Chapter 71 Another Year (1)
Taotao and her group quickened their pace and shouted desperately to the second room at the foot of the mountain -
"Zhengqing! Get up quickly and take your family to the shelter!"
"Little Stone and Little Leaf, get up quickly!"
"Support the army! Love the people! Hurry up! There's a flood!"
"Sister Caixia, run! There's a flood!"
"Second Aunt! Go to the shelter quickly..."
Soon, the second uncle's family responded -
"Okay! I heard you... let's go now!"
Taotao's family was the first to arrive at the shelter. Song Zhi left with a flashlight, saying that he was going to pick up the elderly people in the village. Tang Liren also wanted to go, but Song Zhi persuaded her to stop, "Aunt, please stay here and help maintain order. The straw curtains need to be installed and the lights need to be lit."
Taotao didn't want her mother to go either. Although her mother was considered strong, she was already over 50 years old. It was the middle of the night and it was raining heavily...
"Mom, don't go!" Tao Tao held Tang Liren and said to Song Zhi, "Song Zhi, you have to be careful!"
Song Zhi glanced at her, smiled, said "hmm", and walked away with a flashlight.
Tang Liren took Taotao and Xingxing to hang the straw curtains that were piled aside on the edge of the shelter to block the wind and rain that came in. She also moved the firewood that was piled aside early in the morning to the center of the shelter and tried to light a bonfire.
My second uncle's family rushed over in a panic, dragging their children with them.
Bai Zhenggan said something to his brothers, and his second uncle took his two sons out. The women from the second house came over with their children.
Tang Liren called out to them, "Your clothes are wet, right? Come and warm them up quickly. If there are too many people later, there might not be enough room."
Second Aunt was extremely worried. "Sister-in-law, will everything be okay? Our village is really... full of disasters. Will our house be washed away by the water? We finally had a good harvest last year... and our fields..." As she spoke, she began to cry anxiously.
Tang Liren said, "It's late at night, who knows what's going on? Let's wait and see when the sun comes up!"
As they were talking, several more families came hurriedly over.
At that moment, Bai Zhenggan asked the man of the family to go back to the village to take care of other people in need of help. Tang Liren quickly called the women to come over and dry their wet clothes.
About an hour later, all the people in the village came.
Guan Haishan also arrived with Sixth Grandma.
There were two large and simple rain shelters, both of which were packed with people. Some men could not squeeze in, so they had to stand at the outermost edge of the shelters in their raincoats.
At this moment, everyone was filled with regret, and the most discussed topic was -
"It's raining so hard for so long, will it be okay? Will it flood our houses and farmland? And the pigs, chickens, ducks, geese and so on in the production team..."
"I heard the patrol shouting that a flash flood was coming. What's going on? How did they see it in the middle of the night? Will they be in trouble?"
"If a flash flood really comes, will the drainage ditch we dug be useful? The ditch is so small! We should have dug it wider!"
"Humph, you're talking after the fact again! What did you say when the secretary asked us to dig the canal? You said it didn't count as work points, and who would go for free work? Now you're complaining that we didn't do a good job back then..."
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Now I'm worried that the barrier lake that the secretary drew can't hold so much flood water. What should we do? Will our village be submerged?"
"Will the flash floods rush to the rain shelter?"
Noisy——
Suddenly, a dull rustling sound came from a distance, and then got closer and closer!
Several young and strong men from Song Zhihe village wore raincoats and held flashlights. They stood on the high ground of the shelter, constantly scanning the surroundings with their flashlights and observing nervously.
The sound of rushing water sounded quietly and silently.
It even drowned out the rumbling thunder and the sound of heavy rain hitting the thatched hut on the roof of the shelter!
A few bright flashes of lightning flashed across the sky!
Everyone clearly saw wave after wave of water rolling down from the top of the mountain and flowing down along the drainage ditch that the villagers had dug earlier.
Countless exclamations sounded at the same time——
"Flood! Flood!"
"What I saw was water, not a mudslide!"
“Thank God it wasn’t a mudslide!”
“Why did the flood come from the mountains instead of from the rivers?”
"Didn't Taotao explain this just now? This is because the groundwater level is high, so the underground river in the mountain is too full and the water is gushing out!"
Bai Zhenggan was the most nervous one. He asked everyone to be quiet in a hoarse voice, and then asked the captains of each production team to speak to each group, calling the roll of the whole village again and again to ensure that everyone in the village was present.
Because two rain shelters were built, some families were separated. Suddenly, you called me, I called you... Some people were still asleep, and they were woken up and responded to the roll call and were very unhappy. In addition, some people wanted to go back to check on their own granaries, chickens and ducks, but were stopped. The whole family quarreled over this. The men cursed, the women cried, the children made a fuss, and the elderly tried to comfort them...
A mess.
The sky finally brightened and the heavy rain stopped.
The mountain water gushing out from the mountain still rolls down the drainage ditch.
Song Zhi and his companions had already set out towards the source of the mountain water. After observing for a while, they came back to report: "The mountain water is about to stop flowing!"
There were also young and middle-aged people who went to the low-lying areas and ran back to report the situation: "The large barrier lake is already full of water. If we want to continue to pour water into the small lake, I'm afraid we have to dig the drainage dam."
Song Zhi immediately said, "I'll go dig it up!"
The villagers were stunned.
Song Zhi had already left with his hoe.
Bai Zhenggan angrily said, "Why don't you keep up?! He is an educated youth who has worked hard for our village! This is your home! Do you have the nerve to look at an outsider who is not afraid of death or hard work for your home? Aren't you ashamed? Hurry up and keep up! Hey...you must pay attention to safety!"
A dozen young men followed immediately.
Another twenty or thirty people hesitated for a while and then followed.
There is strength in numbers.
About two hours later, Song Zhi and his team came back and reported to Bai Zhenggan, "The small lake has also been dug, and water is now being stored. By the way, several houses in the west of the village were knocked down by the flood..."
As he spoke, Song Zhi mentioned the names of several villagers.
The villagers who were named immediately covered their faces and burst into tears.
Everyone hurriedly comforted them, "As long as you are okay, it's fine! After the rainy season is over, we will help you build a new house and donate some food to you... We will be able to get through this difficult time!"
Song Zhi and his team continued to report to Bai Zhenggan, "There are several families whose houses are flooded. The water is half a person's height..."
As he spoke, he mentioned the names of a few more villagers.
Suddenly there was another burst of ghosts howling!
Song Zhi continued, "However, the greatest blessing is that all the rice fields that can be seen at a glance are not seriously affected. It seems that the corn fields in the west may be flooded a little, but the water level is not high..."
Taotao looked around, ran out of the shelter, held onto a nearby tree, and used a little bit of her spiritual power to get in touch with Little Grape at home.
Taotao, [Little Grape, is everything okay at home? 】
Little Grape: [Taotao, everything is fine at home! Brother Tiansun held the soil on the back hillside tightly, we will protect Taotao! 】
Taotao quickly thanked Little Grape, "Thank you, Little Grape. Please also thank all the plants that have helped me. Also, please ask Grandpa for me, will Shanshui come again? 】
Little Grape answered after a while, "Taotao Taotao, grandpa said that the water level has receded. It will take a while for it to reach us, about an hour at most." 】
Taotao, [Will there be more floods in the future? 】
Little Grape, [It is not certain yet. It won't happen unless the groundwater rises. Don't worry Taotao, we will warn you. 】
Taotao said sincerely, "Thank you, Little Grape. Please help me thank Grandpa too." 】
Tang Liren shouted in the rain shelter, "Taozi, what are you doing outside? Come back quickly!"
Taotao gently rubbed the tree to express her gratitude, and ran away from the rain pavilion.
Just as the old man said, in less than half an hour, the water level weakened, and in about an hour, the water level receded.
Even the sun came out.
When everyone saw this, they couldn't sit still anymore and started clamoring to go home and take a look.
Bai Zhenggan asked Song Zhi and the others to go to the top of the mountain to check the situation, and they all said that everything was fine...
Bai Zhenggan then told everyone to be more vigilant in the next few days and to run to the shelter immediately upon hearing the patrol team's warning. He then instructed the village chief to have the patrol team continue to patrol in shifts.
Everyone rushed home to check the situation.
Bai Zhenggan stayed in the shelter and arranged for several villagers affected by the disaster to stay temporarily in the Youth League Station. He also instructed the women's team to go to the production team's granary to get grain so that the villagers whose houses had collapsed could have a temporary meal.
Taotao held the yellow beans, Xingxing held the red beans, and Tang Liren carried the green beans and supported Tan Fenghui as they returned home.
Just as Little Grape said, there was nothing wrong at home.
Everyone then breathed a sigh of relief and went back to work.
Taotao, Xingxing and of course they hurried to cook.
We haven’t had breakfast yet and it’s already noon, everyone is very hungry.
Soon, the rice was steamed.
Taotao cut some bacon and cured pork blood tofu, and steamed them together with the rice.
Xingxing went to the vegetable garden and picked two tomatoes, four bitter gourds and a few green vegetable leaves. She came back and stir-fried the tomatoes and bitter gourds. She also took out five eggs, flattened one into an egg skin in the pot, added water to boil soup, and threw in the shredded vegetable leaves. It became egg skin and vegetable leaf soup. She beat the other four eggs into poached eggs and gave one to Tan Fenghui and the three children.
By the time the rice is steamed, the vegetables and soup will be ready.
Song Zhi and Bai Zhenggan walked into the yard while talking about flood prevention in the village.
Tang Liren told Hongdou to eat the fried egg first to satisfy her hunger, and then asked her to take food to Guan Haishan. She also prepared a bowl of rice and asked Taotao to take it to the Youth League Station for Twenty-One Grandma - her house collapsed this time and she was still sick. Although she had a son and daughter-in-law to take care of her, she was afraid that she would not have enough to eat.
However, it was not a big deal to put a few slices of bacon in Guan Haishan's lunch box, but it would be inappropriate to show off one's wealth when sending a meal to honor the elderly, so Tang Liren only put a few slices of steamed bacon and tofu in the lunch box.
Taotao and Hongdou hurried over to deliver the meal and came back in a hurry.
The whole family sat around the kang table and ate.
Although the food was simple, everyone was starving.
The bacon is steamed directly in the rice, and even the rice is mixed with the oil from the bacon, making the rice flavorful. Everyone held their rice bowls and ate and drank voraciously, finally alleviating the hunger in their stomachs.
Bai Zhenggan sighed, "If only Dongsheng were here..."
Tan Fenghui held the bowl of rice and tears suddenly flowed down her face.
Song Zhi said, "Uncle, if you need anything, just send me, it's the same."
Bai Zhenggan shook his head, "The village can't do without you now... Mainly, I want to know how Taotao's uncle's family and Hongdou's uncle's family are doing."
Tang Liren cried out, "Ah!" and suddenly felt a little distracted. "Boss, I'll go to Jixiang Village and take a look!"
——Tanjia Village is far away. It takes three hours to walk there, which is a whole day to go there and back. Jixiang Village is very close and can be reached in an hour on foot.
Bai Zhenggan thought for a moment and said, "Then you take Taotao with you!"
——He is now afraid that there is water accumulation outside, but his wife will go there without caring because she is worried about her mother. It will be troublesome if something happens. Asking her to take Taotao with her is for Taotao's safety, and she will not act rashly.
Tang Liren, "I'm fine alone..."
Taotao, "Mom, I'll go with you!"
The tone was very firm.
Tang Liren sniffed and nodded, "Okay!"
After lunch, Taotao followed her mother and left Ruyi Village and headed towards Jixiang Village.
There was occasional water accumulation on the road, and both mother and daughter carefully avoided it.
There were many people walking around. When they met each other, they greeted each other. When asked, almost all of them were worried about the village where their in-laws lived, so they rushed to check the situation.
Tang Liren saw a person from Jixiang Village and greeted him quickly, and then asked about the situation in Jixiang Village.
The man replied, "Nothing serious happened in our village! The main thing is that we saw your village dug drainage canals and a pond to store water, so we did the same in our village... Yesterday at midnight, the flood really came! The entire pond was filled with water! Several families in the village were flooded, but they managed to escape quickly and no one died! Oh, even with such a big flood this time, no one died, so it's okay... As long as people are safe, we will have houses and food in the future!"
Tang Liren breathed a sigh of relief and asked about her parents' home.
The man said, "Your family is fine!"
Tang Liren thanked the man and continued to rush towards Jixiang Village with Taotao.
Along the way, Tang Liren met villagers from the nearby village again. She continued to ask around and found out that -
Villagers from several different villages said that after seeing Ruyi Village digging drainage canals and barrier lakes, all nearby villages followed suit. As a result, some families in their villages also suffered disasters, but none of them were serious and no one was injured. Moreover, every village got a lake...
Taotao saw a person from Tanjia Village and quickly stopped him. She also asked about her sister-in-law Tan Fenghui's family situation.
What the villagers of Tanjia Village said was similar to what the villagers of other villages said. They also learned from Ruyi Village and dug drainage canals and prepared a lake... As for Tanjia, nothing serious happened, but one of Tan Fenghui's nephews broke his arm when he left home to avoid the rain.
Tang Liren was startled and asked for details. The villager said, "It's nothing. I just couldn't see clearly in the middle of the night and the ground was slippery. I tripped and cut my arm. The bleeding had stopped in the morning and the child is alive and well!"
Tang Liren and Taotao thanked Brother Tan.
——Taotao thought, there are seven or eight villages nearby. If every village has a lake to store water, then it’s no wonder that the flood will recede!
Tang Liren brought Taotao and hurried to Jixiang Village.
Sure enough, just as the villager said, nothing serious happened in Jixiang Village. Only four or five families’ houses were completely submerged in water because of their low-lying locations. But now the water has receded and the house is back.
In addition, there is a big lake in Jixiang Village.
Many villagers gathered around the barrier lake, excitedly discussing what kind of fish to raise, or what kind of lotus roots to plant...
Tang Liren ran back to her parents' home in one breath. She saw that all her family members were present and in good shape. Her mother was in high spirits and her voice was as loud as a bell when she scolded people. Only then did she feel relieved.
The Tang family was also moved when they saw Tang Liren running back to check what happened as soon as something happened. After asking about the situation in Ruyi Village, everyone felt relieved.
Tang Liren knew that her family was fine, but she was worried that it would rain again, so she wanted to take Taotao away.
Uncle Tang was afraid that it would rain again, so he didn't dare to keep Tang Liren. While there was still sunshine, he asked his wife to go to the cellar to get a piece of bacon and asked Tang Liren to carry it back.
When Tang Liren came, she was so worried that she didn't bring any souvenirs. Now, of course, she refused to accept any gifts and ran away with Taotao...
Unexpectedly, the uncle caught up with her in two or three steps, and without saying anything, he stuffed the basket of bacon into Taotao's hand, and said with a smile: "Taotao, come to your uncle's house to play when the weather is good! Your mother has a bad temper, don't listen to her. I won't give this bacon to her. I will give it to you, Xingxing, and your sister-in-law. You can share some with Hongdou, Huangdou, and Mungdou..."
Taotao particularly liked this kind of human touch with a strong flavor of fireworks. She took the backpack, nodded obediently, and waved to her uncle, "Thank you, uncle! Let's go. I'll bring you the basket when the weather is good..."
After walking a few steps away, Tang Liren scolded Taotao, "You know your uncle's family is not as good as ours this year, and you still accept their bacon!"
Taotao said with a smile: "Then don't I have to bring this basket back to them when the time comes!" As she said that, she winked proudly at her mother.
Tang Liren understood and smiled like a flower.
Tao Tao added, "It's wrong for us to give grain subsidies to Uncle... The best way is to teach him how to fish. If the harvest is good, even in years of famine there can be a bumper harvest... That's the best way to help him, right, Mom?"
Tang Liren said with a smile: "You are a smart kid, no one is smarter than you... Tell mom, what idea do you have?"
Tao Tao said, "Let's raise fish! There are a lot of books on fish farming in our village library. The books say that many aquatic products can be raised together, and the lake can also be used to raise ducks and geese! The excrement of ducks and geese can become natural feed for fish! We can also grow some water chestnuts, lotus roots, water chestnuts and other things in the lake to enrich the dining table!"
"Not to mention, there are four seasons in a year. Our village can get ducks in one season, geese in one season, and fish in two seasons... The villagers can eat meat!" Taotao said with a smile.
After hearing this, Tang Li was overjoyed, but she also started to wonder, "Why didn't we think about this before?"
Taotao, "There has never been a flood before!"
However, we still have to see what the country thinks about fish ponds in villages.
But that's her dad's business!
The mother and daughter returned home and told each other about what happened in the villages outside...
In fact, people from other villages also came here today to visit their relatives and see how the situation is. Most people know that their relatives have not encountered any natural disasters.
But the news brought back by Tang Liren and her daughter -
Have all the villages in the surrounding area followed Ruyi Village's example and dug drainage canals and reservoirs? ? ?
All of a sudden, the faces of the villagers in Ruyi Village became bright.
After all, when Bai Zhenggan called on everyone to dig a drainage ditch, more than half of the village cadres disagreed; the villagers only participated in the digging for Bai Zhenggan's sake.
No one believed that a flood would really happen...
Unexpectedly, the other villages have learned almost everything! And because of this, they all escaped the disaster intact!
Everyone's trust and admiration for Bai Zhenggan inexplicably surged.
Lili told her sister-in-law Tan Fenghui about what happened in Tanjia Village. Tan Fenghui was a little surprised, but as long as her nephew's life was not in danger, it didn't matter.
A few days later, someone from the Tan family came with the news. The fourth brother of the Tan family brought his nephew over directly, told him what happened at that time, and asked Tan Fenghui to see the wound on his nephew's arm. It turned out that it had healed.
Only then did Tan Fenghui finally feel relieved.
Fourth Brother Tan saw that his pregnant sister was plump and plump, with a rosy complexion and soft and shiny hair. He then looked around and saw that the Bai family's house was clean and tidy inside and out. Although his sister's clothes were not new, they were neatly arranged and not torn anywhere. During the lunch banquet, the dishes were particularly rich... The girls in the Bai family were also very friendly and respectful to Tan Fenghui. Red Bean, Yellow Bean, and Green Bean were all lively, cute, and generous...
Brother Tan Si was resentful of Bai Dongsheng in his heart. He always felt that Bai Dongsheng, as a grown man, didn't care about his wife and children at home and went to the provincial capital to study alone. Who knew what he was doing in the provincial capital? Maybe he fell in love with some random woman in the provincial capital and abandoned his wife?
It was not until now, when he saw that his sister was being well taken care of by the Bai family and looked radiant, that he felt relieved and said he was leaving.
Tang Liren grabbed the backpack of Brother Tan Si and told Xingxing to put a bag of more than 20 kilograms of rice into it. She also told Taotao to put a piece of bacon weighing three or four kilograms in it. She also shouted at Hongdou to get a jar of jam made by Taotao and asked Brother Tan Si to take it back to the family for the children to eat. Then she sent everyone away.
Later, the weather was sunny for a few days.
The village committee did not dare to take it lightly and still sent people to form a team to patrol around the village in three shifts a day...
It wasn't until a week later that someone came to investigate.
It turned out that there was a severe flood in the upper reaches of the river. Although there were not many casualties, many people's homes and farmlands were flooded. The government was anxiously preparing for flooding downstream, but unexpectedly...
How could this devastating flood suddenly disappear without anyone noticing? !
After checking Song County and then these villages, we found that each village was filled with water from a lake. In fact, villagers in two villages were complaining that the water in the artificial lake was not enough, and they didn't know whether they could still raise fish this year? !
When asked again, everyone said that they learned it from Ruyi Village.
The investigation team stayed in Ruyi Village for a week and fully understood Bai Zhenggan's initial hesitation and how he was determined to organize everyone to spontaneously dig drainage channels and impound the lake in order to protect the safety of the people and property. His original intention was just that he did not want his village to suffer losses, but he did not expect to save the people living downstream by accident.
In this matter, Bai Zhenggan did not want to take credit, and repeatedly emphasized to the working group that digging drainage channels and impounding lakes were the wishes of the people, and he did not want to do so. He just followed the wishes of the people, organized them, and did something that the people were willing to do.
Little did they know that the more humble Bai Zhenggan was, the more the members of the investigation team felt that he was highly conscious and worthy of respect.
The investigation team also fully understood the villagers’ love for Secretary Bai and their yearning for a better life in the future after the village had two super-large fish ponds this year.
During this period, Guan Haishan handed another stack of drawing paper to the investigation team.
She used the blank writing method to create the comic strip manuscript, describing how the people of Ruyi Village discovered that the mountain opposite the village was "leaking"; how they felt uneasy, held a meeting to decide to save themselves, and spontaneously organized to dig a drainage canal; how they went up and down the mountain to explore the terrain, and finally determined the location of the drainage canal and the barrier lake...
Also, how the patrol team discovered something was wrong and warned the villagers in time on the night when the flash flood hit, and how the villagers, bringing their elderly and children, came to the shelter built in advance to avoid the rain.
In the end, no villagers were injured or killed.
Of course, there were also several families in the village whose houses and food were all destroyed, but the villagers had helped them rebuild new houses on slightly higher ground, and donated food, money, and other things to help them get through this difficult time...
With Guan Haishan's paintings, this becomes even more evidence.
On July 1, the provincial party committee sent a special working group to Ruyi Village to present Bai Zhenggan with an award and certificate, and also announced his promotion. Bai Zhenggan received several shining medals at once, which made him very excited...
He hid in the house and cried loudly.
Just after July, Bai Dongsheng, who was far away in the provincial capital, heard that his hometown had suffered a disaster and hurried back.
He finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his family was safe.
It just so happened that Tan Fenghui was giving birth...
This time during her pregnancy, Tan Fenghui ate and drank well and gave birth to a full-term boy.
Dongsheng saw that his youngest son was so healthy, almost twice as strong as mung bean when he was just harvested, so he named him Potato.
When Potato was born, he weighed 2.5 jin (6.8 jin). He had great strength in his little hands and feet.
Potato loved to laugh. As long as someone looked at him, he would giggle. He also loved to cry. When he was hungry and wanted to drink milk, as long as Tan Fenghui was a step slower, he would cry miserably... Even the second uncle's family who lived at the foot of the mountain were alarmed several times, and they ran up in panic to ask what was going on...
In 1968, a lot of things happened to Ruyi Village.
The flood, which was said to be the worst in a decade, was inadvertently eliminated by Ruyi Village, which led other villages to dig drainage canals and build artificial barrier lakes.
This is a manifestation of man conquering nature.
As a reward, the higher authorities specially approved that the products in the fish pond belong to the people's commune, and the people's commune has the right to distribute it.
When the news came out, not only were the villagers dancing with joy, but even the nearby villages were so happy that they immediately sent representatives to Ruyi Village to learn from it - they learned whatever fish and aquatic products Ruyi Village raised.
Several nearby townships became even more jealous and sent people to learn about Ruyi Village's advanced deeds.
Of course, the flood also caused certain losses to Ruyi Village.
——One fifth of the corn fields in the village were destroyed.
However, if Ruyi Village did not have other income this year, the destruction of one-fifth of the corn fields would definitely be a heavy blow to Ruyi Village!
This income, which is sufficient to make up for a large amount of food rations, is the experimental terraced fields that Taotao strongly proposed last year.
Although it is only the first year for the terraced fields on the entire hill, the yield per mu is no worse than that of the flat land because of the care of Taotao. The most important thing is that Taotao also raises a lot of aquatic products in the terraced fields on this hill.
Loach, eel, mud crab, blue-head shrimp, crucian carp, grass carp...
During the autumn harvest, many people went to watch them catch fish, shrimps and crabs. The fish were piled up into mountains! Later, after weighing the fish, the village of more than 600 people divided the catch equally according to their number, and each person got about two kilograms!
Although these seafood are not big in size, they are real meat!
Who doesn’t love it?
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year. The Ruyi Village People's Commune provided a whole year's worth of food ingredients to the state-owned restaurant in the county town. After the bill was tallied, it was found that every villager received more than two yuan!
In addition, each person was given three pounds of pork, a chicken or a duck...
It may not seem like much per capita, but a family must have at least four or five people, so when all the things are added together, it becomes a lot.
In addition, according to previous statements by superiors, the rice produced from the terraced fields will not be taxed on the experimental fields.
——That is to say, the villagers don’t have to hand in even a pound of rice produced on this entire mountain, and can share it all!
Now, Ruyi Village has truly realized its wish of “all-you-can-eat rice”!
Everyone was very happy and had a great year.
Time flies and it is 1969.
In June, Ruyi Village once again obtained two places for workers, peasants and soldiers as students.
After a fierce competition and evolution, Taotao and Bai Aimin from her second uncle's family were both elected.
Taotao’s goal was very clear - she wanted to be a forest ranger, so at Song Zhi’s suggestion, she enrolled in Kyoto University of Agriculture.
Bai Aimin enrolled in the bridge major at the provincial university of technology.
At the same time, Bai Dongsheng returned from his studies.
He also brought back a transfer order - Dongsheng had already joined the party in the village, and after arriving at the school, he did several advanced things and was officially recruited by the organization and became a government staff member. After completing his studies, he was regarded as a key training target and transferred to the Municipal Party Committee as the mayor's secretary.
At the same time, Bai Zhenggan's term of office has expired.
The transfer order given to him by his superiors was to promote him to the position of Organization Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee.
Bai Zhenggan was stunned.
He is the secretary of a village committee. Although his rank was raised when he bravely stepped up for justice three years ago, and his rank was raised again when he helped fight the flood last year, how could he be promoted directly to the municipal committee? ? ?
This is the speed of a rocket!
Besides, he is already fifty-three years old. What can he do if he is promoted to the municipal party committee?
Coupled with his attachment to Ruyi Village, Bai Zhenggan felt like backing out.
Tao Tao said, "The year my father bravely stood up for justice, we didn't have enough to eat. We ate bean rice for every meal, and occasionally we had a bowl of noodle soup as if it was New Year's Day... Then we could eat whatever we wanted! The year before last, our family ate white rice for the whole year, but we didn't dare to eat meat openly, so we wanted to eat meat openly. Look, this year we can eat meat openly whenever we want! This is what they call success depends on human effort!"
Then Taotao changed the subject and said, "Dad, are you scared?"
Bai Zheng stared at his daughter.
How could he not know that Taotao was trying to provoke her?
Think again...
Yes, life was so difficult when he injured his waist that year! But the family worked together as one. After the separation, they lived their own lives well and led the whole village to a life of well-fed life.
Now he is being transferred to a place with better conditions, not to a poorer place to start over...
Besides, the organization let him work as a clerk in the Municipal Party Committee because they saw his loyalty and proved that he was needed in that position. What was he afraid of?
Bai Zhenggan suddenly felt ambitious and said, "I'm not afraid! Okay, let's... set off!"
Because Bai Zhenggan's rank was not low, Tang Liren, who was also a party member, was also given an accompanying family member - she was assigned to work in the Municipal Women's Federation and was also a formal employee.
In contrast, because Bai Dongsheng's level is not high enough, no formal job can be arranged for Tan Fenghui. But he reported to the organization to apply for jobs for his family members, and finally Tan Fenghui got a job introduction letter and was arranged to work as a temporary worker in the bank.
Taotao and her family are about to embark on a new life.
Nansheng and Lili also received good news.
Brother Nansheng was injured and disfigured before. Taotao consulted her grandfather and found the seeds of a kind of herb and sent them to Brother Nansheng, asking him to grow it and pluck a leaf every day to apply it on his scar.
Nansheng now obeys Taotao's words.
Two years later, he specially sent back a photo - the scar on his forehead had completely disappeared, but the scar in his hair was still quite clear. But it doesn't matter, you can't see it if you put on a hat.
Now Brother Nansheng has completed his studies at the military academy and returned to the company and was promoted to platoon leader.
As for Lili, she works peacefully in the Municipal Party Committee's Guest House. When she heard that her father and brother's transfer orders were both given to the Municipal Party Committee this year, she was so happy that she ran around to make contacts and finally found a house for her father and brother to settle down.
——Bai Zhenggan had a high rank, so the unit directly allocated him a large apartment with three bedrooms and a living room. Bai Dongsheng had a low rank, so the organization arranged a small dormitory with two bedrooms and a living room for him.
But it doesn’t matter, things will get better slowly.
Besides, both houses are in the municipal party committee compound, only fifty meters apart. There is not enough room for my eldest brother’s family, so can we move Red Bean and Yellow Bean to my parents’ room?
Compared to the happiness of Taotao's family...
Song Zhi was not very happy.
He even fell into inexplicable anxiety and irritability.
——Taotao has obtained the place in the workers, peasants and staff student program as she wished, and is about to go to Kyoto.
What about him?
Why has his transfer order been delayed?
So he took a day off, went to the town's post office, and called his mentor, Professor Huang.
When Professor Huang heard it was him, he immediately said, "You called at the right time! I was just about to go out and send you a telegram! Song Zhi, you and your father...did you have a quarrel recently or something?"
Song Zhi was stunned.
He avoided the topic and asked Professor Huang, "Teacher, what is going on?"
Professor Huang sighed, "I have already taken care of everything and issued all the certificates. The only thing left is the opinion of your immediate family. When I called him to tell him about this, he responded well. When I sent the documents to Nandu for your father to sign, and he signed and sent the documents back to me... do you know what he signed?"
Song Zhi's heart was tightly gripped.
Professor Huang said slowly, "This report is in my hand now. Let me read it to you. Listen carefully. 'Comrade Song Zhi should stay in the vast rural areas where he is needed more and continue to give full play to his light and heat.' Listen! What should I do next?"
Song Zhi clenched his teeth.
Professor Huang said, "Song Zhi, do you have any other immediate family members? We have to do it as soon as possible. We can't delay the start of school in September!"
Song Zhi didn't say anything for a long time. He only felt the blood surging in his chest and a strong smell of rust coming faintly from his throat.
He was silent for a long time, then said, "You don't have to worry about his opinion. Please call Professor Dong at the Southwest Satellite Base tomorrow and ask him to help me fill out this form."
Professor Huang was stunned for a while before asking, "Is it Professor Dong Hechang?"
Song Zhi said, "Hmm," and said, "I'll give you his phone number later."
Professor Huang suddenly became excited, "You actually know Professor Dong! My God...
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