Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 532: Little Fanboy
"Hello, comrade!"

Looking at a group of young students gathered together, Yang Xiaole went over and shouted.

This is the gathering point of Dingbian County, which he already knew through chatting.

Because although Dingbian belongs to YL city, it is closer to Yan A, and Yulin also belongs to Yan A.

A young man looked at them and smiled: "Hello! What can I do for you?"

The accent has a slight flavor of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai areas.

Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "Excuse me, are the educated youth from Dingbian County gathering here? When will they set off?"

Seeing that he was also wearing a green military uniform, the other party thought he was also an educated youth and shook his head: "I guess he will leave soon, but you have to ask the leader. Where is he~"

Yang Xiaole looked at the person he pointed at and nodded: "Okay, thank you. I'll go ask."

After saying that, he walked towards the people over there.

There were three middle-aged men there smoking and chatting!

"Hello, comrade!"

Yang Xiaole went over and said hello.

The three of them looked at him curiously, and one of them said, "Hello, what are you doing?"

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole took out cigarettes and handed them to a few people.

"Comrade, my brother is joining the team in Dingbian. I want to go to Dingbian with you. Is it possible? Here is my certificate!"

As he spoke, he took out the certificate.

Naturally, you have to bring a certificate when you come.

This is naturally not a problem for him.

The other party took it and looked at it.

Then she returned the things to him: "Okay, but you have to wait a moment. The car hasn't arrived yet. It's already three hours late. We'll set off when the people arrive."

Only then did he take the cigarette.

Yang Xiaole gave one to each of the other two, then asked, "Comrade, what's your name?"

"Oh, my last name is Xun, you can just call me Xun to do the work."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole blinked.

This reminded him of Xun Wukong's grandson in later generations, who seemed to be from the Shaanxi-Gan generation.

I was afraid I heard it wrong, so I asked, "What's the Sun in Sun Wukong?"

"Hey, pile! Xun Wukong's Xun."

Yang Xiaole's mouth twitched and he nodded: "Okay, Secretary Sun, I'll wait for you here."

The other person nodded.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole left the place and came to the vicinity of the educated youth.

"Comrade, judging from your accent, you must be from BJ!"

While he was thinking, a young man asked him a question.

Yang Xiaole looked at the other person, who was about 20 years old, and nodded with a smile: "Yeah, from BJ, you too!"

"Yes! We are all from No. 4 Middle School. My name is Zhou Yuan. Where are you from?"

"Oh, I'm from No. 8 Middle School!"

Yang Xiaole was naturally familiar with Heshang No. 4 Middle School, and at that time, it was called No. 6 Middle School together with No. 8 Middle School and No. 468 Middle School.

Outside the city, Tsinghua High School is the leader, while inside the city, their three middle schools are naturally the leaders.

It's a rare opportunity to meet an old acquaintance, so naturally we chatted for a while longer.

And the other party is also a senior high school student.

The other person was muttering: "Hey, I know your school. There's Chen Xiaolu and Yao Bo. They were very famous back then..."

Someone nearby was saying, "Hey, they have another one, the Red Eighth Company, whose commander is Yang Xiaole. Chen Xiaolu and Yao Bo are in charge of external affairs, while Yang Xiaole is in charge of internal affairs. He is also an incredible figure!"

Yang Xiaole felt weird after hearing this.

Just smiled and nodded.

At this moment, Zhou Yuan remembered to ask his name: "Oh, by the way, I forgot to ask your name!"

"Oh, your last name is Yang."

"Yang Zhiqing! Do you know Yang Xiaole?"

"Yeah, I've seen it."

……

Several people were chatting there.

It’s normal for cars to be late these days, and we may not be able to depart today!
Fortunately, an hour later, around four o'clock, a large crowd of people came out of the station.

The whole square was in chaos, with roars coming one after another, as everyone was looking for their own team.

In Dingbian County, after a chaotic gathering, the people were counted.

Finally, more than fifty people got on the truck that had been prepared long ago.

Yang Xiaole naturally got into the car after getting consent.

Two Jiefang trucks.

"Hey, Yang Zhiqing, come quickly!"

Zhou Yuan took the seat and greeted him, and Yang Xiaole naturally sat down.

It was cold, and the back of the car was covered with a layer of tarpaulin, so we couldn’t see what was happening outside.

It was pitch black inside, with only cracks for light to come through.

The same is also ventilated.

Yang Xiaole sat there, looking at the excited people, and asked with a smile: "By the way, how long will it take to get there?"

It's already past five o'clock, and it will be dark in an hour or two.

Definitely not.

"It's estimated that we won't be able to reach the county seat until the day after tomorrow. We are said to pass through Zhidan and Wuqi counties along the way. We will rest in Zhidan County at night and go directly to Dingyuan County tomorrow morning. When we arrive in the county, the commune will come to pick us up, and then the brigade will come to pick us up after we get to the commune."

Yang Xiaole nodded.

This is if someone picks up the phone.

A journey of two or three hundred kilometers may take three days.

But think about where I am in Northeast China and it’s the same.

Then just stayed there quietly.

We have sung everything we need to sing along the way. We are so tired from the long journey that even young people don’t have much energy to sing.

Moreover, the car started to shake about ten minutes after it left the train station.

It took us until 80: in the evening to reach our destination, a distance of more than kilometers.

In the warehouse arranged by the county, I ate some porridge and steamed buns.

I stayed there all night.

The next morning, at daybreak, everyone was called up, took a few steamed buns, and got on the bus to continue their journey.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the car arrived at the county town.

When he arrived at the place, it was naturally the same as when he had been sent to work in the countryside before, with the major communes arranging to pick him up.

There was no one assigned to the commune that Yang Xiaole went to this time.

Without navigation, he naturally couldn't find the place.

Fortunately, we found a convoy and discussed with them and decided to go to the other party's commune first, because the other party's commune was only 30 kilometers away from Dongyao Commune where Xizi was.

After saying goodbye to Zhou Yuan, I got in the car and continued on my way.

At around 3:30 in the afternoon, the car arrived at the commune.

If there are still more than thirty kilometers left, he will have to rely on himself.

Yang Xiaole asked about the approximate direction, then said goodbye and went to the commune committee alone.

Coming here naturally means to look at the map here.

There is a rough map, so the deviation will not be too big.

He quietly took a map of the county and then moved forward according to the approximate location on the map.

Outside the commune, the undulating plateau areas around it look particularly desolate in the cold winter.

Various kinds of dead grass are intertwined on the hillsides and tops of the mountains.

It's not all mountains.

Some are plateaus.

A landform formed by water erosion. It is terrace-shaped, with steep slopes around and a relatively flat top.

People and cars were walking in the ravine below.

After looking at the scenery, aim at the direction and move forward according to the approximate distance on the map.

Of course, he would not follow the map exactly.

Where some people and cars had to take a detour, he would just go straight across the plateau.

Standing on the plateau and looking at the nearby landforms gives one a very desolate feeling.

I also met some people on the road.

No communication.

An hour later, seeing a figure not far away, he quietly left the space and carried his big bag.

So as to avoid meeting Xizi’s acquaintances.

"Comrades!"

It was already past four o'clock. Five educated youth, three women and two men, came over, pulling the firewood they had just chopped on a cart.

Several people looked at each other, and one of the boys stood up; "Hello, what can I do for you?"

"Hello, I would like to ask, is this Budongyao Commune?"

Judging from the distance, it should be about the same.

Several people looked at each other and nodded: "Yes, this is Dongyao Commune. What do you do? Are you an educated youth?"

It doesn't look like it.

"No, I came to see my brother. He is working as an educated youth in Team 6 of Bailiugou Village, Dongyao Commune."

Several people looked at it suspiciously, "Team 6? This is Bailiugou, we are Team 2, and Team 6 is quite far from here."

When he heard that they were from the same large team, he was delighted.

Finally found it.

Then he quickly asked, "How do Team 6 go?"

Hearing this, the other party pointed to a plateau not far away and said, "It's over there. Do you see this plateau? There's another one over there, but you can't pass it through here. You have to take a detour from the front or the back. It's about ten kilometers away." He pointed around and gestured.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole looked at the ground with a big crack, smiled and nodded.

"Okay, thank you. I'll go look for it."

After saying goodbye to a few people, he set out on the road again.

Seeing several people pushing carts away, he quietly entered the space and appeared on the other side after a while. After walking for a while, he encountered a crack and reappeared on the other side.

After coming here, he has been much more careful.

Lest anyone see it.

Because you can often see people collecting firewood around here.

Gradually, we saw the first cave on a hillside and knew that we had found the place.

When I arrived at the place, I met the people there.

A young man wearing a sheepskin scarf and sheepskin clothes.

The other party was pulling a donkey cart with a large oil barrel on it.

But it seems that what is filled inside is not oil, but water.

"Fellow!"

Yang Xiaole looked at the other person and shouted.

The other person had dark skin and chapped lips. If he hadn't been able to tell that he was not very old, he would have thought he was in his thirties or forties.

The other party stopped the car and looked at him curiously.

Yang Xiaole was also puzzled and didn't say anything.

"Fellow countryman, is this Team 6 of Bailiugou?"

The other party nodded.

Looking at the other person's actions, Yang Xiaole understood that he might be a mute.

Then he said, "Um...fellow villager, I want to look for Yang Xiaoxi, the educated youth from BJ who came to work in the countryside. Do you know her?"

The other party nodded again.

"Can you take me to find him?"

He nodded again in response.

Then, I saw the other party pointing at a cave not far away, gestured, and pulled the donkey towards the hillside.

The hillside is not flat, and we still have to go around in twists and turns.

It looked close, but it took more than twenty minutes to reach the destination.

At this time, there were a few people in the village who were curious when they saw Yang Xiaole, but there was a hint of vigilance in their eyes.

The car stopped on the platform at the entrance of a cave.

There are two trees planted in the yard.

"The water is coming!"

Seeing them coming, a middle-aged woman came out of the cave with her three children.

Two women and one man.

The older one is eighteen or nineteen years old, and the younger one is a boy, about ten years old.

The four of them were stunned when they saw Yang Xiaole.

Looked at the mute.

The mute pointed to the cave.

Yang Xiaole also discovered that the mute's sign language did not seem very professional, and not all people in the village could understand it.

Seeing the other person's look, he finally said, "Auntie, I'm Yang Xiaoxi's brother, Yang Xiaole. I came to see him. Is he home?"

"Hey, are you Xizi's brother?"

The other party was also surprised.

Although the other party's words were very authentic, he still understood and nodded: "Yes! I am his brother, this is my proof."

Show the proof to the other party.

This thing has to be proven wherever it goes.

It is also needed when strangers come to the village.

The other party obviously couldn't read and just glanced at it.

The girl next to you who is slightly older than you smiled and said shyly, "Brother Xizi went to the plateau to collect firewood. He will be back soon."

"Oh, it's ok, I'll wait for him to come back. I'll leave my stuff there wherever he lives."

Hearing this, the girl looked at her mother.

At this time, a middle-aged man came out of the house. He was wearing woolen clothes and a sheepskin scarf on his head.

Coming out smoking welding fumes.

After a few people talked to each other, they instantly knew that this was the head of the family.

Yang Xiaole naturally gave a cigarette to the other party, and also gave one to the young man who was pulling him.

But the other party shook his head and refused.

Yang Xiaole didn't care either.

At this time, several girls took the things in their hands and went to get water.

There are 6 scoops in total.

I counted in my mind that there were five people in this family, plus Xizi, a total of six people.

Just enough water scoop for each person.

"Brother Xiaole, go in first. Brother Xizi will be back soon."

The oldest girl said to him.

Yang Xiaole nodded and followed the other party to a cave nearby.

The cave was not locked.

The door was pushed open directly.

But the girl didn't come in.

Yang Xiaole came in and looked around the room. There was a kang, which looked quite old.

There was a pile of things on the kang, and there was also a table in the room with a kerosene lamp on it.

The kang is different from the one in Northeast China. The kang stove in Northeast China is in the main room, while the one here is inside, and the kang is close to the door.

There were a lot of odds and ends in it, including clothes and wooden buckets.

He put the things on the kang and came out directly.

When he came out, the water delivery truck had already left.

"Uncle, don't bother me, I'll just take a look."

Yang Xiaole handed the other person another cigarette and spoke with a smile.

Hearing this, the other party nodded.

He gave some instructions to the woman next to him, who nodded and quickly asked the child to get on the kang.

Yang Xiaole felt strange for a moment.

He felt awkward because he felt like no one recognized him.

Stand there and look down.

After a while, standing below, I saw a group of people carrying firewood coming from a distance.

Feeling who it might be.

After waiting there for more than half an hour, the people going up the mountain separated in the village.

Two young men in military coats came in from outside carrying things.

Obviously, the two of them also saw Yang Xiaole.

Xizi still has good eyesight.

He ran over quickly with a pile of firewood on his back.

"Second brother, second brother."

I came here excitedly, with a happy face: "Why are you here? Aren't you in the Northeast?"

Yang Xiaole looked at Xizi in front of him who had become several shades darker.

He smiled and said, "I am worried! I am going to Hubei for something, so I will stop by to take a look. How come you are so tanned!"

Seeing this, Xizi put the things on his back in the yard.

The people following behind him looked at him curiously: "Yang Xiaole?"

Yang Xiaole looked at the other person and couldn't recognize him for a moment: "Do you know me?"

"Hi, everyone in our No. 8 Middle School knows you! My name is Song Yuchun, and I'm Xizi's classmate."

"Oh, hello, put your things down."

"Hey, good!"

The other party agreed and put the things down.

Seeing this, Xizi patted himself and came over, saying with a smile, "Go in quickly, it's cold outside."

After saying that, he walked into the house with a smile.

After Yang Xiaole came in, he smiled and said, "How is it? Did the Loess Plateau inspire you to write poetry?"

Xizi nodded and poured him some water while saying, "Hey, you don't know, here we rely on resale for food, relief for money, and loans for production. Even for drinking water, we have to go ten miles away to fetch water..."

Talking there in a crackling manner.

He placed the cup of water on the kang: "Take a sip of water, it's a little bitter. Just bear with it."

Yang Xiaole took the cup and looked at the turbid water. He didn't drink it in a hurry. He handed a cigarette to him and Song Yuchun who came over behind him.

Then he asked, "Is there no water in the village?"

"There were two before. One was dry for more than 20 years, and the other was dry a few years ago."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole nodded slightly.

This is the junction of seven counties (banners) in four provinces (regions) of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. In ancient times, there was a saying that "it connects to Yulin in the east, Gansu and Liang in the west, Huanqing in the south, and the desert in the north. It is a vast land and long border, and it is the fortress of Sanqin."

It is also a transition zone between the Loess Plateau and the desert grassland.

Water resources are extremely scarce.

But after the founding of the People's Republic of China, people can no longer relocate whenever they want, unlike before.

(End of this chapter)