Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Zhang Xinhua was really excited.
If the previous interview with Li Long was very calm, including the materials collected, which could be used to write a relatively good article on national unity, then the words Li Long said at the end were enough to elevate the article.

She believed that after some polishing and revision, this manuscript could be published in a major central newspaper!
This time I really came to the right place!

Li Long didn't think so much. After he finished building the well platform, he called it a day. Zhang Xinhua had almost finished her interviews. After asking about Li Long's unit, she said goodbye. She had to rush back to the county to write the manuscript as soon as possible and then send it out.

She couldn't wait any longer.

The 212 was driving very fast and left in a flash. Li Long was driving the tractor and looking at the car in front that was gradually going away. He was really envious.

When can I buy a car?
I don’t have enough money now and it’s hard to get a driver’s license, so I’d better save money.

Yushanjiang's wife cooked, but Li Long didn't eat. He asked Yelaya to translate, saying that he had already told his family that he was going home for dinner, and left a message saying that he would bring his wife over to visit after a while.

Yushanjiang's wife smiled when she heard this and asked Yelaya to tell them that she would treat them well. She also said that Li Long's wife must be very beautiful.

Ye Laya was also very happy. Zhang Xinhua didn't have much time, and his main focus was on the interview. Zheng Mingyue had a lot of time, and taught her a lot of common sense about writing articles. Don't think it's just common sense, it's like a piece of window paper. Before it's broken, most people don't know how to write, but after breaking it, they will find that it's actually quite simple.

Zheng Mingyue also left some submission addresses for Ye Laya so that she could try to submit her articles to newspapers. She also left her contact information so that Ye Laya could write to her if she had any questions.

She could tell that Zhang Xinhua attached great importance to this news interview and might come again soon, or ask for some additional materials. Leaving contact information now would be beneficial to both parties.

Ye Laya took bus 212 to the county. Her camera contained the most original footage of Li Long and his team's work, which was very important to Zhang Xinhua and his team's news.

Before leaving, Zhang Xinhua told Li Long that what they did would be reported soon. In fact, she wanted to see Li Long's surprise, but unfortunately he was a little disappointed. For ordinary people, being in the newspaper should be something worth commemorating or even celebrating, but Li Long thought it was just like that. After all, it had already been in the state newspaper once, and this time it was just a higher level.

Zhang Xinhua was a little surprised that Li Long didn't look surprised, but she thought that Li Long might not know what this meant. He would only realize it when it was actually reported in the newspapers and the state and county took action.

This is not just an ordinary newspaper article. This is published in the name of national unity during the National Unity Education Month!

Moreover, Zhang Xinhua felt that the sentence could be used as a slogan forever. It was such a good description, like pomegranate seeds - why had no one thought of describing national unity in this way before?

It was not yet time for lunch when the tractor drove back to the county. Li Long first went to the oil depot to refuel, and then filled two more barrels as backup, and then drove to Sister Yang's house.

Gu Xiaoxia hadn't come yet, and Sister Yang was making dumplings. Li Long asked:
"Sister Yang, what kind of dumplings do you want to eat today?"

“Chives and eggs, pork and green onions, one meat and one vegetable, you can eat whichever you like.” Sister Yang makes dumplings very quickly. She takes the dough, puts the filling in it, and squeezes it with both hands, and the dumplings that look like ingots are ready.

"Let me help too." Li Long also knows how to make dumplings.

"No, no, no, don't get your hands dirty." Sister Yang shook her head hastily, "I'm almost done wrapping these. For the three of us, a hundred dumplings will be enough."

"Where's Han Fang?"

"Save the filling and make it for her after school in the afternoon." Sister Yang explained.

Li Long nodded. He didn't say anything, but Sister Yang spoke up:

"Uncle, when are you going to have a child?"

"We are preparing now. If we want to have a baby, it will be next year." Li Long said casually, "It doesn't mean we can have it whenever we want."

"Her aunt is a cadre. Do you think you can only have one child?"

"Yeah." Li Long sighed, one child is still a little too little. But there is no other way, it's a price. After all, Gu Xiaoxia is already a cadre, and she can't violate the policy.

Then I will wait until my children grow up and have more children when the policy changes. With my current ability, I should be able to save more for the next generation and the next generation. Raising children should be no problem then.

Of course, it is their freedom to decide how many children their children have, and I will not interfere, and I cannot interfere.

As she was talking, Gu Xiaoxia pushed her bicycle into the yard. When she saw Li Long, she asked:

"Have you finished the work in the village?"

"Yes, I've finished it. I also met a reporter from the autonomous region, who interviewed me about what I did."

"I wanted to tell you something." Gu Xiaoxia parked the bike and walked up to Li Long and said:

"I heard from my colleagues that yesterday the county radio station broadcast a broadcast script from the animal husbandry team, saying that a man named Li Long repaired the houses of two households in the animal husbandry team and dug a well. They guessed it was you, and came to ask me today. Our Director Wang also knew about it and said it was a good thing. It's great that the family members of our Education Bureau have such awareness. It happens to be the National Unity Education Month, so the timing is perfect. Maybe the county will even commend you?"

"What? The county is going to commend his uncle?" Sister Yang poked her head out from the kitchen, holding unwrapped dumplings in her hand. "I think this should have happened a long time ago. Doesn't his uncle often send gifts to the herdsmen in the mountains? Why did the county only find out about it now?"

Li Long didn't know whether to laugh or cry. What the hell was going on! But it seemed that when he was away, Gu Xiaoxia must have talked a lot about her own affairs with Sister Yang.

"I don't care about that. I just do what I should do. My eldest sister just asked me when we are going to have a baby, and I said next year."

"That's right, have it quickly. You are young and it will be easy for you to give birth. Your body will recover quickly after giving birth to her. If you don't mind, I will take care of the child for you!" Sister Yang said in the house.

"That's great." Gu Xiaoxia's eyes were filled with longing, "Then we have a deal, big sister."

"It's hard to say." Before Sister Yang could say anything, Li Long shook his head and said, "Sister Yang is still looking for Han Fang's father. After she finds him, won't she move over?"

"I won't move even if I find one." Sister Yang said, "I'm still thinking of finding Xiaofang's father and having him settle down here. It's so nice to stay here, and I can make a lot of money. It's also comfortable to live in the small courtyard you rented to me. Does anyone know what his current place is like?"

"As long as you want to live here, you can live here forever." Li Long didn't care about this. Sister Yang said this now, maybe she would change her mind after finding Han Fang's father.

After all, they are family.

The dumplings were wrapped and put into the pot. Gu Xiaoxia took the bowl and chopsticks, and Li Long went to get vinegar and oil to pour over the chili peppers. He also picked coriander and green onions directly from the field, chopped them up and put them in a bowl, and then added the sauce.

When the dumplings were served, Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia both smelled the fragrance. Li Long smiled and said:
"Sister Yang, with your skills, you can definitely make money by opening a restaurant."

"In fact, I have thought about it. If I can open one, I will find a place nearby to open a small restaurant. It will be fine as long as it can support Xiaofang and I. Anyway, I like to cook, and I also like others to eat my cooking." Sister Yang brought another plate of dumplings and said with a smile, "But there is no rush for now. I will save money slowly and practice my cooking skills slowly. The taste here is a little different from that in my hometown. I am selling rice in the market now, and I am slowly adjusting the taste."

It seemed that Sister Yang had her own plans, so Li Long stopped talking about this topic.

After dinner, Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia went out together and left separately.

After finishing the work at the animal husbandry team, Li Long was temporarily free and had nothing to do. He thought about tidying up the yard and slowly making it more convenient. In winter, the stove is still set up in the house, and people still have to use dry toilets to go to the toilet. Li Long was thinking about whether he could renovate it and build an indoor toilet. However, the renovation work is a bit large, after all, the drainage needs to be re-dug, and I don't know if there is anyone in the county who can renovate this old building.

At the supply and marketing cooperative, Deputy Director Liu Shengli did not call the state cooperative in the end. After analysis, it was determined that Li Long's background was in the county, and it should be Li Xiangqian, so he went to meet with the director again, with one main idea: Either Li Long came to work on time, or he was cleared out.

After all, getting paid without doing any work is called drawing a salary without working, which is a serious violation.

The director didn't comment, but told him to talk to Li Xiangqian. Liu Shengli was puzzled, but the director didn't explain it to him.

Liu Shengli didn't want to go to Li Xiangqian, he felt that he was the deputy director and Li Xiangqian should go to him directly, so the matter was left unresolved. Deputy Director Yu later commented on the matter with only two words: childish.

Yes, when one is young and frivolous, successful at an early age and holds power, it is natural that one wants to do something.

But how many things did the supply and marketing cooperatives have to go through when they were the first grain procurement teams? Although the first batch of old people now look kind and amiable, who knows that these people encountered bandits and robbers when they were collecting grain, and they really dared to fight with others with guns in their hands.

For someone like Liu Shengli who has never experienced any setbacks, if he meets these old people and wants to use the power in his hands to control others, he is really wrong.

If the procedure was fine and there was normal communication during the meeting, Li Xiangqian might give him face and give a detailed explanation.

But for the sake of so-called face and leadership authority, Liu Shengli prepared to bring this issue directly to the meeting, which was tantamount to not giving Li Xiangqian face and intending to overturn the table.

Moreover, this not only overturned Li Xiangqian's desk, but also posed a problem for several other leaders of the entire supply and marketing cooperative.

Not following the rules.

However, after a serious "investigation", Liu Shengli brought up the matter again at the meeting on the third day.

As one of the leaders of the supply and marketing cooperative, topics raised at formal meetings need to be communicated in advance.

He did not.

The director's face was a little gloomy. Although he knew that Liu Shengli had connections in the state, in any case, bringing the topic to the meeting without discussing it after the meeting, was this forcing the emperor to abdicate?
What do you want to do, you little bastard?

Liu Shengli felt that he had a sure win, because the data and materials he provided were all real. With these things, he could be completely sure that Li Long, the temporary worker, had been absent from his post for a long time and had only received wages and benefits. This was not allowed and was undermining socialism!
It is said that he was doing reselling in the name of the supply and marketing cooperative, which was damaging the reputation of the cooperative!

We must not allow things like this to continue. This person is a black sheep, so he must be removed from the supply and marketing cooperative’s team!

The words were very passionate and the pitch was very high, which was very exciting to listen to, but to be honest, the effect was... a bit average.

Everyone at the meeting knew Li Long to some extent, and they knew how he got into the supply and marketing cooperative. Some people were still puzzled by the fact that he had refused to take a permanent position and only wanted a temporary job.

Now some people understand that this is obviously a day that people were expecting to happen.

After all, making money outside brings freedom outside, and maybe this person likes the freedom outside, so he asked for a temporary position. If it is a formal position, then there is no freedom, and he will be punished if something happens.

Liu Shengli thought that after he said these words, he would get the agreement of most people, but he found that most people remained silent.

Only Li Xiangqian looked at him with a sneer. It was obvious that Li Long's backer really did not intend to cooperate with him.

Liu Shengli ignored him. If a section chief really wanted to take over, what could he do as his leader? He had seen too many cases of officials at a higher level crushing people in the state commune. Those middle and lower-level leaders would behave respectfully when they saw the state commune leaders.

Why did things change in the county society?

This trend is wrong and needs to be changed!

No one responded. Liu Shengli knew that since he had put forward this proposal, even if it did not resonate with everyone now, the procedure must go on.

Fortunately, the director did not speak, which means that he was not completely opposed to this proposal and there was still a chance.

Just when Liu Shengli was about to vote on this proposal, someone knocked on the door. Liu Shengli was a little impatient, but the director saw the person outside through the glass on the door and shouted:
"Come in."

The person who came in was an ordinary cadre. He did not notice Liu Shengli's impatient look and said directly to the director:
"Director, phone call."

"Where did it come from?" asked the director.

"It's from the county propaganda."

When the director heard that it was a call from the county propaganda department, he stood up and said to Liu Shengli:

"Xiao Liu, please continue with the meeting. I'll go answer the phone first."

Liu Shengli thought that you had to make the final decision, and if you left, what kind of meeting could I have? But he didn't dare to tell the director not to answer the phone and finish the meeting.
The director returned to his office and answered the phone. He said "Hello", and then heard someone on the other end say with a smile:
"Director Wei, I'm promoting Lao Luo."

"Hey, Minister Luo, hello. How come you have time to call me?" Director Wei said with a smile. The person on the other side was the Minister of Propaganda, so he naturally had to smile when talking to her.

"Director Wei, you have seen today's newspaper, right? Your subordinates are really good! Our county's ethnic unity work itself is not outstanding, but now that you have done this, I think this year's ethnic unity education month will have a solid foundation. The county secretary said that you have made the greatest contribution!"

"What... I haven't read the newspaper yet." Director Wei was a little confused. This situation seemed a bit similar?

"You haven't read it yet. The newspaper should have been delivered, right? Today's Autonomous Region Daily! The young man named Li Long from your unit went to repair houses and dig wells for the ethnic brothers in the animal husbandry team. He also said, 'Brothers of all ethnic groups should hug each other tightly like pomegranate seeds.' What a great saying! What a strong political acumen! The county party secretary has said that this year, it goes without saying that your unit must be an advanced unit for ethnic unity, and Comrade Li Long must be an advanced individual for ethnic unity! Not only the county, I guess the state must have the same idea! Our state's performance in this regard was mediocre in the past, but this time it really has a signboard! Not bad! The young man is good, Lao Wei, a talent, you must praise him!"

Director Wei hung up the phone, a little confused. What's going on? That Li Long...

He hurriedly waved to the young man who followed him to find today's newspaper.

The newspaper was retrieved, but not distributed yet. The young man hurriedly brought the Autonomous Region Daily to Director Wei, who flipped through it and saw the headline on page two: "Brothers of all ethnic groups should hold each other tightly like pomegranate seeds: A record of Li Long, a staff member of the Ma County Supply and Marketing Cooperative, helping ethnic comrades repair houses and dig wells."

Seeing that his unit was praised, Director Wei was very proud. The supply and marketing cooperative had money and people, but it was difficult to get a good news report published in the autonomous region's newspaper. In the past, the most he could get was a piece of tofu in a newsletter, which was already a big deal.

Now it’s the second page headline! Almost half the page!

He now feels even better than drinking sour plum soup in the dog days of summer!

"Director, Deputy Director Liu asked me to inquire about the meeting..." the young man asked in a low voice.

Director Wei hadn't read the specific content of the news yet, but after thinking about it, he decided there was no need to read it. He strode towards the meeting room with the newspaper in his hand.

The door to the conference room opened, and people were still talking quietly inside. Li Xiangqian had a stern face, and was obviously unhappy.

Liu Shengli saw Director Wei coming in, so he coughed lightly and said:

"Okay, the director is here, let's have a meeting..."

"No more." Director Wei interrupted him. "There's no need to discuss Li Long's matter. He is an excellent comrade. We should call on all comrades in the company to learn from him. Old Li, you lead a good soldier! When he comes over, please let him come to my office. I want to meet this young man. He really gives our president face!" As he said this, he slapped the newspaper on the table:
"We must protect and train such an excellent comrade. Although he is a temporary worker, he is also a member of our commune. Lao Li, talk to Comrade Li Long more often and tell the commune in time if he has any difficulties. We can't let him pay for such things out of his own pocket.

And it is good to have such thoughts and behaviors. We should actively report to the club. Now we are very passive. We only know about it after the work is done. This is not good. In the future, if there are similar situations, we should report to the club as soon as possible, okay? When he comes, you can tell him that the club has reimbursed the funds for this activity. We can't let him contribute both manpower and effort, right? "

The wind direction suddenly changed, and not only Liu Shengli was confused, but Li Xiangqian was also at a loss.

What happened to the director today?
He looked at the newspaper. Could it be that Li Long had done something extraordinary again?
Liu Shengli also looked at the newspaper. He also wanted to know why. (End of this chapter)