The Beginning of the World: Going to the Countryside as an Educated Youth

"Sorry, let's make an appointment next time!" Zhao Dongchuan said apologetically.

"Okay, since you have something to do, let's talk about it next time," Du Lili said, but she felt a little disappointed in her heart.

Zhao Dongchuan waved to Du Lili and rode away on his bicycle.

"Lily, what are you thinking about?"

At this time, a handsome man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, holding a briefcase in his hand and pushing a bicycle, came over, looked at Du Lili and asked.

"Nothing, Huiliang, are you free to accompany me to a poetry reading this weekend?"

"Well, the Youth League District Committee has work arrangements and meetings on the weekend, so I may not be able to go!" Wu Huiliang scratched his head a little embarrassedly.

"Well, I'm free next week, let's go to the movies. There's a new movie called 'Southern Expedition' that's said to be pretty good."

"Okay, your work is more important, I'll go to the poetry reading by myself, and we can watch the movie next week when we have time!"

"My parents are waiting for us to eat, let's go!" Wu Huiliang said as he took Du Lili and rode away on his bike.

Zhao Dongchuan returned to the dormitory and made himself a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and a plate of fried pork with peppers. He also drank two bowls of rice and ate all the food. Since practicing the "Five Animal Exercises", his appetite has greatly increased. Although he always mixed the system rice with other rice, he has already eaten more than half of it by now.

This system is so good, I wonder if it can be opened again?

After thinking about it, Zhao Dongchuan decided to stock up on rice in the future, and save as much as he could by eating it once a week.

"I wonder if this system rice can be grown in this world?" Zhao Dongchuan thought. Although it has no germ, if there is genetic modification technology...

Unfortunately, the conditions are not available now, so he cannot conduct effective experiments. He can try again after the technology is developed and keep some samples.

Zhao Dongchuan kept this idea in his mind for the time being and planned to give it a try when the conditions were ripe.

The next day, when he went to work at the cultural center, he happened to meet Director Wang, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. Director Wang was carrying a bag, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, and his silver hair was combed meticulously.

"Hello, Director Wang!" Zhao Dongchuan nodded and greeted.

Director Wang asked with concern, "Xiao Zhao, are you adapting well in our unit?"

"It's fine. Everyone is taking good care of me. Thank you Director Wang for your concern!"

"Haha, you should. You are a great contributor to our cultural center. Your "Love Life" received a very good response after it was published. It received rave reviews. Our regional leaders gave us high praise after reading it. You must keep up the good work and perform well!"

"I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it. I'm still far behind all of you seniors. I will continue to work hard!"

"Okay, okay, there is a work meeting today, you can attend it, and also notify Teacher Jia!"

Afterwards, Zhao Dongchuan and Jia Bing came to the conference room, along with several other colleagues in charge of publicity.

During the meeting, Director Wang conveyed the spirit of the district, that the district would hold a district-wide revolutionary story lecture, and asked everyone to cooperate with the Cultural Bureau to complete the work.

Zhao Dongchuan and Jia Bing were both from Yuanxi County and were familiar with the place. They were assigned to be responsible for connecting with Yuanxi County and settling the mediators from Yuanxi County.

After the meeting, Zhao Dongchuan and Jia Bing discussed it and decided that it would be best to go back tomorrow and get things done as soon as possible.

Zhao Dongchuan returned to the dormitory, sorted out the things in his space that he could use when he returned, then made himself a bowl of rice with toppings, and started doing exercises again. After doing the exercises, he also copied his famous novel "The Gadfly".

He only remembered the general plot of "Yellow Earth". He still had a lot of work to do before he could write a book. He lacked the skills to write novels. Using a system pen to copy famous novels was an effective learning path.

The next day, Zhao Dongchuan and Jia Bing took a bus to Yuanxi County.

Jia Bing was familiar with all the departments in Yuanxi County. He first took Zhao Dongchuan to the Yuanxi County Cultural Center.

When Jia Bing saw the curator take out the stamped document, he expressed his purpose.

The curator expressed his strong support for the work arrangements issued by the district. It just so happened that the county had already organized a school art propaganda team, which was promoting performances in various communes.

"According to the requirements, each county needs to select two outstanding students to go to the regional competition," said Jia Bing.

So the curator called the No. 1 High School in the county and asked them to provide a list of recommendations to select two outstanding students, one boy and one girl, to participate in the regional revolutionary story telling.

By the time the list of names arrived, it was already afternoon, and the curator specially arranged a sumptuous dinner in a private room of the state-owned hotel.

Zhao Dongchuan and Jia Bing were not pretentious people, so they naturally did not refuse. Also present was Zhang Youzhi, deputy director of the county revolutionary committee.

The county received a notice from higher authorities asking for cooperation in the work, and Zhang Youzhi was assigned to handle this work.

Zhang Youzhi was the last to arrive. He had a gloomy face and it was obvious that he was in a bad mood.

"Director Zhang, let me introduce you to these two people, they are from the regional cultural center, this one is Jia Bing, this one is Zhao Dongchuan"

The curator introduced Zhang Youzhi.

"Poet Jia, I have long heard of your name. I like your poems very much and often see them in newspapers."

A smile appeared on Zhang Youzhi's dark face and he shook hands with Jia Bing.

"Are you Zhao Dongchuan? The Zhao Dongchuan from 'Love Life'?" Zhang Youzhi suddenly seemed to remember something and held Zhao Dongchuan's hand tightly.

"Your poem is really great. I couldn't help but burst into tears after reading it. Come to think of it, you are from Yuanxi County. I have never been able to meet you before."

Zhang Youzhi had been in a bad mood these days due to work problems, so his face looked very bad when he came, but now he smiled.

Previously, because of disagreements with Feng Shikuan, director of the county revolutionary committee, on issues such as learning from Dazhai and the battle, both Tian Fujun and he were suppressed.

It just so happened that the district had instructions, so he was assigned.

I didn’t expect that the people from the district would be Jia Bing and Zhao Dongchuan. It was a pleasant surprise.

"Our Director Tian really likes your poems. I'd like to see him when he comes back this time."

The four of them sat down and discussed the subsequent work arrangements while eating. At the same time, they confirmed the list of actors. The male role was decided to be Sun Shaoping, and the female role was decided to be Tian Xiaoxia.

When Zhao Dongchuan saw Sun Shaoping's name on the list of candidates, he naturally recommended Sun Shaoping. For the girl, Zhang Youzhi recommended Tian Xiaoxia.

Zhao Dongchuan didn't know the other people either. These two were good-looking and very outstanding, so no one else had anything to say.

After the meal, everyone except Zhao Dongchuan was a little drunk.

Zhao Dongchuan was sweating all over, but he managed to help Zhang Youzhi, the curator, and Jia Bing into the jeep and sent them home one after another. Then he helped Jia Bing to the county guesthouse.

This was arranged by the county early in the morning, and a double room was booked for them in the guesthouse.