In 1978, spring arrived and everything came back to life.
The spring ploughing season has arrived.
In the early morning, it was particularly lively near the farmland of the first team of Xiaoheyan Village.
Xu Peiyun, mayor of Hongqi Town, leads the public cadres.
All the village heads under the jurisdiction of Hongqi Town gathered here.
Waiting for Xiaoheyan Village to fire the first shot of spring plowing.
Last year, Yu Jinsong, the executive vice governor of Heilongjiang Province, nominated Xiaoheyan Village as the "No. 1 Village in Heilongjiang Province".
This is a supreme honor.
At the same time, it also attracted many jealous eyes.
As the saying goes, a tall tree attracts the wind.
Everything in Xiaoheyan Village is viewed through a magnifying glass.
So it is with honor, so it is with flaws.
Last year, Hongqi Town suffered a disaster and its production was reduced. Xu Peiyun wanted to make a comeback this year, so he led the backbone of the town to come here to preside over the spring ploughing ceremony, hoping for a good omen.
The people below had different reactions.
"This kid Chen Jianan is really capable of making trouble."
"The whole city is engaged in spring ploughing, but Director Xu chose to hold the ceremony here. This must be a good idea."
"Hey, why are you saying that so sour?"
"Why do you call me jealous? Isn't this an obvious fact?"
"A young boy, who served as village chief for only one year, was promoted to deputy village chief and stole the limelight."
"We can't do this anymore. We're old... we've worked for decades in vain..."
"Hey, he's the head of the No. 1 village in Heilongjiang Province. How can you compare with him?"
"But... I'm afraid Xu Changtian may have miscalculated."
"Oh? How do you mean?"
"Think about it, their village had a good harvest last year because of the fertilizers and silt from the wasteland, and the high bonuses that motivated the villagers."
"Everyone knows this secret and follows suit."
"Even if he still maintains the same approach as last year, how much better can he be than everyone else?"
"Yeah, that makes sense."
"I haven't finished yet..."
"Another point is that the factory and engineering team in their village made a lot of money last year, but a large number of people were drawn out accordingly."
"I heard that the factory has expanded again this year. How many people are left to farm? I'm afraid it's less than half."
"Yes, I heard that there are only about three or one person left to farm the land."
During the chat, the two village chiefs were well-informed.
Some people in their village married into Xiaoheyan Village, and some married women from Xiaoheyan Village, so they were able to get the news.
At the end of last year, all the families related to Xiaoheyan Village had a great time.
Not only did the red envelopes reach over 100 yuan per person, but there were also generous New Year gifts.
This made people from other villages very envious.
Others just eat meat-filled dumplings during the Chinese New Year.
But the people in Xiaoheyan Village had wine and meat, as well as hairtail, candy, and pheasant...
Nowadays, all the young ladies in Hongqi Town ask matchmakers to find blind dates with the boys in Xiaoheyan Village.
How could these two not feel jealous when he became the village chief?
The majority of people have the same thoughts as them.
Chen Jianan was only 19 years old, but they were all in their 40s and had been village chiefs for more than 10 to 20 years.
But compared with others, my results are nothing...
Now Xu Peiyun brought everyone to Chen Jianan to hold the spring ploughing ceremony.
To put it bluntly, isn’t it just taking Chen Jianan as an example?
"Then let's see what Chen Jianan can accomplish in the spring plowing."
"Don't make a big scene. It would be embarrassing if the grain production decreased in the end..."
"Hehe, even if Chen Jianan has three heads and six arms, farming won't work without enough people."
"Let me see what he does!"
In the village chief's circle, there is an atmosphere of watching a joke.
Everyone admired him on the surface, but secretly hoped that Chen Jianan would make a fool of himself in public.
In the circle of public officials, people have different thoughts.
Being able to be a cadre in a town naturally makes people think that they are superior to rural people.
Not to mention those deputy heads, even ordinary public officials feel psychologically superior to those village heads.
But what about Chen Jianan?
An ordinary farmer, who had been the village chief for a short time, was suddenly promoted to deputy chief.
And he is ranked third as vice-president.
He surpassed many veteran cadres in one fell swoop.
Although everyone was polite on the surface.
But I was not convinced at all.
Why are you so pushy?
What am I lacking?
These cadres are all smart people.
They also realized that someone was hoping that Chen Jianan would suffer misfortune.
With the mentality of watching a joke.
Only a few people truly hope for the best for Chen Jianan.
The most anxious among them were Xu Peiyun and Fang Xiaolin.
"It's almost time, why hasn't Village Chief Chen arrived yet?"
Xu Peiyun glanced at the Shanghai brand watch on her wrist.
As the leader, she certainly knows what the people below are thinking.
I have also reminded Chen Jianan about this.
But Chen Jianan said that he had a secret martial arts skill and asked her not to worry.
But now Chen Jianan still hasn't arrived. Could it be that the secret martial arts master is unreliable?
Thinking of this, Xu Peiyun became even more anxious.
"It should be here soon. Village Chief Chen is a punctual person."
Fang Xiaolin comforted her with words, but she felt uncertain.
She knew that Xu Peiyun was under tremendous pressure because she supported Chen Jianan so strongly.
It can be said that he is already bound together with Chen Jianan, and they rise and fall together.
…
"Sanfeng, what are you going to do? Are you scared?"
Chen Jianan asked with a smile to the young woman in a flowered jacket in front of him. She was not very pretty, but she had a strong body, rosy face, and looked healthy.
"Village Chief Chen, I'm not afraid!"
Liu Sanfeng responded loudly, her eyes staring with determination.
She is an ordinary woman in Xiaoheyan Village.
It's time to get married.
But she ran away from the marriage.
Her two older sisters were both arranged into marriages by their families, and their married life was not happy.
When her family arranged a husband for Liu Sanfeng, she firmly disagreed.
Originally, as a rural woman, she had no ability to resist her family.
But after Chen Jianan became the village chief, the atmosphere in the village changed.
People have more freedom.
When her family forced her to leave, she found Chen Jianan and told him what was on her mind.
Chen Jianan expressed his support.
But he denied her the idea of running away from home.
In this day and age, where can a young woman go?
It happened that the village needed a group of tractor drivers, so she was sent to the provincial capital for training.
Three months later, I finally returned after completing my studies.
"Jian'an, it's time to test your results. I hope you'll have a successful start."
Elena speaks Chinese even more fluently than before and can even use idioms.
"This is three months' worth of revenue, so of course it will be successful."
Chen Jianan had a confident smile on his face.
He had already taken into account the problem of staff shortage.
A large number of people were transferred to factories and engineering teams.
A canning factory has now been built.
There is an extreme shortage of manpower for farming in the village.
Moreover, the spring ploughing time is precious and each village is short of manpower, so it is impossible to hire people to come and work.
So, he contacted the Soviet Union in advance.
Purchased a seed drill.
If the results are good, he plans to purchase another batch of harvesters in the fall to complete automated agriculture as soon as possible and replace manual labor.
"You talk about this Chen Jianan, he even put up a bunk bed."
"Why don't you come at this time!"
"Yes, not only he didn't come, even the villagers didn't come. Are they leaving us out in the cold?"
"If you don't come soon, I'll leave. The village is waiting for spring plowing, and I don't have time to waste here."
The crowd waiting by the farmland began to complain.
Xu Peiyun frowned, full of worry.
"Captain, let me go and urge them."
Fang Xiaolin really couldn't bear it any longer.
Just at this moment, a rumbling sound came from a distance.
All the people's eyes were drawn over there.
Then, as if a 2-pound bomb had exploded before my eyes.
Everyone's eyes widened.
A row of tractor-shaped machines are coming this way!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com