Minister Wang was very satisfied with the work of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill and ordered all factories to come and learn from it. Zhang Zhifei turned into a training instructor and received technicians from each factory every day.
Although busy, the harvest is not small.
During the training, he got to know the technical masters and workshop directors of various factories, which expanded his network of contacts.
In order to thank him, each factory would more or less give away some bills, which allowed Zhang Zhifei to accumulate a lot of various bills and bulge his pocket a lot.
The Red Star Rolling Mill is prosperous and receives constant reception.
In sharp contrast, natural disasters have still not improved.
Entering April, the famine has become more serious, and many places have completely begun to run out of food.
Even the bark of grass roots and trees were eaten away. In order to survive, large numbers of people fled the desert.
Three consecutive years of natural disasters have exhausted the people's energy. Most people don't know what to do tomorrow, so they flee along the railways and highways.
Most of the people fleeing the famine will go in the direction of Yanjing City. In this era, there is little information, the people's cultural level is generally not high, and their understanding is very limited.
I thought that I could get relief as long as I arrived in Yanjing, but I never thought that Yanjing might be out of food.
There were many people walking on the road who could no longer walk, so they simply starved to death in the wilderness.
There are also those who are lucky enough to be taken in by someone on the way, and most of the people taken in are women.
They were taken in by a bachelor who couldn't find a wife, but the bachelor's life was not very satisfactory, and he could only barely survive starvation.
There are also many people entering Yanjing.
I originally thought that after arriving in Yanjing, I would have something to eat and survive.
Unfortunately, even after arriving in Yanjing, everything is not fine. There is a shortage of food everywhere. After staying at the aid station for a period of time, most people will be sent back to their place of origin.
Zhang Zhifei also heard from Wu Mingjuan last week that a large number of people fleeing famine entered Yanjing. Wu Mingjuan said that the street office was too busy and asked him to volunteer for a day on the weekend and help at the rescue station.
weekend.
After Zhang Zhifei had a full meal at home early in the morning, he rode his bicycle to the Nanluoguxiang rescue station.
When Zhang Zhifei arrived, he found that people from the subdistrict office were already busy, some were boiling water and some were making porridge, but the millet porridge was so thin that it could make people's faces shine through.
Zhang Zhifei approached Director Wu and asked what he could do, and was finally arranged to register the information of people fleeing famine.
Looking at the long and chaotic queue in front of him, Zhang Zhifei felt very uncomfortable, but there was nothing he could do.
He did have some food in storage, but he couldn't see it at all, so he could only bear to watch them starve.
"Fellow, where are you from? Do you have any relatives in Yanjing?" Zhang Zhifei asked and started recording with a pen.
"No." A scrawny man said.
"Where is home?"
"Jinxi."
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Zhang Zhifei has been busy registering, and he didn't bother to eat lunch at noon. He was busy until about three o'clock in the afternoon, and there were only a dozen people registered.
He rubbed his wrists and continued to start. His wrists and throat hurt now, but they were nothing compared to the heartache.
"Zhang Zhifei, how is the situation?" Wu Mingjuan asked, this was her fifth time today.
Zhang Zhifei replied solemnly: "Most of them are women and children. The men are also malnourished and their physical condition is worrying."
"Hey." Wu Mingjuan sighed.
"Director Wu, what are the government going to do?" Zhang Zhifei asked in a low voice.
“For those who have relatives, let’s see if they can come to live with them first, and then we can find ways to resettle them;
Unrelated women and children were first placed with the Women's Federation, and then it was seen whether they could find someone to adopt or marry in Yanjing;
In other cases, they will most likely be sent back to their place of origin. "Wu Mingjuan explained in a low voice.
Zhang Zhifei asked curiously: "Marriage, this shouldn't be easy to arrange, right?"
Wu Mingjuan nodded. Most people with urban household registration in Yanjing would not marry a refugee, and few would be willing to marry a refugee.
As he spoke, registration had reached the end, and only the last two escapees were left. Judging from the situation, they were two sisters.
"Name? Where are you from? Do you have any relatives to join you?" Zhang Zhifei asked as usual.
"My name is Yang Manli, and this is my sister Yang Tingting. We are from Chongqing, here to see my father." The girl said emotionally.
"Then how did you get to the rescue station?" Zhang Zhifei asked doubtfully.
"We didn't find dad, and we don't know where we are going. We came here because there were so many people here." The girl was dressed in shabby clothes. She looked quite tall. Her figure was wrapped in clothes, but she couldn't tell. Her appearance was also because of the dirt on her face. No beauty or ugliness.
"Do you have any detailed clues about your father?" Wu Mingjuan interjected and asked.
Zhang Zhifei returned to the rescue station, poured a cup of hot water for the two of them, and listened to Yang Manli's story about her life experience.
Yang Erhu, who returned to his hometown to visit relatives in 1943, married Liu Lan from the same village and gave birth to Yang Manli that year.
In 1944, Yang Manli's grandparents passed away. After burying the old man, Liu Lan took her daughter to the army to find Yang Erhu.
However, it was the time when the People's Liberation Army launched a local counterattack and they failed to find Yang Erhu. In addition, Liu Lan suddenly became seriously ill, so she took Yang Manli, who was only 1 year old, to stay with the local fellow villager.
After recovering from the illness, while looking for a large army, he encountered the defeat of the national army. Liu Lan was spotted by the officer because of her beauty.
For the safety of her daughter, she was forced to follow the defeated troops to Chongqing.
The officer was very kind to the mother and daughter, and they did not lack food and drink. Liu Lan did not go to her husband Yang Erhu because she was unclean.
In this way, until Chongqing was liberated in 1949, the officer who occupied Liu Lan died in the war, and Liu Lan lost support.
At this time, their mother and daughter were supposed to find the People's Liberation Army and wait to meet Yang Erhu's father, but she thought she had lost her virginity and had no face to meet Yang Erhu.
Later, in order to survive, Liu Lan and others reorganized their family. Yang Tingting was Liu Lan's half-sister. Strictly speaking, the two were not related by blood.
The family was originally happy, but unfortunately something happened. Yang Tingting's biological father passed away, and the mother and daughter depended on each other. In the first month of this year, Liu Lan died of a serious illness.
According to the information left by Liu Lan, the two girls left Chongqing and went to their hometown in the Central Plains to find Yang Erhu.
I learned from relatives in my hometown that Yang Erhu stayed in Yanjing and never came back.
Only then did the two women find Yanjing. They only had a hometown address and name, so it was almost impossible to find them.
After Zhang Zhifei heard what she said, he looked at Wu Mingjuan. These two girls were really troublesome.
Wu Mingjuan also had a big headache. She also sympathized with the two girls, but there was nothing she could do.
Zhang Zhifei stood up, rubbed his wrists, and prepared to leave.
He didn't want to stay here any longer, seeing the suffering but not being able to solve it, feeling uncomfortable and looking for trouble for himself.
Wu Mingjuan looked at Zhang Zhifei, then at Yang Manli, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "Zhifei, don't you have a partner?"
Zhang Zhifei said doubtfully: "No, you have to introduce it to me."
"What do you think of Yang Manli?" Wu Mingjuan asked in a low voice.
"Mr. Wu, aren't you messing up the relationship?" Although Zhang Zhifei sympathized with the two women, marriage is not a child's play and must be done with caution. The main thing is good looks and good character.
"Do you believe, sister, that this Yang Manli is definitely a beauty? How about you wait and let her wash up?"
"This..." It's not that Zhang Zhifei didn't want to get married. In the past two years, it was because he had to take care of his younger brothers and sisters. The better ones looked down on him, and the worse ones looked down on him.
Now Director Wu wants to marry Yang Manli, and she also wants to marry a wife, but she has not found the right one. Is this Yang Manli really as beautiful as Director Wu said.
Zhang Zhifei thought to himself, it doesn't hurt to take a look. If she is a goddess, she will marry her and go home, hugging her under a warm quilt.
But if it doesn’t suit your taste, I won’t marry you.
Officer Wu took Yang Manli and Yang Tingting to the rescue station to wash up. Zhang Zhifei continued to wait outside. He took out a cigarette and started smoking. He was also curious about the girl's appearance.
Halfway through smoking the second cigarette, I saw Director Wu coming out of the door, followed by Sister Yang Manli.
Suddenly, a strange face came into view, and he blurted out: "Holy crap!"
The girl looked somewhat similar to Da Mimi, and her big watery eyes gave people a stunning feeling. Zhang Zhifei suddenly felt like he had been electrocuted.
Zhang Zhifei's heart began to beat, wondering if she had also traveled through time. She took two steps forward involuntarily.
"Sister, I didn't lie to you! Isn't he very handsome?" Director Wu looked at Zhang Zhifei's appearance and couldn't help but smile.
Zhang Zhifei nodded involuntarily, he couldn't even be called handsome, he was simply a goddess.
"Zhifei, I asked this girl, as long as you are willing to raise her sister, she will agree to marry you, do you have any objections?" Officer Wu asked.
"No, I listen to you." Zhang Zhifei stared at Yang Manli without looking back, making the girl lower her head shyly.
Officer Wu looked at the time and said to the two of them: "Let's go and register now, and then we will register their household registrations with yours."
Zhang Zhifei said nothing, walked up to the two women, looked at Yang Manli who was a little embarrassed and said, "Has Director Wu told you about my situation?"
Yang Manli, who seemed to be Boss Yang, whispered: "I told you."
"What do you mean?"
"I want to take my sister to get married. If you agree to raise my sister, I will live with you." Yang Manli said firmly.
"Okay, no problem." Zhang Zhifei agreed directly.
Then she looked at her sister. Isn't this the girly version of Guli Nazha?
Zhang Zhifei felt that his brain was running out of energy. Did the two of them travel through time or were they just a coincidence?
