After sending off the director of the township office, Yang Liufang, his elder brother Li Tongfu and Secretary Shi continued to discuss the hardening around the well. In terms of time, it must be too late for concrete, and it is estimated that the well will be drilled at about 8 o'clock in the evening, and then the well will be washed. The so-called well washing is to pump water continuously after the cement pipeline is completed until the water is clear and drinkable. Since the plot where the well is located is already full of goods, the pumped water can only be discharged to the opposite field.

"After solving one by one, (I) first called on the people in the onion (village) to dig a ditch so that it could be drained at night." Secretary Shi proposed.

"Okay." Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu replied after hearing this. After Secretary Shi went to the village committee to call people on the radio, Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu continued to discuss the hardening of the road surface.

"Why don't you use planks? Put up a shelf below, like a plank road, so fast and convenient. After running out of demolition wood, we can use it in our factory. ”

"It's good, brother, if you step on it, it will backfire. After all, with such a big leader, the load-bearing capacity of the plate is limited. ”

"Oh, too." Just when the two of them were at a loss, Zhang Feng came over, and when he heard this, he immediately reacted and said, "Boss Yang, do you remember the road in the township when we went to send tables and chairs to Hanwangchuan Middle School?" The red bricks are paved diagonally. ”

"Oops! Yes, yes, this is good. How did I forget this. Yang Liufang clapped his hands and had an epiphany. That's it! Brother Feng, you can go to Hongtuzhuang to pull bricks now. ”

"Okay, I'll go over now."

"Well, find Accountant Li. If you meet the secretary, explain the situation to him. Oh, yes, he is also a deputy to the National People's Congress, and it is estimated that he will come when he visits the day after tomorrow. Brother, let's go with you, it seems that we pay attention to it. ”

"Okay. Let's go, Zhang Feng. After the two finished speaking, they drove to the red clay village to pull bricks.

After a while, the villagers who came to dig the ditch came one after another, and Yang Liufang told Secretary Shi about the use of red brick mandao to harden the road around the well, and Secretary Shi also agreed very much, but was very ashamed.

"How many red bricks do you need, and it costs a lot of money."

"Hey! It doesn't matter if the money is not money, things have come to this point, let's do it first. Tell the villagers that they can't walk after digging the ditch at night, they have to clear the area around the well, and they have to tamp the ground so that they can lay bricks. I saw that the two masters who built the walls of our canteen and bathroom were also there, and asked them to help lay the bricks, and we paid the wages. ”

"Oh, who do you look down on, you donate wells to the onion (village) and spend so much money for the benefit of future generations! Who is embarrassed to ask for money! ”

"Then I'll arrange the canteen to cook for everyone, let's take care of the food, okay?"

"This can be had, although everyone can earn some money and eat enough, but the only ones who have eaten well are those who have worked in the factory for a long time. Let everyone try the food in our cafeteria, and it's good to have a good meal. Secretary Shi replied plainly.

"Okay, I'll go and arrange the master."

After Yang Liufang finished speaking, he went back to the factory and told the master about inviting the villagers who dug ditches and leveled the ground to eat at night, and asked him to watch the hard dishes on the hour.

"Oh, it seems too late now, so let's let Aunt E's mother and the boy come and make stews for everyone."

"Your boy is back? Didn't he work at the restaurant you used to work at in the city? ”

"Well, I'm on leave, come back on a blind date. Just in time for this important event in the village, Eye was about to tell you that he would come to help tomorrow. ”

"Oh, master, congratulations. Then there is a labor for your family, and after tomorrow, the factory will give him a red envelope, don't let him work in vain. ”

"Boss Yang, where did you come from. You are also dedicated to the onion (our village)! If you can come to help and ask for it, what kind of red envelopes do you need? ”

While the two were talking, the phone rang, Yang Liufang picked it up, and heard that it was Yanhua calling.

"Boss Yang, we are about to leave after work, your brother Qin asked me to ask what to bring in addition to pulling a water pump and supporting water pipes?"

"What to bring? Red silk and scissors bar. By the way, you two dress more formally. When the time comes, the task of handing the scissors to the leader will be handed over to you. ”

"Okay. Lao Qin, did you hear it, buy me clothes in a while. ”

"Hahaha, reimbursement, reimbursement. You two buy one set each. ”

"Yikes! Thank you to the owner. By the way, President Li said in the afternoon that President Gong is also a member of the delegation this time, and he will go over with everyone, and we will invite him to participate in the ribbon cutting. After all, the old leader is about to retire. ”

"Okay, you're still careful. Yanhua, in this way, you prepare four scissors. Also, can you get in touch with President Lee? ”

"He shouldn't have gotten off work yet, I'll go to the office to find him."

"Okay, I won't hang up the phone, you ask him to answer." After a while, President Li's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Xiao Yang, hello. I heard that you have a happy event over there, are you busy? ”

"Thank you for your concern. Heck, I'm so busy, you may have heard that this township has temporarily added an inspection link to hold a ceremony to open a well to get water. Dig a well in one day, and not all the men, women and children in the village are fighting. ”

"This is very important to you, don't drop the chain. The deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and the leaders of the provincial planning bureau all went, and it is estimated that the purpose is the planning of the plot of your factory and the airport expressway. ”

"Oh! Thank you for the suggestion. By the way, just now I talked to Yanhua on the phone, and he said that the president of the head office palace is also here, and I want to invite him and the provincial leaders to participate in the ribbon cutting, do you think it is appropriate? ”

"Oops! Xiao Yang still knows how to do things. Good, good, good! You kid do. Our old leader is about to retire, and this face is good. But in what name should we let him be logical? ”

"This is easy to do, President Li, in the name of the head of the supply and marketing cooperative, our hardware department is also a member of the supply and marketing cooperatives under his management!"

"Well, that's fine, but it's still a bit far-fetched. In this way, since we have done it, we will do this thing successfully, you give Secretary Lu a call, and say that the hardware department of the Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperatives is also invested and leased by you, and you want to donate a batch of buckets to the villagers in the name of the supply and marketing cooperatives, so that the provincial leaders and the leaders of the supply and marketing cooperatives will be invited to send buckets to the villagers. It's a logical fit. ”

"Well, sure enough, the leader has experience and does things well. I'll do this, I'll let Yanhua bring them over the buckets, and we'll bring as many as we have in the store first. ”

"Okay, that's it, you go and call Secretary Lu, and I'll report to President Gong. Hey, good thing, good thing. ”

After President Li left, Yang Liufang continued to talk to Yanhua and told the club to donate buckets and how many of them were brought back with the water pump in the store. Then he hung up the phone to report to the township, saying that the well was good but many people did not have buckets, since they had done it, they would do it satisfactorily, and then in the name of the hardware department of the supply and marketing cooperative, they would donate a bucket to each household to the villagers, and then ask the provincial leaders to send buckets to the villagers. The director of the township office felt that it was a good thing, so he reported it to Secretary Lu, and Secretary Lu also felt that it was okay when he heard it, good things come in pairs, which is not only meaningful, but also can enrich the entire inspection process. It was reported to the secretary general of the inspection team, and the secretary general reported to the provincial leaders overnight. The provincial leaders also felt that there was no problem, and it happened that the president of their supply and marketing cooperative, Xizhou headquarters, also accompanied the group to investigate, and asked him to distribute buckets to the villagers with him when the time came. In this way, a compliant and process-compliant matter of pasting gold on the face of the retired old leader of the supply and marketing cooperatives was done reasonably.

When Yang Liufang was communicating with the director of the township office on the phone, the phone kept ringing, which was the sound of calls coming in from outside, but the busy line was directly blocked. As soon as he hung up the phone, he immediately called back, and it was Yanhua who answered the phone.

"Boss, President Li was looking for you just now, I'll call him."

"Okay, hard work."

After a while, President Li's voice came out of the earpiece.

"Xiao Yang, how is it?"

"President, it's done, it is said that the provincial leaders will propose it themselves, and when the time comes, let the leaders of the supply and marketing cooperatives in the inspection group send buckets to the villagers with him."

"Okay, you've got that done. President Miya was satisfied. You let Yanhua and them go a little later, and I'll coordinate buckets for you, how many are you expected to have? "Yang Liufang has been here for so long, and he really doesn't know how many households there are in the villagers. He shouted at the back kitchen: "Master, how many families are there in our village?" No one answered for a long time. At this time, he remembered that the master was not there, and he should have gone home to call his mother-in-law and son. I had to tell President Li that he would go out and ask the secretary of the village committee.

Yang Liufang went to ask Secretary Shi, who was digging a ditch with the villagers, and said that his supply and marketing cooperatives would donate another bucket to each farmer in the village to count the number of households. Before the stone village chief could speak, the villagers coaxed it out, and the voices of thanks were bursting, and they almost shouted "Long live Yang Liufang". There are a total of 103 households in the village, Yang Liufang got the number, returned the salute to the villagers and left, and went back to the factory to talk back to President Li.

After President Li learned the number, he quickly coordinated the bucket and asked Yanhua and them to pull them back to the factory that night. Yang Liufang, the staff of his own factory, the supply and marketing cooperative, and all the villagers led by Secretary Shi were busy until the second half of the night to complete the hardening of the pavement of the wells that had been washed. In fact, the villagers who were thirsty that night had already drunk the sweet well water in the new well.

March 20, 1989 is an important day for the villagers of Shibi Village, from today they will say goodbye to the days of water shortage, and every family will no longer have to wait every day for Secretary Shi to come back from a well five kilometers away to eat. Early in the morning, the staff of the township office came to the factory, and in addition to the banners, they also brought a stack of red notes, asking the head of Shishi Village to find a few villagers, and asking a township cadre to follow everyone to Yingbin Road to post it.

Yang Liufang, who cooperated with the work, saw that the red-letter slogans that appeared to be very level, such as "a good socialist countryside with a new look," "practice is the only criterion for testing the truth," and "work hard and quickly to build a new socialist countryside," were pasted on the beheading willows on the side of the roadside to welcome guests. After they finished pasting, Secretary Shi personally led the villagers to clean the Yingbin Road, which was really clean and fresh.

When everyone is busy, the golden sun rises from the eastern horizon. Shibi Village, where the Yangliufang factory is located, welcomed the delegation of the People's Congress of Northwest Province to visit and inspect with a new look.