"Xiao Pan, are you free today to come and play with Shanhe?" Shen Huanxi didn't start asking right away.

Pan Jianguo nodded.

"I'm on vacation today, so I brought my wife along to play. Oops, I forgot to introduce her. This is my wife, Chen Wenfang. She heard that Dashan got remarried, so she wanted to come see you, but she didn't have time until today."

After Pan Jianguo finished speaking, Shen Huanxi saw a short-haired woman in her twenties wearing a turmeric corduroy jacket coming over from the passenger seat to say hello.

"Hello, sister-in-law."

Shen Huanxi was stunned when he saw Chen Wenfang. How could it be her...

But she couldn't be rude, so she calmed down and greeted Chen Wenfang as if nothing had happened.

"Hello, Comrade Xiao Chen."

"Where are you going, sister-in-law? We wanted to come and visit you, but is it a bad time for us to come?" Chen Wenfang asked, looking at the handbag on Shen Huanxi's arm.

"No, no, I just have something to do in Zhongshan Road. I'll be back in a while. Oh, by the way, Xiao Pan, can I borrow your car? Zhongshan Road is a bit far." Shen Huanxi knew that Pan Jianguo and Xiao Shanhe had a good relationship, so he said shamelessly.

She could just invite Pan Jianguo to dinner later. Zhongshan Road was indeed far from here. There was no subway these days and it was difficult to get a taxi. There was no direct bus from here to Zhongshan Road, so she thought it would be more convenient to drive.

Pan Jianguo was a little surprised when he heard Shen Huanxi ask this.

"Sister-in-law, can you drive?"

Chen Wenfang quickly pinched Pan Jianguo.

"My sister-in-law asked you to borrow the car, but why did you ask her this and that instead?" After saying that, he looked at Shen Huanxi.

"Sister-in-law, Jianguo and I work in the same unit and we're both on leave today. How about we take you there together? Zhongshan Road isn't that far. I know how to take a shortcut."

"This... How can I be so embarrassed? You guys came to my house to play, and it would be fine if I didn't welcome you, but I have to trouble you."

"It's no problem. We don't have anything else to do. We came here just to hang out with you guys. Lao Pan, go in and tell Dashan. We'll go take my sister-in-law to Zhongshan Road together."

"Okay." After parking the car, Pan Jianguo went into the Xiao family yard and explained the situation to Xiao Shanhe.

Chen Wenfang got out of the passenger seat and pulled Shen Huanxi to sit in the back seat, chatting with Shen Huanxi all the way.

"I was also Dashan's classmate in college. Dashan was injured. It was not easy for someone to be willing to live with Dashan. He and Lan Linxiang always quarreled in the past and finally got divorced.

He doesn't seem to care, but who wants their family to be broken up? No matter what, it's always good to rebuild a family. We all thank you on behalf of Dashan."

Shen Huanxi listened quietly and always felt a little guilty. She married Xiao Shanhe with a purpose, but why was it Xiao Shanhe's friend who came to thank her?

"I will treat him well. But from now on don't call me sister-in-law. It sounds strange. Just call me Huanxi." Shen Huanxi said with a smile.

Chen Wenfang also changed her words because of this, and asked her to change her words together.

Shen Huanxi thought about it and finally Xiao Shanhe was not present, and there were two people who were very familiar with Xiao Shanhe, so he asked.

"Xiao Pan, Wenfang, Shanhe...what did he do before?"

Shen Huanxi didn't care what Xiao Shanhe did, but she was a little curious.

Pan Jianguo and Chen Wenfang were both stunned when they heard her ask this.

"Dashan...didn't tell you?" Pan Jianguo asked cautiously.

Shen Huanxi was embarrassed. As a wife, she actually had to ask outsiders what her husband did. But since the question had been asked, she could only shake her head.

Pan Jianguo was silent.

"Sister-in-law...Xiao Shen, Dashan hasn't told you yet. Maybe he thinks now is not the right time. He will tell you when he thinks the time is right.

But you must not believe those rumors outside. You must believe that Dashan is definitely a kind, just, and upright person. His deeds are worthy of being recorded in history and praised by people! He is definitely a husband that you can be proud of!"

Shen Huanxi listened to Pan Jianguo's long talk and felt that he didn't hit the point.

She knew in her previous life that Xiao Shanhe was an upright man, otherwise why would the soldiers call him "Mr. Xiao" respectfully.

I didn't get any useful information from Pan Jianguo, so forget it. As the saying goes, there is a long way to go.

Shen Huanxi didn't ask any more questions.

Chen Wenfang was right. Zhongshan Road was not far from Guixiang Village. Pan Jianguo drove the car to the destination in no time. Shen Huanxi thanked the couple before opening the door and getting out of the car.

"I just realized that this place is not far from my home. I can go back by myself later. You two can go first if you have anything else to do."

"No need, we are really fine, and we have already told Dashan to send you here. If we don't take you back, we will have a hard time explaining to Dashan." Chen Wenfang said.

Shen Huanxi nodded. It was not convenient to waste any more time, so he left first.

The place she came to was the administrative district, which was another office building next to the government office building. On a plaque with a gold background was printed with black regular script "Yunnan Sanbei Engineering Construction Center Command Office Building".

She is going to work here.

Ordinary people all know that our motherland is vast and rich in resources.

What many people don’t know is that before the 1970s and 1980s, the area of ​​deserts in our country accounted for 16% of the country’s land area, and was expanding rapidly every year.

Before the 1970s and 1980s, what troubled the northern part of the motherland was not smog, but sandstorms. Once you arrived in the northern part of the motherland, all you could see was desert and Gobi with no grass growing. The people in the north suffered greatly from the sandstorms.

Yunnan City is also in North China. Chang'an and Changning also suffered from lung disease due to living in such a harsh dusty environment. They eventually died early, leaving her with no one to see their children die.

There were many people like those in Chang'an and Changning whose bodies were harmed by sand and dust for a long time. In addition to the health of the people, the northern economy was also severely damaged.

It is for this reason that the country has proposed a great project that is unprecedented in human history and may be the last in the future, the world's largest greening project, which will build artificial forest ecological projects in the northwest, north China and northeast regions to turn deserts into forests and Gobi into oases...referred to as the "Three Norths Project."

In this life, Shen Huanxi does not seek wealth or success. She just wants to do more for Chang'an and Changning. Marrying Chang'an and Changning and moving to the city is her first step; joining the Three Norths Project is her second step.

At the moment of his rebirth, Shen Huanxi decided to declare war on the sand and dust, to protect Chang'an and Changning, to protect the green waters and mountains of his motherland, and to pursue peace deep in his heart.

The Three Norths Project was officially launched in 1978, and only five years have passed. In this project with a planning period of 73 years, it is still in its initial stage and is certainly still recruiting talents.

These days, Shen Huanxi also saw in the local newspaper that the Yunnan Sanbei Project Office was recruiting publicists. She looked at the registration requirements and prepared the materials to register according to the requirements.

When I entered the office building, a meeting was in progress.

Shen Huanxi asked the security guard, and he said that she could only go to the registration office to register after the meeting was over, so she sat on a bench outside the conference room and waited.

The sounds of a meeting came from the conference room.

"You are all college students, talents cultivated by the motherland! Now, it is time for you to give back to the motherland! Sand control and afforestation are imperative. We have confidence! We have determination! We have perseverance! We will fight the sandstorm to the end! We..."

As Shen Huanxi listened, tears began to well up in his eyes.

There is no such thing as a peaceful life. It's just that someone is carrying the burden for you...

After 2010, sandstorms have become rare in the north. That is due to the efforts of generation after generation of participants in the Three Norths Project, who have been fighting day and night against sandstorms. It is the result of their victory.

Today, she's joining them!

Soon, the meeting ended and the people who attended the meeting walked out of the office one after another. Most of the people Shen Huanxi saw were young people in their twenties. They were probably college students who came to improve the survival rate of vegetation.

She never went to college, so she could only work as a publicist or other job that didn't require a high level of education, but it was enough.

Director Zhou from the office came out and was a little confused when he saw Shen Huanxi, a young, beautiful and fashionable woman, standing outside.

"Comrade, are you looking for someone? Who are you looking for?"

Shen Huanxi shook his head.

"I'm not here to look for anyone. I saw in the newspaper a few days ago that your center was recruiting publicity officers, so I came here to sign up. Do I have to sign up at the publicity office over there? I saw it written like this in the newspaper." Shen Huanxi pointed to the office not far away.

Director Zhou was still a little surprised, but nodded.

"I'm the director of the Publicity Department. My last name is Zhou. Just follow me. Have you prepared the information?"

"I'm ready, Director Zhou." Shen Huanxi held the bag in her arms and followed Director Zhou into the Propaganda Department's office.

Director Zhou was in his early fifties, wearing a dark blue Mao suit, and looked very upright. He entered the office and sat down in his office chair.

"You have junior high school education or above, a certificate of no criminal record, and your original ID card. Have you brought everything? We need to review it, especially the certificate of education, which is the most important."

"They're all here. I graduated from high school." Shen Huanxi took the information over.

Just as Director Zhou took the information from her, Shen Huanxi heard another male voice coming from behind her.

"Propaganda workers need to go to various towns and villages to promote and mobilize tree planting, so they need to be familiar with the locals in the surrounding towns and villages and run around frequently, which is not something women can do well.

This job requires a quick mind and good eloquence. I'm afraid that reading too much will make you stupid, Director Zhou, don't you agree?"

This sentence not only belittles scholars, but also belittles women.

Shen Huanxi turned around and saw a man in his thirties. He was the one who said those words just now. She looked at him and felt that he looked familiar. It didn't take long for her to remember who he was.