Lu Ming and Li Xuemei took two steps forward and talked to the guard in the room,
They took the opportunity to reveal their identities,
Lu Jianxun lowered his head and glanced at his attire,
Then compared it to Lu Mingwen's sorry state. He shook the snowflakes on his head and patted his shoulder twice. He looked at Lu Dewen in a relaxed manner,
"There's no problem, right?" As he spoke,
He tugged at his clothes and smoothed them down,
The clothes he was wearing were worn by Lu Mingwen in the past. There were many patches on them,
Fortunately, they were washed clean,
When his mother was cutting the pigweed, she found that the grass used to wash clothes would be cut home. The effect was better than soap. Lu Hongying was quite diligent in washing clothes.
The window of the room opened,
Revealing a weather-beaten face and half of his body in a cotton-padded jacket. Compared to the guard at the farm,
Lu Jianxun still looked shabby,
Lu Dewen sighed,
"Forget it, forget it,
It's fine as long as I can look,
You brush your hair twice,
It's blocking your eyebrows. "
His hair was cut by the auntie from the production team yesterday,
Lu Jianxun was afraid of the cold, so he left his bangs a little long in front, saying that it covered his forehead to keep warm. At this moment, it looked messy, worse than a chicken nest. Lu Dewen was afraid that he would not look good, so he clapped his hands and spat some saliva to smooth his hair over his scalp. Lu Jianxun snorted, "Your hair is stained with snow, why do you need to spit? Be careful not to go in, people smell your hair."
Lu Dewen rolled his eyes and was too lazy to talk to Lu Jianxun. He focused on tidying up his appearance. In comparison, Lu Mingwen seemed much calmer. When he heard Lu Ming call their names, he hurriedly walked forward and held his face for the people in the room to see. Lu Ming smiled and said, "Uncle Li, they are my cousins. They came to the farm to visit the old master and the others. They will stay for two days and then go back."
As he spoke, Lu Ming took out a packet of candy from the basket and stuffed it into the other party's hands, "Uncle Li, Grandpa often said in his letters that you often help him send letters. It's been hard on you. It's almost the New Year, and there's nothing to send. This packet of candy is for Gou'zi and the others." Lu Ming smiled, and his face was full of sincerity. Lu Jianxun nudged Lu Dewen's arm. "Bro, look. Lu Ming is trying to buy people's hearts again. Mum keeps asking us to learn from him, but I can't learn from him."
They were not related to each other, and why should he give candy to them? Lu Mingwen must be stupid.
"If I tell you to learn, just learn. When has mom ever harmed you? Look in my basket and see if there's anything presentable that you can give to the old lady." Lu Dewen could not be bothered to tidy up his appearance. He asked Lu Jianxun to look for something for him. Lu Jianxun shrugged. "If you want to give them gifts, you can give them to them. I am not giving them gifts. We have not even met them, and you are giving them gifts? They think we are shameless." Before they left, Xue Huahua said that the things in the basket were for Li Xuemei's grandfather and not for the gatekeeper. Lu Jianxun would not give it to them. He went over and hugged Lu Mingwen's shoulder. "Second Brother, let me help you. It's such a good coat. It looks good no matter how people wear it. Why does it look so out of place on you?"
The jacket that Lu Mingwen was wearing was one that he had swindled from the people in the county last year. The people in the county all wore jackets of this style, with a hat on their head and a bicycle. They looked energetic and good-looking. But on Lu Mingwen, the jacket seemed to be out of shape. He always felt that it was made from an old bedding that was no longer needed at home. It was very clumsy. Lu Jianxun said to Lu Mingwen, "Buddha wants gold and man wants clothes. Second Brother, you are not a man."
"You're not a human. Keep your voice down. Don't think that you can talk nonsense in the production team. The people living here are all intellectuals. They can make you dizzy with just a few words. Keep your spirits up and don't make a fool of yourself." Lu Mingwen spoke casually, but in fact, he was secretly comparing his attire with that of the old man in the room. Both of them were wearing navy blue jackets with pockets around their chests and waists. The old man's figure was thin, and his attire made him look tall and slender, while Lu Mingwen's attire seemed simple and honest.
After entering the farm, they had to walk a few hundred steps. Sheep sheds could be seen everywhere. It was winter, and the number of sheep had decreased a lot. According to Lu Ming, in the summer, every sheep shed would be full of sheep. Other than sheep, the farm also raised a lot of chickens. The whole hill was full of livestock. Lu Mingwen looked at the towering mountains in the distance. "Raising livestock is easier than planting crops, right?"
"You think it's nothing, but in fact, there are a lot of things to do. You will know when you go in." There were about a hundred people living on the farm. The houses were built in the middle of the courtyard. There were no independent courtyards. Li Xuemei's grandpa lived alone in the room at the corner of the courtyard. Other than the bedroom, there wasn't even a kitchen. He had to set up a stove on the eaves to boil water. There wasn't even a central room for eating.
Lu Mingwen did not say anything. There was only one room, and it was not easy to turn around.
It was not snowing heavily. A few children were having a snowball fight in the yard. When they saw people coming, they shouted, "Grandpa Li, Grandpa Li, Sister Xuemei and the others are here." There were also some timid children who threw away the snowballs in their hands and ran back to their houses. They stood in the house, opened the door a little, and looked at them in fear.
Xiao Ming could not hold back his excitement. He shouted that he wanted to go down. He loved playing with snowballs. When he was in the pig farm, he played with Xixi and Dong Dong. Hearing the children's laughter, he ran over when Lu Mingwen put him down. He looked up at the tallest boy and called him brother sweetly.
After a while, many people came out of the houses around them. There were old people and young people. They smiled and greeted Lu Ming and Li Xuemei. Lu Ming responded with a smile. Two of the old people were holding round pieces of wood with words carved on them. Their eyes fell on the three brothers behind Lu Ming. They looked very excited. "Lu Ming, are the three boys your relatives? The whole family?"
"Yes. There is nothing going on at home, so they came over to visit and thank you for the questions. They said that it was a great help to them."
Lu Jianxun could not help but scold them in his heart. They said that it was a great help to them. Ever since they set the questions, if they did not work hard, they would not be able to reach 70 points. If he had to choose, he still preferred the questions set by Li Xuemei and Xue Huahua. It was simple and straightforward. It was not as complicated as the questions at the farm.
Sun Guixian said that Huahua was an intellectual. From the questions, it was obvious that Lu Jianxun agreed with her.
However, he still had to keep up appearances. After hearing Lu Ming's introduction, he immediately said respectfully, "Grandpa Zhang, nice to meet you. I'm Lu Jianxun …"
Lu Dewen and Lu Mingwen also introduced themselves. Li Xuemei's grandpa was the last to come out. His appearance was different from what Lu Jianxun had imagined. In Lu Jianxun's eyes, the old intellectuals were usually gentle and elegant. Even if they were wearing patched clothes, they would still look like a scholar. But the old man in front of them had a serious face. He stood at the door with a walking stick and looked at them without a smile. Lu Jianxun pulled Lu Ming's sleeves and asked unwillingly. "Lu Ming, Lu Ming, that can't be sister-in-law's grandpa, right?"
Contrary to his wishes, Lu Ming smiled and called out, "Grandpa, Xuemei and I are here to see you. You seem to be in good spirits. Did you know we were coming?" After that, he said to Xiao Ming, who had joined the snowball fight team, "Xiao Ming, Xiao Ming, come and greet Zu. We can play later."
Xiao Ming was hit by two snowballs. He ran over with snow on his clothes. "Zu, Zu, Xiao Ming is here to see you. Xiao Ming is here to celebrate the New Year with Zu."
A smile finally appeared on his stiff face. His wrinkled hand gently touched the snow on Xiao Ming's clothes. He said in a loud voice, "Zu, you see Xiao Ming. Did Xiao Ming walk here by himself?"
Xiao Ming shook his head. He turned around and pointed at Lu Mingwen. "Second Uncle carried him here."
Lu Jianxun found that the smile on the old man's face disappeared again. He was a little scared and moved to Lu Mingwen's side. When he heard Lu Dewen greet him, he reluctantly walked up with Lu Mingwen and called him Grandpa with a stiff mouth. After that, he stopped talking and was unbelievably quiet.
"You guys are here. Just in time. A few final exam questions came out a few days ago. Go and do them. Let's have a good chat after you're done. Xiao Ming, play with your brothers. Zu will get you something to eat."
Lu Jianxun had never met anyone who had to take an exam to visit relatives. His face fell. Lu Ming put down the basket and took Lu Mingwen's basket into Grandpa's room. He said to Lu Dewen, "Just in time. You guys do the questions. I'll prepare lunch for you." Lu Ming didn't know how to cook in the past. He learned how to cook on his own after they separated from the family. Li Xuemei had to take care of the children and do the laundry. He couldn't throw everything to her, so he learned how to cook. In the beginning, he couldn't cook well. A pot of porridge could be cooked until it was half watery and half dry. It was not bad now.
Lu Jianxun didn't want to answer the questions. "Brother Lu Ming, why don't I help you? You can't do it alone."
Grandpa Zhang immediately put on a serious face. "Go and do the questions. I know you guys are coming today. The tables and chairs have been prepared. It's in Grandpa Zhang's house. Xuemei, Zhang Shun and his brothers will go too. Let's see who gets the higher marks."
Lu Jianxun couldn't keep a straight face. Lu Dewen didn't want to go against the old man's wishes. He didn't think too much about it. "Alright, listen to Grandpa Li. Let's do the exam first. Brother Lu Ming, I'll have to trouble you to cook."
Compared to Old Master Li's house, there were more people in the Zhang family's house. It was much more spacious. There were a few tables in the central room. A young man in his twenties was leaning against the wall with a stack of papers. Li Xuemei introduced him as Zhang Shun, and there were two brothers above him. Lu Dewen greeted him kindly. After they sat down, Old Master Li's voice came from the door. "Do your best. The time is three and a half hours. I'll use a clock to time you guys and give you a few reminders from time to time. Sit down."
Lu Jianxun sat close to Lu Mingwen. He wasn't prepared at all. It would be weird if he did well in the exam. He looked at Lu Mingwen worriedly. "Second Brother, what should we do?"
Lu Mingwen was rather relaxed. He pulled out a stool and sat down. "Just treat it as a normal exam. Think about it, if you don't do well in the exam, your salary will be deducted. Who's going to deduct your salary here? Calm down and get as much as you can. Even if you get zero marks, I won't laugh at you." Zero marks were unlikely. Lu Jianxun was afraid that he would embarrass himself.
After listening to Lu Mingwen's comforting words, he felt more at ease. That's right, the worst outcome would be to not do well in the exam. So what if he didn't do well? As long as his salary wouldn't be deducted, there was nothing for him to be afraid of. He took a deep breath and calmed himself down. However, when he saw the pen in front of him, he felt uncomfortable again. His whole family used pencils to study, and he didn't know how to use the fountain pen that Zhang Shun gave him. There was a fountain pen at home, which Luo Mengying left behind before she left. There were also two bottles of ink, but they were kept by Xue Huahua. Xue Huahua meant that in their current situation, it would be a waste to use a fountain pen.
Hence, he didn't know how to use a fountain pen at all.
"Comrade Zhang Shun, can you give me a pencil? I don't know how to use a fountain pen." Lu Jianxun raised his head and asked with a smile.
Lu Dewen and Lu Mingwen made the same request. Zhang Shun was stunned. In order to gather a few fountain pens, his grandfather and Grandpa Li went to the courtyard next door to borrow them. They even quarreled with the people there. Lu Dewen and the rest didn't need them? They didn't have pencils. The children didn't need them, and the adults weren't used to using them. For a moment, Zhang Shun was in a difficult position. He walked towards his brother and whispered a few words to him. Zhang Shun hesitated and said, "Comrade Dewen, writing with a fountain pen is about the same as writing with a pencil. Don't feel burdened. Just write directly. We didn't prepare a pencil."
At this point, Lu Dewen and the rest couldn't refuse anymore. Lu Jianxun felt uneasy, "Comrade Zhang Shun, I'm a rough person. I heard that fountain pens are very expensive. I'm afraid I might accidentally break them. If it really doesn't work, can you give me some burnt branches?" Burnt branches could be used as pens after being sharpened. Using a fountain pen would be too insecure.
Zhang Shun thought it wasn't a big deal, but he didn't expect it to be this. He explained, "The fountain pens you are using belong to me and Grandpa Li. If you break them, just change the nib. It's not a big deal. Go on and do your homework. Grandpa Li has been waiting for you to compete with us for a long time." When the whole family arrived at the farm, they had the mentality of living one day at a time. They kept all their books and pens. After hearing that Li Xuemei was helping people with literacy, his grandfather was inspired and told them to pick up their books again. They mustn't forget what they had learned in the past. This country will slowly get better. They mustn't give up just because of a short period of darkness. That would be cowardice.
Lu Jianxun sweated, "How can I compare to Comrade Zhang Shun? We don't have any ambitions. As long as we succeed in literacy, that's enough." They did not have the ambition to serve the country. Their aspirations were very small. It was enough for them to pass the literacy test and get the money to buy a pair of liberation shoes. How could they compare to serious scholars? They were young people with ideals and ambitions. Compared to them, it was like the difference between clouds and mud.
"Comrade Jianxun, don't be humble. We should learn from your perseverance. Hurry up and do the questions. We have three and a half hours. We can't finish the questions."
Outside the door, the elders from the other courtyards came to watch. They were afraid to disturb them and only chatted outside. One of them asked Old Master Li, "How many brothers are here? What do you think? With such a powerful mother, they must be very smart, right? Are they even better than your Lu Ming? " Lu Ming was not cultured, but he was smart. Every year, he would come to the Farm to fight for jobs. If anyone needed help, they could just call him, and he would definitely help. There were many people living in the Farm.
Some of them had moved in with their whole families. Most of them were the elderly. They were sent to the Farm for reform. Their children were working in the production team. It was good enough for them to visit them once every two to three years. How could it be compared to Li Xuemei, who came every year? Furthermore, Lu Ming treated Old Master Li like his own grandfather. Many people were envious of him. Every daughter in the family would use Lu Ming as a comparison when looking for a partner. Lu Ming was a practical person. Not only that, he was also a sweet talker and would greet anyone he met.
It was a pity that he did not study. If he had studied, he would be able to find a job in the government and be promoted.
Grandfather Li's face was calm. "Lu Ming is an honest man that you can't find even if you look for a lantern. How can they compare to Lu Ming? Hmph … Do you doubt my taste in choosing my grandson-in-law?" When Li Xuemei brought Lu Ming to the Farm to ask for his opinion, he did not hesitate to agree to their marriage. Lu Ming was still young, but he was meticulous. Other than being poor, Li Xuemei would not suffer any hardships if she were to marry him. He was assured to hand Li Xuemei over to Lu Ming.
Hearing Old Master Li start to boast about how filial Lu Ming was, they tacitly stopped talking about this topic. "I sneaked a peek. I heard that except for the eldest, the other two are not married."
Old Master Li snorted. "You should give up on this idea. People from the countryside do not care about free love. If you offend his mother, she will chop you with a sickle." Li Xuemei said in the letter that Xue Huahua was the best in the production team when it came to fighting and scolding. They could not do anything to her.
"I was just saying. You know that there is no suitable person in my family."
A few heads peeked at the door. The three brothers held their pens and frowned. They did not start writing. They returned to their previous positions and wondered. "Is the question too difficult? They don't seem to know where to start. If you ask me, why are you guys messing with the exam? The younger generation came to visit happily, and you guys should welcome them happily. It's not good to ruin the atmosphere with an exam."
Old Master Zhang and Old Master Li looked at each other and said, "Didn't you guys also come up with the questions? You guys make it sound like we are the only ones who are not good. Let's go to Secretary Liu's house. They are still playing chess. I wonder who is better today."
Secretary Liu was a nickname given to him by his good friends. It was said that Old Man Liu used to be a secretary in a coal mine. Later, he was framed and ended up in a farm. The total age of the three of them added up to a few hundred years. They loved to joke around, so they gave Old Man Liu this nickname. Old Man Liu liked it very much. Even though he was younger than them by more than 20 years, there was no generation gap when they chatted.
After they entered the house, Secretary Liu was no longer in the mood to play chess. He asked about the three brothers. "If it wasn't for the bad situation, the three brothers would definitely be the pillars of the country with their diligence. What a pity …"
For many people, they did not lack talent or hard work. What they lacked was opportunity, and they did not know when this opportunity would come. Secretary Liu put down the chess and asked Old Master Li. "You are the oldest here. Do you think the college entrance examination will be reinstated in the future?"
Old Master Li understood what he meant. Once the college entrance examination was reinstated, the educated youths in the countryside would have the opportunity to return to the city and use the knowledge they had learned to contribute to society. They would not have to stay in the countryside and do farm work that had nothing to do with what they had learned. Only by making the best use of everything could they achieve the greatest effect. It was a waste of talent for educated youths to go to the countryside.
"I believe that even if the college entrance examination is not reinstated, the country will find other ways to settle the talents. We must have confidence in the country. It will definitely get better and better in the future."
"Yes, after all, even the women in their forties in the countryside have confidence in our country. We should have more hope. How are the three brothers doing? Have you seen them? I am curious why Xue Huahua suddenly wants to eliminate illiteracy. Do you think she smelled something? Didn't Li Xuemei mention in her letter that there is an educated youth called Luo Mengying? Her family does not seem to be a simple peasant family …" They were in the farm, and there was a lot of news from the outside. They did not know what was going on in the city. They wanted to go back and reunite with their families.
Old Master Li was silent for a long time before sighing. "It would be great if that was the case. But in my opinion, it is probably a mother who wants to increase her children's confidence. We will know when we ask her later."
After about an hour, Old Master Li went to the central room to remind them. Lu Mingwen and his brothers did not have a concept of time. They did not accurately calculate the time for every exam. They would hand in their papers after checking. Sometimes, they would hand in their papers when Xue Huahua reminded them to hand in their papers. They did not know how long an hour was.
The three brothers were not used to writing at first, but they slowly got used to writing with a fountain pen. However, they could not control the ink well. If they were not careful, the ink would soak through the paper. To prevent the paper from turning black, Lu Dewen could only write non-stop. After finishing his Chinese paper, he would write Mathematics. After finishing his Chinese paper, he would write History and Geography. Lu Jianxun did the opposite. He wrote the most difficult Mathematics first, followed by Geography, Chinese, and History.
As he wrote, his words suddenly lost color. Lu Jianxun's heart skipped a beat. He raised the pen and looked at it. "Second Brother, I think I have run out of ink. What should I do?" He had just written the most interesting part.
Zhang Shun heard this and quickly passed the ink bottle to Lu Jianxun. He glanced at Lu Jianxun's paper. It was the last big question on Geography. He unscrewed the bottle cap. "Comrade Jianxun, do you need help?" Lu Jianxun's speed was really fast. He had used up all the ink in such a short time.
Lu Jianxun did not stand on ceremony with him. "Sorry to trouble you."
After filling the bottle with ink, Lu Jianxun started writing again. The room was filled with the rustling sound of writing. Lu Jianxun had just started writing when Lu Mingwen's pen ran out of ink. He did not want to waste Zhang Shun's time, so he unscrewed the cap and squeezed the ink. Zhang Shun reminded him. "If it's not full, you can gently squeeze it twice and squeeze it again. It will take longer for the ink to fill up. Otherwise, you will run out of ink."
Lu Mingwen did as he was told. When the pen was filled with ink, he kept the pen and pushed the ink bottle to Lu Dewen. "Do you want to use it?"
The three brothers' speed was about the same. Lu Mingwen was faster than Lu Dewen. As expected, Lu Dewen's pen ran out of ink, and the words he wrote were a lot lighter …
The three siblings had no concept of time. They focused on solving the questions. They did not know when Old Master Li would come over to remind them of the time. After some time, the three brothers checked their answers and looked outside. Lu Jianxun's voice was the loudest. "Where's Mom? Where's Mom? I'm done!"
Everyone in the room was stunned. Then, they burst into laughter. Lu Jianxun came back to his senses. He scratched his head in embarrassment. "I thought I was doing my homework at home. Oh right, I'm done. I'm going to help Lu Ming Bro cook." After he was done with the questions, he smelled the food. It was so fragrant that he started drooling. Lu Mingwen and Lu Dewen also put away their pens and asked Zhang Shun who he wanted to pass the test to.
"Grandpa Li is at the side. You guys can pass it to him."
The elders in the room were surprised by the speed of the three brothers' answers. The rule was three and a half hours, but now they were only 20 minutes short of three hours. Grandfather Li took the papers of the three brothers and asked, "Have you done every question?" Li Xuemei said that they did not teach them in the textbooks for Year 3. They came up with the questions for Year 1 and Year 2. They had discussed the difficulty of the questions. With their speed, it was impossible for it to be so easy.
Old Master Zhang went to the central room to look through his grandson's test paper. There was still a whole subject left, and the three brothers had already finished?
Zhang Shun asked Old Master Zhang. "Did Dewen Bro's results come out?"
"Not yet. Do your best. Don't embarrass me." His grandson had received an education in the city, but he was defeated by three young men who knew nothing about literacy. Grandpa Zhang's mood was indescribably complicated. He went to look at Li Xuemei's test paper. He was not as fast as the three brothers, but there were only a few questions left.
Lu Dewen and the rest went to help Lu Ming cook. There were many people, and Lu Ming asked someone to borrow the kitchen. Lu Ming bought a pig trotter from the commune. Lu Dewen remembered that he had Xue Huahua's dried vegetables in his basket. He could soak them in boiling water for a while and stew or stir-fry them. This winter, the whole family had been eating Xia Tian's vegetables, and it was delicious.
The three brothers were in the kitchen, cooking the fire and washing the vegetables. In the room next door, a few people who had finished matching their answers widened their eyes in disbelief. The three brothers had scored 100 points in Mathematics, and even the worst subject had scored 90 points. Grandfather Li could not help but wonder, "Could it be that the questions this time were too easy? Xuemei said that they had never scored full marks before, and the highest score was 98 or 97. How did they suddenly score so high? "
Other than the dirty paper, there were no problems with the answers. If it was not for the fact that Lu Dewen and the rest had come to take the exam, Old Master Li would have suspected that the questions had been leaked.
Old Master Zhang was also shocked. "With their results, they should have no problems going back ten years. Young people at their age should not be able to focus on their studies." Old Master Zhang's son and grandson were in their forties. After the setback, they could not get back on their feet. They were depressed every day and did not even flip through the books they had learned. Old Master Zhang's grandson was the same. All he could do was work. Old Master Zhang's heart seemed to have aged a few decades. He did not have any fighting spirit in life, let alone study.
Old Master Li called the three brothers to the room for questioning. Lu Dewen stood at the front, and Lu Jianxun grabbed Lu Mingwen's arm. He seemed to be at a loss.
"Sit down. Your results are out. Based on your estimates, how high do you think you can get?"
Lu Dewen shook his head. "It's hard to say. Sometimes it feels good, but the score is not high. Sometimes it feels bad, but the score is high. When we were answering the questions, we just wanted to do what we could and did what we couldn't. We didn't think about whether it was correct or not."
Lu Mingwen's statement was more or less the same. Old Master Li looked at Lu Jianxun. The latter glanced at the full marks paper in Old Master Li's hand and said with a shaky voice. "To be honest, the questions this time are a little easier." He was not bragging. After the exams, he felt good. If it was not for Xue Huahua asking him to be humble, he would have been more straightforward.
Old Master Li raised his eyebrows and passed the Math paper to a middle-aged man with a mole. "They think your questions are too easy. Secretary Liu, you have met your match."
Secretary Liu pointed at the paper. "Easy? How is it easy? Zhang Shun and the others have not handed in their papers yet. If the questions were easy, why would they not hand in their papers? " He was confident in his questions. It was not that the questions were easy, but that the three brothers had good results. He asked. "Why do you need to learn from junior and senior high school textbooks?" From his understanding, literacy was nothing more than learning how to read and write. Who would learn from the textbooks …
He was more inclined to believe that the girl from the Luo Family had revealed something.
Lu Jianxun asked. "What else can we learn if we don't learn from junior high school textbooks?" Even the production team did not teach them Pinyin and alphabets. The characters they taught were chosen from primary school textbooks. It was not strange for them to learn from junior high school textbooks.
Secretary Liu thought for a while. What else could they learn if they didn't learn from the textbooks?
"I heard that your mother is also literacy. How is she doing?"
Speaking of Xue Huahua, Lu Jianxun was more talkative. "Of course, my mother is the best. Even if she doesn't have time to study for senior high school, she is still the best in our family. Her scores might not be as high as ours, but her intelligence is something we cannot compare to." Seeing that the other party was confused, he gave an example. "Take the vegetables at home for example. There are a lot of vegetables in the summer. She picks them all and dries them in the sun. In the winter, they will soften after soaking in boiling water. Then, she stir-fried them with oil. They taste as good as when they were fresh." Xue Huahua had dried a lot of vegetables.
Lu Jianguo said that no one had ever used this method before. Only his mother could think of it.
"There is such a way to eat it? Won't it go moldy? "
"Of course not. They are all dried in the sun."
Seeing that Secretary Liu was inexperienced, Old Master Zhang covered his mouth and coughed. "Is it strange to eat it this way? Isn't the kelp in the coastal cities dried and stored in the sun? "Old Master Zhang was curious about the reason for literacy and why they persisted.
On this matter, Lu Mingwen's answer was more convincing. "My wife is in a relationship with an educated youth from her family's production team. Everyone says that I am a good-for-nothing. My mother doesn't want me to be listless all day, so she suggested literacy." Xue Huahua's purpose of literacy was for him. But it turned out that people had a different view of him after the literacy campaign started. There were more people who liked him.
Outstanding people were welcomed everywhere. His mother wanted to boost his confidence. If he did not do the literacy campaign, he might always be a good-for-nothing in the eyes of others.
"Really?"
Lu Mingwen nodded. "Yes. This incident is quite big. Everyone in the production team is saying that my mother had suffered a lot because of me." There were some words that his mother would never say. She would use her actions to tell them that no matter what happens, she will always be with them to tide them over. It was the same for the divorce, and it was the same for Liang Lanfen.
"Your mother is an outstanding person. Do you have any plans after you finish your high school courses?"
This question was a little difficult. Plans? What plans can they have?
The three brothers looked at each other and did not know how to answer. Secretary Liu frowned. "Don't tell me you have not thought about what you want to do in the future? With your education, you are more than qualified to teach in a primary school. Have you not thought about it?" Secretary Liu was only giving an example. The three brothers immediately shook their heads. "No. I am not qualified to teach. It is better to farm."
The teachers who could teach in the commune primary school were all people with connections in their families. They didn't want to deal with those kinds of people. According to Lu Jianguo, the competition among the teachers in the commune primary school was very fierce. Many people would find the mistakes of the teachers with their eyes open. They didn't want to live in fear. It was better to plant crops.
"Useless." Secretary Liu snorted. "Since we are going to farm, why do we need to literacy?" Although he was in the farm, he had some connections in the city. He thought that if the three brothers were ambitious, he would accept them as his disciples and think of ways to get them to the city. But he did not expect the three brothers to be so unambitious and only love to farm. "Literacy and farming are not conflicting.
My mother said that smart people can succeed in anything they do. Don't think that farming is easy. There are many ways to do it. Let's talk about food production. Everyone wants to have food to eat. Food production can increase, but no one wants to know how to increase the production. They always attribute the quality of the food to the weather. My mother said that the weather affects the production, but there are other reasons. Didn't the leaders say that educated youths will have a bright future in the countryside? The leaders hope that educated youths can use their knowledge to find ways to increase food production and communicate with the experienced farmers in the production team. They can learn from each other and think of ideas for everyone to eat … "Lu Jianxun did not blindly worship Xue Huahua. Xue Huahua's words made sense.
This was the first time Secretary Liu heard of this saying. "Isn't farming based on the weather?" Even the ancestors said this. He had lived for decades, and he had only heard of this saying.
Lu Jianxun shook his head. "Of course, it's not just based on the weather. It also depends on the seeds and manure. All kinds of factors will affect the food production. Take our production team for example. These two years, our harvest has been good because my mother knows how to raise pigs. With more manure and irrigation, the crops will grow better. Also, the ashes from cooking can be sprinkled on the soil to improve the fertility of the soil. When the soil is fertile, the crops will also grow better."
Regarding planting crops, his mother gave many examples. His mother said that even if they felt that it was extremely difficult, in some unknown corner of the world, there were already people quietly researching ways to increase the production of crops. There were many smart people in the world, but most of them chose to give up in the face of challenges. The remaining few persisted in exploring and looking for ways.
No matter how ordinary the industry is, once it is done well, it will be an example for others to learn.
"Your mother is really smart." Lu Jianxun was lying. If increasing food production was as easy as she said, there will not be any hungry people in the world. Not to mention the villages, there are also many hungry people in the cities. There are also people who cannot buy food with money. Xue Huahua is too naive.
"My mother is smart. Even the leaders in the county will praise my mother when they visit the production team. "Lu Jianxun was full of pride.
Secretary Liu was stunned by Lu Jianxun's pride and turned to Old Master Li. "The reason why the leaders called the educated youth to the countryside is to increase food production?" Ignorant people are blessed.
"If Comrade Xue Huahua says so, then so be it. No matter what, people should live in hope." Even if Secretary Liu was knowledgeable, he could not find any fault in Lu Jianxun's words. Whoever can think of a solution to increase food production and solve the hunger problem of the whole China population, that person must be a great person. Secretary Liu sincerely hopes that Lu Jianxun can think of a solution to solve the hunger problem of the whole country.
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