Niu Yuehong came to the noisy and prosperous Jinshan County and worked at the county radio station.

Although the county town of Jinshan is remote and has a small population, it has a series of buildings, department stores with a wide variety of goods, a magnificent movie theater and fashionably dressed city people.

Niu Yuehong spent an hour walking all over the streets and alleys of the county, happily enjoying the feeling of being a city person. She looked at the windows of the buildings on the side of the street, imagining which spacious house would be her own beautiful house.

After walking the streets, she began to plan for her future work.

The legendary dumb female announcers have been assigned to other jobs. Only the old stationmaster Feng Zhengzheng was left in the radio station, looking empty and silent, lifeless.

The arrival of Niu Yuehong is like a gorgeous rainbow, bringing vitality to the radio station.

She quickly removed the garbage from the corners, wiped the window glass bright and thorough, and ran to the department store to buy a white cloth towel, which she brought back and covered the amplifier, which was both dustproof and beautiful.

She tidied up the flowers and plants on the windowsill in the office again, and secretly placed a pot of blooming Yueyuehong on the windowsill at the top of the corridor, unwilling to face it every day.

Niu Yuehong found the basic "Popular Film" magazine, cut out the photos of popular stars such as Liu Xiaoqing, Chen Chong, Zhang Yu, and Siqin Gaowa in the magazine, and pasted them on the bare wall of the office.

The radio station was suddenly renewed, with vitality and popularity.

Stationmaster Feng looked at the busy Niu Yuehong approvingly, as if he was also rejuvenated, and he was several years younger all of a sudden.

That night, Niu Yuehong sat at her desk and wrote a letter to her eldest brother, Niu Xinguo, telling him that she had transferred her job and guessing that it might be Zhao Qingsong's idea of helping.

The next morning, Stationmaster Feng went out for a meeting, leaving Niu Yuehong alone at the radio station to sort out the manuscripts to be broadcast that day.

Suddenly, a soft footstep stopped beside her.

Niu Yuehong raised her head vigilantly, and suddenly saw a small man in his 40s staring at him with a smile. He is the head of the legendary lewd male propaganda department, Ma Wencai.

Niu Yuehong tried her best to hide the extreme disgust in her heart, and asked calmly with a straight face, "Chief Ma, is there anything wrong with you?"

Chief Ma held an apple in his left hand and right hand, laughed dryly, and asked strangely, "Someone else brought me a bag of apples from the countryside." Do you prefer sweet – or sour?"

Niu Yuehong still said calmly: "Thank you." I don't eat randomly. I'm going to protect my throat. ”

Section Chief Ma still said with a smile on his face: "Look at my memory! I forgot to tell you, my wife, that is, your Aunt Sun, is an expert in the county people's hospital, and she is the best at otolaryngology. Tomorrow I will ask her to prescribe you some Chinese medicine to nourish your throat. ”

"Don't! I don't want it!" Niu Yuehong remembered the story of the female broadcaster's voice that Zhao Qingsong had told about her voice becoming hoarse, and her head shook like a rattle, "I don't need Chinese medicine." I only drink plain water. ”

"Section Chief Ma, what are you doing when you don't go to work?" Stationmaster Feng stood at the door, glaring angrily, and asked Section Chief Ma unceremoniously.

"Look at you, how do you speak? What do you mean by being famous? I've never been famous...... Chief Ma put the two apples on Niu Yuehong's desk, and walked away with his own mouth.

Stationmaster Feng kindly reminded Niu Yuehong: "Little Niu, you just came, and you don't know the situation here. I'll have less time with him in the future, you know?"

Niu Yuehong pretended to be innocent and asked, "Stationmaster Feng, why?"

Stationmaster Feng lowered his voice and whispered: "In the past few years, Xiao Li, Xiao Meng, and Xiao Zhang's voices have broken one after another. I wondered if there was something wrong with the herbs he had given them. ”

Niu Yuehong asked puzzledly: "I heard from others, Section Chief Ma is very good to Xiao Li and them." How could he harm them?"

Stationmaster Feng glanced back at the door, and then continued: "Think about it, he sticks to the little girl all day long, can his wife who is a doctor be happy?"

Niu Yuehong nodded as if she didn't understand, and carefully rolled up the two apples with a newspaper like she was dodging the plague, and quickly threw them into the garbage basket in the corner.

Two days later, while Stationmaster Feng was out on errands, Chief Ma really brought a bag of fat sea, and enthusiastically taught Niu Yuehong how to soak in the fat sea.

When Chief Ma gave her the fat sea, he deliberately pressed the chubby meat hands on the back of Niu Yuehong's hands.

Niu Yuehong's heart was extremely disgusted, but when she thought that she couldn't offend people casually when she first arrived, in order to send away Section Chief Ma as soon as possible, she had to suppress the anger in her heart and take the fat sea, and under the pretext that she was going to start broadcasting, she sent Section Chief Ma out of the office with help.

After driving away Section Chief Ma, Niu Yuehong turned her head and wrapped the fat sea bag into the newspaper and threw it into the garbage basket angrily.

Niu Yuehong didn't tell anyone about it. She just wants to calm things down and be a good broadcaster.

On this day, Niu Yuehong received a letter from the army. At first, she thought it was sent by Niu Xinguo, but after a second look, she found that the pen on the envelope was beautiful, unlike Niu Xinguo's five yards and six ways, dragon flying and phoenix dance.

Who could it be? Niu Yuehong hurriedly opened the envelope curiously.

A line of delicate pen words is displayed in front of you:

Hello Xiaohong!

I heard from Xinguo that you have already worked at the county radio station, and you like your current job. I'm so happy for you! I can help you because you're smart and good, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to help.

There are a lot of people in the agency. You have to protect yourself. If there is any difficulty, you can go to my parents. They are very helpful and will like you too.

We're about to start working long distances. I want to work hard to train myself and be a strong soldier.

Hope to hear from you.

I wish you all the best!

pine

September 18, 1983

I don't know if Zhao Qingsong did it intentionally or just by chance, the day he wrote the letter happened to be the day of Niu Yuehong's 19th birthday.

Zhao Qingsong's letter is my best birthday gift! Could it be that God has tied Zhao Qingsong and me with a red thread in the dark? Niu Yuehong read Zhao Qingsong's letter over and over again, and her heart warmed up, causing wave after wave of ripples.

The next day, Zhao Guangming, secretary of the county party committee, suddenly came to the radio station.

Stationmaster Feng thought that something was wrong with the broadcast, and he was so frightened that he couldn't speak: "Zhao ...... Secretary, we ...... Not...... Didn't mess with ...... Trouble, huh?"

Secretary Zhao smiled kindly: "Old Feng, you have done a good job." I'm not here to make trouble for you. I'm going to take a look at the new Comrade Mavericks. ”

Niu Yuehong had already stood up early over there. The personality of daring to perform, dare to speak, and not be stunned since childhood has played to its advantage at this time. She smiled at Secretary Zhao first, and then greeted gently: "Secretary Zhao is good." ”

Secretary Zhao looked at Niu Yuehong and asked kindly, "Are you still comfortable with work?"

Niu Yuehong nodded again and again: "I like it." I especially like it. ”

Secretary Zhao said to Stationmaster Feng with satisfaction: "The calf is the sister of my son's comrade-in-arms, just like my daughter. Lao Feng, you have to be strict with the calf. ”

Without waiting for the anxious Stationmaster Feng to answer, Secretary Zhao continued, "Chen Xiufang arranged for our family to make dumplings to eat tonight. Lao Feng, after work, you bring the calf to your home to eat dumplings. ”

Stationmaster Feng was flattered and hurriedly agreed.

When they met for the first time, Niu Yuehong left a good impression on Secretary Zhao and his wife Chen Xiufang.

Although the dignified and delicate little girl is a little jerky, she dares to speak, is quite spicy, and looks shrewd and capable, which is a good material that needs to be carved.

"Our son still has a bit of vision!"

Secretary Zhao said to his wife Chen Xiufang with satisfaction.

The news that Niu Yuehong and Secretary Zhao's son are in love has spread far and wide.

With the umbrella of Zhao Guangming, secretary of the county party committee, Niu Yuehong suddenly felt a sense of security in the county.

Section Chief Ma took the lead in setting an example, and his attitude towards Niu Yuehong was respectful, and occasionally he talked to her about the news broadcasting business, neither excessive words and deeds, nor did he bring Niu Yuehong the so-called traditional Chinese medicine that moisturizes her throat.

The people around him naturally looked at Niu Yuehong with admiration, and the tone of her voice and the expression on her face changed drastically. Even if a few people are secretly jealous in their hearts, they are helpless, because Niu Yuehong works very hard and has not made any major mistakes, so she can't find an excuse to arrange her.

Niu Yuehong no longer avoided the eyes of others, and gradually began to chat briefly with the staff in the agency, talking about interesting things, and showing a sense of superiority from time to time in her speech and demeanor.

In the eyes of people's envy and jealousy, Niu Yuehong enjoyed great satisfaction and happiness: I, Niu Yuehong, changed from Cinderella to Snow White, from an inconspicuous little sparrow to a golden phoenix, and finally there was a time when the stars were shining.

Niu Yuehong's voice is always crisp and loud, of course, there is no need to go to Chief Ma's doctor's wife to see a doctor.

Niu Yuehong's life and work are simple, happy and regular. In addition to broadcasting, holding meetings, eating, and sleeping, she wrote letters to her "three musketeers" Niu Xinguo, Niu Xinjiang and Zhao Qingsong.

Her correspondence with Zhao Qingsong became more and more frequent, and the topics they talked about became more and more. The distance only warmed the feelings of the two young people. Niu Yuehong values Zhao Qingsong's honest, simple and extraordinary family background. What Zhao Qingsong values is Niu Yuehong's character of daring to say and do, vigorous and resolute, smart and pungent.

Compared with the previous commune radio station, Niu Yuehong is very satisfied with her current situation. It was the first time in her life that she was truly satisfied.

Chief Ma no longer came to pester Niu Yuehong, but after a few days of silence, another person became infatuated with her.

Ma Xiaoming, the propaganda officer of the Hongqi Commune on the edge of the county seat, is a young man who loves literature and likes to write, especially passionate poetry, and often contributes to the county radio station. He found that his works had increased a lot of artistic effects through Niu Yuehong's broadcasts, and gradually developed a little admiration for Niu Yuehong.

At first, every time Ma Xiaoming went to the radio station to deliver a manuscript, he would always bring Niu Yuehong a bouquet of wild flowers growing in the field: "Little calf, do you like it? This is wild lilac, although the flowers are very small and inconspicuous, but the fragrance is refreshing and can touch people's hearts." ”

Niu Yuehong didn't think much about Ma Xiaoming's intentions, and after saying "thank you" happily, she quickly found an empty beer bottle and washed it, then poured water and inserted wildflowers in the bottle, and appreciated it when there was nothing to do.

Later, when Ma Xiaoming delivered wild flowers, he brought some fresh vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers, and spicy seeds: "Calf, you can taste the new varieties of our commune, it tastes very beautiful." ”

Niu Yuehong was very grateful to Ma Xiaoming, and every time she got the vegetables, she scrambled to pay him: "Thank you." How much does it cost?"

Ma Xiaoming said with a smile: "How can I ask for your money? I specially gave it to you, please taste the delicious food that the fertile earth dedicates to mankind." ”

Niu Yuehong immediately became anxious when she heard this: "How can it be done? The flower is wild, so forget it." The food is grown by people, and I can't take it for nothing!"

Ma Xiaoming rode his bicycle away, and his joyful and satisfied laughter floated in the wind: "You put the icing on the cake and the finishing touch to my work, and no amount of money can make up for it." ”

Niu Yuehong held fresh vegetables in her hand, stood in front of the building shining in the sunset, dressed in ten thousand rays of light, and smiled happily.

It wasn't until one day that Ma Xiaoming gave her a delicate notebook that Niu Yuehong suddenly realized. The notebook is full of poems by Ma Xiaoming who praise Niu Yuehong, some of which are fiery and straightforward love poems.

Niu Yuehong thought puzzled, everyone in the county knows that I am the future daughter-in-law of the county party secretary, how dare he Ma Xiaoming challenge so boldly? No, I have to let him die.

Niu Yuehong seized an opportunity and told Ma Xiaoming directly: "Xiaoma, I have a partner, I am the son of Secretary Zhao." ”

Ma Xiaoming said calmly: "I already knew. ”

Niu Yuehong stared at him vigilantly and asked, "You know, then why are you still ......?"

Ma Xiaoming said disappreciatively: "You are not married. Even if you are married, you have the right to love again. I can compete fairly with Secretary Zhao's son. ”

Niu Yuehong couldn't cry or laugh: "Pony, you have died of this heart." I really don't love you. ”

Ma Xiaoming still sent wild flowers, vegetables and love poems to Niu Yuehong every weekend, invited her to watch a movie, invited her to go for a walk by the river, and pursued Niu Yuehong bitterly.

Niu Yuehong was very annoyed by Ma Xiaoming's entanglement, so she simply returned all the things he sent, and wrote to Zhao Qingsong about it.

Zhao Qingsong was anxious when he learned the news, and quickly asked for leave from the army and rushed back.

This was the first time the two of them had met since their relationship was confirmed. Zhao Qingsong was still unsure of how to behave in front of Niu Yuehong.

Niu Yuehong was very generous, and threw herself into Zhao Qingsong's arms, like a frightened deer.

Zhao Qingsong comforted her gently: "Xiaohong, don't be nervous, I will take care of the matter." ”

Niu Yuehong laughed, hammered Zhao Qingsong's chest with her small fist, and said proudly: "Don't worry, I'm not afraid of him! We haven't seen each other for more than a year, right? I just want to see you." ”

Zhao Qingsong patted her head lovingly, and said softly: "Naughty ghost, didn't I send you a lot of photos?"

Niu Yuehong smiled mischievously: "What I want to see is a living person." ”

A week later, Zhao Qingsong reluctantly said goodbye to Niu Yuehong and returned to the army.

Ma Xiaoming soon lost his job as a propaganda officer and became a warehouse keeper in a machinery maintenance factory, dealing with machine parts all day long, and had no chance to meet Niu Yuehong. He came to the radio station several times, but Niu Yuehong was eaten and closed.

Someone ridiculed Ma Xiaoming and said: "Ma Xiaoming, as the saying goes, the head of the cow is not the mouth of the horse, and the wind and the horse and the cow are not related." You see yourself clearly in the mirror. ”

Ma Xiaoming shouted angrily: "What are you?

Over time, he also felt that his pursuit of Niu Yuehong was boring and tasteless, and finally found a Chinese teacher to get married and start a family.