Author: Xu Jianfan.
1. Origin: On a certain day in the spring of 1976, the county held a cable broadcasting conference. All the teachers and students of Daguan Middle School, where we are located, sat in the classroom and listened to the live broadcast from the loudspeaker. Before the end of the meeting, I was surprised by the voice of a leader, and I felt extremely cordial. The wife, who was listening silently, made the leader's Yantai accent widen his eyes in shock. My wife's concentration has reached the extreme, for fear of ignoring or mishearing a word of this leader. What are the characteristics of Yantai (Fushan) accent, I can't tell why, my wife, a native of Fushan, may not be able to say that she is ugly, but the intimacy of hearing the local accent in a foreign place is really unforgettable. The meeting was over, and when I got home, my wife was still immersed in the excitement of accidentally hearing the local voice, and she was talking to herself"Who is this fellow? "
In 1977, the county decided to build the Daguan Reservoir. One day after breakfast at the turn of spring and summer this year, the school leader came to his wife and said:"Teacher Zou, looking at the class schedule, you didn't have classes this morning, so I arranged a temporary job for you. Just received from the commune**, more than a dozen leaders from the county came to the site to inspect the dam site, and came to the school to rest after 10 o'clock in the morning. You tidy up the classroom in the southeasternmost corner, prepare tea, and when the leader comes, drink water and rest. "My wife is thin-boned, and it is difficult to do tasks such as moving tables, so I happened to be empty, so I went to help. 
When he was the leader of the Chinese Yellow Tobacco Team in Tanzania, the classroom was cleaned up, the tea was just ready, and more than a dozen leaders wore sunhats and trouser legs, and entered the temporary reception room in turn. My wife and I each carried teapots and poured water for the guests. One of the leaders politely thanked us while receiving the water glass. His mouth of Yantai surprised his wife very much. "Are you from Yantai? "The local voice in his ears actually changed his wife's habit of not liking to talk to the living, and took the initiative to ask the elder questions. The chubby, kind-looking elder smiled slightly and replied:"Right! What's the matter, you are also from Yantai? ″"I'm Fukuyama (san).""Which one is Fukuyama (san)? ""Fushan Castle (qing) north (bo) Yongfuyuan"。The back-and-forth of the Yantai (Fushan) accent mixed in the context of the Linqu accent in the house aroused the curiosity of the more than ten leaders present. A comrade asked the elder"Secretary Liu, have you met a fellow here? "Secretary Liu took a sip of tea and smiled slightly"Yes, a real fellow, our two villages are seven or eight miles apart. "Listening to Secretary Liu's authentic, pure Yantai (Fushan) accent, I suddenly thought that the leader who spoke Yantai from the cable radio last year must be the Secretary Liu in front of me. Since then, in the hearts of my wife and me, I have recorded this kind elder. 
When he was the head of the Chinese Yellow Tobacco Team in Tanzania**).
2. CareIn March 1978, my wife and I were transferred to Jiushan Middle School. One morning in June, around 11 a.m., the dean of education hurriedly called out to me"Teacher Xu, the commune came to ** to find Teacher Zou. "I was stunned: we don't know anyone in the commune organs, who could be calling this **? I picked up the receiver and the other person spoke"I'm the commune agency little x. Today, Secretary Liu Jian came to our commune. Secretary Liu knows that the two of you have been transferred to Jiushan Middle School, and I want to take advantage of this free time before lunch to meet you...Put down**, I trotted all the way home to deliver a message to my wife, and muttered in my heart, how did Secretary Liu know that we were transferred from Daguan to Jiushan? My wife was putting on an apron to make a fire to cook, and I said something about **, and she urged me"You are a representative, go quickly, I will serve the children at home. "Before going out, my wife did not forget to tell me"Talk less, don't stay for a long time, it's not good to delay the leaders to eat"。
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I hurried to the gate of the commune, where a young comrade was standing and looking in the direction I had come"Are you Mr. Zou? ""No, Mr. Zou is my wife"。As I spoke, I walked with the comrade into the courtyard. Secretary Liu may have heard the voice, stood up and smiled at us, Come, come, sit down"。I greeted the secretary, my speech and demeanor seemed cramped and uneasy, the secretary may have seen my embarrassment, he said, he has been to the Daguan Reservoir several times, but did not see us, asked the school leaders, only to know that we have come to Jiushan Middle School. The secretary drank his saliva and continued"I'm here in Jiushan today, so I'll take the time to meet you"。I explained, "The child has just finished school, Zou Benhui is cooking at home, and I came over by myself. Thank you so much for hanging on to us. "The old man waved his hand"You have left your hometown to work in Linqu, and you should be grateful for your contribution to Linqu. "The secretary's words turned around"This is limited at noon, let's make a long story short, how about you come to Jiushan to work, and your life is compared with Daguan? Accustomed to it? "I report truthfully,"I came to Jiushan and lived in two rooms, which was twice as big as Daguan. The school, the supply and marketing cooperative, and the hospital are on the same street, which is close to each other and very convenient. "The secretary was very happy to listen to my report, and when it was over, the old man laughed and said"Don't just report good news and not bad news, what are the difficulties? "I said,"If we want to say that it is difficult, it is the problem of children's education that makes us worry, and the teachers and school conditions of the primary schools here are not ideal. "As soon as the words came out, I felt that what I said was inappropriate, to change this status quo, what is the overnight thing? I looked up at my watch, and it was almost twelve o'clock, so I got up and said goodbye to Secretary Liu. The old man said that today is too short, and there will be a chance to talk about it later. I was about to leave the office door, and the old man told me to work with peace of mind and everything would be fine. It's just a casual acquaintance, and the old man actually remembers us and cares about us. This was completely unexpected by my wife and me. The care of the elderly has given us infinite warmth, which has also become an endless motivation for us to be honest and do things seriously. 
Third, we first arrived at Jiushan Middle School, just in time for the school was designated"Piece of key secondary school"(This.)"tablets"It refers to the nodes of the three communes of Lugao, Sitou and Jiushan in the southwest of Linqu territory. We are very encouraged by this. Just as we were getting down to work, the situation changed: in July 1979, we suddenly received an order from the Education Bureau to report to No. 1 Middle School within a limited time. When the order came suddenly, we hurriedly packed our bags, and the school sent a tractor to take us to No. 1 Middle School. My wife belongs to one middle school"Old man"After graduating from university in 1968, she was assigned to Linqu No. 1 Middle School. I was transferred from Zibo to Linqu in 1969 and lived in No. 1 Middle School"Three or four months, so I am familiar with No. 1 Middle School. As soon as we arrived at No. 1 Middle School, several old friends came to visit and talked about us"Traveled around Yishan for ten years"(referring to the ten years we spent in Jiushan Middle School on the west side of Yishan Mountain after Daguan Middle School at the eastern foot of Yishan Mountain), and now I suddenly returned to No. 1 Middle School, and my friends teased and sarcastic"Didn't you just go to Jiushan last year, why did you come down this year? "After packing up the dormitory, my wife and I discussed that we should visit Secretary Liu as soon as possible and tell the old man as soon as possible that we have been transferred to No. 1 Middle School. One weekend night, we knocked on the door of the secretary's house. As soon as I sat down, my wife spoke first:"Secretary Liu, we are here from Jiushan No. 1 Middle School, and we are here to report to your old man today. "After listening to his wife's words, the secretary smiled slightly"I know. "My wife subconsciously looked back at me and said with wide eyes and shock"Did you know?? ""When I was working in the No. 1 Middle School, the director of our Education Bureau said that we should complete the backbone teachers of the No. 1 Middle School, which specifically mentioned the relatively weak foreign language subjects. The two of you are foreign language teachers from a professional class, and it is normal for you to transfer to a middle school. "After a pause, the old man said"School hasn't started yet, work may not have been picked up yet, have you made living arrangements? "I reported to the old man that the school had been prepared in advance, and we moved into the newly renovated suite as soon as we arrived. The issue of children's schooling has also been implemented. Chengguan Primary School is very close to No. 1 Middle School, and it is very convenient for children to go to school. The secretary had a smile on his face and said that everyone was happy with this transfer, and Yu Gong strengthened the teaching strength of No. 1 Middle School; Yu privately, solve your worries, isn't it the best of both worlds. Hearing this, I suddenly remembered what I said to Secretary Liu in Jiushan Commune last year about children's education. In the eyes of outsiders, a sentence that could have been ignored, the old man has always kept it in his heart. Now that the problem is solved, the old man is happy with us, which fills my wife and I with a sense of gratitude to the old man. 
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Nine. In '82 and '83, more than a dozen teachers from other places in No. 1 were transferred back to their hometowns. These old colleagues have fulfilled their long-cherished wish to return to their hometowns, and we are all happy for them. This domino effect also touched my wife and me"I want to go home"of sensitive nerves. We have been working in Linqu for 16 years. Speaking of image, the sixteen-year road is like a long flat shoulder, Linqu is at the middle point of this flat shoulder, and my wife's hometown and I are at both ends of the flat shoulder. The elderly of the two families are getting older and need our care, but we are helpless. Taking advantage of the limited holidays every year to visit relatives, we can't always jump out of the magic circle of rushing to take care of one or the other. On the one hand, the elderly need to be taken care of, and on the other hand, the distance is far away, and the whip is beyond the reach, which has become a torment for us"Heart disease"。On a weekend afternoon in the spring of '83, the sky was overcast, and I came to Secretary Liu's house anxiously. A ** in a white coat opened the door. I saw the old man sitting on the single sofa for infusion, and the infusion bottle was hanging on the special infusion rack on one side of the sofa. I was amazed that what I thought was a well-organized manuscript suddenly turned into a pot of porridge and that the old man was sick, how could I talk about my thoughts without looking at the fire? I asked the old man where he was uncomfortable, and the old man said casually, the ** disease of emphysema is committed, it's nothing, just take a few days of drips. Taking advantage of the opportunity to change the infusion bottle, the old man asked me about my work and life while moving his shoulders. I briefly reported to the old man on the situation in the past few years. Then I got up and took my leave. Perhaps my restlessness was written on my face, and the old man smiled at me"You're here today, you must have something to say, don't you? "The old man's words made me even more embarrassed. I hesitated, speechless, and at a loss. The old man beckoned me to sit down. "What's the trouble, you say slowly. If it is reasonable, we will do it immediately, and if there is no condition to do it temporarily, we will discuss it later. "The old man encouraged me to speak freely, and I had to say what I had in mind. When we finished speaking, we were not at ease: did our thoughts cause trouble to the old man again? Isn't it selfish for us to plan to repatriate to our home country? 
After listening to my words, the old man paused for a moment and said"You came to Linqu after graduating from university, and it was sixteen or seventeen years to do it, which is not easy. I left home at the age of fifteen or sixteen and have been wandering away for decades, so I understand how far away from home and away from your parents. The idea that you want to repatriate is reasonable. But this matter is urgent, and it is necessary to do a good job of coordination, not only to delay your current work, but also to meet your reasonable requirements, and to take into account both sides, which is ideal. Well, I'll talk to them. "The old man then picked up the microphone and dialed the ** of the director of the education bureau and asked him to come over. A few minutes later, the director arrived. I got up to greet the director, who was very concerned about the secretary's health, and after a few words, the old man wanted to introduce me to the director, and the director and I told the old man almost at the same time that we knew each other. The director also gave a brief introduction to the training of junior high school English teachers at the teacher training school, saying that he knew me very well. The old man said, The two of them have been working in Linqu for 16 years. left their youth in Linqu. Because the elderly need to be cared for, they ask to be repatriated to their place of origin. I want to consult with you to see if there is any difficulty in releasing it? "The secretary spoke earnestly, smiling and listening to the director's opinion. The director looked at me and said sideways to the secretary"This is our backbone, and I want to discuss it with No. 1 Middle School. "The secretary was silent for a moment, and slowly said to the director"Two teachers at once, the manpower of the first middle school must be very tight. My suggestion is to make a temporary adjustment within the prefecture to overcome this temporary difficulty. Director, think about it, if we delay the opportunity to enter the provincial capital because of temporary difficulties in work, this is emotionally unreasonable, after all, the two of them have been working for us Linqu for so long, do you say this is the truth? "The director smiled at the secretary"Secretary, don't worry. From the perspective of our work, we are really reluctant to let Mr. Xu go. But judging from their actual situation, please tune it is understandable. I will deal with the specific work, and the principle is what you said, the best of both worlds. "
Before the Spring Festival in 1984, we returned to our ancestral hometown of Jinan. When we went home, we enjoyed the joy and warmth of reuniting with our families, and our hearts were full of thoughts for the Linqu villagers who have been together for 16 years. Leaders, colleagues, friends, students, parents, give us care, care, volume, help, like the spring breeze that nurtures life, like the nectar that nourishes all things, enriches the color of our life, strengthens the strength of our work, our family is grateful to Linqu this hot land, grateful to the simple and honest Linqu folks. When I wrote this little article, the old man who was kind and generous, and cared for the future generations all his life, had passed away for sixteen years. Every time I think of the old man's voice and smile, the past of decades ago is vivid in front of me. Life is impermanent. The old man is gone, but his contribution to the Chinese revolution and the construction of Linqu is like a monument that will always stand in people's hearts! I, our family, young and old, will always remember this noble man in our lives. 
Not only do I miss this old man who helped me very much, but whenever I talk to the old leaders with my old colleagues in Linqu, they all say: Secretary Liu Jian has a high prestige in Linqu and is an excellent representative of the older generation. He dedicated his life to the fertile soil of Linqu, and his contribution to Linqu is still benefiting the people of Linqu. Comrade Liu Jian served as secretary of the Linqu County Youth League and County Committee in 1955, and in 1960, he led more than 10,000 young people to govern Yishan. Today's pine and cypress, green mountains and green trees, gurgling water, birds and flowers on Yishan Mountain are inseparable from the efforts of their older generation. Not only did the predecessors plant trees, but the descendants enjoyed the shade, but also left endless wealth to the descendants. Now Yishan is a national five-A scenic spot, attracting a large number of tourists from all over the country. From 1968 to 1972, he served as the commander-in-chief of the Songshan Reservoir, and directly organized and built the Songshan Reservoir Water Conservancy Project, benefiting the people. From 1972 to 1975, he served as the leader of the Yellow Tobacco Group of China's Aid to Tanzania, and made contributions to China-Tanzania friendship. We will always miss him!