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Chapter 91 Double Happiness (7K)

Xie Hushan did not go to the third team headquarters to find Ma Laowu as he had told his grandmother, but walked directly to the Zhongping Commune compound to find Yang Liming.

Yang Liming is now the secretary of the Youth League Committee of Zhongping Commune, and also the second secretary of the Party Branch of Zhongping Production Brigade assigned to the special activity of supporting agriculture and poverty alleviation in Bingyang County.

Although he was still an inconspicuous minor clerk in the national cadre sequence, this status made him a high-ranking official in a rural area like Zhongping Production Brigade, where there were more than 2,800 people. Except for Han Laogou, he was the only one with a high rank.

Although it ranks low at the commune level, it also has its own office.

"Are you here to settle accounts with me, kid?" Seeing Xie Hushan push open the door of his office, Yang Liming, who was sitting at his desk reading documents, said with a knowing tone and a smile.

He knew that if he wanted to hide the matter he handled from ordinary people, it might work, but if he wanted to hide it from a cunning guy like Xie Hushan, there would be no chance at all.

Xie Hushan pulled a chair over and sat down across the table from him, and asked straight to the point:

"The day my grandma went to the sanatorium in the photo was not long after I started working on the river. At that time, I hadn't received any honors yet, so how could I have arranged for my grandma to go to the sanatorium? Tell me, what happened? Also, how did Ma Laowu and the fourth girl get involved in this matter? Think about it carefully, Lao Yang. I can find out even if you don't tell me, but if I find out myself, it will hurt our friendship."

He discovered the problem when he first saw the photos shown by the aunt. The date when the photos were taken and developed did not match the date when he led the militia brigade to compete for the honor. When his grandmother was in the sanatorium, he had just arrived at the construction site not long ago and had not even thought about competing for the honor.

Yang Liming rushed to the construction site to take over the shift in the middle of the night that day. He came to see him in a hurry and said that he was under pressure. If Xie Hushan guessed correctly, it was probably so that he could get an honorary recuperation quota so as to offset the recuperation quota that Yang Liming had arranged for his grandmother.

That's why this guy told Xie Hushan that he was under a lot of pressure, and that's why he felt relieved when he saw himself getting the honor.

But Xie Hushan couldn't guess the more specific details, so he could only go to Yang Liming to find out.

"I'm telling you, you can't bring up the past with Taozi. It's all in the past. Just assume that you're not smart enough and pretend you didn't notice it." Yang Liming took out a box of Beidaihe cigarettes from the drawer, took out one first, then threw the box to Xie Hushan and smiled calmly.

Xie Hushan was stunned for a moment. Is there also the story of Miss Taozi involved here?

Yang Limin saw Xie Hushan's stunned expression and laughed:
"You never imagined it, your little wife is really amazing. She is really willing to take risks. Without her, I don't think you would be able to see your grandma when you come back."

"You talk, I'm listening." Xie Hushan picked up the cigarette box and took out a cigarette and asked.

Yang Liming then told Xie Hushan what happened after he went to the construction site. Xie Hushan also heard from Old Yang another bizarre story about the peach girl who was learning to whistle in the warm sun.

Less than a week after Xie Hushan and his militia team left, Sixth Uncle Xie Laoliu sent a wild rabbit to Grandma's yard, which he had exchanged with the mountain people for his dry food when he was driving a cart, so that Grandma and Taozi could have a taste of it and gain weight for the autumn.

Taozi prepared the rabbit and stewed it. She also set aside a portion for each of her grandpa's and second uncle's families, saying that she would accompany her grandma to deliver it to them in the evening when both families were home.

Grandma was happy to see Taozi was sensible, so she ate more rice with the greasy rabbit meat. However, less than half an hour after lunch, the old lady had a stomachache and rolled over on the kang in pain.

But Taozi was scared. There was no one else at home, so she covered the small cart used to transport manure to the private plot with bedding, carried her grandmother in, covered her with a quilt, and drove the cart to the commune health center.

The doctors at the commune health center did not dare to jump to conclusions about whether it was acute enteritis or acute cholecystitis due to the lack of medical equipment. There was also a shortage of medicines. Apart from penicillin for anti-inflammatory treatment and analgin for reducing fever, there were basically no other Western medicines that could treat the symptoms and show quick results.

In addition, grandma was in unbearable pain and couldn't speak, so the doctor suggested sending her directly to the county hospital. He contacted and arranged a car and asked Taozi to go home quickly to get the money.

Taozi was anxious to go to the county hospital with her grandmother for treatment. Without any hesitation, she went home and took down the several hundred yuan of public funds saved by Xie Hushan's stewed pork stall from the beam of the west room.

Ma Laowu had asked Xie Hushan to hand over the money to the team before leaving, but Xie Hushan refused to agree because he was afraid that something urgent might happen at home when he was not there. No matter whether it was public or private money, he would feel at ease if he had the money in his hands and would not be afraid if something really happened.

So before leaving, he told Taozi that there were more than 700 yuan of public funds from the sideline group placed on the beam of his house, which could be spent when something urgent happened. After spending the money, he could tell him when he came back and he would find a way to pay it back.

Actually, Xie Hushan had some selfish motives in making this arrangement. Although it was unlikely, if Taozi really got greedy and took the money, and the amount was not right, he would have a reason to break off the engagement with the girl.

So the situation of the sideline group after Xie Hushan left was that the money the sideline group earned when he was in the team was in Taozi's hands, and the money the sideline group earned after he started river work was in Han Hongzhen's hands, while the production team leader Ma Laowu only had the accounts.

The money accounts are separated into three parts.

Taozi took the money and took her grandmother to the county hospital for hospitalization. After a preliminary diagnosis, the doctor said that it was most likely not cholecystitis or enteritis, but gallstones.

Taozi was not afraid of spending money, but after staying for a night, she found that her grandmother had a seizure as soon as the effect of the painkillers wore off. Taozi suspected that the hospital deliberately used one injection of compound aminopyrine after another to relieve her grandmother's pain, and did not use other medicines properly.

While her aunt and second aunt rushed over the next day to take care of her, Taozi bravely left the hospital and ran to the county party committee compound to find Yang Liming. She knew that Yang Liming had lived in her grandmother's house for two months, had a good relationship with Xie Hushan, and was also a county leader. Taozi wanted this leader to help her find a connection in the county hospital, find out what disease her grandmother had, and ask the doctor to treat her grandmother well.

When Yang Liming heard that his grandmother was ill, he quickly went to see a doctor to find out what happened. The doctor was also in a dilemma because the hospital did not have advanced B-ultrasound equipment and could not determine how large the gallstones in his grandmother's body were. They could only use conservative treatments with slow effects such as anti-inflammatory and analgesic measures and promotion of bile secretion. It was not intentional that the doctor did not give her a proper treatment.

Then Yang Liming used his connections to arrange for his grandmother to go to a sanatorium with ultrasound equipment for treatment. The medical equipment there was relatively complete, and there were treatments for stone removal. No indicators were required because it was all at one's own expense.

He was so busy with the various preparations before going to the countryside that he forgot that he should take charge of the matter first, such as asking them to settle the bill when he was done, or going to the sanatorium to explain that the patients were not being recuperated but simply being treated.

Before leaving, he asked Taozi if she had money. If she didn't, he would find a way. Unexpectedly, Taozi nodded and said she had money.

If Yang Liming had known that Tao Zihua was using public funds, he would have helped to collect the medical expenses for his grandmother no matter what.

Xie Hushan's young wife, this peach girl, didn't want to cause trouble to Xie Hushan at all. What did she mean by paying back the money? It didn't exist.

She had to pay every day for living in a nursing home. She didn't know how long she would have to stay there, and she didn't know that the minimum stay was one month. She just paid the money and didn't feel bad at all. When the doctor told her about the treatment, Taozi just said one thing: use whichever medicine is best.

Moreover, she immediately replaced the news about other patients in the sanatorium who were enjoying treatment because of their meritorious service with the news about Xie Hushan.

Tell grandma that Leader Yang said it's free to live here, and that my third brother has made great contributions at the construction site, and this is a state-rewarded award, so grandma can live here with peace of mind.

When the aunt came back and told the uncle about it, the uncle thought that Yang Liming would definitely not lie, and he was also a cadre, so he knew that this kind of recuperation indicator could indeed be arranged for family members to enjoy it, so he took it as true.

I never thought that the words the grandmother said to comfort Xie Hushan about the wife she chose were lies.

Grandma's life in the nursing home was so comfortable. In fact, she would have recovered in a week, but the nursing home admitted her according to the recuperation treatment and arranged for her to stay there for a full month. She had regular physical examinations every day, and the nursing home organized sightseeing walks on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, movie theaters on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and art performances on Sundays. Taozi was always by her side to talk to her, and the old lady was so happy to praise the national policies every day.

After a month of self-paid recuperation, I spent more than 700 yuan of public funds and only had more than 200 yuan left.

After her grandmother finished her convalescence and returned home, Taozi thought that there was no need to wait for Xie Hushan to come back, as he would definitely not be able to pay it back even if he came back.

So Taozi turned around and went to find Han Hongzhen from the side job group, and gave the remaining 200 yuan to Han Hongzhen. She just heard one sentence and Han Hongzhen was stunned on the spot.

The young wife told the young widow that she had stolen all the money from Xie Hushan's sideline group and spent it, leaving only this much money. There was no way she could get compensation because she didn't have a penny.

He also asked Han Hongzhen to take her to find Ma Laowu now, and then Ma Laowu would notify the brigade and let the state arrest her.

Han Hongzhen was shocked and advised Taozi not to say that she stole the money and spent it, but just say that it was lost. After all, Hu San's grandmother stayed in a nursing home for a month, and the whole team knew about it. If you said that you stole the money and spent it yourself, no one would believe it. They would definitely guess that you spent it in the nursing home.

Taozi then argued that this had happened before in our Yashan Brigade, and that I understood that if the money was lost, no one would be arrested, but compensation must be paid. But if you insist that you have spent all the money and cannot afford to pay, the state will arrest you, but you don't have to pay.

If I say that the money is lost, the team will definitely ask my third brother and grandmother to pay for it. It will take them many years to pay it back. Even the money belonged to me, Goldilocks. I spent it all on delicious food. I have no money to pay for it. The government should arrest me.

Han Hongzhen was speechless. This was simply a female version of Xie Hushan. She had a smile on her face and spoke in a gentle manner, but she just wouldn't listen. In a word: You can say whatever you want. I just spent the money myself. Don't expect me to compensate you. Besides, Xie Hushan and I are not married, so we are not a family. The country cannot blame the Xie family. As for my home, I searched it but found nothing. The sewing machine is not mine because we were not married. It should be returned to the Xie family.

Han Hongzhen stopped Taozi, took out the money earned from the braised pork stall after Xie Hushan left, and asked Taozi to calculate it to see if the problem could be solved with so much money. She said she had almost come up with an idea.

She asked Taozi to do the math, but she secretly found Ma Laowu under the pretext of going to the toilet and wanted to take part of the responsibility for the matter.

But she was far worse than Taozi. She couldn't even tell a lie. She directly told Ma Laowu that half of the public funds in Xie Hushan's hands were lost, and half of the public funds in her hands were also lost. What should she do?

She was thinking that it would take an unknown number of years for one person to pay back the money, so Xie Hushan would lose half and she would lose half as well, so the pressure on both families to repay the money would be less. And she was determined to insist that the money was lost due to poor safekeeping.

In this way, Xie Hushan only needs to pay compensation, and at most he will be subject to internal review by the production team, with dividends deducted every year to compensate for the collective losses. As long as everyone in the team has no objection, there is no need to report it to the higher authorities, which can ensure that Taozi will not be actually arrested.

The young widow had good ideas, but her brain was not good enough, and she was far inferior to Taozi.

Although Ma Laowu was a farmer, he understood one thing: the money was in the hands of two people, but half of it was lost by each of them. What was the thief thinking? How could he divide the responsibilities between the two owners who failed to keep the money so clearly?

Taozi also reacted and followed Han Hongzhen to the team headquarters. When she saw Ma Laowu, she said the same thing. She stole the money from Xie Hushan's sideline group and spent more than 500 yuan on delicious food. This matter had nothing to do with Xie Hushan. She found the money when she was cleaning the house. She was a mountain person and had never seen money before, so she just took it and spent it.

She also confidently told Ma Laowu that there was no money, and asked Ma Laowu to notify the special commissioner without arresting anyone, just shout outside the yard. She would pack up, kowtow to her grandmother and leave with the special commissioner, and she would definitely not run away.

The harsh words of this rolling knife and the aura of this living bandit were so frightening that Ma Laowu almost wet his pants on the spot!
It’s true that each species has its own owner. Crickets are found only in saline-alkali land!

How could such a humble, pleasant and easy-going girl say such shrewish words in such a soft and gentle voice?

It must be that bastard Xie Husaner who corrupted the girl!
Ma Laowu did not sleep all night and finally came up with an idea, which was to rewrite the account book according to the remaining money. In this way, Taozi would not be arrested, and Han Hongzhen would be fine. Even on the surface, it seemed that the production team had not lost any money, but just earned a little less.

As for paying back the money, it all depends on the conscience of that little bastard Xie Hushan.

Ma Laowu had been thinking about it all night and felt that although Xie Hushan often cheated people, he was a man with a conscience.

After Xie Hushan comes back, he will tell him about this. Even if he doesn't owe the debt, he will definitely pay back the more than 500 yuan. And mainly because Ma Laowu thinks Xie Hushan is capable of paying it back.

No matter how much money he lost, the braised pork stall that Xie Hushan opened would make more money than the wonton stall that the team had before.

In the end, Ma Laowu decided to take on this matter of great importance. As long as Han Hongzhen, Accountant Zhao, and Taozi didn't leak the news, everything would be fine.

But just when Ma Laowu and Zhao were concentrating on figuring out how to help the stewed pork stall falsify accounts with the remaining money from Han Hongzhen and Taozi, Yang Limin was transferred to Zhongping. When he revisited the headquarters of the third team, Yang Limin noticed that Ma Laowu and Zhao looked unhappy. He was so cunning that he used a series of indirect and indirect methods to get the truth out of them in half a day.

Only then did Yang Liming realize how powerful Xie Hushan's young wife was. Although her current behavior was still childish, it seemed that she would be able to take charge of the family and make decisions in the future.

He spent more than 500 yuan a month on his grandmother's stay in the nursing home, and he didn't even blink an eye. He was ready to pay with his life once the money was gone. This must have been his decision from the beginning when he spent the money.

He also blamed himself for being busy with work at the time and not paying more attention to his grandmother. If he had cared more about her, his grandmother would have stayed in a nursing home for a month at her own expense, wasting a lot of money.

The main reason was that he himself did not have the ability to come up with so much money at once to make up for Xie Hushan.

Yang Liming pondered over it at the team headquarters of the third team, and based on the leadership schedule he knew, he finally came up with the idea of ​​going to the construction site overnight to tell Xie Hushan that he was under a lot of pressure and that he must get an honor.

He called Ma Laowu, Accountant Zhao, Taozi, and Han Hongzhen, who were insiders, explained his plan to them, and told them that the situation could still be salvaged.

But this matter must be handled in the same way Taozi lied before. Didn't she always tell grandma, uncle, and aunt that it was Hu San who earned the qualification for recuperation through meritorious service?

Turn her lies into truth.

As long as Xie Hushan wins the honor, Yang Liming will still have room to maneuver. At that time, he can use his connections to make Xie Hushan's public-funded recuperation indicator a mistake in operation, making it self-funded, and let the sanatorium refund the previous recuperation expenses through connections.

To be on the safe side, Yang Liming even secretly informed Han Laogou, so that if the refund required procedures and could not be returned before the production team distributed dividends, Han Laogou agreed to take out a sum of money from the brigade's reserve fund to settle Xie Hushan's account first. After all, the brigade had relatively large reserve funds and could take out more than 500 yuan at once.

So when Xie Hushan received the honor that day, Han Laogou, Ma Laowu, Han Hongzhen and Yang Liming were present to confirm it in person. They looked relieved only after they saw with their own eyes that the whole thing was settled.

After watching Xie Hushan raise the red flag on behalf of the militia brigade, Han Hongzhen cried and laughed at the same time as she rushed to the village in the middle of the night. This was the worst thing she had ever done in her life.

Late in the night, Han Hongzhen returned to the village and learned to meow three times through the wall of Xie Hushan's house. This was a signal to Taozi, who was also unable to sleep and waiting for news. The two women agreed that if a cat meowed, it meant that Xie Hushan had accomplished the task, and if there was no cat meow, it meant that Xie Hushan had failed to win the honor.

Finally, before Xie Hushan led the team to finish work and return home for the New Year, Yang Liming used his connections to get the money back from the sanatorium, which should have been free but was borne by himself, on the grounds that his grandmother had the recuperation indicators but the procedures were wrong. As soon as the public funds were returned to the production team, Accountant Zhao cleared the accounts, and the whole thing was back on track.

In the eyes of the aunt, uncle, grandmother, Daxiu and even all the members of the brigade, it was Xie Hushan who showed up at the construction site and got the honor and reward quota, and Yang Liming helped find someone to give the free recuperation quota to grandma, so that grandma could go to the sanatorium and enjoy a month's blessing.

When Xie Hushan came back, he did bring back the honor. As for whether he received it before or after his grandmother's recuperation, Xie Hushan had not come back in the meantime. None of the members of the brigade would care about the deviation in details, let alone know how many people took great risks for this matter.

That's how the whole thing was from beginning to end.

After Yang Limin finished speaking, he repeated:
"I said, did you hear me? Just pretend it didn't happen. Don't bring it up and fight with your boyfriend. Grandma doesn't know about it. If you start a fight, she'll be pissed."

Xie Hushan took a while to digest it before he smiled calmly at Yang Limin:
"Why should I fight? Taozi did nothing wrong. She just didn't understand one thing. I'll teach her when we get back. Next time you feel you can't get over a hurdle, ask me first. Don't be silly like a child and think that others don't have any tricks just because you don't have any. What if I'm smart enough to come up with some ideas?"

Miss Taozi, what the hell! Han Hongzhen, that stupid woman, what the hell! Accountant Zhao, what the hell! Ma Laowu, what the hell! Han Laogou, what the hell! Yang Limin, oh my god, what the hell!

Xie Hushan smiled lightly at this time, but he was furious in his heart.

He couldn't imagine how much psychological pressure these people were under at the time. Five hundred yuan was not worth mentioning to him as a time traveler, but in the Zhongping Brigade of that era, it was not a small sum of money. It was enough to build half a new house. If it was really exposed, he would be shot ten times.

Moreover, if there is anyone who treats Xie Hushan as an outsider and does not choose to help his relatives instead of the others, the whole thing will fail.

Without Han Hongzhen to hold Taozi back, she hurried to find Ma Laowu. After paying the money, Taozi foolishly prepared to surrender herself.

Without Ma Laowu's choice to trust himself and insist on calculating the loss, without Zhao the accountant who wanted to help with the false accounting, without Yang Limin's final effort to make everything right and get the money back, without Han Laogou's promise to cover the loss...

Even if it weren't for Taozi's decisiveness, and he had to drive the cart to take his grandmother for treatment, his grandmother might have died. How could he have been in the mood to come back for the New Year?

Besides, grandma had been recuperating for a month and her complexion became rosy, while the girl had lost weight due to exhaustion. How could he bear to go back and fight with the girl?

Now I regret that I gave someone a red scarf because it was too shabby and shabby to show off and could not express my gratitude.

"You know, Old Yang, I've actually been holding it in..." Xie Hushan was a little moved. These people took the risk to help him handle this matter. If Yang Liming hadn't arrived at the last minute to help, if something had happened, those people might really have gone to jail.

The most crucial person is the pretty boy in front of him who ran to him in the middle of the night to ask for help and said that he was under a lot of pressure. He has a very good psychological quality and did not leak any information to him.

Yang Limin said at the time that letting Xie Hushan grab the honor was a favor to him, but he didn't expect that in the end, it was Xie Hushan who helped himself.

Thinking of this, Xie Hushan was ready to have a heart-to-heart talk with Yang Limin, saying that he had been holding back his thoughts and wanted to leave this poor place. Unexpectedly, Yang Limin misunderstood and interrupted him directly:

"Then just keep holding it in, be a grown-up and don't cry. Just figure out how to start the brick kiln business after the New Year."

Xie Hushan nodded and said with a smile: "No problem, I will do whatever the leader says. By the way, you have all these connections and can get people in the revolutionary comrades' sanatorium, but you don't even have the qualifications to go in for recuperation, right?"

"I don't have any connections. I just have no other options. I asked my future mother-in-law. She is an official of the Yaoshan District Metallurgical and Mining Administration. She is familiar with the procedures for model workers in the mining and steel industries in Yaoshan District to receive honorary medical treatment. I asked her if we could go through the procedure of medical treatment first and then make up the quota. She said that there would be no problem as long as there was a quota. When I heard that, I went to the construction site overnight to urge you to get the honor."

"Fuck! I've tried to trick you so many times, but you never mentioned it. And you even said you don't have anyone above you?" Xie Hushan glared at Yang Liming.

"You haven't married my partner yet." Yang Liming said with a smile.

Xie Hushan flattered, "Leader Yang, what is the surname of your future mother-in-law? I might need it when I go out to brag to others."

"My last name is Qiao." Yang Limin picked up the cigarette, waited for Xie Hushan to take out the matches, and after the lackey helped him light it, he smiled and said:

"But you might as well name me instead of her. After all, my future mother-in-law comes home from work every day and has no time to help you bluff people. She also has to find time to help me and my partner wash clothes."

Xie Hushan held the cigarette between his legs, smiled and remained silent for a while, then suddenly raised his head:

"Old Yang, we are brothers, so let's not lie. You don't look like someone who can make a lot of money, and I don't think it would be easy for you to be a high-ranking official. I'm giving you some advice, so I can repay you a favor. Otherwise, I'm so moved that I'd have to sing a few lines to show how much I'm grateful to you."

"Go on, I'm listening." Yang Liming nodded with amusement.

Xie Hushan said: "Let your wife work with me for a few years, and I will help you build up a family business."

"Get lost! I'm your brother, but you're taking your partner with you to build up your family fortune. Is that right?" Yang Limin hit Xie Hushan with a matchbox, and then said after he finished cursing with a smile:
"I know you're smart, but she's doing well at the pharmaceutical factory. If you really feel like you owe me a favor and want to take care of me, just do a good job of your team's sideline business after the New Year. I'll help you interpret policies in the commune and take on some possible resistance. You, on the other hand, should work hard to make Uncle Wu, Accountant Zhao, Secretary Han, Comrade Xiao Han, and even you, Taozi, Grandma, and everyone else in Zhongping live a good life. Then I'll accept your favor. The beating my girlfriend gave me when she heard that I didn't want to stay at the grassroots level in the county was not in vain, and my trip to the grassroots level was not in vain."

Xie Hushan looked at Yang Limin's expression and nodded with emotion: "Old Yang, it would be great if you were a woman, or if you had a sister or something, and we could sleep on the same kang at that time. I can accept her being a little older and a little ugly, and besides, Taozi hadn't come yet at that time, so it was just right."

"Get lost~" Yang Limin cursed with a smile: "Don't say I don't have any sisters. I wouldn't introduce you to someone like you. I think it's a pity for Miss Taozi to be with you. You are destined to be single for the rest of your life."

"You know me best." Xie Hushan laughed loudly.

I always say that I feel that life here is too hard and I want to live a good life in Hong Kong Island, but I owe favors to so many people. If I really leave with the letter of introduction from the furniture factory, I can indeed secretly tell my grandmother, the uncles and aunts, and even Taozi, not to worry, I will pick them up to enjoy a good life as soon as I get established in Hong Kong Island...

But could he directly tell Yang Limin, Ma Laowu, Han Hongzhen, Han Laogou, and Zhao the Accountant? Could he tell them to wait for him, that he was going to flee to Hong Kong Island, and that he would take care of them and repay their favors after making money?
No.

What if I don't tell them and leave without saying goodbye, and see them again in the future, will Xie Hushan still be the child from Zhongping who is worth their help regardless of the consequences?
No.

Since they are no longer their own people worthy of their care, will they still accept their care?

will not.

Xie Hushan sat quietly in a chair, cigarette between his legs. Yang Liming thought he was thinking about the development of the sideline business group, so he didn't disturb him. He picked up the document and started reading it again. No one spoke anymore and the room became completely quiet, just enough for Xie Hushan to vaguely hear a song playing on the brigade radio station.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the loudspeakers in each brigade play songs that the members love to listen to. At this time, the clear voice of teacher Guo Lanying is singing melodiously through the loudspeakers:

"A big river with wide waves, the wind blowing the fragrance of rice flowers on both sides, my home is on the bank, I am used to hearing the boatman's horn and seeing the white sails on the boats."

"This is my beautiful motherland, where I grew up. In this vast land, there are beautiful scenery everywhere."

"The girl is like a flower, and the boy has a broad mind. In order to open up a new world, they awakened the sleeping mountains and changed the appearance of the rivers."

As the song played, Xie Hushan leaned back in his chair with his head tilted back and his eyes closed. Various scenes of his previous interactions with the people from Zhongping Village flashed through his mind like a kaleidoscope. Only when the song stopped did he open his eyes again and calmly make a decision.

Why not rely on your own brains and sincerely develop the sideline business of the Zhongping Production Brigade so that everyone can live a good life. After everyone's living standards improve, you can also walk with dignity and even let everyone go wherever they want like you?
"Hey, when are you going home for the New Year? How about coming to my house for a meal before you go home?" Xie Hushan made up his mind and spoke again, smilingly asking when Yang Liming would go home for the New Year.

Before Yang Limin could reply, the Minister of Armed Forces Zhang Cheng excitedly opened the door and greeted Yang Limin, "Secretary Yang."

Then he walked towards Xie Hushan: "I knew you must be here!"

"What's wrong, Master? What happened?" Xie Hushan turned his head to look at Zhang Cheng, who had an excited expression, and asked in confusion.

Zhang Cheng showed a mysterious smile and said to Xie Hushan:
"Good news! The commune's armed forces department has received a notice that you will go to Hong Kong Island after the New Year! Do you know where Hong Kong Island is?"

Xie Hushan gave his master face and shook his head blankly:

"Looking at your expression, Master, it must be at least fifty miles away from our brigade. Is there a bus stop in our county that goes to that village?"

"Go home quickly. When you see your uncle, you will understand everything!" Zhang Cheng patted Xie Hushan on the shoulder.

"You are so lucky, you just got the honor, and your uncle arranged a good job for you, double happiness!"

(End of this chapter)