Watching Ban Jiemei ride away on his bicycle, Lin Chaoyang also rode his bicycle and turned two corners eastward to Mianmian Hutong.
After entering the yard, he first put away the things he had just collected. Then he skillfully lit the earthen boiler in the main room. When the fire in the furnace became strong, he went out and got on the bus to the train station. Lin Erchun
The old couple will take the train to Yanjing at noon today.
After waiting in front of the train station for more than an hour, Lin Chaoyang received Lin Erchun and his wife carrying large and small bags.
"Why are you taking so many things? We don't lack anything here."
"If you don't take it and leave it at home, won't it get spoiled over the winter? You can talk a lot if you take something."
Lin Erchun's tone was impatient. He didn't even plan to come to Yanjing, but Lin Chaoyang urged him one after another.
"Look at your attitude. You came to Yanjing to enjoy the blessings, not to suffer. Don't think about things in the fields."
In December 1978, one night during the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, 18 farmers from the Xiaogang Production Team in Fengyang County, Anhui Province gathered in a thatched house and wrote down a piece of paper.
The written record reads: We divide the fields into households, and the heads of each household sign and seal them. If they can do it in the future, each household will guarantee to complete the public grains handed over for the whole year and will no longer ask for money or grains from the state. If this fails, our cadres will be imprisoned and beheaded.
We are willing to do so, and all members of the society promise to raise our children until they are 18 years old.
Then, with the courage of generosity and sacrifice, they pressed 17 red handprints and 3 seals on the paper, representing the 20 families in the team.
In 1978, this move undoubtedly defied the world's disapproval and was a brave and even great feat.
The following year, the threshing floor of Xiaogang Village was golden. It was measured that the total grain output of the team reached 66 tons that year, which was equivalent to the total grain output of the team in the five years from 1966 to 1970, which fully reflected the idea of ​​dividing fields into households.
of superiority.
Soon, Xiaogang Village's actions that defied the world's scorn reached the ears of the provincial leaders, and gained high recognition and was widely disseminated by the official media.
However, the road to rural reform in China is not smooth sailing. Despite the successful case of Xiaogang Village, in the past two years, there has been no conclusion in the country on whether to distribute farmland to each household.
Both the government and the private sector are cautious about this decision that may affect China's future reform and development trend.
Until the second half of this year, the wind that had been building up for two years seemed to suddenly become violent. Discussions about "distributing farmland to households", "household production quotas", and "household joint production contracting system" were rampant in various media, and among the people,
The response to the reform was also extremely enthusiastic, with many local officials publicly speaking out in official media in support of the reform.
All this indicates that the rural reform that determines China's future and destiny seems to be bearing fruit.
In the past year, there has been a lot of news about farm division. Xiaoyangtun, which is located in a remote area, has also been shaken by this wind. The members have no intention of working and are studying the matter of farm division.
Lin Erchun has been a production captain for almost 20 years, so he naturally does not want this change to happen, but what can he do in such a national event?
People's hearts are broken and it's hard to lead the team.
After being a captain for almost twenty years, Lin Erchun felt this deep sense of powerlessness for the first time.
After finally finishing this year's autumn harvest, he didn't know what the schedule would be for next year's spring. However, Lin Chaoyang was urging him to return to Yanjing at this time. Lin Erchun was naturally worried about Xiaoyangtun and was upset.
Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, he said angrily: "Don't think you are going to be successful now! Without a production team or a collective, how could you grow into such a great writer now?"
Lin Chaoyang was scolded by him and looked helplessly at Zhang Guiqin, "What's wrong?"
"Don't pay attention to him. Those who know him think he is a production captain, and those who don't know him think he is the national ZX."
In the past few months, Lin Erchun was as restless as a donkey, and Zhang Guiqin was often angry with him. Now that she has come to Yanjing and has her son to support her, she is not afraid now.
It was noisy all the way, and after sitting on the bus for a long time, Lin Erchun noticed the scenery outside the window and asked: "Chaoyang, isn't this the way to your house?"
"Let's go directly to Mianmian Hutong. Everything has been tidied up there, and I've turned on the stove for you."
After getting off the bus and walking a few hundred meters, the three of them arrived in front of the small courtyard.
"Oh, what a change!" Before entering the hospital, Zhang Guiqin exclaimed as she looked at the brand-new door.
When she entered the courtyard, her eyes were full of joy and she kept praising her.
"What's so good about it, isn't it the yard of the old landlord's family?" Lin Erchun muttered.
The old man was unhappy and disliked everything.
When we entered the main room, the windows were bright and clean, the coals in the earthen boiler furnace were burning brightly, and the warm air was mixed with a faint smell of soot.
"It's so warm in this room!"
Only a minute or two after entering the house, Zhang Guiqin walked around in a circle and felt a little hot before taking a closer look.
"A radiator has been installed in the house, and the doors and windows have been newly replaced. It is much warmer than at home. Even if I stay in the house for a while, it will feel too hot even wearing a sweater."
Zhang Guiqin touched the radiator out of curiosity and felt her hands were warm. She said happily: "This thing is really good. With this thing, I won't be afraid of the cold in winter."
The mother and son were talking when a clanking sound came from the boiler. It turned out that Lin Erchun had opened the furnace lid.
"What are you doing?" Lin Chaoyang asked.
Lin Erchun glanced into the furnace and cursed: "What a waste! Just burn the coal like this!"
Lin Chaoyang was completely speechless. With Comrade Erchun's current temper, even a dog in the alley would be kicked if it passed by.
"Isn't this just for you to dry the house? The coals are all outside. From now on, you can burn them however you like."
"This cabinet is really nice. It looks like it's made of good materials."
Zhang Guiqin's hand patted hard on the pair of Duobao pavilions that Lin Chaoyang had taken back from Long Shuncheng, with several pieces of porcelain placed on them.
"Mom!" Lin Chaoyang hurriedly stopped her, "These are all antiques from my collection, please be gentle!"
Zhang Guiqin looked at the Duobao Pavilion in front of her, "Is this cabinet an antique?"
"They are all, and so are the bottles and jars above."
"Are these the same?" Zhang Guiqin looked surprised, "What's the use of this thing?"
"It's for collection and will increase in value in the future."
Lin Erchun squinted his eyes and said, "I have two dollars to burn you! I think you look like an antique!"
Lin Chaoyang ignored him and pulled Zhang Guiqin to explain the origin of these antiques to her.
After listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, she looked at those things with a bit of fear, fearing that they might accidentally touch them. She complained: "Why do you think you are so good at stuffing these things into the house? As soon as you leave.
Once they pass, you have to keep an eye on them, and you won’t feel at ease even walking down the street.”
"The house is so big that you can't touch it when walking normally."
After leading the old couple to get familiar with the yard, Lin Chaoyang looked at his watch. It was almost time for Tao Yushu to finish school.
Just as I was thinking about it, the roar of a motorcycle engine came from outside the hospital.
After a while, Tao Yushu entered the courtyard. When he saw Lin Erchun and his wife, their faces were full of smiles, and he apologized and explained that he had classes this morning.
"It's okay, it's okay, class is important. University classes are so busy, so we can't delay them!" Lin Erchun said with a smile.
Lin Chaoyang looked at the cheap smile on his old father's face and realized that academic discrimination was a disgusting habit.
Are college students amazing?
Who is not a college student anymore? In two months, I will also be a certified college graduate.
After chatting for a while, Lin Chaoyang made arrangements to go out for dinner.
"Why go out and spend that money? Let's just do something ourselves. We have so many people at home." Zhang Guiqin said.
Lin Chaoyang and his wife prepared a lot of things for the courtyard. There was no shortage of rice, flour, grain and oil, but there was no food. Zhang Guiqin took Tao Yushu to buy vegetables.
After leaving the courtyard, she saw the motorcycle at the door. Zhang Guiqin asked: "Whose motorcycle is parked here?"
Tao Yushu's face showed a bit of embarrassment, "Mom, Chaoyang bought this for me."
Zhang Guiqin looked surprised. She wanted to ask how much it cost, but then she thought that her daughter-in-law might think too much about it, so she smiled and said, "Okay, this motorcycle is really nice."
"Yushu, is the vegetable market far from here? Why don't you take me there on this horse?"
Tao Yushu was feeling anxious. When she heard Zhang Guiqin's words, she felt much more relaxed and happily responded: "Okay!"
The two of them went out for more than half an hour before returning. Zhang Guiqin said tremblingly: "Everything about this motorcycle is good, but riding it in winter is too painful."
After lunch, Lin Erchun and his wife walked around the yard again. Zhang Guiqin said: "The place is too big. How can we live in such a big yard?"
"It's okay. Mom, there are two guest rooms in the west wing. Yushu's cousin occasionally comes to stay. There is also a room for both of us in the east wing. If you feel it is empty, we can stay here for a few days."
Hearing what Lin Chaoyang said, Lin Erchun scolded Zhang Guiqin, "You are given such a big house to live in, why are you being pretentious?"
Tao Yushu also noticed Lin Erchun's abnormal mood and quietly asked Lin Chaoyang what was going on. Lin Chaoyang explained the reason to her.
"It'll be fine after waiting for a while. If he doesn't accept the matter of dividing the land, he won't be stupid for a day."
Tao Yushu nodded in understanding.
After dinner, Tao Yushu talked about what happened to her at school today.
Originally, when Lin Erchun and his wife came, she wanted to take leave and go to the train station, but the teacher in the department came to talk to her about graduation assignments, so she couldn't get out.
For today's college students, being assigned a job after college is almost like opening a blind box. Except for a very small number of people who take postgraduate entrance examinations and stay in school, most people only know that they will definitely be assigned to work back in their hometown.
Tao Yushu had the honor of being approached by her teacher to discuss assignments, mainly because of her excellent results in four years of college.
After studying for four years, Tao Yushu ranked first in the Chinese Department of YNU in almost every semester, and was the favorite of many professors and lecturers in the department.
Tao Yushu did not prepare for the postgraduate examination before, which made these teachers very regretful.
What a brilliant scholar, but he didn't continue his studies.
Graduation is approaching, and the teachers are eager for Tao Yushu to stay in school. With Tao Yushu's academic diligence and studiousness, it will only take a few years after Tao Yushu stays in school to become the backbone of the Chinese Department of Yan Normal University and a rare addition to the school.
Got the talent.
"Teacher Wang said that the school hopes that I can stay in school. He said that if I am willing to stay in school, they can help me solve the housing problem next year."
Lin Chaoyang thought about it and realized that he must have met the teacher Tao Yushu mentioned and had drinks with him.
"We don't need to consider the housing issue. If you like to stay in school and work, then we will stay in school." Lin Chaoyang said.
Tao Yushu expressed his confusion, "I haven't thought about it. The environment of our school is really good, and I have gotten used to it after four years. But Dening said before that he wanted me to go to their unit..."
"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot about this. Can their unit have a say in the distribution?"
Tao Yushu and his classmates are the first batch of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination. Both the country and the school attach great importance to them.
After enrolling, they received paid study, employer allowances, and scholarships. Now that they are about to graduate, these college students have become popular. Central ministries and commissions, government agencies at all levels, and large state-owned factories have opened their arms.
Welcome them.
Before graduation, the Education Committee works with various departments of the country to formulate a distribution plan based on the employment needs of state-owned enterprises, government agencies, and public institutions, and then distributes it to various colleges and universities. The colleges and universities recommend suitable candidates based on the distribution plan.
Among them, the Education Committee and the school, as the first and last, have the heaviest say, while the other units have basically nothing to say.
"Yenjing Literature" is a publication under the Yanjing Municipal Cultural Bureau. It is not difficult to recruit one or two college students, but it is not easy to recruit students from Yanjing Normal University by name.
"There should be no problem. The main distribution directions of our department are party and government agencies at all levels, journalism and literature institutions and educational positions. Going to "Yenjing Literature" is also in compliance with the regulations."
After hearing what she said, Lin Chaoyang asked: "So have you made your decision?"
"I decided it's useless. I need the school's approval." Tao Yushu said.
Lin Chaoyang nodded.
While the two of them were talking, Lin Erchun and Zhang Guiqin listened quietly.
The old couple also heard that their daughter-in-law was about to graduate. The school wanted her to stay in school, and the magazine wanted her to be an editor. This college student was very popular, and work units were rushing to get her.
"Yushu, you just said, can your school still be admitted to a government agency?" Lin Erchun asked.
"Yes. If nothing else happens, half of our class should be admitted to institutions. I heard that the government is rushing to recruit people from the school."
"Then it's better to go to the agency!" Lin Erchun said.
Zhang Guiqin immediately said: "Children can go wherever they want. Do you think everyone is just like you, a fan of government officials?"
"Why am I obsessed with officialdom? What's wrong with Yushu joining a government agency? It's decent to be a national cadre!"
"Yushu, don't listen to his nonsense. It's good to be a teacher, and there are still winter and summer vacations!"
The old couple started arguing, but neither one gave in to the other.
Lin Chaoyang and his wife looked at each other, dumbfounded.
Chapter completed!