"Actually, there's one more thing I promised privately."
"Tell me about it."
"I promised him that as long as he followed my instructions, the village would no longer pursue the matter of his daughter-in-law's unplanned third pregnancy."
"And this matter?"
"He has four daughters and one son. His first two pregnancies were girls. He is now more than seven months pregnant. The doctor said Huaide is a son. Guo Maohai is almost going crazy with his desire for a grandson."
"Don't tell me about this kind of thing. Just keep it to yourself."
Back in Xianyuzi Village, Guo Maohai came to talk to him privately again:
"Uncle, thank you for supporting me!"
"Don't thank me. I know everyone is doing this for the good of the people. Deep down, I've always been worried that everyone won't do a good job, and I'm worried. But seeing that you're already deputy township head at the age of 23, I have nothing to say. The old man is right, the world still belongs to the young!"
"Uncle, I'm sorry for making you angry these days!"
"There's actually some personal stuff in my account. I'm going to report it to you now to prevent people from talking behind my back," said Guo Maohai.
"My comrade who fought in the Korean War died, and the one who was most worried about his mother was his family. I quietly moved her household registration to our village, and every year I took some money and food from the money to supplement her household expenses. I didn't put any of it in my own pocket."
"There's also this thing. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known. Where is her family from? What about the treatment she received as a martyr?"
"He was from Xixiang, about 40 miles from our village. When I was young, I could still go over and do some farm work for him. Now that I'm old, I can't go anymore. I just send him some money and food every six months. As for the treatment of a martyr, nothing was found when he died. I saw with my own eyes that he was destroyed by a bomb dropped from a plane. He ended up missing and couldn't be considered a martyr!"
Sun Zongyuan saw tears welling up in Guo Maohai's eyes, and he quickly wiped his own eyes and said:
"The motherland will never forget!"
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