On August 10, under the chairmanship of Pei Changyuan, Secretary of the County Party Committee, the Yongfeng County Party Committee held an enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee and unanimously approved the proposal to build the Yuanping Highway and the plan submitted by the County Transportation Bureau.

It was decided to list the project as a key project in Yongfeng County in 1976.

The County Finance Bureau and the County Transportation Bureau allocated special funds to establish the Yuanping Highway Construction Headquarters.

Deputy Director Yuan Bisheng, member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee, serves as the general commander of highway construction. The County Finance Bureau and the County Transportation Bureau each appoint a deputy director as the deputy commander-in-chief.

The Highway Construction General Headquarters has an office. The director of the office is concurrently served by the deputy director of the County Transportation Bureau, and a deputy director of the Tianyuan Commune Revolutionary Committee serves as the deputy director of the office.

The office has three staff members. Two full-time staff and one part-time staff are Fan Yanping, secretary of the Yuanping Village branch.

On August 15, the Yongfeng County Government, County Finance Bureau, County Transportation Bureau, Tianyuan Commune, and Yuanping Production Team held a mobilization meeting and groundbreaking ceremony for Yuanping Highway Construction at the Tianyuan Commune site.

The project is scheduled to be completed, accepted and open to traffic before September 30, 1977.

On the second day after the Yuanping Highway Construction Mobilization Meeting, Yuanping Bamboo Factory and Madeshan Baizhangyan Ecological Reserve were officially established amidst the sound of gongs and drums.

After being nominated by Fan Yanping and approved by the Tianyuan Commune Revolutionary Committee, Yuanping Village Committee and Yuanping Educated Youth Point, Liu Yan was appointed as the director of the Yuanping Bamboo Factory and the director of the Bamboo Forest Ecological Reserve, and Zhou Haiyang was appointed as the deputy director of the Bamboo Factory and the Bamboo Ecological Reserve.

deputy director.

Fan Lili's eldest brother Fan Jianguo is the quality inspection director of the bamboo factory, and Fan Lili's second brother Fan Jianming is the business director of the bamboo factory.

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What is exciting is that in the first week of the Yuanping Highway construction, the Yongfeng County Finance Bureau received reports from the General Administration of Seismology of China, the Tangling Municipal Seismological Bureau, the Yanjing Municipal Seismological Bureau, the Tianhai Municipal Seismological Bureau, and the Lingbei Provincial Seismological Bureau.

, Jiangning Provincial Earthquake Bureau totaled 2.3 million yuan.

In addition, there are 1 million yuan from the Finance Bureau of Jiangning Province and 300,000 yuan from the Finance Bureau of Huaining City, Jiangning Province.

These remittances were marked as special funds for "Yuanping Highway Construction", and he once again expressed his gratitude to Liu Yan for his selfless dedication during the Tangling earthquake.

On August 20, Wang Yufeng ordered the Yongfeng County Supply and Marketing Cooperative to return all unpaid bamboo products to the original suppliers.

At the same time, he led a delegation from the purchasing department of the county supply and marketing cooperative, accompanied by Pei Xiaohong, Liang Ming and Wang Qiang, to Yuanping Village.

While in Yuanping, Wang Yufeng and his party mainly inspected the Yuanping Bamboo Factory and the family bamboo workshops in Yuanping Village, and focused on the Baizhangyan Bamboo Forest Ecological Reserve.

Wang Yufeng and others greatly appreciated the craftsmanship, varieties and prices of Yuanping bamboo products, and were especially amazed by the efficacy of bamboo products from Baizhang Terraces.

During the inspection, the county supply and marketing cooperative signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Yuanping production team to jointly develop Yuanping’s natural bamboo forest resources.

It was decided that the county supply and marketing cooperative would provide funds, and the Yuanping Production Team and the Educated Youth Point would provide labor force to build a gravel road from the Yuanping Production Team to Mad Mountain as an extension of the Yuanping Highway that was opened to traffic before the National Day in 1977.

At the same time, it is planned to renovate Baizhangyan Scenic Area, establish Baizhang Terraces Nature Reserve, and vigorously develop Madshan Ecological Scenic Tourism Resort within five years.

The day before leaving Yuanping, the county supply and marketing cooperative signed the first batch of 150,000 yuan purchase contract with Yuanping Bamboo Factory, including 50,000 yuan for Baizhang terraced bamboo products.

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Since Liu Yan traveled to this world, a month and a half has passed in the blink of an eye.

Amidst the cheers of the end of the autumn harvest, Genpei Educated Youth Point ushered in the most lively celebration meeting in the history of Educated Youth Point!

Fan Yanping was busy for several days for this conference. He did not hesitate to ask the production team to kill two pigs at the pig farm and prepare several jars of home-made shochu.

I would like to express my gratitude to Liu Yan, Zhou Haiyang, Pei Xiaohong, Liang Ming, Wang Qiang and others for their great efforts in the construction of Yuanping Highway and their contribution to Pingxiang Bamboo Factory.

Thanks to every educated youth for their hard work and sweat in the construction of Yuanping Village over the years.

Today, except for Lin Nan who is far away in the southwest team, all the educated youth who have returned to the city since the establishment of the Yuanping Educated Youth Point in 1970 have gathered together from all over the country.

Unfortunately, Lin Junping, the first educated youth captain of Yuanping Educated Youth Point, who was supposed to come, was absent because his father, Lin Jianming, director of the County Family Planning Office, was under investigation for corruption and bribery.

There were more than 70 educated youths gathered inside and outside the Yuanping Village meeting place, plus the young male and female villagers of the Yuanping Production Team, a scene of nearly 200 people. The scene was noisy from noon to ten o'clock at night, and there was no sign of ending.

By this time, everyone seemed drunk.

"Today is the happiest day in Yuanping Village in many years. Everyone is enjoying themselves, having a great time, drinking from big bowls, and eating big chunks of meat.

Starting from tomorrow, we will give all educated youths a three-day holiday, and those from far away will have a one-week holiday." Fan Yanping announced loudly with a red face.

The educated youths immediately became excited, and cheers rang out in the venue!

"You can go home", this is what every educated youth hopes for most...

"At the end of the celebration meeting, I propose that everyone raise their bowls and pay respect to Liu Yan first!

More than forty days ago, he arrived in the county and in just one day, he completed the construction of the Yuanping Highway that had been ignored by the people of Yuanping for many years!

Moreover, as a key engineering project of Yongfeng County in 1976, it was constructed in accordance with the fourth-class highway standards.

According to the plan, the Yuanping Highway will be completed and opened to traffic before the National Day in 1977 as a National Day gift.

If Secretary Pei hadn’t told me personally on the phone that day, I wouldn’t have believed it!

For many years, Yuanping's road problems have hindered the development of Yuanping Village and become a worry for the people of Yuanping for many years.

Liu Yan has made a great contribution to our Yuanping! I heard from Haiyang that in the county committee meeting room that day, Liu Yan, with tears in his eyes, bowed to the leaders on behalf of all the people of Yuanping.

Come on, everyone, raise your bowls in honor of Liu Yan!" Fan Yanping said, raising the bowls in his hands.

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“Second, we all respect Zhou Haiyang. With the help of Haiyang’s father, the General Administration of Seismology of China, the Jiangning Provincial Seismological Bureau, and four other seismological bureaus allocated a total of more than 2 million yuan for the construction of Pingxiang Highway.

Come! Let us thank Zhou Haiyang!" Fan Yanping raised the wine bowl in his hand again.

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"Third, we should respect Liang Ming and Wang Qiang, both of whom are old educated youths who came out of Yuanping. They did a lot of work in the early stage of the establishment of the bamboo factory.

And let me tell you some good news. Liang Ming's father, who is the director of our county post and telecommunications bureau, will send people from the post and telecommunications bureau tomorrow to install a phone at the Yuanping Educated Youth Point.

From now on, if anything happens, it will be convenient for everyone to call home.

However, the phone bill still has to be charged, and whoever makes the call pays the bill.

In addition, thanks to Wang Qiang's efforts, the first batch of 150,000 yuan contracts between Yuanping Bamboo Factory and the County Supply and Marketing Cooperative were successfully delivered.

The second batch of 200,000 yuan contracts has been signed and work is underway.

At the same time, the road from Yuanping Village to Madeshan, funded by the County Supply and Marketing Cooperative, is also under construction.

Moreover, Director Wang Yufeng of the County Supply and Marketing Cooperative has given instructions to set up a supply and marketing station in Yuanping Village before the National Day.

From now on, it will be more convenient for everyone to buy things, and there is no need to go all the way from the commune to the county and carry up the mountain.

Come! Let’s thank Liang Ming and Wang Qiang together!” Fan Yanping raised the bowl in his hand high again.

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"Finally, I have to pay special tribute to Pei Xiaohong. Although she has left Yuanping Village, she still cares about Yuanping Village.

Haha! Through Pei Xiaohong’s active promotion, the Yuanping Highway Construction Project was not only successfully implemented, but the Yuanping County Educated Youth Office, in order to activate and enrich the spiritual life of the educated youth, equipped the Yuanping Educated Youth Point with a number of ethnic musical instruments.

I heard that there is also an accordion, and it will be delivered to the mountain by someone in a few days!"

During the toasts proposed by Fan Yanping, the audience burst into warm applause and cheers from time to time!

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"Secretary Fan, tomorrow Haiyang and I will go back to the provincial capital to visit relatives. We would like to toast you! Thank you for your concern and support for us all the time!" Liu Yan, drunk, and Zhou Haiyang, Pei Xiaohong, Liang Ming and others

Arrive in front of Fan Yanping.

"Liu Yan! Are you out of touch now? If I want to thank you, I should thank you educated youths.

Whether it’s the Yuanping Highway or the Bamboo Factory, you are doing this for the good of Yuanping, and I have no reason not to support it.

Not only must we strongly support it, but we must also mobilize all men, women, and children in Genpei to participate.”

"Okay, in response to your words, Secretary Fan, let's toast Secretary Fan together! Let's toast Yuanping's fathers and fellow villagers! Let's drink this glass of wine for a better tomorrow for Yuanping."

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[Author's digression]: The long serial novel "Rebirth in 1976 Begins as an Educated Youth" begins in the 1970s and ends in the 21st century, with the main story line spanning more than forty years.

This work is different from many works that describe the official promotion of students from poor families. It mainly describes the children of cadres in Jiangning Province, represented by Liu Yan, who experienced the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. After graduating from university in the early 1980s, they voluntarily gave up their careers in ministries and commissions and the province.

The opportunity of the municipal government requires the step-by-step growth process after entering rural grassroots work...

The experiences of that year enabled them to learn to calmly, comprehensively and deeply understand the national conditions and people's conditions, especially the actual situation in rural areas.

They have seen and experienced with their own eyes how huge the difference between urban and rural areas is, how unbalanced regional development is, how poor the vast rural areas are, and the contrast in people's ideological concepts and culture.

They have done their best in the movement to go to the mountains and countryside, in the social projects to change the poverty and backwardness of rural areas, and in the construction of material and spiritual civilization in rural areas, and have achieved indelible achievements.

At the same time, they also clearly realized a reality, that is: to completely change the face of rural poverty, it is not only about getting rid of material poverty, but also about spiritual poverty alleviation, and there is a long way to go.

Going to the mountains and countryside has made them consciously or unconsciously develop a belief in life that is unwilling to lag behind, unwilling to sink, and to forge ahead.

Cultivate the political character of understanding the national conditions and people's sentiments, caring about the destiny of the nation, and hoping for the steady development of the country.
Chapter completed!