That night, Zi Peng and the others took the money and food stamps and bought some sesame seed cakes for a hearty meal. Afterwards, they went to the train station and each of them bought a train ticket to Pinggang. Maybe someone would ask, wasn't it to go to the generalization? Why did you only buy a flat hill for a ticket? The answer is: no money. He only had a total of 30 plus coins. Buying a sesame seed cake would remove 20 plus points, how could he use the money to buy a ticket to the generalization? Around 11 PM, Zi Peng's family of five got on the train from Siping to generalization. In the middle of the night, he began to check the tickets. When the train attendant found the tickets of Zi Peng and the others, he found out that they had arrived at Pinggang, so he angrily said:
"The draw is over? You guys hurry to the front station and get off. "
At that moment, the conductor walked over. He was tall, in his thirties, with a pretty face and a big square face. He was very handsome. He was very dignified, dressed in railway clothes, with the "conductor" armband on his arm. He walked up to Zi Peng and the others, picked up his ticket and glanced at it, then said:
"Eldest Sister-in-Law, hurry up and make up the tickets. We will not let you have your money."
At this moment, the mother fell to her knees with a thud, and told the story from beginning to end with tears in her eyes. Finally, the mother cried and said:
"Comrade Captain, please, please. Not only do we have no money, we don't even have any food to eat. Please be magnanimous, let us sit in the generalization. I kowtowed to you. "
As she spoke, her mother was about to kowtow. The conductor quickly helped his mother up with both hands. At this moment, many people in the carriage began to shed tears of sympathy. The conductor did not speak for a long time. After pondering for a long time, he finally said:
"Alright, I'll let you all sit in generalization."
Only then did their entire family heave a long sigh of relief … At around 8 AM on the next day, the train arrived at generalization's old station. After getting off the car, the five of them walked out of the train station and arrived at the square. Because they had just arrived here, they were unfamiliar with this place. They could not differentiate between east, south, west, nor did they know which direction the Erdao River Power Plant was in. They could only rely on asking for directions to determine the route. He asked a few people and found out that there was a big guest at Erdaojiang. Thus, they sat on the bus s that were heading to the Erdaojiang and came to the Erdaojiang. Even after she got off the car, her eyes were still dark and she still needed to ask for directions. At this time, my mother went to find out about the people on the road, and asked them how to get to Power plant. They said that the Power plant was in the Peach Blossom, about five miles away. Without a car, they could only walk. After learning of these circumstances, Zi Peng and the other three of them walked towards Power plant in accordance to the direction that they had pointed out. Zi Peng's Third Uncle was working in the Power plant. Actually, the route to Power plant was very easy to find. Just follow the railway line and you will reach there. This was all because they were unfamiliar with it. After walking for over an hour, Zi Peng and the rest finally arrived at the eastern gate of the Erdao River Power Plant. At this time, the mother went to the guard at the door to inquire about the Third Uncle.
The Third Uncle was called Wang Yandong, and he was an uncle brother to Zi Peng's father. He was the director of Power plant. Zi Peng's father was Third Uncle and Zi Peng's grandfather were brothers. For this reason, they were relatively close.
After the guard called them, Wang Yandong arrived at their side not long later. Wang Yandong was about 1.65 metres tall, he had a fat figure, with a square face and a pair of glasses. He was wearing a set of official uniform, with a smile on his face, appearing to be full of energy. He quickly took two steps forward, grabbed his father and mother's hands, and said:
"second brother, Second Sister-in-Law, why are you two here? Why didn't you write a letter before you came? "What are the names of these three children?" Mother said:
"The big one is called Zi Peng, the second one is called Chun Lan, and the small one is called Wen Zhan. Why aren't the three of you coming over to greet your Third Uncle? " The three of them came over and said in unison, "Good morning, Third Uncle!" Third Uncle also said: "Hello everyone!"
At this time, the Third Uncle turned around and said to his parents:
"second brother, Second Sister-in-Law, let's go home. This is not the place to talk. "
Thus, these five people followed Third Uncle to his house. After entering the house, the Third Uncle hastily shouted:
"Dad, look who's here?" At this time, Zi Peng's third grandfather and Third Aunt all walked out of the house. When she asked how she could think of Northeast China, her mother explained everything in detail from beginning to end. Finally, the mother said:
"I went to Wen Tian's place. Since I lost my account and didn't have a place to stay, I had no choice but to come and trouble Third Brother. I also caused trouble for my great-uncle and siblings' families."
Zi Peng's Third Uncle took over and said:
"What trouble? The whole family is still talking like that?" Since I'm here, I'll definitely help you get an account and find a job for Zi Peng. You can stay here for the time being. Third Uncle said to Third Aunt, "Hurry up and cook. second brother and the others must be hungry. After eating, and the rest can have a good sleep. "
Third Uncle went out to tidy up the warehouse after he finished speaking. Third Aunt went to cook, and Mother went to help …
Just like this, Zi Peng and his family of five temporarily stayed at Wang Yandong's house in Third Uncle. Third Uncle was a very capable person. Three days later, his account was closed. On the fourth day, Third Uncle led Zi Peng to Power plant to register as a worker. At this time, Power plant was recruiting a large number of blind people. Arriving at the recruitment office, the person in charge saw that Zi Peng was thin, short, less than 1.5 meters tall and weighed more than 80 pounds. Although it was said that Third Uncle was the owner of the factory, the recruitment had to be done according to the rules. Zi Peng could only follow Third Uncle home dejectedly.
After landing in the street hukou, each person supplies 27.5 kgs of grain per month. This way, with some wild vegetables added on, he would basically be able to survive. After staying at Third Uncle's house for more than 20 days, Zi Peng and his father went to a small shack on the hillside beside Peach Blossom Team Five's Road. After burning the brick bed dry, they moved in. Zi Peng's Third Uncle tried to urge him to stay but failed. After he moved into the shack, although it was very crowded, he was very happy. At last, he had his own home. At this point, Wang Zipeng's family settled down in the Peach Blossom Street of Tonghua City.
Zipeng's father, suffering from hunger and a heavy burden on his way back to Heilongjiang, soon fell ill, became swollen, and died in the spring of 1961, aged 44. After Zi Peng's father passed away, the family lost one of their main labor force. In the autumn of the same year, the Taoyuan street manager went to his house to mobilize the non-professionals to settle in the countryside. This was the case for his family. After that, the Chief of the Street had to come home every day, and in the spring of the following year, in March 1962, Zi Peng's mother, who had been hired by the Chief of the Street, married the farmer, Na Hongshan, of the six teams in Taoyuan. At the same time, a family of four settled down in Peach Blossom Team Six and became a true farmer...
Zi Peng was only 18 years old when he reached the sixth team, so he didn't know how to do much farm work. However, since he was forced to this point, he had no choice but to do so. The frontline led the way, and the latter had to follow. After a day, he was so tired that he couldn't even straighten his back. After two months of training, he finally managed to get over it. He was a newcomer to the sixth squadron, yet he looked unremarkable. He had been bullied to the point that he could only earn half of his points by doing the same work as the sixth squadron …
In the spring of 1964, Wang Zipeng went to the Peach Blossom Group Brick Factory to work as a mover. Due to his small size, thin body and weak physical strength, after adding 600 bricks into the mud every day, he became so tired that his body felt like it was about to fall apart. He grinded his teeth and persevered for a year.
In the winter of 1964, the socialist education movement began. The six squads of the Task Force had national cadres and also cadres from the People's Liberation Army. There was a platoon leader of the People's Liberation Army named Hu Er. Seeing that Zi Peng had been in school for six years and was cultured, he groomed him into the army and gave him a set of three organic glass seals. Wang Zipeng treated this set of seals as his treasure and still retained it even today. But after Hu Er left, there were no more messages … In 1965, Wang Zipeng served as cash teller for the six teams in Taoyuan. Due to his dedicated work and his high degree of responsibility, he took on the accounting role of the production team in 1967 and the post of Head of the production team in 1969. The position lasted until 1984.
The Sixth production team was the Taoyuan Group of the Erdaojiang, formerly known as the Gao Li Daozi. Located in a remote mountainous area, it was surrounded by three large rivers in the east, seven large teams in the west, and one large Changchun sulcus in Guang Hua Village in the north. It was a notoriously poor team. Amongst the 26 production team s in the commune, he was the poorest. Farmers have this kind of ease of mind:
"Poor sixth team, poor eighth generation, poor millet without tassels; poor family clanging, poor young man playing mahjong."
"Six squads on all four sides of the poor hillside, the land is poor and rocky; one step at a time, three lift ploughs, poor without rice to cook."
Although this was just an image, it was still a fact. This production team has more than 60 households, more than 300 people, more than 800 mu of land. These lands were all slopes with plenty of stones. There was not a single piece of flat ground and the annual output was more than 200 jin per mu. Since Wang Zipeng came to such a production team to settle down, one could imagine the circumstances of his life …
When Wang Zipeng had just reached the sixth team, he had already suffered greatly from the humiliation and bullying. Because 80 was a place to sit, and they were all relatives. Especially in the area of labour, there is no pay for equal work. It was the same work, the same quality. In the evening, the rating would be half the same. If you had a reason, you couldn't say it. If you had a grudge, you couldn't say it. It was precisely under such circumstances that, with just Wang Zipeng's ability, he was able to consecutively raise his cultivation by three levels in such a short span of three years in this heaven and earth far away from the emperor. This was something he had never expected. From being a cashier, to being an accountant, to being a captain, it could be said to be an official affair. Some of the local farmers, especially those who had bullied him before, were scared and scared. When they were resting in the fields, they sat together in small groups and began to discuss this:
"Hey, bro, this Wang Zipeng brat, don't just look at his unremarkable appearance, he has such potential!"
"Isn't it? That kid has some skills. I heard that he has a deep education and could use his skills together. "
"Did we go too far with him before? We have to be careful in the future. "
"Of course, he's the captain now. Be careful not to take revenge on you."
"I don't think he's that kind of person. He's kind to people. "Otherwise, the higher-ups would not be able to appreciate him so much."
"This is all our fault. We were blind and short-sighted. If we knew earlier, he would have been stronger than us. How could we have treated him like that?"
He, who had been bullied, humiliated, slaughtered and ruled by others, now held the power of a production team in his hands. He was now the ruler. This couldn't help but make Wang Zipeng feel comforted and happy.