"It's fired—"

"It's fired—"

With the long loud shouts of the guards on both sides of the embankment and the sudden sound of sharp whistles, the migrant workers close to the blasting site lazily hid behind the embankment on both sides of the embankment as usual. But there are always some Leng Tou Qing who are afraid of walking more, but they are not afraid of death, so they protect their heads with big baskets and pout their butts to hide at the bottom of the river. This gave Shang Dequan the most headache, and Shang Dequan, who had seen dead people in the conference room of the county party committee, didn't want to see dead people in his commando team again. Therefore, Shang Dequan gave a death order to all the gunners, and he did not see the small red flag in his hand waved down three times in a row, and he must not set fire to the artillery.

This time, during the pre-discharge safety inspection, Shang Dequan found two heroes who were not afraid of death at the bottom of the river: one was the young old fritter Zeng Sancheng, and the other was the leader of the fifth group nicknamed Zheng Baldzi. These two are really living treasures, lying together under a broken truck full of dirt, smoking cigarettes and talking with their heads on their heads.

Zheng Bald's heart was very empty, and asked Zeng Sancheng: "Little San, is this close to the muzzle of the cannon safe?" ”

Zeng Sancheng said: "Why is it not safe? We're under the car, and there's still dirt on the car, not to mention dodging the cannon, I think I can even hide! Brother Bald, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I have experience. ”

Speaking of this, Shang Dequan came over, pushed the broken cart away, exposed the two heroes, and the small red flag in his hand pointed at the heads of the two and said, "I said two, have you lived enough?!" If you really live enough, you can go to the rails and jump into the river, but don't look for a short time on our construction site! ”

Zheng Bald was extremely ashamed, hurriedly got up, and complained about Zeng Sancheng: "It's all your junior's business, it's all!" Then he said to Shang Dequan with a smile, "Secretary Shang, we admit our mistakes and admit our mistakes." ”

Shang Dequan remembered that Zheng Bald was an honest man, and the first time he did this kind of thing, he didn't say much, but only caught Zeng Sancheng to death: "You little Zeng, do you want to harm people?" If you are killed, you will pull one of you on your back! I might have to take responsibility for you! It's not the first time for you, it's the first time you have been taught repeatedly, why is the skin so thick?! I think you can stop *** with your thick skin! ”

Zeng Sancheng knew that Shang De was all cadres who had made mistakes, and he knew what the mistakes were, so he smiled and said, "Old Shang, I would rather die here than die in the conference room of our county party committee." Dying here can be regarded as dedicating oneself to the water conservancy project, and dying in the conference room is not in vain? Lao Shang, don't you say?! ”

Shangde was so angry that he trembled, but he was speechless for a while.

But Zheng Bald couldn't stand it anymore, and scolded: "Little San, you bastard of dog days!" In the final analysis, Secretary Shang is for our good, what are you talking nonsense! ”

Zeng Sancheng rolled his eyelids at Zheng Bald and said, "What Secretary Shang?" Where did Secretary Shang come from? Lao Shang is now the same as us, a blank slate, a flat-headed commoner, no matter how hard he works, he is just a model worker. Your bald brother is a 'secretary Shang', sarcastic of others? ”

Shang Dequan forced Zeng Sancheng step by step with a blushing face, and said to Zeng Sancheng: "I, Shang Dequan, am not the secretary of the Hetian County Party Committee anymore, but I am now your captain, and I am responsible for everything here, including your lives!" You once told me: Run and get out of here, take a slow step, I'll break your legs! ”

Zeng Sancheng was scared, first retreated backwards, and then ran with Zheng Baldzi.

After inspecting the construction site and making sure that there were no potential safety hazards, Shangde Quancai stood outside the safety line closest to the artillery position and waved a small red flag to Hu Jun, the gunner, who was preparing to fire up the stones at the bottom of the river.

Hu Jun lit the medicine twist, bent his waist, and trotted all the way to Shang Dequan's side.

The expected earth-shattering explosion did not occur.

Hu Jun looked at Shang Dequan and said, "Maybe the medicine twist is wet, I'll go and light the fire again." ”

Shang Dequan confessed: "Be careful, move quickly!" ”

Hu Jun went, and after a while, he re-lit the fire and came back.

The explosion still did not occur.

Hu Jun was anxious and wanted to go down again, but Shang Dequan grabbed him and said, "It may be a squib, it's too dangerous, I'd better go and take a look!" ”

Hu Jun said: "Secretary Shang, it's me who fired the gunner." ”

Shang Dequan said: "How many days have you been a gunner?" What are you blowing in front of me?! Don't think I can only be an official. I've been mining rocks since I was thirteen years old, and I've dealt with a lot of squibs and blind cannons! ”

Hu Jun still said: "This is not good, Secretary Shang, you are the secretary of the county party committee!" ”

Shang Dequan pushed away Hu Jun's pull, smiled sadly and said, "Xiao Hu, you don't know, how am I still the secretary of the county party committee?" We are all the same rivermen. When jumping off the embankment, Shang Dequan also made a final joke with Hu Jun, "You Xiaohu haven't married a daughter-in-law yet, how can you let you plug the gun's hole!" ”

Thousands of Hetian migrant workers who were at the blasting site at the time saw that their former county party secretary Shang Dequan rushed down the south embankment of the construction site, bent down to dodge all the way, jumped, crossed a riverbed full of rubble, and rushed to the location of the gun.

However, just then, the squib went off.

With a deafening explosion, a cloud of rocks and dirt suddenly rose in the smoke of gunpowder and completely buried Shangde.

This is the first and only one of the 130,000 migrant workers on the 78-mile water conservancy site in Hetian County.

In the face of Shang Dequan's body smashed by stones, gunner Hu Jun, leader of the fifth group, Zheng Balzi, and Zeng Sancheng, who had just quarreled with Shang Dequan, shouted "Secretary Shang" and cried loudly. Many of the migrant workers present also burst into tears......

Three days later, the Hetian County Party Committee, the county ** and 130,000 Hetian migrant workers held a grand memorial meeting for the former secretary of the county party committee who had made mistakes on the Hetian water conservancy site, on the bank of the desert river for which Shangde Quanquan had sacrificed his life.

Shang Dequan's three-year-old daughter Shang Xing did not cry before the memorial service began, because no one told her that her father was dead. looked at his father who was lying in the cypress and silk flowers, and fortunately asked his uncles and uncles not to make noise, saying that his father was sleeping. Fortunately, after the mourning meeting began, I saw many uncles and grandfathers crying. Crying in a daze. At the end of the memorial service, my father's body was about to be taken to cremation, and it was only after Shang Hao really realized the seriousness of the matter, so he threw himself on his father's body and cried, shouting: "I want my father, I want my father." ”

Chen Zhongyang shed tears, held Shang Hao tightly in his arms with trembling hands, and said, "Shang Hao, good boy, in the future, you will be with Grandpa Chen, and Grandpa Chen will play with you and send you to school, okay?" ”

Wu Mingxiong tugged at Chen Zhongyang's shirt and said, "Old Chen, what can I do with you?" You soak in the construction site all day long, how can you take care of this child? I think I'd better take it away, my wife retired last year. ”

Chen Zhongyang said: "No, Dequan grew up under my watch, I am his old leader, and I have a responsibility to his daughter." Shaking his head, he added, "Dequan is an orphan, and when he was a child, he mined stones in the mountains and suffered many sins; Now, Shang Hao is an orphan again, and I can't let Shang Hao suffer a little more. ”

Wu Mingxiong said angrily: "Will I suffer if I adopt? You are the old leader of Shang Dequan, and I'm Wu Mingxiong, aren't I? Your old Chen has this responsibility, but I, Wu Mingxiong, don't have this responsibility? Don't fight, I'm going to decide this kid, I can't watch her sit in your jeep and run around all day. ”

Chen Zhongyang sighed and said, "Old Wu, then let's adopt it together." ”

Wu Mingxiong took Shang Hao, hugged him in his arms and kissed him, and said, "Let's discuss this matter again." ”

Holding on to the good fortune of having lost his father, Wu Mingxiong, secretary of the municipal party committee, made an important speech on the radio at the general headquarters of the Pingchuan Water Conservancy Project on the radio to the 1.87 million migrant workers on the 600-mile long front.

In his speech, Wu Mingxiong said emotionally:

"Comrades, your hands are making history today, an ideal that seems difficult to realize, the ideal that has plagued Hirakawa for the rest of this century, the ideal about water, is becoming a reality through your hands. You have paid for your hard work, your sweat, and even your blood, tears and your lives. You are the most outstanding representatives of the 10 million people of Pingchuan, and the best sons and daughters raised by the land of Pingchuan. Your sweat and blood and tears have not been shed in vain, nor will they be in vain, and the day when the south and the north will come is just around the corner. For this, the Provincial and Municipal Party Committees are deeply grateful to you, the 10 million people of Binh Sichuan are grateful to you, the water-scarce city and thirsty land are grateful to you, and our future generations will also thank you, and history will remember your great sacrifices and great creations under such arduous conditions......"