Chapter 333 He is also someone who can be called Director Su!
night.
The canteen was brightly lit inside and out, and the steaming hot air wrapped in the sweet aroma of white flour buns hit my face.
The employees who were wolfing down their food all had happy expressions on their faces.
Wait until dinner is over.
When Su Wenchen returned with a somewhat tired body, the moon was already above the willow branches.
Sitting in front of a slightly old wooden table, Su Wenchen took out an envelope from his pocket.
Looking at the beautiful handwriting on the envelope, a look of longing unconsciously appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Since arriving at the branch, he has been writing letters to his wife for the past few months.
This somewhat backward and implicit way of communication made Su Wenchen and his wife feel like they were in love again, which he found quite wonderful!
Then Su Wenchen tore open the seal and unfolded the letter.
"Comrade Wenchen: I'm glad to see you."
"Yesterday at three o'clock in the morning, our revolutionary cause finally gained a new recruit. Unfortunately, it wasn't what you wished. The baby was a chubby boy."
"My eldest sister said that when the baby was born, his cry was loud and clear, very similar to yours back then."
"As for the name, I'll leave it to you to decide on the important matter of naming the child. However, I gave him the nickname Qi Jin because he was born at 7.2 jin, and the birth was exhausting for me."
"But I'm currently recuperating in the hospital. My mother and eldest sister are helping to take care of me, so you don't have to worry about me!"
"I will follow the doctor's advice and get myself back on track before returning to work."
"How are you doing on the farm? You're busy at work, so please take care of yourself."
"I am enclosing a lock of my child's hair with this letter, wrapped in red paper. If you miss your child, you can take it out and read it in your spare time to ease your longing."
"I'll ask someone to take a photo of the child in a few days, and then I'll show you our little reclamation soldier."
Wife: Jiang Li
June 21, 1971.
After reading the letter, Su Wenchen immediately picked up the envelope on the table and took out a folded piece of red paper from it.
Su Wenchen opened it carefully and looked at the small strand of sparse fetal hair inside.
I have an inexplicable strange feeling in my heart.
he!
Have children?
For some reason, just looking at the few tiny hairs on his hand, he felt soft.
I have even started to imagine in my mind what the child will look like.
Do you like to cry too?
Can Ali take care of it all by herself?
Then a sense of guilt arose, and even an urgency to go back immediately.
Taking a deep breath, Su Wenchen suppressed all his emotions.
Then carefully wrap the hair in red paper and carefully open a drawer to store it.
He slowly spread out a piece of letter paper, picked up a pen and started writing.
pear:
Show your confidence.
I just finished reading your letter and I feel both happy and guilty.
I am happy that our "little farmer" was born safely, but I feel guilty that I couldn't be by your side when you gave birth. I am really an incompetent husband.
"Qi Jin is a good name, it sounds very strong!"
"As for the name."
Su Wenchen held the pen and paused for a long time, thinking before finally continuing to write slowly.
"I thought about it for a long time and decided to name him Su Mingze. Growing up in a family like ours, I hope he will have an upright character and a benevolent heart."
"Everything is going smoothly on the farm. The yield per mu of the experimental field has exceeded 500 kilograms, and the farm staff are very motivated."
"It just so happens that Director Lu brought people here to inspect today. The expansion of the saline-alkali land has been preliminarily finalized. I also talked to the leader about sending a deputy here."
"Once the land issue is initially settled, I'll probably be able to get out of this branch farm in September!"
"I have received the baby's hair you sent me. Looking at these few strands of hair, I can't help but imagine what this little guy will look like in my mind."
"When the photo arrives, I'll have to carry it in my pocket every day. When I'm tired from work, I can take it out and look at our little farm soldier!"
"Finally, you must take care of yourself and don't rush back to the commune to work. After I'm done with this, I'll definitely go back as soon as possible to take care of you and your mother myself."
Wen Chen
The night of June 29, 1971.
After finishing writing, Su Wenchen put down the pen in his hand, walked to the window, opened it and looked at the moonlight in the sky outside.
His thoughts were like the moonlight that appeared and disappeared, and he felt hazy.
Su Wenchen feels that times really change people.
In just a few years, he had already almost completely integrated into this era without realizing it.
Especially after he knew he had a child, the era in his memory seemed to be getting farther and farther away from him.
He couldn't even recall some of the less profound memories.
Su Wenchen didn't know whether this was good or bad for him, but no matter what, he could only continue to fight.
Whether it is for himself, his family, or the country, Su Wenchen feels that he has to keep working hard.
I hope that with my participation, the country will be better and the people will be happier!
Over the next few days, the weather was surprisingly cooperative.
The scorching sun was still high in the sky, but occasionally a breeze blew across the drying yard, raising layers of wheat waves.
The workers got up before dawn, spread out the wheat grains while the morning dew was still wet, and then collected the grains in baskets and stored them in the warehouse as the sun set.
Su Wenchen finally breathed a sigh of relief after working hard until the last grain of wheat was stored.
I watched as several strong workers slowly closed the thick iron door with great effort.
Yang Zhenye, who had finished counting with a notebook in hand, said with emotion.
"Director, we have a total of 12,600 mu of improved farmland, and we harvested a total of 2.8 million kilograms of wheat. With this batch of wheat, we finally don't have to worry about food this year."
"Director, you don't know, when I was leading the team to open up the wasteland in the first half of the year, I was so panicked when I saw the grain in the granary was being consumed like water!"
Su Wenchen joked with a smile.
"Don't panic now!"
"We will continue to reclaim land in the second half of the year, mainly planting Suaeda grass and alfalfa for feed."
"Also, we need to continue repairing the canals, but we don't need to repair them as densely as before. However, the main canals used for irrigation and flood prevention still need to be repaired!"
"I feel like it rains a lot here as soon as summer begins. What I'm most afraid of these days is that God won't give me any mercy."
Yang Zhenye couldn't help but agree.
"That's right! We used to have an old saying here: winter is white and summer is watery!"
"It means that when winter comes, the whole field turns white and is covered with salt and alkali crust."
"In the summer, there's a lot of rain. Plus, our area is the lowest in the area, and we haven't dug many canals yet, so it's easy to get flooded. That's why a lot of land used to be left barren."
"If we don't improve the water conservancy, even if the salinity in the land is reduced, production will still decline if nature doesn't give us a chance."
"I've been worried these past few days, as I do every year at this time. Sometimes, the weather isn't so good, and we can only distribute the wheat to the homes of the various production teams and have the members dry it on the kang."
"It was just that the yield was low before, so this was acceptable. But if God doesn't give us the yield this year, we'd be lucky if we could keep half of it."
Su Wenchen nodded.
"Indeed, we will have to increase the use of various machines to assist with threshing in the future, and we can do it manually when planting."
"If you're rushing to harvest, you still have to race against time. The shorter the time, the lower the risk."
While the two were talking, a clerk on a bicycle came rushing over here.
After riding to a distance from Su Wenchen, he immediately braked and shouted at Su Wenchen.
"director!"
"director!"
"Two people said they were reporting to our site!"
"But we don't know whether it's true or not. People are already waiting in the reception room!"
Su Wenchen's eyes lit up when he heard this.
"Reporting!"
"The leader actually selected the person so quickly!"
"Old Yang, let's go back to the field. He should be the deputy director sent by the department. Let's go get to know him!"
Yang Zhenye was shocked when he heard Su Wenchen's words.
He really needs to be careful in entertaining the deputy assigned by his superiors.
However, although Su Wenchen would not deliberately delay time, he would not rush over either.
So when he and Yang Zhenye returned to the site, they still had to wait for a long time.
However, when he walked into the reception room, he found that one of the two people who came over was actually an acquaintance.
When the other party saw Su Wenchen, he immediately walked up to him enthusiastically!
"Haha, Director Su, I haven't seen you for a few months, how come you've become darker?"
Su Wenchen also responded with a smile.
"It's so hot, and you're busy harvesting, what do you think?"
But then a look of doubt appeared on his face.
"But Comrade Xiangyang, why is it you?"
"Did the Ministry send you here?"
Guo Xiangyang saw Su Wenchen's expression and suddenly felt sad.
"Director Su, I'm so sad when you do this."
"You don't believe in my ability!"
"Director, I promise to cooperate with you. I'll go wherever you point me!"
He said this while pointing to a person standing upright beside him.
"And this is Comrade Zhou Qiang, the security officer assigned specifically for you. He's primarily responsible for your travel safety and other matters."
After Guo Xiangyang's introduction, the other party immediately walked towards Su Wenchen.
"Hello, Director. My name is Zhou Qiang! I will be your security guard from now on!"
When Su Wenchen heard this, he was a little confused for a moment.
But he still reached out and shook hands with this comrade who seemed a little taciturn.
"Hello, Comrade Zhou Qiang!"
"However, at my current level, I probably can't afford to have my own security personnel!"
Guo Xiangyang explained.
"Normally, there's definitely not. You're the exception, Director. Since the beginning of the new year, another group of people have been caught in Guang City. They revealed that if they don't have a chance to get rabbits this time, they'll ask the researchers."
"That's why we sent Comrade Zhou Qiang here, mainly just in case."
"We're usually inside the field, so strangers can't get in. So you don't have to worry."
"You usually just work as a driver. Comrade Zhou Qiang, like me, has been transferred to our farm."
"I'll trouble you to take good care of me from now on!"
Su Wenchen touched his chin unconsciously.
He wasn't that worried, but he was also equipped with security personnel, right?
So am I so important now?
Shaking his head, Su Wenchen cleared out these messy thoughts.
"It's easy to talk about taking care of someone, but Comrade Zhou Qiang, I can understand. Aren't you doing well in the conference affairs office of the ministry's political work group?"
"Why did you come to work as our deputy?"
"Did he offend someone? Was he exiled?"
After all, in his opinion, the other party was originally an office director at the same level as himself.
It may not be a big deal in Beijing, but working as a deputy in a local area is obviously a low-level position.
Hearing Su Wenchen's words, Guo Xiangyang smiled and shook his head.
"What unlucky words are you saying!"
"It's not me who was exiled, it's you who was promoted!"
"Congratulations! Hey, it's really frustrating to compare yourself to others!"
As he spoke, he took out a file bag sealed with brown paper from the table.
“Hey!”
"Inside is your appointment document!"
Su Wenchen frowned when he heard this.
Promotion?
Where can he go now?
Don’t let this kid come to pick his peaches!
However, he still took the file bag, opened the seal, took out the documents and started reading.
Then Su Wenchen's expression became weirder and weirder the more he looked.
Because the higher-ups didn't transfer him to another department as he had just thought.
Instead, a demonstration zone for comprehensive management of saline-alkali land was established in the branch farm.
He also serves as the director of this demonstration area.
The deputy director is Guo Xiangyang, and there are only two of them in the entire department.
This made Su Wenchen a little confused. He didn't quite understand what the department meant.
The main reason is that the document does not specify the specific requirements.
However, there was one thing that made Su Wenchen very happy, that was that he was promoted to the next level and officially entered the 13th administrative level.
According to future standards, he has officially entered the ranks of deputy department level, and he can also be called Director Su!
Guo Xiangyang looked at Su Wenchen's slightly raised mouth corners and congratulated him with a smile.
"Director Su, I'll be working under you from now on! Please take care of me!"
Su Wenchen came back to his senses after hearing this and responded with a smile.
"Sure, sure. There's definitely endless work to do here!"
"But what is this saline-alkali land comprehensive management demonstration zone for?!"
Guo Xiangyang explained immediately.
"Actually, what the above means is that we should first come up with a benchmark and specific standard procedures."
"This way, subsequent saline-alkali land management will have samples as a reference and for supervision and audit."
When Su Wenchen heard what Guo Xiangyang said, he understood a little.
This is to let them build a model for the management of the Yellow River flood area here!
Then let other places promote it according to their methods?
It’s not a bad thing for him!
Because this kind of model project often gets some extra help.
"And what about the land?"
"Has it been settled?"
Guo Xiangyang smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Director, we've communicated with the higher-ups, but regarding the specific details and land division, we definitely need to set up a special team to negotiate step by step with the local authorities!"
"How could the higher-ups possibly be so meticulous?"
"But they are indeed happy to facilitate this matter. One reason is that our farm department has a heavier grain procurement task than the local government."
"Secondly, local governments are currently unable to invest heavily in flood control in the Yellow River floodplain."
"However, we still need to communicate with each other about how to negotiate the specifics, how many acres, and what their requirements are."
"After all, this involves so many places and so many people, it can't be accomplished by just slamming the table!"
Su Wenchen felt that it was true, so he spoke directly.
"That's fine, you've arrived just in time. We've just finished storing our summer grain, and we were planning to hold a meeting this afternoon to report on the harvest."
"It's a good opportunity to introduce you two to everyone!"
"But Comrade Xiangyang, let me be frank. Our affairs here are much more complicated than those in the ministry."
"You have to be mentally prepared!"
"If you're just trying to get by, then I'll be frank with you!"
Su Wenchen wanted someone to come down to help him share the work. If the person was the type who didn't work but wanted to share the credit, he would definitely not agree!
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Guo Xiangyang naturally understood what he meant.
Quickly promised.
"Director, don't worry. I was mentally prepared before I came here! If I was really afraid of hardship, I wouldn't have volunteered to come here."
"If I did anything wrong, just tell me directly. The Minister and Director Lu both talked to me before I came down."
"My mission is to assist you in completing the construction of our branch farm and demonstration area."
For Guo Xiangyang, although it is very hard, it also means it is easy to achieve results.
Especially after learning that the higher-ups planned to build this place into a demonstration area, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him!
After all, having connections can at most make it easier for you to get started and give you a higher ceiling.
But if you really want to make it, you still have to produce tangible and convincing results.
So when facing Su Wenchen, whose background and ability are better than his, he naturally knows what's going on!
Seeing Guo Xiangyang say this, Su Wenchen nodded.
"Let's go! Let's go to the meeting room."
"It's a good opportunity to discuss a plan and see how to negotiate with the local authorities later!"
(End of this chapter)
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