1974 was an eventful year for me. Something good happened. There were also turbulent events. This year, my three-year apprenticeship will end, and I will start to receive the salary of a first-class worker. He was employed as an off-campus counselor in a primary school. He had participated in the Lin and Kong class organized by the Wuye Construction Corporation. Now, things have come to this. It's my brother's turn to go to the mountains and countryside to be an educated youth.
In August 1974, Chengdu set off another climax of educated youth going to the countryside to receive re-education from poor farmers. Although in the past two years, the policy of educated youth going to the countryside had been somewhat loosened and some changes had occurred. The basic policy was to take two out of three. If there were two children in the family, according to the rules, one could stay with the parents and the other could be sent to the countryside as an educated youth. If there were three children at home, one could stay with his parents, and the other two would have to go to the countryside to be educated youths. As long as he was the eldest son or the only son in the family. According to the policies set at that time, they could all be taken care of. They could stay in the city and be directly assigned jobs instead of going to the mountains and villages.
However, to my younger brother, no matter how good the policies are, he can't be taken care of. Firstly, he was not the boss. He couldn't be taken care of. Secondly, to him, he had an older brother and younger brother at home, so he was not considered an only child. He still couldn't take care of her. This time, it seemed that he was doomed and could not escape.
My eldest brother graduated from Chengbei Middle School this year, just in time for the new wave of Chengdu City's educated youth going to the mountains and villages. He was assigned to Mianning County, Xichang District, Sichuan Province. It was the county where Commander Liu Bocheng and the head of the Yi people swore blood as brothers along the Jinsha River where the Central Red Army passed through during the Long March. It was a mountainous area more than 1,000 kilometers away from Chengdu City. It would take more than ten hours by train. Even if they reached Mianning County, they would still have to travel dozens of kilometers to reach the production team. There was also a mountain road from the Commune to the production team, which was not accessible by car. They had to walk there.
Although the country had a new policy on going to the mountains and villages at that time, and the eldest in the family could not go to the countryside, he was not the eldest in the family after all. His younger brother was still in the fourth grade of primary school. Moreover, as an elder brother, I worked in Chengdu City and passed by the entrance of the head office every day. At that time, our family lived in the courtyard behind the head office. Everyone in the courtyard could see where everyone worked and went to school. No one could hide this information.
My father worked in the head office. He brought the registration form for the educated youth to go to the countryside. My eldest brother might have seen me. As an elder brother, I was an educated youth in the countryside. I didn't spend much time. It was as if my parents didn't worry much. Within two years, I came back very quickly. Moreover, in his mind, as his brother, I am indeed a person with no ability. I relied entirely on my own efforts. Didn't I successfully complete the transition from going to the countryside to receive re-education from the poor peasants? My brother's brain is much more intelligent than mine, so he will definitely come back earlier than me. Therefore, he did not hesitate to fill in the registration form and let my father hand it over to the relevant department of the head office on his behalf.
My younger brother quickly completed the relevant procedures for going to the countryside and waited at home to set off. In the past few days, he had been absent-minded at home every day. No matter what he did, he seemed so helpless and lazy. It was as if days passed like years. He often hummed a sad tune that I often hummed when I was an educated youth. She walked back and forth at home. Seeing this, I felt very uncomfortable. At this moment, I could fully understand his feelings at that time, just like how I felt when I left home to be an educated youth. From time to time, I would comfort him, but he would immediately get angry at me. He immediately retorted," You're qualified to be an educated youth anyway. You've already been transferred back. Of course, you won't feel that your back hurts if you stand and talk."”I couldn't say anything more. Actually, no matter what I said to him at this time, he wouldn't listen. In front of him, I never mentioned anything about going to the countryside again.
A few days later, several buses came into our compound (these buses were responsible for transferring this group of educated youths to Chengdu South Train Station, and then from Chengdu South Train Station to Xichang. After passing Xichang, they took a truck to Mianning. The motorcade that sent the educated youths to the countryside was about to set off. Our whole family came to the courtyard from our fourth-floor home and waited beside the basketball court. The bus stopped in place. After opening the door, I took my brother's luggage into the car and settled it down. Then, I got out of the car to find my eldest brother. I saw that my parents were explaining something to him. The younger brother held his second brother's hand and couldn't bear to leave. I held my brother's hand and told him where the luggage was placed. She said to him,"Send more letters when you have time. Come back when you are free from farming." As long as you perform well in the team, I believe that there will always be opportunities for recruitment and you will be back soon.”My brother nodded at me and didn't say anything. He turned around and got into the car.
After the group of educated youths in the courtyard all got on the bus and sat down, the door automatically closed. The buses slowly drove out of the courtyard. Everyone in the courtyard followed the buses out of the courtyard and came to the main gate of the head office. Everyone watched the buses, full of our loved ones, slowly leave us and drive into the distance. Many people couldn't help but wave at the departing bus. Many people started crying. In the crowd, which one of them didn't have children who were educated youths? When the educated youth's child left, left us, and went to the countryside thousands of miles away. They took away the hopes of their loved ones and left them with endless thoughts. What was the future of these educated youths? No one knew. The heavy burden of these thoughts was like a huge mountain that pressed down on people's hearts at all times. It was still unforgettable even after decades.
Three years and nine months later, the educated youths who were sent to the same community with my brother were transferred from the countryside one after another. There were a total of six educated youths in the production team where my brother was in, and four of them had already left. My father and mother could not hold it in any longer. After discussing for a long time, my father finally decided to take advantage of the opportunity to go on a business trip to Xichang to find an old friend who was in Xichang Taihe Iron Mine at that time to think of a solution.
My father has always been a person who doesn't ask for help. For my brother's matter, he can only lower his head and shamelessly ask for help from others. After arriving in Xichang, he sought the help of his old colleagues and friends. After friends asked friends, acquaintances asked acquaintances, and one asked friends to find a way. Heaven does not let down those who work hard. After many efforts, I finally got a recruitment quota for my brother to open an electric shovel at Xichang Taihe Iron Mine. After the acceptance of the business transfer procedures, my father rushed from Xichang to Mianning. He walked alone for dozens of miles on the mountain road in the village, found the production team where my brother was, and told my brother about the recruitment. Even though this job was at Xichang Taihe Iron Mine at that time, and he was a driver who drove an electric shovel, he was no longer an educated youth. At least he had a formal job and no longer relied on work points to make a living.
More than ten days later, my younger brother will go to work at a new job. On the day the production team left, the last educated youth in the production team used a trolley to push my younger brother's luggage all the way to Lugu railway station. After accompanying my younger brother to complete the luggage check-in procedures, they parted at the railway station. From this moment on, my eldest brother officially left the countryside. He was no longer an educated youth.
My younger brother completed all the transfer procedures in the local area and was finally able to leave the production team that had been in the countryside for a few years. When the workers went to Xichang to operate an electric shovel. The last educated youth in the production team pushed the trolley and pulled my brother's luggage. On the way from the production team to Lugu railway station, the two people had completely different moods. It's not hard to imagine. I don't know what topics these two educated youth brothers should talk about along the way. They were about to part, what could they say to each other?
When the two educated youth brothers parted at the Lugu train station, the last educated youth in the production team pushed the trolley back to the production team alone. I don't know what kind of mood he had. It was also hard to imagine how he pushed the cart back to the production team. When he returned to the educated youth's house in the production team and looked at the huge empty house, what could he say? Back then, this room was filled with educated youths who had been sent down together. It was noisy. Now, other than himself, the other educated youths had swept away. He was the only one left, and he still had to defend this place. He did not know how long he would have to hold on. All alone. How did he feel in his heart?
It was hard to imagine when he would be able to leave that house and the production team. Perhaps next year, three years, five years, or even longer. No one would know. No one could answer this question. The future of their lives was at a loss, leaving those educated youths in the countryside with no spiritual sustenance. They could not see the direction of their efforts. He couldn't find any hope in life.
One day in March 1975, the leader of the People's North Road Primary School suddenly called my work unit and asked me to go to the school office immediately. He said that there was an urgent and important situation to discuss with me. I quickly explained the situation to the section chief, Master Yang. After taking a day off, I quickly rode my bicycle to the People's North Road Primary School and met the principal.
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