Memories of educated youth (Shen)

Author: Shen Zhiqing's Love 20 19-04-29

Memories of educated youth

Author: Shen

Unforgettable days

1969 1 1 27th is an unforgettable day! It seems that 50 years have passed ... past history, as if ... forgotten memories, remember? ...

I remember that sunny morning when Ma Tianshui, the city leader, saw us off. The train screeched, and the slow-moving body and wheels hit the tracks. ......

Tears blurred us, and we suddenly lost face, left our hometown, left our parents and went to the unknown vast world.

We are full of enthusiasm and work hard in the vast world of the motherland. We are young, happy, energetic, full of ideals and hopes. We used our blood and the most precious youth in our lives to contribute to the construction of that frontier.

We live in grass grates, sleep in bamboo beds, eat "salt soup" and do ultra-high-intensity physical labor, but it gives our hearts more exercise and suffering.

We also have joy, perseverance and regret. Those years left us with scars and inseparable friendships. Those years laid such a foundation for us to become human beings.

At that time, young people who were 15 or 16 years old are now over 60, and lively teenagers have become two gray-haired old people. Regardless of resentment, hatred or regret, the farm that our generation went to in those days will always leave a lingering complex for that special experience. Although a little bitter, for our generation, it has another spirit-"self-improvement."

Fifty years ago, we gained sincere friendship and had an indelible experience in life. Today, 50 years later, we have only a few faded old photos in our hands, recording the naive appearance of that year. Let us know the adventure of going up the mountain-the road; I saw the danger of going to the countryside-life.

Now that we have a building to live in, the children are often waiting for us to report peace, which is already good. However, whenever we think of the distant Xishuangbanna Mengla, our hearts can't be calm for a long time. This is the place where we lived and fought for ten years. There are our youth and memories, and we miss her all the time-our second hometown.

Build a camp with the hands of our educated youth.

February 22nd, 65438 is a very special and extremely important historical day for our generation of educated youth. On this day 50 years ago, Chairman Mao issued the highest instruction: "Educated youth should go to the countryside and receive re-education from poor middle peasants". Marked by this day, it recorded a special history in the history of China and created a special generation of educated youth.

The 50th anniversary is the most sacred day in the minds of our generation of educated youth. When spring comes to Qiu Lai, flowers bloom and fall. Ten years' efforts, including spring, summer, autumn and winter, have witnessed our growth. Time turns again, but what remains unchanged are those deep memories.

I once recalled that in those years, many deep or shallow traces were left, which aroused infinite feelings in my heart.

In our Yunnan Water Conservancy Construction Corps, one regiment, one battalion and three companies will be relocated from Mengrun Station to the 28-kilometer road sign in Meng Peng to re-establish the company camp. All our comrades-in-arms were ordered by the company to build a thatched cottage of more than 200 people and live in barracks and playgrounds.

I arranged the mobilization meeting before the war. The first task is to prepare thatched roof beams and columns. The columns should be bifurcated, and the thickness of the beams should be uniform, and the relative real diameters are basically the same.

We looked for it in various hills in groups of classes. In the virgin forest, there are weeds and vines everywhere. We cleaned the roads and mountains with machetes first, then separated the work of cutting trees, pruning branches and carrying things, and then gathered them together. Then we fell down the hillside by manpower. When we meet a flat plot, we will tie one end of the wood with rattan and drag it with our shoulders. A day later, we were covered in sweat and mud. Hungry and thirsty, I can only drink a few mouthfuls of ravine water to satisfy my hunger and thirst.

The weather in Xishuangbanna is changeable. One moment it was clear in Wan Li, and the next it suddenly rained cats and dogs. Going up the mountain is really easier than going down the mountain. A hard day, a hard day, dragging my feet back, my feet accidentally fell down, and my ass hurt like hell! At this moment, it is a place where thoughts cross and complain about what happened. I came to this poor ravine from a big city without eating or drinking. Stand up and accept my fate!

In those days, everyone worked hard for fun and completed the thatched cottage frame structure project issued by the company in advance.

The second task, seemingly easy, is actually the most difficult task, cutting thatch in an abandoned and more primitive new commune. After receiving the task, we all gathered a row of soldiers, packed our backpacks and set off, boarded the tractor and headed for the new commune. After about two hours' tractor ride to my destination, I camped beside the dirt road. Because it is close to the ravine and convenient to use water, I have to pick up the thatch and pile it here, and then pull it back with a tractor.

After settling down, the assistant instructor took our platoon and class cadres up the mountain. The station is about ten miles away from the thatched land, and it has climbed six hills, only the winding and steep mountain road. Came to the thatched land, is a large clearing in the virgin forest. There are many thatches there, which are very lush. There was a man whose slender thatched leaves were green and the breeze was blowing gently. It's beautiful.

The next day, armed to the teeth, we rushed to the thatched field with dry food, assigned tasks, and started working immediately. In the process of harvesting in the morning, the thatch still carries dew that has not dispersed before, so the whole body is wet. In the afternoon, when you cut the thatch to dry, you will easily cut your fingers if you are not careful. Your comrades-in-arms have blood on their hands and their fingers hurt.

After a hard day's work, everyone should return to the camp before sunset. Each person should pick a load of thatch weighing several hundred kilograms, bundle it into two bundles, sharpen it with both ends of the trunk, and then stand inside as a pole. At that time, scenes were still emerging.

Three days ago, everyone was full of energy and could pass. Later, because the transportation task was heavy and arduous, it was really a problem for us boys to pick thatch.

Finally, we have a meeting to discuss. If we want to finish the task assigned by the company on time, we must go four times a day to transport these thatches. This is conceivable, assuming that it is enough to walk empty-handed four times on this mountain road! What's more, you have to carry a hundred pounds of things on your shoulders and climb mountains. A tree stick is tied to your shoulder. First it hurts, then it becomes numb. The burden feels heavier and heavier, making you breathless. The clothes on your back are soaked, but you still have to move forward step by step. Two tasks in the morning, bite your teeth and survive, and two tasks in the afternoon are even more difficult. This is really tempering the will, and the comrades have blisters on their shoulders, so they can't pick and walk! What role can ideological work play if we mobilize again under such circumstances? Urban boys under the age of 20 have exceeded their physical limits. Usually, the food is very poor, but I have paid all my physical strength. In the long physical stage, I overdraw in reverse proportion. Labor intensity makes everyone's clothes wet, dry and wet every day. After all, the clothes are full of speckled salt lunatics. After dinner, I fell asleep on the floor because of overwork, and the room was filled with sweat and sour taste.

On that day, collective wisdom is the most important. We took a whole day off and held a meeting in the evening. Let's work together and come up with a better way to divide it into three "relay races". It is the most difficult thing to take the mountain road and let comrades with relatively good physical strength take responsibility. Comrades take good care of the infirm, shorten the time for choosing words, and spend the rest of the time on the road.

I took the lead in the hardest part of the mountain road, because the last part of the road was not only steeper, but also more difficult to walk. The last step is difficult to move away, so we can only move forward step by step. The situation at that time could not be expressed in words. We are reminded of Chairman Mao's famous saying: Make up your mind, be not afraid of sacrifice, overcome all difficulties and strive for victory. With the slogan, the pace is advancing, just like this, relying on this spirit, courage and perseverance.

The improvement of life can also increase the determination and combat effectiveness of comrades-in-arms, so I asked the instructor to discuss whether I could improve the food, otherwise my body would collapse and my combat effectiveness and confidence would be dampened. He suggested buying a dog in the cottage to comfort everyone and improve food, and he readily agreed.

I took two comrades up the mountain to find a seller in the stockade. I am really lucky. I met a fellow villager in Ngái people. After I explained my purpose, he readily agreed. This black dog is fierce and tall, so I agreed to give my hometown 8 yuan. At that time, 7 yuan was a person's food for a month. We took the dog and told the villagers to tie its mouth and rush back to the station.

After arriving at the station, I began to boil water to prepare. The process of killing dogs is very cruel. First, I have to hang it from a tree, fly on all fours, and then hit it on the forehead with an iron bar. After I die, I will go back to the soil, then sort it out, cook it and eat it. However, during the slaughter, an iron bar was not struck hard enough, and the rope of this black dog was not strong enough, so it struggled to fall and ran unsteadily. This is a terrible situation. Everyone wants to bite everyone, but there are many people present. At this time, everyone grabbed the guy, chased him into a situation with iron bars and wooden sticks, and killed him with disorderly sticks.

The chef and everyone have been busy for a long time. Tonight's dinner, comrades-in-arms squatted on the ground in a circle and tasted the game of cottage dogs. Recalling the scene just now, everyone is also very scared. This black dog really bites people. What can be done? Poverty is a disaster, and it will never end. However, some people say that in such a harsh living environment, how can you give up eating meat? So comrades-in-arms are heroes! We completed the glorious and arduous task entrusted to us by the company on time.

Recalling this short 28-kilometer creative camp labor and life scene, the charm of youth is eternal, and the collective appeal is endless. The footprints of our generation are collective, arduous, struggling, and struggling. We are in a difficult environment and get the best exercise at the same time, which shapes the unique character of our educated youth. Therefore, the light reflected on us, the collective concept will never be indelible, and the horn of assembly has always had great magic and incomparable power for our generation.

Gunfire at midnight

My assistant coach is from Hunan. He was transferred to the farm as a soldier, and later to the Water Conservancy Construction Corps to assist in the work. He is short, capable, friendly, easy to get along with others and good at shooting. He is the respected leader of our educated youth. The assistant instructor said to me that day: You educated youth have a hard time. I want to improve the food. You and I will go hunting in the mountains tonight. I listened and obeyed happily. In the evening, armed to the teeth, we took two rifles and went into the mountains.

At night, climbing mountains and walking at night are not easy. I can only follow the assistant instructor and keep an eye on him. After walking on the mountain road for about an hour, he came to a mountain stream. He observed the terrain and judged by rich experience. Where there are red deer, there are red deer footprints. It is estimated that he will come again tonight. He told me how to ambush, how to aim and shoot, and then let me shoot the first shot, and then he made up a specific plan to shoot again.

Ambush smells terrible. Don't make any noise until I fall asleep. But at dawn, red deer didn't appear, so we had to collect our guns and rush back to the company.

That evening, the assistant instructor told me to set off again up the mountain and come to the old place. I continued to squat and wait for the ambush. How hard it is to wait!

After midnight, I suddenly heard the rustling sound in the grass. I cheered and became nervous. I told myself to be calm. In the moonlight, I saw an animal like a calf walking. Ray went to the stream to drink water ... when it wasn't focused, I aimed at it and pulled the trigger. All I heard was a gunshot, followed by a bang.

At the same time, we ran over and saw that the boy weighed three or four hundred Jin, and he was still a female with a little red deer in his stomach. At that time, he was just happy, but forgot that it was a wild animal! It's two lives, but unfortunately, people are helpless in a bad living environment, right?

So the assistant instructor asked me to go back to the company and take Lei back to the company. On this day's dinner, each class formed a circle, squatted on the ground together, loaded vegetables with washbasins, ate authentic wild goods, and forgot fatigue. This moment is happy. Everyone had a full meal and was very satisfied.

The "conflict" of educated youth that day.

"Educated youth" has the same name as our generation, which is an unforgettable mark of our life. Now, as an educated youth who has entered the sixties, we pick up our past feelings, reflect on this life experience, rediscover our friendship and feelings, and try to save something, do something and leave something behind.

There are always setbacks in life, such as the waves of the sea, rising or falling tide, impulsiveness and stupidity. It's easy to do something wrong by accident, and you can only think and remember it all your life.

Our third company moved to a new camp-28 kilometers away, lined up along the expressway. On the right side of our company is the battalion headquarters, and the second company, the first company and the fourth company are stationed under the highway of our company. The canal dug by our project is opposite to the resident river, so when we get off work, Company One and Company Two have to go through a 28-kilometer section.

On that day, I even returned to the company after work. After a delicious dinner, a dozen people gathered on the 28-kilometer expressway. Everyone squatted on the ground in a circle and talked about this vast land. I don't know why, a group of comrades-in-arms came back late to catch up with the construction period. When passing my 28-kilometer expressway, two people passed through the surrounding crowd. My educated youth stood up and argued with them, saying, "It is impolite of us to do so." They replied, "Who told you to park in the middle of the highway?" They said, "Can you cross?" A: "What's wrong with us walking in the middle? ! "

There was a quarrel between the two sides, and then it developed into mutual shirking. This contradiction has intensified, with more moments, more noise and more onlookers. When we were frightened by the noise, we ran down at once. When we saw the growth of my educated youth for years, we were flushed with noise. At that time, everyone followed the trend. In this chaotic scene, I saw that five or six comrades were impatient and rushed to wrestle with them. With the advantage of numbers, he was punched and kicked and fell to the ground before they fought back. In the fight, a group of educated men tried to touch the stones on the ground and throw them out. I don't know if the man saw it, so he drew a bamboo stick beside the fence and hit him hard on the head, making him cry for his mother. At this time, the two sides have entered the level of "meat fighting", and everyone has drawn bamboo sticks from the roadside to fight.

The scene at that time was really terrible. Because the educated youth are far away from their families, hometown and hard living conditions, they are still furious and fighting is not fatal. The so-called collective concept is integrated into a whole, and the iron discipline of "three prohibitions" is left behind. When your mind is hot, you will be happy for a while, so be friends.

If this situation continues, people will die. Persuasion failed, and the company commander told the correspondent to report to the battalion. The battalion commander made a decisive decision, called the second company commander, assembled the whole company, mobilized the educated youth of the second company to hold hands on the highway, built a human wall, and cut off the passage between the third company and the third company to prevent further conflicts. At the same time, he ordered that the company commander and the company commander of the third company must immediately recall their own personnel, otherwise the consequences will be at their own risk. In this case, only the whistle was heard, and everyone returned to the company and went to the playground. The whole company called the roll, and the company commander reprimanded loudly, waiting for investigation and handling.

It's not over. The battalion reports to the regimental headquarters. The next morning, while I was still there, the whistle sounded suddenly, and the whole company assembled and called the roll. I didn't expect the head of the delegation to visit Sanlian. The head of the regiment looked serious and raised his eyebrows. After reading it, we were all scared.

The company commander assembled the whole company and ran to the head of the team. One of them stands at attention, salutes, and reports to the company to assemble! However, the head of the delegation gave a well, and then came straight to the point and swore: "Here is 28 yuan Ocean, 40 Jin of rice. Are you full?" What happened last night? ! Everyone is an educated youth comrade-in-arms, so there is no need to be serious, right? Let's have a life-and-death, and have been hospitalized for several regimental headquarters in a row. Good for you! ..... "So reprimanded for more than half an hour. Finally, the roll call: "A platoon leader stands out!" I replied, "Here!" Walking out of the queue, the head asked, "Did you attend?" I confidently replied, "I participated." The colonel said, "Your platoon is the first in the regiment. How can we be organized and disciplined? "? As a platoon leader, you don't persuade them to help, but participate. What do you think this is? Where do you usually study? You have to reflect on yourself! ”。 I was too scared to answer.

I'm the scapegoat, right? You are responsible for such a big thing in the platoon because it is because of the establishment of the army. I know I'm in the wrong, so I shouldn't be involved, but I should go forward to dissuade me. For friendship, I am too vain and impulsive. This is all wet. I had to knock out my teeth and swallow it in my stomach. I had to be silent. I will learn to be a man in the future! After investigating the cause of the incident, the company dealt with the troublemakers.

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Later, the battalion commander and instructor talked to me: "Look at your usual good performance, be lenient and transfer to the fourth company as the platoon leader." Because the four comrades-in-arms are already familiar with each other, they have settled down according to the concept of "one short step makes an everlasting regret" and made many new friends. Because, after coming to Yunnan, I taught myself a craft-haircut, and I usually help my comrades-in-arms get a haircut. I have contracted the haircut of the battalion commander and instructor. After living in the fourth company for a year, I returned to the third company and a row.

Looking back, I'm glad no one died. If it hadn't been for the battalion's decisive decision to mobilize female educated youth to block it with a human wall, we would have really rushed over and the tragedy would not have ended. Fighting to solve problems is naturally not desirable in a legal society and civilization.

Did the Corps give us the wealth of life or the disaster of youth? Without this life experience, many of our educated youth lived on the verge of collapse and survived. The exercise of patience and willpower is our great wealth. The past is vivid!

The author sees that the water conservancy project is still benefiting the local people of all ethnic groups, and his mood cannot be calm for a long time.

? About the author?

The author Shen is an educated youth who went to the sea. He is a water conservancy group, a battalion and a company in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan.