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In that special era, many aspiring young people chose to build rural areas, realize their ideals and ambitions, and finally return to the cities to distribute jobs.
There are also many people who choose to stay in the countryside in the end, Zhang Zhiyuan is one of them, but the reason why he chose to stay in the countryside is puzzling to the people around him.
It was the age of 20 years of youth, and the future was infinitely possible, but he restarted a family with a 31-year-old widow in a rural area with four children, and no matter what the point of view, the two were not suitable.
So what is the reason for him, a vigorous and aspiring young man, to choose such a life? What kind of choice and perseverance did he make in that era?
Educated youths who stayed in the mountains
In 1980, China's economy boomed, and the wave of going to the mountains and the countryside gradually ended.
A few years ago, in response to the country's call to go to the mountains and countryside, aspiring young people can also return to the city, which is a moment in the hearts of countless educated youth.
Life in the countryside has made them no longer have the vigor they had at the beginning, and only the belief in their hearts to return to the city supports them and gives them the motivation to persevere.
In 1980, in a mountain village in Sichuan, the young Zhang Zhiyuan was also informed that he had the opportunity to return to the city, and he was very surprised to get the news.
He dreamed of this moment, he missed his family and food in the city, and he wanted to see what the city had become.
But excitement is excitement, he no longer has the passion that he desperately wanted to go back to, and all that remains is the responsibility on his body.
He looked back at the four children who were waiting to be fed and looked at his wife with a nervous face, how could he live as an orphan and a widow when he was gone.
Thinking about it, he finally refused the opportunity to return to the city, so Zhang Zhiyuan, a young intellectual, stayed in the countryside where he wanted to escape most all his life, raising 6 children.
From a young man to a twilight old man, he can no longer see his original high-spirited appearance, and the people around him all regret his choice.
As an intellectual, he could have had a better life when he returned to the city, and he made this choice because of a promise he made at the beginning......
Answer the call
In the early sixties of the mainland, the people of the country were in an era when they did not have enough to eat due to natural disasters and historical reasons.
Grain production has been greatly reduced, and the rural people who farm the land have no food to eat, let alone those in the cities, and the economy is very depressed.
The development of various industries is not so good, let alone whether there are opportunities for work, and this time coincides with a group of young people who are in need of employment.
It is urgent to solve the employment problem, and there will be big problems for this group of young people to have no jobs, so the state will let them build the countryside with a big hand.
In order to alleviate the problem of lack of jobs, under the call of this policy, Zhang Zhiyuan, a young man from Chongqing, is also ready to go to the countryside with the ambition of being fearless and serving the country.
Originally, he imagined it very well, as a cultured and educated young intellectual, he couldn't do anything, all problems were not problems, just waiting for him to become famous.
In this way, in 1972, he came to a county in Sichuan Province and began to live in a queue.
The food he eats every day is very unaccustomed, and he often can't eat enough, and Zhang Zhiyuan is dizzy and hungry every day, not to mention building a rural area to realize his ambitions.
Not to mention that he can't carry a scholar who can't lift his shoulders and can't carry his hands to do farm work, he has always been the most favored child in the family, and he has never even done housework.
He was tormented every day, and he couldn't remember his ambitions anymore, and he wrote to his parents every day asking when he could return.
After receiving a negative answer, Zhang Zhiyuan gradually began to force himself to adapt to life in the countryside, where he also met a big brother.
The eldest brother's name is Yu Linhai, who is very warm-hearted, and often helps the educated youths who are not skilled in farm work, especially Zhang Zhiyuan.
He was 12 years older than Zhang Zhiyuan, and Zhang Zhiyuan called him Brother Yu, and he noticed Zhang Zhiyuan's anxious mood.
Help Zhang Zhiyuan when he can't finish his farm work, so that he can earn his work and not be hungry all the time.
Brother Yu's wife is named Hu Tingxiu, and she is also very kind, often looking at Zhang Zhiyuan with a smile, and the couple love him as a younger brother.
This made Zhang Zhiyuan involuntarily think of his brother and sister-in-law who were far away at home, and he unconsciously became closer to them.
Zhang Zhiyuan, as a hairy boy, is very careless and can't take care of himself, sometimes Zhang Zhiyuan doesn't know that his clothes or shoes are torn.
Thanks to Yu Linhai's carefulness, he would let Zhang Zhiyuan take it off when he saw it, and he took it home for his wife to make up for it, which helped Zhang Zhiyuan a lot.
Another time, Zhang Zhiyuan's shoes were broken, and he had to work again the next day, so he couldn't wear shoes, so Yu Linhai gave Zhang Zhiyuan the new shoes his wife made for him.
The moment Zhang Zhiyuan saw the shoes, his heart was full of emotion, he knew that Sister-in-law Yu had been making these shoes for a long time.
There are still 4 children to take care of at home, and the youngest child is inseparable from people, so Sister-in-law Yu can only make shoes for a while at night, and it takes a long time to finish them.
The family has a heavy burden, so Brother Yu has to do more work every day, and he doesn't dare to take leave or be lazy easily, so as to ensure that the family is not hungry.
At the same time, he also enthusiastically helped Zhang Zhiyuan to work, many times Zhang Zhiyuan said that he didn't need to help him, but Brother Yu didn't listen, and often dragged his tired body to help Zhang Zhiyuan do farm work after finishing his farm work.
Zhang Zhiyuan could only make up for it from somewhere else, so he went to Yu Linhai's house to teach the two older children to read and write when he was fine.
Yu Linhai often said that he was uneducated, and he suffered a big loss all his life if he was illiterate, and he was very envious of Zhang Zhiyuan's culture and knowledge of many words.
If it weren't for the poor conditions of his family, he also hoped that his children could read and write like Zhang Zhiyuan.
This sentence was remembered by Zhang Zhiyuan, and every day he would return home with Yu Linhai when he got off work at night to teach children to read.
Then for a while, he found that he had never seen Yu Linhai, whether he was doing farm work or at home.
He was also very puzzled, he would see Brother Yu almost every day, he hadn't seen him for several days, and he knew that Brother Yu had entered the hospital after questioning.
When he heard this, he rushed to the hospital, but the scene he saw when he arrived at the hospital made him unforgettable......
Hospital parting
After Zhang Zhiyuan rushed to the hospital, he learned that Yu Linhai had been hospitalized for several days, and he was afraid that he would be worried and did not notify him.
He asked Brother Yu what kind of illness he had, and Brother Yu only said that it was a minor problem and would be fine in a few days, but looked at Brother Yu's sunken cheeks after not seeing him for a few days.
Zhang Zhiyuan knew that things were not simple, but Brother Yu didn't want to say it, so he didn't ask, so he could only try his best to take care of the family and help his sister-in-law do any heavy work at home.
He always thought that Brother Yu would be fine soon, but he didn't expect to see him for the last time.
In the hospital ward, Brother Yu was already dying, and he looked at the door eagerly, as if he was waiting for something.
It wasn't until the moment Zhang Zhiyuan's figure appeared at the door that there was a trace of relief in his eyes, and Zhang Zhiyuan hurriedly came to his side and put his ear close to him to listen to what he said.
Brother Yu said that he was most at ease with his four children and his wife, and he was afraid that their lives would not go on.
is also afraid that they will be bullied if there is no man in the family, and he hopes that Zhang Zhiyuan can take care of them for him if he has the ability.
It's come to this moment, Zhang Zhiyuan naturally agreed without thinking about it, without considering that he himself is also a half-grown son who is not married.
After Brother Yu died of illness, he often went to the house to take care of his sister-in-law and several children, and after Brother Yu's death, he made the orphans and widows feel that there were still pillars in the family.
But then there are also rumors and rumors from the villagers, after all, one is a widow who is easy to get into trouble, and the other is a young man with strong blood.
It is inevitable that people will not gossip, it is okay for a day or two, but it is impossible to ignore it after a long time, although Zhang Zhiyuan's heart is frank.
But I can't bear that there are always people who like to chew the root of the tongue behind their backs, and after a long time, Sister-in-law Yu began to resist Zhang Zhiyuan's help.
The children also began to reject contact with Zhang Zhiyuan because of the rumors outside, which made him very uncomfortable, but he couldn't let the orphans and widows bully him.
But how can he take care of them openly? Zhang Zhiyuan made a major decision, he wanted to marry Hu Tingxiu......
Start a family
Originally, he had a good impression of Hu Tingxiu, and after the death of Brother Yu, she also took care of her children and family alone.
I never thought of giving up, nor did I cry out about suffering and tiredness, so that a few women can easily do it.
She is a good woman who deserves to be cherished, and after Zhang Zhiyuan expressed his intention to marry her, Hu Tingxiu was also surprised.
She herself is 11 years older than Zhang Zhiyuan, he is only 20 years old, she is 31 years old, and she has 4 children.
Zhang Zhiyuan hasn't talked about the object yet, isn't it dragging him down, she is afraid that he is impulsive because he is young, for fear that he will regret it.
But seeing that Zhang Zhiyuan had no intention of giving up, he still insisted on taking care of his family all the time, and he looked very serious.
Hu Tingxiu also knew that starting a family with Zhang Zhiyuan was the best choice for herself and her children, so she agreed.
In 1974, Zhang Zhiyuan and Hu Tingxiu formed a family, although their marriage was not as vigorous as others.
But life is also quite happy, but when the two first got married, they were also talked about by a lot of people, no matter how they looked at it, they didn't match each other, but as long as they were happy, it would be fine.
The two had two more children after marriage, plus the previous 4 children, a total of 6 children to raise, and Zhang Zhiyuan did not dare to rest for a moment.
But this kind of life gave him a sense of belonging and felt unprecedentedly steady, not only did he have the bonds of his family, but also fulfilled Brother Yu's entrustment.
After learning that he could return to the city, Zhang Zhiyuan also chose to stay in the countryside to take care of the family and gave up the opportunity to return to the city.
But he has never regretted it, he has been in the countryside all his life at the age of 70, his family conditions have been greatly improved, and his six children have all started a family.
Zhang Zhiyuan recalled the past as if they were all in front of him when he was old, and his heart still swelled with infinite emotion.
Zhang Zhiyuan has been worthy of his heart, family and lover all his life, and has truly achieved the mission of taking root in the countryside and building a beautiful countryside.
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Many people may think that Zhang Zhiyuan's choice will be a little stupid, and he will give up his good years and beautiful life for a promise, but those who understand will naturally understand his persistence.
Resources
Memoirs of Educated Youth
"Love in Bashan"
The Story of a Chongqing Educated Youth, a Widow and Six Children in a Mountain Village
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