1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

This is unbelievable! I missed everything!

Ke Xianfu, who had turned back from Chenjiagou in Leyuan Commune, was somewhat disgruntled, but it was a close call; he hadn't been scared to death.

This morning, Secretary Chen called back from the region, saying that the pioneer of reform and opening up had gone to Chenjiawan in Leyuan Commune, which is under their jurisdiction, to guide their work. He told Secretary Chen to send a car to invite him to the government office as soon as possible, because he must meet with him when he returns this afternoon.

Upon hearing this news, Ke Xianfu dared not delay and immediately dispatched a car to go there.

When the pioneers of reform and opening up came to their county to guide the work, everyone in the government building was talking about it. It was like they were making an incognito visit.

Thinking that Leyuan Commune was the most remote and backward place in their county, if someone were to conduct a private investigation and find a problem, wouldn't it be reported directly to Yanjing?
Thinking of this, Ke Xianfu, who was sweating profusely with anxiety, finally arrived at Leyuan Commune and went to Chenjiagou after lunch, only to find out that the so-called incognito inspection and guidance work was a complete joke.

They were a film crew from the Beijing Film Studio, and they came to Chenjiagou in their Leyuan Commune to film a movie on location.

It's exactly the same as the movie being filmed right now on Mount Lu, which came from the Shanghai Film Studio!
They're here to film a movie.

Moreover, I heard that the film material was based on the story of Chen-style Tai Chi from the ancestors of Chenjiagou, which is why they came here to film on location to ensure the authenticity of the film material.

It wasn't a guidance mission at all, let alone any undercover visit.

and also!

Those damned idiots at Paradise Commune! They even had a film crew from Beijing making movies, and they didn't even report it to the county government.

They've been in the mountains for almost a week, and the commune hasn't reported a single message to the county.

It's the same old nonsense: they say the commune doesn't have telephones and reports aren't timely.

That's utter nonsense.

If there's no phone, can't you just send someone by bicycle to the county to give a report?

They're from Yanjing, after all. Even though it's just for filming, can your remote and backward commune really host them properly?

If we don't treat them well, we'll lose face all the way back to Yanjing.

To know!
Their region wasn't just limited to their county; a film crew from Beijing came to shoot a movie, and a film crew from Shanghai also came from the neighboring Lushan County.

How did Lushan County treat them?
Then compare it to Ruichang County. You didn't even notify the county government, letting people take pictures in the mountains. Is this how you do things?

Of course, this wasn't the part that made Ke Xianfu most frustrated and frustrated.

The most infuriating and fatal thing is that the people from Paradise Commune had absolutely no idea that the crew included that reform and opening-up pioneer who frequently appeared on the news and in the People's Daily.

When Ke Xianfu arrived, the first thing he asked upon entering the Paradise Commune was whether the pioneers of reform and opening up had been properly received.
How did Paradise Commune respond?
Are you kidding me? Were there any pioneers of reform and opening up in that film crew? They had never heard of them, they had absolutely no idea!
When Ke Xianfu heard this answer, he felt like the sky had fallen.

The pioneers of reform and opening up have brought their film crew to Chenjiagou, the Paradise Commune, and it's been almost a week. And you still don't even know who their crew is?
To ignore it for a whole week, that's incredibly negligent.
Fortunately, after going to Chenjiagou to find out the details, Director Huang, the person in charge there, said that their crew was indeed led by the Reform and Opening-up Pioneers, but the Reform and Opening-up Pioneers had not yet arrived and were said to be on their way.

Okay!

Ke Xianfu breathed a deep sigh of relief when he learned that the commune hadn't arrived yet. He was glad they hadn't, otherwise the poor reception from the Leyuan Commune would have made their county infamous all the way to Beijing, and they would have been laughed at by the whole country.

Since they were still on their way, it meant they had definitely missed their target. Ke Xianfu breathed a sigh of relief.

Before the person arrived, they could simply wait in the county for the pioneers of reform and opening up to arrive.

So the car returned empty.

However, when he returned to the same intersection as earlier that morning, which was almost dark, the young man who had blocked the road and stopped cars instantly gave Ke Xianfu a jolt. He cursed under his breath: Damn it, can't be this coincidental?

It shouldn't be that; it's unlikely to be such a coincidence.

I wanted to ask the driver in front of me if he could hear the same thing he was thinking, but it was definitely not a coincidence. It was definitely not someone who was blocking my way with a Civic. Instead, they stepped on the gas and kicked me in a cloud of dust.

But the words that were on the tip of his tongue were swallowed back down.

Because his intuition told him that the young man was probably the pioneer of reform and opening up.

Because the young man's attire was unusual, he was either a college student who wanted to go home to visit his family, or some other intellectual or city dweller.

I really didn't think of Yanjing as a pioneer of reform and opening up.

But now that I think about it, even for ordinary college students from their county, which family could afford such fashionable clothes, and those shoes were even Warrior brand?

Thinking that he might have abandoned the pioneering work of reform and opening up halfway, Ke Xianfu wanted to say it but dared not, and could not say it.

Otherwise, if we expose this, wouldn't all the responsibility fall on him?

He could only pretend to be confused, and he certainly couldn't bring up his guess to the driver, since the driver wasn't one of his people, but Secretary Chen's personal driver.

What Ke Xianfu didn't know was that the driver in front was also getting anxious. He had actually arrived at Chenjiagou only to be told that the alternative route, Xianfeng, hadn't arrived yet and was still on its way.

The driver immediately realized that the young man he had left halfway was probably a pioneer of reform and opening up who wanted a ride into the mountains in their car.

After all, the driver had sized up that young man. He was dressed in fashionable clothes. Which family in their county could afford to buy such clothes for college students studying outside the county?
So after having this suspicion in his mind, he didn't dare to mention it to Deputy County Chief Ke, for fear that he would be blamed for everything.

Thinking he could make amends, he figured if he ran into that young man on the way back, he would definitely stop his car obediently and respectfully ask him what had happened.

But to everyone's surprise, on their way back, they still didn't run into that young man.

He didn't head towards Chenjiagou in Leyuan Commune. Could it be that he misunderstood?
That young man was probably someone else, and he wasn't going to Chenjiagou, so we didn't run into him on the way.

You've definitely misunderstood; it can't be that much of a coincidence.

The driver, who was trying to reassure himself, was actually feeling very guilty and flustered, and he certainly didn't dare to tell Deputy County Chief Ke his suspicions.

If he misunderstood, that's one thing, but to bring it up with Deputy County Chief Ke would just be asking for trouble.
If that young man was truly a pioneer of reform and opening up, then it's even more important not to mention him; one can only pretend to be confused and not remember anything.

that's it!
Both the driver and Deputy County Chief Ke were preoccupied and returned to the county with no confidence. As the entire government compound became lively and bustling with excitement because of their car, Ke Xianfu's heart was filled with unease again.

Especially after seeing Secretary Chen accompany the regional leaders to greet him, Ke Xianfu felt his legs go weak and he had to take several deep breaths to calm himself down, feeling very nervous.

I kept confirming in my mind the plan I had prepared for this journey.

They just stuck to one thing: they hadn't picked up the person, and the other party said they hadn't arrived yet and might be on their way.

……

What they didn't know was that the oxcart Cheng Xuemin had hired had taken a shortcut, traveling along a small path.

They easily missed the cars on the main road. Even so, they didn't arrive at Paradise Commune until dusk, almost an hour after Ke Xianfu arrived at the government compound.

"Chenjiagou, right? I know it, I know it!"

"Chenjiagou is still in the mountains of their commune. Continue along this mountain road for another five li, and you'll arrive!"

Old Huang, the owner of the oxcart hired by Cheng Xuemin, was a talkative old man who talked about the local customs and traditions along the way. Unfortunately, his dialect was too strong, and Cheng Xuemin could hardly understand him at all.

Although he wasn't from the Paradise Commune, he was quite familiar with the area and knew that Cheng Xuemin was going to Chenjiagou, so he didn't linger in the commune and drove the oxcart further in.

"Uh? Um...aren't you Old Ox from Garden Commune? What are you doing here at our commune so late at night?"

"Hey, you old ox, you didn't come here to meet your old flame, did you?"

"It's not even dark yet, and you're coming into the village so openly. Are you planning to get things done?"

"That shouldn't be the case! Chunju's eldest son was adamant about not letting his mother remarry, wasn't he?"

The oxcart passed through another village, where it was spotted by the local villagers. They clearly recognized the old ox driving the cart and immediately started joking and teasing him.

"Go away, go away! What old flames? It's all nonsense!" The old ox had seemed uneasy and afraid of something when he entered the village, but after being recognized, he refused to admit it and cursed back.

But the more anxious Cheng Xuemin became, the more he felt that the other person hadn't made a mistake in joking.

Depend on!
What a coincidence! I just randomly hired an oxcart to come to Chenjiagou and ended up eating this kind of melon.

No wonder the old ox driving the cart has been speaking incoherently ever since we passed the Paradise Commune. Cheng Xuemin initially thought it was because he couldn't understand the dialect, since that's just how people speak dialects.

Now it seems that this old guy was like the Japanese invading the village, he didn't want to fire his gun, he was feeling guilty.

"Then what are you doing in our village so late?" another villager retorted to the old ox.

"Are you blind? Can't you see I brought a distinguished guest here?"

"You know that, right?"

"My distinguished guest on the oxcart is from Yanjing (Beijing), and he's on his way to Chenjiagou to film a movie!"

"Do you know about making movies?"

"Those films like 'Tunnel Warfare' and 'The Iron Lady,' which were shown by the projectionist from the county, were all made by them!"

Along the way, Cheng Xuemin naturally explained what he had come for.

Old Huang Niu heard that they were here to film a movie, and from Beijing at that. He was really excited, and now he'd have something to brag about when he got back.

Unexpectedly, before he could even return to his commune to brag, he ran into an acquaintance and started bragging again.

"Blind, are you filming a movie?"

"You're from Yanjing? That's impressive!"

"real or fake?"

Faced with a barrage of questions from the local villagers, the old ox originally intended to stop the cart and sit down with them for a serious discussion, engaging in a long and drawn-out debate.

But considering that it was getting dark and the road was becoming increasingly difficult to see, we had to hurry and take this distinguished guest from Yanjing to Chenjiagou first.

Without further ado, he retorted, "Believe it or not, I need to get our esteemed guest to Chenjiagou while I can still see the road!"

"They're going to Chenjiagou to film a movie!"

Do you know why they went to Chenjiagou to film a movie?

"They went to film the ancestral martial arts of Chenjiagou, saying that their Tai Chi is very powerful, but I've never seen anyone from Chenjiagou actually practicing Tai Chi!"

He really is a chatterbox; even though he was in a hurry to get somewhere, he kept muttering to himself.

"They're going to Chenjiagou to film a movie? We know that, we know that. They already have people set up shop in Chenjiagou, but they're not even people yet!"

"I heard they all came from Beijing; they're the ones filming that Tai Chi show!"

"But their Tai Chi, I heard, was lost back in the Republic of China era. Their patriarch was stabbed to death by the Japanese with bayonets, and the art was lost!"

"Yes, yes! They're the movie crew from Yanjing. I heard it even caught the attention of the county. Today, Deputy County Magistrate Ke came to visit them personally, isn't that right, Old Qiaotou?!"

"Oh yes, yes, Vice County Chief Ke did come to the commune today. He said he was going to Chenjiagou to invite that pioneer of reform and opening up to a meeting in the county. I told you that when I came back from the commune this afternoon!"

"Oh right, right, right, they're here to pick up that reform and opening-up pioneer. The deputy county head specially sent a car to invite him, but Old Qiaotou, didn't you say you came to find no one? Hasn't that reform and opening-up pioneer arrived yet?"

"They haven't arrived yet, so Deputy County Magistrate Ke is in a hurry to go back and is prepared to wait at the county bus station indefinitely!"

"Huh? Really? That 'Reform Vanguard' sounds like just a lowly vanguard soldier, is he really that powerful?"

"What would a woman like you know?"

Do you know what a pioneer of reform and opening up is?

"Didn't you see that our Deputy County Chief Ke even sent a car and came personally to invite them?"

……

The old ox had already driven deeper into the area when the discussion behind him startled him for no apparent reason. Should he change to the vanguard?

Could this guy on my oxcart be a pioneer of reform and opening up personally sent by Deputy County Chief Ke?
Cheng Xuemin also heard the discussions among the local villagers behind him, and he was really surprised. Could it really be such a coincidence?

The guy who kicked up a whole truckload of yellow dust this morning, could he be the Deputy County Magistrate Ke they're talking about?

pretty close!
Since the villagers all mentioned sending their own cars over, wasn't that the car he tried to stop on the road this morning but failed?
I heard that it's the car that Secretary Chen of their county is personally assigned to.

If not, unless their county is so powerful that even the deputy county head has a personal car.

But, is it possible?
……

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