Yunshan County. Babaoliang Village!
In a blink of an eye, the solar year is here!
Although the members of Babaoliang Village do not have the habit of celebrating New Year's Day, this day is still important to them.
Because every year when the Gregorian New Year is over, the New Year is almost here, and the village has to prepare for the New Year!
Therefore, although the villagers will not celebrate on New Year's Day, they are still very happy.
But Zhou Yang is not included among these people!
In fact, as soon as he woke up on New Year's Day, he was in an extremely bad mood. There was always a kind of anger and uneasiness that was difficult to vent!
Early in the morning, Zhou Yang didn't even eat after getting up, so he took Liu Yunlong out!
Since it just snowed yesterday, the whole sky and earth are covered in snow, giving it a unique feel!
But Zhou Yang had no intention of admiring these snow scenes. He walked in the wilderness on thick snow, feeling melancholy!
Arriving at the small river bend outside the village, Zhou Yang asked Liu Yunlong to stay where he was, while he walked south alone along the frozen river channel.
Although Liu Yunlong didn't know why Zhou Yang was suddenly in such a bad mood, he was sensible enough not to ask.
After confirming that there was no danger around, he agreed to his idea of walking alone!
The main reason why Zhou Yang felt so depressed and uneasy was because it was 1976 after the solar year!
First of all, in this year, three important figures passed away one after another, and hundreds of millions of people mourned together!
Secondly, there have been various natural disasters in the country this year, each one more terrible than the last.
It can be said that this is a year that affects the destiny of the country!
Although Zhou Yang knew about these things, he was unable to change them. This feeling of powerlessness made him a little crazy!
Moreover, he could not express his inner anger in front of his wife and children, so he could only vent his anger in the wilderness.
He walked southward along the small river channel for seven or eight kilometers. It was only when his strength was almost exhausted that he returned the same way!
By the time Zhou Yang and Liu Yunlong returned home, it was almost noon!
As soon as he entered the door, Zhou Yang saw his father-in-law sitting in the room.
"Dad, you are here!"
Zhou Yang asked while shaking the snow off his trouser legs.
"Well, what were you doing this morning? I didn't see you going to the brigade headquarters?" Li Fengnian asked while smoking a dry cigarette.
"I didn't do much, I just went out for a walk with Comrade Yunlong!"
Then Zhou Yang asked, "Dad, do you have something to do with me?"
"Well, the county appointment has been made!"
Zhou Yang immediately asked: "Deputy director of the commune?"
"Um!"
"How's the ranking?"
"First Deputy Director!"
Hearing this, Zhou Yang was slightly startled. This first deputy director was the second-in-command in the entire commune.
If compared according to the standards of later generations, a commune is at the same level as a township, and the first deputy director is equivalent to the township chief or town chief.
My father-in-law was just the branch secretary of a brigade before, not a cadre at all.
But now he has become the first deputy director of the Solidarity Commune, a leap of faith!
"Congratulations, dad!" Zhou Yang said.
However, my father-in-law shook his head and said, "There is nothing to congratulate. I feel very stressed now!"
"Are you worried about not doing well?"
"Well, I thought that at most I would just be an ordinary deputy director, in charge of two or three production brigades. But I didn't expect that I would be asked to be the first deputy director, responsible for the production and construction of the entire commune. If this happened If there is a mistake, more than 20,000 people will be affected!" Li Fengnian said.
"Dad, actually you don't have to worry. You have been the village party secretary for so many years. It can be said that you know the situation in the countryside very well. Based on this, you will not do worse than others."
Then Zhou Yang continued: "Besides, there is me. With my help, I will definitely be able to do a good job as the first deputy director!"
"Well, I feel relieved with your words!"
Then Li Fengnian continued: "By the way, I have told the commune that I recommend Wang Ping to be the brigade secretary!"
"Although Liang Feng is more suitable, he is the accountant of the team. No one else can do his job, so we can only wrong him!"
After hearing this, Zhou Yang silently held a minute's silence for Liang Feng. If he knew that he had lost his position as brigade party secretary because he had done a good job in settling accounts, how much psychological impact would he have had.
But when I think about it, I feel relieved. Accounting has always been a relatively trivial and complicated job, and most people really can't do it.
Especially in the village, a qualified accountant is sometimes more difficult to work than a production team leader or village party secretary, and many people work there for a lifetime.
"What about the captains of the four teams? Who will pick them up?" Zhou Yang asked.
Li Fengnian took two puffs of dry cigarette, and then said: "Why don't you take it?"
Seeing that Zhou Yang meant to refuse, he added: "When you didn't come back just now, I carefully selected the people in the village and found that there were not many suitable people! After thinking about it, I still think you are the most suitable!"
"Dad, don't you still have my eldest brother? Let him be the captain, and I will be the vice-captain to cooperate with him!" Zhou Yang said.
"Jianguo's temper is too impatient and he is not suitable to be the captain. Even if you want him to be the captain, you have to temper his temper, otherwise he will definitely cause trouble!"
Then Li Fengnian continued: "My idea is that if you become the captain, you can help Wang Ping on the one hand, and you can lead the country on the other hand."
"When the day comes when you no longer want to be the leader, or can no longer be the leader, just let Jianguo take over!"
It was obvious that his father-in-law was determined to make him the production captain. Although Zhou Yang didn't really want to take over this stall, he couldn't say no to his father-in-law's slightly pleading eyes.
"That's okay, I'm just a nameless person anyway, so I have to rely on my big brother to do the work!" Zhou Yang said.
"I am very sure of that..."
As he was talking, Zhou Yang suddenly heard someone calling his name outside and faintly saw a person standing outside the courtyard door.
Zhou Yang immediately opened the door and walked out to see who it was.
It was only after I got out that I saw clearly that it was Bai Yang.
After seeing Zhou Yang, Bai Yang immediately shouted, "Zhou Zhiqing, is Party Secretary Li at your house?"
"Here, what's wrong?"
"Something happened, please quickly ask Secretary Li to go to the brigade headquarters!" Bai Yang said anxiously.
"Bai Yang, what happened? Why are you so anxious?" Zhou Yang asked immediately.
"Educated youths from other villages have come to cause trouble. Now they have surrounded the brigade headquarters. Please ask Party Secretary Li to go and take a look..."
Just as he was talking, Li Fengnian also walked out of the room.
Bai Yang's voice just now was a bit high, and he obviously heard it.
"Bai Educated Youth, go back and tell those educated youths that I will come over immediately and tell them not to cause trouble!"
"OK!"
After saying that, Bai Yang quickly ran towards the brigade headquarters!
"I'll go to the brigade headquarters first. You take your mother, Weiwei and the others to the old house first. The old house has fried cakes at noon!" Li Fengnian said.
"Dad, let me go with you!"
Then, without waiting for his father-in-law to speak, Zhou Yang took the lead and walked towards the gate!
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