Chapter 4 Visiting Qinglong at Night
Qinglong County is an old revolutionary base. Although it is also affiliated with Wushan, compared with the other counties in Wushan, it is simply another world. It was divided into Wuxiang area when Wushan was founded. There are many mountains and few waters, and hills are crisscrossing. Like many old revolutionary bases, it is closed and backward and poor.
Qinglong has been a tough folk custom since ancient times. Last year, two villages even had an armed fight due to water competition, which caused a headache for the local government.
Mr. Huang pays special attention to Qinglong because he fought guerrillas here and was injured and hid in his fellow villagers' homes for a winter. He should have a deep relationship with this old revolutionary base.
After three hours of bumpy ride, I arrived at Qinglong County. Lu Zheng's "little potato" seemed to have fallen apart, and the sound of stepping on the accelerator was wrong.
Although Guangning's economic development has just begun, it is like a place in the sky and underground compared to the gray Qinglong County. Not to mention, just after falling from the metropolis Wushan, the Qinglong in front of him gives people the feeling of being remote.
"Xiao Lu, do you feel sorry for the car?" Seeing that Lu Zheng was about to get out of the car and look, Mr. Huang, who was sitting in the passenger seat, asked with a smile.
Lu Zheng smiled and said, "No, safety is the first priority." Get off the car, lifted the front hood, and tinkered for a while, but there was no problem.
The quota for car allocation for the municipal consulting committee was suppressed by these old comrades. The consulting committee office also seconded a Toyota Crown from a foreign-related hotel. After being severely criticized by Mr. Huang, he had to send it back.
When I came to Qinglong this time and saw Lu Zheng having a private car, Huang Lao simply said that he would not need a consultant's car and just drive this one.
Lu Zheng had no choice but to "use private cars for public use".
The person who came with the car was a middle-aged man in his forties, An Yiming, chairman of the Wushan Catering Industry Joint Service Association, and the owner of Wushan's first privately run star hotel, Wushan.
In Lu Zheng's view, the Wushan Catering Industry Joint Service Association is actually equivalent to the prototype of the industry chamber of commerce, but it is just called differently.
An Yiming's father is an overseas Chinese in Japan, and the Wuzhou Hotel is a Sino-Japanese joint venture. However, An Yiming is a native of Wushan. He went to Japan only after the Cultural Revolution. He returned to China last year and helped his father run the hotel he had just invested and built.
"Chief Lu, is it okay?" An Yiming asked with a smile when he saw Lu Zheng get in the car. He is an authentic businessman and is very good at observing his expressions. Before leaving, he inquired about some of Lu Zheng's basic situations. He was a 23-year-old deputy department-level cadre, so he wanted to be more polite.
Lu Zheng said: "It's okay." He started the car with fire.
When he came to Qinglong County, Lu Zheng was far from being as calm as he was. Ma Weiguo is now the second in command of Qinglong County. Liu Hanshan is still suffering in Qinglong Detention Center. Qinglong is one of the sources of the mastermind behind the Guangning Land Destruction Movement. This time, when he came to Qinglong, how could Lu Zheng seem to be so vague?
When I arrived at the county party committee guesthouse, I encountered trouble. The little waiter with his nostrils facing the sky must show his unit introduction letter. The ID card alone didn't work. Lu Zheng even took out his work permit. The waiter, who was pretty, still looked impatient and threw it to Lu Zheng: "Advisory Committee? Deputy Researcher? Go and consultant who looked outside." Obviously, I don't know what unit the advisory committee is, and I thought it was a messy civil group.
Lu Zheng was helpless. He wanted to be in Guangning, and he had Hou Jianjun, Du Xiaohu and other groups of monsters and monsters cheering. Now, he didn't even withdraw the waiter at all.
"Call your director." Lu Zheng helplessly talked to the little girl.
But Mr. Huang came over, patted Lu Zheng on the shoulder from behind, and said, "Let's go directly to the countryside."
Lu Zheng nodded, and had to do so.
This time, Huang Laolai was investigated and investigated and donated school aid funds to the primary schools in Qinglong. Needless to say, An Yiming was naturally the owner of the bleeding.
What Huang Lao is most enthusiastic about now is to participate in the education cause. His series of titles are almost mostly related to education, such as "Honorary President of Wushan Normal University", "Director of the Association for the Care of the Next Generation of Provincial Cadres", "Honorary Chairman of the Provincial Federation of Social Sciences", etc.
At the same time, Mr. Huang also supported the emergence of the private economy. For example, the Wushan Catering Industry Joint Service Association was able to apply for registration successfully. It is said that Mr. Huang said hello, and Mr. Huang was personally invited to serve as the "Honorary Chairman of the Wushan Catering Industry Joint Service Association".
When Lu Zheng drove to Majiaying, it was already dark.
Mr. Huang seemed to be familiar with the road here, so he directed Lu Zheng to turn around and finally stopped in front of a family at the end of the village. Mr. Huang got out of the car and shouted through the fence: "Lao Wang, is Lao Wang at home?"
After shouting for a while, a white-haired old man walked out of the room, walked up to him and punched Huang Lao, and said with a smile: "Old guy, are you running again?"
Lu Zheng looked at this scene inexplicably, and An Yiming smiled and explained: "I was shocked when I came last time. Later, I learned that before the liberation, Mr. Huang and the guerrillas were active in Majiaying, Qingtuozi, Yachuan and other areas for many years, and they also had a deep relationship with the masses in this land. Just now, Mr. Wang was the old revolutionary masses who saved Mr. Huang's life back then. Later, he joined the army and went to North Korea."
Lu Zheng nodded and said nothing.
"Come on, everyone goes into the house, come in!" Uncle Wang smiled and greeted Lu Zheng and An Yiming.
I don’t know who informed me. After sitting for a while, Lu Zheng was surrounded by villagers, and they all talked to Huang Lao intimately.
While chatting, a middle-aged cadre in green uniform squeezed out of the crowd and laughed: "Old Huang, you are here, look, don't make a call in advance..." As he spoke, he turned to the villagers who were joining in the fun, and said: "It's all gone, it's gone!"
Mr. Huang smiled and said nothing. The villagers dispersed one after another. In a short while, some police arrived to maintain order. It was thought that it was from the local police station.
"Old Huang, Secretary Liu of the County Party Committee is coming. Secretary Zhang of the club just returned home and someone went after him. Look, why don't you go to our club to sit for a while?" The cadre of the green military uniform asked very restrainedly.
Mr. Huang waved his hand and said, "All right, Xiao Zhao, you go to do the serious business. Mr. An, you have met Mr. An. He is the God of Wealth. You take Mr. An to the school. See what all the schools here need to be purchased? This is a serious matter. I, an old man, don't greet me. I will meet my old friend and reminisce about the past. It's great!" He waved to Lu Zheng and said, "Xiao Lu is going, give me some ideas. There are many ghosts from the grassroots level."
Everyone knew that Mr. Huang was right and there was no way. The cadre in the green uniform had to laugh and nodded, led An Yiming and Lu Zheng out of the house, and then smiled and said to An Yiming: "Mr. An, thank you very much." He said to Lu Zheng: "Miss Lu, thank you for your hard work." Obviously, Mr. Huang just said "Xiao Lu" casually, and he remembered it in his heart. What this official is really versatile.
An Yiming smiled and said, "Chief Lu, you don't know him. This is Secretary Zhao of the Party Committee of Majiaying Commune."
Lu Zheng shook hands with the Green Army uniform cadre with a smile. The Green Army uniform cadre said with a smile: "It's Deputy Secretary, Zhao Pingfan, Hello, Secretary Lu." He heard An Yiming shouting "Chief Lu", he also changed his name. Of course, it was just a respectful title for cadres from outsiders. He didn't expect that Lu Zheng was the real deputy director.
Zhao Pingfan looked at his watch, "Then, let's hurry up and go to school to check it out? It's almost dark this day."
"The school is not far away, will I drive over?" Lu Zheng interrupted.
"Not far away, just the other end of the village, let's go." Zhao Pingfan pointed to the west.
Looking at the bumpy asphalt road, Lu Zheng nodded. It was better to walk on foot.
Qinglong is the only county in Wushan City that has not yet been converted into a commune township, and it is even rare in Hebei Province.
Matouying Commune Central Primary School is located at the west end of the village. It is said to be a central primary school, but in fact there is no courtyard wall. There are only three rows of bungalows in front and back. The playground is flat, and the basketball frame is broken and there are only iron racks left.
Zhao Pingfan introduced the situation while walking, "Mr. An, Director Lu, this is the case. Our Matouying Commune is relatively small. After the merger of the community, it may be merged with Qingtuo Commune. But I think this primary school cannot be withdrawn. Children from all villages point to it. Going to school will change their destiny! If the school location is too far away, I worry that many children will drop out of school."
It was getting darker, and a room in the third row of the primary school bungalows was lit up. Zhao Pingfan said, "There is a teacher on duty, let's go and have a look."
Zhao Pingfan was in front, Lu Zheng, An Yiming was behind, and walked over with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
As soon as I walked to the door, someone asked inside: "Who?" The very crisp girl's voice was a little alert, and obviously, I heard footsteps.
The door was pulled open from inside, and the orange lights were sprinkled, and a slim figure looked very beautiful under the light.
"Ah, Secretary Zhao, why are you here?" The girl's voice seemed surprised.
Zhao Pingfan smiled and joked: "Can't you come and see it? Xiaomei, are you becoming more and more domineering? You don't blame your students and call you Mei Chaofeng!" As the 1983 version of The Legend of the Condor Heroes began to be popular in the mainland last year, the martial arts wind brought about by "Shaolin Temple" is blowing again, even remote mountain villages like Qinglong, children are also familiar with characters such as "Brother Jing", "Rong'er" and other characters.
Lu Zheng also laughed, it seemed that he was a very terrifying teacher.
Only after entering the house can you see the "Xiaomei" who is not backlit. She is quite beautiful and beautiful. She has long braids and flowery jackets and cloth shoes. She looks simple and slim, with a pure and rural atmosphere. Lu Zheng smiled in his heart. Is this not the girl next door Xiaofang?
"Secretary Zhao, you're making fun of me too!" Xiaomei stomped her feet.
Zhao Pingfan smiled and said, "Okay, let me introduce you to Xiaomei, this is Mr. An, Director Lu, and Mr. Huang who came from the city." He also said to An Yiming and Lu Zheng, "Mei Xiaofang, the teacher of our commune primary school."
Lu Zheng almost held it over in one breath and started coughing continuously.
Chapter completed!