Until today, educated youth can still recall the scenes when they went to the border. The little bits and pieces of youth left a deep mark in their hearts like old photos. Zhang Hua still remembered clearly on the train to Heilongjiang twenty years later, as if he recorded them last night:

That day, Li Siming and I, and fifty other classmates, squeezed into the train in big bags. Everyone was very excited. The carriage was divided into two camps, one of which had 52 people, and the other was the Tsinghua High School with the same number of people, and many people knew each other. The train was so lively, like a market, noisy, only Li Siming was the exception. Why do you say that? You see, people are talking and laughing and making friends, he was so nice. He took out the Huang Jun bag, which was full of Chairman Mao's badge, that's it.

The most common aluminum chairperson seal is a whole pack, and whoever I catch is exchanged with. Oh my God, why didn’t I bring a bag of Chairman Mao’s chairperson seal at that time? There are only a few styles in the country now, how much should it be worth! So, Li Siming is absolutely sinister in what he does. Don’t even count the money for him after he sells it. Look, I’m selling it to him now. What? I have earned a lot of money with him? That’s right. Who made us good brothers, and there are hard work without credit! You are also a millionaire, now there are tens of millions?

In fact, when educated youth who were familiar with Li Siming talked about Li Siming several years later, they all started with this train. Because Li Siming's behavior of changing the seal left a deep impression on everyone and was too wise. In addition, everyone regretted that they had lost a chance to make money in vain. On the contrary, Li Siming was still complacent about his behavior of changing the seal. In fact, he didn't know which seal would appreciate at that time. Perhaps the common ones would not appreciate, and the uncommon ones should have more potential. With this kind of thinking, he held a pack of seals and changed them one by one from the entrance of the carriage:

"This classmate, let's change it?"

"Not changing? It's not good to do this. I have admired Chairman Mao for a long time. Do you just have the heart to stop my revolutionary young general from expressing his loyalty to Chairman Mao?"

"This comrade-in-arms, let's change it? Don't change it? Let's change one of you, it will cost several dollars!"

"In addition, you have a large front door, will you change it?"...

When the car passed Tangshan, it was already dark. The train was running on the North China Plain, like a black horse, running towards the place it should go. In the carriage, the excitement had cooled down and someone had begun to feel drowsy. Shuai Xu stood up at this time:

"I said, classmates, future comrades in the Corps! In order to express our infinite loyalty to Chairman Mao, our loyalty to the proletarian revolutionary cause, and our loyalty to the revolutionary cause rooted in the frontier, I discussed it with Chen Cheng, a student from Tsinghua High School and decided to hold a revolutionary literary and artistic evening. Everyone has to perform!" Chen Cheng is the most famous student movement leader at Tsinghua High School. He is three years older than Li Siming and looks very smart and capable.

Now, the carriage was shocked. These young people, seventeen, eighteen and twenty years old, like lively people, and even those who were drowsy were more energetic. Li Siming looked at the whole carriage with interest. Everyone had different expressions. People who had performed performance were overjoyed and could finally show their skills. Even Zhang Hua had a eager expression. Those who had never performed experiences in acting were scratching their faces and asked someone to help them think of a trick. At the very least, they had a small chorus and were a Mr. Nan Guo.

Shuai Xu, the commander who is sincerely supported by our revolutionary young general, was the first to stand up for the performance. According to his modest words, he sang the theme song of the movie "Shining Red Stars" "Red Stars Shining Me Going to Fight" (actually filmed in 1973):

The small bamboo pie in the middle of the river,

Walking on both sides of the towering green mountains,

The eagle spreads its wings,

Even if it is storm,

The burden of revolution is carried on the shoulders,

Keep the Party’s teachings in mind,

Keep the Party’s teachings in mind...

Not bad, really good, Li Siming gave him a full mark in his heart. Very good, what is Li Shuangjiang? The next performances showed their own abilities, good level, and very high participation. Without exception, the programs are all programs that conform to the political situation, such as "The Song of the Guerrillas", "I Love the Five Fingers Mountain, I Love the Wanquan River", "The Rise and Unsettling Sun on the Grassland", the least effective is to recite Chairman Mao's poems. They are all very accurate! Li Siming sighed in his heart, who said that the first generation only knows how to smash and rob?

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the two camps of the 15th Middle School and Tsinghua High School began to compete secretly, and after singing, I went on stage. However, it is obvious that the students at Tsinghua High School have better talents. According to Zhang Hua, most of them are from high-ranking officials and have more opportunities for training in this regard. Especially the young girl opposite, she sang a song "My Motherland", with loud and loud singing, and very high as Guo Lanying's level. Li Siming noticed her as soon as she got on the car, and nothing else, just because other male classmates were talking loudly, and most of the female classmates were muttering quietly, but she sat quietly in her seat holding a book, which was a collection of prose by Lu Xun, and she looked like people from two worlds with the people in the car. What Li Siming didn't expect was that she would have many stories to tell with the delicate girl opposite.

Seeing that his camp was obviously inferior to the other party, Shuai Xu was a little anxious and searched the entire carriage. Yes, isn’t that Li Siming very good? The song we had never heard when we were at the train station was very nice.

"Li Siming, it's your turn. You can perform one for your comrades, and everyone will welcome you with applause!" Xu Dashuai bet on him.

"Me?" Li Siming really didn't think about what kind of program to perform. He was enjoying the fruits of his labor - a bunch of stamps of different styles, materials, and colors. In another twenty years, no, ten years later, haha!

"Yes, it's you!" Li Siming's expression obviously made Shuai Xu feel very dissatisfied, and even the beauty opposite chuckled slightly.

"Okay, then I'll sing a song "Little White Poplar" for all my dear comrades." No one has ever heard of this song, and everyone's interest suddenly came up.

A little poplar

Growing next to the outpost

Deep roots, strong

Watching the Northern Xinjiang

The breeze blows the green leaves and the sand sounds like a Luofu

The sun shines with green leaves and silver

Come on come on come on come on come on come on come on come on

Little Poplar

It grows, I grow too

Keep border guards with me

When I left my hometown, I said goodbye to Yangshuzhuang

Mom gave me the saplings and told me softly

With it, my relatives ask me to remember it

Plant it, just act as your hometown beside you

Come on come on come on come on come on come on come on come on

Wearing a green military uniform

Keep border guards with me

Come on come on come on come on come on come on come on come on

Little poplar, Little poplar

Keep border guards with me

Keep the border guard together...

The song "Little White Poplar" shocked everyone in the car. This song is obviously different from the popular songs at that time. Needless to say, it is positive, and it also expresses the love of the frontier soldiers for their motherland and their dedication to their own border defense careers. It also has a fresh style and beautiful melody.

"Okay, another song!"

"It sounds so nice, let's have another song!" Everyone in the car was cheering, fearing that the world would not be in chaos.

"Okay, then let's have another song on the Birch Forest." Li Siming had no choice but to sing another song. This is the sequelae of love.

White snow floats in the quiet village

Doves fly under the hazy sky

The birch tree carved those two names

They vowed to love each other for the rest of their lives

One day the war broke out to my hometown

The young man picked up his gun and rushed to the border

Don't worry about me, my sweetheart

Wait for me to come back in that birch forest

The sky is still gloomy and there are still pigeons flying

Who will prove those love and life without tombstones

The snow is still in Xiana Village is still peaceful

Young people disappear into the birch forest

The bad news came that afternoon

My sweetheart died in the battlefield in the distance

She came to the birch forest silently

Stay there every day with a look of sight

She said he was just lost in the distance

He will definitely come

Come to this birch forest

The sky is still gloomy and there are still pigeons flying

Who will prove those love and life without tombstones

The snow is still in Xiana Village is still peaceful

Young people disappear into the birch forest

The long road is about to end

That girl is already gray-haired

She often hears him calling by the pillow

Come on, my dear, come to this birch forest

He murmured when he died

I'm here and wait for me to be in that birch forest

"Well, this song is a bit pessimistic, yes, a bit pessimistic. Chairman Mao taught us to be optimistic about revolutionary work and maintain the spirit of revolutionary optimism is our magic weapon for victory after victory." Xu Dashui, undoubtedly an active member, "Let's punish Li Siming to sing another song for us. Of course, it is positive. It's not good, no, everyone would say it's okay?" Li Siming quietly wiped his sweat and stood up again. What are he singing, positive, yes, "East, West, South, North and North":

East, West, South, North and Central

Let's join the army

All the worlds come together

We are all brothers

East, West, South and North

East, West, South, North and Central

Let's join the army
To be continued...