Chapter 156 Chapter 156
Although she knew that a media group would come to film and interview her soon, Ye Qing did not deliberately change her pace. In the next two days, she still induced labor in the remaining sows according to the previous plan.
The four consecutive days of induced labor and delivery went smoothly. Both the sows and the piglets were very strong. There were no uncontrollable situations during the entire delivery process. The number of piglets delivered each day fluctuated around 20 per litter, and the condition of the piglets was very normal.
There was only one sow. Because she had just reached adulthood, she carried 25 piglets in her womb for the first time. She had no experience in giving birth, so the piglets were squeezed in the birth canal and blocked the exit. She was unable to give birth smoothly for a long time.
Finally Ye Qing had to do it himself, inserting needles and performing episiotomy, and finally opened the birth canal, allowing the piglets to be born smoothly. The last piglet was suffocated due to inhalation of fecal matter because it was suffocated for too long, but after Ye Qing's timely first aid, the piglet successfully saved its life. It soon recovered to a lively state and quickly squeezed in between a group of brothers and sisters to grab milk. Its strength was no weaker than that of other piglets born normally.
Over the past few days, the crowd that was watching had gone from being excited and shocked at the beginning to being almost numb. Every day, they watched Ye Qing and several female apprentices deliver piglets in the pigpen. Everyone was very familiar with the process. Later, when the recorder counted that a sow had given birth to more than ten or twenty piglets, no one was surprised anymore. It seemed that it was normal for a sow to give birth to twenty piglets per litter. If a sow suddenly gave birth to only a few piglets, or if a piglet died during delivery due to dystocia, then everyone would find it strange.
Zhao Yuliang no longer walks around the pigpen. Instead, he strolls leisurely with his hands behind his back, as if he is strolling around the kingdom he has conquered with his own hands. He feels relaxed and comfortable, especially when he sees the sows that have given birth and are surrounded by a bunch of piglets. He grins so hard that his teeth are visible.
But this was obviously not the proudest moment for Zhao Yuliang. Even more shocking and joyful things were yet to come.
On the fourth day, Ye Qing's delivery plan was over. Just as she was about to pack up and return to Kaoshantun, a group of journalists from Jicheng escorted by military vehicles arrived at Qingshan Farm in a hurry. The sentry at the gate was startled when he saw the foreign vehicles coming in. He thought something had happened to the farm. Soon, someone got off the leading vehicle. A leader held up his military certificate and a red-headed document and shouted to the sentry:
"I am Xu Xinzheng, deputy division commander of the Jicheng Military Region. At the request of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Propaganda Committee, I am escorting reporters from Jicheng TV and newspapers to Qingshan Farm for filming and interviewing. Please notify the farm leaders as soon as possible to take over!"
When the sentry saw the credentials in the chief's hand, he suddenly had an idea. He didn't dare to delay any longer. He saluted the chief and turned around and ran into the farm impatiently.
When Zhao Yuliang got the news and ran out, he was stunned when he saw the person coming: "Company Commander, why are you here?"
When Zhao Yuliang joined the army, Xu Xinzheng was his company commander when he was in the recruit company. He was responsible for providing physical fitness and assault training to these new Red Army soldiers. Later, during the war, Zhao Yuliang and Xu Xinzheng were assigned to the same regiment. They helped each other in the same trench, and their relationship was undoubtedly very close.
However, after liberation, Xu Xinzheng was promoted and transferred to the Jicheng Military Region, while Zhao Yuliang came to the Great Northern Wilderness Construction Corps, where he climbed up step by step from company commander to battalion commander, then to regiment commander, and finally to the person in charge of the army farm a few years ago. It took him nearly twenty years to transform the huge Qingshan Farm from the Great Northern Wilderness into the Beida Cang. Only he knew the hardships involved.
It had been more than 20 years since Zhao Yuliang last saw Xu Xinzheng. When he suddenly saw his old company commander, his eyes couldn't help but become red.
Although Xu Xinzheng is now a division commander, Zhao Yuliang still hasn't gotten rid of the habit of calling him company commander, and he subconsciously calls him by his original title when they meet.
Xu Xinzheng now has white hair on his temples. Seeing that the ignorant soldier back then has now become able to take charge of a large farm with tens of thousands of people, he was deeply moved:
"When you joined the army, you were only 15 or 16 years old, still a young boy who knew nothing. In the blink of an eye, we are already middle-aged. Time flies."
"In fact, I heard people mention it in Jicheng a few years ago. They said you led people to reclaim the wasteland in the Great Northern Wilderness. You dug out tens of thousands of acres of fertile land with just a shovel and a pick. I have wanted to visit you for a long time, but I never found the opportunity."
"This time it's different. I heard that you guys were carrying out reforms on the farm, and it caused quite a stir. Not only did it alarm the Ministry of Agriculture and the Propaganda Committee, but even the Central North Sea received the news. The leader directly ordered the Propaganda Committee to conduct a detailed investigation and filming of the situation on your farm, including you and the leader of this farm breeding reform. We will conduct special interviews."
Zhao Yuliang was stunned when he heard this, and thought the old company commander was making a joke of him.
"What are you talking about?"
"What is the current situation of your pig farm? Is it reliable? The reporters I brought with me this time are not joking. They are the mouthpieces of the news industry. Their pens can kill without bloodshed and are more powerful than our guns. If something goes wrong here and you are found to have falsified the information, it will not only be a simple matter of embarrassment. Not only your farm, but also countless people from the county to the province to Jicheng will be implicated!"
"You have to tell me the truth, or else when you go out, don't say you are a soldier brought out by me, Xu Xinzheng!"
Zhao Yuliang subconsciously looked behind the old company commander, and sure enough, he saw a number of reporters with work badges getting off the military vehicles behind him, and even some TV station equipment being lifted down, making it clear that they were preparing for interviews and filming.
This instantly caused waves of shock in Zhao Yuliang's heart. He did expect that the birth of this batch of sows would be on the news, but he did not expect that it would alarm Zhongbeihai and even the Jicheng TV station was sent down.
Although he had been to the battlefield and killed enemies and seen all kinds of big scenes when he was young, he had been quiet on the farm for so many years and he had rarely seen such a big battle. So at this moment Zhao Yuliang was really a little dazed, his throat was a little dry, and he swallowed subconsciously.
Fortunately, at this moment, Ye Qing came out of the farm with a few apprentices after cleaning up. The military vehicle arrived at the gate, and seeing so many people blocking the way outside, she suddenly remembered the phone call that Hang Tingfang had made to her before, and hurriedly asked the driver, Warrior Xiao Zhu, to stop the car.
Ye Qing just stuck her head out of the car window, and Zhao Yuliang waved at her as if he had seen a savior.
"Ye Zhiqing, come here quickly. There are many reporters from Jicheng who are here to see you!"
Ye Qing had sharp eyes and had already seen an acquaintance among the crowd of reporters not far away. She quickly waved and greeted Hang Tingfang, then got out of the car and walked up to Zhao Yuliang.
Zhao Yuliang hurriedly introduced her to the team leader, Commander Xu Xinzheng, and then handed the official documents and a bunch of review certification materials to Ye Qing.
Ye Qing was overwhelmed when she saw these certificates and quickly waved her hands. She was not the leader of the farm, so how could she take the initiative to read these things? Besides, she had eyes and the shiny red-headed documents were placed at the top. Even if she didn't read the contents, she knew what these documents said. There was no need to read them at all.
Anyway, her goal from the beginning was to promote scientific breeding. Now that the higher-ups want to report this matter extensively, she absolutely couldn't ask for more, so she will cooperate with whatever the higher-ups arrange.
As for the review of the identities and backgrounds of these journalists, that is not Ye Qing's business, but a matter that the Propaganda Committee should be concerned about.
Presumably, for such an important event, the Propaganda Committee must be extremely cautious in selecting personnel, and the reporters selected should all be genuine professionals who have stood the test of time and will not deliberately distort the facts or carry their own agenda.
Although Ye Qing felt that these reporters should not pose any problem, the military farm had been exploited several times before, and Zhao Yuliang was frightened. He dared not take it lightly during the review process. So no matter who came, he would not be careless in the security check and identity verification. Every visitor's credentials, including equipment, must be carefully checked before being brought into the farm.
Fortunately, these reporters were quite honest and did not express dissatisfaction with the farm's overly strict audit. Instead, they all cooperated with the inspection.
The main reason is that these reporters are not stupid. In today's news media, you can't survive without a keen political sense and news awareness. So before these reporters came down, they had already smelled the scent of the front-page headlines and realized that what they were going to interview and shoot this time was definitely an unprecedented piece of big news that could even shock the whole country.
If Ye Qing's scientific breeding plan is really as powerful as the rumors say, then the impact on the domestic breeding industry will be subversive. The domestic agriculture and people's livelihood will be profoundly affected. It may not be long before the depressed economy that has impoverished the country for many years will be revived. Therefore, at this critical juncture, Qingshan Farm cannot be too cautious.
Before these reporters were assigned, they were all instructed by their leaders that they must film and interview the first-hand information on the scene in a true and detailed manner. If they messed up, it would not only be a problem of whether they could report back, but it would also be unknown whether they could continue to work at the TV station or the newspaper. Therefore, no one dared to compete with other farms at this stage of entering the military farm.
After all the personnel-related information was reviewed, these reporters couldn't wait to get down to business as soon as they entered the farm. Some of them rushed to the pig farm with cameras and video equipment, while others set their sights on Ye Qing and Zhao Yuliang, the farm managers, and wanted to find a suitable place to sit down and interview the two parties immediately. Obviously, on the way here, this temporary team had already discussed the division of labor in advance and didn't want to waste any time.
Ye Qing and several of her apprentices have been working non-stop these past few days. Even though they have a clear division of labor and have other people to help, it is still very tiring to concentrate so closely for several days in a row. But despite being tired, she still has to cheer up and deal with the reporters who are here to interview her.
Fortunately, among the reporters who interviewed him was Hang Tingfang, and Ye Qing was most familiar with Hang Tingfang's personality, so when the interview began, the first person to ask questions was Hang Tingfang, and Ye Qing quickly got into the state.
Hang Tingfang got straight to the point:
"As far as I know, you are good at human and veterinary medicine. During the six months you were sent to the countryside to work as a sent-down youth, you established the first production team health station in Jiaotan County for Kaoshantun. Under your management, the health station is well organized and gradually gained a reputation. People from all over the country want to come to Kaoshantun to see you. Under such circumstances, how did you come up with the idea of reforming pig breeding?"
Ye Qing paused for a few seconds, then smiled shyly:
"Actually, I'm just hungry and want to eat meat."
"They say that young boys eat up their parents. I came to Kaoshantun to work as a sent-down youth last year. I was just 16 years old at that time. I was really a glutton. I felt hungry every day and could eat a cow."
"Besides, I was only about 1.5 meters tall last year. When I came to Kaoshantun, the northerners here are all tall and strong. Even the fifth and sixth graders in elementary school are taller than me. Many people joked that I was a dwarf and asked me if I had graduated from elementary school."
"It's not that I don't want to grow taller, it's mainly because I don't have enough nutrition. After I came to the village, the production team took good care of me, and the work points I earned were enough to support me, so I grew taller quickly. In the past six months, I have grown about five or six centimeters, and now I'm 1.63 meters tall."
"And I think I can still grow another year or two. As long as I eat more, exercise more, and have a balanced nutritional intake, by the time I turn 18, I might be 1.68 meters or even 1.7 meters tall."
At this point, Ye Qing couldn't help but stand up, straightening her chest and raising her head to show the reporter her height:
"Well, I didn't lie, did I? The first person to interview me in Kaoshantun was reporter Hang Tingfang. She must remember how I looked when I first went to the countryside. Isn't it very different from now?"
Hang Tingfang nodded seriously: "Yes, you were so skinny that you looked malnourished, and you were really short. I really wondered how you could catch traffickers and thieves with your small body."
Ye Qing smiled somewhat proudly:
"It's because I'm short and inconspicuous that I don't attract attention. The traffickers and thieves let down their guard and don't take precautions against a nobody like me."
"But it's not something to brag about. My height has always been a pain point for me since I was a child. I think there are many people who are troubled by their height like me, whether in the city or in the countryside. And a large number of these people are not born with short stature due to genetic inheritance, but they share the same problem as me, which is that they are short due to malnutrition."
"To change this situation, we have to work hard on food intake, and the best way to help people grow taller quickly is to eat more meat protein. So when I came to the countryside, I set my sights on the pigs raised in the mountain villages and decided to reform the pig farms in the villages."
Ye Qing did not start by talking about some empty ideals, nor did she put herself in a lofty position. Instead, she focused on her own predicament and selfishness, and brought up the problem of her height that had troubled her in the past. Then, from this small and subtle detail of life, she introduced the topic of scientific breeding. This approach easily brought the listener into her situation, making her entire conversation process light and real, simple and easy to understand, fascinating and even leaving the listener wanting more.
Reporters from several newspapers were attracted by Ye Qing, especially when they heard Ye Qing talk about her mental journey after going to the countryside and seeing the current situation in the countryside, and explained her original intention of conceiving the pig-raising plan, everyone felt empathy and their emotions were aroused.
Afterwards, the reporters asked Ye Qing many more questions, but maybe it was because Hang Tingfang had set the tone of the interview earlier, or maybe these reporters had already received instructions from their superiors. In short, everyone's questions were very mild, and no one deliberately set traps for Ye Qing or asked overly sharp questions.
Moreover, none of the reporters from the newspapers showed any superiority or disrespect towards Ye Qing simply because of her young age, which made Ye Qing remain calm and peaceful throughout the interview. She answered questions crisply and clearly, and as long as sensitive topics were not touched upon, she basically told them everything she knew and was very cooperative throughout the entire process.
Of course, the reporter's interview was not the focus of this event. The real focus was on the news shooting of Jicheng TV Station.
In this era, there are only a few TV channels in the country, and the only TV station that can be included in all major provinces is probably Jicheng TV.
Moreover, Jicheng TV Station has fixed requirements for both the programs and broadcast time periods. The content broadcast during the daily news period is basically major national events, and most of them are various important activities with Zhongbeihai as the background.
This time, a TV station was designated by the Propaganda Committee to travel thousands of miles to a farm to conduct a personal interview with an ordinary citizen. This was definitely the first time in history.
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