The next day. Early morning!
In his sleep, Zhou Yang heard a babbling sound in his ears, and he opened his eyes with great effort.
What comes into view is the familiar newspaper "like layer" (the roof covered with newspapers). The big characters of "People's Daily" are very eye-catching. Zhou Yang can see it every day when he opens his eyes.
Knowing that he was now at his own home, Zhou Yang breathed a sigh of relief.
But what followed was a stinging pain in his head and a nauseating retching in his throat, which made him frown.
Yes, he drank too much again last night, and he was more drunk than ever before!
Perhaps because parting was imminent, everyone let go during dinner last night, including Zhou Yang himself.
He could only drink 2 taels of wine yesterday, but he drank four glasses, almost 4 taels of wine.
Although he set a new record for his drinking capacity, there is a price to pay for breaking the limit. For example, he didn't know how he came back last night or what happened next. He was broken!
In addition, at this time, Zhou Yang felt that his whole body was weak and his head was dizzy.
It seemed like he was seriously ill, very uncomfortable!
Shaking his dizzy head, Zhou Yang got up from the bed and prepared to get dressed.
But he glanced around the kang from behind the kang and didn't see his clothes.
Then the other quilts on the kang have been folded and stacked, but Li Youwei and the three children are not there.
Fortunately, there was a "tapping" sound from the bellows in the kitchen outside. I thought my wife from home should be cooking in the kitchen.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yang immediately shouted loudly: "Daughter-in-law, where are my clothes?"
Li Youwei, who heard the commotion, came in wearing an apron. When she saw Zhou Yang woke up, she immediately asked: "Do you feel uncomfortable? Do you want to drink some warm water first?"
"No, where are my clothes?"
"I washed it for you. When you came back yesterday, you were vomiting all over the place and your clothes were all dirty!"
As she spoke, Li Youwei opened the big red cabinet, took out a clean set of cadre uniforms, and handed it to Zhou Yang.
And Zhou Yang said with some embarrassment: "Well... yesterday was really a bit..."
"You don't need to explain, I know how you feel!"
Then Li Youwei said again: "You should get up and wash up quickly. The loudspeaker in the village has just announced that the educated youth will leave the village and return to the city soon. Party Secretary Wang asked everyone to see them off at the entrance of the village!"
"OK!"
While talking, Zhou Yang quickly put on his clothes and prepared to wash up and eat!
As soon as he arrived at the main room, he saw a scene that shocked him.
I saw that the red brick floor of the main room was filled with all kinds of gifts, including milk powder, canned food, ham sausage, malted milk, etc. The variety and quantity were jaw-dropping.
"Where did these things come from? Could it be that Lao Cui and the others sent them here?" Zhou Yang said.
"Well, it was Cui Zhiqing and the others who sent it here..."
"How come I don't know anything about what happened?" Zhou Yang frowned.
"Half an hour ago, I saw you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't wake you up!"
Then Li Youwei said again: "I know what they mean. I didn't want to accept it at first, but I couldn't bear their firm attitude..."
Before Li Youwei finished speaking, Zhou Yang said: "They are determined to give it away, there is no point in refusing!"
"Um..."
Just as he was talking, the loudspeaker in the village rang without warning, and the voice of the village party secretary Wang Ping came from inside: "Comrade members and comrades, please pay attention. The educated youth have already started loading the cars. Please hurry up... ."
Hearing Wang Ping's urging, Zhou Yang quickly washed his face, drank a bowl of warm millet porridge, and prepared to take Li Youwei out.
In the next room, Chen Beixuan and Tan Shiqing, who had been here for a long time, were teasing Dabao and Xiaobao with Huang Rufeng, making the two little guys giggle.
Hearing Li Youwei's greeting, the two of them immediately walked out of the house.
Afterwards, the group of people hurried to the entrance of the village.
Today's weather is not very good. The cold northwest wind is howling, which makes people's faces hurt.
The big bare trees were blowing by the cold wind, and their branches were constantly waving, making a "crackling" sound.
But this is the norm in Saibei Province during winter and spring, and everyone is used to it.
The only good thing is that it hasn't snowed these days, otherwise the educated youths' return to the city would have been put on hold.
When Zhou Yang and others arrived at the entrance of the village, both sides of the gravel road were already lined with members of the commune.
In addition to village cadres such as Wang Ping, Zhang Genwang, and Liang Feng, Zhou Yang also saw his father-in-law Li Fengnian and several uncles and sisters-in-law in the crowd.
He even saw Fan Debiao, Liu Yunlong and their two pregnant ladies.
Li Qian has been pregnant for more than half a year, and Wu Zhina has been pregnant for more than five months, and her belly is obviously pregnant.
Today, the two families came together to see off these educated youths. On the one hand, Fan Debiao and Liu Yunlong had been in the village for almost two years. Due to Zhou Yang's relationship, they were all familiar with these educated youths.
Especially with Cui Jinjin, Wang Pingan, Bai Yang, Xu Siping and other activists, they get along like friends.
In addition, Uzhina and Li Qian are teachers at the school and colleagues with Wang Ping'an and others. Now that these people are going back to the city, they naturally want to give them a send-off.
At this time, although everyone was chatting in small groups, their eyes were looking towards the educated youth point from time to time, waiting for the arrival of the educated youth.
Seeing Zhou Yang coming, Li Fengnian immediately waved to him and motioned for him to come over!
After arriving at his father-in-law's side, Zhou Yang immediately said: "Dad, you didn't go to the commune?"
"Send the person away first before going!"
Then Li Fengnian looked at his daughter and son-in-law, and said again: "Where are the children? Have they been sent to the old house?"
"They are at home. It's too cold today, so I didn't take them out to avoid catching a cold." Zhou Yang said.
"It's really cold!"
Then Li Fengnian looked at the direction of the educated youth point and said with a complicated expression: "Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, you educated youths have been in the village for almost ten years."
"I remember that when you first came here, you guys were a little bit reluctant to see you, but now that I'm leaving, you're still a little bit reluctant to leave!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Ping and others immediately echoed: "Who says it's not the case? I remember that in the first few years, the village members often had conflicts with the educated youths. I didn't expect them to leave so quickly and leave no one behind! "
"Who said there aren't any left? Isn't Zhou educated youth still there?"
"Yes, yes, Zhou Zhiqing is still here. He is the only educated youth in our village who has not been admitted to college!"
"Hahaha..."
.........
Listening to the big guys talking, Zhou Yang showed a hint of helplessness. The object of discussion suddenly became him.
It's like this wherever he is, and everyone will unconsciously bring the topic to him.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yang said with a smile: "It seems that I am not going to be admitted to college. If I had known that I would also take the college entrance examination with Xiaowei and the others, maybe I would be packing my bags now!"
"Don't scare us, this joke is not good at all!" Wang Ping said with a smile.
Zhang Genwang also echoed: "You are our big village chief, and the village cannot do without you!"
"Zhou Zhiqing, you can't leave us alone, we are still waiting to live a good life with you!"
"It's just...it's just, you can't think about it..."
Listening to everyone's words to "advise" him not to be impulsive, Zhou Yang couldn't help but tease everyone.
At this moment, a "dah-dah" sound suddenly came from the distance, crisp and a bit harsh...
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(tractors from the 1960s and 1970s)
(female tractor driver)
