Chapter 42: Stop Sowing Dissension
Can Secretary Tang refuse?
Must not.
He agreed readily.
Then, Liu Xiangqian ran back to the brigade headquarters and turned on the loudspeaker to notify or summon the villagers to come to the sun drying ground.
The villagers who received the notice looked at each other, not understanding why they were asked to go to the big drying yard at this time.
But since the branch secretary has summoned them, they have to go.
So, the villagers began to rush to the big drying ground like they were going to a market.
Soon, people gathered. First, Liu Xiangqian came to the stage to speak, followed by Secretary Tang and others, and finally Yi Chichi, the protagonist who was being honored.
When Secretary Tang and others were praising her contributions, she looked at the villagers in the audience who were admiring her, and her face turned red with embarrassment.
I thought this was embarrassing enough, but I didn't expect that after giving her the commendation certificate and prize, Secretary Tang actually asked her to give a speech.
Yi Chichi really wanted to ask if she could not give a speech, but she didn't have the courage to say it.
I could only stand on the stage and recall the speeches of various evening party hosts in later generations, and then spoke after making some minor modifications.
"I would like to thank all the leaders and the folks of Kaoshantun. As an educated youth of the new era, my achievements today are inseparable from the care and support of the leaders of Baoan County, and the help of the branch secretary, team leader and fellow villagers..."
The more she spoke, the smoother it became, and she went straight into the mode of commercial praise.
He poured out words of gratitude as if they were free, trying hard to downplay his own involvement in the spy catching incident and push the credit onto the public security officials of Bao'an County.
The implication of the words is that the public security cadres have made greater contributions.
The villagers listened with great interest. Bai Chen and his companions looked proud, held their heads high and said to the people around them, "Yi Chichi is an educated youth from our educated youth courtyard."
“We are so proud of her!”
“Wrong!”
The villager who answered the question corrected him, "Yi Zhiqing is obviously the educated youth from our Kaoshan Village, and you are also our educated youth."
These words left Bai Chen and the others speechless.
That makes sense. They are all educated youth from Kaoshantun, so they should be proud together.
He Yunsong, who was standing at the back and heard the conversation, twitched his lips and nudged Wen Shi with his elbow, "Are all the people in your village like this?"
"Well, the people in our village are united."
Wen Shi's smile floated on his face, and his eyes were full of peach blossoms, "He is not easy to bully."
His tone was calm, but the aura of joy emanating from him was impossible to ignore.
He Yunsong was extremely envious, as there was no such good atmosphere in his hometown.
"Are you envious?"
He Yunsong, who was happy when he heard it, started to talk nonsense and try to stir up trouble again, and the heart-wrenching words poured out like a stream of water.
"You have obviously made greater contributions than Yi Zhiqing, but Yi Zhiqing stood on the stage and spoke while you could only stand on the sidelines and watch. Do you feel uncomfortable?"
Wen Shi looked at him like he was an idiot, "You have this head of pureness just to look good."
It seems to be a euphemism, but in fact it clearly shows that He Yunsong has grown a useless brain.
"I think what you said is a bit too much. I am just standing up for you..."
"You're such a nice person!"
Wen Shi rolled his eyes at him, seeming impatient with his stupidity, "Stop trying to sow discord, or I'll beat you up."
Pure threat of force.
He Yunsong, who knew how hard his fist was, listened to his blatant threat, gave up the idea of continuing to talk dirty and stir up trouble, and chose to be as quiet as a chicken.
At this time, Yi Chichi on the stage had also finished his speech.
“Thank you everyone!”
She bowed slightly to express her gratitude, and thunderous applause broke out.
Secretary Tang and his colleagues were very busy, so they left after the commendation meeting.
Yi Chichi was surrounded by the villagers who rushed over. One of them asked her to tell them how she caught the spy so they could learn. Another asked her if she was afraid when she discovered the spy and if anything happened to her when she caught him.
Some people even looked at her with envy at the prizes she had, such as the enamel pot awarded by the Bao'an County government, and asked if they could exchange them with her.
It would have been better if this had not been said, but once it was said the door to a new world for the folks was opened.
They all expressed their desire to exchange prizes with her, and asked for printed prizes.
Don’t take the ones without printing.
Yi Chichi, "..."
Yi Chichi thought for a moment and said, "I can't exchange these with you, but I still have some unused enamel pots and towels that I can exchange with you."
Aunt Ma and the others were quite disappointed. They just wanted a printed one so they could show off to others. It was a prize given by the county government, so impressive.
No printed words...
After a brief hesitation, "Change!"
The words were powerful and the voice was loud.
You need tickets to buy enamel bathtubs and towels, but they don’t have tickets, so they can only wait for the defective products sold by the supply and marketing cooperative, and they still have to find someone to help them with this.
No one can buy defective products.
Now there are unused enamel pots and the like that don’t require a ticket. You’d be a fool not to change them.
So, Yi Chichi was surrounded by people and went to the Youth League Home.
When passing by Wen Shi and his friends, Yi Chichi, who was chatting and laughing with the villagers, didn't pay much attention at first. He just felt that the two figures and profiles looked a little familiar.
After walking past, he felt something was wrong, so he turned around and met Wen Shi's eyes when he looked up.
"Comrade Wen?"
She looked shocked and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"
Wen Shi sighed heavily. It seemed that even at such a young age, they were not in this person's eyes.
"We came back with Secretary Tang and his team."
return?
Yi Chichi realized something was wrong and was about to ask when Aunt Ma, who was watching the interaction between the two, asked with a smile, "Do you know each other?"
"know."
Yi Chichi touched his nose and said embarrassedly, "After I caught the spy, I asked Comrade Wen and Comrade He for help."
These two must have made significant contributions to this espionage incident.
Aunt Ma and the others suddenly realized what was going on. No wonder Shufen had said her boy was going home but had not shown up yet.
I thought he couldn't come back because of something in the army, but it turns out he had returned a long time ago but encountered a spy incident.
Aunt Ma and the others didn't care whether Wen Shili had made any contribution or not. They only cared whether Wen Shili was injured in this incident.
In an instant, the people surrounding Yi Chichi rushed to Wen Shi.
"Wen boy, are you hurt?"
"Wen boy, you..."
Questions came one after another, and the noise was so loud from so many people that in an instant, I felt like I was surrounded by ten thousand ducks.
My ears were buzzing, but I still had to patiently answer and comfort them one by one.
After all, these are the elders who watched him grow up, and they were also the elders who gave him and his mother great help when they were stranded in Kaoshantun.
Without the care and acceptance of the villagers in Kaoshantun, the mother and daughter would have died long ago.
Wang Nan watched this scene and murmured softly, "I didn't expect that Comrade Wen was actually from Kaoshantun."
"Beautiful." Zhang Haoyun stared at Wen Shi's face. The more he looked, the more beautiful it seemed. He couldn't help but praise her, "As beautiful as a flower."
"Don't say that to his face."
Hearing this, He Yunsong frowned and reminded him.
(End of this chapter)
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