The educated youth's past: He promised to take her to Beijing to see Tiananmen Square, but he didn't keep his promise.

Zhang Minghua, an educated youth from Beijing, was arranged by the brigade secretary to be a private primary school teacher in Wang Jiayao Primary School the following autumn when Wang Jiayao Brigade jumped the queue in Yanchuan County, northern Shaanxi. He became the lucky one among dozens of educated youth in Beijing.

Although private primary school teachers are still farmers, they don't have to work in the mountains and won't be caught in the rain. In addition to winter vacation and summer vacation, they can take a day off every week, earn work points for the whole year, and have a few dollars in private education subsidies every month. For this profession, not only the villagers envy it, but even the educated youth from Beijing envy it. But not everyone is as lucky as Zhang Minghua. There are more than 50 educated youths in Beijing in the whole brigade. He is the only private school teacher.

There are not many primary school students in Wang Jiayao, only three teachers, including Zhang Minghua. The headmaster is a public teacher sent by the commune. He is in his forties. His last name is Liu. The villagers called him President Liu. Another teacher is a woman of the second brigade secretary's family, named Wang Lingling, who graduated from primary school and is seventeen years old. The other is 17-year-old Zhang Minghua, but among the three teachers, Zhang Minghua is the only one who graduated from junior high school.

The year when Zhang Minghua went to teach in Wang Jiayao Primary School was the fifth year when Wang Jiayao Primary School was founded. Zhang Minghua is in charge of the courses for the fourth and fifth grade students, Wang Lingling teaches the first and second grade courses, and the headmaster teaches the third grade courses. There are not many students in each class. There are nine students in Grade Five and thirteen students in Grade Four. Although there are five production teams with nearly 800 people in the whole brigade, plus two brigades in neighboring villages, there are nearly 2,000 people in three villages, and the total number of students in school is less than 80. This shows how little attention was paid to education by the villagers at that time.

After Zhang Minghua came to teach in the school, the school added music class first, then art class, and physical education class. Seeing that he was really too busy, President Liu took on the fourth-grade students' courses, leaving him in charge of the fifth-grade students' courses and the fifth-grade music classes, art classes and physical education class.

A Beijing educated youth came to the school as a teacher, not only the students were happy, but also the principal and teacher Wang Lingling, especially Wang Lingling, worshipped Zhang Minghua very much. Whenever Zhang Minghua teaches students to sing, she sings along. Later, she gradually became familiar with it. Wang Lingling also took the initiative to ask Zhang Minghua to teach her to sing and learn the skills of lecturing from Zhang Minghua. In her mind, Zhang Minghua is the most knowledgeable person, and she was deeply impressed by it. Zhang Minghua followed Wang Lingling's theory of northern Shaanxi dialect. He also told Wang Lingling the story of Beijing. Wang Lingling was fascinated by its customs and historical sites.

In two years, the number of primary school students in Wang Jiayao has increased a lot, and the number of primary school students in the first year reached 27. Zhang Minghua was also rated as an advanced private primary school teacher and a model educated youth in the commune. Wang Lingling has made great progress in the past two years. She not only learned many songs, but also learned to draw with Zhang Minghua. Gradually, Wang Lingling fell in love with the tall and handsome Zhang Minghua.

Soon, there were rumors in the village. Some people say that Secretary Wang arranged for Zhang Minghua to be a private teacher in a primary school for a reason. He is choosing a son-in-law for his woman. It is also said that when Zhang Minghua fell in love with Wang Lingling, she definitely wanted to rely on her father (Wang Shuji), and if the brigade has any good things in the future, Zhang Minghua can be given priority. It is also said that Wang Lingling looks like an educated youth in Beijing, and she sent it on her own initiative. She said everything anyway.

Say whatever you like, Zhang Minghua. Don't take it to heart. Wang Lingling doesn't care about the villagers' ears. On the way after school, she still walks with Zhang Minghua. They talked and laughed, just like a couple. In this way, Zhang Minghua and Wang Lingling fell in love.

1at the end of 975, Zhang Minghua returned to Beijing to visit relatives for the Spring Festival. Wang Lingling has been sending Zhang Minghua to the commune bus station. She stuffed her mother's brand white bread and two white bread buns into Zhang Minghua's bag, and forced ten yuan to Zhang Minghua, asking him to go back to Beijing to buy two packs of snacks for the elderly (Zhang Minghua's parents). When we parted that day, Wang Lingling took Zhang Minghua's hand and watched Zhang Minghua board the bus bound for the county with tears in her eyes.

Zhang Minghua came back from visiting relatives in Beijing and bought a fashionable suit for Wang Lingling and Beijing cakes for Wang Lingling's parents. That day, Zhang Minghua had dinner at Wang Lingling's house. This is the first time he has eaten at Wang Shuji's house. After dinner, Wang Lingling carried Zhang Minghua's bag and sent Zhang Minghua to the educated youth point. That day, Zhang Minghua kissed Wang Lingling, and he said that he must take Wang Lingling to Beijing, Tiananmen Square and Chang 'an Avenue.

/kloc-in the summer of 0/976, the commune wanted to recruit a clerk, and the director of the revolutionary Committee called Zhang Minghua to work in the commune. Although I am working for farmers, it is possible to get paid as a regular cadre and become a full member. Wang Shuji (Wang Lingling's father) said, "Zhang Minghua can't work in the commune. Oh, our primary school in Wang Jiayao is counting on Mr. Zhang Minghua. If he leaves, the honor of the first place in Wang Jiayao Primary School will be gone, and the villagers will not agree. " Considering that Wang Jiayao Primary School is an advanced primary school in the whole commune, the director of the commune revolutionary committee recruited a Beijing educated youth from other brigades to work in the commune.

Afterwards, Wang Shuji also specifically explained this matter to Zhang Minghua. He said that Wang Jiayao primary school ranked first every year, and his face was shining. Zhang Minghua is not allowed to work in the commune, definitely not because of Lingling. Wang Jiayao elementary school can't live without him in Zhang Minghua.

In fact, Wang Shuji once urged Wang Lingling to consider getting married as soon as possible, because at that time, women in rural areas of northern Shaanxi got married very early, and women of Wang Lingling's age were already married. Wang Lingling was in a hurry, but Zhang Minghua didn't mention marriage, and Wang Lingling didn't push it too hard.

That autumn, the county coal mine recruiter, Wang Shuji deliberately tempted Zhang Minghua: "Minghua, the county coal mine recruiter. Do you want to be a coal miner? If you want to go, I can get you a recruitment quota. " "Wang Shuji, I am very good at personal education, so I won't go to the coal mine as a worker." Before, educated youth went to coal mines as workers. Zhang Minghua is timid. He didn't even want to dig coal in the past.

197765438+February, the first year of resuming the college entrance examination, Zhang Minghua took the college entrance examination and was admitted to Yan 'an Normal School (technical secondary school). On the day of leaving Wang Jiayao Brigade, all the villagers and pupils except Wang Lingling came to see Zhang Minghua off. With some regrets and doubts, Zhang Minghua left the Wang Jiayao Brigade where he jumped the queue and lived for many years.

1978 In the early summer, Zhang Minghua received a letter from Wang Lingling, which read as follows:

Teacher Minghua:

I don't blame you for leaving Wang Jiayao to study in a normal school. Man struggles upwards. You told me that we would get married after you graduated, but I can't wait any longer. In Wang Jiayao, I have become an old woman, and everyone laughs at me. Besides, you became a public official after graduation, and I don't deserve you. Today, I got engaged to Liu Dacheng from Team Three, and the date of my life has been decided.

Teacher Minghua, I don't blame you, and you shouldn't hold a grudge against me. What I did was good for you and me, or my father was right. I should never have climbed up with you in the first place.

After reading Wang Lingling's letter, Zhang Minghua felt very sad. He even regretted not taking the college entrance examination earlier and marrying Wang Lingling.

Zhang Minghua immediately returned to the Wang Jiayao Brigade when the school was on summer vacation. It was not until he came to Wang Jiayao Brigade that he knew that Wang Lingling had become the menstruation of Liu Dacheng. Wang Lingling's promise to take him to Beijing to see Tiananmen Square has been unfulfilled in Zhang Minghua.

Zhang Minghua squatted at the school gate and cried for a long time. Persuaded by the headmaster, Zhang Minghua wiped away her tears. He gave the gift he bought to President Liu and left the brigade silently.

After graduating from normal school, Zhang Minghua taught in a middle school in Yan 'an for three years, and then transferred back to Beijing for further study until he retired. Since then, Zhang Minghua has never been to northern Shaanxi, let alone Wang Jiayao.

After so many years, whenever I think of my life experience of jumping the queue in northern Shaanxi and my love affair with Wang Lingling, Zhang Minghua feels very sorry and uncomfortable. He often feels guilty and blames himself for not keeping his promise to take Wang Lingling to Beijing to see Tiananmen Square. Water under the bridge. Guilt and remorse are meaningless. Zhang Minghua just wants to use the media as a platform to sincerely send her best wishes to Wang Lingling, wishing her happiness and health.

Miss Wang Lingling, have you ever been to Tiananmen Square in Beijing? How are you doing now? This is a question that Zhang Minghua has been thinking about for many years. He really blames himself for not keeping his promise to take you to Beijing to see Tiananmen Square.

Author: Grass-roots writer (based on teacher Zhang Minghua)