He Erbao is a local intellectual youth who returned to his hometown, after graduating from high school, he returned to the village, He Erbao is somewhat famous in the local area, when he was in junior high school, he was typical by the county. The reason is that he saved a cow from a neighboring village during the flood. In the rainy season that year, it rained heavily for several days in this area, and the ditches were full of trenches, which is rare in the north. That morning, He Erbao and a few of his peers in his village braved the rain on the road to the school, which had to cross a river with a bridge that had been crumbling by the surging flood water when school ended yesterday. The students in the mountain village were not surprised by all this. They were talking, laughing, and walking around on the crumbling bridge.

When they came to the river today, the bridge had collapsed in the water, and the piers and planks on the bridge had long since been washed away by the muddy water. He Erbao did not feel a little frustrated because the bridge was broken, on the contrary, he was a little excited, because they could justifiably not go to school.

Standing by the flooded river, Mr. Ho and a few young friends excitedly discuss the width of the river and make a bet that they can swim to the other side. It was naturally He Erbao who said this, because among them, He Erbao's swimming skills were the most superb. Those companions didn't believe He Erbao's words, saying that he was bragging, He Erbao was very unhappy, rolled up his arms and sleeves to swim over to show his companions, saying that, he still felt a little stunned when he really let him swim over. While they were hesitating, they simultaneously spotted a half-sized cow in the water, which was heading down the water. Clearly, the cow did not want to be swept away by the flood, and it was terrified. With a strong desire to survive, it struggled in the water. Therefore, it is not going down fast. One of the companions said, "Erbao, can you save the cow?" If you get the cow back, we'll count you as having what it takes.

He Erbao had no way out, and his self-improvement and self-esteem forced He Erbao to jump into the water and swim towards the cow with all his might. He really grabbed the tail of the cow, and the cow saw the person, and obviously calmed down, you know, the cow is born with a good understanding of water, I don't know if it is the power of the cow or the role of He Erbao, in short, both the cow and He Erbao swam from the water to the shore.

This time, He Erbao became famous. First, he was awarded the Good Student by the Commune, and soon after, he was awarded a good example of caring for national property by the County Education Bureau. Since then, He Erbao has often gone to some schools to introduce his heroic deeds. His deeds have long been sorted out into materials by the Chinese teacher and the principal, at first, he read according to the script, and later, he memorized it. He Erbao said some very passionate words, full of shining thoughts.

Soon, He Erbao joined the Chinese Communist Youth League, and later he wrote an application to join the party. Before he graduated from high school, he finally joined the party organization. This is indeed a rarity among high school students in the county.

He Erbao, who graduated from high school, is still a very famous figure in the village, and he was once received by the secretary of the county party committee. A photo of him shaking hands with the county party secretary was published in newspapers. Not to mention the secretary of the brigade, even the secretary of the commune, few people have received such honors.

Soon, He Erbao became the captain of the production team, then the secretary of the Youth League branch, and then the secretary of the party branch of the brigade. He Erbao, who was in his early twenties, was so valued that he seemed to see the future and hope. A typical young man like He Erbao would not have had any problems if he had joined the army or been recommended to go to university as a worker, peasant and soldier cadet. He Erbao is He Erbao, he gave these opportunities to others, and he wants to take root in the countryside unswervingly. He Erbao has what Erbao thinks, he is now the secretary of the party branch of the brigade, and he leads nearly a thousand people, if he continues like this, he will become the secretary of the commune, and even work in the county, it is not impossible. Whether it's a soldier or a college, go out for a spin and look back, you still have to start from scratch, He Erbao can't give up such a good start he has.

In the winter of the year when He Erbao became the secretary of the brigade, he began to frequently go in and out of the educated youth point. At the beginning, he went to the educated youth to visit politely, with his hands behind his back, learning from the old branch secretary, and asking the young intellectuals if they had any difficulties and any good suggestions for the brigade and production team. His expression was not very painful at that time, this educated youth point has been established for several years, and he has a kind of rejection of these educated youths in his bones, they are nominally accepting the re-education of poor middle peasants, in fact, they have not been at peace for a day, since the day they came, they have wanted to go back to the city. It turned out that some old intellectuals had also fallen in love with local young women, and some young women had abortions for this reason, which made a lot of noise, but when those old intellectuals returned to the city, they didn't look back, patted their butts and left. The local young women were abandoned, so they wept and wept in search of life for the dead. You must know that these local young women are the most beautiful girls in the local area, and then look at those male intellectuals, they are either crooked melons and cracked dates, or they are idle.

Therefore, since he was a child, He Erbao did not have a good impression of the intellectual youth from the city, and he still had a little jealousy in his heart. When he returned to his hometown, he instinctively refused to associate with these city people. I didn't even bother to look at them.

But now it is different, he is the secretary of the party branch of the brigade, and it is also his job to educate young people with knowledge. In that winter, when he came to Zhiqing Point, he fell in love with Li Hongmei. At that time, there were more than a dozen girls in the educated youth point, and Li Hongmei was beautiful, with white and tender skin, and dark and bright eyes. Li Hongmei also tied a scarf woven with red wool, and in the monotonous winter in the north, Li Hongmei became the most beautiful scenery in He Erbao's eyes.

He Erbao, who is also in his twenties, is in love, his eyes and Li Hongmei's dark and bright eyes are looking together, and the consequences can be imagined.

Since then, He Erbao has been unusual, he has become a frequent visitor to the Zhiqing Point, he and young men and women sit around the fire kang in the north, but his gaze is over the shoulders of everyone, and Li Hongmei's gaze is sticky and intertwined. Their first love, imperceptibly, changed the fate of the two people.