Chapter 583: Both Educated Youths, Different Situations

Han Li learned from Sang Qiang's description that according to the older generation of farm workers, this place was originally a low-lying swamp, and when floods came, it would become a vast ocean.

It was not until the 1950s that the higher authorities asked demobilized personnel to bring a group of serious criminals to build dams, dig canals to divert water, and reclaim land here, which turned it into what it is today.

However, it is said that this place was quite rich at that time, with fertile land and overgrown weeds, and the black land was so fertile that oil could flow out.

Those birds and beasts can be seen everywhere. The description of "beating roe deer with a stick, scooping fish with a ladle, and pheasants flying into the rice pot" in the Chinese textbook also appeared near the Pioneer Farm.

Unfortunately, with more and more farms nearby, the number of people coming here changes every year, turning this place from a swamp wasteland into a beautiful and fertile place, but that situation has never happened again.

Now newcomers can only listen to the stories of the older generation of farmers to satisfy their desire and imagine the scene of eating birds and beasts at will.

While Han Li was listening to Sang Qiang, the sound of many people singing in the distance came from a distance.

"The flowers in the basket are fragrant, listen to me sing, sing and sing.

We have come to Nanniwan, Nanniwan is a good place, a good place.

It is a good place with good scenery, crops and cattle and sheep everywhere.

In the past, Nanniwan was full of barren mountains and no one lived."

After hearing the singing, Sang Qiang stopped his endless narration and said to Han Li and the others with a smile.

"Now everyone has returned from the fields. You will almost see Comrade Li Hongxia in one more song."

When Han Li was about to say something, the singing in the distance had changed from Nanniwan to the sun rising on the grassland.

"White clouds float in the blue sky, horses run under the white clouds, whips are waved in all directions, and hundreds of birds fly together. I proudly tell him that this is my hometown."

At this time, looking out of the window, you can already see a group of people singing and walking towards this side in a sparse team.

Seeing this, Sang Qiang called Han Li and the others to come out together. After the song was finished, he shouted to the team.

"Comrade Li Hongxia, three friends are here to see you."

Sang Qiang's shout caused the team to be in chaos for a while, and then Li Hongxia ran over here with a backpack carrying a child.

"Han Li, you are finally here."

"Haha, Comrade Li Hongxia, shall we talk somewhere else?"

"Yes, yes, look at my brain, let's go to my place and sit down and talk."

Han Li greeted Sang Qiang and walked inside with Li Hongxia, listening to her introduction of the situation here. It can be seen that she is in a good mood now, and there is a faint milky fragrance on her body.

Ren Dagang and Qiao Shanhong's eyes were always fixed on the child in the backpack, and they just followed Han Li and the others subconsciously.

The two rows of neat houses are the offices of the leaders here, the accounting office, the health room, the canteen, the mail room, etc.

The tall buildings opposite are the granary and the goods and machinery warehouse, next to which is the guard room, and there are some single rooms specially for married educated youth to live in.

The row of low tiled houses on the left and back are the canteen, activity room, and dormitory for female educated youths. The row of low tiled houses on the right and back are the machine repair workshop, animal shed, transformer and dormitory for male educated youths. Both male and female educated youth dormitories have large bunk beds.

Li Hongxia was assigned to a single room because she got married. Later, although her husband was gone, no one drove her away and she continued to live there.

After hearing this, Han Li suspected that other people were afraid that the crying of the child would affect their rest, so Li Hongxia could live in that single room.

However, when he came to the vicinity, Han Li found that it was not what he thought at all. He saw that the doors of several houses did not look like people lived there. Maybe too many people left in recent years, so there was no shortage of single rooms here.

When Li Hongxia opened the door, Han Li found that these so-called single rooms were really a bit pitiful. There was a kang that could sleep three people inside. The kang was the oldest one that burned firewood directly underneath.

This kind of kang would make the whole room full of smoke if you were not careful when burning, or the whole room would be filled with smoke ash. Han Li didn't know about other places. Anyway, few people in Shanghe Village used it.

On one side of the kang, there were two wooden boxes stacked together as a table, and two high-legged benches next to them. On the other side was a wooden washbasin rack with two enamel washbasins and towels on it. With these few things, the space for movement in the room was already very small.

"Han Li, and you two, please sit down. Han Li will help greet these two. I will wash my face and come back to talk to everyone."

As soon as she entered the room, Li Hongxia greeted everyone. After speaking, she put down the child and smiled apologetically at Han Li, took a bunch of things from the cabinet, turned around and went out with the washbasin.

At this time, Ren Dagang and Qiao Shanhong immediately came over and carefully touched the little one who was still sleeping in front of them. After a while, Ren Dagang turned around and said with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Brother Han, you are a doctor, please help check if this child is healthy."

Han Li went forward and carefully checked him, first feeling his pulse and forehead, then untied the blanket and clothes on the little guy, so that Ren Dagang and his wife could see more clearly that this was a healthy boy.

After Han Li finished all this, he wrapped the little guy up again, nodded, and was about to speak when Li Hongxia came back with a washbasin, and her clothes had been changed.

It seemed like everything on her body had been washed except for her hair, because besides the faint scent of milk, she also smelled of soap. However, her bathing speed was really fast, and she had to catch up with men. Bathing speed.

"I'm sorry. When I first came back, my face was covered in dirt. I was really embarrassed to chat with everyone."

"You are all our own people, so you don't need to be polite, but the layout of your place is really good."

Han Li replied casually, but to his surprise, Li Hongxia took up the topic and started talking. It seemed that she had forgotten why she wrote a letter asking others to come over, or maybe she knew in her heart that she just wanted to delay being with her son for a while longer. time.

"Isn't it? Han Li, let me tell you, the conditions here are much better than those in Shanghe Village. The most important thing is that there are many herdsmen and farms around here, so there is really not much meat here. lack.."

Han Li didn't interrupt her at first, but seeing that it was getting later and later, he could only cough and throw the question out.

This moment made Li Hongxia silent. She looked at Ren Dagang and Qiao Hongshan in front of her, and then at her son lying on the kang. The look on her face became more and more sad, and tears flowed down uncontrollably.

However, Li Hongxia then remembered the sarcastic and satirical words her mother-in-law had said about her not long ago, as well as the things she and her son had suffered. Her eyes gradually became firmer, and she finally took a deep breath and said.

"It's going to be dark soon. Let's talk about this tomorrow, okay? By the way, I just asked the master chef in the cafeteria to help make a few dishes. It's almost time now. Should we bring them back or go there?" eat?"

"Hey, let's go over to eat, and take a look at the farm's canteen. By the way, these three travel bags, the black one belongs to our family, the blue one belongs to He Mi, Hou Yuhua, and Hao Hongmin, and the green one These belong to both of them, and these are all gifts for you. You should put these away first, and the three of us will go to the yard to appreciate the situation here. "

After Han Li finished speaking, he winked at Qiao Shanhong and the others, and the couple greeted Li Hongxia and followed them out.

"Brother Han, how are you?"

"The child is in good health now. The rest is up to you two to decide."

While Han Li and the other three were talking quietly outside, Li Hongxia ignored those things in the room. She sat by the kang, hugged her child and started crying. It took her a long time to come back to her senses, wipe her tears and put a smile on her face. He walked out with the child in his arms.

During the next meal, everything seemed to be back to normal. Li Hongxia and Qiao Shanhong were still talking and laughing while sitting together.

Since there was no way to leave now, after dinner, Li Hongxia first went to the male educated youth to say hello, saying that two relatives came from her hometown and they wanted to squeeze in here in the evening. As for Qiao Shanhong, she told her Sleeping on a kang.

After doing all this, Li Hongxia took them to the activity room. There are two activity rooms in Pioneer Farm. One is an outdoor basketball court with a dirt floor. There is only one backboard with an unknown hanging on it. The basket is no longer round after being broken so many times.

One is the indoor table tennis room. There are several pairs of badminton rackets locked in the cabinets, and a table tennis table is placed in the middle. It is still made of bricks, but these are enough to relieve the boredom of everyone in the winter. .

There were already people playing in the table tennis room. Han Li was not interested in this sport, and Ren Dagang didn't know how to play, so he stayed here for a while and left.

After arriving in the courtyard again, Li Hongxia walked in front with Qiao Shanhong holding her child, while Han Li and Ren Dagang walked side by side behind.

Everyone was walking around and chatting, but this also made Han Li see the difference between the educated youth on the farm and the educated youth who jumped in line.

Since they all have their own wages, their lives are many times better than being an educated youth who jumps in the queue.

There were many recreational activities at other times. While walking along, Han Li saw two people playing around with money, as well as some people playing chess, cards, and reading.

In addition, there are also many people walking quietly to remote places. Without exception, these people are all male and female, or female and male. They look and act like thieves. Han Li knows that they are this without having to guess. When you are dating someone, you can use this time of night to say sweet words, hold hands, and hug each other. These are the passionate and impulsive years, and it is not impossible for those who have a good relationship to "talk to each other."

After all, the place for strolling here is limited. The four of them walked around quickly. At this time, they once again arrived at the door of Li Hongxia's residence. Han Li thought that everyone would go back to sleep. When they would talk about the child tomorrow, Li Hongxia suddenly spoke.

"Sister Shan Hong, I want to understand something with Han Li alone. Can you two hold the child and wait in the room for a while?

Han Li and the three of them thought that Li Hongxia wanted to inquire about the other party's family situation, and then considered whether to send the child away. This was human nature, so they readily agreed.

After Qiao Shanhong and his wife carefully took the child into the house, Li Hongxia looked at Han Li seriously and said.

"There are some things that are not easy to say with people coming and going here, and it is not good for others to hear. How about we go and have a chat."

"Okay, this is your home court. Wherever you go to chat, I'll just follow you."

Li Hongxia's letter said that she didn't want the farm staff to know that she had given the child away, and here she said that Han Li and his family were relatives from their hometown. In this case, their conversation about the child was indeed not suitable for the farm staff to hear.

So Han Li was not surprised at all by Li Hongxia's proposal, and followed her to the side.