Maixiang Village, Dongtou, Lao Wang's house.

"Second grandfather is such a good person, how can he say that he will leave as soon as he leaves?" Jiang Hongguo was wearing an apron, standing on the edge of the stove, holding a long wooden fast son in his hand, the wooden lid of the pot was leaning against the shelf carrying the wall, the water in the pot was boiling, and the noodles were tumbling in the pot with the boiling water, but his thoughts were a little far away, and he was quite emotional.

Wang Zhong spread the pancakes next to him and said: "As the old saying goes: people are rare in seventy years, and the second grandfather is ninety-two, and he will go to ninety-three when he sees it. ”

"You said that the second grandfather is not incompetent, why didn't he marry a daughter-in-law and have a child?" Jiang Hongguo said suspiciously.

"I've never heard anyone talk about it." Wang Chong had a little guess in his heart, the second grandfather had studied, and his family should have been good when he was young, and according to his attitude towards Ma Renli and his father, it is very likely that there are some old things here.

But now that everyone is gone, Ma Datou has been gone for decades, and Wang Chong is too lazy to be talked about by others anymore, saying that people are not.

"You're so curious, why don't you go to the village and ask someone to inquire?"

"No, no, no!" Jiang Hongguo hurriedly shook his head. The second grandfather has just left, and the second grandfather's prestige in the team is not low, and the Niu family is a big family in the village, and she is not stupid, how can she not be happy to find it at this time.

"By the way, now that the villagers are planting their own land, are you still willing to work in oil mills and pig farms?" Wang Chong smiled, and didn't break it: "Why don't you want to go, the work in the field will also allow the villagers to eat enough, and if you want to make money, you still have to rely on these agricultural and sideline industries." ”

"In the past few years, the policies have been getting better and better, maybe in a few years, when the economy develops, even the policy of unified purchase and sales will be abolished."

"Won't it?" Jiang Hongguo couldn't believe it.

"We are about to enter a new era, and nothing is impossible." Wang Zhong smiled and said, "Maybe there will be more things and new things that we can't understand in the future." In addition to the pancakes, there is also Wang Chong's canned and bottled meat sauce, the meat sauce is made of beef or mutton, and then made of dried vegetables soaked in fragrant gu, daylily, fungus, etc., with unique taste, rich layers, Ziyu likes it very much.

"That's right!" Jiang Hongguo nodded. The two of them talked for a while, talking and talking, and talked about the eldest and second child in Beiping, and now the eldest and second child have entered the first semester of their senior year, and they are about to face two ways to graduate or graduate school.

Ziping and Zi'an are not young anymore, if they go to graduate school again, it will really be delayed, and they themselves are very aware of this, so it is very clear in the letter sent back that the two have begun to prepare for applying to return to their hometown.

Regarding the choice of the brothers, Wang Zhong did not mean to interfere. It is worth mentioning that Zi'an, who is still single, is still single, but Ziping, this usually quiet and bookish brother, has a girlfriend.

The next day, early in the morning, Jiang Hongguo had already helped Wang Chong put everything into the canvas satchel.

"Ride slower on the road!" Jiang Hongguo told while cleaning up, nagging, Wang Chong didn't feel annoyed.

"What do you want me to bring back?" Wang Zhong asked.

"Then come back with some salt and soy sauce! There is only half a bottle of soy sauce left at home. ”

"Okay! Then I'm leaving! ”

"Be careful."

"Don't worry!" The bicycle at home was bought after the eldest and second child worked in the commune for half a year, and although the rest of the brigade had hot eyes, they had nothing to say.

Wang Chong rode a bicycle to the county, first went to the county high school, and met his daughter Ziyu, who had just entered the first year of high school.

"Daddy!" Seeing his father, Ziyu's little face was suddenly full of smiles.

"I brought you pancakes, meat sauce, and my new sachet, and put your favorite osmanthus flowers, which have the effect of helping you sleep."

"Thank you, Dad!" Ziyu happily took the package handed over by Wang Chong, the smile on her face became brighter, and she happily leaned over to Wang Chong's side and kissed him.

Wang Zhong took out a piece of money from his pocket and handed it to Ziyu: "Don't just eat pancakes, if you want to grow your body, your nutrition must be balanced, vegetables are essential, don't be reluctant to spend money." Ziyu happily kissed Wang Chong on the face again.

A pound of meat is only seven or eight cents, a junior worker's monthly salary is thirty or forty yuan, and the purchasing power of one dollar is strong.

After leaving the school, Wang Chong went straight to find Zhou Yihu.

"Wang Chong, Wang Chong, you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace!" Seeing Wang Chong, Zhou Yihu's face was also full of smiles, especially the huge increase in the output of the Maixiang Brigade in the past two years, which proved that Zhou Yihu's path was feasible, and Zhou Yihu usually had more confidence in speaking and doing things.

"I really can't hide anything from you, I really have something to ask you."

"Hey!" Zhou Yihu hurriedly stretched out his palm to block: "Stop, let me slow down and do a psychological construction." Wang Chong smiled dumbly: "Secretary Zhou, when will you also learn to play Tai Chi." ”

"By the way, it's noon, have you had lunch?"

"Not yet, why, do you want to rub me again?"

"Look at what you said, am I that kind of person, I came here to beg you to do something, and I can't come empty-handed, I can't want the horse to run again, and I don't give the horse grazing!"

"I made some pancakes by myself, and brought some sauce and green onions, let's find a place, I'll eat, you drink, let's drink some, talk while drinking?"

"I don't have any alcohol here!" Zhou Yihu said.

"Then it looks like it's going to be mine!" Saying that, Wang Chong took out a clay pot from his satchel as if he were playing a trick: "The medicinal wine I brewed myself has the effect of tonifying and nourishing qi, which is just right for your current situation." ”

"Let's go, let's go to the cafeteria." In the cafeteria, the two sat opposite each other, Wang Zhong took out the things from his bag one by one, and Zhou Yihu got straight to the point: "Let's talk about what is the matter first!" ”

"Isn't it now that the production has been contracted to the household, the enthusiasm of the villagers has been mentioned to the highest, and it is unlikely that our Maixiang Brigade will have a big development in the short term, but we can look at the future."

"Put it in the future?" Zhou Yihu took the pancake handed over by Wang Chong, went to a green onion, scooped a spoonful of fragrant sauce, spread the cucumber shreds bought from the canteen, rolled it up and nibbled it directly.

"Tell me what you think." Wang Chongdao: "Now is a new era, manpower alone is not enough, science and technology is the primary productive force, over the years, our country has developed a lot of agricultural machinery, I think, only with machinery instead of manpower, in order to further promote production, liberate the hands of the villagers, so that the villagers have more time, spend on agricultural and sideline industries, and better improve the living conditions of the villagers." The more Zhou Yihu listened, the brighter his eyes became, with a thick surprise in his eyes, and he couldn't even take care of the pancakes in his hand: "You kid really surprised me." ”

"But I don't have much time, tell me, what do you want me to help with?" Zhou Yihu didn't bother to talk about those falsehoods, and Wang Zhong went straight to the topic.

"There are a lot of young people in our brigade now, all of whom have studied, although they don't read much, but they are not stupid, they just haven't been admitted to college, I want to ask you to help find a way, give them a chance to contact and learn machinery, preferably agricultural machinery, the salary can be not, we can also provide food and shelter by ourselves, as long as they can learn things."

"This ······" Zhou Yihu originally thought that Wang Chong would ask him to help find a bank loan to buy agricultural machinery, but he didn't expect that what Wang Chong said would be this matter.

"I've got to think about it! I can't say yes to you right away. Looking at Wang Chong, who was expectant and sincere, Zhou Yihu said quite seriously.

Hearing Zhou Yihu say this, Wang Chong knew that this matter was half done, and immediately poured a glass of medicinal wine for Zhou Yihu with a smile: "It's okay, it's enough to have your words." ”

"How many juniors does your brigade plan to let study?" Zhou Yihu asked.

"At present, there are six suitable offspring, and we don't expect them to study all of them, just go to a few if they can!"

"Don't expect too much." Zhou Yihu decided to pour Wang Chong a basin of cold water first, lest his expectations be too high.

"Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven!" Wang Chongdao: "You can eat enough by working hard, but it is more difficult to improve living conditions, and now the times are different, and talents are the most valuable." ”

"Sometimes I wonder where you kid has so many ideas in his head, and he doesn't look like a farmer who eats in the fields." Zhou Yihu looked at Wang Zhong curiously.

Wang Chong added another glass of wine to Zhou Yihu: "This person's profession can only represent his real life environment, but not his spiritual world, no matter where he is, read more books, read more newspapers, broaden his horizons, contact the outside world when new news, think more, this idea will not come out." ”

"Yes!" Zhou Yihu said: "I know today, no wonder I can teach three college students with excellent grades, and one is the provincial champion of our province." ”

"Secretary Zhou, let's stop saying these polite words." Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Now, your focus should be on your body, and things at work should be put down, or it is better to put them down." ”

"I'm in good health, what do I put it." Zhou Yihu's face changed. Wang Chongdao: "The injuries you suffered on the battlefield at the beginning, the shrapnel left in your body, especially the hardships you suffered in the past few years, each of them is very serious, not to mention that now they are all together, you can't ignore it." ”

"Besides, we can't be greedy for a moment's work, a long stream is the right thing, the villagers are pointing to you to take them to live a good life, if you fall ill all of a sudden, what will happen to the work in your hands at that time? What about the folks who are all pointing at you? ”

"This ·····" Zhou Yihu is a person who eats soft and not hard, Wang Chong's words can be regarded as poking at his weakness.

"Have you been taking the medicine I prescribed to you lately?" Wang Zhong asked.

"Eating!"

"After eating later, I'll check your pulse again and see if you can add or subtract from the prescription." After eating, he took Zhou Yihu's pulse again, Wang Chong couldn't help but sigh,

"Secretary Zhou, if you continue like this, within three years, your body will not be able to bear it!"

"Three years!" Zhou Yihu's eyes flickered.

"In this way, when I send Ziyu to school every week in the future, I will come to help you check and check by the way, and by the way, prick the needle, plus take the medicine I prescribed for you regularly, appropriately reduce the intensity of work, and slowly recuperate, it should be effective."

"No, no, it's too hard for you." Zhou Yihu refused again and again. Wang Zhong smiled and said: "What is hard or not, anyway, I have to send Ziyu to the county to go to school every week, by the way." ”

"Besides, I'm just helping you get a needle and prescribe a prescription, and the money for the medicine is all paid by yourself."

"Alright, alright, I'm going to work!" Zhou Yihu began to drive people away.

"I'm coming over next Sunday, am I going to your house to find you or to come here?"

"My house!" Zhou Yihu is not the kind of person who doesn't know what to do.

"Cheng, then I'll go to your house next week to find you!"

"Then I'll go first!" Zhou Yihu is really a pity, he is upright, for the country and the people, in the original plot, he was lying on the hospital bed in 82 years, look at the posture, the illness is not light, so in the past few years, Wang Zhong asked Zhou Yihu to do things, and at the same time, he helped him recuperate.

It's a pity that Zhou Yihu's body is already full of holes, although Wang Chong's medical skills have reached the fifth level, but it has not yet reached the point of Hua Tuo Bian Que, not to mention that even if Hua Tuo and Bian Que are reincarnated, it is estimated that there is no good way to face this situation.

As Bian Que said when he saw Cai Huan Kilometer: In the bone marrow, the fate of the division belongs, and there is nothing to do. Although Zhou Yihu has not yet reached that point, if he doesn't pay attention to it, he will not be far from this point.

It's a pity that Zhou Yihu is dedicated to the people and can't leave the work in his hands, Wang Chong has also persuaded him many times, Zhou Yihu replied that he promised to be good, but every time he turned his head, he plunged into the work.

Wang Chong was also helpless in this regard, so he could only help Zhou Yihu recuperate as much as possible, reduce the symptoms, and delay the time node of the deterioration of the disease, but this would cure the symptoms but not the root cause after all.

In this regard, even Wang Zhong will inevitably have a sense of powerlessness. Such a person threw his head and spilled blood on the battlefield, regardless of life and death, in reality, he was also dedicated to the common people, for the sake of being like Wang Chong, like Niu Daring, like Ma Renli, the three monkeys, the old ganbang, the blind old Yin and other old farmers for the well-being.

It is really regrettable and embarrassing that such a good leader who sincerely does practical things for the peasants will be trapped in a hospital bed and haunted by illness for the rest of his life.

Wang Chong knew that what he had done was a bit arrogant, but in Wang Chong's opinion, since he had come to this world and encountered this matter personally, he could not stay out of it.

At least put in some effort to do what you can, and as for whether the results are as good as they could be, that's it.

In a sentence that Wang Chong often said, and do his best, but obey the destiny of heaven.