Another day passed, Ma Yuanfang returned to the guest house, and just entered the room where Yang Changxing lived, and was about to report to him about the conversation he had found a few cadres and soldiers in the warehouse, when he saw Chen Junling, the old director of the warehouse, talking loudly, and walked in from outside with Wang Quanzhong. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The short and chubby Chen Junling is a senior engineer in the warehouse who was reappointed after Wang Quanzhong came to the warehouse as the director, with a professional and technical level 5, fifty-six or seven years old, and has reached the age of retirement. Lao Chen has worked in the ordnance warehouse for decades, and if he is not wearing military uniforms, he looks like an old farmer in a nearby village, with a black and red face like a ripe old gourd. After being changed from a warehouse director to a senior engineer, he still couldn't stay idle all day long, wandering around the reservoir area when he had nothing to do, and he wanted to talk about and take care of anything he thought was inappropriate.

Lao Chen was emotional, pointed at Wang Quanzhong and said to Yang Changxing: "Deputy Chief of Staff Yang commented on this theory, there was an accident in the warehouse, instead of checking loopholes and finding lessons in the security work, he made up his mind on the martyrs, is this appropriate!" ”

Wang Quanzhong did not argue, always with a smile on his face, and listened to the old director's shouting on the side.

Yang Changxing understood what Lao Chen meant: Because there were too few guards, the warehouse planned to remove the three sentry posts in the reservoir area and build a guard post on Niujiao Mountain. Lao Chen resolutely opposed this news after knowing this, because when building this warehouse, due to the urgent requirements of the war readiness situation, it was a survey, design, and construction project, and the engineering regiment found that the stone quality here was not very good after excavation, and landslides often occurred during the excavation, and after the warehouse was completed, there were nine cadres and soldiers sleeping on Niujiao Mountain, and Lao Chen was the soldier of this regiment at that time, and among the martyrs who died, there were his leaders and his comrades-in-arms.

"They sacrificed their precious lives for the construction of war readiness projects, and now some people are even trying to occupy their resting places, how can they bear it?" Lao Chen said emotionally, and his eyes turned red.

Wang Quanzhong took Lao Chen's arm, let him sit on the sofa, and explained: "Removing the bones of the martyrs from Niujiao Mountain and building a martyr's cemetery in an appropriate location can better educate future generations and make it easier for future generations to pay their respects. ”

Ma Yuanfang has always respected Lao Chen, he poured a glass of water, put it in front of Lao Chen, and said patiently: "Old director, the martyrs shed blood and sacrificed to build a good warehouse, we built a guard post to manage the warehouse, Niujiao Mountain is in a good location, you can overlook the ditch mouth of the three sub-warehouses and the living area of the warehouse, which is convenient for observation and vigilance, if the martyrs know underground, they will also understand."

Lao Chen said unceremoniously: "I see that almost every time you come, you have to climb to the top of it, it turns out that you have a good intention!" ”

Wang Quanzhong couldn't stand it anymore, and said to Lao Chen: "The old director can't say this, Director Ma is also kind-hearted and thinks about our warehouse." ”

"For the sake of the warehouse? If there were his relatives buried in the mountain, would he still think like this! ”

Ma Yuanfang's face turned red, the muscles on both sides of his mouth were spasming slightly, he calmed down his emotions, and said slowly: "Old director, I know that you are an old comrade of the engineering regiment, and I haven't told you about it, and my uncle is also buried on Niujiao Mountain. ”

Lao Chen suddenly got up from the sofa: "Are you kidding? ”

"No kidding, his name is Ma Mingming!"

"Are you telling the truth? Ma Mingliang and I were soldiers of the same company at that time, I really didn't expect it! Lao Chen's eyes flashed brightly, and he took a step forward and held Ma Yuanfang's hand tightly.

Lao Chen did not insist on his opinion anymore.

After sending Lao Chen away, Ma Yuanfang returned to the room where he lived, closed the door, and let the tears flow.

The thread of memory brought him back to his miserable childhood.

When Ma Yuanfang was a child, his family was so poor that the wind swept the floor, the moon was lit up, and he didn't have to worry about coins falling out of his pocket when he walked head-down. In those years, the country's economy was on the verge of collapse, and the lives of ordinary people were unsustainable. The uncle, who had only studied for four years, persuaded his brother to let Ma Yuanfang carry a schoolbag on his shoulder, and used the money saved by selling eggs in the summer and working as a small worker in the city in the winter to bear most of the expenses of Ma Yuanfang's schooling. In the winter of 1974, Ma Yuanfang's uncle joined the army, and the young man who grew up in the plains became a warrior in the deep mountains and old forests. After my uncle joined the army, more than half of his monthly allowance was sent back to his home, which became the main source of funds for Ma Yuanfang's grandparents and his schooling.

After being transferred to the Joint Logistics Department, Ma Yuanfang easily found the place where his uncle died according to the address provided by his father, and the first time he came to this warehouse, he climbed Niujiao Mountain, hugged his uncle's tombstone and cried a lot.

In order to enjoy a quiet life for both the living and the dead, Ma Yuanfang didn't want others to know that he had a relative who died as a martyr during the construction of this warehouse. He felt that after this matter was explained thoroughly, it might not be convenient for him to come to this warehouse again, and even if he came here, it would not be convenient for him to go to Niujiao Mountain alone to pay homage to his relatives.

After dinner, Yang Changxing convened the comrades of the working group to draft an investigation report, and as soon as several people sat down in the conference room of the guest house, Yang Changxing was called by a small soldier to answer the landline call.

After Yang Changxing came back from answering the phone, he said to several other people: "It was a call from the director of the office of the military region headquarters, and he said that some leaders were concerned about the progress of the accident investigation work, and said that the matter was relatively clear, and it should be the responsibility accident caused by the dereliction of duty of the warehouse leaders, and he also said that there were many things in the organs, so let us go back as soon as possible." ”

Ma Yuanfang said suspiciously: "I didn't understand what I said to the director on the phone, did he understand the situation or give instructions?" If it is to understand the situation, we will report it truthfully, and if it is an instruction, we will carry it out. 'Should it be the responsibility accident caused by the negligence of the warehouse leader', is this speculation or conclusion? If there is any speculation in the organs, there is really no need for us to come down and investigate, and if it is a conclusion, then this conclusion is nothing more than the illegitimate child of the collusion between bureaucracy and liberalism. ”

After he finished speaking, he put the teacup in his hand on the table with a "bang".

"You horse cannon, you speak so harshly!" Yang Changxing said to Ma Yuanfang with a wry smile.

Because of his special relationship with Director Guan, Yang Changxing felt a little embarrassed by Ma Yuanfang's words, but he was not angry, he liked Ma Yuanfang's straightforwardness. I also had this temper when I was young, and when I encountered unreasonable things, I had to open the coffin lid nailed, and I would die after I finished speaking. He was a little disgusted with the director Xiang, who was an opportunist who only had a short ladder to climb, adding dirt to the top of the high grave, and sometimes he was a fox and a tiger, holding chicken feathers as an arrow, and ignoring the deputy chief of staff. Some people are able to speak well when they are officials, dogs lift the curtain by mouth, and some people are officials who can run and send, and ants rely on their legs to go up trees. This kid surnamed Xiang is a combination of mouth and legs, and at a young age he has reached a position that is very incommensurate with his character and ability, and the ghost knows what kind of fame he will make in the middle this time.

Ma Yuanfang continued to say: "I found that some phenomena were abnormal at the beginning, why did the leader check the registration book and put it away before it was used up? Why do warehouse leaders hesitate when talking about the problems of the leadership organs? We are a working group that has organized on behalf of the organization to investigate the problem, and we are not props for some people to perform in front of the scenes and chips for behind-the-scenes transactions, can we be indifferent to these phenomena? ”

Bi Gong and Xiao Fang nodded while listening, supporting Ma Yuanfang with their expressions.

Yang Changxing said solemnly: "We act in accordance with the intention of the party committee of the Joint Logistics Department and are not disturbed by personal opinions. You all know my relationship with Director Guan, I guarantee fairness on this issue with my party spirit, and the situation of this investigation will be truthfully reported to my superiors, and if Deputy Commander Guan has any opinion on this matter, I will explain it to him, and let's start writing a report! ”

Under the light, the four heads came together.

The dawn appeared, and the moon retreated into the sky with interest.

Ma Yuan stood on Niujiao Mountain, bidding farewell to his uncle and his comrades-in-arms. They have been silently accompanying the warehouse here for more than 30 years, there are no moving deeds, no majestic statues, only cold tombstones and a mound of loess. Tens of thousands of sun and moon reincarnation, wash them with rain and dew in the morning, dust them with a breeze at dusk, thinking that their relatives and comrades-in-arms will sometimes come all the way to burn a pile of straw paper for them, burn a pillar of incense, and every year on the Qingming Festival, there are batches of young soldiers to sweep their graves, will they still feel lonely? In order to make good use of the storehouse they built with flesh and blood, the younger generations have to move them to a new resting place, and the souls of the martyrs in heaven should not be blamed, right?

The sun rises, and the moon slowly disappears into its form.

The horse bowed to the nine tombs in the barren grass in the distance.

He turned around and saw Yang Changxing and Xiao Fang looking at him not far away.

Yang Changxing walked over with Xiao Fang, he put his hand on Ma Yuanfang's shoulder, and said affectionately: "This place can purify people's souls, look at these martyrs, what else can we not give up?" ”

"Yes!" Ma Yuanfang also said with emotion, "The cadres and soldiers at that time were so simple and simple, I don't mean that this is not the case now, but I always feel that people's thinking is too complicated now, there are too many problems to consider and contradictions to be resolved, and sometimes external factors force you to do this." ”

Yang Changxing looked at his watch, pulled Ma Yuanfang and walked down the mountain together, he glanced at Xiao Fang who was following behind, and whispered to Ma Yuanfang: "I called Deputy Commander Guan last night, and he didn't know who asked Director Xiang to call us, and I want to find out this matter after I go back, Deputy Commander Guan also said that the matter of the theft of the grenade should be handled impartially and impartially." ”

"Not official?"

"No, I know this old man best!"

As soon as they reached the bottom of the mountain, the military horn sounded, and Vice Minister Liu and Wang Quanzhong were waiting for them to eat their last breakfast at the guest house.

(End of this article) (To be continued.) )