assigned back to be a teacher shortly after graduation...... The issue of one's own return to the city is a sensitive issue in the current policy and the unstable trend of thought among the educated youth. He knew in his heart that if he returned to the city with these boys, his father would be not rigorous, and they would also get maggots......

"Ouch-" Ma Guangdi looked like he pretended to be a Ming Gong, "You really don't know or are you playing in front of our buddies?" ”

Huang Xiaomin pretended to be very sincere: "Brother, we are comrades in a trench, what's the use of fooling you?" Earn more and earn more, I don't know. ”

"Then I'll tell you," Ma Guangdi raised his face and raised his voice, "Your father came to return to the city for you, the reason is 'family change'." ”

These few words attracted the attention of the educated youth in the dormitory, and the chatter, chess, and small work all stopped, listened quietly, and some even came together.

"Home change?"

"Yes," Ma Guang raised his voice, "Your mother is dead!" ”

"Fart!" This depressing news made Huang Xiaomin forget everything, and his mouth was not inferior, "Your mother is dead!" ”

"My mom isn't dead, your mom is dead!"

"Fuck off!" Huang Xiaomin tore her face and shouted loudly, "I was talking to my mother on the phone just now!" ”

Ma Guangdi bit it and didn't let go: "It must be dead, it's clear." ”

"Are you looking for trouble?" Huang Xiaomin knew that his father was here, and he seemed to have something to rely on, he concluded that it was Ma Guangdi who heard that his father came to return to the city for him, maybe he was jealous, maybe he was angry, he cursed himself to be happy, he didn't give in, and he wanted to do it while moving forward, "I'll let you do everything else, and if you kid says this frustrating thing today, I can't spare you......"

There are more and more educated youths around, Li Jin has leaned behind Ma Guangdi, as long as Huang Xiaomin dares to make a move, he will unceremoniously put on a posture.

"Want to fight?" Ma Guangdi did not show weakness.

"That's right! You're right, it's not that I want to fight, it's you who look for trouble first! ”

……

"Oh-"

"Whoa—"

More than a dozen educated youths belonging to Yuan Dacang's platoon shouted loudly, and Ma Guangdi and Huang Xiaomin twisted together.

"Stop! Who's at war? ”

At this time, Captain Zhang led Huang Zhifu and Director Wu into the dormitory, and he heard a commotion at the door, and shouted orders as he entered the house.

"Okay, good, you don't know human language," Ma Guangdi sarcastically greeted Huang Xiaomin and almost tore his throat, "Captain Zhang, you can be fair, did Huang Xiaomin's mother unfortunately pass away?" ”

Captain Zhang had already seen that Ma Guangdi or some educated youth was fighting with Huang Xiaomin, and reprimanded angrily: "That's why you're wrong, Huang Xiaomin's mother unfortunately passed away, you should be sympathetic, what do you have to do with Huang Xiaomin?" What's there to get by? ”

Huang Zhifu was a little baffled, thinking: Even Xiaomin didn't let him know the reason for returning to the city, such a secret thing is nothing more than Secretary Xiao, Director Wu and this Captain Zhang, and then the female officer who was stamped just now, how could he make a fuss in this dormitory of educated youths in such a short period of time? The embarrassment and embarrassment made him very unnatural, and for a moment he was a little confused, and stood abruptly.

Huang Xiaomin asked, "Dad, how do they say my mother is dead?" ”

"Hmph," Huang Zhifu gritted his teeth as if he wanted to cough dryly, "It's dead." ”

Ma Guangdi began to behave obediently, and made up with Huang Xiaomin: "Oh, Brother Huang, our buddies are righteous, it's interesting!" Don't look at you scolding me, I'm not angry, even if you scold yourself if you scold wrong, besides, our buddies got along quite well in the past, you can't break face because of this sentence or two, your brother Ma is not that person, you don't want to go to your heart. ”

No matter what he said, Huang Xiaomin was so angry that he just didn't squeak, look at his father, look at Captain Zhang, he seemed to understand something, his father came to handle the "family change", what change can be the easiest to pass the procedures...... Dad, Dad, no matter how anxious you are to return to the city for me, you can't take my mother to His Royal Highness Jiuquan as collateral......

The dormitory of the Educated Youth University fell silent suddenly.

"Come on-" Li Jin jumped to Huang Xiaomin's shop, picked up Huang Xiaomin's framed photo with his mother from the windowsill, covered Huang Xiaomin's portrait with his hand, raised it and said loudly, "Wild friends, buddies, Huang Xiaomin didn't go back once when his mother died in order to participate in the Autumn Harvest Battle, it's really called turning grief into strength for the revolution, let's have a small mourning ceremony!" He said and looked at Huang Zhifu, "Comrades, comrades-in-arms, the grief of Huang Xiaomin's family is also the grief of all our desolate friends, come, after I shout one or two, please ask Huang Xiaomin's father to take the lead......"

Strange to say, Li Jin's call, many educated youths believe it and are ready to listen to the command.

"Friends of the wilderness—" Li Jinliang opened his voice and recited in the same tone as he recited during the funeral on the radio, "Huang Xiaomin's mother unfortunately passed away, let us mourn her old man with great grief, one bow, two bows......"

Ma Guangdi looked east and west, but he didn't bow, seeing that Huang Zhifu was helpless to pretend, Captain Zhang took it seriously and couldn't help but laugh. He used a pen to draw the eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth of a person's face on the tip of his thumb. Following Li Jin's third shout, he bowed with his thumb, and was about to bow again, when he was seen by more than a dozen educated youths who looked up, he burst into laughter, Ma Guangdi quickly hid his hand behind him and bowed respectfully.

"Laughing at what?" Captain Zhang lost his temper and felt that he had lost face in front of Huang Zhifu and Director Wu, "What's so funny about such a serious matter!" ”

Li Jin was afraid that it would end badly if it was messy again, so he shouted: "Don't laugh, what's so funny, whoever wants to laugh again, if the is dead, I'll lead a group of buddies to laugh." ”

Everyone wanted to laugh, but they had to hold back.

"Everyone, be quiet!" Captain Zhang finally got a dominant opportunity to speak, deliberately took out a nod, and lowered his voice, and gestured to Huang Zhifu with his hand and said, "Let me introduce to you, this is Huang Xiaomin's father, a senior cadre, a minister, and now he is doing the work of educated youth in Beijing, and he is our parent and superior leader, and today I will take the opportunity to come and see everyone's ......" said, first demonstration and applause, "Let us express our heartfelt thanks!" ”

There was a round of applause.

"This senior leader is also doing the work of educated youth, you came at the right time," Li Jin stood up from the kang and said, "What we educated youths are most concerned about now is the question of returning to the city or taking root, and now some cadres in the city are cheating, using the current policy of returning to the city formulated by the state, taking the lead in getting their children to return to the city, getting them to serve as soldiers, and returning to the city in a big way, making a big deal of unhealthy practices." Some people say that unhealthy tendencies within the party have become serious since the issue of educated youths returning to the cities, and in the rural areas, farms, and corps, it has begun to become serious since local cadres accept gifts from educated youths......

Huang Zhifu was a little unnatural, and immediately calmed down, worried that this harsh educated youth would say embarrassing words again, and vaguely felt that they seemed to know that the "family change" they had done for Huang Xiaomin was fake, and felt that they had been teased by some young people, and warned that he should hurry up and say a few words to lead Huang Xiaomin out of here, and replied: "Comrades of the educated youth, you have worked hard, I will first greet you on behalf of the leaders of Beijing's work for the educated youth!" Seeing that no one applauded, he continued, "The question raised by the educated youth just now is very realistic and has aroused the attention of the central leading comrades, but we must look at the problem in two parts, and we must believe that there are two 95 percent, one is that 95 percent of the cadres who have children in the countryside in the cities have a high consciousness, and the other is that 95 percent of the cadres who are doing educated youth work in the local rural areas and farms are good. Hello, comrades of the educated youth! He said that he gave Huang Xiaomin a look, took Huang Xiaomin away, and changed his mind, and wanted to return to the field to stay immediately and let Huang Xiaomin follow.

After Huang Zhifu left, Xiao Bu leaned over to Li Jin's ear and asked: "Ma Guangdi whispered to me just now that Huang Xiaomin's fucking death was fake, how can you still mourn her!" ”

"Hey, what do you kid know," Li Jin pouted his mustache and said, "What can we say about such a big cadre, playing tricks on him, it's just fucking unlikely." ”

Suddenly, the news that Huang Xiaomin's mother was not dead spread in the dormitory. A group of educated youths surrounded Li Jin.

"Dude, let's strongly reflect this problem to Secretary Xiao, if it is not solved, we will petition to return to the city, so we will learn from them!" Li Jin said indignantly.

Ma Guangdi waved his hand and said: "Yes, those who have power rely on power, and those who don't have power are foolish!" ”

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