Wasted Years

One summer day in 1970, in the collective household of the Hubianzhai Production Team of the Undercurrent Brigade, only Ke Bizhou was immersed in writing his novel "Everyday Like This", while all the other Shanghai educated youth rushed to the scene. A sudden downpour brought a tall, lively girl to Ke Bizhou - she ran here to take shelter from the rain by chance, and her name was Du Jianchun. Du Jianchun asked questions generously, but Ke Bizhou answered them one by one cautiously. Before parting, he didn't even ask which brigade Du Jianchun was an educated youth. In the blink of an eye, winter comes, and forest protection and fire prevention have become a big deal. One night, Ke Bizhou went on duty at the fire lookout on the mountain for Hua Wenwen, a petite female educated youth in a collective household. He unexpectedly met Du Jianchun. It turned out that she was in the adjacent Jingshan brigade and was also sent to look after the forest that was jointly managed by the two brigade. Ke Bizhou and Du Jianchun gathered a bonfire and talked all night long. A strange and hazy emotion arose spontaneously in their hearts. After that, the two of them interacted more frequently. Once, Du Jianchun went to Hubianzhai to visit Ke Bizhou. Su Daocheng, a high-ranking cadre who lived in the same dormitory with Ke Bizhou, deliberately revealed to Du Jianchun the fact that Ke Bizhou's father was a "historical counter-revolutionary". Du Jianchun, who was born in a family of military cadres, changed his mind after hearing this, and alienated Ke Bizhou ever since.