Counterattack in the chronology

Two days later, someone from Sanchang sent a message to Gu Lichun, saying that He Wenyong would leave the farm in a few days, and before he left, he would invite his close friends to have a meal, and invite him to have dinner when he is free.

Gu Lichun will naturally go to this banquet. He asked his adoptive mother and second grandmother to help him prepare some dishes that are easy to carry, such as stewed meat, stewed vegetables, fried small fish, salted duck eggs, whatever he can bring, and he made another jar Baijiu, a jar of rice wine, filled the bicycle basket and the two rear baskets to the brim.

When Gu Lichun left, he still did not forget to tell Lixia, "I might get drunk tonight, so at 09:30 in the evening, let your fat brother pick me up."

When Gu Lichun arrived at the educated youth dormitory, everyone had already arrived. On the long table in the middle of the dormitory, there were several large bowls of food brought from the cafeteria. .

He Wenyong said embarrassingly: "I've agreed to treat you, so how can I make Comrade Gu spend money?"

Gu Lichun said: "My mother and grandma asked me to bring them here, saying that they want you to try their handicrafts. Our young people have tried them in the five games. You are far away and have no chance to try them. This time I will let you try them too." taste."

The people present couldn't help but envy the young people in Wuchang who had good food.

We are all young people, so we don't say too many polite words, just eat and drink.

As soon as the banquet started, the food brought by Gu Lichun became the first target of everyone's attack.These people look gentle, but they are really fierce when they eat.The fried fish was the first to be eaten, followed by stewed pork and stewed vegetables, and finally, even stewed meat soup was used to mix rice.

"This fried fish is really fragrant, crispy and fragrant."

"The best thing is braised pork."

"...the broth is also delicious."

Everyone chatted and became more familiar, and the more they drank, the more relaxed they became, and no one was embarrassed.

Song Yong said to Gu Lichun with regret: "Comrade Gu, why did you go to five games in the first place, and if you come to three games, don't we already know each other?"

Gu Lichun drank several glasses of wine, his eyes blurred: "Hey, the person who introduced me at the beginning said that I am a young man who wants to go to a tough place to exercise. What did you say, I would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. I think It’s almost the same, anyway, it’s not easy to do anywhere.”

These words resonated with everyone, and they became closer to Gu Lichun.

Gu Lichun continued to complain: "We are too short of people for five games, and one person is worth three. Look at me, I am the deputy chief of the agriculture and animal husbandry department in name, but in fact I have to manage forestry, fishery, and Working as an assistant to Deng Chang, I am so busy all day long that I never touch the ground."

Someone said: "You are doing more work for those who are capable."

There are also people who envy him: "Comrade Gu, you are so busy that it is meaningful, unlike us, who are busy and tired every day, and it seems that there is no meaning."

Gu Lichun said: "It is all meaningful to contribute to the cause of revolution. We are all a brick of the revolution, and we can move it wherever we need to."

"However," Gu Lichun changed the subject, "Even if it's a brick, you have to make the best use of it. Blue bricks, red bricks, and water-milled bricks have different uses. Forget it, let's not talk about it. Let's talk lightly."

Everyone continued to gossip, and everyone found that Gu Lichun was a treasure, he could chat about any topic, from the Canton Fair this spring, to the investment and construction of submarine cables between China and Japan, international, domestic, provincial, There is nothing in the county that he doesn't know.

The more everyone chatted with him, the more they liked to chat. Before he knew it, Gu Lichun was surrounded by people.

"Comrade Gu..."

"Little Gu..."

Some people asked him for advice, some discussed issues with him, and Gu Lichun had no idle time when you said a word to me.

As everyone was talking, they mentioned the recommendation quota this time. He Wenyong toasted again and expressed his gratitude to Gu Lichun. .Let me tell you, I don’t plan to go to college for four years. I’m the eldest son in my family, so I have to take care of my younger siblings. Don’t say it’s your situation, I’ll let someone else do it.”

Gu Lichun is more interested in the speaker, and this group of educated youths are more interested in the listener.

Soon, someone tentatively asked: "Comrade Gu, the farm will have an enrollment plan in the future, can you also occupy one enrollment quota for five games?"

Gu Lichun nodded: "In principle, it should be like this. There are other games, so why don't we have five games? We didn't want it before, but we have to from now on. Everything follows the rules. I have to do it for our five games. People strive for opportunities. Anyway, they are all qualified from birth, and their education level is not enough, so they go to learn. When I go to night school, I will bring people from our agriculture and animal husbandry department.”

Everyone suddenly understood something.In the five new constructions that year, except for a small number of cadres who volunteered, the rest were directly "assigned". Some of these assignments were due to poor working ability, and some were unrelated and had no way out.

This resulted in not only a shortage of people, but also a shortage of talents in the five games.Capable and energetic young people are more likely to be reused. Just look at Gu Lichun. He has been promoted to the deputy department in a short time, and even that rough boss Zhao Gao has become a member of the department.

Moreover, there will be enrollment quotas after five games, there are few educated youths, and there are few educated people, and Gu Lichun, who is the most competitive, does not participate in the competition...

Everyone's minds began to move.

This event doesn't matter, everyone just wanted to get some news from Gu Lichun's mouth. Fortunately, this guy doesn't drink very well, and he is already so drunk that he can't straighten his tongue.

After eating and drinking enough, Gu Lichun staggered up and left.Seeing that he was so drunk, everyone wanted to keep him here.Gu Lichun waved his hand: "No, no, a friend will pick me up soon."

Wu Fat drove a tractor to pick up Gu Lichun at 09:30, and Zhao Gao also came.

They helped Gu Lichun into the car, gave a few instructions, and then waved goodbye.

As soon as he got on the tractor, Gu Lichun immediately became sober.

Zhao Gao asked: "Brother Gu, what did you tell these people? Are they really willing to come to us for five games?"

Gu Lichun smiled mysteriously: "I just had a drink and didn't say anything. But, just wait and see, someone must be here."

Zhao Gao and Wu Fatty were full of doubts, so they brought people here after a drink?

Gu Lichun didn't explain much to them.

The development of the matter was beyond Gu Lichun's expectations. On the next morning, the people from the logistics department of the third game called in a panic and asked Sister Bai what kind of poison they had played with the educated youths in their field. There are five sessions for individual registration.

Sister Bai was dumbfounded. They had just had a meeting for a few days, and they hadn't heard that Xiao Gu would do three speeches and mobilizations.

Sister Bai hung up the phone after a few perfunctory words on the phone, and went directly to the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department to find Gu Lichun. Gu Lichun happened to be away, and when she asked the staff member Liang, he said that he had gone to the field.

Gu Lichun was leading He Wenyong and his group of educated youths to do voluntary labor in the swamp—collecting duck and goose eggs.He Wenyong will return to Haicheng tomorrow morning, and today is the last time to participate in the farm activities.He has been on the farm for seven years, and he is very popular, and many people come to him.

The educated youth who came this time not only had three sessions, but also four sessions, two sessions or even one session. They have their own circle of educated youths. After all, everyone has more common topics. They like to get together when they have nothing to do, exchange ideas, and secretly exchange books. , Sometimes I also like to raise funds to buy some meat and wine, and fight teeth.

They like it very much, this voluntary work, looking at these duck eggs and goose eggs, they feel very good.What's more, after working, I will take care of the food.

The place for the treat was set at the alfalfa field of the pig farm, where a few big pots were placed, and the three chefs, Chen Jie, Meng Nianqun and Sun Houyu, stood there. It also helped him win the friendship of Zhao Gao and Wu Fat.

What chicken stewed mushrooms, stir-fried duck, braised fish nuggets, the rich aroma made these people dizzy and happy.

After lunch, everyone sat in the thatched pavilion next to the alfalfa field, admiring the flowers, eating melons, talking about life and ideals, summarizing the past and looking forward to the future.

Gu Lichun mainly looked forward to the future with them: "Our five farms have less arable land, and we plan to vigorously develop animal husbandry, sidelines, forestry, and fishery in the future. This year we will raise [-] pigs, and next year we will strive to raise [-] pigs, and the increase will increase year by year; We want to cover the barren hills with green clothes, and replace miscellaneous trees and shrubs with fruit trees; we must also make full use of the vast water area to raise a large number of fish, shrimp, geese and ducks. Within three years, our five fields will undergo a major change: melons and fruits will float Xiang, chickens and ducks are running all over the place; the clover field can't be seen at a glance, and the pigs are too fat to move their nests."

Gu Lichun took out another farm planning map that he had drawn blindly: "When we have sufficient funds, we plan to overturn the pig farm and build a few family areas. There are gardens and libraries in the family area, and then we will build another farm. A small movie theater, a basketball court, and a few ping-pong tables. We must try our best to enrich the spiritual life of the employees.”

Gu Lichun's words were like a goose feather, specially provoking the most itchy places in the hearts of these young people.

After eating melons and chatting about life, before leaving, Gu Lichun even gave each of them a cucumber. There was no way, I couldn't afford melons and watermelons, because there were too many people.

Wu Pang's heart was bleeding, he ate so many melons today, and gave away so many cucumbers before leaving.

As soon as the person left, Gu Lichun quickly comforted Wu Pang: "Fatty, a car of melons is exchanged for a car of people, it's worth it. I will compensate you in the future."

Zhao Gao also persuaded: "Yes, it would be worth it if 30 people can come."

What else could Fatty Wu do, he could only grit his teeth and stiffen.

As soon as the group of educated youths left the pig farm, they couldn't wait to discuss it.

Song Yong first said: "I plan to come to five games, and sign up when I get back."

Someone said: "Dayong, you haven't signed up yet, I signed up in the morning."

Someone laughed and said, "Hey, your movements are really fast."

Many people have already made up their minds to come, and many people are still hesitating.

"The condition of the five games is the worst of the five games."

Immediately someone answered: "The difference between bad and bad is not too big. Anyway, the salary is the same. We might be able to get reused here."

"One radish and one hole, all the holes in our place have been taken up, and there is no place for us young people." It was a young man named Zhang Xing in Erchang who said this.

Tan Zhousheng, who came with Zhang Xing, said: "Zhang Xing, I think it's better for us to stay in the second game. The facilities in the second game are inferior to the first one."

Along the way, everyone expressed their opinions and had heated discussions.

In the next few days, the people in the five field offices were in pain and joy, and the phone calls came one after another.

First they called the logistics department, and then they called directly to the party committee office.

Secretary Zhu received the call, and when he heard that educated youths and young people wanted to sign up for the five games, he smiled and said: "Oh, the young people in your field are very enlightened, so actively supporting the construction of the five games, it seems The ideological and political work of your party committee has done a good job, which is worthy of recognition.”

On the other end of the phone: "..."

Deng Chang also received a few phone calls. Some people complained to him, saying that Gu Lichun had wooed and corrupted revolutionary youths to confuse people. If you don't win over people who corrupt you, you will corrupt your people, you think too much."

The other party was very angry: "That's because he can't corrupt you. Anyway, the young people in our field have been corrupted. If you sign up for 200 people at once, 200 people, what are you doing for five games? Why don't you want me to go there?"

Deng Chang said lightly: "It's a beautiful idea, and we don't want to come if you want to."

other side:"……"

After a few days, more than 20 people signed up for one game, 30 people for the second game, and 250 people signed up for the third game. In the end, 50 people were forced to leave, and only 200 people were allowed to go, and 80 people signed up for the fourth game. But they didn’t want to let them go in the fourth game. They had a plan in mind and planned to coordinate the labor camp to the fifth game, and they said it soundly: there were labor camps in the other branches, but only the fifth game didn’t, which didn’t meet the regulations.Moreover, the employees in Wuchang also cannot appreciate the cruelty and complexity of class struggle, which is not conducive to their growth.

Seeing the beginning of the fourth round, the other sub-fields also hurriedly followed, trying to take the opportunity to throw the old, weak, sick and disobedient thorns in the labor reform farm to the fifth round, and wrote a report to the general field office.

The general field department actually thought it made sense, and even held a meeting to discuss this issue.

The cadres in Field Five were outraged by this operation in Field Four.

Secretary Zhu quickly called a meeting with everyone to discuss coping strategies.

In the meeting room of the office, everyone was sitting upright, and Deng Zhang was the last one to arrive.

Secretary Zhu swept his eyes and found that Gu Lichun was not there, so he asked Zhao Gao in the corner, "Xiao Zhao, where is little Gu?"

Zhao Gao hurriedly said: "Brother Gu went to work outside."

Deng Chang glanced at Zhao Gao and said, "You'd better not leave him alone these few days."

Zhao Gao was startled, Brother Gu must be in trouble, right?

Others also looked worried when they heard the words.

At this moment, there was a sound of brisk footsteps outside the door, and Gu Lichun trotted in.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Sorry everyone, I'm late."

Seeing that Gu Lichun was intact, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

When Secretary Zhu saw that everyone was present, he briefly explained the situation.

The other divisions will divert the reform-through-labor prisoners from the labor camps to them. Do they want to accept them?If received, how to receive.

Everyone started a heated discussion with each other.

Anyway, the opinion of most people is not to re-education prisoners. The reason is that these people are involved in too many problems, and the re-education prisoners are not easy to manage. There is no special place for them and there are not enough manpower.

Gu Lichun has a different opinion. Most of these reform-through-labour prisoners are intellectuals, and they have experts and professors in various subjects. If they are used well, they will definitely be of great benefit to the development of Wuchang.Of course there are troubles, but it has been 73 years now, and the epidemic will pass soon.In the past few years, as long as they pay attention to the methods and methods, there should be no problem.

Thinking of this, Gu Lichun said, "I think we can take in prisoners of labor reform. But we have taken in so many people. Does the headquarters have to allocate funds for us to build dormitories? Does it have to build a labor camp?"

Sister Bai poured cold water on Gu Lichun: "Xiao Gu, give up our illusions, we must be self-reliant." Want to allocate funds?Did he think they didn't ask for it?

Lu Xianjin came down from the main field, how could he not know this?But he actively encouraged Gu Lichun: "Comrade Gu, if others don't come to allocate funds, it doesn't mean you don't come. I think you can try."

Deng Chang coughed heavily, and glanced sharply at Lu Jinjin, who immediately behaved cutely.

Deng Chang continued: "Don't think about appropriating funds in advance, everyone continue to speak."

Gu Lichun said: "Deng Zhang, Secretary Zhu, we don't need to allocate funds, but can we apply to the head office, don't hand over the proceeds from the five games, and use them for infrastructure construction first."

Deng Chang glanced at Gu Lichun: "Do you think that money is enough?"

Gu Lichun hurriedly said: "It depends on people's labor. I roughly calculated that the materials used to build the house are wood from our forest farm; bricks, I have seen several abandoned brick kilns, and find a few professional masters. We burn the sand ourselves. , we went to the riverside to pull them by ourselves, and the rest was cement and other building materials. We still had a few crops of alfalfa to sell. In autumn, the geese and ducks in the swamp could also be sold, and the mother ducks and geese stayed to lay eggs The male ones can be sold. I asked about the market price. A male duck is 2 yuan, and a male goose is 3 yuan. We can sell more than 1000 male ducks, more than 500 geese, duck eggs, goose eggs, and fish. I haven't counted yet."

Deng Chang was contemplating, and others began to express their opinions.

Secretary Zhu said: "Old Deng, I think Xiao Gu's method is feasible."

Sister Bai said: "We can try to apply."

Lu Jinjin said: "I don't think it will work. If you don't hand in the profits in five games, the other games will follow suit. What will you do in the future?"

Qi Ke echoed: "Yes, Xiao Lu makes some sense."

Lu Jinjin glanced at Qi Ke, and his reaction was both unexpected and reasonable.

Gu Lichun smiled and said: "Comrade Lu, you encouraged me to try it just now, which is good. I was about to try it, but you said no. You are contradicting yourself."

Lu Jinjin said: "Don't I have to consider all aspects?"

Gu Lichun said: "Comrade Lu, I will write this application. As the chief of the supply and marketing department, what you have to consider is how to buy the best building materials at the cheapest price."

Lu Jinjin laughed dryly: "Buy the best materials at the cheapest price, Comrade Gu, are you trying to force others to do this?"

Gu Lichun's tone was high-spirited: "Comrade Lu, as successors to the revolutionary cause, how can we be afraid of difficulties? We just want to face up to difficulties, carry forward the revolutionary spirit, and work hard."

Lu Jinjin looked at everyone, and everyone pretended to look elsewhere.

Lu Jinjin: "..."

After the meeting, Gu Lichun and Chen Jie began to discuss how to write the application in the office.

The content of the manuscript is naturally to call it miserable and poor, saying that they are in trouble for five games, and no one wants to help the general team share the difficulties without money.They have more than enough heart but not enough energy, and they don't want the headquarters and the country to subsidize them. They just want to be self-reliant and work hard. They want to do the most things with the least money.The first is to tell the facts and present the truth, in the middle, lyrical parallelism, narrative and discussion, and finally shouting slogans and making demands.The manuscript is written clearly and progressively.

Secretary Zhu was very satisfied after watching it, and Sister Bai applauded after watching it. She made a sincere suggestion on the spot: "Xiao Gu, I will leave the matter of asking for money to you in the future. You are talented in this area."

Gu Lichun: "..." Could he be shooting himself in the foot?

Gu Lichun's application report caused another controversy in the general field department.

Deputy director Yu actively fought for the five games, saying that he would only help them coordinate the workers, but not build houses for them. Where do these people live?

Deputy Secretary Huang also agreed with the words of the deputy director. They both spoke, and everyone saw that the profit of the five games was not much, and even if it was intercepted, it would not have much impact, so they did not object.

The funding problem has been solved, but there is still a shortage of people and professionals.There are no special infrastructure subjects in the five games.Deng Chang once again turned to everyone. This time, a cadre from the infrastructure department took the initiative to sign up.

As soon as Sister Bai received the news, she said with a smile on her face: "Comrades, we have new comrades coming soon for five games."

Gu Lichun asked casually: "Which comrade is here?" Don't bring another person like Lu Jinjin.

Sister Bai looked at Gu Lichun with a smile: "Little Gu, why are you not well informed? You should pay attention to your neighbors."

The infrastructure department is a neighbor again, Gu Lichun suddenly thought of Zhao Zhijun, it turned out to be him.

He said with a smile: "Sister Bai, I accept criticism with an open mind. Aren't I too busy these days? I didn't pay attention to the movements of the neighbors."

Zhao Zhijun came to report when he was about to get off work at noon, and Sister Bai had already asked someone to clean up an office for their infrastructure department.

Zhao Zhijun also had a man with a black face who looked like an iron tower. This man was surnamed Jin, and everyone called him Lao Jin.

Everyone is familiar with each other, so there is no need to be polite, Sister Bai said with a smile: "Old Zhao, our five games are no better than the total, and the conditions are worse. You should take care of it."

Zhao Zhijun said: "The conditions are much better than those at the reservoir. I can adapt anywhere."

Everyone asked him about the reservoir, Zhao Zhijun said: "The first phase of the project has been completed, and the second phase has not yet started."

Zhao Zhijun is not one to chat, so he offered to leave after finishing his official business.

Lu Jinjin insisted on helping him, Zhao Zhijun waved his hand: "No, you come to my house to drink at night."

Lu Jinjin thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll bring some dishes over."

At noon, when Gu Lichun went home for dinner, the two happened to be on the same road.Zhao Zhijun invited him over by the way.

Gu Lichun asked, "Uncle Zhao, are you very familiar with Lu Jinjin?"

Zhao Zhijun said: "He is a classmate with my brother and Deng Chang."

Gu Lichun was surprised and said: "Lu Jinjin and Deng Chang are classmates?" He didn't see it at all.

Zhao Zhijun nodded to confirm: "They are indeed classmates."

Gu Lichun hadn't recovered from his surprise, and continued, "It's quite similar to say that Deng Zhang and Uncle Zhao are classmates."

Zhao Zhijun smiled slightly: "Old Deng has been a young man since he was a child. Everyone said that it's okay for him to look a little anxious, and even more anxious about his appearance."

Gu Lichun couldn't help laughing. Thinking about Deng Chang's outfit, he was wearing a military overcoat in winter, and he wore two green military uniforms in summer. His behavior was very similar to that of Secretary Zhu's age group.

Gu Lichun was smiling unscrupulously. Suddenly, a bicycle bell sounded behind him, and a loud and familiar voice rang out: "Old Zhao."

When the two turned their heads, they happened to see Deng Chang.

Zhao Zhijun greeted him with a normal face, and Gu Lichun also pretended to greet him nonchalantly, as long as he was not embarrassed, it was the other party who was embarrassed.

Zhao Zhijun said: "Old Deng, I am treating guests today, how about you come too?"

Gu Lichun guessed that according to the usual practice, Deng Chang would usually refuse to invite guests, but today he didn't know where he made a mistake, so he nodded and agreed: "That's okay."