Ah P, who lived in Shanghai in the 1970s, was also included in the ranks of “Going to the Mountains to the Countryside” as the urban youth “going to the mountains and going to the countryside” movement.
Now Ah P and his family are in a hurry, what are they? Ap and his family think that this is going to the mountains and going to the countryside. Although it is said that it is possible to train people, it is to train in the most basic rural area, but I don’t know when I will come back when I go. The places I go are far away from Shanghai. Far away in the countryside. If you arrive in a remote country, it means you can bear it. It is a problem whether you can eat or not. It is not to mention suffering. Ap thinks about it like an ant on a hot pot.
Ah P’s family is also anxious for Ah P. In order for Ah P to go to a place with slightly better natural conditions, they even took out all the food stamps, oil tickets, and even only a few dollars at home for treats and gifts. . The purpose is to let Ah P go to a place with better natural conditions to become an educated youth, so that he will not have to suffer too much.
The hard work pays off. With the help of his family, Ah P’s “going to the mountains and going to the countryside” as an educated youth was set in a small village in southwest China. The family was finally relieved at this moment. Ah P knows that his place as an educated youth is Xishuangbanna, Ah P changed his previous sorrow, and he felt happy. It seems that these things have not been given away.
Ah P thought that he would go to Xishuangbanna to be an educated youth. That is a good place. There is no winter in that place, and spring is all year round, so I don’t have to worry about clothes. The vegetation is rich in that place, and many places are not yet. In the reclaimed tropical rain forest, if you are hungry by that time, you can find food all over the mountains and plains, and maybe you can catch small animals such as pheasants and boars. It was a little primitive, but at least I could live a little better.
Ah, thinking of this, felt very happy in his heart. Another advantage of going to Xishuangbanna is that there are many Shanghainese who are educated youths, and there are many fellow villagers, so you can find some people who have a common discourse. The downside is that Xishuangbanna is too remote. It is needless to say that it is far away from Shanghai. The inconvenient transportation is the biggest regret, but Ah P is still very satisfied.
P took up his luggage and walked into this stockade in southwest China. This stockade is located on the side of a small hill, and the surrounding mountains are covered by the tropical rainforest of Manman. The stockade is set off by the rainforest, as if it is a tribe in the Amazon. The houses in the village are all dry fences, made of wood, bamboo and thatch. The buildings are very low, and each one is like little mushrooms dotted on the mountain. It is also four kilometers away from the nearest other stockade, which can be said to be very remote. The main residents here used to be Lahu people, of course it is different now. Because there were many educated youths here before Ah P came here, plus the educated youth who came with Ah P this time, a small Lahu village has more than a dozen educated youths. These educated youths added a lively element to this quiet cottage.
To Ap came here, and look at the environment here, although it can be said to be beautiful, but a good life is the most important thing, and my expectations are thousands of miles away. The joy of the past is fleeting. Looking at the blocked traffic here, there is only a slap-wide path to communicate with the outside world. It takes seven or eight hours to go to the nearest town, and it takes several hills to reach the town. If it is rainy, the floor will be covered with mud as soon as you leave the house, and it will be very difficult to walk one step. Learn from the locals who don’t wear shoes, bare feet, and run around. Ah P tried it, and the soles of that foot were a hundred uncomfortable. What’s more terrible is that a dozen educated youths live in a small, dry-bar-style building. When they walk on it, the whole building makes creaking noises, scaring the newcomers to sleep well. After preparing to jump out, I was afraid that the whole small building would collapse accidentally. Ah p, looking at such living conditions, it’s miserable!
Ah, they have been here for more than ten days. He found that everyone here, whether it is an adult or a child, will hold a machete in their hands. These knives are not very delicate, it can be said that they are a bit rough, and they will hold them in their hands when they go out. Inside or caught in the arms. Because Ah P, they are all just here, and they don’t know what purpose the people in the stockade use the knife. Ask these Lahu people directly, but the language is not clear. They had no choice but to ask those educated youth who came before them.
These old educated youths were very impatient with these young people, so they told them, “The people here! They are very barbaric. You newcomers had better not provoke them. The knives in their hands are used to slash people. Especially people from outside should be very careful. Lahu people like them will cut with a knife as long as they look at someone who is not pleasing to the eye. It is best not to be lazy when you come here. They will cut people when they are angry.”