The people ran around like crazy: "We have water!" ”

There are people guarding the qanats day and night to prevent people from sabotage, poisoning, and so on.

The water from the nullah flowed into the cistern that had been repaired long ago, and the nearest Boon Dong brigade and Sambuti Baixing brigade of the commune had been installed with running water pipes. Xiazigai Commune has become the only commune in Hefeng County that currently uses tap water.

"Secretary, what did Deputy County Magistrate Ken ask you for just now?" Meng He couldn't suppress the joy in his heart and asked inadvertently.

"Huh?" Wu Shan's eyes looked at him with a scare, scaring the young commune secretary enough.

Alas, after all, he was still a young man and full of curiosity about things. However, it is not a good phenomenon to ask the secrets of the leaders at will. At this glance, he seemed to be trembling all over, and a small punishment was enough.

"Xiao Meng, curiosity kills cats." Wu Shan patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be too curious about anything. The most important thing you should do is to take root in Xia Zigai and work in a down-to-earth manner. If you have the opportunity, you can see the world outside. ”

"I'm sorry, secretary, I was wrong." Meng He's head hung low.

"It's not necessarily that wrong," Wu Shan sighed, "Maybe I'm too strict with you." ”

Hearing this, Meng He's heart was on fire. The secretary is strict with himself, and that's because he wants to promote himself. At Zephyr, I don't know how many people are lining up for this opportunity. A young man in his twenties, if he behaves inappropriately in the future, not only will it affect his reputation, but it will also smear the secretary's face, and everyone knows that he is the secretary's person.

Since the qanats have been successful in the Zephyr, there must be a celebration feast.

Thinking of eating, Meng He was in a difficult situation.

Although he is also an ethnic minority, he does not know much about Uighur etiquette.

Wushan reminded him a lot.

The Han people eat pork. Uighurs don't eat; When drinking, most Han people drink first and then eat, and Uyghurs are used to eating first and then drinking; Han people like to eat vegetables, and Uyghurs prefer to eat meat in large pieces.

The Han people are accustomed to using chopsticks, and the Uyghurs use them relatively; Most Han Chinese use four fingers to hold chopsticks, while many Uyghurs use only three fingers; Uyghurs like to serve vegetables on rice, while Han people do not have many of them; Han Chinese generally do not eat as fast as Uyghurs; The Han people chew more slowly, and the Uyghurs chew less slowly.

When drinking at the table, the Han people like to have one wine glass in each hand, and the Uyghurs are used to sharing 2 to 4 wine glasses.

Juniors are not allowed to drink or smoke in front of the elders; Relatives and friends must shake hands and greet each other, and greet each other. Then he stroked his chest with his right arm, bowed and stepped back, and then asked the other party's family to be safe; After greeting, the women put their hands on their knees and bowed to say goodbye.

When sitting down in the house. Kneeling is required and it is forbidden to stretch out your legs. The soles of the feet are facing the person. Use your hands when accepting items or serving tea to guests. Accepting an item with one hand is considered an impolite act.

"Secretary, my head is big!" Meng He cried with a sad face: "You said that Uncle Aini and Lao Su are all Uyghurs. I'm so worried, how can I accidentally break the taboo of their nation? ”

"Hehe, how easy." Wu Shan stretched out two fingers and shook them in the air: "Isn't it okay to eat each?" ”

During the meal, Uncle Ani did not come, and it is estimated that he thought he was here. Supi, they don't have a good time drinking.

The table in Wushan is still a simple working meal, and the table of the Uyghurs is relatively much more abundant.

After all, they have worked so hard for so many days. Meng He also waved his hand and made an exception.

This also made Wushan see that this kid was eclectic in doing things, anyway, in Xia Zigai, he was a soy sauce beater, watching him perform.

After eating, the Uyghur table was finished.

Seeing that the yellow clouds on the horizon were even worse, Wushan was ready to rush back to the county seat early, because it was going to be dark anyway.

Before getting into the car, he suddenly thought of something and beckoned Meng He to him: "Xiao Meng, why do the members here seem to be very resistant to the people of Kolamayi?" ”

"Koramayi?" Meng He was stunned: "Secretary, we can't fight with Kolamayi, how can we be?" Besides, even the nearest Wuerhe district to us is also two hundred miles away. ”

"Huh? No way? Wu Shan told the joke that he saw the ordinary people digging for oil at first: "You see, their attitude towards the oil people is wrong. We're next to the city, so don't get into any trouble. ”

"Oh, you misunderstood, secretary!" Meng He smiled: "They are not friendly to the people on the Kolamai side because of the matter of the old secretary." Alas, Wendong's old branch secretary Zhong Daneng was driven back by Kolamayi. ”

"Huh?" Wushan felt that Meng He was thinking too simply: "You tell me in detail, the affairs of the masses are no trivial matter. In the next step, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of Kolamai and the China Construction Bank will open their business offices in Xiazigai, which is a sign of bad news. ”

In those days, the peasants themselves did not have much money to deposit in the bank, and the bank basically did not provide private loans. Since the standoff between the Hefeng Agricultural Bank and the government, no one has dared to take office as a new director, probably for fear of retaliation here. In fact, they basically have no business when they come.

Anyway, at present, in Hefeng, Wushan said a word, the county's funds will not be stored in the Agricultural Bank.

Outside the car, the wind began to blow again.

"You get in the car and talk, Xiao Meng." The secretary of the county party committee greeted.

Zhong Daneng, just like his name, is a well-known capable person in the Wendong Brigade and even in the Xiazigai Commune.

In that era when people were so bold and prolific, the people who led the Wendong Brigade demanded land from the Gobi Desert and more than doubled the area of the Wendong Brigade.

It was not easy for peasants to become urban residents in those days.

The opportunity soon came, and the Kolamai oil field expanded in size, because it occupied the resources of QWerfeng, and recruited workers in the territory of QWaff.

Zhong Daneng, the strong secretary of the brigade, was lucky to be selected and became an oil worker.

In the drilling team, in those days, there were still many Soviet specialists.

The smart and studious Zhong Daneng is good at Russian, and he deals with those experts whenever he has time.

In the course of talking to the Soviets, he asked about desert management and asked the Soviets to bring desert plants from their country. Although he was in Kolamayi, he still had the Wendong Brigade in his heart, and he was still thinking about how to turn the desert into an oasis.

Soviet experts also liked this sensible young man. From time to time, people brought some plants from the desert area of Central Asia from the Soviet Union. Every time he got his hands on it, Zhong Daneng did his best to send these plants back to his hometown as quickly as possible.

Overnight, relations between China and the USSR fell to a freezing point, and Soviet specialists were all withdrawn.

Especially after the Soviets provoked a series of incidents on the border, the Victorians hated the Soviet Union to the core.

Unable to find a target to vent at home, they arrested and criticized those who had previously interacted with the Soviets. Unfortunately, Zhong Daneng has changed from a celebrity in the eyes of everyone to a dog spy in a foreign country.

It's a pity that the Karamay people underestimated Zhong Daneng's influence in the Wendong Brigade and even in Xiazigai. The villagers organized spontaneously. Run to Koramai to ask for someone.

More than 1,000 people went there, and they spent a day and a night walking over with their feet, startling the Kolamai Petroleum Administration and handing over Zhong Daneng.

The members of the club all knew what Secretary Zhong was doing with Soviet experts, and as soon as he returned, he was re-elected as the secretary of the brigade.

For more than twenty years. As long as there is a little free, Zhong Daneng will run to the field and the field. Study the growth state of plants. I always want to find some plants that are suitable for growing in the Gobi region.

"Oh? Are you busy right now? Wu Shan was invited, and he looked at the time: "It's only five o'clock, I'll send you back later." Let's go and see this secretary who is dedicated to the people. ”

Zhong Daneng's home is at the east end of the brigade. But the person was not at home, and his little grandson volunteered to take his work comrades to find his grandfather. Maybe this bold kid just wants to sit in the car so that he can brag to the children.

"Grandpa," said the little one, as soon as he arrived at the gate of the yard. Jump out of the car and run.

From the car, you can see that on the side of the Gobi, there is a row of low houses.

The other three sides are all earthen walls. And on the top of the courtyard, it was tightly covered.

"Little Stone, why did you get here in such weather?" An old man in his sixties came out of it.

When he saw the car, he was stunned. At this time, the three people in the car had already gotten out of the car.

"Old secretary, the secretary of the county party committee has come to visit you!" Meng He shouted with a smile.

"Hello Secretary Meng! How did you come on such a cold day? Zhong Daneng was also greeting him at about the same time, and when he heard the words of the commune secretary, he was surprised to see that a tall young man had already walked towards him.

"Hello old secretary, I'm Wushan!" He said as he held out his hands.

Zhong Daneng stretched out his hand in confusion.

These hands are full of calluses, and there is a lot of mud between the fingers.

"Secretary Wu!" Zhong Daneng's eyes were a little moist, and he thought that the secretary of the county party committee had come to see him.

This is a quiet courtyard, and in the courtyard, to Wushan's surprise, it is actually a greenhouse.

In the greenhouse, a variety of flowers and plants are grown.

The ground was covered with sand from the outside.

"Old secretary, these are your experiments?" Wu Shan looked at him with interest.

Zhong Daneng rubbed his hands embarrassedly: "Secretary Wu, I'm all fooling around." Alas, the level of education is still low, although I have taught myself a lot of botanical books, it seems that it is not of much help to the plants in the desert. ”

On the stool next to it, there is also a book with the cover in Russian.

"The creation of these deserts is itself the cause of human beings." Wu Shan put his arm around his shoulder: "First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to you for your diligence and dedication to the management of the desert for decades. Secondly, in the future, I would like to invite you to the county to provide some ideas to the people in the Agricultural Bureau. ”

"Secretary Wu, is our county going to control the desert?" Zhong Daneng felt a little incredible, tears flowed from his eyes, and he sobbed and said, "I don't know how many times Lu Dao has gone to Hefeng County to get the government to come forward. I"

Wu Shan was silent and patted him lightly on the back: "Old secretary, everything has passed, we should look forward, okay?" Forget about the unpleasantness. ”

"Good!" Zhong Daneng burst into tears and laughed like a child: "Secretary Wu, I'm not sad, I'm happy." ”

Wushan looked at the corner, there were still a few paulownia trees, and he said with emotion: "Old secretary, paulownia, suitable for growing in a humid place." It is not suitable for planting in our place. ”

"Secretary Wu, I remember Ye Shuai said: Attacking the city is not afraid of strong, and attacking the book is not afraid of difficulties. Science has dangers and obstacles, and hard battles can be passed. Zhong Daneng said confusedly: "I have a lot of experiments, maybe it's okay?"

"Old secretary, the habits of plants can't be changed. Even if you want to change, you can only change a little bit through the years. Wu Shan sighed and met a man who drilled the horns of a cow: "For example, many plants used to grow on this land. As human deforestation intensifies, fertile fields become deserts day by day, and plants slowly adapt to the environment. ”

"What Comrade Jiao Yulu can do in Yuzhou, why can't he do it in Hefeng?" Zhong Daneng's eyes were confused.

"That's it, old secretary, many people in the Agricultural Bureau are good at this." Wushan didn't want to discourage the old man's enthusiasm, not to mention that what he said was also true, because he had already asked Qin Peizhong to arrange to do research in this area: "Can you go and discuss it with them?" ”

"Okay!" Zhong Daneng was full of joy.

He was dressed in patches. The furnishings in the house are even simpler, in front of a stove, all of them are straw branches and the like. There was no light in the room, but fortunately, Zhao Mingshan brought the flashlight in.

Seeing the situation in the house, even Meng He was stunned.

A pile of straw was spread on the ground, revealing a quilt of large and small cotton flowers, which were his mattress and quilt.

While everyone was observing, Zhong Daneng hurriedly stuffed a small handful of straw into the stove.

He smiled awkwardly: "I don't have money to buy matches, and if I don't add anything to it, it will go out." ”

At this moment, Wushan suddenly remembered a person and remembered what he said: "After I die, I will be buried on the sand dunes of Lankao, and I will not cure Lankao when I am alive, and I will watch the people of Lankao cure the sand dunes when I die!" (To be continued......)