Zhenhua had no choice but to accept the task, selected two militiamen, and specially invited Gao Sanye as the chief technical guide. Zhenhua can repair six-horsepower diesel engines, but he is very unfamiliar with large machines, and he must have a senior master in charge, so he can be sure.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhenhua led the team to join the militia assault company of Hedong Township and went to Jiangnan to participate in the flood relief work of brother counties and cities.

The flood fighting position of Hedong Township is on a main stream of the Yangtze River.

The task of the Hedong Township Militia Assault Company is to set up additional flood discharge points along this main stream and use diesel engine pumps to discharge flood water to ensure the safety of the dam.

The militia squad of Dongwan Village, led by Zhenhua, is responsible for a flood discharge point, requires the installation of six water pumps, and has been guarding and maintaining, refueling and adding water until the end of the flood control task.

The third master of Gao is an expert, and he takes everyone to install and debug.

That night, six machines were launched at the same time, and the roar was deafening.

Zhenhua thought that he was just guarding the diesel engine, and the task was easy. When the machine sounded, Zhenhua realized that this job was not simple.

In the first three days of the flood fight, the torrential rain continued to stop.

Zhenhua and the others lived in makeshift shacks, barely able to sleep. Especially after nightfall, the temperature drops sharply, the river wind is strong, and it feels colder than 39 days.

The logistics support unit is responsible for daily food, including fish and meat, but no liquor.

Gao Sanye deserted, sneaked out of his post, ran for more than ten miles, and bought a large barrel of liquor to keep out the cold at night.

On the fourth day, the weather turned clear, but Zhenhua developed a high fever.

The logistics medical team prescribed medicine to Zhenhua and suggested that he withdraw from the front line of flood control and go to the rear to recuperate. Zhenhua relied on his youth, was slightly injured and could not get out of the line of fire, and survived stubbornly.

Ten days later, the rainy season is coming to an end, the weather continues to be fine, and the flood situation is gradually stabilizing.

Zhenhua successfully completed the flood control task and led the team home.

After the end of the task, Zhenhua and others are still not used to it, and it seems that the sudden roar of the diesel engine is still in their ears. This phenomenon lasted for three or four days before it gradually disappeared.

At this time, Yilan was waiting to give birth in the township health center.

Seeing Zhenhua come back, Yilan cried with joy and said: "Our child is really sensible, if you don't come back, the child will not be born......"

Zhenhua held Yilan's hand and comforted with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work Yilan, fortunately, I rushed back before the child was born and can take care of your confinement." ”

Zhenhua's father was anxious, looking forward to Yilan's birth being a boy, and worried that she would have another girl.

In the early morning of May 17, a cry came from the delivery room that the baby was born.

The nurse reported the good news to Zhenhua: "It's a boy, mother and son are safe!"

"Thank God, thank you to the ancestors of the Zhao family!" Zhao Chenghai was so excited that he burst into tears, and he couldn't wait to kneel down and kowtow eighteen times in the direction of the ancestral tomb!

Zhenhua was also excited, and hurriedly rushed into the delivery room to visit Yilan.

Yilan was very weak, but she also had a smile on her face.

Although the times have progressed a lot and people's concepts have improved, Yilan knows that in the countryside where the patriarchal ideology is deep-rooted, if he can't have a son, he will be hated by his parents-in-law for a lifetime!

Now, Yilan can rest assured.

Zhenhua gently held Yilan's hand: "Yilan, you have suffered." ”

Yilan smiled and asked, "My son is like you...... Or is it like me?"

Zhenhua looked at his son and said with a smile: "The little guy who was born is very ugly, not like you and not like me." ”

On the other hand, the nurse joked: "Hey, today is a pregnant woman in Yilan, and the child is not wrong." ”

Zhenhua's mother also squeezed in and helped the nurse wrap the child, her eyes full of pity and love. Yilan's mother is also there, but she cares more about her daughter.

Yilan was in good health and returned home the next day.

According to the rules of her hometown, Zhenhua's mother boiled eggs, dyed them red, and asked her son to go to Zhuo Daying to report the good news.

On the day of the "Twelfth", Zhao Chenghai set up five tables of wine, big fish and meat, and entertained relatives who came to congratulate and give gifts.

Zhenhua joked with his father and asked, "Dad, if Yilan's baby is still a girl, will you be so happy?"

Lao Zhao scolded with a smile: "If you are still a girl in this child, Lao Tzu will not do anything in the future! Without a grandson, the door of our family will be closed, what are you doing with tired work?"

Zhenhua nodded and said with a smile: "Daddy has a grandson now, work hard in the future, and build a small building for your grandson!"

Lao Zhao scolded again: "One generation to the next, Lao Tzu's task is to build a house for you to marry, and the grandson will build a house in the future, that's your business!"

On the genealogy of the Zhao family, Zhenhua's generation is followed by the word "Wei".

Zhenhua respected his father's opinion, and after discussing with Yilan, he named the child "Weikang", the well-off Kang.

The family still owes a lot of debts, and Zhenhua hopes to pay off the debts as soon as possible and become rich and well-off.

Pu Jia often came to play, looked at Xiao Weikang innocently, and asked her aunt Yilan: "Auntie, when I was born, was I so young?"

"yes, you were like a kitten. However, she is good-looking, and she is very beautiful when she is born. Yilan coaxed Pu Jia.

In fact, Pu Jia was just born, and Yilan has never seen it at all.

Pu Jia believed it and was very happy.

Yilan said again: "School will start soon, Pujia will go to school and study." You study hard and read well, and teach your sister Panpan and brother Weikang in the future, okay?"

Pu Jia nodded seriously: "I must teach them well, if they are disobedient, I will hit their palms!"

Yilan touched Pu Jia's head and smiled: "With Sister Pu Jia as a little teacher, Weikang will definitely be a college student in the future." ”

After Weikang was born, the days seemed to pass quickly, and it was the beginning of the school season in a blink of an eye.

On September 1, Zhenhua took Pu Jia and Lu Shengsong's son Lu Jinkui to the school to register.

Pu Jia is wearing a brand-new white dress with a bow on her head, lively and cute.

Lu Jinkui is also very spirited, wearing a white short-sleeved undershirt and suspenders, dressed like a child in the city. Although Lu Shengsong is intellectually defective, this son has inherited the intelligence genes of his mother Ji Huamei, and he is very smart.

Zhenhua took Pu Jia and Jin Kui to the door of the second group of Song Jiacai, and shouted through the door: "Jiacai, Xiao Lixin should also go to school, right?"

Song Jiacai walked out with a sigh of anger and said lazily: "What's the urgency to go to school? ”。

Zhenhua was a little annoyed, but said patiently: "The children in the city went to kindergarten before the age of six, they went to kindergarten, middle class, large class, preschool, and also learned English, and by the time they were in the first grade, they already knew a lot of words. There is no such condition in the countryside, but Xiao Lixin has turned six years old and must go to school!"

Song Jiacai lit a cigarette and squinted at Zhenhua: "Is there a fart for going to school?" You have been studying for more than ten years, and when you graduate from high school, you still haven't learned mathematics, physics and chemistry well, and then go home to carry the plow and rake?"