Summer vacation had just begun when Qian Duoduo and Guo Ni started walking home with their belongings. As they walked out of the train station, they saw Qian Rao and Wen Yuzhu waiting there with their child in their arms.
Even Qian Xiang brought his son Qian Yi'an along. When Guo Ni saw her son whom she hadn't seen for several months, tears immediately streamed down her face. Qian Xiang, watching his wife hugging her son, felt that his strategy was quite effective. He figured that once the summer vacation was over, his wife would definitely miss her son and be even more reluctant to part with her husband.
During this period, Qian Duoduo was either in the fields, classrooms, or libraries whenever she opened her eyes. She could only occasionally find time to meet with Qian Mao, and she had only written one letter home.
After chatting with Qian Rao on the way back, Qian Duoduo learned that his second sister-in-law, Chen Runan, had actually brought her child home. However, this was not surprising to Qian Duoduo. His second sister-in-law's grandfather was a weapons expert. Back then, he was a talent that the country had its eye on. How could he be abandoned just because of temporary internal turmoil, especially when the country was still relatively backward in the field of weapons?
In addition, her second brother has served as a special forces soldier for many years and has won numerous battles. Now that he has been admitted to university, she is quite accepting of her sister-in-law's return. Besides, her second brother is currently in university. Apart from the difficulty of leaving the school, at least she doesn't have to worry about him getting hurt. Her sister-in-law will be happy too!
What she didn't expect was that after returning to Beian Village, the atmosphere in the village was not as harmonious as before. Even Qian Xiang, Qian Rao, and Wen Yuzhu often sighed when they talked about village affairs.
When Qian Sheng saw Qian Duoduo return, the old man was very happy, but his happiness didn't last long. This made the curious Qian Duoduo even more curious. What could be the reason that made the old man so distracted? She felt that she had only been away from home for a few months, but she already felt like she had fallen out of favor with the old man!
Only after asking did they learn that it was all because of the household contract responsibility system for land. Moreover, because the country had already had its first successful pilot project of the household contract responsibility system for land, they also felt the changes in the country.
In the winter of 1978, after the successful pilot implementation of the household contract responsibility system in Xiaogang Village, Anhui Province, the national leaders decided to seize the opportunity and gradually roll it out nationwide.
As the eldest son of the Republic and the nation's granary, Heilongjiang Province was naturally at the forefront of this reform. One of the major measures of rural reform was to reform the administrative system, which not only changed the original organizational form of grassroots power in rural areas, but also transformed the original three-tiered administrative structure of commune, brigade, and production team into township, village committee, and village group.
Harbin, as the capital of Heilongjiang Province, was selected by the provincial leaders to reform communes with advantages and characteristics from the counties directly under its jurisdiction. Maoershan Commune became one of the first pilot sites. Qian Sheng, an outstanding brigade leader, won the position of the pilot site because of his prestige among the villagers of Beian Village.
Since the meeting, the old man had a small meeting with the old Party Secretary, Li Dafa, and the various team leaders. However, everyone had mixed opinions about the meeting and couldn't quite put their finger on it. He missed his third son and his youngest daughter very much. If they were both at home, he wouldn't be so worried!
After Qian Sheng told Qian Duoduo about this matter, he looked at her with his large, slightly drooping double eyelids and asked, "Old lady, do you think this will work?"
Qian Duoduo looked at the old man and thought, "Hmm, his back isn't as straight as it used to be, and there are wrinkles on his face. He's trying to become like a terraced field!"
Qian Sheng noticed that Qian Duoduo was looking at him without saying anything, so he asked again.
Qian Duoduo came to her senses and said, "Dad, whether this matter will work or not is not up to you to decide now. This is a matter of the country's development. You don't know, but in the provincial capital, there are already people doing private business, although there are relatively few of them."
Qian Sheng asked in surprise, "What? Isn't this speculation and profiteering? You can't do this!"
Qian Duoduo said, "Dad, speculation and profiteering are now something that officials don't investigate unless the people complain. Everyone has accepted this situation. Otherwise, how would the black market exist?"
Qian Sheng fell silent. Years of communist life had transformed him from someone who was initially unaccustomed and uncomfortable to someone who had now become accustomed to it. Especially after becoming the brigade leader, he had gained a little more power, which made him reluctant to change.
But now the old maid tells him that this is the future development of the country, which challenges his previous ideas of the "iron rice bowl" and tightening his belt to make sure the workers have enough to eat.
Qian Duoduo said, "Dad, there are many foreigners in Harbin now. The overseas Chinese stores sell imported goods. Our country can't stay like this forever, or those people will laugh at us!"
Upon hearing Qian Duoduo's words, Qian Sheng's eyes widened: "Damn it, how dare they laugh at us! Back in the day, our country, with millet and rifles, made the Japanese surrender! Those blue-eyed, big-nosed Americans always thought their weapons were so advanced, but we still pushed them all the way to the 38th parallel, and they didn't dare to come any closer. Damn it, they're laughing at us? They've gone too far!"
Qian Duoduo laughed when she heard Qian Sheng's indignant words. She hadn't expected the old man to be such a radical!
Qian Sheng cursed and swore for a long time, but when he saw Qian Duoduo smiling at him, he felt a little embarrassed. It was really not good for a father to speak so rudely in front of his daughter. If it were his son, he might have joined in the cursing for a while, but in front of his daughter, he should just let it go. He would bring his fourth son with him next time he wanted to curse!
Qian Duoduo said, "Dad, I never knew you had such good ideas about resisting Japan and saving the country!"
Upon hearing Qian Duoduo's words, Qian Sheng said, "I feel like I've heard that somewhere before!"
Qian Duoduo said with a smile, "Isn't it because last summer, a performance troupe came to our village? You forgot? They had a short opera excerpt that you thought was quite good and even wanted to learn it."
Qian Sheng nodded. Of course he remembered the performance team. The play was called "The Battle of Wits," which was about the War of Resistance against Japan. He liked it as soon as he heard it, but he didn't know how to sing it. He even took advantage of being the captain to ask them to teach him, but the key was too high and he couldn't sing it, so he had to give up!
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