Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

the next day.

Fang Ping and Tian Guihua arrived at the Yao village together. Fang Wei's brother and sister-in-law told Fang Wei not to go back to the team yet, and that they would take care of the house for the time being, so that Fang Wei could stay in the village for a while longer.

"The situation is unstable right now, and people in the county are all on edge. You should be careful."

"I know, I'll stay on the mountain obediently."

Fang Ping and his wife stayed until noon, and only came down the mountain after having lunch.

Fang Wei felt that staying in the mountains every day was boring. Da Bao and Xiao Bao went to the primary school and nursery in the mountains, so he didn't have to worry about their safety. After discussing it with Pan Lianhua, he also went to the mountains to pick chestnuts, camellia seeds, and loquats.

It takes a long mountain road to get there from the Yao village, and they usually leave early and return late, but the two of them still enjoy it.

After picking a lot of wild fruits, Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua went to pick a large number of rare herbs. Now that they had plenty of time, staying at home all day was boring, so they might as well go to the mountains to relax.

Once he had accumulated enough herbs, Wang Songlin called the purchasing department of Chenzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.

"Hello! Could you please find Section Chief Jia?"

"That's me. And who are you?"

"Section Chief Jia, I am Wang Songlin from the Yao village in Xinlin County. I have prepared the rare medicinal herbs you need. When would you like me to send someone to transport them back?"

"Yao Village? Did Secretary Fang ask you to make that call?"

“I haven’t seen him recently, but I’m sure the herbs I have are what you need.”

"Understood, I'll have someone go and make the purchase right away."

Wang Songlin hung up the phone, then inquired about some information at the commune before returning to the village.

"Third Brother, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital has agreed to come and pick up the goods. Also, I inquired at the commune and it seems that the man surnamed Yao has woken up. Be careful lately."

"I understand, I'll be careful."

Fang Wei also felt that Director Yao would definitely take further action after waking up.

That's why he hasn't returned to Xiatang Brigade for so long—he's been on guard against the other side causing any more trouble.

A few days later, news came from Zheng Hu's side that Director Yao had sent people to the team to look for Fang Wei. After searching around and not finding him, they told Fang Wei to turn himself in to the county, otherwise the county would issue an arrest warrant.

This year has been chaotic, and many bizarre things have happened.

Director Yao's actions were completely against regulations. Why didn't he contact Fang Wei through the police? It's because his actions wouldn't pass muster with Qi Haiyang and the others.

So he simply bypassed the county and used his trusted subordinates to do this.

This raises a problem: Zheng Hu and his men simply don't cooperate. All those arrest warrants are just for scaring the foreign devils. Who can be scared by that?

Unable to find Fang Wei at Xiatang Brigade, these people went to the Yao Village. The Yao Village showed them even less respect, refusing to let them even enter the village gate.

This matter has attracted a lot of attention, but Director Yao and his ilk are still in power, and Qi Haiyang and others can't do anything about it.

Time flies.

Starting in September, the situation changed abruptly.

The pressure on Fang Wei suddenly disappeared, and he knew that Director Yao and his group were about to be finished.

He immediately packed up the materials he had prepared in advance, and then went to a neighboring province via the ancient road near the Sanqing Temple to send the materials to the capital.

The document details the deeds of Director Yao and his group, and includes a batch of evidence.

When Fang Wei was arrested, at Pan Lianhua's request, Wu Tianming from Yangcheng also submitted materials. However, those materials lacked detailed evidence, and the timing was wrong, so they were of little use.

But Fang Wei was already prepared, and the timing was perfect.

With this material, people like Director Yao will basically be nailed to the pillar of historical shame, with no chance of redemption.

Fang Wei had endured for so long precisely because he was waiting for this opportunity.

And history has finally turned a new page.

From top to bottom, a large number of people like Director Xin and Director Yao were swept into the dustbin of history.

Fang Wei and the secretaries of the 16 brigades were elated and led the commune members toward a better life.

It’s noon this day.

Fang Wei's home was filled with distinguished guests, among whom Zheng Xianfa and Wu Yaoyang, who had just returned, were the most eye-catching.

Wu Yaoyang was reinstated as county director, and Zheng Xianfa was reinstated as director of Yaoling Commune. As for Fang Wei, the experience of being imprisoned for a period by Director Yao and others was ironically turned into an achievement.

"Director Wu, Director Zheng, congratulations on returning to your original positions. I'll drink first, please feel free to drink as you please."

Fang Wei toasted Wu Yaoyang and Zheng Xianfa with a glass of wine each, and the two of them did not stand on ceremony and drank their glasses down in one gulp.

I'm really happy today. Zheng Xianfa is doing a bit better, though he's been sidelined. Zeng Qing and Wu Yaoyang suffered a lot after being taken away, and they hate all the scoundrels on Director Yao's line to the core.

Now that these harmful pests have been eliminated, the storm has passed and the sun shines again, Wu Yaoyang and the others are naturally very happy.

“Secretary Fang, Director Zeng said that you should have taken a further step, but unfortunately you were unwilling, which is a real waste of such a good opportunity. However, everyone has their own ambitions, and I still respect your choice.”

Wu Yaoyang then clinked glasses with Fang Wei and said something intriguing.

In fact, a few days ago, someone had spoken with Fang Wei, offering him the choice between being the director of Yaoling Commune and the director of the county agricultural bureau, but he refused.

He said he was still willing to serve as the brigade's Party branch secretary and continue to cultivate rice varieties on the front line of production.

His choice was respected, so Zheng Xianfa was transferred back to continue serving as the commune director.

"Thank you, thank you for your appreciation, leaders. I'm just a hopeless case; I feel more at ease staying in the countryside. How is Director Zeng? I'll visit him when I have time."

Fang Wei thanked Wu Yaoyang and then sat down.

He is now not only the Party Secretary of Xiatang Brigade, but also the leader of the commune's "Mutual Coordination Group." The hastily established grassroots organization has gained recognition from the county and the commune, which can be considered a success.

That's great. With this title, he can openly coordinate agricultural production in 17 production brigades and continue writing the legend of hybrid rice breeding.

Had a meal.

Wu Yaoyang, Zheng Xianfa, and others inspected the preparations for the autumn harvest in Xiatang Brigade and encouraged everyone to continue their efforts and strive to make greater contributions.

"Secretary Fang, I'll think about the breeding base you mentioned. The most urgent task right now is to do a good job with the autumn harvest, as it concerns the province's agricultural production next year, and we can't afford to be careless."

"I see."

Before leaving, Wu Yaoyang and his team reiterated the importance of the breeding work. Fang Wei assured them that there would be no mishaps and that the autumn harvest task would be successfully completed.

the next day.

Fang Wei went to the commune to attend the first formal meeting of the coordination group. Zheng Xianfa also came to the meeting room, but he rarely spoke, leaving the stage to Fang Wei.

"After the autumn harvest is over, we still have the task of cultivating high-yield rapeseed seeds. I discussed this with Director Zheng of the commune and Director Wu of the county, and both the county and the commune agreed to our plan."

So what about the cooking oil supply for our commune members? The county promised to provide us with a quota of 50 jin of rapeseed oil per person per year at a reasonable price.

As a commune specializing in breeding, it was unable to produce enough grain and cooking oil to be self-sufficient and certainly needed support from the county.

Therefore, after the autumn harvest, rapeseed planting will focus on breeding and will no longer be used for oilseed production. The county government has resolved everyone's concerns, and the various production teams have no objections and unanimously agreed to this production plan.

To show his respect for Zheng Xianfa, Fang Wei even made a special request to the commune.

Zheng Xianfa said that the commune had no objection and the plan could be implemented.

The coordination meeting then came to an end, and the secretaries of the 16 brigades all spoke up, inviting Fang Wei to his brigade for drinks. Of course, they also brought Zheng Xianfa along, and the meeting room was immediately filled with laughter.

Fang Wei and the others were like brothers in misfortune, having spent a period of time together on that farm where they lost their freedom.

Therefore, Fang Wei went drinking with them. Zheng Xianfa couldn't leave, but he was quite envious of the good relationship between these guys. It was only because he was open-minded that he could manage; otherwise, being the commune director wouldn't have been easy for him.

By the time Fang Wei got home, it was already dark.

Pan Lianhua no longer cares about his drinking. When he comes back, she makes him a bowl of hangover soup and helps him lie down.

Fang Wei didn't even know how much he had drunk today; he was indeed feeling a bit dizzy.

Fang Tingting came by once during that time, but he was too tired and fell into a deep sleep after lying down, and Pan Lianhua did not wake him up.

the next day.

Fang Wei got up as soon as it was light, exercised for a while, and then washed up and ate breakfast.

"Manman, are you sober now?"

"I wasn't drunk, I was just too tired yesterday. Tingting, why haven't you gone to work yet?"

As soon as I sat down, Tingting came over to freeload a meal, but actually she wanted to say a few words to her uncle.

"I have a day off this morning, Manman. I have something to ask you. Will the college entrance examination be reinstated soon?"

Fang Tingting is actually a very smart girl. She has been studying hard and has repeatedly reviewed her junior high and high school courses, learning new things by reviewing old ones. She has a solid grasp of knowledge in all subjects.

She had always dreamed of going to university, but it was too difficult to get a university recommendation, so she could only pin her hopes on the restoration of the college entrance examination.

The situation has changed dramatically, and a new hope has welled up in her heart.

"Maybe. If you ask me, it will be either next year or the year after."

Fang Wei finally gave a relatively clear answer. This was not a guess; he could see some clues from the information gathered from all sides, not to mention his advantage of having a memory.

"Great! Manman, Auntie, you two enjoy your meal. I have to go to work now."

"Huh? Weren't you supposed to be on a day off in lieu of your scheduled workday?"

"I was supposed to take a day off in lieu of a day off, but I suddenly don't want to rest anymore, so I'll go to work anyway."

Tingting took the day off today to talk to her uncle, but the conversation ended quickly and she got what she wanted. It wouldn't be worth wasting any more time.

You should spend more time reading books; who knows when the college entrance exam might suddenly be reinstated next year?
Fang Tingting was determined to succeed in this college entrance examination.

"Third brother, another college student is coming to our family!"

Pan Lianhua and Fang Wei sat together eating breakfast. Grandpa and Sister had already finished eating and were not in the house.

As soon as Tingting left, Pan Lianhua couldn't help but sigh.

"Lotus, you can tell fortunes? The college entrance exam is still a long way off, and you can already tell that Tingting will definitely get into college?"

Although Fang Wei had a lot of confidence in Tingting, she was still curious about where her wife's confidence came from.
"Is that even a question? Even when Tingting goes home for the holidays, she never forgets to review her lessons. Look around, who else but our Tingting would do that?"

Pan Lianhua smiled naturally and expressed a very simple truth.

Fang Wei nodded. This reason was so compelling that he couldn't refute it at all.

weekend.

Guo Yongqing and his wife visited Fang Wei's home, bringing a lot of candy and snacks that children like, including "lampwick cakes".

Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua naturally gave them a warm welcome, and Fang Ping also came over to have a few drinks with Guo Yongqing.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Fang Wei invited Guo Yongqing into his study and then said:
"Uncle Guo, the policies have changed a bit. The things you left here should be returned to you intact."

"Third brother, I didn't come here for that."

"I know, but the situation is clear now, so there won't be any problem for you to take your things back. What, you don't want to take them back? If you continue to store them with me, I'll have to pay a storage fee."

Regardless of whether Guo Yongqing meant it or not, what belongs to someone else is theirs, and Fang Wei was unwilling to cause any more misunderstandings over this matter.

Hearing this, Guo Yongqing said nothing more and opened the box on the spot. The items he had put in the box were not only exactly the right number, but also very well preserved.

"Third brother, thank you. Your aunt and I are planning to leave you a gold bar, so please don't refuse."

"Uncle Guo, if the items are all correct, just take them and don't give me any of that nonsense."

Fang Wei then helped Guo Yongqing pack up the box and kicked him out.

He doesn't need that small yellow croaker; there's no need for him to hold a grudge against others for a little profit.

When Guo Yongqing turned back to Shen Yu and said that, the couple felt quite embarrassed. However, the two families had always had a good relationship, so this slight embarrassment was nothing.

After seeing Guo Yongqing and his wife off, Fang Wei went to see Old Master Guan. He accepted the gold bars the old man had given him, but he also knew it was time to return what the old man had entrusted to him.

If I'm not mistaken, one of the small boxes containing the old man's belongings should belong to Sun Daoren.

"Third brother, everything stored in your house is yours. My junior brother and I don't ask much of you. We would be extremely grateful if you could take care of our affairs after we pass away and also look after the Sanqing Temple."

To Fang Wei's surprise, Guan Chongyang said that everything stored with Fang Wei was for him.

No matter what Fang Wei said, the old man simply refused to take the things back. (End of Chapter)