Hong Yan finished the test paper early, left the Wang family ancestral hall, and went to Jianshan through the primary school. When the final exams are over, the semester has passed.

The new primary school and kindergarten have been built and will be ready for the next semester. With spacious and bright classrooms, well-renovated desks and chairs, and dark and thick blackboards, it is really a good school that is hard to see. The kindergarten is smaller, the facilities are less, and although it cannot be compared with the cartoons and toys of later generations, this era is also the only one in the whole commune.

The toilets in the northwest corner look like four five-poster huts, clean and tidy. This was built at Hongyan's expense, and the reward was feces in the toilet. In this era, chemical fertilizers were scarce, and crops relied on farm fertilizer. Naturally, he had to hire someone to pick up the Jianshan and water the trees after it was ready.

Red oranges and navel oranges have long been bearing fruit, the size of a ping-pong ball. After being watered by the water in the fairy garden, the fruit trees grow well, and the fruits are large and fruitful. But at the same time, the roots of the weeds grow wildly, and special people from each production team come to pull them back to feed the cattle and pigs. The soybeans grown in between reach the thigh roots. Soybeans do not need to be fertilized, and they can also fix nitrogen and improve the soil.

More than 200 half-sized chickens forage in the orchard. This is the maximum amount that can be bought, and it does not meet Hongyan's requirements. Two thousand orchards stocked on 200 acres are not much.

Hong Yan took a turn, and after seeing the second uncle and them, he went home. The rice paddies are covered with sparse seedlings. Yes, it's rice planting. On June 12, a heavy rain lifted the drought but also washed away countless ridges. Then it rained for more than ten days, just ploughing the field and planting seedlings. Speaking of which, several brigades around were able to plant seedlings because they accepted Hong Jianguo's suggestion. He said that it is necessary to prepare in advance, that is, to raise the seedlings well, in case of rain, they can be used. Otherwise, it will rain but you can't plant seedlings to die. The Gujing Brigade has water to raise seedlings, and several brigades around are very envious but also a little bit of a joke. But later, for some reason, they opened their minds, and specially arranged manpower to carry water to raise seedlings in several rice fields. Although it was more than ten days later than the Gujing brigade, they also smiled crookedly after this heavy rain.

After returning home, Hong Yan saw that Sanxiao was playing, and went to the old house to see the ancestor. As soon as I said a few words to my ancestor, I heard the yellow dog of Old Lady Du's house bark twice, and then ran to the bamboo forest behind the house with his tail between his legs. Through the bamboo forest, Hong Yan saw six people walking from the other side of the ridge towards the dam. The three of them are straight, obviously different from ordinary people. The six of them entered the dam, and then someone asked, "Is Hong Yan at home?" ”

The interrogator was wearing a white shirt, blue cloth pants, and sandals, as if he was a person of some status. Three of them have green military uniforms, red stars, red collar badges, and one of them is carrying a briefcase.

"I am. You are ......" Hong Yan stood up, puzzled, but these people were more polite, and it didn't seem like they were coming to find fault.

Six people went up the steps. The three soldiers stood in a row and saluted in unison.

Hong Yan didn't know how to return the courtesy, so he had to bow down and say, "Welcome to the People's Liberation Army!" He sensed a different color on the faces of the three soldiers, but they quickly returned to normal.

The soldier at the head of the platoon took out a note from his briefcase and handed it to him, and his voice was loud: "I am Ma Zhengping, an officer of the Political Department of the × Army." Chief, please come to our department as a guest, please leave as soon as possible! ”

Hong Yan's eyes jumped, Chief Shenma, still going to be a guest? Heads? Which chief, please! Take a look at it, an invitation. He was invited to the × Army of the Rongcheng Military Region as a guest, followed by the year, month and day and the red seal of the ZZ Department of the × Army.

The red seal is not fake, and the three soldiers in front of him cannot be faked. In this era, it is not supposed to be fake, inviting a little doll to the army as a guest. Officer Ma, in his thirties, is in his prime. If it weren't for the mental age of more than 30 years, he would have been staring in his eyes. An officer of the military-level political department, if you have a military rank, you should at least be a major. Now there is no military rank, at least at the battalion level. Pretty good!

"Comrade Hong Yan, my name is Gao Ming, and I am the director of the commune office. In the morning, the county party committee contacted us and said that the three soldiers had something important to look for you. No, I led three comrades from the People's Liberation Army here. They may be short on time due to official business, so are you going to leave now? "It's this Director Gao who asked just now.

"If there is no important business to deal with, chief, let's leave as soon as possible!" Officer Ma urged again, apparently he was the leader of the three.

"Uncle Ma, you see that you have come from afar, the journey is far away, and the boat is tiring, can you sit down and drink saliva and catch your breath first? Don't worry, noon is coming, as the saying goes, the sky and the earth are big, and the food is the biggest. What else is iron, rice is steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you are hungry and panicked. Sit down, have a light meal, and we'll go. Hong Yan said, raised his feet and walked home.

"No excuse me!" Officer Ma didn't move, and a loud voice sounded behind Hong Yan.

"Officer Ma, Comrade Hong Yan is right. You three have come all the way to take a break! I had to recover my spirits before I could continue on my way. Director Gao helped persuade him.

"Yes! Uncle Ma, I can't just leave. Actually, I don't know who your chief is......"

"Our chief is ......" "Little Tiger!" The twenty-year-old soldier brother behind Officer Ma blurted out and almost said it, but was interrupted by Officer Ma. "I'm sorry, the chief told you to go and know!"

Brother Xiaobing blushed in embarrassment.

Oh hey, I'm still interested in guessing riddles!

"Alright! We won't say who the chief is. If the three of you don't come and take my little child away, will it be human trafficking? Haha, just kidding. Uncle Ma, you go to my house and sit down first, I have to tell my parents before I can decide, don't you say? Hong Yan said with a smile.

"It's my uncle who owes it to consideration! Well, let's wait! Ma Zhengping thought about it too. I only thought about the task assigned by the chief, and I wanted to go back in a hurry.

The three soldiers followed Hong Yan forward, and naturally Director Gao and the other three also had to accompany him. The mission is not completed, and they will not be able to leave.

After Hong Jianguo and Li Yun returned, they asked Officer Ma about the situation. Officer Ma only said that he would reassure them that he would take care of Hong Yan. The others don't know anything, saying that soldiers should keep secrets. They can't think of anything that Hong Yan can do, even if according to Hong Yan's words, the country of rice and the country of Wa "collect interest" committed, they don't need the army to come forward! Hong Yan said that his whereabouts could not be exposed at all.

More than a dozen dishes were also prepared for lunch. After all, the commune cadres came, and Hong Jianguo invited Hong Xueqin and Li Brigade to accompany them. Didn't drink alcohol and ate a quick meal. Hong Yan packed a change of clothes, carried a small bag and set off. Hong Jianguo and Li Yun were sent to Gaoqiao, and they were always a little relieved when they watched their son get on the military jeep and leave.

Xiaohu is the driver, driving attentively. Officer Ma only occasionally asked Hong Yan if he needed to "relieve his hands" and if he wanted to drink water. The other little soldier seems to be running errands with the horse officer.

Guo Anwar put down the two people from the county armed forces. Jeep all the way south. After being reborn, Hong Yan has already run on this road three times. The jeep passes through the western suburbs of Chongqing. Twenty minutes later, the car arrived in Jiangyang and then entered a camp. Hong Yan saw a sign next to the gate with the words "PLA ×th Army Military Department". The "×th Army" didn't feel a move in his heart.

Although there were soldiers on duty, after they saw the license plates, they waved directly and let them go. From home to the camp, the car ride can take three hours, which is nearly twice as fast as the bus.

Hong Yan sat in the car, looking at the rows of bungalows and tall and neat street trees in the camp. At about half past five in the afternoon, the soldiers are either rolling up and down on the equipment on the training ground, or running in sweat, or fighting on the basketball court.

The jeep stopped in front of a six-house building. Hong Yan got out of the car and just glanced at the square in front of the building casually. It's big and empty. It is generally a place for a meeting or review. Hong Yan thanked Xiaohu and went upstairs with Ma Gong. At this time, Officer Ma showed the invitation letter to the guards downstairs, and Hong Yan was allowed to go upstairs.

On the fourth floor, Officer Ma stood in front of the door of Room 406 and shouted a report. Hearing "come in", he pushed open the door, took two steps, and immediately reported: "Report to the chief, bring the guest!" At this time, Hong Yan finally saw who it was.

"Haha~~ Xiao Hongyan, we met again, haha, didn't expect it?" Wu Dehou's voice was loud and full of energy, and he seemed to be a different person.

"Grandpa Wu, what kind of play are you playing? I'm careful all the way, my liver is pounding! Hong Yan also smiled.

An old playboy!

"Come here, Grandpa Wu take a look...... Yes, I grew taller and stronger. Wu Dehou took Hong Yan's hand and touched his little head, unable to hide his smile.

"I didn't expect it to be Grandpa Wu, right? Grandpa Wu has given you a surprise, and tomorrow Grandpa Wu will give you some surprises again and again! Wu Dehou smirked like a child, with a hint of cunning and triumph.

"Hee-hee, where would you have thought that it was your old man! Uncle Ma was very tight-mouthed and did not disclose any information. Grandpa and father didn't guess it, if it weren't for the fact that I wasn't yet a strong man, if it weren't for the three words of the People's Liberation Army, where would I dare to come! Hong Yan complained

"Hehe, don't blame Uncle Ma. I confessed it myself! They don't dare not listen! ”

"Where would I blame Uncle Ma. Only good soldiers will keep secrets! ”

At this time, after Ma Zhengping poured a glass of water, he quietly withdrew from the office. Wu Dehou asked Hong Yan to sit down and took out snacks and candies for him to eat. He asked about his hometown and Hong Yan's situation. Hong Yan replied selectively.