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Chapter 420 Technical Section Chief

On March 15th, Suning brought Qin Xuemei, Zhao Tianshan and the villagers mobilized by the old party secretary of Lijia Village, and together they pulled the larch saplings from the nursery to the horseshoe pit in Saihanba.

Suning has taken out a lot of sweet potatoes and potatoes from the space world, specifically reserved for food during the tree planting period. Originally, the villagers were mobilized by the old branch secretary to come and help, and now seeing so much food, they are all excited.

Those who did not agree to come could only regret secretly. After ten days of hard work, they finally planted all 100,000 larch trees. They only had to wait for acceptance in three months.

Suning did not sit and wait, but continued to cultivate new larch seedlings in the empty nursery. Qin Xuemei, who had originally questioned the method Su Ning said, was stunned when she actually saw the process of Su Ning's cultivation.

Qin Xuemei looked at the newly sprouted saplings being watered profusely, still feeling a little unbelievable as she said, "Feng Cheng, so what you said is true?"

"Haha, silly wife, you don't really think I'm cheating on you, do you?"

"Feng Cheng, this is too incredible."

"Xuemei, the Forestry Bureau will definitely find a way to find out our seedling cultivation method in the future. You must keep it a secret for me!" Suning reminded his silly wife.

"what"

"Feng Cheng, there's something I might not be able to say, but I still want to interrupt." Zhao Tianshan looked at Su Ning with a complicated expression.

"It's okay, just tell me, I don't have those bad habits that others have."

"Feng Cheng, your seedling-raising method is so good, you should donate it to the Forestry Bureau. It just so happens that they are establishing the Saihanba Forest Farm this year. Villagers from Lijia Village and Saihanba can all go there to work as workers."

"Workers? Workers are divided into temporary workers and regular workers. What kind of workers do you think the Saihanba Forest Farm will let the villagers be in the future?" Suning looked at Zhao Tianshan with a smile.

"This..." Zhao Tianshan was confused, because he knew it must be a temporary worker.

At this time, Su Ning looked at the old Party Secretary who had been in deep thought. "Old Party Secretary, some time ago I went to Ma Ti Keng to check the leafing rate of the saplings. It reached 100%, which shows that we have been successful."

"Even if some villagers don't want to stay and raise seedlings with me, I can negotiate with the Forestry Bureau to give priority to hiring workers from among the villagers, and they will be regular workers with the best benefits."

"Feng Cheng, are you serious?" the old Party Secretary became excited. "Can we get formal jobs?"

"Of course! This is a great opportunity for you to learn about tree planting and reforestation. You'll definitely be able to quickly gain a foothold in the Forestry Bureau."

"Thank you! Feng Cheng!" The old branch secretary looked at Su Ning with gratitude.

"Xuemei, Zhao Tianshan, old Party Secretary, my idea is to turn Lijia Village into a seedling breeding base, and then exchange food with the Forestry Bureau or the future Saihanba Forest Farm to survive." Seeing Qin Xuemei and others who were always thinking about making contributions, Su Ning had to reveal his real plan. "Of course, this is very difficult. The forest farm may not always agree. So when the time comes, we can arrange for all the villagers to work in the forest farm as regular employees, and then I can successfully retire."

"what?"

Suning did not deceive them. It would be best if they were willing to establish a supply and demand relationship with him after the Saihanba Forest Farm was built. If the Saihanba Forest Farm was really unwilling, Suning would also make arrangements for the villagers of Lijia Village. He would continue to plant trees and live in seclusion alone. With Qin Xuemei as his wife, his future life would surely be very beautiful.

On June 15th, exactly three months after the afforestation in Lijia Village, Saihanba, Yu Zhenglai invited a large number of forestry experts to the Horseshoe Pit in Saihanba, including the Soviet forestry expert Pekolovich.

In fact, Yu Zhenglai and Li Zhong had already been to the Saihanba Horseshoe Pit once when they were testing the leaf release rate. When they saw the leaf release rate as high as 100%, Li Zhong and Yu Zhenglai jumped up excitedly.

Then Li Zhong did not return to the capital, but continued to stay in the Weichang Forestry Bureau, just to wait until the three-month period was up so that he could come over to check the survival rate. Until he saw the survival rate of 97% just now, everyone burst into cheers.

"Wow! This is incredible!" Pekolovich's eyes widened in shock, and he ran around in disbelief to verify the results. "You Chinese have created a miracle."

"Feng Cheng, congratulations!" Li Kun walked up to Suning with a smile on his face, stretched out his hands and congratulated him.

"Thank you!" Suning smiled and shook hands with Li Kun.

"Feng Cheng, this is Li Kun, the leader from the Beijing Forestry Department." Yu Zheng came to introduce Li Kun's identity on behalf of Suning.

"Hello, Mr. Li! Welcome to Saihanba."

"Feng Cheng, I heard about your situation. I apologize to you on behalf of the Weichang Forestry Bureau."

"Haha, Mr. Li, this is all in the past. I have already forgotten it."

"Haha, that's good." Li Kun nodded with a smile, then personally appointed Suning, "On behalf of the Ministry of Forestry, I appoint you as the head of the technical department of Saihanba Forest Farm. I hope you can put aside past grudges and stay at Saihanba Forest Farm."

Upon hearing Li Kun's appointment, Qu He's face suddenly changed, which happened to be seen clearly by Su Ning. Su Ning, who originally wanted to refuse directly, agreed on a whim. Since this was something the enemy didn't want to see, he had to agree to it.

"Thank you, Mr. Li! I will definitely continue to work hard in my position as the technical section chief."

"Well, Feng Cheng, do a good job! We all have high hopes for you!" Li Kun patted Suning's shoulder with a smile.

"By the way, I have good news to tell you. We have decided to recall the first batch of college students who went to the dam area." Li Kun, who was about to leave, suddenly turned around and looked at Su Ning and Qin Xuemei and said.

"Ah? That's great! Thank you, leader!" Of course, the one who was surprised was Qin Xuemei.

The departure of those six people was an eternal pain in Qin Xuemei's heart. Now that they can return to Saihanba Forest Farm, Qin Xuemei was really surprised.

"Xuemei, don't be too surprised." Looking at the overly surprised Qin Xuemei, Su Ning couldn't help but remind her, "Half a year has passed. They must have changed a lot. Maybe they will never be able to return to Saihanba."

"Ah? No way?" At this time, Qin Xuemei also calmed down.

"Xuemei, the world is changing all the time. We're both married now, so it's hard to guarantee that they won't change."

Things did not go as Suning expected. The six people who left had undergone great changes. Meng Yue had married her boyfriend in Wuhan and had also arranged a job in Wuhan.

Shen Mengyin also found a formal job in Shanghai. Although she did not look as tall and majestic as a technician, she was still able to be with her family, and the tragedy that followed would not have happened.

Sui Zhichao returned to Saihanba again, but he looked heartbroken. After all, Shen Mengyin had already started a new life in Shanghai, and it was impossible for them to be together anymore.

The two technical secondary school students, Na Da Kui and Ji Xiurong, returned to Saihanba again. After all, they were originally from Chengde area. However, Na Da Kui still failed to pursue Ji Xiurong.

The once-strong army formed the backbone of the Saihanba Forest Farm. The most important issue now was recruiting forest farm workers, with Saihanba residents being the primary target. "Well! I think we should recruit Saihanba residents as forest farm workers and assign them temporary employment," said Qu He, deputy director of the Saihanba Forest Farm.

"Well, that's great advice!"

"Director Yu, I think the villagers of Lijia Village have rich experience in seedling cultivation and tree planting, and they can be arranged as regular workers." Suning, as the technical section chief, expressed his opinion.

"This"

"Hmph! Chief Feng, don't think that just because you've been to Lijia Village, you can appoint people based on personal connections!"

"Qu He, did you eat feces this morning? Why does your mouth stink so bad?"

"You" Qu He angrily slammed the table and looked at Suning.

"Qu He, you've worked in the forestry system for so many years. Can you grow seedlings? Can you plant trees? Have you ever swung a pickaxe?" Su Ning sneered at Qu He and pointed out his hypocritical side, "No! Because you've always been a high-handed piece of trash!

If a piece of trash like you can be deputy director, the villagers of Lijia Village know how to grow seedlings and plant trees, so why can't you be a regular worker?"

"Hmph! The social division of labor is different, and the things that need to be done are also different!" Qu He retorted with a grim face.

"I think you're overambitious. We're the forest farm's managers, but we absolutely cannot be useless!" Suning ruthlessly exposed Qu He's facade once again, then suddenly looked at Yu Zhenglai, "Director Yu, I suggest that all members of the forest farm's leadership must participate in every tree planting campaign."

"Great! Chief Feng, this is a great suggestion." Seeing Suning's insistence, Yu Zhenglai made the final decision, "All villagers in Lijia Village will be formal employees of the forest farm. All of them must participate in future tree planting activities and may not shirk their responsibilities for any reason."

"Thank you Director Yu for your support."

"Well, your nursery has been very hard at work raising seedlings. I hope you can provide enough seedlings for the autumn mechanical afforestation."

"Haha, Director Yu, there is absolutely no problem with our nursery."

"Well, let's adjourn the meeting!"

After everyone left, Yu Zhenglai walked over to Su Ning and said, "Feng Cheng, Qu He is an old comrade. You should at least give him some respect."

"Director Yu, I don't think Qu He is a bad person, let alone a wicked villain." Su Ning shook his head with a wry smile, then spoke frankly, "But regarding the incident with the advance team last time, he kept putting all the blame on Zhao Tianshan, which was a bit unreasonable.

Director Yu, haven't you realized that even after that incident, he still hasn't learned his lesson?

"It's a pity for Zhao Tianshan indeed. Qu He has always been against Zhao Tianshan returning to the team, and I have no way to do anything about it." Yu Zhenglai's face was full of bitterness when mentioning the former general Zhao Tianshan.

"Director Yu, I've already made arrangements for Zhao Tianshan." Su Ning had already thought of a future plan for Zhao Tianshan. "The old Party Secretary of Lijia Village will accept Zhao Tianshan to settle in Lijia Village, and he will continue to be responsible for the management of the Lijia Village nursery.

When I have things sorted out at Saihanba Forest Farm, I will resign and return to Lijia Village to plant trees."

"Ah? Feng Cheng, why are you doing this?"

"Director Yu, I don't belong to the Saihanba Forest Farm. I'm used to a free and easy life." Su Ning spoke his mind. He didn't want to fight with them in this forest farm. "I accepted this position as technical section chief purely to give face to Mr. Li Kun."

"This"

"Director Yu, you should know that I have an uncle named Li Tieniu, a blacksmith. One day he returned to Saihanba, and I hope you can arrange a formal job for him at the forest farm."

"Li Tieniu? Sure! I agree to your request."

"Thank you, Director Yu."

Saihanba Forest Farm, girls’ dormitory.

Ji Xiurong looked at Qin Xuemei in surprise, "Xuemei, did you really marry that wild man Feng Cheng?"

"Go away! What are you talking about? Feng Cheng looks good after shaving his beard." Qin Xuemei became a little unhappy.

"Haha, I heard he's now the technical director of the forest farm?"

"Yes! His full-light seedling cultivation is the decisive factor in the completion of the Saihanba Forest Farm." Qin Xuemei nodded proudly.

"Well, it's great that the forest farm has been built!" Ji Xiurong suddenly felt a little sad, "It's a pity that Meng Yue and Shen Mengyin will never come back."

"Haha, Ji Xiurong, you miss Yan Xiangli, right?" Qin Xuemei exposed Ji Xiurong's true thoughts.

"No way?" Ji Xiurong blushed a little.

"Ji Xiurong, let me tell you a secret. Feng Cheng said Yan Xiangli has been secretly transferring out of Saihanba. Even if the advance team hadn't been disbanded, he would have left Saihanba."

"Impossible!" Ji Xiurong looked at Qin Xuemei sadly, hoping that she was lying.

"Ji Xiurong, I know some things are cruel, but there is no need for you to miss Yan Xiangli." Qin Xuemei persuaded Ji Xiurong earnestly, "Xiurong, listen to my advice and find a new man to start over!"

Soon, the Saihanba Forest Farm got back on track. Thanks to Suning's early intervention, the Saihanba Forest Farm avoided many detours and started planting trees in Saihanba at the fastest speed.

The villagers of Lijia Village are undoubtedly the most grateful to Suning. They have always regarded Suning as their benefactor and often publicize Suning's "great achievements". Now the residents of the entire Saihanba area are very grateful to Suning and regard Suning as their great benefactor.

This step was intentional by Suning, because since he decided to live in the Saihanba area for the rest of his life, he had to establish good relations with the locals. Anyway, he had already decided to resign from the Saihanba Forest Farm in 1965, and then take Qin Xuemei to plant trees while staying away from the disturbances of the outside world.

Under Suning's arrangement, Zhao Tianshan went on a blind date with Zhang Manling, a technical secondary school student who had just come to Shangba. The two of them fell in love with each other at first sight. Finally, Suning and Qin Xuemei helped them arrange the wedding, and they truly settled down in the Saihanba Forest Farm.

Everything in Saihanba is moving in a good direction, and the story of Suning and Qin Xuemei continues. The following story is just the beginning of their magnificent journey.

(End of this chapter)