Chapter 3

Li Huiru knew that the Lin family was thinking about their daughter, so she didn't tell anyone outside about Lin Shu's going to the countryside, let alone the Lin family.

Afraid of more trouble, the time was arranged very quickly.

Three days later, Lin Shu got on the bus to the countryside.

It was cold and snowy outside, but the atmosphere of the educated youth going to the countryside was very enthusiastic.

The students shouted slogans, their young faces full of vigor and the passion of "going to the countryside to receive re-education from poor and lower-middle peasants". At this time, they did not have a deep understanding of the hard work and life in the countryside, but only had enthusiasm and yearning for collective life and contribution to the countryside.

But, there are always people who are actually uncomfortable.

Lin Shu sat in the car, looking at the familiar figures in the crowd outside.

Then the car started, and she saw her mother's figure gradually getting smaller, and her brother waving his arms, lowered her head, and the tears that had been held back just now fell on the box of snacks in her hand.

This was just handed to her by her brother Youfeng, so that she could eat it when she was hungry on the way.

This batch of educated youth all went to Yuanhe County.

Most of them didn't know each other at first, but they were all young students aged 16, 17, 18, whether they were full of passion or hesitant,Going to a strange mountain corner, everyone still has the intention to get to know the people around them.

Although Lin Shu was not in a good mood, he could not resist the enthusiasm of the people around him.

Sitting next to Lin Shu was a round-faced girl named Xu Juan, who was a straightforward and honest girl.

The two were actually high school classmates, but they were in different classes in the same school, so Lin Shu knew nothing about the other person except that he was familiar with her face.

But even if it was just familiarity, meeting here now would still give rise to some special intimacy.

"Don't be sad,"

Xu Juan comforted Lin Shu, saying, "It's not far away. We can go down and come back during the holidays. My cousin is there and can come back once or twice every year."

Lin Shu pursed her lips, exhaled lightly to adjust herself, forced a smile, and said, "Is it so good?"

Although she no longer had a home in Xizhou City, her mother said that the house would be handed over as soon as her mother left, but this was always good news.

She had heard that many educated youth went to the countryside and didn't get to go home for several years.

"Yes, it's true,"

Xu Juan took a handkerchief from her pocket and put it in Lin Shu's hand, saying, "My cousin said that they treat us educated youth very well. They won't give us female comrades too heavy pistons. Don't worry."

Lin Shu held the handkerchief in her hand, which still had Xu Juan's body temperature.

Just a short touch, she had already felt the strong kindness and sincerity of the girl next to her.

She said "hmm", took a piece of snack from the snack box in her hand, handed it to Xu Juan, and said, "Let's eat together, my mother steamed the glutinous rice cake herself."

Unlike Lin Shu, Xu Juan knew Lin Shu when she was in school.

Because Lin Shu was beautiful, but also famous for being quiet, she never participated in the activities organized by students except for the labor class in school, so she was very surprised that she went to the countryside with her this time, and she was also very easy to get along with.

"It's delicious."

The two talked for a few words, and after getting to know each other better, she couldn't help but ask, "Lin Shu, is the man you gave you earlier your boyfriend? He's so handsome."

Lin Shu paused while holding the snack, then shook her head and said, "No."

Her mother and Song Shaobo's mother, Aunt Yao, have been friends since childhood.

Her mother was going to Gannan to find her father, and her brother was temporarily placed in the Song family.

Lin Shu thought of this, and her mood, which had finally calmed down, became bad again.

She didn't want to show anything strange, so she turned her head and looked out the window.

At this time, the car had already driven out of the city, and the scenery outside the window was no longer the city streets and densely packed houses, but a vast expanse of white mountains and fields.

Xu Juan saw Lin Shu looking out the window with a lonely look, but she misunderstood. She thought that the two might still be in the stage of not breaking up their relationship.

When Lin Shu said goodbye to her family and the man before, she was next to him. The man looked at her with eyes that clearly showed love. Hasn't she eaten pork, but seen pigs run?

If the relationship is not settled now, the future may be very uncertain.

Alas, even if the relationship is settled, it is still uncertain what will happen in the future.

She looked at Lin Shu's beautiful face, which was almost unreal, and she couldn't help but feel sad for her.

She was not the first one in her family to go to the countryside. Her eldest cousin was in Qinghe Brigade of Yaoshan Commune. She heard her sister talk about the countryside. Being too beautiful is not necessarily a good thing in the countryside.

She couldn't help but reach out and hold Lin Shu's hand, saying: "Lin Shu, you come with me to Qinghe Brigade. My cousin and I will take care of you."

Lin Shu was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "Okay."

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The car started at eight in the morning and drove for more than seven hours. It finally arrived in Yuanhe County at around three in the afternoon.

The car drove to the county government, and the leaders of the county party committee office in the government building met them and gave them a warm welcome. They encouraged them to receive re-education and build a new countryside after going to the countryside. They said that there are various opportunities in the county every year. The educated youth who perform well in various communes have the opportunity to be recommended to become workers and teachers, and also have the opportunity to be recommended to study at the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. The educated youth were excited.

The symposium lasted ten minutes.

After ten minutes, the enthusiastic educated youth followed the commune leaders who came to lead them downstairs and got on the tricycle.

The cold wind was blowing. Although the tricycle had a roof, it was ventilated from front to back. When the cold wind blew on the rugged mountain road, no matter how enthusiastic they were, it gradually cooled down.

The tricycle drove on the mountain road for more than an hour, and finally arrived at a street with a gravel road, and saw a row of blue brick and tile houses.

When everyone got off the car, they saw a few big words "Yaoshan Commune" painted on the wall of the blue tile house.

Director Zhang of the commune who picked them up jumped out of the car and invited them into the house. They saw that there were already many people inside, including several leaders and staff of the commune, and leaders of the brigades who came to lead the educated youth.

This time, there was no more speech to inspire them. Secretary Zhao of the commune welcomed them and briefly introduced the seven brigades under the commune to them. Then Director Zhang took the list and assigned them to the brigades.

Director Zhang called a few names, then pointed in the direction of each brigade and said, "You guys go over there, to the so-and-so brigade", and their destination was determined.

Xu Juan really went to Qinghe Brigade.

But what surprised Lin Shu was that there were four people who went to Qinghe Brigade, but she was not one of them.

She looked at Liang Shuhuai, the brigade secretary of Qinghe Brigade, and saw that he was alsoHe was surprised.

Obviously, this was beyond his expectation.

But before he could say anything, Director Zhang called Lin Shu's name and assigned him to Shitan Brigade along with three other educated youths.

Liang Shuhuai finally spoke this time.

He asked, "Hey, Director Zhang, what's going on? Wasn't Lin Shu assigned to our brigade? Why was he assigned to Shitan Brigade?"

He was entrusted by Mrs. Hu and Jinxi, so he couldn't let this go.

Director Zhang glanced at Liang Shuhuai, then looked back at Secretary Zhao, and after receiving his signal, he finally turned his attention to Zhou Darong, the brigade secretary of Shitan Brigade, and said, "Old Zhou, you should talk to Secretary Liang about this."

Zhou Darong smiled and said, "Secretary Liang, I wrote a special application for Lin Shu to come to our commune."

Lin Shu frowned and looked at Secretary Zhou of Shitan Brigade.

As soon as she saw his face, her heart skipped a beat.

The reason was simple. Although his face was full of frowns and was tanned, Lin Shu saw the shadow of another person in his face, the shadow of Zhou Chengzhi's father Zhou Dajin.

She was surnamed Zhou, and she was just an ordinary educated youth. They also asked them to write an application in advance to go to their commune. It would be strange if there was nothing strange about this.

But before she could speak, Liang Shuhuai spoke first, saying, "Hey, Director Zhang, what's going on? Lin Zhiqing is just a girl. Why did Director Zhou write an application to ask her to go there?"

This matter must be clarified. Whether he can get the person or not, he can give an explanation to Mrs. Hu after he understands it clearly.

Zhou Darong still smiled and said, "To be honest with Secretary Liang, our brigade is planning to set up a primary school in the team, and we are short of a few teachers. I have read the information of the educated youth before, and I know that this educated youth Lin graduated from a famous good school in Xizhou City, and his annual test scores are always among the top in the school, so I want to go back. If it is suitable, I will let him be a primary school teacher in our team."

He looked at Lin Shu and said kindly, "I think Lin Zhiqing is also willing to give full play to his strengths and go to our team, right?"

This is really a pie in the sky.

Although the educated youth are full of enthusiasm and want to be trained in the vast rural areas, after being watered by the cold wind all the way, they are definitely willing to go to school to be teachers after going to school to be teachers and going to the fields to be trained in the wind and rain.

Even Secretary Liang Shuhuai took a breath, going to be a teacher in the team!

Others may not know, but Liang Shuhuai knows that if there is a quota for a private teacher or a job that does not require working in the fields in the commune or the brigade, it will be a big fight!

It was actually given directly to an outsider?

But if that's the case, then it's okay.

Anyway, Hu's family asked this girl to come to the team to take care of her. In fact, Secretary Liang didn't really want this girl in his heart. After all, the team was poor, really poor. This girl was as delicate as a person in a painting. If she came to the team but couldn't work, she would not be kept by the team. Now Shitan Brigade actually wanted her to be a teacher. That was really a good thing.

There was no teacher position for this girl in their team.

Everyone was surprised, envious or relieved, but Lin Shuxin was even more depressed.

She didn't believe in any good things that fell from the sky.

What about running a primary school in the team and lacking a few teachers... How could such a good position be lacking people?

I don't know how many people with connections want to sit in this position.

Not to mention that there must be some people in their brigade who have studied and returned to farm, there are also many educated youth who have come here in the past few years.

She took a breath and smiled: "Thank you, Secretary Zhou. I heard about some things in our commune before I came. I heard that there is a middle school in the commune. There are many students graduating every year. There are also several recommended to go to high school in the county. There are also educated youth who went to the countryside before. There must be many suitable teachers. I just went to the countryside, so I won't take this position. The main reason is that I still want to go to Qinghe Brigade, so I'm afraid I will disappoint Secretary Zhou's kindness."

Everyone was stunned.

Secretary Zhou and Director Zhang were also very surprised.

This female educated youth didn't want such a good thing?

Does she know how many people are competing for the position of the head of the village?

I'm afraid she's stupid, right?

Secretary Zhou was surprised and laughed, "Oh, Lin Zhiqing, our brigade runs a primary school, so of course we hope to find the best teacher. Lin Zhiqing, this matter is very important to our brigade, so the commune arranged it this way. We also hope that Lin Zhiqing can cooperate with the work of our commune and brigade and accept the organization's arrangement."

This was already oppressive.

"Yes,"

Secretary Zhao, who had been silent, spoke at this time. He said to Lin Shu gently, "Lin Zhiqing, since Secretary Zhou said so, then Lin Zhiqing should obey the organization's arrangement and go to Shitan Brigade!"

Lin Shu lowered her eyes.

It was both inducement and coercion, and it was clear that she had to go to Shitan Brigade.

She absolutely did not want to have anything to do with Zhou Chengzhi.

How could she go to the territory controlled by a madman who would kill people and a madman who would do anything?

So she absolutely could not go to Shitan Brigade. She bit her lip, thought for a moment, and said, "This is of course a very good opportunity. I also want to cooperate with the organization's arrangements. However, Secretary Zhao and this branch secretary don't know that Qinghe Brigade is actually my grandmother's hometown, and it is also myI have been to the Qinghe Brigade for half of my hometown, so it is rare that I was assigned to the Yaoshan Commune this time. I still hope to go to the Qinghe Brigade and reunite with my family. " Liang Shuhuai had approached him before about this matter, and Secretary Zhao also knew about it. He smiled and said, "Yes, I did consider this level and planned to assign you to the Qinghe Brigade, but the position of teacher is rare. Since there is a vacancy in Shitan Brigade, you should go there. Anyway, Shitan Brigade is not far from Qinghe Brigade, and it takes less than an hour to walk. Being a teacher is leisurely. You can visit relatives in Qinghe Brigade when you are free. I believe they will be happy for you." "Yes, and Lin Zhiqing, you are a sent-down youth in the countryside, not visiting relatives and friends. You should know where you are needed and go wherever the organization arranges. "

Shitan Brigade Secretary Zhou smiled and spoke in a gentle tone, but everyone could hear the meaning of his words. You have to go to Shitan Commune. You can't be picky here.

Lin Shu clenched her hands at her side, and then clenched them again. She lowered her eyes, her heart was beating "bang bang", and her breathing was already difficult.

She closed her eyes, exhaled a long breath, and raised her eyes again, her face was very calm.

She looked at Secretary Zhao and said, "Secretary Zhao, Secretary Zhou, of course I know, and I am very grateful for the invitation of Shitan Brigade to give me such a precious position. But please forgive me, Secretary Zhou, I have a special reason to go to Qinghe Brigade. Because my partner is from Qinghe Brigade. "