Chapter 285 Goodbye, Folks
Su Ranran had experienced such farewells before, but this time there were too many people coming.
For a moment she didn't know how to react and could only watch as the villagers followed the mayor and walked towards her step by step.
As her eyes swept across those pairs of eager gazes, Su Ranran felt a warm current in her heart.
She has been very busy and hard-working every day for the past year and a half.
Although she did all these voluntarily, how could she not be moved by the fact that others took it to heart and cared about her?
The mayor and the town party secretary had already led the villagers to her side.
The mayor said to Su Ranran with a grateful look on his face.
"Comrade Su Ranran! On behalf of the people of Pingzhou Town, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to you! Thank you for your outstanding contribution to Pingzhou Island over the past year and a half. Not only did you help us solve the vegetable problem, you also made use of the originally abandoned saline-alkali land, and now you have brought new pig-raising technology to our Pingzhou Island. The people of Pingzhou Island will never forget your kindness to us."
The mayor's gratitude was heartfelt.
Over the past year or so, Pingzhou Island has not only been a big hit in the county, but has even been featured in People's Daily twice.
This is a great honor for them!
And all this is because of Su Ranran's selfless dedication, how can they not be grateful?
The villagers love this military wife who selflessly helps them from the bottom of their hearts.
Therefore, when they heard that Su Ranran was leaving Pingzhou Island today, they rushed over from home early in the morning and waited at the dock.
At this time, the villagers stood behind the mayor. Although they did not say anything, everyone's eyes were filled with gratitude and reluctance.
Looking at those innocent and enthusiastic faces, Su Ranran felt that all her hard work over the past year was worth it.
She scanned the crowd one by one, paused, and then spoke: "Thank you for your kindness, fellow villagers. I am a military wife and an educated youth. I listened to the Chairman and my greatest wish is to build the countryside. I am glad that I have achieved the initial goal. The rest will be left to you to work hard. I will not forget these days on the island. Thank you for your care for me."
As soon as these words fell, thunderous applause broke out in the audience.
"Comrade Su Ranran is indeed a good student of the Chairman. She is a good comrade who serves the people sincerely!"
"Comrade Su Ranran, please rest assured that we will work hard to promote the technology you left to our island!"
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The villagers spoke one after another.
The enthusiastic voice soon drowned out the mayor's voice.
The mayor could only wait until they calmed down before continuing.
"You are leaving Pingzhou Island, and we don't have anything good to give you. This is a small token of our appreciation from the people of Pingzhou Island. I hope you don't mind."
The mayor said this and took a plate from the clerk behind him.
There was a large pile of balls and a small island model on the plate.
That stack of money should be about one thousand yuan.
Such a sum of money is really not a small amount in this era.
After the mayor took out the money, everyone's eyes fell on the large stack of balls.
But no one was jealous of Su Ranran for getting this money.
This is what she deserves. After all, the pig feed formula was given directly to the Pingzhou Island Town Government.
How many thousand yuan can this formula create? How many jobs can it create? How many villagers can it help increase their income?
Not only did she deserve the money, the villagers even thought she should get more.
Su Ranran was completely caught off guard by this sum of money.
But she knew that Pingzhou Island was not rich, and the Pingzhou Town government had spent such a large sum of money to build a factory, so it should be short of money now.
What would happen if she accepted the money at this time?
"Thank you, but I can't accept the money. I really like this island model, so I'll take it."
As she spoke, she carefully took the island model that was made of unknown material.
Seeing that she refused to take the money, everyone became anxious.
One by one, they began to persuade her to accept it.
Su Ranran was both moved and helpless. After thinking about it, she compromised.
"Well, I'll take the money, but I'm going to donate it to Pingzhou Elementary School to subsidize the tuition of poor children. Knowledge changes destiny. I hope that when I come back again, I can see that every child on Pingzhou Island can afford to go to school."
When these words were spoken, the villagers were moved to tears again.
What kind of comrade with noble character is this?
Not only did she solve their vegetable, grain and meat problems without hesitation and without asking for anything in return, but now faced with such a large amount of money, she donated it without any hesitation!
How could they not admire such a person?
The mayor was also shocked by her selflessness.
When he came back to his senses, he said with a moving face: "Comrade Su Ranran, don't worry, we will work hard to ensure that every child on Pingzhou Island can go to school. We will also let them remember that Pingzhou Island has such a great military wife who used her knowledge to help the island and changed the island!"
They expressed their gratitude again and again, but the villagers were still reluctant to let Su Ranran leave.
But after sending you thousands of miles away, we must eventually say goodbye.
No matter how reluctant they were, they knew they couldn't delay Su Ranran from getting on the bus.
Su Ranran refused the local specialties that the villagers pushed to her and boarded the boat under the escort of a group of military wives and soldiers.
Behind him, the villagers followed closely.
While talking, he gave earnest instructions.
"No matter where you go, don't forget us! Come back and visit us when you have time!"
"This is also your hometown. We will always remember you."
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Su Ranran and her group finally got on the boat. Looking back, they saw the villagers still waving at her from the shore.
"Goodbye, folks. I will remember you too!"
Su Ranran raised the model in her hand and shouted loudly to everyone.
The boat sailed out slowly, but the people on the shore were reluctant to leave.
Only when the boat disappeared into the vast ocean and could no longer be seen did the villagers look away with disappointment.
Although many of Su Ranran's research has only produced preliminary results, it has not yet been carried out on a large scale.
But she planted a seed of hope.
Everyone firmly believes that the island will have a better tomorrow.
The boat had already travelled half the distance.
But everyone on the boat was surprisingly silent.
Firstly, the sadness of parting made them not know what to say, and secondly, the scene just now at the dock shocked all the military wives and soldiers.
What an honor it is to be supported by so many people!
Gao Fangxia felt a little bit pained about the 1,000 yuan.
She had been hesitant to speak several times just now, wanting Su Ranran to accept the money, but was stopped by Shen Yue every time.
At this time, the couple was standing in the corner at the stern.
"I'm telling you, that money was given to my sister-in-law by someone else. She has the right to decide how to deal with it. Don't think anything of it. My sister-in-law has been very good to us."
Hearing this, Gao Fangxia's swollen head calmed down instantly.
Seeing that she listened to his advice, Shen Yue's expression softened a little.
"We can earn whatever we want. Just wait, we'll figure out how to build a pig feed processing plant when we get back. Then you'll definitely have a good life."
Hearing this, Gao Fangxia's pain in her heart was finally soothed.
"Okay! I'll do whatever you say! Let's do it well from now on!"