Rebirth of the Wild Age

During the 1998 flood fighting and rescue period, there were many epic stories. Let's tell a story about the rich second generation.

Li Xiangqun's father was in the clothing business. When others still dreamed of becoming a ten thousand yuan household, their annual income was already hundreds of thousands. But Li Xiangqun did not wait to die, did not learn to do business, he worshiped heroes, and dreamed of being a PLA.

After graduating from high school, Li Xiangqun went to join the army, but was not selected due to physical problems.

In order to exercise his body, Li Xiangqun actually went to serve as a militiaman. After a year of training, he finally got his wish and honorably enlisted in the army.

When he first joined the army, Li Xiangqun's first reaction when he saw the leader was not to salute, but to smoke. He spends money lavishly, spending hundreds of dollars on a meal, and is very addicted to cigarettes, smoking at least two packs of cigarettes a year.

The army is a big melting pot. Li Xiangqun quit smoking soon, and his monthly expenses were less than 10 yuan. In order to save phone bills, he even chose to write letters to his family.

During the flood in 1998, Li Xiangqun went to the disaster area with his troops, and soaked in the water for a whole day with sandbags on his shoulders. He fainted with a fever and was sent to a local hospital. After waking up, he went to the front line to fight the flood again. The instructor yelled: "You are dying!" Li Xiangqun said: "The whole regiment is in bed. I can't lie down in the hospital."

After fighting for 16 consecutive days, Li Xiangqun had a persistent high fever and was severely exhausted.

His comrades persuaded him to rest, but Li Xiangqun gritted his teeth and persisted, and finally fainted on the embankment, with bleeding from his nostrils. After waking up and resting for a few minutes, Li Xiangqun started to carry sandbags again. After carrying more than 20 bags in a row, he vomited blood and passed out.

Li Xiangqun died in this way. He was only 20 years old and had 8 days of party membership.

Li Xiangqun's parents rushed to hear the news, and in addition to grief, they decided to complete their son's unfinished business. They put aside their business, and the father wore his son's military uniform and walked up to the embankment to carry sandbags, while the mother washed and cooked for the soldiers until the flood fighting was over.

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At the beginning of July, it was the college entrance examination.

As the disaster situation in the country became more and more serious, Xifeng Company sent an internal open letter to all employees, announcing the major decision to donate purified water to the disaster area and set up water supply points, and called on employees to actively sign up as volunteers.

This volunteer does nothing but deliver purified water to the frontlines of the flood fight and take turns at various water supply points.

Volunteers do not have extra wages, which is equivalent to paid vacation, and they must bring their own dry food, so as not to increase the burden on the soldiers and the masses in the disaster area.

For such a thankless task, Yang Xin originally thought that few people would sign up, but in the end, there were more than 1,800 signups within three days. It should be known that the floods had not yet spread across the country at this time, and the floods only flooded in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. There were only a few thousand employees of Xifeng Company in these cities.

There are even community partners of the 101 plan who sign up. These people are not regular employees of Xifeng Company, but are just hired to help deliver products. When they volunteer, it means that they leave their jobs. Not only do they not get paid, but they have to pay for things themselves.

Yang Xin has been in charge of Xifeng for several years, and his personality has become more and more stable. He first organized the registered employees to experience, and then divided these people into three groups: some were on duty at the water supply point, some were responsible for transportation tasks, and some were responsible for contacting the local government and the army (these were company cadres).

In general, following the principle of proximity, employees volunteer in their respective regions.

Due to the huge amount of money involved, Yang Xin sent a patrol team from the headquarters to strictly prevent anyone from using the opportunity of disaster relief to enrich their own pockets, and at the same time collect the specific implementation situation in various places.

Lu Yao knows horsepower and sees people's hearts over time. In fact, this is a good opportunity to inspect employees.

Contacting the local government and disaster relief forces, setting up water supply points, and carrying out donation tasks all test the individual's execution ability, and if you don't pay attention, you will get into a mess. Those who do these things are all the cadres of the branch companies in various places. If they are done in an orderly manner, they will definitely give priority to promotion and salary increase in the future. If they make a mess, there will be no punishment, but their ability evaluation will definitely be discounted.

As for the ordinary employees who sign up to be volunteers, even if they fail the physical examination and fail to go, they must be registered and given certain care at certain times - character is the most precious, and it is good for the company to have more such employees.

After all these arrangements were made, half a month had passed, and the result was dumbfounding: the flood actually receded.

But it is not in vain. After all, it will take time for the waterworks and wells in the disaster area to resume use. Xifeng purified water is being sent out continuously.

Before everyone could catch their breath, a bigger flood came suddenly, and the water level in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River rose rapidly, and the monitoring data of many hydrological stations reached the highest water level in history.

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Jiangcheng.

Zhang Cheng is a veteran reporter of "Changjiang Daily". He is in his 40s this year and has been in this industry for more than 20 years. He was even hired by the Xinhua News Agency as a local special correspondent.

Some time ago, Zhang Cheng was interviewing at the frontline of flood fighting. He was exposed to heavy rain and had a fever of 40 degrees, so he lay at home and rested for several days.

The wife came back from buying vegetables and said, "The price of the vegetable market has increased again."

"There will be disasters everywhere, and the price will definitely increase." Zhang Cheng lay on the sofa and watched TV.

The wife added: "A notice was posted downstairs that the intermittent water supply will start tomorrow, saying that another water plant has been flooded. Remember to pick up two buckets of water every day for preparation. I may forget because I am busy with work."

Zhang Cheng said, "Understood."

The wife put down the vegetable basket and glanced at the water dispenser: "Hey, the person who delivered the purified water hasn't come yet? They were always on time before."

"Perhaps the pure water plant was also flooded." Zhang Cheng guessed.

"Boom boom boom!"

The wife hurried to open the door, and saw a 50-year-old water delivery man standing outside, and immediately complained: "I called at noon, why did it arrive now?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm late." The water delivery man carried the bottled water to the water dispenser and set it up.

The wife warned: "Next time if this happens again, I won't order your Xifeng purified water."

The water delivery worker took out a printed letter and said: "During the flood, each customer is limited to purchase two barrels per month. Please understand."

"Hey, that's quite strange," the wife laughed. "It's because of the flood that we are afraid of problems with the tap water, so we need to buy more of your purified water. Why are you restricting the purchase!"

The water delivery worker said, "This is the company's decision, and I can't make the decision. Please read this letter first."

The wife opened the letter and saw that it said: "To the respected users of Xifeng bottled purified water: Thank you for your long-term support to the company and your trust in Xifeng purified water. Due to the severe disaster and the shortage of water supply, the company Urgently transport purified water to the disaster-stricken areas, and set up free water supply points in areas where drinking water is difficult. The daily production of purified water may be insufficient, and the purchase will be restricted from today. In order to ensure that the people in the disaster-stricken areas and the anti-flood war can drink safe water, each person Customers can only buy two barrels of Xifeng purified water per month until the flood is over, please understand..."

After reading the letter, the wife immediately put on a smile: "It's okay, it's okay. Master, are you thirsty? I'll make you a cup of tea, drink it before leaving."

"No, no, I have to go to the next one." The water delivery man smiled and left.

Zhang Cheng asked, "Xifeng's purified water plant was also flooded?"

"Look at this," the wife handed over the letter, "Xifeng's water is really good, I will only buy this brand from now on."

After reading the letter, Zhang Cheng was surprised and said, "Xifeng is doing such a good deed, and I haven't heard their propaganda."

The wife said: "The family is sincerely helping the disaster, and it's not just for advertising."

"Good people and good deeds should be publicized more," Zhang Cheng said, "I will interview tomorrow and help Xifeng write a report."

"Your illness hasn't fully recovered yet," said the wife.

Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "It's okay, I don't have a fever anymore."

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