As Xiong Xingwang made a phone call, the telephone rang shrilly in the Linjiagou Production Brigade where everyone was noisy and eating barbecue.
Team leader Lin Shuisheng hurried to answer the phone, chewing a greasy sheep's butt in his mouth.
"Hello! Where?"
While chewing the meat, Lin Shuisheng asked loudly.
"Lin Shuisheng? I'm Xiong Xingwang, huh!
You, the Linjiagou Production Team, are really great!
Such a big thing was hidden from me, the county magistrate!"
County Magistrate Xiong deliberately acted like he was going to call someone to task and spoke in a very arrogant manner.
"Wow! County Magistrate Xiong, you have a very sharp nose! You can smell the scent even from more than ten miles away!"
Lin Shuisheng, who was enjoying his meal, thought that County Magistrate Xiong knew that Linjiagou had returned with a great harvest from hunting today!
So, he smiled and explained: "This is not the case when you were here this morning. We didn't know whether we could bring back meat. Plus, you had to go back to the county to recuperate, so we didn't dare to keep you to eat meat!"
"Wait...what are you talking about?
Eat meat? What kind of meat?
What are you eating?
Chewing meat? Okay!
You guys in Linjiagou are having a meat feast today! Did you do it on purpose while I was gone?"
After hearing what he said, County Magistrate Xiong could smell the meaty aroma in Lin Shuisheng's mouth even through the phone line.
In those days, even as a county magistrate, he could not eat much meat throughout the year.
Although the county government cafeteria often had special meals and other cadres could occasionally eat there, he, as the county magistrate, always set an example and did not often seek special treatment.
However, he has been eating hospital meals these days, and every meal has eggs and pork. The hospital specifically instructed that they should provide him with more nutrition.
Now, listening to the sound of Lin Shuisheng chewing meat, County Magistrate Xiong couldn't help swallowing his saliva.
"Haha! County Magistrate Xiong, first of all, we didn't do this on purpose. Your health is more important!
This is the yellow sheep that Awang led his team to hunt in the mountains. It is delicious when roasted. Our whole village ate it together. By the way, Secretary Liu did not go back, he was also eating happily beside him..."
Lin Shuisheng was a mean guy, and he didn't forget to deliberately make fun of County Magistrate Xiong.
"Stop showing off in front of me.
Getting back to the topic, I’m not going to talk about eating meat.
There is great news. Your Linjiagou Production Brigade has produced a nationally renowned poet. Don’t you, the production brigade leader, know about this?”
County Magistrate Xiong licked his lips and continued speaking seriously.
"What? What did you say? A nationally famous poet? In our production brigade? How is that possible? I've never heard of him! Who is it?"
After hearing what County Magistrate Xiong said, Lin Shuisheng was shocked and even more confused.
"Among the educated youth in your brigade, there is a man named Zhong Yuejin who has become famous. He has become a nationally renowned poet. Tomorrow the editor of Poetry Magazine will meet him in the county.
Tell him to get up early tomorrow and I will send a jeep from the county to pick him up."
"What? Zhong Yuejin, that guy has become a nationally famous poet?"
Lin Shuisheng forgot to chew the mutton in his mouth and his eyes widened in shock.
"Yes! Could it be that even though Zhong Yuejin's poem had been published and became popular all over the country, he never mentioned this matter in the production brigade?
It seems that Zhong Yuejin doesn't want others to know that he wrote and published poems?
Then Captain Lin, just keep this news to yourself, don't spread it yet. Wait until you get Comrade Zhong Yuejin's consent, then you can say anything!
Your Linjiagou Production Brigade will become famous again this time. When the news reports it, your Linjiagou Production Brigade will become the cradle of this great poet. "
Although Xiong Xingwang felt it was a bit strange, it was actually normal when he thought about it carefully.
After all, the special period has just passed, and many writers and poets were arrested in the past few years.
Some poets wrote poems with seemingly normal verses, but they were nitpickingly identified as promoting capitalist-roaders, and were immediately labeled rightists, requiring them to be criticized and sent to labor camps.
so……
In fact, Xiong Xingwang expressed his understanding that Zhong Yuejin did not take the initiative to reveal the fact that his poems could be published publicly to the production brigade leaders and the commune leaders.
But now times have changed.
The past practice of indiscriminately criticizing and denouncing people has been overturned, and intellectuals are about to step onto the stage of history again.
The resumption of publication of "People's Literature" and "Poetry Magazine" actually shows how urgent and intense the people's desire for new literary works is.
"I never thought that such a small Linjiagou Production Brigade could produce two such talented people at the same time. They will definitely become celebrities worthy of being written about in the future.
Haha! But come to think of it, it is also under the jurisdiction of my Baishan County!
Lin Huowang is a smart boy with many ideas and great abilities. He will accomplish great things sooner or later.
Zhong Yuejin, with this poem "Facing the Sea, Spring Blossoms", will have a place in the history of Chinese literature and poetry and can be considered a great writer."
After hanging up the phone, County Mayor Xiong still expressed his feelings.
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On the other side, the production team leader Lin Shuisheng still hadn't recovered from his shock.
It wasn't until the director of women's affairs ran over and called him that he reacted.
"Captain, what's wrong with you? Who called? Is there any new instructions from above?"
the women's director asked.
"Nothing! Why are you asking so much? County Magistrate Xiong just called to ask about today's hunting harvest."
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