How to Thrive in the ’60s

Rebirth 60 Good Times 421 Author Arthur 2254 words

"Second Brother Gu, it's snowing so hard, and the designated road is closed outside. I can't go back to the village tomorrow, what should I do?" After taking back the recorder, Yun Shang shook her wet down jacket as she watched the snowflakes falling bigger and bigger. , said with a worried face. In this kind of weather, the mule cart can't run very far, and the wheels will be filled with snow, making it impossible to go on the road at all. Counting on her short legs, starting in the morning, it is estimated that she will not be home until noon, and it is too much to suffer outside in the cold all morning. "A-Shang, we can't delay the food relief. Second brother will accompany you back after two days of work." Gu Shinian said, putting his coat against the wall, and took out dozens of recordings from his bag The pens were spread out on the kang table one by one. Yunshang responded, and climbed onto the kang. Before Gu Shinian could react, he brought the kang table into the space, turned on a recording pen, and said excitedly, "Second brother, let's listen to the leaders today. What did you say?" Look at how many scoundrels there are among these leaders, and they will all be dealt with this time. Seeing that it was getting late, Gu Shinian worried that Yunshang would not be able to rest well, so he threatened her solemnly, "A-Shang, don't you want to have long legs? You won't grow up if you stay up late..." Before he finished speaking, Yunshang's face His expression froze there, he lowered his head and turned off the recorder, and pulled Gu Shinian out of the space without saying a word. Seeing that Gu Shinian was holding back his smile so much that the corners of his mouth twitched, Yun Chang gave him a hard look, pulled the curtain behind him, turned and got into bed. sleep! She will have long legs in the future, so she can't stay up late. The corners of Gu Shinian's mouth could not help but curl up. He leaned against the quilt, put on the earphones, and listened to the contents of the recorder one by one. When Yun Chang woke up, it was already bright outside. When she turned her head, she found that Gu Shinian was lying on the edge of the kang table, stuffing the letter paper in her hand and the pictures that had been printed out into the envelope together. "Second Brother Gu, is this letter for the person surnamed Zhu?" "Yes," Gu Shinian replied, rubbing his sore eyelids from staying up late and saying, "I'll find someone to deliver the letter to the person surnamed Zhu later." In the past, whether this matter can be accomplished this time will have the answer at night." Yun Shang didn't expect Gu Shinian to be so efficient, so she rolled over from the bed and sat up, and asked in surprise, "Second brother, you you you you ...Have you stayed up late to listen to the recording?" Didn't you scare me by saying that you won't grow up if you stay up late? Why did you stay up all night secretly? Could it be that you want to be a little dwarf? Gu Shinian didn't know that Yun Shang's focus was wrong, and while pasting the envelope, he talked about the content in his voice recorder. "Our previous analysis was correct. The reason why the secretary and deputy county magistrate Du did not apply for food relief from above was to reduce the burden on the province and to impress the leaders. The chief is in charge. Even if something happens, it is the responsibility of the county magistrate. The secretary will be reprimanded at most, and it will not have much impact..." "What about the county magistrate? Even if the county magistrate is sick, he can Send someone to apply for relief food from above?" Yun Shang interrupted Gu Shinian and asked. Gu Shinian was silent for a while, and then said, "The county magistrate sent someone to write an application report to the higher authorities. He applied twice. He just listened to the secretary and deputy county magistrate Du. Neither of these two application reports was sent to the district. The government." Yun Chang's eyes widened, "Did they move their hands and feet?" "Well," Gu Shinian responded, and continued, "I listened to the recording of Deputy County Magistrate Du's office, and I also heard a situation. Spring sowing, the emergence rate in the field is not high, the county magistrate applied for a batch of replanted seeds from the district, but as soon as the batch of seeds arrived in the county, the secretary and deputy county magistrate Du sold them to other counties first. Selling seeds With the money, let those two decide to buy the steel." Yun Shang didn't know what to say. These two are just messing around! It has been 1961, and the country has not engaged in large-scale steelmaking for a long time. As a result, these two people are still tossing about steel, and they even exchanged the grain allocated to the common people for money. They also don't think about it. If there are no grain seeds, the common people will have no food to eat, and people will starve to death. How can they carry out construction? Yunshang asked angrily, "Then the county magistrate didn't sue the district?"

However, the tasks of the steel mills in various places are still heavy. All the steel purchased in the county has supported the construction of the inter-provincial bridge this year, which is contributing to the construction of the country. The road built in the first half of the year, including the bridge and the newly built aluminum factory, are the only two key projects in the province this year. Anything that encounters these two projects must give way. In this case, even if the county magistrate appeals, at most the secretary will be reprimanded, and nothing serious will happen. But if he met a leader who was as radical as the secretary, the county magistrate's appeal might be reprimanded by the leader in turn. Without complete assurance, the county magistrate could only accept this dumb loss. "Yun Shang was so angry that her eyes were about to sparkle, and her small chest was wheezing, "These two people are really damned!" First, they took out the grain seeds sown by the common people in spring and gave themselves credit for it. Then they tried to block the county’s report on the application for relief grain and prevent the above from distributing relief grain. They are going to starve to death the people of the county! Second brother, this kind of secretary who doesn't care about the lives of ordinary people, we must pull him down! Don't let him off so easily! " Gu Shinian brought over Yunshang's cotton-padded jacket that had been baked by the stove, and while helping her dress, he said, "These two things alone may not necessarily bring down the secretary. "Yun Shang frowned, and said dissatisfiedly, "He is going to starve to death of the common people, how can the higher up protect him?" "A Chang, as I said just now, building roads and building bridges are key projects in the province. The secretary donated steel in the name of the county to share the country's worries and contribute to key projects in the province. At the top, it is at most a demerit, not an unforgivable mistake. Besides, the county magistrate has always been in charge of agricultural matters. If the secretary made a big mistake on the issue of grain seeds, then the county magistrate who did not keep the grain seeds would also be considered a minor mistake and should be punished as well. Also, the application report for the relief food has not been sent to the district, and it will only be the responsibility of the county magistrate to investigate, and the secretary will criticize one by one at most, and it is not even a bone injury... A Chang, what we found too late. "Yunshang was dumbfounded. Is this the method of people who play politics? It's like killing people without blood, and killing people doesn't pay for their lives. The county magistrate has been in politics for many years, why is it forced to this point? Yunshang bowed her head and passed It took a while before he opened his mouth and said, "Second brother, since it's not enough to play shady schemes, then we'll play shady ones. This kind of person who takes the lives of ordinary people in the county as a trifling matter for his own future is not worthy of being an official. "