Return to 2001 to pursue dreams

Two days after Brother Liang returned to his hometown, he returned to the eastern suburbs again. He was about to start his own plan. This time, he came with a group of old comrades he had recruited. As all-round troops in the army, they are eagles in the air and dragons in the water. Land tigers, driving a truck is naturally a piece of cake. These old comrades did not have satisfactory jobs after returning to their hometowns, so they chose to obey the call of the old company commander and join the reclamation army.

They drove ten custom-made dump trucks with thickened bottoms to the eastern suburbs. The veterans lined up neatly. Yan Gaoliang conducted a simple mobilization, set off a lot of firecrackers, and then climbed into the driver's seat. In the cabin, with a group of brothers who were willing to follow him, he set out for Tangshan in a mighty manner. The scene was quite spectacular. In this convoy, there were also several engineering vehicles summoned by Li Jie.

The girls rescued from Tangshan bid them farewell with tears in their eyes, and hugged their brother Yan goodbye one by one, as if they were the loving sisters sending their brother to the battlefield. The background music at this time should be "Nine-Nine Sunny Days" .

Before departure, Gao Hongda and Liang Ge agreed that their future income in Tangshan would still be split [-]-[-]. Gao Hongda no longer looked down on this hard-earned way of making money, but what he didn't expect was that the perverted big brother in front of him could actually become famous in Tangshan with just ten cars and dozens of people. .

Lao Bi, who had just become the vice-president of the Colonel's Student Union, submitted a plan to the school with a very literary name called Dream Chaser Northwest. It is recommended to form a team of volunteers in the name of the school to go into the northwest rural areas to report on the living conditions of the people there and call on everyone to save water. Most importantly, a CCTV camera crew was involved throughout the process. The school leaders felt that this was an opportunity to show their face, and reported the plan to the competent ministries in full, hoping to get some help from the official level, so they handed over this opportunity to the higher-level departments. Their department directly under the school has recently been transformed from the original Coal Ministry to the Work Safety Supervision Bureau. The new leadership also attaches great importance to this plan. They sent a young deputy director to participate in the entire process and reported this to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Participate in the form of departmental poverty alleviation and agree to reimburse all expenses. The condition is that the deputy director must be given more opportunities to show his face.

It was early March when this plan was approved. The harsh winter was over, the snow was slowly melting, and everything was beginning to recover.

As expected, Huake Construction Company successfully won the bid for the project in the southern suburbs factory area. After all, the five percent rebate is not a small amount. With the help of director Zheng Yuling's husband, this project naturally became a winner. Director Zheng personally called Gao Hongda to inform him of the winning bid. In addition to expressing his congratulations, he also repeatedly asked that he must bring the sweet-mouthed soldier brother from last time with him on the day when the foundation stone was laid. This made Boss Gao feel a little sour in his heart: Isn’t fresh meat not as fragrant as bacon?

School volunteers are mainly recruited from freshmen and sophomore boys, who are required to be physically strong and have good character. Baldy Li was eager to give it a try, but he encountered unanimous opposition before he even left the dormitory. They all advised him not to go out and make mistakes and embarrass our class. However, Gao Hongda strongly supported it and let him go out to see it. The most important thing is that this guy has a good physique. He was as strong as an ox, so it was good to be a coolie, as long as he talked less and worked more after going out. Baldy Li agreed immediately without saying a word, and swore seriously that he would never talk nonsense after leaving home.

Two girls, Chen Xiu and Li Qin, were selected as guides. Lao Bi, Gao Hongda, Baldy Li and other 15 boys formed a volunteer team. With the full coordination of Xiao Baifa Xiao, CCTV dispatched three people to film The team brought professional filming equipment. Zhao Wei, the deputy director sent by the Work Safety Supervision Bureau, served as the team leader, and Guo Conghua, a teacher from the school, served as the deputy team leader. A group of 20 people boarded the train heading west.

In the sleeper car, Lao Bi's extremely high emotional intelligence quickly attracted the attention of Director Zhao Wei, who specially arranged him in the lower bunk opposite him. The wealthy Gao Hongda could only sleep in the middle bunk. Director Zhao is a middle-aged man who is energetic and capable, does not have a big belly, and is relatively modest in front of these students. He praised these students for their great ideas and asked curiously who made this suggestion. Lao Bi humbly reported his home address, then pointed to Gao Hongda in the middle berth and said that the two of them learned about the water shortage situation in the hometown of two female classmates at a class reunion, so they came up with the idea of ​​visiting the northwest. It was very interesting. Thanks to the leaders for their support, I also hope that this trip to the northwest can attract more people's attention and improve local people's livelihood.

Hearing Director Zhao nod frequently, he also told about the situation when he joined the team in Gansu. The life of ordinary people was indeed very hard, and he had some special feelings for Gansu. He heard about this event and tried his best to recommend himself to the leader. To seize this opportunity to participate, of course, we must thank the Ministry of Civil Affairs for its strong support.

Gao Hongda felt sleepy after hearing this. He was really not used to this kind of official dialogue. It was so unnatural. It seemed that only a veteran like Lao Bi could adapt to it.

Their first stop was Li Qin's hometown, Zhuanglang County. After the train arrived in Lanzhou, the provincial civil affairs department had prepared a minibus, an off-road vehicle, and a police car for them in advance for security and safety. To open the way, the pomp and circumstance is quite sufficient. After all, Director Zhao can be regarded as a high-ranking official of the central ministries. The leaders of the provincial government naturally arranged a reception banquet, and everyone who ate instant noodles paid homage to the Five Zang Temple. Of course, official politeness is inevitable.

After a simple night's rest, they boarded the car and headed straight for their destination. After driving out of the provincial capital, the scenery along the way made everyone truly understand the poverty and backwardness of the northwest region. The geography book only used one sentence to describe it: "Thousands of hills and valleys", but the scene could only be described as desolate. The houses on both sides of the road were very unique. It has a sense of age, almost all of them are dilapidated adobe houses, and the villages are sparse. Not even a tree can be seen on the mountains in the distance. Occasionally, you can see a few withered and yellow weeds nearby, and there are local villagers driving sheep. The crowd is looking for the few pitiful weeds. Every gully looks like a river bed, and you can't even see a drop of water. The air is so dry that you can't feel a trace of moisture. Even on the provincial highway, after three cars pass by, it will cause dust in the sky.

Director Zhao, who was sitting in the back seat of the off-road vehicle, sighed deeply and said in a low voice: This place is still the same as it was 20 years ago.

The students in the minibus behind were silent. The photographer carried a video recorder and began to take pictures of the scene on the roadside and the gloomy expressions of the team members. A reporter quickly recorded it in his notebook.

After half a day of turbulence, when they were about to arrive at their destination, Director Zhao asked everyone to get off the car and rest, eat some biscuits and drink mineral water. He also gave everyone a few simple words in front of the camera: In order to shoot the most realistic situation, we went straight to the village without disturbing the local government. All team members must respect local customs after entering the village. Although we have brought enough mineral water, we must not waste it. The environment in the village may be relatively poor. Please be sure Overcome difficulties and don't cause trouble to local villagers.