Chapter 22: Corps Operations
In the era of "Dazhai in agriculture, Daqing in industry, and the people of the whole country learning from the People's Liberation Army", our village also began a vigorous large-scale corps operation.
Although we are located in the Central Plains, the flooding of the Yellow River in the past dynasties has also brought great difficulties to our poor and remote rural areas, forming ravines and saline-alkali land.
In front of the village is saline-alkali land, which is called barren land. It is white after rain all year round. You can't grow crops. The northeast corner of the village is perennial yellow water flushing, and toad urine will produce water when soaked in urine. Only the west and northwest corners of the village are high silt left by the yellow water, which traps the villagers of this impoverished village all year round.
During the sixties and seventies, my uncle served as a brigade cadre. He is a well-known doer in the whole commune.
The eldest uncle has three brothers, the second uncle is a collective breeder, dealing with livestock all the year round, my father is an authentic farmer, all his life is facing the loess, his back is facing the sky, and he has not been to the restaurant once before the age of 70.
In the wave of "Agricultural Village", my uncle organized a large corps, and my father worked hard, leading everywhere, and the dirty work was ahead of others, and they got up at dawn every day and returned at dusk.
The four sons of the eldest uncle and the two sons of the second uncle all participated in the corps operations.
In the battle, they carried the burden on their shoulders, and the car never said that they were tired. The red flag always fluttered on the position.
One morning, my father suddenly fainted. He was sent to the hospital for rescue, but he was found to have fainted due to anemia caused by perennial overwork and malnutrition.
After resting in the hospital for a day, he returned to the position, insisted on not getting out of the line of fire with minor injuries, and fought tenaciously until he was too tired to get up, and then rested for a few days.
Three of the six elder brothers were exhausted, and the second brother was crushed in the waist during a lifting of soil, and he did not recover until he died.
The fourth child fell down because of the speed of pulling soil too fast, and the car smashed his legs and feet, and he is still disabled, limping when walking.
After a year of bloody struggle, more than 60 acres of yellow water were finally washed into fertile land.
The change of Huang Shuichong has further stimulated the fighting spirit of my uncle and the members, and I have tasted the endless fun of fighting with the ground. We are determined to take advantage of the victory and move forward to make a big effort to completely change the face of saline.
In the early spring of the second year, as soon as the weather thawed, under the leadership of the uncle, the members of the club devoted themselves to the work of turning silt and pressing alkali.
They shouted: "Make up your mind, not afraid of sacrifice, overcome all difficulties, to strive for victory" slogan, steel forks flying, wheels rolling, get up early and return late, not afraid of hardships, blisters under their feet, calluses on their hands, tired bent over, worn shoulders, you chase me, never show weakness, learn from Dazhai people, take the Dazhai road, fully demonstrate: people will win the day of the fearless revolutionary spirit.
After more than a year of hard work, more than 100 acres of land have been created.
Although the members are tired, but the heart is sweet, our village was rated by the county and the society as a model village for turning silt and pressing alkali and controlling Huangshuichong, and the uncle was also rated as a model of labor at the county and community level. To this day, the villagers still remember the exploits of the uncle when they see the treated saline-alkali land and the filled yellow water chong.
said that the uncle is: the leader of my village who has become rich through labor.