The news that the villagers of Lin Village gave the Huangpu Military Academy ten fat pigs, a large number of chickens and ducks, sausages and fish and local specialties soon spread throughout the school, and every teacher and student can experience this strong affection, in the era of such a scarcity of materials, it is a very great thing to give this generous gift, which is enough to make all teachers and students deeply grateful and extremely proud.

Out of overall considerations, the school did not credit this credit to the Second District of the Engineer Brigade, but repeatedly emphasized that this is a collective honor, that the good performance of our revolutionary soldiers has won the recognition of the people, and that it is the people's deep concern and expectation for every teacher and student in Huangpu.

None of the Second District Team was dissatisfied with this, and they did not have the heart to dwell on these trivial matters, compared to the task they were now carrying out was far more important than any honor--they had been working hard for ten days in Pinggang, southwest of the school, to build a cemetery for the instructors and seniors who had died in the Eastern Expedition, which was why they had received the order to evacuate the Zhuxikou of Lincun Village abruptly.

Six or seven officials walked to Pinggang, stood on the east ridge and looked around the entire cemetery that was gradually taking shape, and were quite satisfied with the progress of the project.

When everyone exchanged views, Deputy Director Zhao of the National Administration of Civil Affairs and Construction, who was in charge of the overall command of the project, hurried to the project with two engineers, greeted Li Jishen, Shao Lizi, Deputy Director Zhou and other officials one by one, and introduced the progress and quality of the project.

Li Jishen glanced at the sun in the west, lowered his head and asked Deputy Director Zhao in front of him, "Are there enough people?" ”

"Enough, in the past few days, the three construction teams have arrived one after another, all of them are experienced stonemasons, carpenters and plasterers, and the construction technicians are all in place, and the total number of people participating in the construction has reached more than 600 people, and we are fully sure that we will complete the task half a month ahead of schedule." Deputy Director Zhao replied respectfully.

Shao Lizi said solemnly: "Xiao Zhao, as long as it can be completed on schedule with quality and quantity, this is the destination of heroes, and there can be no sloppiness." In addition, due to the needs of teaching, our two engineer district teams will soon return to school, and if there are not enough people after the students leave, please find a way to do it yourself. ”

Engineer Shen, who was beside Deputy Director Zhao, looked at the sappers who were working intensively in the northwest corner, hesitated for a moment, and turned to Shao Lizi to make a request:

"Director Shao, can you let these 150 engineer cadets stay for another five days? Their number is less than that of other construction teams, but the amount of work completed every day is twice that of other construction teams, and the construction quality is very good, especially the second district team responsible for the foundation construction of the North District, from the entry to the present has never been unqualified rework, as long as the construction drawings and requirements are given, there is no need for technical personnel to supervise and correct on the side, and the construction quality of each day is impeccableThey play a big role! ”

Everyone looked at the northern area, and the strong cold wind rolled up gusts of dust and smoke, and they couldn't see clearly at all, but they vaguely saw figures shaking in the dust and smoke.

Deputy Director Zhou asked politely, "Engineer Shen, can you give us a detailed introduction?" ”

"Okay!"

Engineer Shen, who graduated from Yenching University majoring in civil engineering, said approvingly: "They are divided into two teams as soon as they enter the site, and the engineering command assigns me to be in charge, and every day is the construction task that I personally arrange. From the third day, the second district team caught up, and the progress and quality of each day were steadily improved, and from the seventh day, the progress of the second district team accelerated again, and the first district team that was struggling to catch up was no longer able to catch up. This second district team is very special, when I work, except for a few team leaders who get together from time to time to discuss the problems encountered, almost no one speaks, I am also very strange, until yesterday I couldn't help but ask the team leader named Zhang Tianyi, he said to me that it is not that he does not speak but that he does not dare to speak loudly, because this is the resting place of their teachers and seniors, and no one dares to speak loudly. I was very moved and moved when I heard it, I have never seen such a sensible student, especially the district captain named An Yi, who does not talk much but is very smart, and he does his work very skillfully, and he understands the construction drawings at a glance, and he doesn't need to explain much at all, just tell him the requirements, and it can be seen that he has a high prestige among those people. ”

Li Jishen nodded with relief: "It turned out to be him...... Okay, let's go over and see. ”

Huang Jianguang, who was in the hustle and bustle, straightened his sore waist, took a deep breath, spat at the palm of his hand, raised the pickaxe again, raised it to the top and stopped in mid-air, and quickly put down the iron pickaxe and ran to An Yi's side in a few steps:

"Boss, like Vice President Li and Director Shao, they are here...... Look, they're walking briskly towards us, and we're about fifty meters away from here. ”

An Yi was stunned and looked at it quickly, immediately put down the shovel and jumped on the construction foundation more than one meter deep, and ordered loudly: "All assemble!" ”

The brothers threw down their tools and ran quickly to gather at An Yi, the dust was rolled up high under the blowing of the northwest cold wind, and when a group of officials walked in front of the neatly arranged team, the dust had dispersed and the scene was restored to a clear place, and everyone realized that most of the thick dust and smoke just now was caused by this group of young people due to the intense construction.

An Yi trotted forward and saluted: "Report to the chief: The second district team of the engineer brigade was ordered to carry out the construction task, there should be seventy-five people, but there are sixty-nine people, six people are absent, one of them is injured and five are on sick leave, and those who are absent have certificates from the school hospital, after the report is completed, please give the commander a lecture!" ”

"Take a break."

Li Jishen took two steps forward, stretched out his hand to sort out the torn clothes on An Yi's shoulders, and said emotionally: "Alas, you have lost a lot of weight, where is there such a person who does not want to die for work?" ”

An Yi still stood upright, his expression grim, but there was a hint of emotion in his eyes.

Li Jishen walked to the front of the team, and the officials also followed, sighing in a low voice as they walked, and a group of officials walked from the head of the team to the end of the team, looking at the ragged but standing straight bodies, looking at the young faces full of dust but firm and confident, their hearts were full of mixed feelings, and it was very unpleasant.

Li Jishen returned to the front of the team and gave a surprising order in a loud voice: "I order you to return to your barracks immediately, and send a group to the quartermaster office after dinner to get new clothing, shoes and hats." Attention! Turn right, run-go! ”

The sound of neat footsteps gradually faded away, and Li Jishen turned to Deputy Director Zhao and the two engineers behind him with a relieved smile on his face:

"Guys, I'm sorry, goodbye!"