Seeing that the day of departure is getting closer, Shen Tong still has two people in his heart that he can't let go of, namely Li Maoshan from Qiaobei Village and Wei Ergou from Xiwan Village.
Since Li Maoshan mentioned that he wanted to go out to work last time, Shen Tong actively helped him contact him. With the help of his sister Shen Xia, he found a job at a construction site in Zhaobei City. However, after hearing that the Shitoushan Mine was going to resume production, Li Maoshan gave up the idea of going out. Leaving his hometown was a last resort. Since there was a place to make money at his doorstep, why go outside and suffer the wind and sun?
After learning that Shen Tong was being transferred, Li Maoshan rode a broken bicycle to the town and told Shen Tong his thoughts.
Although Tiancheng Company has signed an investment intention agreement with the county, the specific operations have not yet started. He heard from Guo Weijian that the preliminary procedures are very complicated, and it is estimated that the start of construction will not start until the spring of next year. It is already late summer and early autumn, which means that Li Maoshan still has to wait for half a year.
Shen Tong thought about it and decided to ask Li Maoshan to help his father. Shen Tong's father, Shen Jianzhu, has been short of manpower since expanding the scale of breeding this year, and one person is simply too busy. So he called his father for advice, but unexpectedly His father readily agreed. When Li Maoshan learned about it, he was moved to tears.
After solving Li Maoshan's case, Shen Tong decided to go to Wei Ergou's house. Shen Tong had not seen him since the last time Wei Ergou went up the mountain to cut pig feed and slipped and broke his leg. Shen Tong decided to go to the county party committee. He had gone home first, and before leaving, he walked to Sai Wan Village.
Xiwan Village is not big. After entering the village, Shen Tong saw Wei Ergou's son, Wei Yuan, staggering towards his backyard carrying a swill bucket. After seeing Shen Tong, he dropped the bucket and ran home. Go, and after a while, Wei Ergou limped out.
Wei Ergou was obviously very haggard. Shen Tong hurriedly stepped forward, supported Wei Ergou and said, "Uncle Ergou, please slow down, let's go into the house."
Under the influence of Shen Tong, Wei Ergou gave up his gambling addiction and started breeding. This move caused quite a stir in the whole village. Everyone thought that Wei Ergou could not change his habit of eating feces and would not be able to persist for a few days. Unexpectedly, Wei Ergou actually persisted and bought a dozen pigs with the 2,000 yuan funded by Shen Tong. Under his careful care, the dozen pigs had grown tall and strong. After a few years, It will be ready for sale in a month.
Wei Ergou's bucking the trend was recognized by the whole village. Under his influence, some people in the village also began to engage in large-scale breeding.
When Shen Tong arrived, Wei Ergou remembered the money he owed him. Wei Ergou said tremblingly: "Cadre Shen, I may not be able to repay your money for a while, but don't worry, your money will be treated as Usury, when I get it, I will definitely pay it back to you with interest."
"Uncle Ergou, where are you thinking? The money is not urgent. If you have it, you can pay it back. If you don't have it, you don't have to pay it back. I mainly came here to see you today. I am about to leave Shihe Town." Shen Tong said.
Hearing that Shen Tong was leaving, Wei Ergou was obviously a little excited. He jumped down from the edge of the kang and said excitedly: "Cadre Shen, why are you leaving? Could it be that Cai Baozi squeezed you out? If that's true Even if he is like this, even if I am a cripple, I will still break his legs." He also vaguely heard some rumors about Shen Tong being sent to Qiaobei Village. For this reason, he even went to the town to make trouble and was beaten by Liu Siming. The persuasion is back.
Shen Tong looked at Wei Ergou's expression and knew that he was really doing it for his own good. She felt very relieved, so she pressed him down and said, "What are you talking about? I'm going to be transferred back to the county. This is a good thing."
Hearing this, Wei Ergou calmed down his excitement and said with a naive smile: "So, since you have been promoted to Chief Shen, I should call you Leader Shen from now on, hehe."
"Just call me Shen Tong. I don't have that many reputations." Shen Tong interacts with the villagers all day long in Qiaobei Village. Their simplicity comes from the heart. He then asked: "How is it? Are you doing well?" Shen Tong pointed out. Pointing to the pig pen.
When it came to raising pigs, Wei Ergou got excited again and said: "It's great. I did some calculations. By the end of the year, if a pig costs 800 yuan, I can sell it for more than 10,000 yuan." , I will also be a householder worth ten thousand yuan by then, haha." Wei Ergou can persist until now only by calculating how much money he can earn by the end of the year every day.
Shen Tong was also happy that Wei Ergou made money. He glanced at Wei Yuan next to him and said, "Uncle Ergou, please promise me something."
"Don't talk about one thing, I agree to ten things." Wei Ergou was in a happy mood and said.
"Do you still remember what I told you back then? Knowledge changes destiny. After you make money, you must let Wei Yuan continue to go to school. Do you want him to stay in the village for the rest of his life?" Shen Tong said seriously.
When Wei Yuan heard about himself, he lowered his head in shame. Wei Ergou planned to continue to expand the scale after making money next year. There was no labor at home, and he was now lame. He glanced at Shen Tong helplessly and said: " Hey! Cadre Shen, you have seen the situation at home. It’s not that I don’t want him to go to school. Now that he’s gone, it’s all up to me, and I’m too busy.”
Wei Ergou told the truth, but Shen Tong still said resolutely: "I don't care what you think of, Wei Yuan must go to school, won't you agree to it?"
Wei Ergou hesitated and reluctantly agreed to Shen Tong.
Shen Tong left the phone with Wei Ergou, chatted for a few words, and left Xiwan Village.
After returning to the town, Shen Tong packed up his things, said goodbye to his comrades one by one, then put on his luggage, and under the watch of everyone, turned back and said goodbye to Shihe Town.
Walking to the waiting area, a motorcycle whizzed past, stirring up dust. The people waiting for the bus did not back away because of the dust, and still looked into the distance calmly. Shen Tong suddenly had an illusion, as if he had returned to Although more than half a year has passed, the scene of the first day at work is still clearly visible.
After a while, the shuttle bus came over. At this moment, Shen Tong looked back at the place where he had fought. There was laughter, tears, confusion, gains and losses, and even everything and everyone emerged. In front of us are Zhao Yitang, Ma Guotao, Cai Jiaquan, Qin Qihua, Yan Dongxu, Yuan Caiyun, even the cook in the cafeteria Liu Mama, and Liu Huiman who is returning to school. At this time, there is no hatred, only reluctance.
After getting on the bus, the shuttle bus moved forward slowly. From today on, we will bid farewell to Shihe Town. Shen Tong leaned his head against the glass, and infinite sadness came to his heart. Here, he learned to be strong and brave, and even more so. I have gone from being innocent and not familiar with worldly affairs to becoming mature after experiencing worldly affairs. This is a precious asset in life.