He Jianguo was afraid of losing Qi Shufang's mouth, and he was unwilling to let her go into the mountains to hunt, fearing danger, so he tried every means to get good things to supplement her nutrition. There are too many people in the neighborhood, including colleagues, who have a supply quota but have no money to buy, and most of them are willing to give up the supply of their own non-staple food to He Jianguo, anyway, it will be wasted if they don't use it, it is better to make a friend, so that they can go back and forth in the future, and if the family encounters difficulties that cannot be solved, it is better to open their mouths and ask for help.

Qi Shufang is not at home at work, He Jianguo except for ordering one meat and one vegetarian in the canteen at noon, he will make do with a meal in the morning and evening, either radish or cabbage, or pickles, salt beans and dried radish, meat and eggs are all made for her to eat after Qi Shufang goes home, he didn't touch the snacks sent by Mu Xuexun at all, or Qi Shufang forced them into his mouth and ate a little.

Qi Shufang currently has no pregnancy reaction, and feels the same as usual, even if she is very greedy, she is very restrained, because her current living standard is not enough for her to eat and drink as much as she wants.

Their family's usual living standard has far exceeded that of many families for the New Year.

The days passed quickly, and the Lantern Festival passed with Zhanyan.

The couple's leisurely life was broken by He Jianguo's work in the countryside, and the municipal party committee office decided to let Secretary He go to the countryside to inspect the water conservancy construction in various counties, and sent two clerks to follow and take pictures to make records, one is He Jianguo, who was born in the countryside, and the other is Bai Sheng.

Qi Shufang encountered this kind of thing for the first time, and asked He Jianguo what he should prepare for him to carry with him.

He Jianguo inquired with experienced colleagues before getting off work, and said without thinking: "Bring your own bedding, food stamps, and oil stamps, and live wherever you go during the inspection, and generally live in the homes of members arranged by various communes or production brigades. ”

Oh, you have to bring bedding, food stamps, and oil stamps, Qi Shufang kept it in mind, and took out twenty or thirty catties of broken food stamps, as well as oil stamps.

Half a pound of edible oil per person per month, on average, is one dollar and six cents and five cents a day, and each meal is five cents and five cents.

At the beginning, He Jianguo had no experience, so he directly handed over half a catty of fuel tickets to the canteen, and before he changed jobs, he ate in the canteen three times a day, so he paid half a catty. But after the transfer, he only eats in the canteen for 26 or 27 days a month, and only eats one meal at noon, and each meal only costs five cents and a half cents of oil, and only one or two or four cents of oil a month, and the canteen will not take advantage, and the excess fuel tickets will be refunded to him.

The oil ticket that Qi Shufang handed over to the restaurant was also based on the standard of five cents of oil for a meal, and she had a good relationship with Chef Wang, and Chef Wang did not waive the oil ticket she should pay.

"After you go to the countryside, do you also hand it over to the members' families according to the standard of five cents and five cents of oil per meal?"

"Yes. I asked, when I ate at a member's house, I paid a one-dollar six-cent-and-a-half cent gas ticket one day late. Although the denomination of our oil stamps is not large, there are no denominations of one penny and five cents and five cents, so I took the whole gas ticket to exchange it for some small denomination oil stamps back. Because cadres often go to the countryside, our city has this kind of special oil ticket. ”

Qi Shufang nodded, as long as you can exchange it for a small-denomination fuel ticket, otherwise it is really difficult to prepare, and the cadres who go to the countryside to inspect the water conservancy projects in various counties and villages will definitely not stay at the same member's house to eat and rest.

"I finally understand now. Qi Shufang suddenly remembered a past incident.

"What do you understand?" He Jianguo asked.

"Have you forgotten the cotton yarn? Someone will send a ball of cotton yarn when we have a treat. Qi Shufang then described in detail how she encountered someone using cotton yarn to make oil when she was oiling, "At that time, that person said that it was a special oil ticket for rural cadres, and I have always wondered, it turns out that this kind of oil ticket is handed over to the peasants by your rural cadres." ”

He Jianguo said with a smile: "Because the denomination of this kind of oil ticket is too small, it is difficult to scoop oil with grapes, so many members of the club cleverly use cotton yarn to make oil, which is very common." ”

Qi Shufang said that she admires the wisdom of the working people and how flexible they are.

At present, the weather is still very cold, when He Jianguo packed his luggage, of course, he brought the old bedding, and it was impossible for him to take the two large thick quilts newly made at home to take him out, and he was reluctant, but although it was an old bedding, Qi Shufang found someone to bounce the cotton tire inside again, which was fluffy and warm.

Towels, toothbrushes, toothpaste and other toiletries were brought, Qi Shufang checked it, worried that he would not be able to eat well at the farmer's house, so he specially put the cut cake sent by Mu Xuexun into a package for him, and did not take up space.

The cut cake was nutritious, and He Jianguo immediately took it out, "Leave it to you to eat." ”

"No, there's a lot to eat at home, what can you eat outside? Qi Shufang put it back in, she knew very well that many people in this era were overloaded and consumed their vitality early, "If you don't bring it, I'll be angry, and I won't eat it at home." ”

Being angry is not good for his health, He Jianguo can only compromise with his wife.

Qi Shufang was satisfied, as soon as she was satisfied, she was in a good mood, with a smile on her face, and at the same time carefully reminded her husband: "If you are not tired, I think, you should bring some rice noodles and dried sweet potatoes." ”

"What's wrong?" He Jianguo didn't understand the meaning of her words.

Qi Shufang said seriously: "What if the members of the society where you are staying have no food to cook for you? What if the members' families don't want food stamps and ask for food? Although there are only two kinds of food stamps and cloth stamps in the countryside, it means that they have a way to use food stamps, but in the city, they can't buy food at all if they only have food stamps and no food capital. ”

"Shufang, you think so thoughtfully. He Jianguo kissed her.

After discussion, in addition to the luggage, He Jianguo brought a small half-pocket of grain, and several small cloth pockets contained dried sweet potato noodles, cornmeal, sorghum noodles and wheat bran respectively, and Qi Shufang brought him two air-dried wild boar meat and seven or eight sausages, worried that he would not be able to eat oil meat at the club member's house.

I can't eat meat for half a month, and it's very distressing to think about it!

"Don't just keep it for yourself, remember to share it with your colleagues. "Walk with Secretary He, eat and live together, if you don't make friends at this time, when will you stay? Although Bai Sheng's thinking is different from ordinary people, there is no need to be evil.

The first place Secretary He went to was Xiaoshan County.

The construction of water conservancy is the call of the corresponding leaders of all parts of the country to "must be cured of the Haihe River", and countless slogans related to the construction of water conservancy have been shouted; the time is generally in the frozen season of winter and the agricultural slack time after the Spring Festival, and the agricultural work is not delayed, and the county government or commune organizes migrant workers to dig rivers and repair canals, ranging from canals, the Yangtze River, and the Yellow River, to the ditches and ditches on the edge of the ground.

The slogan of Xiaoshan County is "building water conservancy and ensuring harvest in drought and flood," and as soon as winter comes, the county regiment headquarters was set up, and the commander-in-chief was Huo's father, who often went to various places to inspect the work.

Secretary He took people to the countryside, which was entertained by Huo's father, and Huo's father arranged accommodation and dinner.

Seeing He Jianguo, Huo's father was very happy, and the private house arranged was also good.

Put down the luggage, under the leadership of Huo's father, the first thing to inspect was the construction of the Baita River.

The Baita River is a small tributary of the Yellow River, and many nearby villages and ditches and ditches come from this river.

He Jianguo followed behind Secretary He, holding a pen and paper in his hand to record what he saw and heard, as well as the details, and Bai Sheng was the most ingenious, and volunteered to take the task of taking pictures before coming, treating the camera in his arms as if it were a baby.

The photos taken and the contents of the records must be handed over to the above file after you go back.

Before arriving at the Baita River, He Jianguo saw the crowds of people from a distance, and when he arrived at the embankment, his eyes were full of busy scenes, everyone was sweating like rain, some people were immersed in the cold water to dig out the silt at the bottom of the water, some people were digging the frozen soil at the water's edge, some people were stationed on the embankment, some people carried a large bamboo basket full of silt and frozen soil to climb on the embankment, until the bamboo basket was lifted to the embankment to pour out the soil, and then passed the empty bamboo basket back.

Many people wear cotton clothes to work, so they take off their cotton clothes directly and work in the cold wind bare-chested.

Although He Jianguo grew up in the countryside, he spent most of his time in school, and later worked outside, so he did not experience this kind of big scene, and his father is old, and his brother is a cadre, and he will not be a member of his own family when he is transferred to migrant workers every year, so he has not heard of the specific situation, and now he sees it for the first time, and he is very shocked.

Record the content that needs to be recorded, when Secretary He asked the staff in charge of the river worker, He Jianguo approached the bamboo basket that had just been put down from the shoulders of the two middle-aged people, grabbed the edge of the bamboo basket with both hands, and lifted it up forcefully, almost falling forward, causing everyone next to him to laugh, "Young man, a basket of mud has to be thousands of catties, if you can carry it, you have the ability!"

"Thousands of catties?" He Jianguo was taken aback, this weight, even his wife can't carry it, right?

In He Jianguo's mind, no one's strength can compare to his wife.

Pouring the soil in the basket on the embankment, and the bamboo basket was passed to the river below the embankment, a middle-aged man with a bronze face waved an iron shovel to build the embankment, and said: "No! The bottom of the ditch is full of black clay, dead and sinking, and a basket is loaded, if not a thousand catties, but eight hundred catties!"

He Jianguo lowered his head and looked down, a basket full of thousands of catties of soil was carried by two people on their shoulders, and there were two people to relay after a short walk, the shoulders of both sides touched, one forced, and the wooden flat burden carrying the bamboo basket was moved to the other party's shoulders, so two by two relays, the hardest thing was to finally lift the bamboo basket to the migrant workers on the embankment, the embankment is a very steep slope, and the uphill slope is very difficult, "Why don't you use a car? Aren't the platoon trucks and flatbed trucks able to pull the soil?

"Use a car, young man, as soon as you hear it, you know that you haven't dug the river!" The middle-aged man pointed to the riverbed with a shovel, "Look there, it's wet and soft, and people walking on it are all shallow feet, can you pass the car? Even if you come to dig the river in the cold winter and the ground freezes, you can't use the car because it's very slippery." ”

It's so hard!

He Jianguo lowered his head and wrote it down in his notebook, and then asked, "Uncle, tell me about the specific situation." Do you dig rivers every year? How many months a year?"

"What year don't you dig it? Now it's stronger than before, and in the past, such a big job was only given us a month, and it had to be completed within a month, which was simply desperate. Now that the cadres have been replaced, the time has been relaxed, we have been working for a month and a half, and we will almost be over after another month or two. ”

"Uncle, how are you eating and staying?"

Every day, corn porridge, cornmeal wowotou, pickled Chinese cabbage, dried radish, pickled cabbage, and salt beans will improve their lives every three days, that is, they will eat steamed buns with Sanhe noodles and stewed cabbage and radish, and you can see oil stars in the vegetable soup, which is better than eating at home. ”

"How many migrant workers are sent out to dig the river every year?" He Jianguo looked around, and when he saw the riverbed, he thought he was wrong, stretched out his right hand and rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand, convinced that he saw many members of the He Lou Brigade.

"One or two percent, each village has to draw one to two percent of young adults. The middle-aged man replied.

He Jianguo asked, "So tired, are you willing to come out to do it?"

"If it's not beneficial, who wants to come out and do it?" However, the middle-aged man sneakily looked left and right, and found that there was no one in front of him, so he whispered: "You are a cadre from the city, I don't want to coax you, this is the turn of good cadre management, if you encounter a bad one, you may not be able to eat enough, and the work value is also low." ”

Straightening his waist, he pointed to a group of young men and women who were digging up the frozen soil in the riverbed in the distance, "See? Those are all intellectuals who have gone to the mountains and the countryside! They used to be from the city, but now they do the same work as our old peasants." If migrant workers are drawn from various production brigades, they are all young and middle-aged, and there are no women, but these young intellectuals are not, and they work together regardless of gender. Those with high consciousness volunteered to come, and those with low consciousness had to act with the organization if they were not happy! When I first started digging the river, I don't know how many people cried and called their mothers, but there were also those who gritted their teeth and continued to do it, which is admirable!"

The two members of the He Lou Brigade carried the soil uphill, and He Jianguo hurriedly thanked the middle-aged man and walked over to help.

"Yo, Jianguo, why are you here?" Zhan Renxi was surprised and delighted, and Zhao Tiezhu was also very happy, because Shen Yaowu and Qi Shufang had a good relationship, and Qi Shufang helped his family a lot.

He Jianguo said: "Go to the countryside with our Secretary He to inspect the construction of water conservancy. ”

"Oh. Zhan Renxi knows his current work unit, but he also understands that every year, city and county cadres come down to inspect, "Don't say it, I went down with Tiezhu, we don't want to be rated as lazy!"

He Jianguo heard this and hurriedly gave way.

Secretary He beckoned him to him, "Jianguo, what did you ask, what did you remember?"

"I asked how many people are assigned to dig rivers and repair canals every year, and whether they are eating well. He Jianguo handed him the notebook in his hand, and then mentioned, "I think the migrant workers are very hard, a basket of soil is 1,800 catties, and it is especially hard when carrying it uphill, I think it is good to think of a way to reduce their burden." ”

Secretary He read it and returned the book to him, "If you can come up with a good way, go back and write you a credit!"

He Shengnan and Qi Shufang are like sisters, of course Secretary He looks at He Jianguo differently, usually a family of three at home, will say some interesting things at work, enough for Secretary He to understand Qi Shufang's conduct.

He Jianguo pondered and meditated until the call to end the work sounded, and the migrant workers finished work and ate, so he temporarily put it down.

Secretary He wanted to see the meals eaten by the migrant workers, so the three of them did not go to the house of the member who stayed overnight, but handed over the food stamps to the migrant workers' organization, took the aluminum lunch box and made a lunch box of corn porridge, which was mixed with pickled cabbage, and took the cornmeal nest head that everyone ate, squatted among the migrant workers, chatting with the migrant workers while eating, and revolving around food and housing.

Young adults and young women with small appetites eat four or five nests, and those with large appetites eat more than a dozen in one go.

Ten or twenty minutes later, the work horn sounded, and those who ate quickly took a break after eating, and those who ate slowly did not finish eating took their lunch boxes, and went to work one after another, for fear of falling behind and being criticized.

Of course, Secretary He's cadres didn't have to follow, and asked He Jianguo sideways: "Jianguo, have you thought of a way?"

"Not yet, let me think about it again. ”

Father Huo smiled and stepped forward to talk to Secretary He, "If Jianguo can think of a way, it will be good news for all river workers in the world." ”

"Secretary Huo, I see that you are very familiar with Jianguo?" Secretary He wondered for a long time.

"Cooked, why aren't you cooked? This kid is righteous and angry! When our family was dying of starvation, thanks to this kid saved our lives!"

Huo's father slapped He Jianguo on the shoulder, He Jianguo was squatting next to him to eat, he couldn't bear it for a while, he almost buried his face in the lunch box, and raised his head helplessly, "Uncle, what is there to say about the past, why don't you say that Jianfeng saved my life." ”

Secretary He was very curious, and after asking clearly, he was in awe.

"No wonder it is said that things gather by like, and people are divided by groups, Secretary Huo, you and Jianguo are both affectionate and righteous people!"

In the evening, the three of them had dinner with Huo's father at the member's house, and saw a bowl of cabbage stewed wild boar on the table, Secretary He even said that the member was too polite and didn't need to entertain himself like this.

After dinner, the river workers had to work, fighting at night, and did not rest until ten o'clock.

He Jianguo looked at their accommodation, the members of the Baita Brigade did not have enough space for them to live, they were all dozens of people from the production brigade under each commune, some lived in the cowshed to lay on the ground, and the bottom was spread with wheat straw, corn straw or straw thatch, and some were built on the site where the wild brigade dried grain, and it was also a floor bunk, only a small number of people were lucky enough to find a straw shed where the members placed firewood and grass, of course, they still laid the ground.

The cadres who came to inspect slept in the rooms specially cleaned up by the members' homes, and the Baita Brigade slept on the earthen kang, and a group of four people slept on the kang and the Datong shop.

After laying out the futon he brought, He Jianguo was still thinking in a daze that it was good that his wife was careful!

The people on the side of the Baita Brigade played the soil kang because there was no bed, not the same kang as in the north, and the quilt that re-bounced the cotton was very warm, and the bedding of Secretary He and Huo's father was not inferior to his, on the other hand, Bai Sheng was covered with a broken and old bedding, and he was shivering from the cold, and he had to cover the cotton jacket on his body.

He Jianguo slept soundly, and in his dream, he saw Qi Shufang smiling and asking him if he had eaten well and slept well, and was about to answer that it was okay, when a gong sounded outside, and then the work horn also sounded, resounding through half the sky, so startled that Secretary He sat up suddenly, He Jianguo sat up without opening his eyes, and reached out to touch the padded jacket on the quilt.

"Secretary He, continue to sleep, it's still early before dawn!" Huo's father opened his mouth in a daze, he didn't bother to get up, turned over, and continued to sleep, and Bai Sheng next to him slept like a dead pig.

Morning until dawn?

Secretary He rubbed his eyes, "Jianguo, you turn on the flashlight to see what time it is." ”

He Jianguo was relatively well prepared, after dinner, when the river workers were working, he took out a flashlight to illuminate the road, listening to Secretary He say this, he took out the flashlight from under the pillow, turned it on and took a photo on the watch, "Secretary, it's more than four o'clock now." He Jianguo couldn't help but rub his eyes, and when he looked at it again, it was still four and three o'clock.

"Four o'clock?" Secretary He couldn't believe it, he didn't get off work until ten o'clock, and he got up at four o'clock to work.

Secretary He stretched out his hand to wake up Huo's father and carefully inquired about the situation.

Huo's father was a little sober, sat up and yawned, put on a padded jacket, and said: "It's always been like this, how can you respond to the leader's call to complete the tasks assigned by the Revolutionary Committee if you don't go out early and return late? Four o'clock is relatively late, and it must be for the sake of the secretary, you came to inspect, so it was delayed, and the work started at two o'clock in the morning." ”

Secretary He put on his clothes and said, "Go and see." ”

He said this, of course Huo's father and He Jianguo followed, and when He Jianguo was dressing, he kindly woke up Bai Sheng, lack of sleep, and the quilt was not warm enough, Bai Sheng's face was quite unsightly.

Braving the cold wind, I walked out of the yard of the member's house, and sure enough, I saw sporadic lights on the construction site, like stars in the sky.

He Jianguo took the light of the flashlight and made a note in his notebook.

The weather was cold, the riverbed was frozen very hard, digging harder than during the day, the mighty migrant workers began to work, and many young men and women of sixteen or seventeen years old could not help but wipe a handful of tears, barefoot in the river, shivering from the cold.

At dawn, I could clearly see a little blood on the surface of the water, and I didn't know whose legs and feet were injured.

Bai Sheng stood on the embankment to take pictures, He Jianguo couldn't help but go down to help, he ate well and grew strong, and he worked strongly, although a person's strength was insignificant, but after all, it was a little less burdensome.

At about seven o'clock, the big pot of rice was ready, the call to call it a day sounded, and the migrant workers got off work to eat, and continued after they were full.

It's just too hard, not only He Jianguo feels this way, but even Secretary He is the same, watching it for a while, and even going down to help with the work. When he made such a move, of course it was impossible for Huo's father and Bai Sheng to stand on the embankment and watch, they followed the action and led some managers who supervised the work of migrant workers and did not work themselves.

Even if they were working, no one dared to let them go barefoot to the river to catch mud, nor did they dare to carry bamboo baskets uphill, so they only arranged for them to build embankments with iron selection.

Zhan Renxi was assigned to the embankment today, and couldn't help but say: "Jianguo, why are you also working." ”

"As a cadre, I should have set an example, endure hardships first, enjoy pleasures last, and set an example for the people, our secretaries have all come down to work, can I be idle?" He Jianguo said righteously, waving the shovel in his hand with a righteous face, and took off his padded jacket before work, he was wearing a sweater inside, so he was not shirtless like many people.

Since Qi Shufang became pregnant, He Jianguo has been revolving around her every day, and she hasn't been back to her hometown for a while, so while working, she asked her father, brother and sister-in-law if she was okay, and asked if anything happened in her hometown.

The river workers work, not boring, often talk in groups of three or five, and the atmosphere is very warm.

"We've been working here for more than a month, so how do we know what's going on at home? Your father and my uncle are in good health, very diligent, every day you can see him wearing a torn cotton jacket, pulling a flat car to the Beishan side to pick up firewood and dig shrub roots, the firewood stacks in your yard are stacked high. Zhan Renxi first answered He Jianguo's first question, and then continued: "There are no major incidents in our place, but there are a lot of trivial matters. On the day of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, your sister-in-law and Shen Erdan's wife quarreled, and the second sister-in-law stepped forward to help and asked Shen Lingling to scratch her face. ”

When He Jianguo heard this, he said worriedly: "Yan zhòng? I haven't been back for a few days since the New Year, and I don't even know." ”

"If you don't have a strict zhòng, how strict can you be if your nails are scratched? Shen Erdan came to the door with a small half basket of eggs to apologize in person, and was kicked out by the second sister-in-law. ”

"Why did my sister-in-law quarrel with Shen Erdan's wife?"

Zhan Renxi shook his head and sighed: "Whew! Why could it be? It's that troublesome person Shen Lingling! What a troublemaker, you went home some time ago, you should have heard that she was going to divorce Ma Junli, right?"

"I heard. Qi Shufang learned from Shen Yaowu and sued He Jianguo.

"The branch secretary is the largest cadre in our production brigade, you work in the city government, he worships his brother and is in the commune, Secretary Huo, who has a good relationship with you, is from our county, so to speak, no one is more beautiful than your family. Although Shen Lingling wanted to divorce for no reason because her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were not in harmony with the husband and wife, Ma Junli was unwilling, and neither was the Ma family, no matter how she said that this was a daughter-in-law who spent a hundred and ten yuan and a lot of food to marry into the door. So, the Ma family went to the door to invite the sister-in-law and the matchmaker to go to the Shen family to intercede. ”

When He Jianguo heard this, he said, "Please ask my sister-in-law to intercede, it's reasonable, my sister-in-law agreed?"

"I agreed, otherwise I wouldn't go to Shen's house. As for the sister-in-law, she said that she would rather demolish ten temples than destroy a marriage, Shen Lingling is no longer a good person, and after marrying into the Ma family, she accidentally passed the child, this matter, she should be persuaded or not, and agreed to the Ma family's request. That Shen Lingling is really ignorant, Shen Erdan's wife also indulged her, and annoyed her sister-in-law by saying unpleasant things, and quarreled on the spot. ”

Zhan Renxi shook his head, he felt that it was Shen Lingling who was wrong, no matter what, he couldn't talk about He Jianguo and Qi Shufang.

Wang Chunling is not a person with a particularly good temper, she is well-known stingy, and when she often competes with the two younger brothers and daughters-in-law below, she does not hide her jealousy of her little brother and daughter-in-law, but that is her own family's business, it is an internal contradiction, and it is consistent with the outside, how can Shen Lingling be allowed to say that He Jianguo and Qi Shufang climb high branches, not to mention that there are many foul words, saying that Qi Shufang is handsome, and when she arrives in the city and gets on the train, when He Jianguo is not at home, she doesn't know how to hook up.

Quarrel and quarrel, and a fight ensues.

Wang Chunling's fists were invincible to six hands, and the matchmaker was stunned, but Shen Erdan's family has three people, Shen Erdan's wife, Shen Lingling and Shen Jiaojiao, Shen Jiaojiao is a little younger, but he is the only son in the family, he eats a lot and grows strong, and his strength is not small.

Zhang Cuihua got the news and rushed over, but the two of them still suffered a loss.

However, Wang Chunling and Zhang Cuihua often work in the field, and they have a lot of strength, and Shen Lingling didn't take advantage of it, her hair was pulled off by Wang Chunling, and her nose and face were swollen.

Regarding Shen Lingling's verbal insult to Qi Shufang, Zhan Renxi vaguely whispered to He Jianguo.

He Jianguo was full of anger when he boarded.

Having witnessed Shen Lingling's ugly affair with their own eyes, their husband and wife thought about their friendship with Shen Yaowu, and did not publicize it, and they usually did not have any contradictions with Shen Lingling, that is, the relationship between Qi Shufang and Shen Yaowu was better, and she actually made something out of nothing behind her back, which was simply unforgivable! Qi Shufang only mentioned one sentence to Shen Yaowu, it was really cheap for her.

Zhan Renxi was afraid that He Jianguo would be angry, and he was also afraid that others would know about the reputation that would affect Qi Shufang, so he hurriedly persuaded: "Don't be angry, the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law have already vented their anger for the two of you." The news of this matter has not been very good. ”

Even if Qi Shufang sits upright, she can't stand others adding fuel and vinegar.

He Jianguo snorted, and secretly decided that after the work was over, he would go back to investigate who Brother Cheng was who was watching the movie with Shen Lingling, if he did nothing because Shen Lingling slandered Qi Shufang, he wouldn't call He Jianguo!

He Jianguo accelerated his thinking, and he must think of ways to reduce the burden of migrant workers as soon as possible.

He Jianguo racked his brains, and it snowed a day later, and he didn't stop working when it snowed, and when he saw the migrant workers drilling holes in the ground to pry the frozen soil because of the frozen riverbed, he suddenly had an idea, "Secretary He, there is! I have thought of a way!"

"What's the way?" Secretary He asked eagerly, and Father Huo also looked over and asked repeatedly.

"It's the principle of leverage. He Jianguo first explained the principle of the lever, and then compared it, "Support a few strong shelves on the embankment, install a larger pulley, wear a thick nylon rope on the pulley, tie the bamboo basket below at one end, and pull hard by several river workers above, and the bamboo basket can slide directly to the embankment without having to work hard to carry it uphill." ”

Secretary He has not learned this knowledge, and Father Huo is the same, although Bai Sheng has learned, he doesn't know how to apply it to reality, and the three of them didn't understand it for a long time, Secretary He simply said: "I'll open a letter of introduction to you, you go to buy a pulley nylon rope or something, you take the bill, and you will be reimbursed later." Take the pulley back and try it first, and if it is useful, then popularize it to the public. ”

"Good!"

He Jianguo couldn't wait to take the letter of introduction, rode his bicycle back to Gupeng City, after several selections, bought two of the best and largest pulleys, and bought a few bundles of particularly strong nylon ropes, returned to the Baita River to instruct a few non-river workers to dig a pit and bury wooden piles, build a bracket, install pulleys and nylon ropes, throw one end to tie the bamboo basket below, and leave two or three people on the embankment to pull it, without much force, the bamboo basket full of soil rose to the embankment smoothly, which really saved a lot of effort.

It has not reached the point of completely reducing the burden on the river, but the burden of relieving the uphill slope is enough for many people to be happy.

"It's really useful!" Secretary He was very happy, and Huo's father was also overjoyed, so he hurriedly sent someone to purchase pulleys and nylon ropes, and built several brackets in a row to install pulleys and nylon ropes.

Within two days, the pulley broke and the nylon rope wore out quickly.

The attrition rate is too big to afford!

Pulleys are very expensive, a pulley costs several dollars, and now more than a dozen are damaged, which is dozens of dollars.

He Jianguo felt very ashamed, he lost dozens of yuan in two or three days, which was more expensive than manual work, and he definitely couldn't use it for a long time.

Bai Sheng gloated.

Secretary He and Huo's father comforted: "The method is very good, there is too much soil in the bamboo basket, so the pulley is easy to damage, it would be good if it could be improved." ”

"It has to be improved, and the cost of this attrition is too great. ”

He Jianguo continued to think, and finally came up with a way to replace the pulley with the wheels of the flatbed car, the wheels of the flatbed car are equivalent to the large pulleys, the bearing capacity is stronger, and the thick hemp rope can replace the nylon rope, which has been used for a few days without being damaged like the pulley.

Secretary He and Father Huo were very happy, they were not at ease, and they went elsewhere to do it, and it was indeed available.

The two praised He Jianguo, immediately reported it, and promoted it to various places.

The wheels of the flatbed car can be seen everywhere, which production brigade has a lot of flatbed cars, the number of wheels is naturally a lot, and strong and durable, the hemp rope is the hemp rope that the members rub themselves, the thickness changes with their own minds, it is very strong, in addition to the bracket cost a little labor, more rubbing a little hemp rope spare, almost no cost.

He Jianguo followed Secretary He to other counties and came back after inspection, and was also praised by Secretary Jiang, and decided to popularize it outside the city and outside the province, and recorded a great contribution in the file, which was a very glorious stroke, far better than the previous credit of him and Qi Shufang for hunting wild boars.

He Jianguo was originally a third-level clerk, but the result of this meritorious service was that he was promoted to a second-level clerk and a first-level clerk.

The first-level clerk set administrative level 19, which is the highest level among the section members, if it is further promoted to the level of section chief, it belongs to the cadre, and the salary has increased from the original 60 yuan and 5 cents to 76 yuan.

Bai Sheng was very jealous, only Li Wei slapped him on the shoulder and congratulated him repeatedly.

Qi Shufang waited for nearly a month to wait for He Jianguo to return home, fortunately, there were no very strict regulations during the period, when passing by Gupeng City, He Jianguo would come back to tell her, and learned that he had made great contributions to the river workers, and was promoted and raised, and admired it very much, "Jianguo, you are so powerful! Why did you think of the principle of leverage? ”

He Jianguo said modestly: "It's impossible that no one thought of it, it's just that no one is like me to apply it to river engineering." ”

"It's because you haven't applied it to reality like you, so you're the best!"

He Jianguo shook his head, "No, what I'm talking about is that no one uses it in river engineering, not other water conservancy projects." Like a large water conservancy project, the embankment is high, and there must already be machinery to reduce labor. ”

No matter what he said, Qi Shufang still admired him very much, and sat down with him, "You have a good rest, I'll cook." ”

Outside for almost a month, the people have lost weight and are dark.

Qi Shufang was distressed.

He Jianguo stood up, "You are pregnant with a child, don't be tired, I'll go." ”

"Sit!" Qi Shufang pressed him back again, "What are you tired of? You are really tired outside, and I am not to the point where I can't cook, you are not at home, I still wash and cook by myself, which of the women in our production brigade does not work in the field when she is pregnant? Have you heard that many children are born on the ground?"

He Jianguo, whose strength was not as good as her, could only stare dryly.

He has been working very hard, why can't he catch up with his wife's strength?

He Jianguo eats a lot, eats more and exercises more often, and one day he will go back to pressure, right?

Qi Shufang vigorously picked up vegetables for him, "Eat more, eat more." Originally, you said that you had been patrolling with Secretary He for half a month, but who knew that it had been almost a month, but fortunately, you came back once or twice halfway through, and brought some more dry food. I see the deflated cloth pockets, all of them are used?"

"It's used, Shufang, or you think thoughtfully and bring food. Later, inspecting the water conservancy projects below other counties, as long as the peasants' homes stayed in the house, they did not collect food stamps, Secretary He was very embarrassed, he brought food stamps and oil stamps, and finally I sent rations for three people and ate for two days. Because some families are willing to collect food stamps and oil stamps, I have enough to eat. Because of this, his friendship with Secretary He has reached a higher level, and after this promotion, he was directly assigned to the department under Secretary He.

At the beginning, he was a clerk under Secretary Jiang, and he was not very important, but now it is different, now he is very favored by Secretary He, and many texts are directly handed over to him by Secretary He.

Qi Shufang was overjoyed.

Compared with Secretary Jiang, Secretary He's character is corrected, first of all, he is not patriarchal, He Shengnan's name and favored Cheng dù show this, he is very open-minded, and his wife Cao Yunshan is the same. Then, he was born as a bitter child, and he has a spirit of enduring hardships and standing hard work, no, doesn't he work with him when he inspects the river?

Follow Secretary He, than follow Secretary Jiang.

Secretary Jiang's scandal, if it is fake, it is fine, if it is true, sooner or later one day it will not be able to hide from people, even if there is a backstage, he can't do it, he has a backstage, don't others have it? Even if Secretary He can't replace him, it doesn't mean that other people are like this, Gupeng City has two deputy secretaries, and it is impossible for the mayor not to want to be the number one.

He Jianguo and Secretary He went to the countryside and got along for nearly a month, and the relationship between Qi Shufang and He Shengnan became better and better, but at this time, a paper order transferred He Shengnan from his original post.