The sun is coming

Chapter 7 The Martial Dream

In [-], the society was not without hesitation, and the small town was not without chaos. Although the students' grades were advertised, they were largely not the first. The lives of the children were not orderly. However, Su Jianzhi The family is happy.Su Shangwu and Su Shangwen graduated from junior high school one after another and entered high school, but miraculously avoided the close years of going to the mountains and going to the countryside for several years, and was able to stay with her parents.

For the lives and pains of a large number of educated youths who have been sent to the countryside, these children are unaware, they still live freely and unrestrainedly, and they are passionate about everything that is said to be beneficial to national construction.In Su Shangzhe’s memory, one day Su Shangwu ran home with his schoolbag on his shoulders and shouted at his father, “I want to go to the countryside to support construction, why is there no place for me this time?”

Shang Anqi covered the eldest son's mouth without saying a word, and the old man closed the door in three steps and two steps, and then pointed at the eldest grandson with trembling fingers, trembling with anger.Going to the countryside may be another world full of "vitality" for children, but for parents, sometimes it cannot but be said to be a disaster.

Among the colleagues of Su Jianzhi and Monk Anqi, there are many children whose children followed the tide and went to the countryside, but now they want to come back, but they have no way to start.Although some areas have allowed educated youth to return to the city in the name of recruiting, taking exams, or retiring from illness, not everyone can get their wish.Every place is a huge network of relationships. If one person does not approve, the child cannot come back for a year.How many people were weeping and crying in the city, trying to get their children back, and the children also tried their best to return to the city, but fought over their heads for a few pitiful places, but in the end they had no choice but to stay in that remote village.

The consequence of Su Shangwu's "positiveness" was that he was gagged and taught by the three elders in the family all night.When Su Shangzhe woke up the next day, packed his small schoolbag and lay on the window waiting for Yuan Dajun to call, he saw his elder brother who staggered out of bed with thick dark circles under his eyes.

"Brother, if you go to the countryside, my sister and I won't want you anymore."

Su Shangwu still had a fire in his heart. When he heard his younger brother say this, he frowned and wanted to get angry. Looking at his younger brother's dark eyes, he swallowed the words back.

Alas, my younger brother doesn't understand my elder brother's heart, just like the day does not understand the darkness of night.

Shang Wu turned his head to look at his parents who were in a hurry to get ready for work, and whispered beside his younger brother, "The teacher said that we should bring knowledge where it is needed and contribute to the construction of socialism. Brother is a person who has worn a red star hat." Shang Wu lowered his head and straightened the five-star badge on his chest, and muttered in a low voice, "You don't understand. I don't even bother to say, our parents live too cautiously, especially our mother, life is too petty. Others are too busy For national construction, she still wants to engage in capitalism. My classmates have said it, and my mother said, if our mother was not lucky enough to not participate in counter-revolutionary dramas, she must have been criticized in her early years."

Su Shangzhe didn't have a deep impression of those turmoil. All the thrilling scenes avoided his eyes because of the protection of his parents.His only memory is that Shang Anqi likes to touch his head and say, if it wasn't for Duo Duo's cleverness, your father would be caught somewhere now.

In his understanding of his mother's cryptic words, those outside who wore red armbands and wandered the streets and alleys every day could turn into thugs at any time.They took away the mother's leadership, took away the father's colleagues, and smashed everything left by the grandmother at home (broken four old).

"Mom said that Uncle Wu hasn't come back yet, so I don't know where he was sent."

"The teacher said he was neither male nor female, and he always satirized the revolution."

Yuan Dajun shouted from below, "Duo Duo, it's time to go to school."

Su Shangzhe jumped off the small bench with a long face, "If you let them take your parents away, I will definitely beat you!"

Shang Anqi packed up and came out of the back room, nagging: "Dad, you don't need to cook, I'll be back early at noon. Remember to dry out the steamed buns and don't cover them."

Turning his head and pointing at Shang Wu, he threatened in a low voice, "If you dare to mention it, be careful to turn around and let your father skin you! You are not sensible!"

Shang Zhe ran to follow his mother downstairs, and when he went out, he turned his head to look at his brother, his mouth was flattened and his eyes were full of anger.

Shang Wu felt that there was a generation gap between himself and his younger brother, and his younger brother didn't understand his ambitions at all.

What did the Cultural Revolution bring to this 16-year-old child?He followed the students to put up big-character posters, and helped guard the arrogant reactionaries in his school in shifts. He was commended for catching people who secretly connected with "reactionaries" at night.During the Cultural Revolution, China's first artificial satellite was launched into the sky. At that time, he sat in the classroom and listened to the singing on the radio with his teacher, and sang "Dongfanghong" together.

The blood in their bodies is boiling, and every drop is written with love for the country and Chairman Mao.

When Shang Wu was sitting in the classroom with great ambitions, Shang Zhe was still a baby boy; when Shang Wu started to wear a five-star hat to make progress actively, Shang Zhe was taken care of standing in the courtyard and eating candied haws; Shang Wu cherished the dream of building a country When he wanted to contribute to the country, Shang Zhe stood in front of the window with a small schoolbag on his back and waited for that dark, round face to call, and then went to school to eat and sleep after school.He is too petty bourgeoisie and divorced from the masses.

Shang Wu felt that his younger brother was too obedient, and he was so obedient that he didn't have the blood and passion that a boy should have.Even though last night he was educated and reprimanded for five hours by three adults in a room stuffed with cloth towels, Shang Wu still felt that no matter how capitalist the family was, it would not be able to stop his socialist progress.

He didn't know that the reason why the teacher didn't ask him for questioning this time was because of how much work Shang Anqi had done in private.He didn't know why he didn't list his name, how much Shang Anqi saved from the family's rations, and made friends with his head teacher in a tactful way, and then served as mutual support and filial piety among friends.Shang Wu looked around the crowded hut for a week. After packing his schoolbags, he was full of vigor, and ran to the distance without hesitation with his dreams in mind.

When Shang Wu was wearing big red flowers and standing among a group of sent-down educated youths, Shang Anqi was rehearsing the ballet "The White-haired Girl" with the troupe.This is what Shang Anqi went to Shanghai for further training not long ago, and she specially learned from the director of this play.Shang Anqi swayed her thick and long braids and jumped up on her tiptoes, her still beautiful body spinning in the air.Someone opened the door and came in and shouted: "Teacher Shang, your Shangwu is leaving school and going to the countryside. Wearing big red flowers, you are seeing them off on the street!"

Shang Anqi stepped on the air and fell down, unable to stand up for a long time.When he was limping and chasing after him, Shang Wu was grinning and waving to the send-off team, the smile on his face should be as proud as it is.He is going to build a country, and he will become a useful person to society.

There are too many people, Shang Anqi must be positive and support national construction.She squeezed through the crowd to hug her eldest son, and punched him hard, with deep sadness.There was makeup that was not washed off in a panic, and the flushed cheeks couldn't hide the real paleness under the blush.

Shang Wu said, "Mom, I went to build a country."

Shang Anqi raised her hand to touch his face, exerting her strength secretly, and twisted until Shang Wu burst into tears.Shang Anqi squeezed out a few words from between her teeth, "You... you are doing well!"

Shang Wu said: "Oh, it hurts, hehe!"

This autumn, Su Shangwu, a freshman in high school, took the initiative to build the country with his great dream of a satellite ascending to heaven; Shi joined the school literature club; this autumn, Duoduo still obediently went to and from school, "bullyed" Yuan Dajun, and Wen Shu was in a daze to raise rabbits.

The rabbit gave birth, and the small wooden cage on the balcony was forced to become a small wooden building.The old man has one more chore, observing the growth of the little rabbit, and then helping the little grandson to write the observation diary; this autumn, Shang Anqi, who seems to be in the blessing nest like everyone else, is starting to worry about her eldest son.Did he eat well and sleep well?Will he be bullied by local people in the countryside?Will you hurt your hands and feet while working?Too tired to sleep?This autumn, Su Jianzhi also had one more thing to do, listening to Shang Anqi, who was rapidly entering menopause, nagging, or sighing late at night.

In fact, Shang Anqi's nagging was not only aimed at Su Jianzhi, anyone in the family who stayed by her side could hear what she had to say.

When Shang Wen came home late from school, Shang Anqi was talking to Su Jianzhi who was helping to knitting yarn: "Everyone is going to the countryside to see their son, when shall we go? You always say no, it is not conducive to Shang Wu's performance. Do you know how talented Shang Wu is? He’s still half a child. What if we go to the countryside, like Liu Mei said, and have to dig up dung and load the soil?”

Seeing Shang Wen come back, the topic changed, "Where did you go to the wild again? Go home early after school."

Su Jianzhi quickly let go and handed the wool to his daughter.

"Hey, are you stretching wool or playing with it yourself? It's higher, it's for you to knit sweaters."

"Ah, mother, your nagging is like a nocturne, flowing in my heart."

"Go away! I know how to write such sour sentences."

"Ah, old lady, you have grown two white hairs."

"...Old Su! Old Su, come here, who said yesterday that my black hair looks like kelp?"

Shang Wen laughed loudly, "My literary and artistic cells are definitely inherited from my father."

Su Shangzhe walked over before Shang Anqi went berserk looking for a mirror, pulled out her hair and plucked out the white hairs for her, and hid four or five white hairs, saying, "Ah, it turned black."

The beautiful mother's hair started to turn gray, which was caused by Su Shangwu's disobedience.

Su Shangzhe wrote in his little diary—my brother went to the countryside, my mother was very angry, her hair turned white.I was also very angry and angry and decided to eat all the snacks.My sister said that there are a lot of chicken droppings in the countryside and blood-sucking worms in the river.He also said that he couldn't get enough to eat in the countryside, and everyone ate bark.I left (saved) a pack of biscuits for my brother to eat.Wang Rong told me that she likes Dahei, that he has a gas cap (probably), and I hate it.

What does it mean to be far away in this era?A 16-year-old child doesn't understand, and Su Shangzhe doesn't understand it even more.He began to get used to the life without his brother, and he also started to get used to the family sitting around the table after dinner and listening to Shang Anqi read Shang Wu's letter.

Shang Wu's letters are always full of vitality, and he always begins by writing like this--Parents, Grandpas, Brothers and Sisters, see Xinjia!

He said: There are not many things to do in the countryside after autumn. I am very free and help the village with some small things.The east family carries water, the west family makes up for the house, and also helps the school with the first-grade Chinese class.I deeply feel that having a knowledgeable father like my father and a mother with an excellent temperament like my mother has benefited me a lot.I use the knowledge my father taught me to teach my children. I also teach them to sing about our field and dance the four-step dance taught by my mother. They are very happy.Don't miss my family, I live a fulfilling and happy life.

And what is the actual situation?The children of them were assigned to the river beach, and when there was no farming in autumn and winter, they were assigned to dig river channels and build embankments.On the first day when a loach was dug out of the mud, Shang Wu was excited for a long time.The next day, blisters appeared on my hands, and I began to feel uncomfortable as if my whole body fell apart.Everyone is like this, but the old educated youth advises them to persevere, otherwise they will be special and pampered will not be conducive to unity with the villagers.

Shang Wu dug the river channel for half a month, and his shoulders hurt like dislocated every day.Finally, in the endless river, in the words and expressions of countless educated youths who endured hesitation, his dream of building a country was confused.He couldn't find any connection between digging canals and launching satellites. He didn't understand why a few old educated youths had to curry favor with the leaders of the commune. head.

That night, the white-haired old man wrapped his bundle and delivered food to his son along the rugged path. When he saw him, he knelt down with a plop, which still beat his heart hard, and made him look back at those "passionate" In the days of progress with the red star hat, I discovered that not everything they did was right.

The river section is divided according to the head.Boys like them, no matter how big or small, are two meters per day.And those with the sign of being criticized, regardless of age, are all [-] meters a day.Can't finish, can't go back to eat.Cleaning up the sediment in the main river is not an easy task.Two meters, the average young man is not in a hurry, and it just happens to be out in a day.If you are lazy in the middle, you must process it.

There is a certain distance between Shangwu and the "reactionaries" in the river section, and there is no one on the river bank smoking dry tobacco to watch.

Li Laizi is a man in his late fifties. It is said that he is a rich farmer. He once enclosed thirty or forty acres of land and built a small two-story building at home.The small building has become a commune, and the man's wife has been hanged to death in the turmoil.I heard that he was not lame before, and that leg was injured during the criticism meeting.I heard that the man's son was beaten to death because of his bad attitude in preventing house raids, and his daughter is now married to a bald man who is the poorest in the village and preferably has never married a wife.It is also heard that they deserve what they deserve, exploit the proletariat, live in luxury and enjoy themselves every day.

Shang Wu was still in a period of fatigue when his limbs could not move, and the two-meter task that day was not completed until dark.The others returned to the commune one after another. In order not to fall behind, Shang Wu still insisted on digging up the rest.

The moonlight was not good that night, and Shang Wu went into the dark and insisted on digging his own two meters as deep as others before putting away the shovel.Not far away, Li Lizi was gone, and his three-and-a-half meters and a little half were lying there strong.Shang Wu crawled out of the ditch with pain all over his body, and after walking not far, he saw Li Lie in front of him limping forward with his waist down.

Shang Wu followed closely, wanting to see what bad things this reactionary whose legs had been discounted was going to do again.After following for a while, I saw a staggering man go up to meet Li Zizi with a small package.Suddenly, Shang Wu's legs didn't feel sore and his waist didn't hurt anymore, so he jumped on it.

The old lady knelt down with a low cry, kowtowed and said, "Forgive my Zhuzi, spare my Zhuzi, I'm confused, I shouldn't be giving food to detainees. If you want to criticize, criticize me!" "

Taking advantage of the faint moonlight, Shang Wu could still see the fear in the man's eyes.Those eyes, which were already lifeless, became even more gloomy when they saw someone appearing.He flinched aside, but still tried his best to pull his mother behind him.

Shang Wu found half a black bun from the package.After he went to the countryside, he often ate it. It was steamed buns made from sweet potato leaves and mixed with sweet potato noodles. Every bite made his throat hard to swallow.There was also a bowl with soup in it, but because of his appearance, it was all spilled on the ground.

Shang Wu looked at this man who was obviously about the same height as himself, but shrank on the ground and his shoulders were shaking, and suddenly he felt confused.The old man pushed his son to let him go back to work, and he knelt on the ground begging and begging, begging him not to expose.Shang Wu couldn't wake up from his confusion for a long time, and the old man finally cried loudly, talking about the years before, talking about the hard work of the family for tens of acres of land, and talking about never treating a neighbor badly, no matter how dry the weather was, no matter how low the harvest , and did not let the villagers go hungry.Said that the whole family worked so hard to get the family business, but it killed their son.You must know that this will happen, and you will not buy so many lands if you die.Talking about my miserable grandchildren and daughter-in-law, I was out of breath from crying.

Shang Wu took the half of the cornbread back to the river, threw it to Li Xizi, and dug up the rest of him.He didn't go back until midnight that night. He was walking on the road, listening to the occasional barking of dogs in the alley, and began to re-examine the world.It seems that overnight, he understood many things, such as maternal love, such as life.

That night, he wrote his first letter to his family by means of an oil lamp. The content was cheerful and full of passion, as if he was standing on a vast land, living a wanton and unrestrained life.