Huaxi Village, Jiangsu Province is famous all over the country, and the old party secretary of the village is a powerful person and a model for village-level cadres to learn. I can't remember his name, I just remember that he was dead. I used to want to be like him, but I went the wrong way.

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When I came back from the army that year, I didn't find a job and had to work as a farmer at home. I feel that being an ordinary farmer is too aggrieved, and I am not reconciled.

I want to join the organization as a village cadre, but how difficult it is!

I have no education, I can't read a few big characters, and I can't even write an application...... But I still made up my mind to be a village cadre, there will always be a way, there is an old saying, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain!

At that time, to join the organization, you had to go through the "training" of the current branch secretary and the discussion and approval of the branch meeting, and then report to the superior for approval to become a probationary party member, and only after two years could you become a full party member.

Fortunately, the old branch secretary at that time was my cousin.

He has prestige in our village, everyone listens carefully to what he says, and everyone is vying to help him when he does things.

At that time, the branch secretary was very prosperous and had great rights. Farm products cannot be exported without the signature of the branch secretary, and forest products are not allowed to be harvested and sold without a certificate from the village......

There are many people looking for my cousin in the village, and there are also many outsiders, and even the higher-level leaders who are stationed in the village to do things and conduct investigations have to listen to my cousin

Arrangement.

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My cousin's house is right next to mine, and we often talk together. In order to understand my cousin's thoughts, I often leaned under the window of his house to listen to his and my aunt's whispers.

One day, a bamboo shoot buyer from the city came to our village to collect bamboo shoots, and the first person to visit was my cousin.

I still remember the buyer in a suit, with eyes, his hair neatly combed back, and a hooked nose. He was carrying a large bag with a small bag under his arm.

He walked into his cousin's house for half an hour before he came out, and although there was no smile on his face, he looked relaxed when he walked.

At night, everyone slept, and I quietly touched my cousin's window, and at this time my cousin was asking my cousin, "How much did that person give today?" ”

"Three hundred." Uncle Cousin's voice was unimpressed.

"So much?"

"Look at your unpromising appearance, I'm too little!"

I was shocked to hear this, the carpenter's salary was only 20 yuan a day.

"In two days, our full cubs will be full moon, and the fields have not been ploughed yet!"

"It's okay if you're not in a hurry, and if you don't plant."

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The next morning, I caught up with my own oxen and went to my cousin's field of responsibility to plow, and I solved the two large mounds for a whole morning. Uncle Cousin asked everyone who helped him plough the fields, and the neighbors who flattered him told the truth.

Uncle Cousin was very grateful, and thanked me in person, I pretended not to care and said: "Uncle Cousin, you are the branch secretary, there are many things waiting for you to deal with in the village, this little matter will be handed over to the old nephew, you don't have to worry about it at all!" ”

In the following days, I helped him plant seedlings and fertilize them again, and I made it clear.

In fact, there are many people who want to help my cousin do things, but this time I knew the news first, plus I was diligent, so I took the lead. The branch secretary is good, as long as there is something, everyone will help. And I'm also smart, and I'm always there when my cousin needs it.

My cousin wanted to eat fish, so I immediately went down to the river to catch fish and send it over. The superior leader came to my cousin's house for dinner, and my aunt had no food to greet him, so I immediately grabbed an old hen from home and sent it to him......

A few months later, one evening I told my aunt that I wanted to join the organization.

"Auntie, tell my uncle that I want to join the party, and I want to follow my uncle!"

The cousin naturally agreed.

"It's on me!"

At night, I lay under the window and eavesdropped.

"The child is his father, our nephew wants to join the party, you see when he will be added."

Uncle Tang hesitated for a moment, sighed and said, "This kid is quite good at being a man, but it's a pity that ......"

"What, you don't agree?" The cousin's tone began to harden.

"I'm afraid ......"

"Afraid, afraid, always afraid! He is your nephew, and he is illiterate, can he still rob your branch secretary? ”

"Okay." Uncle Cousin finally agreed.

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On July 1, I became a probationary party member in our village.

On October 1st, I became an official party member of our village.

At that time, there were eleven party members, and there were ten cousins......