Beijing Zhiqing Chen Weihua is a high school graduate of the 66th class, he worked for two years after graduating from high school, and after being dismissed by the unit, he followed the fresh graduates to northern Shaanxi and became a zhiqing in the countryside. According to Chen Weihua's words, when he was young, he did not run into trouble less, nor did he cause trouble to his parents, and if he controlled himself at that time, he would not be dismissed by the unit, and he would not go to northern Shaanxi to join the team and settle down as a zhiqing.
Shortly after graduating from high school, eighteen-year-old Chen Weihua was recruited to work as a sales clerk at a grocery store for two months. Also recruiting workers was Chen Weihua's female classmate Wang Haiying, who, because of her beautiful appearance, often had young people go to the store department to tease and pester wang Haiying. Once Wang Haiying was made to cry by a young man named Ermao, Chen Weihua rushed out of the counter in a rage, and broke Ermao's nose bone with a punch. At that time, Chen Weihua paid ermao's medical expenses and apologized, but the Ermao family still did not forgive, Chen Weihua beat Ermao twice, and as a result, he was dismissed (in fact, he was expelled) by the unit. Chen Weihua stayed at home for several months, and he never found a suitable job, so he followed the Zhiqing to northern Shaanxi to join the team and settle down, in fact, he went to the countryside to join the team in the name of social youth.
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Chen Weihua arrived at the Liujiahe Brigade in Yanchuan County, northern Shaanxi on January 25, 1969, on the eighth day of the first lunar month, the weather was very cold, it was more than two o'clock in the afternoon when the Zhiqing arrived at the Liujiahe Third Team, and six male Zhiqing and five female Zhiqing temporarily lived in the two-hole earthen kiln of the third team's headquarters. Helping the Zhiqing to arrange their luggage, Captain Liu brought a handful of corn stalks and lit them on the foot floor of the cave, so that the Zhiqing could roast the fire to drive away the cold, and a young aunt was also busy going to the stove pit to light a fire and prepare dinner for the Zhiqing.
After dinner, Captain Liu smiled and said to everyone: "You are all young intellectuals from Beijing, who have seen the world, and have come to our poor ravine to join the team and settle down, so that you have suffered." Now it is winter farming leisure, the field is also wood (no) agricultural work, you first familiarize yourself with the environment here, learn to collect firewood and cook, life learn to take care of yourself, in order to better participate in agricultural production. The team temporarily arranged for Chunying to cook for you, and you should study with an open mind. Oh (I) am the captain of the three teams, if you have anything, just tell Oh (me) well, can help solve it, oh (I) will help you solve it. Although everyone could not fully understand Captain Liu's speech, everyone felt Captain Liu's sincerity and enthusiasm, and everyone felt warm in their hearts.
The eleven Beijing Zhiqing who went to Liu Jiahe's third team to settle down, except for Chen Weihua, everyone else was sixteen or seventeen years old, and Chen Weihua was the oldest, he was twenty-one years old. Chen Weihua's head is quite tall, his body is also very strong, that is, his personality is a little anxious, and the intellectuals and young people all call him Weihua Brother, but they are also a little afraid of him.
Chunying, who helped the zhiqing cook, her maiden name was Ma, Ma Chunying was a widow, she was twenty-four years old at the time, and she had a three-year-old baby girl. Ma Chunying is very good-looking, her hands and feet are also very sharp, carrying two buckets full of water is not difficult at all, and the young people call her Chunying sister. Ma Chunying just gave birth to the doll, after a heavy rain, the flash flood broke out, Ma Chunying's men also went to the flood ditch with the members to collect firewood, the result of the mud on the side of the ditch collapsed, he fell into the flood ditch, was washed away by the surging torrent, three days later found the body more than twenty miles downstream, poor Ma Chunying became a widow, she and the swaddled dolls for their lives.
Hearing about Ma Chunying's unfortunate encounter, Chen Weihua was in tears, don't look at Chen Weihua's personality is anxious to cause trouble, but his heart is soft, he is very sympathetic to Ma Chunying, and he also wants to help poor Ma Chunying's mother and daughter.
A few days later, Chen Weihua was basically familiar with the environment around the Liujia River, he was the first to learn to draw water (using a well rope of more than ten meters long to draw water from a well under the ditch slope) to carry water, and he was also the first Zhiqing to help Ma Chunying pick up water and burn fire. Ma Chunying was very touched by Chen Weihua's help, but when she and Chen Weihua were alone, they would keep a long distance. Chen Weihua went with her to fetch water for the first time, and the distance between Ma Chunying and Chen Weihua was at least five meters or more. Chen Weihua also sensed that Ma Chunying was avoiding herself, and she must have been afraid of others gossiping.
After the fifteenth day of the waxing moon, the northeast wind that had been blowing for five or six days finally stopped, and the temperature also rose. Taking advantage of the good weather for a few days, Captain Liu led the Zhiqing to go up the mountain to burn firewood for a few days, when there was almost no charcoal burning (coal burning) in the rural areas of northern Shaanxi, and cooking and burning kang needed to burn firewood. After a small year, seeing that the firewood in the yard of the team headquarters was enough to burn for several months, Captain Liu let the zhiqing rest at home, and they would not go up the mountain to collect firewood years ago.
After the fifteenth day of the first month, the members began to prepare for the spring planting, Ma Chunying did not help the zhiqing to cook, one is that the zhiqing learned to cook, the second is that Ma Chunying is also going to work in the mountains, the spring ploughing spring sowing farmers are busy, the members have to get up early and rob the farmers, one more labor force, the spring ploughing spring sowing production can end one day earlier. Sow a few days early and the crops will grow better.
On the day that Ma Chunying finally cooked for the zhiqing, when there was no one around, she blushed and said to Chen Weihua: "You are a good offspring, oh (I) am a widow, oh (I) hide from you for fear of others talking nonsense, oh (I) am afraid of ruining your reputation." ”
In the days that followed, Chen Weihua always tried to help Ma Chunying, and Ma Chunying also took care of Chen Weihua as much as possible, but the two people were like strangers in front of everyone, neither of them talked to anyone, and they kept a long distance.
Liu Jiahe Third Team has a descendant named Liu Eregg, Liu Eregg because he has no father since he was a child, lack of discipline, he developed a bad habit of eating and lazy, and at the age of twenty-seven he was still a bare stick. Since the death of Ma Chunying's man, Liu Eregg has entrusted a matchmaker to propose to him, and he wants to marry Ma Chunying as a mother-in-law. Ma Chunying did not look up to Liu Eregg at all, saying that her man had just died, and she would not remarry. After a year, Liu Eregg asked the matchmaker to mention his relatives, and Ma Chunying still said that he would not remarry.
Since then, Liu Eregg has often harassed Ma Chunying, and Ma Chunying has not scolded Liu Eregg less, but Liu Eregg has a thick skin and scolds him and laughs. Once Captain Liu criticized Liu Eregg: "In the future, you dare to complain about Chunying again, and see (I) don't break your legs." "Oh (I) a bare stick, oh (I) no one is afraid." Liu Eregg put on a face of a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, and he did not listen to anyone's words. Captain Liu also kicked Liu Eregg twice, but it didn't work, and Liu Eregg still harassed Ma Chunying. Fortunately, Ma Chunying's family has a big yellow dog, and Liu Eregg's biggest fear is Ma Chunying's dog, and he never dares to step into the courtyard of Ma Chunying's family.
In the summer of 1973, the members of the community were hoeing corn and grass on the slope in the east of the village, Ma Chunying had just hoeed to the side of the ground, Liu Eregg ran over to the hippie smile and said: "Chunying, you have been widowed for several years, we should also do things, oh (I) are in their thirties, hurry (tomorrow) you move to Oh (me) family, even if you are poor and pitiful Oh (I) well." Ma Chunying was afraid of other people's jokes, so she hurriedly took the hoe and went to Captain Liu's side. Liu Eregg chased after you again and said, "Chunying, let's not do it sooner or later, in our third team, we are suitable, except for Oh (me), who will marry you a widow with a baby." ”
Captain Liu was about to speak, Chen Weihua, who was standing next to him, couldn't listen anymore, he looked up at Liu Eregg and said, "Why are you such a faceless person, people are hiding from you, and you are still dead and talking nonsense." "Hah! Oh (me) talk to oh (my) aunt you have to take care of it, you count as a ball. Liu Eregg threw the hoe in his hand on the ground, tilted his head to Chen Weihua, and reached out and grabbed Chen Weihua's shoulder.
At this time, Chen Weihua was angry, he bent down to be a black dog drilling the crotch, carrying Liu Eregg and slamming him to the ground. Liu Eregg got up from the ground and had to compete with Chen Weihua, Chen Weihua bent down and put Liu Eregg on his shoulder, turned around on the spot, and threw Liu Eregg in the cornfield. Liu Eregg groaned and got up, looked up to see that Chen Weihua had come to him again, and Liu Eregg ran away with his legs. Since then, Liu Eregg has seen Chen Weihua like a rat meeting a cat, hiding far away, and he does not dare to complain about Ma Chunying.
Gradually, there was gossip in the village, saying that Zhiqing from Beijing had fallen in love with a widow with a baby, and the two of them fell in love together. Hearing the gossip of the villagers, Ma Chunying was very embarrassed, and she did not dare to meet Chen Weihua. Chen Weihua did not care, he simply took the initiative to find Ma Chunying, help her carry water, teach her doll to read, and also gave his pen and notebook to Ma Chunying's doll. After living in the countryside of northern Shaanxi for more than four years, Chen Weihua gradually adapted to the living environment and habits of the countryside, and he also liked the simple, kind and industrious Ma Chunying, although Ma Chunying was a widow with a female doll, but Ma Chunying was very beautiful, and the twenty-eight-year-old Ma Chunying was as good looking as an eighteen-year-old woman.
After the autumn of that year, the county coal mine recruited workers, considering that Chen Weihua was the oldest among the young people who joined the team, the secretary of the brigade and Captain Liu recommended Chen Weihua to become a worker, but Chen Weihua said that he was timid and did not dare to go down the well, and gave up the recruitment quota to others. Afterwards, the intellectuals laughed at him: "Brother Weihua, you don't dare to go down the well, you let Chunying sister be fascinated." No matter how the young people and members of the club made fun of him, Chen Weihua did not refute it, he still went to Ma Chunying's house to visit the door and help Ma Chunying work. Sometimes Chen Weihua helped Ma Chunying to fetch firewood and water, Ma Chunying also left him at home to eat, and she and the doll were reluctant to eat her eggs at home, and they were all kept for Chen Weihua to eat. One after another, the feelings of the two people are deepening day by day, and neither one can be separated from the other.
In the autumn of 1978, there were still two male Zhiqing left in the eleven Beijing Zhiqing who had joined the liujiahe three teams, one was Chen Weihua and the other was Wang Guoqing, the other zhiqing all left Liujiahe through recruitment, and one male Zhiqing returned to Beijing through illness withdrawal procedures. Chen Weihua also had two opportunities to recruit workers to enter the city, but he voluntarily gave up. Chen Weihua also repeatedly asked Ma Chunying to get married, but Ma Chunying has been hesitating, mainly because she sees that the young people are returning to the city one after another, and she is worried that Chen Weihua will return to the city sooner or later. Knowing Ma Chunying's thoughts, Chen Weihua swore to her: "Sister Chunying, you can rest assured, I will never leave Liu Jiahe in my lifetime, I promise to be good to you and Mai Ling (Ma Chunying's daughter) for the rest of my life, and I am serious about this feeling." ”
The following summer, Wang Guoqing also recruited workers to enter the city, And Chen Weihua was left alone in the liujiahe three teams (the other production teams still had Beijing Zhiqing who had not left), and Captain Liu did work many times, so that he could also find an opportunity to go to the city as a worker. Chen Weihua said what was in his heart, he said: "Captain, I haven't left yet, I just can't let go of Ma Chunying, I want to marry her as an aunt." Captain Liu told Ma Chunying what Chen Weihua said, and Ma Chunying cried.
Not long after, Ma Chunying wrapped the lamb stuffed dumplings and asked Mai Ling to go to Zhiqingdian to call Chen Weihua. That night, Chen Weihua stayed at Ma Chunying's house. The next day, Chen Weihua went out to work in the mountains, Ma Chunying made an exception and did not go out to work in the mountains, she stayed at home, went to Zhiqingdian to take Chen Weihua's dirty clothes and sheets home, she wanted to help Chen Weihua wash it. While washing clothes, a letter was found in her pocket, and Ma Chunying asked Mai Ling to read it to her.
The letter, from Beijing and addressed to him by Chen Weihua's father, reads as follows:
Weihua:
Your mother is sick, very sick. In order to be with a small widow in the countryside of northern Shaanxi, you don't even want your parents, your heart is fierce enough. Your mother has long said hello to the unit, and when you come back, she will retire and let you take over. You're the eldest in the family, your sisters are married, you're wandering like this, we really don't see anyone. This is my last letter to you, your parents and the little widow you can only choose one, if you receive the letter if you come back immediately, or our good son, if you don't come back, we will not give birth to you, and you want to step into the house half a step later...
Before the letter was finished, Ma Chunying's tears could no longer be controlled, and she ran back to the kiln to cry for half a day before wiping away her tears to help Chen Weihua wash her clothes and put them on the clothesline. At lunchtime, Ma Chunying took the letter to Captain Liu's house, and she told Captain Liu the contents of the letter.
After finishing work in the evening, Chen Weihua came to Ma Chunying's house again, Ma Chunying made good food for Chen Weihua, and when Chen Weihua ate dinner, Ma Chunying knelt down in front of Chen Weihua and choked and said: "Weihua, oh (I) sorry for you, oh (I) my sister-in-law introduced an object to Oh (I) as a public rice bowl, and people said that when Oh (I) marry over, you can turn into a city hukou and eat state treasury grain." In order for Mai Ling to have a good future, oh (I) promised others, and also accepted the engagement dowry of others..." "Sister Chunying, how can you, how can you do this?" Chen Weihua was just about to reach out and pull Ma Chunying, who was kneeling on the ground, when he suddenly froze and his face changed.
Ma Chunying wiped a handful of tears from his face and choked up: "Weihua, oh (I) can't help it, oh (I) know that you are good to Oh (I) mother, you have also helped Oh (I) a lot, in order to repay you, Oh (I) wrapped dumplings for you, washed your clothes, and gave you your body, do you still want Oh (me) to do it?" Or (I) will die in front of you. Ma Chunying finished speaking, stood up and ran to the kiln palm, picked up a pair of scissors, and aimed it at his neck.
Chen Weihua wanted to snatch the scissors off, and Ma Chunying cut a bloody slit in his hand and neck and said loudly, "Are you going to watch Oh (me) die in front of you?" Looking at Ma Chunying's madness, Chen Weihua had to walk out of Ma Chunhua's earthen kiln. The next day, he came to Ma Chunying's house again, and Ma Chunying suddenly picked up the scissors, crying and making trouble, and Chen Weihua had to retreat.
A few days later, Chen Weihua received the relevant procedures for replacement and the certificate of household registration permission sent by his father, and soon Chen Weihua completed the procedures for returning to Beijing and left Liujiahe. On the day Chen Weihua left Liu Jiahe, Captain Liu drove Chen Weihua to the commune bus station with the donkey cart in the team. When Chen Weihua was about to get on the bus, Captain Liu said uncomfortably: "Weihua, go back to Beijing and be filial to your parents, you are a good descendant, Chunying is also a good woman, but unfortunately you two do not have this fate." ”
With reluctance and helplessness, Chen Weihua left Liujiahe. After returning to Beijing, Chen Weihua took over his mother's position and worked as a financial officer in the printing and dyeing factory. Two years later, he and a female worker six years younger than him received a marriage license and formed a happy family.
Years later, Chen Weihua learned the truth of the matter, and it turned out that Ma Chunying had staged a bitter plan to force Chen Weihua to return to her parents. After Chen Weihua left LiuJiahe, Ma Chunying never remarried. In 2011, Ma Chunying followed his daughter Mai Ling to the county seat and lived with her daughter and son-in-law. Knowing the truth of the matter, Chen Weihua's heart was as painful as a knife cut, and he said that he was in love with Ma Chunying and he was serious.
In the early winter of 2015, while Ma Chunying was ill and hospitalized in Yan'an, Chen Weihua and two Beijing Zhiqing who had joined the team in Liujiahe visited Ma Chunying in Yan'an, and he paid 15,000 yuan for Ma Chunying's medical expenses. Ma Chunying's daughter Mai Ling insisted on returning the fifteen thousand yuan, and Chen Weihua choked and said, "Mai Ling, if you still recognize me as an uncle, don't mention the matter of repaying the money again." At that time, I taught you to read and took you as a daughter, but what happened later..." Listening to Chen Weihua's words, Mai Ling choked up and called uncle Weihua and threw himself into his arms.
After so many years, whenever he talked about his love affair with Ma Chunying that had no ending, Chen Weihua said that he was still unforgettable, and when he thought of Ma Chunying, he felt uncomfortable in his heart.
Author: Grassroots writer