Chapter 60: The Land Is Hard to Leave

Principal Mo stared at Qin Long's side face with an excited expression, he had witnessed Qin Long just slap Tang Yun on the shoulder and make Tang Yun, who was already sure to have his leg amputated, stand up from his wheelchair.

At this moment, Principal Mo thought that he had witnessed another miracle with his own eyes, so he clenched his fists nervously and waved them lightly.

It's so awesome, just a wrist slap, it can bring people back to life, isn't your finger a golden finger that can turn stones into gold?

Only Qin Long secretly exhaled, supported the old company commander with both hands, and said calmly: "Old company commander, let me help you, you can see if you can go to the ground." ”

The old company commander nodded happily, put his feet on the ground with the help of everyone, and tried it, and really stood up tremblingly with everyone's support.

People were so excited that they almost didn't cheer.

This is a miracle at all, even the most authoritative experts have already pronounced the death sentence of the old company commander, but at this moment, Qin Long just gave the old company a pulse, and the old company commander was able to stand up again.

The chief laughed and punched Qin Long again, turned around and ordered the nanny who was standing at the door and watching: "Xiao Liu, prepare a few dishes for us, take out the wine I brought back from this kid, and bring the whole altar, today I will accompany the old company commander to get drunk." ”

The nanny hurriedly answered and went down to prepare, and the chief supported the old company commander and said with a smile: "Old company commander, how many steps will I walk with you?"

The old company commander smiled and nodded: "Okay, I heard that you built a greenhouse at home and planted a lot of vegetables, I really didn't expect that you would also farm, and I wanted to see it." ”

The chief laughed and said, "I'll take you to see, there were two cucumbers that grew almost the day before yesterday, and they should be able to be picked today, let's pick the whole cucumber." ”

Qin Long saw the chief helping the old company commander to walk towards the door, and couldn't help but secretly tug the chief, and said in a low voice: "Chief, I have a few words to tell you. ”

The chief frowned slightly, smiled and apologized to the old company commander, and instructed Doctor Lin to help the old company commander to walk in the vegetable garden first.

Principal Mo smiled knowingly: "I'll also go and see the chief's greenhouse." ”

Doctor Lin and Principal Mo helped the old company commander to go, Qin Long stretched out his hand to close the door and said to the chief with a solemn expression: "Chief, I'm sorry, I've done my best." ”

The smile on the chief's face froze, and he stared at Qin Long's eyes for a full minute: "You mean, the old company commander?"

The chief's inquiry was only half of the story, but this half had already fully expressed the chief's meaning.

Qin Long nodded heavily and said in a low voice, "The old company commander should have a few days left. ”

Tears welled up in the chief's eyes, and after a long time, the chief patted Qin Long's arm weakly: "You have done your best, if even you can't save the old company commander"

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The chief couldn't go on.

As always, there are a few simple side dishes on the table, and what is different from usual is that there is a large pot of braised pork on the table that is so fat that people dare not put down chopsticks.

The chief kept sandwiching braised pork to the old company commander, and strongly advised: "Eat more, eat more." ”

The old company commander did not refuse, and raised his chopsticks again and again to greet Principal Qin Longmo and Doctor Lin who were sitting with him: "You guys eat too, everyone is welcome." ”

To be honest, this big fat Qin Long and the others are really not polite, they really can't open their mouths for such a greasy thing.

However, the three of them all graciously took a piece and put it in the bowl to pretend, and what was surprising was the chief, who actually accompanied the old company commander to eat several pieces of big fat meat, and his mouth was full of oil.

After a few glasses of wine, the chief emotionally took the old company commander's hand and asked Qin Long, who was sitting beside him, "Dalong, have you ever seen such a pair of hands?"

Qin Long shook his head, he knew that he didn't have to say anything, and the chief would definitely continue to speak.

The old company commander pulled his hand back and said embarrassedly: "Chief, don't say any more." ”

"No, I have to say. Your hands are an indelible history, and your hands are military medals that carry the highest honor. Old company commander, it's our fault, our government has a lot of work that has not been done properly, and you have worked hard. ”

As he spoke, the chief actually stood up and bowed deeply to the old company commander, and this bow he bowed seemed to apologize to the old company commander on behalf of the government.

Qin Long and the three of them also stood up, although Qin Long didn't know why, but standing up represented respect.

The old company commander stood up in a panic and took the chief's hand: "Chief, don't say that, the country is so big, you can't all take care of it." In fact, our life has been much better than before in the past few years, the year before last, there was electricity in the village, and the leaders donated TV to us, and we were able to sit at home and watch the news broadcast."

Qin Long was stunned, there is still a place in China that has just been electrified the year before last? What should it be?

Isn't Tianmen Mountain a famous tourist attraction? It won't be backward to this extent, right?

Qin Long looked at Doctor Lin and Principal Mo in disbelief, Doctor Lin and Principal Mo obviously knew more than Qin Long, although they were moved, but they were not shocked.

The chief turned his head to look at Qin Long and said: "The old company commander's hands have been smashed with a hammer and a steel drill for decades, and there are still many places in our country that are still very poor, and there are still many places without water and electricity, and in some areas, some people can't even eat three full meals a day. ”

The chief exhaled and said in a deep voice: "When the old company commander changed jobs, he could have placed a stable job in the county town, but he resolutely gave up the government's arrangement for him and returned to his hometown, and he was determined to build a road to the outside of the mountain for his hometown. In the past few decades, he has relied on steel drills and iron hammers to carve a path through the mountains. ”

The old company commander said with a wry smile: "It's a pity that I haven't dug this road yet, and I'm afraid I won't have a chance to dig this road." But I'm not worried at all, I can't chisel anymore, and my son. He is already ready to apply for a job change after completing this mission, and then he can get a transfer placement fee, and the road can be dug through at that time. ”

The corners of Qin Long's mouth twitched slightly, and he looked at the chief.

Shouldn't road construction be the government's business? How could the old company commander be allowed to do it himself?

Doctor Lin saw the doubts in Qin Long's eyes, and answered for the chief with a wry smile: "The old company commander's hometown is a small mountain village with only eleven families, and it is blocked by several major mountains, and the traffic is very inconvenient. The local government mobilized the 11 families to relocate and resettle them. But,"

Doctor Lin smiled bitterly and looked at the old company commander, in fact, he didn't know much, and what he said was just what he heard when he listened to the chief talking to the old company commander in the past few days.

The old company commander smiled and said: "It's hard to leave the homeland, and there are people in our village who have lived in the resettlement site for a while, but they finally moved back to the village. ”

Qin Long understood the helplessness of the local government, for the eleven families to break the mountain to build a road to the outside of the mountain, the price is really too great, I am afraid that the local government can send electricity for these eleven families It is very determined to do it.

I am afraid that the construction of such a line will cost more than the construction of a small hydropower station!!

Qin Long knew that there were still many poor areas in China, but he had never been to those places and did not want to go.

Qin Long didn't have sympathy for those who lived in poor areas, he just didn't understand it.

If you can't change poverty, why not get out of it?

Qin Longtou looked at the old company commander with a headache, out of respect, he really didn't want to ask this sentence.

Is it really so important to leave the homeland?

You see, how many of those who have gone out of the mountains will return to the mountains?

Does poverty create ignorance, or does ignorance create poverty?