After seeing off the director of the township office, Yang Liufang, his elder brother Li Tongfu and Secretary Shitou continued to discuss the hardening around the well. In terms of time, it is definitely too late to concrete. Based on the current drilling progress, it is estimated that the well will not be drilled until around 8 p.m., and then the well will be cleaned. The so-called well cleaning is to pump water continuously with a water pump after laying the cement pipe until the water is clear and drinkable. Since the land where the well is located is already full of goods, the pumped water can only be discharged to the opposite field.
"After solving the problems one by one, I will first call on the people in Congli (village) to dig trenches for drainage at night." Secretary Shitou suggested.
"Okay." Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu replied after hearing this. When Secretary Shitou went to the village committee to call people on the radio, Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu continued to discuss the matter of road hardening.
"What if we can't use wooden boards? Put a shelf underneath, like a plank road. It's fast and convenient. When we use up the wood, we can dismantle it and we can use it in the factory."
"That's good, brother. If it collapses, it will be counterproductive. After all, for such a big leader, the load-bearing capacity of the board is limited."
"Oh, yes." Just when the two were at a loss, Zhang Feng came over. When he heard this, he immediately reacted and said: "Boss Yang, do you remember the road in the countryside when we went to deliver tables and chairs to Hanwangchuan Middle School? The red bricks are laid diagonally.”
"Oops! Yes, this is good. How could I forget this?" Yang Liufang clapped his hands together and suddenly had an epiphany. "That's it! Brother Feng, go to Hongtu Village to pull bricks now."
"Okay, I'll go there now."
"Well, let's find Accountant Li. If you meet the secretary, explain the situation to him. Oh, yes, he is also a deputy to the National People's Congress. I guess he will come when we visit the day after tomorrow. Brother, you'd better go with us to show that we take it seriously. .”
"Okay. Let's go, Zhang Feng." After the two of them said that, they drove to Hongtu Village to pull bricks.
After a while, the villagers who came to dig trenches arrived one after another. Yang Liufang told Secretary Shitou about using red bricks to harden the road around the well. Secretary Shitou also agreed very much, but was very ashamed.
"How many red bricks will this cost? It will cost a lot of money."
"Hey! It doesn't matter if you have money or not. Things have come to this point. Let's finish it first. Tell the villagers that after digging the trench at night, you can't walk out. You have to clean up the area around the well and tamp the ground. In order to lay the bricks. I saw that the two masters who built the walls of our canteen and bathroom are also there. Let them help lay the bricks and we will pay them."
"Hey, who are you looking down on? You are donating water wells to Congli (village) and spending so much money to benefit future generations! Who has the nerve to ask for money!"
"Then I'll arrange for the canteen to cook for everyone, can we take care of the food?"
"This is possible. Although everyone can earn some money and have enough to eat, only those who have worked in the factory for a long time can only eat well. Let everyone try the food in our canteen. It is good to have a good meal. ." Secretary Shitou replied simply.
"Okay, I'll go make arrangements for the master right now."
After Yang Liufang finished speaking, he went back to the factory and told the master chef about the dinner for the villagers who dug trenches and flattened the land in the evening, and asked him to look at the hard dishes.
"Oh, it seems too late now, so let's let Auntie A and the boy come and make stew for everyone."
"Your boy is back? I heard that he doesn't work at the restaurant where you used to work in the city?"
"Well, I asked for leave and came back for a blind date. It just happened to be a big event in the village, and I was just about to tell you that I would ask him to come and help tomorrow."
"Oh, master, congratulations. It's a big thank you to you and your family. The factory will give him a red envelope after the end of tomorrow. Don't let him work in vain."
"Boss Yang, what are you talking about? You are also dedicated to our village (our village)! I wish you could come to help, so why do you need a red envelope?"
The phone rang while the two were talking. Yang Liufang picked up the call and heard that it was Yanhua.
"Boss Yang, we are leaving after get off work. Brother Qin asked me what else should I bring besides a water pump and supporting water pipes?"
"What should you bring? Red silk and scissors. By the way, you two should dress more formally. Then the task of handing the scissors to the leader will be left to you."
"Okay. Lao Qin, do you hear me? You can buy me some clothes later."
"Hahaha, reimburse, reimburse. You two will buy one set each."
"Yeah! Thank you, boss. By the way, President Li said in the afternoon that President Gong is also a member of the inspection team this time and will go there with everyone. Can we also invite him to participate in the ribbon-cutting? After all, the old leader is retiring soon."
"Okay, you better be careful. Yanhua, in this case, prepare four pairs of scissors. And can you contact President Li?"
"He probably hasn't gotten off work yet. I'll go to the office to find him."
"Okay, I won't hang up the phone. Please ask him to answer the call." After a while, President Li's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Hello, Xiao Yang. I heard you have a happy event over there, are you busy?"
"Thank you for your concern, leader. Oops, I'm very busy. You may have heard that the village has temporarily added an inspection link and held a well opening ceremony to collect water. It took one day to dig a well, but not all men, women, and children in the village were working hard. Woolen cloth."
"This is very important to you, so don't let it slip. The deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and the leaders of the provincial planning bureau are going. The purpose is probably to deal with the planning of your factory's land and the airport expressway."
"Oh! Thank you for the leader's tip. By the way, I just spoke to Yanhua, and he said that the President of the Headquarters Palace is also here. I would like to invite him to participate in the well opening ribbon cutting with the provincial leaders. Do you think it is appropriate?"
"Oops! Xiao Yang, you still know how to do things. Okay, okay, okay! You can do it. Our old leader is about to retire, so this is a good deal. But in what name can we let him get things done smoothly?"
"This is easy to handle, President Li. In the name of the leader of the supply and marketing cooperative, our hardware sales department is also a part of the supply and marketing cooperative under his management!"
"Yeah, that's okay, but it's still a bit far-fetched. Now that we've done it, let's make it a success. Give Secretary Lu a call and tell him that the hardware sales department of the Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative is also invested and leased by you. You want to supply and sell it. We will donate a batch of buckets to the villagers in the name of the cooperative, so that when the time comes, the provincial leaders and leaders of the supply and marketing cooperative will be invited to deliver buckets to the villagers. It will be a matter of course."
"Okay, it turns out that the leader has experience and does things well. I will handle this matter. I will ask Yanhua and the others to bring the buckets. We will bring as many as we have in the store first."
"Okay, that's it, you go call Secretary Lu, and I'll report to President Gong. Hey, good thing, good thing."
After President Li left, Yang Liufang continued to talk to Yanhua and told the club that they wanted to donate buckets and bring back as many as they could with the pumps. Then I hung up the phone and went to report to the village, saying that the wells were drilled but many people didn’t have buckets. Now that I had done it, I made it a success. In the name of the hardware sales department of the supply and marketing cooperative in which I invested, I donated a bucket to each household of the villagers. , please ask the provincial leaders to distribute buckets to the villagers. The director of the township office thought it was a good thing, so he reported it to Secretary Lu. Secretary Lu also thought it was OK. Good things come in pairs, which is meaningful and enriches the entire inspection process. He reported it to the Secretary-General of the inspection team, who then reported to the provincial leaders overnight. The provincial leaders also thought there was no problem. It happened that the president of their supply and marketing cooperative, Xizhou Headquarters, also accompanied the delegation for investigation, and asked him to work with them to distribute water buckets to the villagers. In this way, a matter of subsidizing the face of the retiring old leader of the supply and marketing cooperative was done in a legal and procedural manner.
When Yang Liufang was on the phone with the director of the township office, the phone kept beeping. It was the sound of an incoming call from outside, but the line was busy and could not be connected. As soon as he hung up the phone, he immediately called back and it was Yanhua who answered the phone.
"Boss, it was President Li who was looking for you just now. I'll call him."
"Okay, good work."
After a while, President Li's voice came from the receiver.
"Xiao Yang, how are you?"
"President, it's done. It's said that the provincial leader proposed it himself, and when the time comes, he will ask the leader of the supply and marketing cooperative in the inspection team to work with him to distribute barrels to the villagers."
"Okay, you did a good job on this matter. President Gong is very satisfied. You let Yanhua and the others leave for a while, and I will coordinate the buckets for you. How many are expected?" Yang Liufang has been here for so long, how many villagers are there? He really doesn't know. He shouted to the kitchen: "Master, how many families are there in our village?" No one answered for a long time. Only then did he remember that the master was not here, and he should have gone home to call his aunt and son. I had to tell President Li to wait a moment and he would go out and ask Secretary Shi Shi of the village committee.
Yang Liufang went to ask Secretary Shitou, who was digging ditches with the villagers, and said that his supply and marketing cooperative would donate another bucket to each farmer in the village and count the number of households. Before Mayor Shitou said anything, the villagers coaxed him to spread the word. There was a lot of thanks, and he almost shouted "Long live Yang Liufang". There are a total of 103 households in the village. Yang Liufang got the number, returned the gift to the villagers, left, and returned to the factory to reply to President Li.
After knowing the number, President Li quickly coordinated the buckets and asked Yanhua and others to bring them back to the factory that night. Yang Liufang, the staff of his factory, the supply and marketing cooperative, and all the villagers led by Secretary Shitou worked until midnight to harden the road surface of the washed well. In fact, the thirsty villagers that night had already drank the sweet well water from the new well.
March 20, 1989, is an important day for the villagers of Shige Village. From today on, they will say goodbye to the days of water shortage. Every household no longer has to wait for Secretary Shitong to come from five kilometers away every day. I brought water back from the well and ate it. Early in the morning, staff from the township office came to the factory. In addition to carrying banners, they also brought a stack of red notes. They asked the head of Shitou Village to find a few villagers and asked a township cadre to follow them to Yingbin Road to post them.
Yang Liufang, who was cooperating with the work, saw those red-letter slogans that read "A good socialist countryside has a new look", "Practice is the only criterion for testing truth", "Work hard and quickly to build a new socialist countryside", etc. It was attached to the beheaded willow on the roadside of Yingbin. After they finished posting, Secretary Shitou personally led the villagers to clean the Yingbin Road. It was really clean water and refreshing.
After everyone finished their work, the golden sunshine slowly rose from the eastern horizon. Shige Village, where the Yangliufang Factory is located, received a new look when the National People's Congress delegation from the Northwest Province came for inspection.
