Chapter 103 Walking on the Main Road
One day later, the students had already brought food and water bottles early, some even wore big straw hats, and gathered in groups at the school gate.
Seeing that the time was approaching eight o'clock, Zhu Xuefeng and Xia Yuhong had not arrived. The squad leader was a little anxious. Zhu Xuefeng took the lead. Everyone was here, and the organizer was gone.
"Didi," the horn rang several times, and the students subconsciously gave way. Two trucks drove up on the not-so-wide road, with half sheds. When they looked carefully, they saw the cars of the steel rolling mill.
The truck came to the school gate and stopped, ignoring the students who were trying to avoid it.
In the surprise of the students, the cabs of the two trucks opened, and Zhu Xuefeng and Xia Yuhong jumped out respectively.
Zhu Xuefeng raised his hands and gestured, and the students calmed down.
“Today, the steel rolling mill specially arranged this activity in order to carry out patriotic education for the students. We are going to the mountainous areas of Yanqing and the poor and lower-middle peasants in the mountainous areas.”
"To understand how our working people worked hard and relied on themselves in difficult times, we must also listen to the revolutionary masses tell us about the revolutionary deeds, and understand that our victory did not come easily."
"This time it is the steel rolling mill DW Organization, comrades from the Steel Rolling Mill Office, Publicity Section, and Driver Class will send us to receive education. Everyone is welcome! ”
Most of the students were confused. A few were somewhat aware, but when they heard the applause, they still subconsciously applauded hard.
Xiao Ma from the factory office, Xiao Liu from the publicity department, and driver Uncle Wang also came out to say hello to everyone.
“Okay, now hang the banners on the car.”
Xia Yuhong hurriedly took down four banners from the car: Strong support for high school graduates to receive revolutionary re-education!
With the help of the driver, everyone hung up the banner. The students were inexplicably excited and it seemed more interesting.
"Let's ask the monitor to divide the students into groups and arrange for the students to get on the bus. We will set off immediately!"
Xia Changqing, Liu Jiaqi and Zhu Xuefeng got on the first bus, and Huang Shaohua and Zhou Qianqian organized people to get on the second bus. After getting into the first car, he also climbed into the first car and handed the second car to Wang Zhuo, the deputy squad leader.
There are some flags piled up in both carriages, so there is no need to arrange this. The students happily put up the flags, and the flags covered the sun for a while, which was very lively.
Now the other four members of the preparatory team were confused throughout the whole process. It was not until both teams boarded the truck that Zhu Xuefeng briefly introduced the situation.
The rolling mill will be responsible for all study expenses, including food, accommodation and transportation. Students are responsible for their own tickets, but they have to submit several study reports.
Xia Changqing excitedly punched Zhu Xuefeng. This movement just made everyone confused.
Originally, Secretary Chen’s plan was to use loudspeakers to promote patriotic education all the way before leaving the city. Zhu Xuefeng felt that the noise was too loud and raised different opinions on the grounds that it would disturb the work of other agencies and groups in the city. Secretary Chen also did not Persist and give up.
Just like this, I walked around the factory area, and then walked out of the city along Dongzhimen. I attracted countless looks along the way.
The destination is Yanqing County in CP District. It was just a few years after being transferred from Zhangjiakou. Yanqing County was still sparsely populated at this time, with only more than 100,000 people.
We soon left the city. As expected, the hills outside the city were all bare. It must have been repaired by the firewood collectors, which seriously damaged the ecological environment.
It's a long way out of the city. After passing Changping, the population is even sparse. Finally, we can see the undulating green mountains. The continuous green mountains are still very beautiful, for students who basically don't go out of the city.
The two cars were even more lively. There were more than 20 people in each car. Most of the students were traveling far away for the first time. In the end, everyone unanimously agreed to sing "We Walk on the Road".
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We are walking on the road
High-spirited and high-spirited,
...Leading the revolutionary team,
overcoming obstacles and rushing to the front.
Forward! Move forward!
The revolutionary momentum is unstoppable,......
The two cars started singing at the same time, and even the driver sang together, and the singing floated on the road in the mountains. Very far away...
The singing was loud and clear, one after another, until everyone's voices were hoarse and they were talking to each other. You looked at me, I looked at you, and then laughed together...
Xia Yuhong was extremely depressed. If she had known she would be riding in the carriage, she would be embarrassed to sing in the cab, so it would be better for the driver to let her sing.
The driver was obviously inspired by the singing and kept going forward and forward, driving so fast that the noisy classmates didn't pay attention at all. There was no need for motion sickness medicine.
In the end, it only took three hours to reach the foot of the Great Wall, almost an hour early. This revolutionary song did improve labor efficiency, but at the expense of everyone being screwed up. But in With high morale, there is no motion sickness.
According to the division of labor, Zhu Xuefeng was responsible for contacting the local area, so after getting off the bus, Zhu Xuefeng, Xiao Liu from the Publicity Department and Xiao Ma from the factory office went to the nearest Xiguan Village and found the village party secretary.
Xiguan Village is not big, with less than 30 households in the village, or more than 100 people, but it is considered a big village nearby. There is little cultivated land and the population is widely distributed. Villages and villages are built according to local conditions. .
The village party secretary, surnamed Liu, is very enthusiastic. He is very happy that the students come to receive education and offers all support to do a good job in revolutionary education.
The car drove to the village canteen, and the students helped unload the car. The steel rolling mill canteen provided some rice, corn, cob ballast, a small amount of vegetables and very little meat. In addition, the students all brought their own dry food. It should be enough to eat.
Mountain villages are very difficult now. It is impossible to entertain guests for free like in previous years. Even dozens of people cannot afford to receive them, so they all bring their own food.
There is still a lot of corn drying in the square at the entrance of the canteen. It must be that the spring corn has not been processed yet. Several women watched and kept chasing away the hens that approached.
It’s almost lunch time, and meals are being eaten in the village canteen. Most of the students have never been to the countryside, but Zhu Xuefeng really hopes that everyone can visit the canteen.
The villagers ate rice porridge made of multigrain and sweet potato, so thin that there were not even a few grains of rice visible. There were also some green vegetables, Japanese melons, cucumbers and cut pickles. There was no meat at all. A few men gnawed on them. Wowotou.
The few who had finished eating in a hurry called their bowls clean and did not need to wash them. The villagers who had not finished eating were wiping their cornbread in the bowls. Zhu Xuefeng had seen eating in the canteen of Niu Village. What a surprise, but the students were indeed extremely shocked.
“This is what they eat, this is lunch, and why don’t the children and women come to eat.”
The village chief, whose surname was Yan, reluctantly explained a few words to everyone in a low voice.
"These people who came to eat will have to work in the fields for a while, and it will be their turn after eating..."
Liu Jiaqi and Zhou Qin even shed tears on the spot, and were criticized by Guo Ting and Chen Rui persuaded.
Zhu Xuefeng exchanged grains from the village for some sweet potatoes. At noon, the students ate sweet potato and multi-grain rice. They all made it by themselves. Although the craftsmanship was not very good, the food was still much better than that in the village.
After lunch, the driver drove back to the city and made an appointment to pick us up in the afternoon of the third day.
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Nowadays, there is not enough food in the city, but no matter how hard it is, a worker in a steel rolling mill still earns more than 40 kilograms per month (heavy physical labor), high school boy 28 Jin, girls 25 pounds. This is after the standard was lowered this year. It used to be 31 pounds for boys and 28 pounds for girls.
Although most of it is whole grains, it is close to one pound a day. The reason why he is not full, Zhu Xuefeng believes that the key is that there is no oil and water, and he is not hungry.
In future generations, there will be a few people who can eat thirty kilograms of grain in a month, but there is still no oil or water. But if you want oil and water, you have to breed, and breeding consumes grain. There is no solution.
I really miss Grandpa Yuan, and I don’t know what progress his research has made now. Zhu Xuefeng’s biology high school was okay, but he has never been exposed to it again. With this little knowledge accumulation, he can make a seedless watermelon. There is no chance, let alone speeding up hybrid rice.
(End of chapter)