I just came to the countryside from the city, put down my pen, picked up a pickaxe, and worked with pickaxes and shovels every day. This kind of life was something Xu Guodong had never imagined in the past thirty years.
Xu Guodong was born in a relatively bourgeois family. When he was young, his family's situation was pretty good. They at least sent him to study. Although he never studied abroad, something happened in the middle and he could not continue to complete his studies, so he had to return home.
I thought that when I returned home, I would inherit the family business and then take over the family business and do business.
But, some people are born to do business, and others?
Even though they have received a lot of new education, learned a lot, and gained a lot of insights, some people are just like this. They are not suitable for holding a pen. Let alone doing business, they have no chance to even serve as a soldier.
This is the case for Xu Guodong. When he returned home to inherit the family business, the business that fell into his hands had long been wiped out. In addition, it was in troubled times. It was not easy to live, let alone let him
In a small county, how big is the business?
After several twists and turns, when I returned to Maple City again, my family's little property had been completely destroyed.
The old father passed away, and he and his mother wanted to escape the war and traveled to many places, but the chaos was not just in a few places. The warlords were separatist, and everything was in chaos.
When the old man was dying, he would always think about the fallen leaves returning to their roots. The war had not escaped, and the family was depleted. Finally, seeing the old mother's body deteriorating, Xu Guodong agreed to his mother's last request and took the old man with him.
Back to Maple City.
Not long after the old man returned to Maple City, he died of illness. After Xu Guodong buried him, he did not have any capital to continue doing business, and he also understood that he was not the material for business at all.
Fortunately, Xu Guodong still had some contacts left by his old father in Maple City. Even though he was said to have left his home, they still helped him find a job as a teacher.
In a way, Xu Guodong was lucky. He spent the War of Liberation in the city peacefully. Although life was hard and life was difficult, he survived at least.
After liberation, Xu Guodong continued to do his old job as a small teacher. Although his life was hard, once he got used to it, he still had the feeling of picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely seeing the southern mountains.
However, when I met this educated youth going to the countryside, to be honest, Xu Guodong was really not an educated youth. To be precise, his situation should be regarded as a way to avoid disaster. An old friend of his father discovered the existence of Xu Guodong.
It seemed that he had a premonition of something happening, so he asked someone to help him get Xu Guodong into the ranks of educated youths going to the countryside.
At this time, Xu Guodong was already thirty
How many years old.
After more than thirty years of life, although the last few years were very hard, I was still able to maintain food and clothing with a pen and help people write letters without exerting much effort.
Moreover, this man had lived a hard life, and his body was definitely not as strong as those of farmers and soldiers, not to mention Xu Guodong, who had always considered himself a scholar. At that time, he was not as thin as the victims of the disaster.
The only difference is that he is wearing a shabby robe, covering up his thin body, which makes him look a bit Confucian.
Returning to the topic of the book, it is said that Xu Guodong went to the countryside with a group of educated youths. At that time, he relied on a pen and could read and write. If this was placed in the city, he could make some money by metabolizing letters, but now
In rural areas, this business no longer exists.
After walking for a long time, Mr. Xu said that he almost died on the road. When he arrived at the destination, Xu Guodong wanted to die. How far was he from here? The village was surrounded by several mountains.
Surrounded by just one more mountain, the entrance was also blocked.
He still reports that village to this day, saying it is called Linjia Village and that it is Linjia Village. However, there are only about ten households with the surname Lin in this village. At that time, everyone was also curious, but there were not many households with more than ten households.
, anyway, no one gave an explanation.
Later, as time went by, I became miserable day by day, and no one cared about it.
When they arrived at the village, Xu Guodong and a group of educated youths were arranged together. It was said that the educated youths were going to the countryside, but in fact they were going to work. What kind of transformation? Reform through labor is indeed the most effective way to transform a person.
There were six people going with him, four men and two women.
You might be able to settle down in the city, but after arriving in the countryside, you don't have to pay so much attention. Whether you like to sleep alone or sleep on a wooden bed, Xu Guodong and the three male educated youths were arranged to
It is not difficult for four people to sleep on a big kang in a room.
The working people have their own wisdom. For example, when you teach them to work, you will not be taught step by step. They will tell you how to do this movement to save effort, what posture is less likely to slip to the waist, and how to hold the pickaxe so that your hands are not easily worn.
Bubbling.
They only have a few words, do more.
The work is all done. Before starting the work, even if I tell you that it is all very glamorous, when it comes to actual operation, various situations will arise. They have not organized the experience of doing farm work in the first place.
It is impossible to tell these things directly to others.
So we can only let people like Xu Guodong experience it for themselves. If they do it too much, some mistakes will naturally change slowly.
This can also be regarded as a principle, called
You will gain wisdom after every adversity. If you work a lot and suffer hardships, you will know what to do is right and what to do wrong.
But when it comes to Xu Guodong, it's a completely different story.
Xu Guodong had just arrived in the village. He had walked such a long way. His bones were already weak, and with such a toss, the man was not in very good condition. As a result, he was forced to work in the fields before he could recover.
As a result, after doing this for less than half a day, the person fell directly to the ground. That way, there was more air coming out and less air entering.
He was finally rescued, but he had no strength to work at all. He rested for three days. Although three days was not long, it was not short either. Xu Guodong's illness left an impression on everyone -
Sick rice.
How should I put it? Otherwise, if he works, he will not cooperate with the policy requirements from above. But if he is allowed to work, it is very likely that people around him will have to watch him at all times.
Later, I learned that Xu Guodong was also a teacher, so I found a suitable job for him. He wrote big characters, taught people in the village how to read, and read some things to everyone. At least he had a living.
Teachers were very respected in the past. In ancient times, scholars and ordinary people were two completely different classes.
People want to study, let alone tuition fees. Even if they have the time, there is no manager at all. It is said that they study hard for ten years in a cold window, but ten years in a cold window without food or drink?
The atmosphere in the village is pretty good. At this time, Xu Guodong has been given a way to survive. However, the village chief has spoken to him. Although he is teaching now, in this era, we don’t know what will happen in the future, and Xu Guodong
It is not easy for someone so weak to live in this village.
It is a good thing to teach people how to read and write. After all, there are many children in the village, and adults may not be able to learn much. But if a scholar appears in a village in the future, it will be a happy event.
In short, at the end of the day, there is just one sentence: you can do this work as little as possible, but you can't stop doing it. If your health is not good, then take care of it slowly and take care of your body while working.
It's not just that you'll be strong if you eat enough, you have to work harder to be strong.
And Xu Guodong also wrote big characters from the beginning. While teaching, he also fed cows and cut grass. There were many jobs in the village, some heavy and some light. If Xu Guodong couldn't do the farm work done by adults, he would do it.
Doing the usual chores reserved for children in the village.
Xu Guodong agreed, but there was nothing he could do about it. As a scholar, he naturally knew what it means to have to bow his head under the eaves. What's more, people are still easy to talk to and discuss, and it is indeed for his own good.