C78 (1/2)
The national search and arrest operation officially commenced at 0000 hours on 8 July 1990. On the night of the 8th, Secretary of the Party Branch of Taoyuan Village received a notification from the Rural Party Committee that there was an important mission tonight, and asked him to arrange a duty to stay at night.
At 0015 hours, the Rural Party Committee and the police station's civilian police officer, Young Xing, arrived at the village. He asked Zi Peng to find a few people to interrogate the passersby at the timber checkpoint.
Zi Peng went to look for Xu Hongxiang in the third team and called him over as well. Xu Hongxiang lived in three teams, this young lad was over 30 years old, had a height of 1.7 metres, and was extremely talented. The three of them and the people from the village took the bus to the timber checkpoint. After arriving here, he saw that plant director's Piao plant director, who was in charge of building materials factories, had brought a small carriage with them for 10 minutes. They were all here to carry out a mission. The six of them waited at the intersection from 0030 hours until dawn, but they didn't find a single suspicious person.
At 6 p.m. on 9 July, the mission continued. When Secretary Yu and the people from the police station arrived, Zi Peng and the other two were already waiting at the checkpoint. Zi Peng didn't know anything about the mission this time. Thus, he asked the Secretary Yu:
”Secretary Yu, who is the main target of this operation?” Secretary Yu said:
”This is an order from the Central Committee. From 0000 hours on 8 July to 0000 hours on 11 July, the search and arrest of the United Nations will be carried out throughout the country. As for who I want to capture, I don't know either. ”
On the evening of the ninth, the village increased its strength. Ma Jianli from the supply shop and Gao Clan also joined in the search and capture. In short, from 0100 hours on the evening of July 8th to 0100 hours on the evening of the 11th, they held their posts seriously. During the day, he rested, and during the night, he successfully completed the task given to him by his superior.
Time flowed by like flowing water. In the blink of an eye, it was the 24th of July. On this day, the leader of the Taoyuan Village went to the scene of II Brick Factory for work.
There were Branch Secretary Wang Peng s, Village Head Deng Chunming s, Vice Village Chief Wang s and temporary Industry Director Zhang Weixin.
The participants from the brick factory were: plant director Deng Chun De, Vice plant director Shi Enlu, Accountant Zhong Zhao Li, and four other team leaders.
Firstly, II Brick Factory Deng Chun De led Village cadres to the scene and saw that it was filled with red brick grounds. It could even be said that there was no place to set foot in. Back at the office, Deng introduced the current situation of red brick production. He first poured a cup of water for each of the Village cadres disciples, and then lit up a cigarette for each of them. Then he lit one herself and took a drag. He said:
”The red brick of the brick factory is piled up on the site, but it can't be sold. From today onwards, production had been halted and there was no more space at all. Let's see if it's appropriate for us to invite the village leaders over today. ”Everyone has already seen the scene, please help us, the village leaders.”
Zi Peng took a sip of water and said,
”It is a fact that red brick cannot be sold. Because the country is now in a difficult period and capital construction projects are being cut back. As a result, it is a realistic problem that we cannot sell the red transfer. What else can we do if we do not stop production? I think you're right. We'll see what happens after a while. ”
While smoking, Chun Ming analyzed the current situation. After Zipeng had finished, he continued:
”We need to see the country's current situation. Let's stop for a while and sell some of the red bricks before we start working.”
After that, they discussed all sorts of things. In the end, they decided to temporarily stop the production of the brick factory. During the period of suspension, only one plant director, one accountant, one cashier and one custodian remained. The other staff members went home during the holidays to find work for themselves.
The problem with the brick factory was solved, and the next problem was the ginseng field. At present, the price of ginseng has dropped to freezing point. The more he did, the more he would compensate. Thus, the Secretary and the Village Chief proposed to sell the ginseng field. After some discussion, they all agreed to sell the ginseng field in the village …
July was hot and dull, the hottest season of the year. It is not too much to call July the 'season of fire'.
July 27th, clear and cloudless, the sun high in the sky. The temperature of the day reached -30 degrees Celsius.
This noon, Zi Peng met little sister Lixia, who had been separated for more than a month. When he met her, he was overjoyed; overjoyed; overjoyed. So he went into a restaurant with her. After finishing lunch, he walked in the direction of Dragon Mountain. He talked confidentially to her as they walked along the road. He said:
”Sister, I didn't expect to meet you here. I'm so happy.”
Lixia looked at Zi Peng with her big, soulful eyes and said,
”Brother, me too. When I saw you, I thought I was dreaming. ”But, it's really you. I didn't think it would be such a coincidence.”
As they walked along the hillside, talking, they watched the scene: apart from a large patch of cornfield, there were some wild grass. The corn was now as tall as a man, green and green, most of it shaped like sticks, with colorful threads drawn, and wild flowers of all colors blooming in the grass. After looking for a while, Zi Peng continued:
”Sister, we have been separated at Longshan pine forest for more than a month now. These days, I've been missing you a lot. Ah, the feeling of wanting someone is worse than anything else. Although we met a few times during this period of time, it was all done in a hurry, and we were finally able to get together again today. ”
Lixia held Zi Peng's hand and looked at him with her big watery eyes, speaking from the bottom of her heart …
”Brother, I think your mood is more urgent and unbearable. I'm at home and I can't sit, I can't stand, I can't lie. I don't want to do any work, I don't want to eat; sometimes I forget to feed the pig to the chicken, and the hungry pig barks, and then I remember that I haven't fed it yet. ”
Zi Peng felt that what she said wasn't without reason. He also said with deep emotion:
”Sister, I don't have a good job during the day, especially at night. I can't fall asleep after tossing and turning. The long and long night is really hard to bear!”
After walking for a while, Lixia suddenly asked Zi Peng,
”Bro, where do you think we're going today?”