On the second day after returning to Yuanping from the county seat, Liu Yan took his work report book, walked out of the brigade headquarters, and walked toward the fields.

After all, he is still the scorekeeper of the production team. Not only must he accurately register each member's work points, but he must also assume the duties of a supervisor and inspector.

Liu Yan basically has the final say on whether the members do a good job and how many work points they can receive.

Of course, if members are dissatisfied, they can report it to the team leader or branch secretary, who will then make the final decision.

Liu Yan first walked around the dry land in the east. Potatoes are grown here. At present, the work of the commune members is mainly to hoe and loosen the soil.

Compared with hoeing wheat, millet, corn, etc., the work of hoeing potato fields is relatively easy.

Because potato fields are larger than other crops in terms of spacing between seedlings and width of ridges, there is no need to worry about the seedlings being damaged by the hoe when hoeing.

Because of this, when assigning tasks, the team usually gives such tasks to younger children or female educated youths who are not very skilled in farm work.

The 400 acres of potato fields to the east have been hoeed for nearly a week, and now less than one-fifth is left.

According to the production schedule, hoeing must be completed in these two days, otherwise it will affect the subsequent plowing of the soybean field.

Liu Yan first stood on a slope and took a look. He didn't find anything completed ahead of schedule, so he walked down the slope and walked into the ground.

Seeing Liu Yan coming to check the progress of the task, the members greeted him one after another.

Although quite a few people look down on Liu Yan's behavior of eating soft food, no one dares to say anything to his face.

After all, no one wants to offend him, the powerful scorer.

Liu Yan also responded to the greetings from the members one by one, with a very gentle attitude.

Although Yuanping Village is remote and isolated, the people here are still very simple.

Although not all people are good people, there are also bad apples like Huang Guozhu, Huang Huanggang and his son, but the vast majority of people are still kind.

For example, regarding the attitude towards educated youth who go to the mountains and countryside, bullying of educated youths occurs from time to time in other regions and other villages.

It was originally a progressive thing for educated youth to go to the mountains and countryside to join the queue.

However, due to insufficient preparations across the country at that time, and excessive emphasis on the political factors of receiving re-education from poor and lower-middle peasants, many local farmers misunderstood.

In the eyes of many ordinary people who do not understand the policy, these young people either come to take their jobs because they have no food to eat in the city.

Either they came down to undergo labor reform because of family problems.

In some places, due to limited conditions, educated youths have to live in the homes of commune members for a long time, which is why so many conflicts and problems have intensified.

However, these things have never happened in Yuanping Village.

Although the commune members were dissatisfied with some of the behaviors of the educated youth, they did not criticize them too much and they got along fairly harmoniously with each other.

Liu Yan, who was reborn into this world, is now a member of the educated youth and is very grateful to the people in the village from the bottom of his heart.

I heard a person from the village committee standing at the edge of the field, shouting Liu Yan's name loudly into the field, saying that there was a call from the brigade headquarters from the county.

Liu Yan rushed to the brigade headquarters and found out that the call was from Wang Qiang.

Wang Qiang said to Liu Yan on the phone: "I'm sorry, Brother Liu, my dad asked me to tell you that he has to think about what we talked about yesterday..."

Wang Qiang's words caught Liu Yan off guard and he was stunned!

Liu Yan thought to himself: This matter is inherently mutually beneficial and a win-win situation.

Firstly, it does not violate the rules, secondly, it does not break the law, and thirdly, it does not engage in crooked ways. It just requires fair competition.

Could it be that Wang Yufeng has something unspeakable to hide?

Such a move came suddenly. Not to mention how to explain it to Fan Yanping, I couldn't overcome this hurdle in my heart!

"Wang Qiang, what do you think is the reason that caused your father's attitude to suddenly change 180 degrees?"

Wang Qiang pondered for a moment on the other end of the phone and said, "I don't think the key to this matter is my dad. Maybe he has something to hide..."

Liu Yan continued: "Are there other factors involved here? For example, it involves someone he cannot offend..."

"Brother Liu, you mean that the current bamboo products supplier of the County Supply and Marketing Cooperative was introduced by someone?" Wang Qiang asked on the other end of the phone.

Liu Yan nodded: "It is entirely possible. And this relationship must involve the interests of some people.

If your father agrees to our request, it will be difficult for him to explain to this person...

Who is the relationship behind this supplier? This is what we urgently need to know as soon as possible.

Wang Qiang, in the past two days, you should find out as soon as possible who is putting pressure on your father here?"

"Okay! Brother Liu, I understand."

"Without further delay, remember! Don't alert others. I don't want this matter to affect your father. I just want to find the person behind it."

"I understand! Don't worry."

…

Putting down the phone, Liu Yan couldn't wait to hang up the phone to Pei Xiaohong.

On the phone, Liu Yan told Pei Xiaohong about the plan to build a bamboo factory in Yuanping Village.

"That's a good thing! How can I help?"

"With your words, I feel relieved!" Liu Yan said with a smile: "Now, we have encountered a problem and we need your cooperation with Wang Qiang..."

"Wang Qiang?"

"right!"

Then, Liu Yan told Pei Xiaohong about the situation at the county supply and marketing cooperative yesterday morning and the sudden change in the situation that Wang Qiang mentioned on the phone just now.

"Don't alarm your dad about this matter yet! Just cooperate with Wang Qiang and figure out the cause of the matter as soon as possible." Liu Yan said on the phone.

"No problem! Being able to contribute to Yuanping Village is also the responsibility and obligation of us educated youths. Just rest assured! I have a way!" Pei Xiaohong said.

After putting down the phone, Liu Yan calmed down for a moment, then left the brigade headquarters and walked toward the fields.

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[Author's digression]: The long serial novel "Rebirth in 1976 Begins as an Educated Youth" begins in the 1970s and ends in the 21st century, with the main story line spanning more than forty years.

This work is different from many works that describe the official promotion of students from poor families. It mainly describes the children of cadres in Jiangning Province, represented by Liu Yan, who experienced the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. After graduating from university in the early 1980s, they voluntarily gave up their careers in ministries and commissions and the province.

The opportunity of the municipal government requires the step-by-step growth process after entering rural grassroots work...

The experiences of that year enabled them to learn to calmly, comprehensively and deeply understand the national conditions and people's conditions, especially the actual situation in rural areas.

They have seen and experienced with their own eyes how huge the difference between urban and rural areas is, how unbalanced regional development is, how poor the vast rural areas are, and the contrast in people's ideological concepts and culture.

They have done their best in the movement to go to the mountains and countryside, in the social projects to change the poverty and backwardness of rural areas, and in the construction of material and spiritual civilization in rural areas, and have achieved indelible achievements.

At the same time, they also clearly realized a reality, that is: to completely change the face of rural poverty, it is not only about getting rid of material poverty, but also about spiritual poverty alleviation, and there is a long way to go.

Going to the mountains and countryside has made them consciously or unconsciously develop a belief in life that is unwilling to lag behind, unwilling to sink, and to forge ahead.

Cultivate the political character of understanding the national conditions and people's sentiments, caring about the destiny of the nation, and hoping for the steady development of the country.
Chapter completed!