Chapter 11: How the Names Are Made (I)

Since Ren Jian organized the activity of learning from Lei Feng without authorization, Gao Ming has not given him a good look these days. Some of the work that should have been done by two or three people was also assigned to him to do it alone. Ren Jian was miserable, and he carried it for a few days, and when he saw that the leader had no intention of forgiveness, he had to run to beg for mercy.

Gao Ming didn't think that Ren Jian's matter was outrageous, but he was angry that he didn't say hello in advance. After all, Ren Jian is young and can't see the possible consequences of some things. In case Mr. Liu knew about these things, in the current situation, it is estimated that it is difficult to believe that the relationship between them is so simple, if he gets angry, it will not be good for either Ren Jian or Su Han. Therefore, Ren Jian must be made aware of the seriousness of the problem.

Ren Jian said good things for a long time, but Gao Ming still had a straight face and asked him, slut, do you know where you are wrong?

Ren Jian said with a bitter face that he knew, handsome guys and beauties should not get together if they are fine, so as to avoid the suspicion of melon fields and plums, even if they learn from Lei Feng to do good deeds.

Gao Ming really couldn't hold back, he laughed with a snort, and said Fei Fei is in kindergarten, are you still a handsome guy? It's so shameless, but you will put gold on your face!

Ren Jian said aggrievedly, isn't that it?

Gao Ming said, then let me ask you, if you want to help Su Han move, wouldn't it be better to call one more person? For example, if you call Ma Yusheng, there is one more laborer.

Ren Jian said that he was desperate, so I didn't call him! Usually Su Meinu ignored him, and went straight to his mother's side.

Gao Ming said that that's good, that's good, don't call him, call him Zhang Qin, what about calling Lao Ding?

Ren Jian was choked, and he wanted to say something but didn't say it. I rolled my eyes and said Leader, I understand what you mean. But do you know who is the best place to call?

Gao Ming thought that he finally understood his painstaking efforts, so he asked, "Who is the most suitable?"

Who knew that Ren Jian suddenly laughed evilly, and the words that came out of his mouth made Gao Ming half angry. Ren Jian said Master, in fact, I should have asked you to go with me.

Gao Ming glared at him and said that you had convulsions, or did you take the wrong medicine?

Ren Jian said Leader, don't worry, I'm fine, I'm just worried about you.

Gao Ming said what worries you about me?

Ren Jian said Leader Gao, I'm not kidding, Su Meinu really wants you to help him. recounted the conversations between Su Han and him when they were eating, almost all of which were related to Gao Ming.

Gao Ming said with a smile when he heard this, then you give me a careful analysis and analysis, do you have any special significance for this?

Ren Jian said, Isn't this obvious? Su Meinu is very interested in you! Why don't you ask me about this? Leader, if you don't have a firm position, be careful of being hit by a sugar-coated cannonball......

Gao Ming watched him talk more and more, and couldn't help but shout, slut, shut up for me! I warn you, if you talk nonsense again, I'm really fucking anxious with you! Now you hurry up, get out of here, go as far as you want!

Ren Jian saw that Gao Ming was really angry, so he quickly shut up and ran away. Originally, I wanted to tell Gao Ming about Su Han's phone call with Mr. Liu in the car, but I didn't have time to say more. Before going out, Ren Jian couldn't help but glance back at Gao Ming. But he was muttering in his heart, Su Han had reminded Gao Ming several times about this, Master was so clever, did he really not care at all?

scolded Ren Jian away, but Gao Ming fell into deep thought. He didn't take all the words Ren Jian said seriously, but he also thought of some possibilities.

Gao Ming felt that so far, his arrangement and handling of Su Han had been quite appropriate, but if Ren Jian said that once that kind of problem appeared, the consequences would be very serious. So, this must not be allowed to happen. Gao Ming finally decided that from now on, both he and Ren Jian must keep an appropriate distance from Su Han.

After more than a month of intensive preparations, the "Care for Left-behind Children" project was finally officially launched. Sunshine Group took the lead in initiating this city-wide public welfare activity, and set two specific goals: first, to sponsor 100 left-behind children to reunite with their parents every year, and second, to sponsor a group of left-behind children who have dropped out of school to return to school every year. To this end, the funds raised will be used to establish two special funds, and a special agency will be set up to supervise and manage them.

According to the pre-drawn plan, the preliminary activities are divided into two parts, one is jointly participated by both parties, forming a huge lineup, and public relations activities are carried out for official and non-governmental organizations, which are in charge of Mr. Liu and Lin Yi, and the other is carried out by the newspaper alone, mainly to do some relevant preliminary reports and warm-up reports, which are in charge of Gao Ming.

Left-behind children are a special group that has emerged from China's economic upsurge, and it is precisely a minor who has been separated from their parents (or at least one parent) for a long time. According to authoritative surveys, the number of "left-behind children" in rural China now exceeds 58 million. About 57 per cent of left-behind children have one parent going out, and 43 per cent of left-behind children have both parents going out. About 80 percent of left-behind children are raised by their grandfathers, grandmothers, or grandparents, nearly 13 percent are entrusted to relatives and friends, and nearly 8 percent are uncertain or unsupervised.

In order to determine the location of the "Caring for Left-behind Children" report, Gao Ming did not put much effort into it. He personally went to the relevant government departments, retrieved various data, and then carefully screened, and finally decided on two alternative locations. One is Xiaoshi Village, Huaming Township, Ningjiang County, and the other is Yutou Village, Mopan Township, Qingshan County. Each of these two candidates has its own characteristics.

Although Xiaoshi Village is only more than 50 kilometers away from the city, it is located in a mountainous area, the transportation is inconvenient, and the natural conditions are quite poor. There are nearly 4,000 people in the village, about half of whom are poor households, and according to statistics, more than 200 people go out to work (including in Yangzhou City), and there are nearly 100 left-behind children in the village.

Yutou Village is about 80 kilometers away from the city, located on the edge of the Mingyue River, with good natural conditions, abundant products, convenient transportation, and although the living standard is much higher than that of Xiaoshi Village, the situation of left-behind children is not much better. There are more than 5,000 people in the village, and more than 300 people go out to work (including in Yangzhou City), which is even higher than that of Xiaoshi Village. There are more than 100 left-behind children in the village, with an average of one per household.

After the primary selection is decided, the next step is to conduct an on-site investigation. Gao Ming decided to go to Little Stone Village first. In his heart, he felt that the children there might be more in need of care than in Yutou Village, where the conditions were poorer and worse. When considering bringing people from the newspaper, Gao Ming hesitated again and again and decided not to bring Ren Jian, but to let Su Han and Ma Yusheng go. The reason for this arrangement is that there are three considerations, one is to learn the lesson of the last time, for fear that in case he is not there, Su Han will be sent to the Sunshine Group to interview He Fei; second, this matter also needs the participation and cooperation of photojournalists, so that Ma Yusheng can be used for his own purposes; and third, from the perspective of avoiding suspicion, whenever this kind of remote interview activity is encountered, it is best for Gao Ming and Ren Jian not to take Su Han alone, so as not to let people gossip.

Ren Jian was not interested in this kind of errand in the first place, and it was inevitable that he would not go. But Su Han was very excited when he learned the news. This is the first time Gao Ming has personally taken her to the front line for an interview, and Su Han is determined to perform well.

The weather was very sunny on the day of departure, and the newspaper office equipped them with an off-road vehicle for the trip. Xiao Du, who drives a car, is a newcomer who has just been hired, but his skills are very good, and he is said to have played racing before.

The four of them set off from the city early in the morning, took the national highway and the provincial road, took the provincial road and the county road, and finally got on the township-level road, and it was nearly an hour of bumpy to Huaming Township. Although there had been contact before, because it was not an informal interview activity, Gao Ming did not let the other party call before leaving, so as not to stir up the crowd. When they arrived, there was no one in the village to greet them.

When I got out of the car and went to the township government to inquire, except for a deputy secretary and a deputy township head, the other leaders were not there. Seeing that reporters were coming to the city, the two township leaders were in a hurry for a while, first instructing the kitchen to buy wine and vegetables immediately to arrange lunch, and then to call to report to their superiors, but they were all stopped by Gao Ming one by one.

Gao Ming said to them with great sincerity, the two leaders, please don't be busy, we don't have to eat, and we don't need to see the leaders of your township and county, we just want to ask you to help contact Xiaoshi Village and say hello.

But the two township cadres did not dare to take matters into their own hands, and the two sides tore apart for a while, and finally gave in to each other. So the two township cadres consulted the leaders, and then agreed to send someone to accompany Gao Ming and them up the mountain to step on the point, and then accompany them back to the township after the work was done, and arrange time to listen to the township leaders introduce the relevant situation. In fact, it's just a reversal of normal reception procedures.

The two township cadres discussed it, and first called the village party secretary and director of Xiaoshi Village to ask them to prepare for the reception, and then the deputy township chief surnamed Zhang accompanied them up the mountain.

Gao Ming and his wife drove along the loess road, which was not much wider than the machine farming road, and climbed for a long time. It's been bumpy along the way, not to mention driving, and even a few people who ride in the car feel too tired. When Su Han just went out, he still felt that everything was fresh, and he lost his energy after a long time, but Ma Yusheng was speechless all the way, and Su Han, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was poor. Gao Ming rarely spoke all the way, and most of the time he closed his eyes to recuperate. Su Han originally wanted to find a topic to talk to him, but he didn't know what to talk about, so he was embarrassed to bother him.

Finally arrived at Xiaoshi Village, as soon as the car stopped, the village party secretary and the women's director who had been waiting on the side of the road greeted them, Deputy Township Chief Zhang and Gao Ming got out of the car first to shake hands and greet each other, and when Ma Yusheng and Su Han came down, everyone made introductions one by one. Deputy Township Chief Zhang was very familiar with the three village cadres, and by the way, he chatted a few words about the left-behind children, and also let Gao Ming understand the situation.

Su Han's family has relatives in the countryside, and when he was a child, he often went to the countryside to play. But when I grew up, I went less, and now I can't help but be a little curious. With green mountains and green waters, Su Han's mood was exceptionally clear, and as soon as he was happy, he turned around and whispered to Ma Yusheng, Mr. Ma, how beautiful the scenery is, can you help me take a few photos later? Ma Yusheng said, no problem.

Gao Ming stood beside Su Han, and he heard this clearly, thinking that Su Han was still a child after all, and he had the heart to say two words to her, but he couldn't bear it after all. I had to turn around and urge Ma Yusheng, saying that Yusheng should hurry up and do business first!

Ma Yusheng responded, quickly took the camera from the car, and followed Gao Ming.

When Su Han heard this, he naturally understood what the leader meant, and he stuck out his tongue and went to work.

The three village cadres led everyone into the village committee, and Deputy Township Chief Zhang put on a master's posture and arranged for everyone to sit down, and then listened to the village cadres introduce the situation of the left-behind children. After that, Gao Ming asked a few more questions. Seeing that the time was already more than twelve o'clock, Deputy Township Chief Zhang and the village cadres discussed a few words in a whisper, and then took Gao Ming and them to a small pond not far from the village committee.

Xiaoshuitang is the third residential group of Xiaoshi Village, with more than 20 households. When the group arrived there, Lao Cao, the accountant of the village committee, had already arranged lunch at his home. Deputy Township Chief Zhang greeted Lao Cao, and he was not polite, and directly took Gao Ming and them to the table for dinner.

After everyone sat down, a large pot of local chicken stewed artichoke, a large plate of cut old peasant bacon, as well as two large bowls of stewed vegetables and two plates of homemade pickles were placed on the table, and the room was immediately filled with fragrance. Everyone was already hungry, and when they smelled the unique aroma of the farmhouse's food, the uncomfortable taste could only be understood by those who had really experienced it.

Needless to say, the village cadres devoured it, Gao Ming Ma Yusheng ate it heartily, and even the delicate little beauty Su Han also ate a big bowl of rice, not only that, but the chicken and old bacon were so fragrant that she almost swallowed her tongue.

At this moment, Su Han inadvertently looked up, but saw a heartbreaking picture. At some point, two children in shabby clothes appeared at the door. A girl in her late teens, with a boy of four or five years old, looked like she was supposed to be a brother and sister. The two children sat on the threshold and watched them eat, their faces full of hunger. The girl kept swallowing, but the boy sucked his fingers so hard that saliva ran all over his chin.

But before Su Han could do anything, Lao Cao's wife, Sister-in-law Deng, had already taken a big bowl, put some chicken, bacon and green vegetables from the table on the plate, and then filled it with rice and served it. Sister-in-law Deng walked up to the two children and said Xiaoxiu should bring Maomao over with me, and I will give you meat to eat. Then he took Mao Mao's hand and led the sister and brother out to eat.

Su Han was a little worried in her heart, and went out to take a look, and saw that Sister-in-law Deng led the child to the kitchen and divided the meal into two parts, the sister and brother took the bowl and devoured it and just buried their heads in eating, not noticing Su Han's existence at all.

The people in the house silently watched Sister-in-law Deng do all this, and no one spoke. After a long while, Lao Cao sighed and said that the lives of these two children were really miserable!

This is one of the most typical and tragic families of left-behind children. Xiaoxiu is twelve years old and Maomao is six years old. Three years ago, Xiaoxiu's grandfather fell ill and was hospitalized, and his family owed a lot of debts, but he was not cured. Dad went to GD to work to earn money to pay off debts, who knew that not long after an accident occurred at the construction site, Xiaoxiu's father injured his leg, and his mother left his sister and brother to go to GD to take care of his father, and he went for more than two years.

Poor Xiaoxiu, a ten-year-old child, took her three-year-old brother to live together. Although the parents sent a little money from time to time, it was not enough to maintain the most basic expenses of the siblings. The life of the two children depends on the help of the villagers, and the government provides a little relief from time to time, so that they can barely support it.

The village also contacted GD, only to know that Xiaoxiu's father was disabled and could not take care of himself. The boss didn't give compensation, and kept fighting a lawsuit, but as a result, Xiaoxiu's mother was also dragged to death, so she could only work there and make money to support men and children with the power of a woman.

After listening to this story, Su Han was shocked. She knows a little about the life of the poor in the city, but the situation of left-behind children in the countryside is unheard of. In contrast, the plight of the children seems more worrying, because they are still children after all, and living conditions in rural areas are even more difficult.

After eating, according to Gao Ming's plan in advance, he went to the homes of several left-behind children. The driver, Xiao Du, is a typical post-90s generation, and he was not interested in the content of Gao Ming's interview, so he said that he got up too early in the morning and went back to sleep in the car.

Lao Cao naturally knew their thoughts, so he didn't say a word, and directly took them to the door of a broken house and told them that this was Xiaoxiu's house.

Xiaoxiu and Maomao had just come back from dinner at Lao Cao's house, and when they saw the guests coming in, they didn't speak, just shrunk in the corner and looked at them silently.

The dilapidated house was empty, with little to say except for two old wooden beds and pots and pans on the stove, as well as a water tank in the corner and a rice bowl for grain. But the amazing thing is that although the house is dilapidated, it is also clean and clean. Su Han quietly asked Lao Cao, only to know that Xiaoxiu did it himself.

After seeing the real scene in front of him, Su Han really understood what it meant to be a family with four walls, and he was worried about the fate of his two children. Ma Yusheng kept shaking his head and sighing, and kept taking pictures. Gao Ming just frowned and pondered in his heart how to help these two poor children.

Su Han walked up to the two children and squatted down, gently took Xiaoxiu's hand and asked, Xiaoxiu went to school? Xiaoxiu didn't speak, just shook his head. When I asked Mao Mao again, I also shook my head. He asked the siblings if they wanted to go to school, still shaking their heads. Finally, when I asked if I wanted my parents, the sisters and brothers nodded vigorously, and the expression on their faces was also that they wanted to cry or not, which made people feel sad. Su Han felt very uncomfortable, felt that his nose was sour, secretly wiped his tears, and then hugged the two children tightly, unable to say anything. Ma Yusheng next to him saw it and immediately snatched this touching shot.

Gao Ming was also very unbearable when he saw this scene, but he was worried that the village cadre's face was not good-looking, so he walked over and patted Su Han's shoulder gently, and whispered Don't cry, the impact is not good. Su Han nodded, holding back his tears and not letting the tears flow out again.

Before leaving, Gao Ming quietly took out five hundred yuan, and was thinking about how to hand it over to the child, but he didn't expect Su Han to come over and quietly stuff him with a few bills.

Su Han said Director Gao, this is a little bit of a heart between me and Teacher Ma, what do you think is appropriate?

Gao Ming's number is also five hundred, and he just makes up an integer. Gao Ming thought about it, walked to Lao Cao's side, and stuffed the money into his hands in front of several village leaders. Lao Cao was stunned for a moment, and stammered, Reporter Gao, who are you?

Gao Ming said a few leaders, this is a little bit of our heart for the two children, please add a few clothes for them and buy some food. There's nothing we can do about anything else.

Gao Ming's voice was a little astringent, and several village leaders had long been accustomed to these things, but at this moment, their mood became heavy due to his emotional infection. Deputy Township Chief Zhang apologized even more, saying that they didn't do a good job.

Gao Ming knew that the crux of the problem of left-behind children was not at the village level, so he quickly diverted the conversation and said let's hurry up and see other children.

Next, they went to see several representative families of left-behind children. One of them is also a father whose parents went out to work, a son and a daughter and two children are raised by grandparents, and the other two families are two boys who are entrusted to their uncle's family to raise.

After all the scheduled plans were completed, it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon. Before going down the mountain, Su Han asked Gao Ming to give him an hour to take pictures of the scenery, but Gao Ming refused with a straight face, saying that he would hurry back to the countryside. Su Han played tricks for a long time, and in the end he was only allowed to take a few photos nearby as a souvenir.

After Su Han finished taking the photo, he said goodbye to the enthusiastic village cadres of Xiaoshi, Gao Ming and they returned to the township, and the township leaders had already met, and dinner had been prepared and was waiting for the reporter. Everyone shook hands and greeted each other, Gao Ming repeatedly explained that this was an informal interview, and the township leaders were also happy, so they canceled the symposium and proposed to directly have a meal and chat while eating.

Dinner was much more abundant than lunch, but Gao Ming felt that it was far less fragrant than Xiaoshi's food, but they couldn't tell why. After eating, the situation of the township leaders was almost introduced, and Gao Ming refused the enthusiasm of the leaders and drove back to the city.

On the way back to the city, Gao Ming heard Su Han and Ma Yusheng muttering something together in the back seat, and when he looked back, the two were admiring the photos Ma Yusheng took that day. Su Han smiled very quietly and beautifully, but when he was happy, he was a little carried away, and he was very close to Ma Yusheng. Looking at Ma Yusheng's expression again, he also looked very proud.

Gao Ming felt a little uncomfortable, so he coughed deliberately, and the two were startled when they heard the sound, and quickly separated and sat down. Gao Ming said Yusheng, show me the films you made today. As soon as Su Han and Ma Yusheng heard this, their faces instantly became ugly. Gao Ming was even more puzzled when he saw this, saying what's the matter, I can't watch it?

Ma Yusheng smiled awkwardly and said Where is it, I was also about to ask Director Gao to review it. As he spoke, he hesitantly handed over a camera.

Gao Ming unceremoniously pointed to another camera and said that he would bring that one too!

Ma Yusheng's face was even more ugly, but he still gave the camera to Gao Ming. When Su Han saw Gao Ming take the camera, his face turned red, and he turned his head to look out of the car window, not daring to look at his gaze.

Gao Ming looked at the photos of the two cameras one by one, in fact, most of them were normal news photos and work photos, but some of the photos taken for Su Han were not so easy to classify. Some of them are very elaborate and artistic, and it is a bad photographer to say that they are working photos. In particular, there are a few close-ups, whether it is the expression of the characters, the use of light and the angle of photography, no matter how you say it, it has nothing to do with work photos, it is simply a photo of a young and beautiful girl.

What surprised Gao Ming the most was that in the second camera, there were several photos of him and Su Han, all of which were taken secretly without his knowledge. But judging from Su Han's expression, she is not only a model, but may even be a director. One of them is the most illustrative, in which Gao Ming is talking to an invisible audience, but Su Han is grimacing at the camera, gesturing with scissors with both hands. This is clearly irrefutable evidence of complicity.

Gao Ming frowned and deleted all the photos of him and Su Han. Then he returned the camera to Ma Yusheng without saying a word, although he didn't blame anyone, he didn't pay attention to them. But Gao Ming didn't expect that due to his operation error, it was precisely the "scissorhands" that were not deleted. The only photo of them together has since been quietly preserved by Su Han.

When I returned to the newspaper office, it was already dark, and after getting out of the car, Gao Ming told Xiao Du to send Su Han home, but Su Han said thank you, master, no need to send me. turned around and left, but he didn't even say goodbye to Gao Ming. Gao Ming knew that Su Han was unhappy, but he didn't want to explain anything more to her.