A wonderful life through the 1970s

The train soon arrived at the train station in Hei Shi and Wu County. Nothing happened during the two days because we were in the sleeper car.

Lan Xiyue and the other person followed the crowd out of the train station. In front of them, the person in charge of the Youth League Office was checking the number of people. There were about forty or fifty youth going to the Red Star Commune this time.

After the person in charge of the Youth Office determined the number of people, he sent them to the Youth Office of Red Star Commune in batches by tractor. This process lasted until 1:00 p.m., and there were about ten people waiting in the Youth Office.

These were people sent by the production brigades under the Red Star Commune to pick up the new educated youth. Some drove ox carts, and some drove tractors. It seemed that there was a gap between the rich and the poor.

Lan Xiyue and Ji Xinyue stood in the crowd, waiting for their assignment. Soon, the Youth Office assigned everyone to different teams.

Seven educated youth, Lan Xiyue, Ji Xinyue, Liu Chaoyang, Li Yuejiao, Wu Hao, Li Jianguo and Sun Kai, were assigned to the Qingshan Brigade.

The team leader is a middle-aged man with a square face named Shen Hongwei. Judging from the way he walks, he seems to have served in the army. He looks very righteous, so he should not be a difficult leader to get along with. Moreover, he came to pick people up in a tractor, so the conditions in the village should be good.

Lan Xiyue walked up to Captain Shen and asked, "Uncle Captain, are we going to pass by the post office later? I want to pick up a package."

"Sure. The tractor will pass by that street in a while. The post office and the state-owned restaurant are all in that area. It's also time for lunch now. If you are hungry, you can go there to eat something. I'll wait for you there for an hour." The captain replied in a gentle voice.

Thank you, Captain.

"It's okay, let's get ready to go and put your luggage on the tractor." Captain Shen turned around and called the tractor driver who had been on the tractor to come over and help.

Captain Shen introduced: "This is Shen Baoguo, the tractor driver of our brigade."

Shen Baoguo nodded as a greeting, and it seemed that he was not a talkative person.

Lan Xiyue and the others didn't say anything else as they moved the luggage onto the tractor and found a place to stand.

Captain Shen still had a good impression of the educated youth this time. Although there were four female educated youth, they all looked good and didn't seem to be the kind of people who would do a lot of work. Even if they couldn't do heavy work, they should be able to accept a lighter job with fewer work points, as long as they didn't ask for trouble.

Li Yuejiao did not act up at this time, because she had spent most of her life in this brigade in her previous life and knew the captain's temper.

He was a fair and impartial man. Later, under his leadership, Qingshan Brigade became the richest brigade in Hongxing Commune. If she had not been unable to endure the hardship when she first arrived in the countryside and married the wrong person, her life in Qingshan Brigade would not have been too bad.

She said she would never marry that bastard Wang Hongjun in this life, with hatred flashing in her eyes.

Soon they arrived at the street of the post office. Captain Shen asked Shen Baoguo to find an open space to park the tractor and said to the educated youth in the tractor: "The tractor will be parked here. The post office and the state-owned restaurant are on this street, and the supply and marketing cooperative is on the opposite street. They are not far away. I will give you an hour. It's up to you whether you want to go there to eat or buy things. You will meet here in an hour. Go ahead."

Lan Xiyue jumped off the tractor, thanked Captain Shen, and walked towards the post office. Ji Xinyue shouted to her, "Sister Lan, I've ordered food at the state-owned restaurant and am waiting for you."

Lan Xiyue turned around and replied: "Okay, I'll be there in a moment."

Lan Xiyue walked into the post office and picked up four large packages, which she brought back to the tractor in two batches. She said goodbye to Captain Shen and the others and went to eat.

As soon as she walked into the state-owned restaurant, she saw Ji Xinyue had already ordered the dishes and was waiting for her. Lan Xiyue went to the window and ordered ten more meat buns before she walked over to sit next to Ji Xinyue.

"Liu Zhiqing and the others didn't come to dinner? Why are you the only one here?"

"They said they were going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things, as they felt it would not be so easy to come here in the future. I felt there was nothing much to buy and daily necessities were enough for a short period of time, so I did not go with them. Do you still need anything? Do you need to go to the supply and marketing cooperative?" Ji Xinyue asked.

"No, we have all the daily necessities. We'll find out what we need when the time comes."

"That's fine too. Come on and eat, or the food will get cold."

After finishing their meal, the two of them took the packed meat buns and went to where the tractor was parked.

When they arrived, they saw Captain Shen and his men waiting for them there.

Lan Xiyue stepped forward and took out four big meat buns and gave two to Captain Shen and Shen Baoguo respectively.

Captain Shen and his men declined, "You guys can keep the food, Lan Zhiqing. We've already eaten."

Lan Xiyue smiled and said, "Uncle Captain, please don't be polite with us. We are young and have never been far away. We don't know a lot of things. Now we have settled in our brigade. We will be your juniors in the future. Please take care of us. If there is anything we do wrong, please give us juniors more advice. What's wrong with inviting you to eat meat buns? I will invite you to eat meat if there is a chance in the future. You can't refuse."

Shen Hongwei smiled and said, "What Lan Yatou said is right. Now that you are here, you must work hard to adapt to life here. Our brigade has always been fair. The more you work, the more you get. You get the more work points you do. You must work during the busy farming season. No one will mind if you don't work for the rest of the time."

After a pause, he continued, "There are still a dozen educated youth living in the educated youth center. It would be a bit crowded if the seven of you moved in."

At this point, he glanced at Lan Xiyue and Ji Xinyue and said, "If you are not used to living here, you can rent a house in the brigade or build one yourself. If you build a house yourself, the team will take it back when you return to the city."

Lan Xiyue quickly calculated in her mind, it would be great if she could build her own house. She still had to stay here for two or three years, and she still had to practice, and there were secrets like space. It was not suitable to live with others, anyway, she had no shortage of money, so she could just build her own house.

He quickly exchanged a glance with Ji Xinyue.

Lan Xiyue said to Captain Shen: "Uncle Captain, we both want to build our own house. Can we discuss it with you when we get to the team? We two girls don't know how to build a house, so we'll have to trouble you when the time comes."

"Okay, come find me after you get familiar with the team and see where you want to build it. I'll find someone to help you build the house while it's not busy now."

"Okay, thank you, Captain."