Just as Qinyin opened a sweet potato gruel shop and studied for exams while making money, the aqueduct planned and designed by Xin Xian, Yu An and other conductors in Linjiang County was also nearing completion. The original plan for the construction of the eighteen-kilometer-long aqueduct has been completed for fifteen kilometers, and only one-sixth of the work remains. The three people who worked at the aqueduct construction site, Qin Father, Qin Sheng, and Qin Mei were all greatly forged and improved in the melting pot of the aqueduct construction site.

Qin's father left all the farm work in the family to Qin's mother, gave up the small family for everyone, and worked on the construction site for many years. He was older on the construction site, but he was the first to endure hardships, and he often had to carry heavier and more burdens, and the carts often had to carry more. Seeing that some young people couldn't bear it, Father Qin often took the initiative to help. At this aqueduct construction site, Qin's father was both a leader and a small worker, and also set a construction site record of pulling 40 trucks of earth and stone in one day.

Father Qin is actually homesick, Sensei sees that he is a workaholic during the day, but he is also homesick at night, a big man, and he secretly cries his nose. Especially when he later learned that Qinmi went home and quarreled with Qin's grandmother and Qin's mother, and then left alone, and that night he used the excuse of going to the toilet and ran alone outside the construction site to cry bitterly. He blames himself for not having a good chat with Qinmi, not fulfilling his responsibilities as a father, and worries about Qinmi's future and future. Looking at the starry sky, Father Qin looked up and sighed, heartbroken. But at dawn, he was busy on the construction site again, and no one noticed his abnormality. Honest, willing to suffer losses, never care about gains and losses, this is the impression of the people working on the construction site of the piano father.

The construction of the aqueduct has been highly praised by the land of southern Guangdong, and even the state has sent reporters to carry out propaganda reports, which has a great impact. In that year, the election of people's representatives in the county was also moved to the construction site. As a high-ranking county official, Xin Xian naturally came to the scene, and the lively and hopeful migrant workers at the construction site gathered over and asked Secretary Xin to mobilize. Xin Xian said that he was busy with the construction site, and he did not have time to prepare for the election of people's representatives, and he did not have a speech. He made a speech on the spot with what he had seen and heard and inspired on the construction site:

"Comrades, we all went through those days of singing with hunger. Looking back on the past, our life was very hard, and we all had a desire to change our lives, thinking about a better future, but not knowing what to do or what to do. There are tragedies that we can only let happen once! Today, we are building an aqueduct that, when completed, will forever change the history of waterless irrigation in the high-altitude mountains. If our generation does not bravely shoulder the responsibilities of our generation, will we still let our children grow up and continue our suffering? The land of southern Guangdong is taking the lead in reform and opening up, and the day has come when the country will recover and the earth will recover. I hope that the deputies to be elected will lead everyone to stand on the stand of the people, conform to the trend of historical development, quickly come up with a plan to solve the problem of food and clothing, and strive to fundamentally change the appearance of our poverty and backwardness in the next few years. ”

Thunderous applause rang out from the construction site. Then, there is the distribution of ballots, elections, vote counting, and other links. During the counting of votes, the name of the father was read countless times, and the father was elected with a high number of votes.

After the election, Xin Xian warmly congratulated Qin's father on being elected as the people's representative, and humorously ridiculed him: "You are for everyone, don't really forget your little family." ”

Everyone still remembers that Father Qin smiled honestly and said something that can be regarded as a representative of the voices of the migrant workers on the construction site: "Only by taking care of everyone can you have a small family." If there is no future for the country, what future will each of our families have?"

Some people still remember that Qin's father said at the commune forum that his son could not marry his daughter-in-law, and joked at him, "You have become a people's representative, should you marry your daughter-in-law?" Qin's father still laughed silly, "The daughter-in-law's affairs are left to the son to handle by himself, I can't keep busy." Father Qin's words caused laughter in the audience. Even Xin Xian, who was standing aside, couldn't help laughing.

Speaking of Qin's father's son, Qinsheng, after being at the construction site for so long, he is still ambiguous with nurse Zhang Miao, and he has not confirmed his relationship, nor has he said that he will break up. The relationship between the two is still so close, and if they are about to leave, this kind of relationship that seems to be in love and is not in love greatly mobilizes the desire to conquer the sound of the piano. He put his feelings for Zhang Miao into his daily work, but the effect was amazing.

The environment does shape people. The energetic and energetic atmosphere of the aqueduct, the leadership of the father of the piano in the construction site, the busy figure, and the smile of the nurse Zhang Miao have all become the driving force for the progress of the piano. The lazy state of the piano sound when it was at home has disappeared from the construction site, replaced by hard work and silent growth.

The sound of the piano can always appear in the urgent and dangerous places on the construction site, digging earthwork, going to the elevated, repairing channels, laying brick walls, digging tunnels, quarrying stones, building canals and dams, as well as carpentry, ironworking, gunners, electricians, and the use of sand, stone, cement, steel, wood and other materials, no matter how complex the process, there is no problem that the sound of the piano cannot solve. Qin Sheng participated in the Komsomol at the construction site and was also elected as the "Youth Commando Captain". As long as the construction site encounters an urgent and dangerous task, they will send the piano sound to them.

There is also the shadow of Kotomi in the Communist Youth League at the construction site.

Kotomi worked in the back-office, occasionally made guest appearances as announcers, and learned about bandaging and first aid from the nurses at the construction site in her spare time. The sound of the piano is like the sound of the piano, and the singing voice is also good. Every time an amateur theatrical evening is held at the construction site, Qin Mei is selected to show off her singing voice on stage. The people on the construction site like the song that Qin Mei created the most:

The mountain villages, the mountains and the highlands are poor, and there are no parallels in the world in ten years and nine droughts; if you want to make a good life, you can only quietly arch outward. Now the hometown has built a water conservancy dragon, and the collective wisdom and efforts are made to drive out poverty, and the aqueduct is built and flies up the mountain, and the heaven and earth are moved and the song is loud. It is still the party's policy that dares to teach the sun and the moon to change their dignity, or the people's strength is great, and they dare to make the mountainous areas red from generation to generation. You see the hope hidden in the field, and he has a good smile on the day when the rice and vegetables in the field are harvested.

Whenever Qinmei came on stage to sing, Yu An applauded vigorously. After Qinmei finished singing, Yu An had to cheer habitually. People at the construction site said that a person like Yu An who was silent and specialized in technology, and only a talented and spiritual woman like Kotomi could win his laughter.

Qinyin's father, Qin's father, became the people's representative, his brother Qinsheng became the captain of the youth commando, and his sister Qinmei also became a celebrity on the construction site. When the news reached the small mountain village, the people in the village talked about it, saying that the Qin family was good and won glory for the village.

Grandma Qin and Qin's mother regretted that they did not send Qinyin to the construction site when she returned from the provincial capital. Whether it is Grandma Qin or Qin Mother, whenever she sees the sound of the piano, she will always say: "I used to think that you were the only one in our piano family, but now it seems that your brothers and sisters have surpassed you, you have to learn from them." ”

Grandma Qin and Qin's mother discussed, Qinyin had also taken the initiative to return to the construction site more than once, but the conditions were not ripe at that time, so she was not allowed to go, and now it should be time, and Qinyin must be persuaded to return to the aqueduct construction site. However, to their surprise, when they persuaded Qinyin to return to the construction site to work, Qinyin refused. Qin Yin said frankly that the college entrance examination is approaching, and she will not go to the construction site for the time being.

When Grandma Qin and Qin's mother heard the word "college entrance examination", they woke up from a dream, "Oh, you opened a shop and took the college entrance examination? Why do girls read so many books? Isn't it enough to have a piano at home? Don't learn the piano, you have to learn the sound and beauty of the piano." ”

Qin Yin tirelessly listened to the repeated nagging of Grandma Qin and Qin's mother day after day, and secretly made up her mind that she must be admitted to university.