Mixed in 1980

Chapter 188 Some People’s Beliefs
The wind in 1982 was already very strong. What Chen Fan didn't know was that because of the book he wrote, an eye was formed in the storm and was spreading outward.

He has already set off with his convoy.

The distance from Beijing to Saihanba is more than 400 kilometers. Given the current traffic conditions, it would be considered fast if you can arrive before nightfall.

Chen Fan couldn't hold on any longer after driving for less than 200 kilometers. He usually didn't feel tired in the city, but the dirt road outside was too bumpy and could shake a person's bones apart.

Looking at his watch, it was already time for lunch. Chen Fan stopped the convoy and discussed the lunch issue with the team leader.

The team leader is a woman, and she is the chief of the six guards.

Sun Shaojie made very appropriate arrangements. Taking into account that the medical team had female doctors and nurses, he arranged two women among the six security guards to make it easier to handle many things.

Wu Lanying took out a map and quickly pointed out a place: "About ten kilometers ahead, there is a county town. Let's rest there."

Chen Fan hummed, and then said, "Captain Wu, can you arrange for someone to help me drive? This road is too bumpy, I really can't stand it."

"I'll drive it."

"Then I'll trouble you."

Chen Fan moved to the back seat, squeezing together with Xu Jinqiu and Guan Xiaoyu. Wu Lanying took over the driving seat and the car speed increased suddenly, but it was much more stable than Chen Fan's.

He is an experienced driver!
Chen Fan muttered something, and not long after, the car entered the county town and found a state-owned restaurant to eat. Wu Lanying went to pay the bill.

"Leader Sun has told me that all expenses along the way will be paid by me and I will settle the bill when I return."

Chen Fan was speechless. Sun Shaojie was really crazy because of poverty.

But it is understandable that people keep shouting about earning foreign exchange, but it is not that easy to do so. Now there is an easy way to earn foreign exchange, and no one will miss it.

Even if it's not much, it's still a piece of meat.

Sun Shaojie would not think it was too little. Comrades, is it easy to earn foreign exchange? It is considered light to run into obstacles everywhere. It is not as simple as this time. Just entertain the medical team well.

Chen Fan was not stingy either. After Wu Lanying ordered the dishes, he added a few meat dishes. Providing medical services in rural areas is hard work, and food and drink must not be neglected.

"From now on, every meal will be based on this standard. Do you have enough meat tickets?"

"It's not enough, but I can have someone send it over."

"That's OK!"

After lunch, the convoy continued to move forward. After traveling about 20 kilometers, a woman holding a child on the side of the road waved at the convoy.

"Someone is hailing a car, do you want to stop?"

Guan Xiaoyu asked, but Wu Lanying pretended not to see it and drove straight past without stopping like the bus and truck behind.

The 1980s, 1990s and 2000s were different from the 1960s and 1970s, and also different from later generations.

Public security was very good in the 1960s and 1970s. Not only did people not pick up things on the road, but people were generally honest and simple. Most drivers would help people they met on the road who were asking for help, and they would also pick up passengers along the way to earn some extra money.

There is no need to say much about the public security in later generations. One can travel anywhere with his eyes closed, and the probability of encountering a black-hearted tour guide is ten thousand times higher than the probability of encountering a robber.

It was different in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. There were too many idle people, all thinking about ways to make a fortune. Many people targeted passing vehicles, leading to rampant highway bandits.

All experienced drivers know one thing: if someone waves at you on the side of the road, you should never stop your car, because most of the time they are waving with bad intentions.

If you really dare to stop the car to check, a group of people might rush out from the roadside and snatch your things directly.

The drivers became smarter and the robbers changed their tactics. Later they simply sent people to lie in the middle of the road. But the drivers were also brave, so when they encountered this kind of situation, they would just drive forward.

Later on, everyone’s routines became more friendly, with rakes and trees placed on the road, and a group of people standing next to them. When the driver arrived at the place, he would say, “Fellow villagers, please be kind and help move it out of the way.”

"Sure, 10 yuan per person as hard work fee."

This matter is over, let’s just say.

Most of the time, people are quite civilized, but there are also some disgusting ones. They would put a coffin in the middle of the road to bury people, and then catch any passing vehicles, big or small, and say that they hit the person, and then point at the drivers and demand money.

There is even a village of "road bullies" who make a living by robbing people on the road.

They turned murder and robbery into an industry, and no vehicle passing through the village was spared. Not only money and goods but also vehicles were robbed, and most of the drivers were silenced.

Driving long distances is considered a high-risk activity these days. Chen Fan also likes traveling, but even after having a car, he doesn't have the courage to drive around.

Occasionally I go to Guangzhou and Shanghai, also by plane.

However, the situation in 1982 was not as serious as a few years later. The journey was peaceful. We hurried all the way and finally arrived at Saihanba just after nightfall.

The buildings in the venue are brightly lit!

Because we knew through a phone call in advance that a medical team was coming to the countryside, the director brought people to welcome us. The scene was very lively and naturally there was no shortage of polite words.

"Sister Xiaoxian, long time no see. I missed you so much."

Chen Fan saw Chen Xiaoxian in the crowd and ran over to hug her, but was pushed away by Zhang Tianshan on the side: "You kid, you take advantage of me as soon as you come."

Chen Xiaoxian kicked her husband away and hugged Chen Fan: "This little boy is great. He has brought honor to our forest farm and has become stronger."

What Chen Xiaoxian was talking about was naturally "The Most Beautiful Youth".

Zhao Tianshan and Wang Manling in the book were created based on the couple.

Chen Fan smiled and called Xu Jinqiu over: "Sister Xiaoxian, let me introduce you to my girlfriend Xu Jinqiu. She's pretty, right?"

Xu Jinqiu blushed, rolled her eyes at Chen Fan, and said, "Hello, Sister Xiaoxian, I often hear Chen Fan talk about you. I was so grateful for your care in the past."

“That’s what should be done.”

Chen Xiaoxian looked at Xu Jinqiu carefully and said, "She is just like what is written in the article. She is as beautiful as a legend. You have found a treasure."

As he said that, he took Xu Jinqiu's arm and said, "The factory has prepared a banquet. Let's all go inside and sit down. You've been traveling all day, and you must be hungry now."

The director was also inviting everyone to take their seats. The food was very sumptuous. It was obvious that the forest farm had spent a lot of money to entertain the medical team.

"Sister Xiaoxian, where is Daqiao?"

After taking his seat, Chen Fan looked around several times but did not see Jiang Daqiao.

"I'm in the Fire Watchtower. Knowing you were coming, I've sent someone to replace him. He'll be back tomorrow. It's a good time for you two brothers to get together." Chen Xiaoxian explained.

"That's good. Do you have a date at the Bridge?"

"After getting the certificate, can we go to the Fire Watch Tower?"

Fire watchtowers are usually built on mountains. There are eight in Saihanba. Most of them are manned by couples together, so they are also called couples’ fire watchtowers.

"Hasn't Daqiao always been in the tree planting team? Why was he transferred to the fire watchtower?"

Guarding the fire watchtower is not an easy job. The couple lives deep in the mountains and forests, almost isolated from the outside world. Most people cannot stand that kind of loneliness.

Chen Xiaoxian sighed: "That guy applied for it himself. There will always be someone to do the job."

Chen Fan was silent. Jiang Daqiao was just a fool.

But in Saihanba Forest Farm, there are many such fools, and Chen Xiaoxian is one of them. She was the leader of the six women who went to the dam and plunged into the miserable Saihanba.

In 1976, her family found a job for her and asked her to go back to work, but she chose to stay and continue planting trees with everyone.

Some people believe differently.

Chen Fan pursues a good life, but for them, afforestation is a lifelong belief, and even a large number of second and third generation foresters have been born.

After the dinner, Chen Fan took the TV out of the car, gave one to Chen Xiaoxian and prepared the other for Jiang Daqiao.

When they met the next day, Chen Fan kicked Jiang Daqiao first: "Damn it, you got married but didn't even write a letter. What's wrong with you looking down on your brothers?"

Jiang Daqiao scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, "It's too far to go back and forth. I'm afraid it'll be troublesome for you."

"piss off!"

Chen Fan gave him another hug and took out a cigarette and lit it for him: "Let me ask you something, are you willing to go to Beijing with me?"

Jiang Daqiao took a puff of cigarette and was silent for a while: "No, I will plant trees. Why go to Beijing? It's good to be in the forest farm."

Chen Fan rolled his eyes, but stopped trying to persuade him.

There is nothing wrong with staying in the forest farm as long as you can live the life you want. In his previous life, Jiang Daqiao worked in the forest farm until retirement, and his son and grandson also stayed in the forest farm to take over.

Before he died, he came to see him off.

But at that time, Jiang Daqiao's health was not very good, and he had many minor ailments: "If you don't want to go, then don't go. Let the doctor check it out first. I'll go to your house to drink in the evening."

The medical team has already started working.

There are hundreds of employees in the forest farm, and their families are also there, a total of more than 2,000 people.

The forest farm has already communicated. Those who are sick will be checked first, and the others will start checking tomorrow. They will try to include everyone, and those who are sick will be treated, and those who are not sick will be conditioned.

The medical team always implemented Sun Shaojie's instructions and made sure to serve the people well. Well, that meant spending money as much as possible, since there were rich people who would reimburse them and they used foreign exchange.

Chen Fan didn't have any serious business to do. He came here just to meet old friends, take a look at the place where he had fought before, and ask Guan Xiaoyu to take more photos.

"The current Saihanba is quite different from what you wrote in the book."

After wandering around here for a day, Chen Xiaoxian took Xu Jinqiu to the woods to pick mushrooms. Xu Jinqiu quite liked this place. It was lush and green and felt very lively.

"The timeline in the book is in the 1960s, and it's already 1982. It must be different, otherwise the foresters have worked in vain all these years?" Chen Fan smiled.

Even compared with two years ago, Saihanba has changed a lot. The trees in many places have grown a lot taller, and from a distance, it feels like the terrain has changed.

If I wait ten years before coming back, I will probably be like Feng Cheng in the book, who won't be able to recognize the place where he once fought.

Chen Fan felt somewhat fortunate that he had come back, and urged Guan Xiaoyu to take more photos so that when he felt nostalgic in the future, he wouldn't have to only imagine it in his mind.

It was a rare trip back home, so Chen Fan was not in a hurry to go back. He stayed in the forest farm for several days with the medical team. However, it was a different scene far away in Beijing.

Several leaders of the Ministry of Commerce sat together and looked at the reported data. Every one of them had a grim look on their face. The results were simply shocking.

As for Chen Fan's book "If I Were a Liar", it was also placed on the table. Today we have to make a final judgment on this book, whether to destroy it or keep it!
PS: The second update is here~
(End of this chapter)