With the spiritual spring space, rebirth in the red era

One sunny morning, Zhao Qinghong handed Xue Ming a certificate with a big red flower on it. It said selfless dedication to surpass the British and catch up with the United States, and outsmart the enemy's special young heroes.

"Please applaud our young hero Comrade Xue Ming." Zhao Qinghong took the lead in applauding, and a group of police officers clapped their hands and burst into thunderous applause.

Xue Ming didn't know whether Chaoyingqiu America meant surpassing the United Kingdom and the United States. He only knew that the reward for outsmarting the enemy was 50 kilograms of japonica rice. After some negotiations, the other party said that they could not take more.

It doesn't matter whether he is a hero or not. Xue Ming only cares about profit. "Thank you to the government for its kindness. In fact, I just did what I should do. I plan to donate the rice to you peace defenders."

The applause became even more enthusiastic. Zhao Qinghong smiled and leaned into Xue Ming's ear, "Stop being so arrogant. 50 kilograms of rice is a lot. To be honest, only I can tolerate your bad temper. If it were anyone else, you would definitely suffer."

"I wouldn't have said these words if I were someone else, let alone wrote that application letter." Xue Ming had long recognized Zhao Qinghong's informal personality, and he would not be put on the line if he joked with him.

After the applause ended, Zhao Qinghong gave Xue Ming two more envelopes, "Here are your letters of introduction and train tickets for going home. I will take you to the train station."

Guard Liu Fujing loaded 50 kilograms of rice into the jeep and drove Xue Ming and Zhao Qinghong to the train station. The noise in the car was as loud as a tractor.

Xue Ming opened the envelope and took out a letter of introduction. It said that Comrade Xue Ming was stranded in the provincial capital because of outsmarting enemy agents, and asked Guangming Commune to forgive him as appropriate.

"Xiao Xue, sleeper tickets are only allocated to cadres who are on business trips. You have enjoyed special treatment." Zhao Qinghong opened the car window and handed over a cigarette.

"Thank you, Uncle Zhao, but I don't know how to smoke." Xue Ming didn't expect that the train ticket was for a soft sleeper, and then thought of An Guoshun who carelessly burned down the canteen, "How will the bureau punish Lao An? Will he lose his job? "

"Lost his job is certain. If he engages in extravagance and waste of his own kerosene, his ideological awareness has declined." Zhao Qinghong hated this kind of behavior and her face turned cold.

"Comrade Zhou Huaixin, are you okay?" Xue Ming thought of the old Zhou who rushed into the fire to save the collective property. He didn't think he was heroic, but thought he was cute and stupid.

Zhao Qinghong took out five food stamps from his pocket and handed them to Xue Ming. They turned out to be five-jin national food stamps, which could be exchanged for food from all over the country.

This kind of coupons is not available to ordinary people. What ordinary people have are local food coupons, which are only valid in the county or even the commune, and will not be recognized at all when going to other counties.

"Lao Zhou asked me to give you five kilograms of food stamps to repay you. Don't think it's too little. His salary is only enough to support the whole family. He bought these five kilograms of food stamps at a high price." Zhao Qinghong took out another five kilograms of general food stamps. , "These five pounds are my personal sponsorship for you, don't be polite to me."

Of course Xue Ming would not be polite to him and pocket the food stamps. Food stamps are hard currency and of course the more the better. It seems that Lao Zhou will definitely succeed Lao An as the leader of the canteen.

"Why did you ask me to overturn the keel yesterday?" Zhao Qinghong still can't figure out Xue Ming's intention. "Zhao Xue said that you want to improve the water tanker to increase irrigation efficiency. Is it true?"

Xue Ming smiled and nodded, saying to himself that I was not in the mood for scientific research, I just wanted to irrigate the wheat fields with the keel rollover.

The jeep stopped at the train station, and people stopped to watch. The guard opened the door and asked the two bosses to get out of the car.

Zhao Qinghong sent Xue Ming to the entrance of the station, took his hand and walked to a place with few people, "My child, I will give you four words, be careful in your words and deeds."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhao." Xue Ming could feel the sincerity of the other party.

"Stop speculating. Who can walk by the river without getting wet shoes?" Zhao Qinghong patted Xue Ming on the shoulder, "Go home and have a meal at my house next time you come to the provincial capital."

The uncle and nephew cherished each other. Zhao Qinghong took a jeep back to the unit, while Xue Ming went to the train station to wait for the train.

Soft sleepers are indeed more upscale than hard seats. There are beds to sleep on, and you can also eat fried green peppers, rice and green tea for free on the train. Cadres are treated very well these days.

After two days and one night, I took the train back to Guangming County. I used a letter of introduction to open the way and returned to the Guangming Town Supply and Marketing Cooperative. "Hello, comrade, how much food can I exchange for these ten kilograms of food stamps?"

"National food stamps?" The salesperson's eyes flashed instantly, "Comrade, this kind of food stamps can be exchanged for a sufficient amount of fine grain, and can be exchanged for ten pounds of rice or ten pounds of wheat."

"How much does ten kilograms of rice cost? What can I exchange for ordinary food stamps?" Xue Ming took out two more kilograms of ordinary food stamps issued by Guangming County.

"One pound of ordinary tickets can only be exchanged for [-] taels of coarse grains and [-] taels of vegetable grains." The salesperson put away the food stamps and weighed the grains to Xue Ming.

In the end, Xue Ming bought ten kilograms of rice with a ten kilogram national ticket plus two yuan, and bought four taels of corn and one kilogram and two taels of sweet potatoes with a two kilogram ordinary ticket.

I rode my bicycle 12 miles to my uncle's house in Liucun Brigade. My uncle and aunt were both working in the fields, and only my cousin Liu Xiang and my five-year-old cousin were left at home.

"Cousin." Liu Xiang ran to her cousin with excitement on her face, "My father and mother are working in the fields. I'll call them back."

"Just call my uncle back." Xue Ming took out a few fruit candies and gave them to them. The little cousin immediately ran to call someone, and the little cousin licked the candies with his tongue and showed a silly smile.

In less than twenty minutes, Liu Jianqiang ran home, dragged his nephew into the west room, stuck his buttocks out and used a rake to pull the haystack, and soon he pulled out the keel of the waterwheel and the animal-powered wheel axle.

"It will be ready to use after painting. Have you got the paint?" Liu Jianqiang spoke in the smallest voice, for fear that the partition wall had ears.

"The painting is being done, I will paint it myself then. Uncle, you have worked hard these days." Xue Ming took out four dollars and gave it to him.

"No, no, you keep the flowers." Liu Jianqiang waved his hands repeatedly, "I only put a little effort into making this object. I am your uncle and I can't ask for money."

"Take it, it's not easy for anyone these days." Xue Ming put the money into his pocket. There was no conflict between relatives and interests. Even if he found work for others, he had to give him food.

Liu Jianqiang suddenly became excited and continued to use a rake to pull out a pile of wood. "This is the scraps used to make the waterwheel. I will take time to make a few more benches for you."

"Then I have to trouble uncle again. You came here on leave, so go to work quickly and don't waste your time earning work points. I'll find a way to transport the water tanker myself." Xue Ming took out another cigarette and lit it for his uncle.

"Why don't you come here again at night and be sure not to be seen by outsiders." Liu Jianqiang was both excited and afraid. If he made large farm tools without permission, he would be paraded through the commune and criticized.

"Go and do your business." Xue Ming sent him away with a few words, used his mind to overturn the keel into the space, and immediately rode his bicycle back to the Zhaocun Brigade.

Instead of going home, he went directly to the forest in the north of the village to install a water tanker to irrigate the wheat fields. The water for heading in the wheat fields could not be delayed any longer. Another two days of delay would affect the heading of the wheat seedlings.