Chapter 068: Celebrating Chinese New Year's Eve
Yihai year, Jiqiu month, Jiachen day, January 23, 1936 in the Western calendar, for Chinese, today is a very special day - Chinese New Year's Eve.
As early as some time ago, Li Keji sent all the annual goods needed to District 5450, and the transportation group of the Logistics Department stepped up the transportation day and night, and finally delivered them to all townships and towns in the 12 counties under the jurisdiction of the Northwest Soviet Region on the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve.
In the early morning, the garrisons from all over the country carried the New Year's goods that had been prepared long ago to every household. The central leaders also got up early, and after breakfast, they joined the army of New Year's goods, and everyone's hands were never idle, and Li Keji was also incorporated into the central sequence.
When carrying the New Year's goods, don't look at the fact that some of the people in the central leadership are already old, the goods on their shoulders are not lighter than ordinary soldiers at all, and the guards who want to help are kicked aside, Li Keji, as the most capable one, carries it in his hands and carries it on his shoulders, which is several times that of others, if it is not for the fact that he can't hold too many things with his two hands, his weight can be increased by more than ten times.
Although there was already a distribution when delivering New Year's goods, where those troops went, and which person was in charge of which family, Li Keji originally wanted the central leaders to send them to the residents of Wuqi Town nearby, but he didn't expect that the chief chair would not agree to be the first one, saying that if he wanted to send them, he would send them to the most grassroots villages.
In desperation, Li Keji had to change his plan and assign the Toudaochuan around Wuqi Town to the central leaders, in addition to being able to send New Year's goods, he could also take a look at the sacrificed soldiers buried there.
Due to the long distance, the first half of the road was still transported by vehicles, and the goods were piled on tractors, while the main seat and others took two Dongfang Warrior military off-road vehicles driven by Li Keji and Lu Wei.
Although the residents of Toudaochuan had long heard that the workers' and peasants' Red Army were going to deliver New Year's goods to their homes on Chinese New Year's Eve, they did not expect that the central leaders would personally deliver them, and they were all grateful, and the parents around Li Shengshi talked non-stop, and Li Shengshi was also very happy to exchange feelings with these illiterate peasants, which was not at all like the political show of later generations, which really made Li Keji feel what the military and civilian fish and water situation was, and also understood why the old people were applauded when they mentioned the main banquet.
A person who is willing to believe in the people and dare to believe in the people, the main banquet can be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented, but there are also many people who regard the sincerity of the main banquet as a black belly, and the mind of the main banquet is regarded as the art of the emperor.
When he cleared the fog of history and faced the main seat in earnest, Li Keji could understand his charm.
Each house went through one by one, and finally gathered everyone together and chatted for a long time, and when they left, it was already noon, but when the main table was about to leave, they were left by the enthusiastic villagers, and they had to let the main table have a lunch.
As early as before the start of the meal, there were already residents to prepare lunch, because the main banquet was a southerner, the villagers also specially made some rice, fried a bowl of the main banquet's favorite braised pork.
However, when eating, Li Shengshi pushed the rice aside, picked up the same white-flour bun as the villagers, and said: "Fellow villagers, although I, Li Shengshi, am a southerner, but it's not that I can't swallow non-rice. ”
Listening to Lee Sei-seok's words, all the villagers laughed, and they also felt that Lee Seung-seok was very close to them, as if they were family.
"If I have any other preferences, it is this chili, we people in Shonan like to eat chili peppers, and eating without chili peppers is not enough to taste." Seeing the kind smiles of the villagers, Li Shengshi picked up the chili peppers prepared by the villagers and said.
After lunch, no matter how the villagers stayed, the main seat had to return to Wuqi Town, and the villagers followed the car's fart and sent it all the way, until the two warriors and a tractor disappeared in front of them, and they reluctantly went home.
Before returning to Wuqi Town, Li Shengshi and others went to the Hero's Ridge to bury the soldiers who died in the Battle of Wuqi Town. Compared with the countless soldiers sacrificed on the Long March, the sacrifices in the Battle of Wuqi Town can be said to be insignificant, but no matter how many sacrifices were made, those deceased soldiers still sacrificed their lives for the revolution, and theoretically there is no distinction between high and low.
Compared to the unknown soldiers who have no one to collect their bodies and no cemetery, the soldiers buried on Heroes' Ridge are much more excited, at least people can know where to go to worship them.
The main banquet came here to pay respects to the deceased heroes, of course, not only the soldiers buried in the Heroes' Ridge, but also the countless heroes who fell on the Long March.
Unlike Li Shengshi's feelings, the sacrifices on the Long March were just a bunch of numbers for him, far from the shock of his own experience. After returning to Hero's Ridge, what really touched him was Li Erniu who blocked the bullet for him, although it had been a long time, when he saw Li Erniu's grave again, he always inevitably blamed himself.
When Li Keji was found, he was seen kneeling down in front of a grave with the words "Li Erniu, a soldier of the Fifth Company of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army Cadre Regiment", engraved on the tombstone.
Seeing the name on the tombstone, Li Shengshi naturally understood Li Keji's mood, which was definitely not acceptable to him, and it would be a memory that could never be erased in his life.
After leaving Heroes' Ridge, Li Shengshi and others returned directly to Wuqi Town, and after the matter of condolences to the residents of the station was over, the matter of the labor army did not fall at all. Since Li Keji arrived, the salaries of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, which had been interrupted for several years, have been repaid, but the northwest border region has always been poor, and it is impossible to buy much with money.
For this reason, Li Keji had no choice but to set up supply and marketing cooperatives in various localities, which were personally run by people sent by the Datong Party to sell all kinds of daily necessities and non-military supplies such as tobacco, alcohol, tea, etc., and by the way, to collect and purchase some local specialties of the local people.
Because Li Keji arranged the life of the workers, peasants and Red Army too well, and everything was according to the highest standards, the affairs of the labor army made him very blind for a while, and no matter what he gave, he felt that it was redundant, and finally had to increase the annual red envelopes, and then expand the types of items in the supply and marketing cooperatives, so that they could choose what they liked.
After dealing with these things, the host and the others were busy preparing the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in person, and when they invited Li Keji, Li Keji refused the good intentions of the host seat, and he also needed to confirm the filming, transmission, and broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala again, so as not to have problems at that time, so that the soldiers and civilians of the twelve counties in the northwest Soviet region would be happy.
After confirming that everything was correct, the time was close to eight o'clock in the evening, and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner personally prepared by the host and others was also moved to the studio, and everyone was busy in an orderly manner.
Due to the tight schedule, the studio was very rudimentary, just a large enough tent. In addition to a small stage, the front row is a dining table and chairs prepared for the central leaders, and the back is full of dense seats, which looks like a lot, but in fact it is only enough to accommodate 500 people.
Therefore, in essence, there are not many people who can see live performances, but in order to solve this problem, Li Keji has set up large open-air screens everywhere that can be watched in real time, but it has suffered those soldiers and civilians who watch in the open air.
In order to solve the problem of keeping soldiers and civilians warm when watching the open-air screen, Li Keji prepared a large number of stoves, one stove can surround at least ten people, and also prepared enough sweetened black tea to ward off the cold.
By the time the studio was full, it had already passed eight o'clock in the evening, and Li Keji did not insist that he must start the gala at eight o'clock on time like later generations, but waited until everyone had arrived before letting the art troupe start performing.
Hearing Shen Yuwen, the head of the art troupe holding the microphone, say that after the performance began, the originally noisy studio instantly quieted down, and when the music of "Spring Festival Overture" sounded, everyone felt the festive taste of welcoming the New Year, and they were all excited in their hearts, and some of the more emotional people left tears directly.
At the same time, the soldiers and civilians of the twelve counties who were guarding in front of the open-air screen also felt the joy of the New Year at the same time, and Mr. Li really did not deceive them, even if it was worth blowing in the cold wind for one night.
After "Spring Festival Overture", Shen Yuwen, the temporary host, came out to say some festive words and report for the next program, although professionally it is not as good as the CCTV anchors of later generations, and even a little like a turtle, but in front of other people who are more earthy turtles, it is already a high-end atmosphere.
Especially the dress that Shen Yuwen specially wore in order to host the show, and his straight posture showed the beauty of the dress to the fullest, and it looked very foreign.
With the end of Shen Yuwen's registration, the men and women of the art troupe in the background ran out, lined up the team in the fastest time, and then directly sang "Singing the Motherland".
Since "Singing the Motherland" was a song that only appeared after the founding of the country, and there were many inappropriate lyrics in it, Li Keji had no choice but to choose a version that was more in line with the current situation from many versions, and deleted some of the lyrics by the way.
Although it felt a little less flavorful than the original, at this time it won the love of all the soldiers and civilians in the Northwest Soviet Region, and they all said that they would study with comrades from the art troupe the next day.
After the end of "Singing the Motherland", it was followed by a solo song of "Yingshan Hong", which was performed by Shen Yuwen, the head of the art troupe.
Because "Yingshan Hong" sang the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army at this time, from Li Shengshi's main seat to ordinary soldiers, they were all moved to tears, and the subsequent "Ten Sending the Red Army" reminded everyone of the soldiers who sacrificed on the Long March and the soldiers and civilians who stayed in western Jiangxi.
After the sad songs, in order to ease everyone's mood, it was followed by a few more interesting cross talk sketches, as well as a more festive story about the people themselves.
After the cross talk sketch, the main theme of the revolutionary songs and military songs was followed, pointing out the bright revolutionary road ahead and the revolutionary hardships to be faced, entertaining and educating, which made the soldiers and civilians in the Northwest Soviet Region very fond of it.