Like a Flowing River (Da Jiang Da He / 大江大河)

Proletarian internationalism is built on the notion of seeking truth from facts.

Only when you stand firmly,

insisting on seeking the truth from facts

can socialist modernization

move forward.

We can now enter university!

More practically, the core argument is to emancipate the mind.

Whether or not...

Didn't you see clearly how I played?

Understanding the skills is far from being able to apply them. There's a huge gap of multiple practices in between.

It seems you know everything. What's lacking is frequent practice.

So don't waste time talking. Continue.

I have to go to the library early to grab a seat. It's crowded today.

Why can't you distinguish between principal and secondary contradictions?

My principal contradiction is to study hard.

Wait!

If it's not for the coming basketball league, and our department is short-handed,

would I be begging to teach you to play basketball?

Right!

Sorry! Please ask someone else.

They both are here too. Why not teach them?

Hey, listen to me. For matters that will require joint and bone skills, we are too old for it.

- We are best at rhetorics. - That's you.

Other than they both clearly know their limits,

they have poorer comprehension skills than you.

How can you talk like that? Your poor skills

aren't good enough to teach us two. It's barely enough to fool Little Song.

Not convinced? Fine, let's have a game.

I'm going then.

Don't go! Where are you going?!

Give that to me.

I beg you to stay and practice.

If you make ten successful shots,

- I'll tell you a piece of important information. - What information?

Something very important for your future and destiny.

Do it. We old three are together with you.

These two guys will be my witness.

If you can really make the basket ten times,

I promise to tell you about it.

I can even guarantee

that this information is highly important for you,

and for your family.

- You won't allow him to have lunch too? - I didn't.

He is too focused on making that ten shots, then go to the library to study tonight.

Are you scheming to starve our Little Song?

Starve him? Look, I've gotten him lunch.

You got that?

It's on me. Let me pay you

Cut with the crap.

You just like to bully our Little Song for being so honest and docile.

Anyway, you're not there watching him.

He could just tell you that he has shot ten, and this is over.

If he has half of your wits,

he won't be Song Yunhui.

What are you laughing at?

Little Song!

Y-you're not finished yet? Huh? Not done playing?

- How many do you still need? - Don't you only need to make ten baskets?

There's two left.

Let me tell you that a 3-feet ice sheet didn't freeze in just three days. A person is iron, a rice is steel. Let's...

Why don't you eat first?

Song! Song! Eat first.

Yes, I did it! One more!

I only need one more...

San'er, this kid...

...has he gone crazy because of your bullying?

Are you still okay?

How about...let's just forget it?

I am fine. I only have one left.

- It's alright if you can't do it. - I can do it. - Why don't you eat first?

Slowly. Slowly.

- Everything's fine. A couple more steps and we'll be there. - We're here. We're here.

- Slowly. Slowly. - I will go in first.

- Take it slow. - Come on, that way. Get in.

- Slowly. Slowly. - Come.

Put your legs here.

- Okay, relax. - Put them here. - What are you doing? - Massage his legs.

I'm going to massage his legs to help ease his muscles. Look, it's all stiff.

- Massage like this? - Right. Right.

- Put in some strength in massaging. - Okay. - Thanks.

Little Song, let me tell you. Your performance today has been impressive,

Don't say thanks from now on.

- Are you done warming his food? - Move aside! Seriously. - Come. Come. Put it here.

- Hurry. - I can't eat.

It won't do if you don't eat.

Your blood sugar will be too low if you don't eat. You must eat.

- I made 10 shots. - I saw it.

You don't have to worry Little Song, I will keep my promise and tell you that important information.

But, eat first.

- Yes, eat first. - I am afraid you will pass out if you don't.

- Y-you should eat first. Yes, why don't you eat first?

Come here. Good. Be obedient.

Sit properly. Come. Slowly.

Get the chopsticks.

Eat slowly. There's no need to hurry.

Slowly. Slowly.

I ate and I won't pass out now. Can you say it?

Come on, just give it to him.

Quick.

Here, you can read it yourself.

Passionately loves his country, enthusiastic in improving oneself, diligent in his studies,

cares for... These are all your positive traits.

Go to the advisers of each department...

Third, you did wrong here.

- How can this count as important information? - Right.

You were thinking of bullying Little Song from the beginning, am I right?

- A summer bug can't understand what ice is. - What?

Song Yunhui.

Are you able to tell the importance of this news is to you?

I can sense it a little, but still couldn't point it out clearly.

- That's what makes you stronger than these annoying old troublemakers. - I don't like hearing you say that.

Who are you calling an old man?

After the conclusion of the third plenary session of the 11th central committee of the Chinese communist party, the policies to bring order out of chaos have been issued.

It's definite that the reputation of Little Song's family as being counter-revolutionary would be removed. It's just a matter of time.

I was the one who told you that information. Little Song also knew it.

-That's right. -Of course, he knows.

Or else, you wouldn't have immediately submitted a league membership request upon the start of the semester

and become the first advanced element to join the league from our class during our college years.

I didn't give that act much thought.

An upright man doesn't beat around the bush.

Regarding your family getting rehabilitated,

we all know that it won't be an easy thing.

Because the situation of each place is different, hence the implementation strength of policies are also different.

According to your family's situation,

if you're able to become a publicly accepted enthusiast in the society,

better if an advanced element, the greater is your chance

of helping your family remove this reputation.

Hence, you're suggesting that I be an instructor in a subsidiary primary school?

Should I say, "You are worthy to be taught"?

That's right.

You are a member of the Communist Youth League, and also an honorable instructor of a subsidiary primary school.

Even the country's flower buds can get educated by you just based on this document.

Would that director of the revolutionary committee of your town dare to not remove the counter-revolutionary reputation of your family?

Isn't it?

Yu Shanqing...

Thank you.

Dongbao.

Your idea is indeed superb.

None of us would have thought that selling a brick to a cheaper price would yield such good effect.

Uncle took some men and went around.

They were able to buy 6 carts of charcoal back.

You have recorded that in the books, right?

I remembered most of it. Four-eyed Accountant recorded them all.

Can that be acceptable?

You must clearly remember how much work are each people doing every day.

It will make it faster to calculate the salary by the end of the month.

Say, everyday, we dig clay,

bake bricks, mould adobe, and transport charcoals. There are so much tasks to do.

- I can only remember most of it. - Let Uncle take note of it.

Even if he remembers it wrongly, no one would dare complain.

Uncle has led some men

to go around the adjacent brigades. He's too exhausted and went back to rest.

Among you people,

is there one that can write and calculate?

How about you drag Uncle back here and he do the recording?

He's already old. Just let him rest.

He can rest, but we can't. How about this, call Sibao over.

Let him borrow a bicycle and tie a cloth on it. On the cloth writes, "Bricks from Xiaoleijia is 0,02 cents cheaper."

Tell him to go to more distant brigades.

I'm going now.

Hongwei, come here.

- What? I'm busy. - Don't call Dongbao by his name from now on.

- Call him what? - He's now the secretary, so call him Secretary Dongbao.

We're brothers in the same village who grew up together.

- Calling him secretary makes us feel distant. - Look at you.

Earlier, you said Dongbao's idea is superb.

You should have said, "Secretary Dongbao, your idea is superb." He would love hearing that more.

I realize that you don't even know how to fawn.

- Dongbao, he's cursing you. - What are you saying?

- N-none. - I'm asking you, what were you saying?

No, I wanted to tell you

that Shigen has been frequently wandering around the area lately.

He was here just now but I don't know what for.

What could he want?

- He want to work with us. - Can he?

If there's someone who keeps slacking off and fawning,

he might get the chance.

He can't come then. No one is slacking off.

Come'on. Hurry. Come.

Get an iron shovel. Dig.

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- Okay. I will pass the goods to you. - Okay.

Dongbao!

Dongbao!

I asked you to put up a flag. You have been busy for half the day and you have not set out yet?

No, no. I received your instruction.

I went home and took apart the bedsheet to make this flag.

I have been circling a few times outside.

It's taken me the whole day to do all these.

That's great.

You have returned too early. Go and visit the other brigades too.

Yes, I thought of that too.

But after I saw someone in Hongwei Town, I came back quickly to tell you about it.

Who? Someone who will buy our bricks?

This person, well, she could buy our bricks.

When she has raised enough rabbits, she could buy our bricks to build a rabbit den.

Are you trying to get careless with me?

No. No.

I really did see the girl who is raising rabbits.

So what if you saw her?