Regarding whether to write to Wan Zhiqing, the mother of the root of the tree, Zhao Ke mentioned it to Yu Xiulan after returning home, and she said the same thing.

"Forget it."

Their current attitude is: It was an accident that the roots of the tree burned stupidly, he can't find his mother now, Liu Guangzhi's virtue, his attitude is not important.

Zhao Ke agreed not to look for Wan Zhiqing, but she had some other opinions, and also told Zhao Xinshan at the team headquarters, "If you calculate it carefully, no matter if there are any difficulties behind it, what Song Zhiqing and Wan Zhiqing are doing is of the same nature, they can't wait to abandon the past of Zhao Cun'er's brigade and abandon their children." ”

"The brigade must help the weak, but as cadres, if we have double standards in our attitude towards the two educated youths because one side is weak, I don't think it's good."

The position of the team committee should be the position of the whole village.

Yu Xiulan heard what she said, and felt that it was reasonable and that she was too calm and ideal, "Then what did your uncle say?" ”

"The inaction of the cadres of the Zhao Cun'er Brigade and the indifference of the members of the club magnified the survival and spiritual pressure of the educated youths in our brigade at the beginning, and later also connived at the abuse of Shugener by Liu Guangzhi and his wife."

Just like Zhao Xinshan's words of reflection, Zhao Cun'er's brigade was derelict in its responsibility.

The members are cold, selfish, and unfriendly...... As a brigade cadre with great power in the village, if there is no timely guidance and no effective measures when some situations arise, the atmosphere will be aggravated.

Therefore, Zhao Ke carried out certain education and academic constraints on He Baiqiang, which was a positive guide for him.

Others can ignore idle affairs and not meddle in cause and effect, but it is not okay to be a cadre.

With the intervention of the brigade, the atmosphere of Zhao Cun'er's brigade is now positive.

Zhao Ke said: "There are some other worries, if I find Song Wenrui's biological father, will Liu Guangzhi and his wife also be interested?" After all, there is compensation to take. ”

Yu Xiulan was silent for a while, "Then how did you discuss?" ”

"Let's check Wan Zhiqing's current situation first, and then hand it over to Liu Guangzhi to decide whether to pursue it." Zhao Ke saw Yu Xiulan's unhappy expression, and preemptively said, "Liu Guangzhi has the right to pursue it." ”

"Wan Zhiqing got married in a hurry, he didn't have any faith all these years, maybe he would marry someone, if he was really ruthless, wouldn't it hurt people?"

Zhao Ke said: "If that situation really happens, we will persuade him, but if Wan Zhiqing is okay, he still ignores the roots......

"Then she just has no conscience!"

Yu Xiulan had a clear mind, "Our brigade didn't force her to marry, she married herself, and the child was born to her, so it must be unreasonable to complain about us in the end." ”

If she is really forced to do so, she is not doing well, and she can't take care of it, which is understandable.

If it's something else, it doesn't matter if it's pain in your heart or whatever, if you don't have a conscience, you do it.

"Then how do we check? You can't go there, can you? It's a long way to ......."

Zhao Ke said: "I told my uncle and asked someone to help." ”

As for who to invite, Zhao Ke pointed to Zhao Feng's house next door.

There were letters she had received from all over the country, including letters from the city where the tree roots were located.

Yu Xiulan thought about it, "When do you have to find it?" ”

Zhao Ke hugged her affectionately, "Mom~ I'm going to the commune tomorrow to make a phone call and ask someone to sign up for He Bailing......"

Yu Xiulan thought of the letter in that room, her eyes were dark, and she grinded her teeth, "I really owe you." ”

Zhao Mian smiled: "Mom, it just so happens that I'm at home, I'll help you find it." ”

"I don't need you, it's rare for you to go home, so let's have a good rest." Yu Xiulan then glared at Zhao Ke, "I'll find someone else." ”

Zhao Ke sighed again: "It would be convenient if there was a phone." ”

Yu Xiulan and Zhao Mian didn't pick up the stubble, and Zhao Cun'er's brigade couldn't afford to buy a phone, she dreamed.

The next day, Zhao Ke rode out of the village on his bicycle, and Yu Xiulan found Niu Xiaoqiang's "base" - under a big tree outside the east of the village.

The village is far from the construction site, there are few people, quiet, and no one disturbs the children's "career".

Yu Xiulan taught the first and second grades, and originally planned to find her students, but Niu Xiaoqiang brought all the children who had free time to the net in order to weave the net, so she could only find here.

She taught strictly, and the students were afraid of her, and when they saw her appear, their hands and feet shrunk and greeted her like quail.

"Teacher Yu......"

Yu Xiulan looked at the net that was piled up in a small mountain at the door between them, and was speechless, "Let you study, you can't sit still at all, but you can mess up these messy things." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang thought that she was here to stop them, and immediately defended: "Director Zhao praised us for our strong hands-on ability, said that we could exercise patience, and encouraged us!" ”

The implication is that they are not messing around, they have leadership support.

The other children chimed in.

"Director Zhao said it."

"I heard that, too."

"She also said that we are getting better and better......"

Yu Xiulan: "......"

What's the hell the hell she's going to do?

As a mother, she knows the virtues of her own daughters best, Zhao Ke must have some idea, these children were slipped around by Zhao Ke, and she felt that she was supporting them.

Yu Xiulan didn't want to say anything about them anymore, and said directly: "It's not bad to weave the network, I will arrange some work for you today and go to my house." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang didn't refuse, dragged the net to the back of the tree, covered it with straw, and followed her.

Yu Xiulan led a string of children to the house, pointed to Zhao Feng's house and said, "I'll find a letter from inside today." ”

The children lay in front of the window door, looking inside with their mouths wide open.

Zhao Feng's kang is two meters wide, and the letter is full, and there is still about one meter left, and it will touch the roof.

"Okay, a lot of faith......"

"Is this all Director Zhao's?"

"It's amazing......"

Mo Hao turned around and asked, "Teacher Yu, have you finished reading Director Zhao?" ”

"How can I see this, she will read a few letters if she has nothing to do, and she can't stand sending too many."

Especially Zhao Ke now has a column, although the requirements and review over there are stricter, Zhao Ke has sent a few articles in the past, and only one has been sent so far, but the letters are constantly sent.

Yu Xiulan's tone was troubled with pride that couldn't be hidden, "I can't put it down, I can't put it on the ground, in case I am knocked by a mouse, I will be blind, your Director Zhao and her third uncle also said that they want to put it into a fight, but it can't be done without a house......"

Zhao Mian came over and said with a smile: "Then when our family builds a brick house, we will build a bigger one, and I will pay for Xiao Ke to build a special door storage room to keep the letter." ”

"What's the need for you to pay?" Yu Xiulan said angrily, "Your father and I are still here." ”

Whoever comes out is the same, and the letter must be kept well.

Zhao Mian turned his head and said softly to the children: "I'm going to work hard for you, I'll make you sweet water to drink." ”

Facing a good-looking and gentle big sister like Zhao Mian, even Niu Xiaoqiang was quiet.

The address was written on a small board, and a group of children came out with a stack of letters, sat in a row in the shade of the room, and looked for letters according to the address.

Yu Xiulan and Zhao Mian were not idle, rummaging together.

After flipping through everything, I simply rearranged it according to the address.

It's not a difficult job, it's just a time-consuming job, but luckily children have a lot of patience when they find it fun, and most importantly, they have sweet water to drink.

Half an hour later, a first-grade boy was the first to find a letter, checked it against the address on the board, and held up the envelope and shouted happily: "I found it!" ”

The other kids looked up, "Found it?" ”

The little boy who found the letter shook the letter proudly and handed it over to Zhao Mian happily.

Zhao Mian looked at it and said with a smile: "That's right, it's this address." ”

The little boy blushed with joy and shyness, "Then I'll keep looking." ”

After he finished speaking, he happily returned to his position.

Niu Xiaoqiang is competitive, and several children do not admit defeat, and the speed of rummaging is faster.

After that, someone found the letter of that address one after another, and then handed it to Zhao Mian.

At the same time, Zhao Ke arrived at the commune.

She called Duan Shuyi first, and then called Ding Xiaohui, set up He Bailing's registration, confirmed the exam time, and understood the situation on the phone before coming to the commune compound.

Zhao Ke entered the office, and after saying hello, he said with a smile: "Secretary Duan, I just saw that row of good guys in the courtyard, my heart is trembling, and I can't be excited. ”

Secretary Duan was full of smiles, and his tone was even a little high-spirited, "When the tractor entered the commune, many members of the commune were watching, and Director Wu and I also went to see it, and when the training was completed, we could start reclamation." ”

Secretary Duan praised Zhao Ke, "Your brigade has made the greatest contribution to the initial establishment of the agricultural machinery station. ”

The farm machinery station requires a station master, two repairmen, and one driver for each brigade.

The stationmaster is arranged by the commune.

In the future, Fu Zhiqing, who will be responsible for repairing agricultural machinery and training repairers at the agricultural machinery station, has not yet returned, and the four drivers of the Zhao Cuner brigade are responsible for training the drivers of the agricultural machinery station.

All came out of Zhao Cun'er's brigade.

Now the drivers selected by the various teams are in place and are being trained intensively.

Secretary Duan said that it is a fact that Zhao Cun'er's brigade has made the greatest contribution, Zhao Ke has no uncomfortable emotions at the moment, and the smile on his face is even bigger, "The sauerkraut factory commune has passed the acceptance, and the agricultural machinery station is also slowly being established. ”

"Our brigade is also a member of the cooperative, and we have also produced a tractor, and it is an honor for our brigade to contribute more to the construction of our commune, and we also hope that the cooperative will be put into reclamation as soon as possible."

Anyone who knows Zhao Ke a little bit, as long as they see her overly enthusiastic smile, they know that something must be wrong with her.

Secretary Duan paused for a moment and then smiled, "Xiao Zhao, we have been dealing with each other for so long, and it is not true to say that these vain heads and brains are not sincere." ”

Zhao Ke showed a sincere smile, "I'm telling the truth, you have a good leadership and an extraordinary belly, as long as our brigades follow the commune with one mind, they are down-to-earth, and they are all full of energy." ”

"Okay, okay, don't slap me." Secretary Duan couldn't hear these words coming out of her mouth, "If you have something, just say it." ”

Zhao Ke took out an envelope from his satchel, took out the stationery inside, and handed it to Secretary Duan with both hands, "I want to ask the commune to stamp it." ”

Secretary Duan looked down and saw that there was only one paragraph written on the first piece of paper.

[Comrade Song Mingjie:

During the period when the Zhao Cuner Brigade of Shuangshan Commune went to the countryside, you married Wang Yinghui, a member of the commune, and had a son, Song Wenrui. Now, Song Wenrui offers to recover from you

The 18-year-old received 478 yuan in child support and 356 yuan in compensation for his mother's illness, totaling 834 yuan, with a breakdown of the amount attached.

In view of the fact that Wang Yinghui, a member of the club, has not recovered from his illness for a long time, and Song Wenrui is not yet a minor, and the collective will recover on his behalf, I hope you will give a reply within 30 days after receiving the letter.

Unit: Zhaocuner Brigade of Shuangshan Commune

Date: July 23, 1975]

On the latter piece of stationery are the details.

Song Wenrui mainly studied food and clothing, and he did not spend much before he went to primary school, but he had more tuition fees and some necessary expenses in five years of primary school, and there was a significant increase in junior high school and high school.

Wang Yinghui's compensation was mainly for the cost of medical treatment and recuperation after returning from the city.

Zhao Ke did not ask for a sky-high price.

Chasing money is so reasonable, Secretary Duan raised his eyes and glanced at Zhao Ke after reading it.

Zhao Ke smiled.

Secretary Duan didn't agree, "This kind of private matter, it's not appropriate for the brigade and the commune to come forward with a seal, right?" ”

Zhao Ke pulled out the posture of lobbying, sat upright, and looked directly into his eyes to show sincerity, "Secretary Duan, first of all, this is not an individual phenomenon, but a group phenomenon. If it was a simple private matter, I would definitely be embarrassed to trouble you, but there are two educated youths in our brigade alone, and I haven't specifically understood the other brigades, but there must be the same situation, and no one can guarantee that the same thing will not happen in the future. ”

Secretary Duan listened quietly, and his attitude was not visible on his face.

Zhao Ke paused for a few seconds, looked at Secretary Duan and said: "According to the development trend of our brigade, promoting agricultural mechanization and scientificization requires the participation of a large number of intellectual youths, what about the city?" Will there be a need for more talent? ”

Secretary Duan's eyes flashed slightly.

Zhao Ke asked, "Have you paid attention to the changes in the newspaper in the past two years?" ”

"How?"

Zhao Keyi pointed out: "Professional training in pig raising, cultivation of various crops, various technical barriers need to be broken through, talent is highly lacking, and it is too late to train children......"

Education comes at a cost.

When a student goes to elementary school, junior high school, or high school, not to mention money, this time gate cannot be replenished for a while.

Therefore, there is almost no suspense in the selection of educated youths who are put into the countryside to supplement the demand for talents in all walks of life.

Secretary Duan was silent, the wrestling above, and the changes in various policies below, he and Director Wu were actually sensitive to some of them, otherwise they would not support the Zhaocun Brigade to engage in cooperatives.

And Zhao Ke didn't talk about this issue in depth, and continued to talk about stamping.

"It's understandable that educated youths want to go back to the city, but they abandon their families and children, which is unfair to the abandoned other half and their children."

"Let's just say that the children of the two educated youths in our brigade, one female educated youth left, and the child was sick and stupid; The other is that I want to send a letter to this young man's child, whose mother went to the city to look for no result, and when he came back, he fell ill, and his parents at home were also gone early because of this incident, orphans and widows, no one went to work, and he had to rely on the relief of the brigade to eat, and the child had to take care of his sick mother before the stove was high, and he was not able to go to school at the age of eight last year. ”

"This is just an example of our brigade, our brigade will try to take care of the members in difficulty no matter what, but what if some brigades are unable to take care of them? You can imagine what they will be facing......"

"If you want to go back to the city, they can find a way, they can wait, because they can't bear the hardship and loneliness, so they find someone in the village to marry, and as soon as they have the opportunity, they pat their butts and leave, how can there be such a good thing?"

In some places with poor mountains and bad waters, the villagers are vicious and treat the educated youth seriously, and some farms and forest farms are really hard, and the educated youths have left their hometowns and are suffering physically and mentally, which Zhao Ke can understand.

But as a cadre of the brigade, she can't accept irresponsible abandonment, and she must also take precautions.

"Most of the educated youth are good, but for a small number of educated youth, the cost of abandonment is too low, and the condemnation of conscience is not enough for them to choose carefully, so we will help them be cautious."

"The commune took advantage of this incident to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, we didn't want to tie up the educated youth to stay in the village, we just wanted them to know that the villagers didn't say that they would leave it behind, and they should be responsible for the consequences."

Zhao Ke looked at Secretary Duan with a blank eye, "We can't take care of other places, but the members of our commune, we have to protect them, okay?" ”

Moreover, this is not completely unfavorable to the educated youth.

It can also reduce the anxiety of rural people in the future in the face of educated youths taking the college entrance examination and leaving, and avoid some tragedies.

Zhao Ke hopes that at least the educated youths of Shuangshan Commune will be able to study hard, prepare carefully, and successfully take the college entrance examination after the notice is issued.

Secretary Duan picked up the teacup while thinking about it, drank several sips, and then said helplessly: "You give me another question." ”

Zhao Ke smiled obediently.

How can a child who is too obedient have candy to eat.

Secretary Duan and Director Wu cheated him, and she cheated them again.

Isn't it just that everyone is looking for things to do with each other to enhance their relationship?

"You have a point, as cadres, we really have to plan for the long term."

Secretary Duan's shoulder was slightly lowered, and he took out the seal of the commune from the drawer and stamped it on the lower right.

Zhao Ke took it and said inch by inch: "If he ignores it, I will write another letter and send it to his unit, and then I will trouble you to stamp me again." ”

Secretary Duan laughed, "Then spread the news, don't you need the commune?" ”

Zhao Ke folded the letter paper and said with a smile while stuffing the envelope: "This is not necessary, our brigade has strength." ”

She absolutely believes in the ability of the members of the Zhao Cun'er Brigade to spread the word.

"That's okay, I'll go back first?"

"Don't rush to go." Secretary Duan stopped her, "We ate the melon, and I also talked to the captain of the Gushan Tun'er Brigade about planting melons, and it just so happens that the large sandy land of their brigade can be used." ”

The time of melon harvest is early, and it is harder, which does not affect the grain harvest, and can also have more income.

Secretary Duan sighed: "It's also that the commune has not conducted research in many aspects, and the information is not comprehensive, otherwise it can increase the income of the backers earlier." ”

The result of the rigid thinking is that when the grain station collects grain, they only grow all kinds of grain, without the promotion of the commune, and the various brigades will not test other aspects in order to avoid risks.

Zhao Ke is bold, but careful.

She didn't send this melon, and the commune didn't know that she also tried to grow a melon.

Thinking of this, Secretary Duan suddenly asked, "Did your brigade plant other crops?" ”

Zhao Ke had an expression of "how do you know", "It's just a little messy thing planted, it's all seeds from outside, and the grain station and food station don't have to be." ”

When planting in the spring, Zhao Rui did send back a lot of seeds for trial planting, all of which were planted by Zhao Xinshan and the members, Zhao Ke didn't pay much attention to it, and then began to harvest one after another.

Recently, in addition to the melon, some watermelons have also been planted, and they don't grow well, so they have a few, and they are almost ripe, and they are being pulled out by rats or something, which makes Zhao Xinshan pull his face for several days.

There are also beans, I don't know what the new variety is, every family has planted some, the trees are full of seedlings, these days every family eats beans, and then the women have free time to cut beans at home and dry the beans.

Then there are persimmons, yellow and red, children are very fond of eating, home-grown, adults are willing to pick two as snacks to eat, almost every family has left a seed.

And the fruit tree has just been planted, and this year it has not borne fruit.

Secretary Duan took out a piece of paper casually, wrote down everything Zhao Ke said, and planned to talk to the other brigades when he was going to have a meeting.

"And flowers, our brigade has planted a lot of flowers, and we will keep them in the fall, and I will send some to the commune when the time comes?"

Secretary Duan did not refuse, "Send it, plant some in the compound to improve the appearance of our commune." ”

"Okay."

Secretary Duan buckled the pen and said: "It's going to be autumn soon, you have to train before starting work, and the recruitment is urgent, and the candidates for your brigade should be reported as soon as possible." ”

Zhao Ke responded.

"There's nothing else to do for now."

Zhao Ke left the compound, passed by the post office, bought a stamp by the way, and sent a letter.

There were a lot of letters from their brigade at the post office, and she tied them to the back seat of her bicycle and brought them back with them.

On the way back to the village, Zhao Ke's mind was not idle, and he brushed up the work of the door for the next period of time.

After arriving in the village, Zhao Ke first went to He's house to inform the father and daughter, and then said to them: "I asked clearly about the Bailing exam, and I don't need to lead it, why don't you go with your father and daughter?" ”

He Dongsheng waved his hand quickly, "I can't do it, how can I go with her, isn't it embarrassing for her if I do this." ”

He Bailing retorted: "Dad, you are my father, without you there would be no me, where is the shame?" ”

He Dongsheng's eyes were full of relief, but he still refused, "I really can't do it, I've never been to the city, I can't find the road, what's the use of going, in case I delay the Bailing exam." ”

This is also a problem.

Zhao Ke thought for a while and said, "Then I'll ask Sister Chunnier, if she is willing, Uncle He, you can pay for Sister Chunnier." ”

"Cheng, then Cheng, I should pay for it."

Zhao Ke and the father and daughter went to Sun's house together.

Chuniel agreed, and the matter was decided for the time being.

In the next few days, Zhao Ke and Yu Xiulan basically stayed with Zhao Mian, and the mother and daughter talked and quarreled, and soon it was the day when Zhao Mian left.

Before Zhao Mian left, Zhao Xinshan asked her to go to the school and lay a brick with her own hands.

This is a ceremony that Zhao Xinshan specially thought, he called the whole village of old and young, stood in front of them, and said word by word: "This is the first brick house built by our brigade, and it is also the primary school of the brigade, which is of great significance. ”

The brick-laying ceremony started with the eldest elders, who were really sick and couldn't get up, and those who were too young or not in the village were replaced by family members, and even Xu Zhengyi and his wife, Wang Yinghui, who hardly went out, appeared at the school.

Educated youths are no exception.

Everyone was very solemn, one person went up to lay bricks, and the others looked at him with a smile.

With such a sense of ceremony, when Zhao Mian picked up the brick, his hand trembled uncontrollably slightly.

She laid down the brick that belonged to her with great solemnity, and made a firm note of its location.

Zhao Mian, as a person who is about to travel far away, is particularly touched, she knows that no matter where she goes or how far she goes, there is Zhao Cun'er Brigade behind her, and there is such a group of fellow villagers.

And when it was Zhao Ke's turn, Zhao Xinshan asked her: "Fu Zhiqing and Lin Zhiqing's bricks, why don't you build them for them?" ”

When everyone heard "Fu Zhiqing", they looked at Zhao Ke with a little ambiguity.

Zhao Ke didn't twist, "Then I'll help them build it." ”

She generously laid three bricks in a row, and she and Fu Hang's bricks were next to each other.

What is built on this is not just a brick by piece, and it doesn't matter who is ambiguous with whom, what really represents the cohesion of Zhao Cun'er's brigade that is gradually coming together, and it is the bond called "hometown" that is constantly cut. ：，n..，.