On May 14, 1965, the two children had just turned three months old.
Yan Jie was working at the headquarters as usual.
Just before noon, the radio in the office rang.
"At 9:59:10 today, our country successfully conducted an atomic bomb air blast test.
This marks that our country has become the fifth country in the world to possess nuclear weapons and be able to carry out air drops, after the Eagle Sauce, the Wooly Bear, the Niu Niu, and the Gallic Chicken. Let's do this..."
Yan Jiecheng was still a little dazed after hearing this, and thought to himself: This is it, we will have apples from now on!
At this time, roaring cheers came from outside the office.
Yan Jiecheng looked through the window and saw the staff running around happily telling each other.
At this moment, a staff member broke in without knocking on the door and shouted: "Minister, minister, we also have an atomic bomb."
Yan Jiecheng smiled and said, "Well, I just listened to the radio."
Afterwards, Yan Jiecheng found an idle flatbed truck at the headquarters and pushed it to the department store in the headquarters.
This department store is a branch of Jingcheng Department Store opened in the headquarters.
After all, hundreds of thousands of people were involved in the entire project.
The government is very good at providing logistical support.
There are more than a dozen stores opened.
The store has been open for a long time, and the salesperson also knows Yan Jiecheng and knows that he is a leader of the headquarters.
Seeing Yan Jiecheng pushing a flatbed cart to the door, he asked curiously: "Minister Yan, why are you pushing the cart by yourself?"
Yan Jiecheng smiled and said: "This is not listening to the radio. We won't be afraid of being bullied in the future. We feel happy, so we are going to treat everyone to some popsicles."
When the salesperson saw Yan Jiecheng pushing the trolley, he was very surprised. How much does it cost?
Yan Jiecheng asked with a smile: "How many popsicles do you have here?"
The salesperson said with a smile: "There are also about a hundred Arctic milk popsicles and about three hundred fruit popsicles."
Yan Jiecheng silently calculated in his mind and said, "Put them all in for me."
The salesperson smiled and said, "Mr. Yan, please wait a moment, we need some time."
Yan Jiecheng smiled and nodded.
These days, you don’t need a ticket to buy popsicles, otherwise Yan Jiecheng really wouldn’t be able to buy so many.
Why don’t you need a ticket to buy popsicles?
The first thing about popsicles is that you are not afraid of people hoarding them in large quantities and driving up prices.
Second, it is poverty. Many people can't even afford popsicles worth three to five cents.
Not to mention popsicles in the village, even the money to buy salt and soy sauce has to be dug out of the buttocks of chickens.
Soon, Yan Jie had his popsicles ready, and the salesperson packed them in two large wooden boxes for him.
There were less than five hundred popsicles in total.
Milk popsicles are five cents each, and fruit popsicles are even cheaper, only three cents.
So Yan Jiecheng paid dozens of dollars.
After paying the money, Yan Jiecheng grabbed a few popsicles and said, "You guys eat too. Celebrate the long-lasting prosperity of our motherland."
Several people were not polite and said: "Celebrating the prosperity of our motherland."
When we arrived at the headquarters, everyone had just finished cheering excitedly. At this moment, Yan Jiecheng was pushing a cart of popsicles, which was not very good for the people in the headquarters.
Yan Jiecheng smiled and asked everyone to divide the popsicles, and also told them to remember to return the wooden box to the store.
Just this wooden box, Yan Jiecheng paid a dime.
Understanding is understanding, and there is no awareness of the process that should be in place.
After Yan Jiecheng returned home in the evening, his family was still discussing the matter.
Yan Bugui and his wife didn't understand how serious this thing was. They just heard on the radio that this thing was the backbone of the Chinese people.
Yan Jiecheng played with the two children. The two little guys were the most curious at this time.
They begin to learn to observe the world, so they are interested in everything.
They like to be held upright by adults because this way they can get a better view.
You will see Jiefang and Xie Kuang playing in the yard.
The two children couldn't help but giggle happily.
The third aunt had to take care of Yan Jiecheng's children, so she didn't go back to the courtyard to cook.
Therefore, the whole family ate at Yan Jiecheng's house.
As for how many meals they had, Yan Jiecheng and his wife didn't care at all.
Originally, Yan Jiecheng and his wife felt that they were raising children for themselves, which was what they should do.
But Lao Yan did not agree. The Yan Bugui couple and Yan Jiecheng, their two sons and daughters-in-law, said: "Your mother and I, it's okay to live in poverty and eat your food. We should raise children to provide for old age."
But we can't take the two little ones with us to eat from you.
It doesn't make sense. Besides, your dad and I still receive a lot of salary. "
Yan Jiecheng and Chang Kexin looked at each other, and Yan Jiecheng said: "Mom and dad, if not, let my mother cook food for you and the second and third children here these days.
Are you thinking of bringing something with you then? "
Yan Bugui patted his leg and said, "Don't bother me. This won't happen in a day or two. It will probably take at least a year and a half. I will directly bring the food from home and eat according to the supply."
Chang Kexin was a little surprised by Yan Bugui's words.
She didn't expect her father-in-law to be so generous. There was no selfish intention at all.
Unexpectedly, Yan Bugui handed the grain book directly to the third aunt and said: "Old woman, I will be like now, have meat every day."
After hearing this, Yan Jiecheng and his wife naturally knew Yan Bugui's plan.
Chang Kexin was even dumbfounded. As a father-in-law, even if he was generous, he would not forget to make calculations.
Seeing that the two children were almost 100 days old, Yan Jiecheng consulted with Lao Chang on a weekend night.
The two families cooked a large table of delicious food at Yan Jiecheng's house and quietly had a hundred-day feast for the two children.
Of course, Luo Gongyan Jiecheng also took it over.
The child's two uncles both brought gifts from other places.
A few days after the child's 100-day banquet, Yan Jiecheng was summoned to the ministry by Minister Lu.
Starting from this year, Minister Lu’s responsibilities will become even heavier.
After all, that subtitle has been removed, and all the work pressure in the department has fallen on one person.
When Yan Jiecheng left, a secretary was already waiting for him in the corridor.
Seeing Yan Jiecheng arrive, he took him directly to the leader's office.
After giving the leader another cup of tea, he also made some tea for Yan Jiecheng.
Then I went to the room at the door and started working.
When Yan Jiecheng met their Minister Lu, he quickly said: "Minister, you are looking for me..."
"I heard that you gave birth to a pair of children. These two sets of little clay figurines are given to them." Minister Lu said and handed two sets of beautifully crafted little clay figurines with cute and silly shapes to Yan Jiecheng.
Yan Jiecheng quickly took it and said, "Thank you, leader."
He had a different look in his heart, and said in his heart: It seems that there is another hard nut to crack this time.
Minister Lu talked to Yan Jiecheng for a few minutes about the child.
Then he changed the topic and said: "As you know, the third-line construction is currently in full swing.
The Southwest is planning to build a one-day railway, but our best designers are all working on the subway project.
Now that the design work for this project has been completed, we are required to go to the site for investigation and design in a timely manner.
The ministry has decided that you will lead the team and be responsible for designing the Chengdu-Kunming Railway section from Miyi to Sanduizi and the branch line from Sanduizi to Griping Ferry.
This time, coal, metallurgy, electric power, post and telecommunications, geology and other departments will go with you. "
Yan Jiecheng felt helpless after hearing this. He did not ask for advice and directly issued the task.
Yan Jiecheng knew that he could not refuse, so he asked: "Does the leader have a time limit this time?"
Minister Lu said: "The sooner the better. If you ask this, you agree to go!"
Although Yan Jiecheng complained in his heart, he still smiled and said: "It's all as it should be."
Seeing that Yan Jiecheng agreed, Minister Lu asked: "Does your Comrade Xiao Chang have any objections? Do you want me to go and talk to them?"
Yan Jiecheng smiled and said: "It's okay. My Comrade Xiao Chang is reasonable and won't have any objections?"
Yan Jiecheng was actually a little unhappy about going on a business trip at this time.
After all, it would be too cruel to ask him, a slave girl, to leave his daughter for a period of time.
However, Yan Jiecheng knew in his heart that the country attached great importance to the third-line construction.
Not to mention Dukou City, this place is simply a cornucopia.
Just dig down a shovel and it's good stuff.
Therefore, the country attaches great importance to it. So he needs to lead the team to design.
In later generations, although this place was not very prosperous, it was still so skinny that a camel was bigger than a horse, and it was still rich in steel.
After Yan Jiecheng received the news, he tried hard to search for this memory. It's a pity that he didn't know anything about the railway in this place in his previous life.
Three days later, staff from more than a dozen departments gathered at the station.
Yan Jiecheng felt a little bad about completing this mission.
It feels like killing a chicken with a big knife.
Fortunately, Minister Lu said one word to Yan Jiecheng.
quick.
Yan Jiecheng then understood the purpose of sending him.
It is for early design, early construction and early use.
These days, it’s really hard to go out.
The closer the train gets to the south, the hotter the weather becomes.
Yan Jiecheng sat in the train like a canned fish in a bottle.
The sticky feeling on my body is very uncomfortable.
After staying up for a few days, I finally arrived at the scene.
There are many mountains here at the ferry.
The air is very good, the vegetation is very dense, and everything is green.
This is very surprising to most northerners.
The comrades of the ferry committee are responsible for their subsequent food and accommodation issues.
Yan Jiecheng looked at the houses they arranged and knew that these were the first batch of pioneers.
After a few days, the curiosity passed. Everyone is tortured to death by the temperature here.
Not only was it extremely hot, it was also stuffy.
My body is always sticky, and mosquitoes are the boss at night.
Whoever is caught will be bitten!
Just a few days after Yan Jiecheng arrived, he couldn't hold it back anymore.
He wrote a letter to his family.
Although this letter was written to Chang Kexin, it is believed that most of it is about Lele.
That night, Yan Jiecheng finished his bath and sat at the door looking at the stars.
Counting silently in my heart: The fifteenth day of missing Lele.
During these days, Yan Jiecheng often has contact with fellow villagers. These fellow villagers are really having a hard time.
But Yan Jiecheng told these people that good times are coming in the future.
We have to build railways and factories here, but we are also afraid that we will not have a job in the future.
Even if you go to the factory to clean toilets, you will still be better than you are now.
In more than four months, Yan Jiecheng and the others walked through one mountain top after another. Climb through one quagmire after another.
Finally, the design of “two lines, three units, and one factory” was completed.
The "two lines" are the section from Miyi to Sanduizi of the Chengdu-Kunming Railway and the branch line from Sanduizi to Griping Ferry.
After precise measurement and calculation, the main line is 128 kilometers long.
He designed 13 stations. This thing was not mainly decided by him, do you understand?
The station line is 33.4 kilometers long. For transporting materials, the station line should be longer to facilitate loading and unloading of goods.
The mountain has deep ravines, so there are 45 tunnels with a length of 39.6 kilometers and 90 bridges with a length of 8,326 meters.
There are 153 culverts, 5629 meters long;
8.95 million cubic meters of earth and stone, 173,000 cubic meters of retaining wall reinforcement, and 250,000 square meters of permanent housing.
When Yan Jiecheng and others packed the designed documents into more than a dozen boxes, they handed them over to the ferry construction committee.
Yan Jiecheng's work can be considered completed.
Yan Jiecheng, who was homesick, packed a box of Sichuan cured goods and hurriedly took the train away.
The way back was another torture.
Yan Jiecheng is not in the capital these days.
The first man in the courtyard has a long face.
The third uncle, Yan Bugui, is focusing on the two little ones all day long.
I don't have time to worry about trivial matters.
Liu Haizhong alone is no match for Yi Zhonghai.
In addition, Yi Zhonghai's reputation, which he worked hard for more than a year, is back.
Now he has an honest and loyal look on his face, and a considerate look on his face.
Every young man in the courtyard would be scolded.
And because Yi Zhonghai made many mistakes, he persisted these days.
In the end, he was awarded a Certificate of Good Person and Good Deeds by the street.
This is the time to learn to be good people and good deeds. Just in time for him, Yi Zhonghai, to catch up.
Yi Zhonghai has regained his prestige these days, but he always feels a little uneasy in his heart.
Are you thinking about who in the yard you should knock on?
If it were before, he definitely wouldn't have to think about it.
It must be Xu Damao, but it’s different now. Xu Damao is not easy to mess with either.
Yi Zhonghai was so worried about this matter that the meat no longer tasted good.
Yan Jiecheng spent more than twenty days on the road and finally returned to the capital.
He first went to the ministry to report on his work and explained the on-site planning and design of the third-line construction project in the southwest.
Minister Lu gave him three days' leave, and Yan Jiecheng hurried home.
After the driver parked the car at the door, Yan Jiecheng jumped out of the car and ran into the house.
Originally he wanted to hug the two children directly, but he thought about it for a moment.
Then he went to wash up and change his clothes, and then he held the child in his arms, playing with this and that.
So unhappy.
The family members were also very happy to see Yan Jiecheng come back.
Third Aunt and Cuihua cooked two more dishes to celebrate Yan Jiecheng's return.
At night, Yan Jie and his wife coaxed the two children to sleep.
The two of them started to move the child's crib to the side with a tacit understanding.
Yan Jiecheng raised his eyebrows, and Chang Kexin already knew what he meant.
With a hiss, he shrank down more than half. Yan Jiecheng couldn't help but take a breath of air.
This girl is getting better and better at it.
A young couple, who are in good relationship, meet again after a short separation, and naturally become greedy for alcohol in the end.
The next day, Chang Kexin's voice became hoarse early in the morning, and she drank a lot of warm water to no avail.
