That night, they returned to Green Pine Ridge on National Day.
When National Day entered the village with tired steps under the moonlight and passed by the entrance of the brigade, he accidentally turned his head and saw that the lights in the office of the brigade were still on. It's already so late. Who else is inside? Listening carefully, he could hear the noise of many people talking. He immediately became excited and rushed over. He gently pushed open the office door, and a pungent smell of low-quality smoke hit his face. He looked carefully and saw a group of people sitting under the smoky lights. It was difficult to tell their faces. Before he could speak, he heard Wen Xusheng say in a disappointed tone,""Sigh! Guo Wa, why are you back so soon? Is it because your uncle isn't at home, or is it because our matters aren't easy to handle?”
When Guo Qing heard Wen Xusheng's anxiety, he knew that he was thinking about something else, so he wanted to take the opportunity to tease him. He pretended to be helpless and found a place to sit down. Then, he said,"Let everyone guess what's going on?”
When everyone saw the National Day celebration, they had the same thoughts as Wen Xusheng. He left home the evening before National Day and returned now. It had not even been two days since he came and went. He must have failed to complete his task. Everyone speculated that it was most likely because he wasn't around. Director Geng was such a high-ranking official. Did he not have anything else to do and just sat at home waiting for you to look for him on National Day? Or was it because Old Geng was too stubborn and too principled? Could it be that he blamed Guo Qing for using the back door? Not only did he not do anything for him, but he might also not have spoken well for Guo Qing?
The brigade director Shang Wenzhong glanced at Guo Qing and comforted him,""National Day, it's fine if you didn't do it well. When you left, we didn't have much hope. Everyone knows that the country is in chaos now. It's good enough that there's no fighting. If we want to buy a Yongjiu brand bicycle, we have to beg our grandparents, let alone such a big item like a transformer and a deep well pump. Don't worry, we'll think of another way.”
Wen Xusheng said,"That's good. We were originally worried about two things. Now it seems that there's only one thing left." The problem of money has basically been solved. There are only these two machines and equipment left. Don't be afraid. Let's think of another way. I think everyone should go home and eat first."
When Guo Qing heard that the problem of money was basically solved, he happily continued Wen Xusheng's words,""The problem of money has been solved. We can go to the Huanglong area tomorrow to get two pieces of equipment. My uncle said that he has transferred the indicators of the transformer and the deep well pump to the Huanglong area material bureau.”
Wen Xusheng heard Guo Qing's words and immediately stretched out his fist and punched Guo Qing's chest. He smiled and said,""You've learned how to lie. Good fellow, everyone thinks you've come here for nothing. Tell me, what's going on?”
Guo Qing chuckled and said,"How did I lie?" I haven't even opened my mouth, and you're already asking me if my uncle isn't home or if our matters are difficult to handle? I told everyone to guess! In the end, no one guessed anything good.”
"When we saw that you came back so quickly, we guessed that it might be because the matter was not completed. Who knew that you would finish it so quickly? Your uncle is really straightforward!”
Guo Qing looked at everyone's expectant expressions and said,""I went to Uncle's house during lunch yesterday. During lunch, I talked about us. When he came back from work at night, he said that the problem had been solved. He asked us to transfer the indicators of the transformer and deep well pump to the Huanglong area material bureau. He asked us to go to the community to open a certificate letter and then buy it there.”
When everyone heard the National Day speech, they immediately cheered. At this time, Wen Xusheng looked at National Day with some pity and said,""You're always so straightforward. After entering the provincial capital, you didn't even walk around the streets or take a look. Why did you rush back so quickly?”
"Today is Sunday. Uncle asked me to accompany him to the park, but I know that everyone's heart is on fire. How could I have the mood to go to the park? Just now, you said that the problem of money was basically solved. How did it get solved?”
"Don't worry. I'll tell you slowly in a while. It's already past 8 o'clock. Let's end the meeting. Everyone, hurry home and eat!”
Everyone listened to Wen Xusheng's words and walked to the door, ready to go home for dinner. When they passed by Guo Qing, someone patted his shoulder from time to time and said with a smile,"You've worked hard, young man. Hurry up and go home to rest!”
The old secretary Zhang Zhongquan asked about his uncle and said,"Is your uncle's health alright? He suffered such a huge injustice, but he didn't say that he would come back to take a look?”
"Uncle, I told him to come back and take a look at our deep well. He agreed, but I don't know if he has the time!”
"Yes, yes. He's so busy, but he hasn't forgotten about the villagers!”
"Come, National Day, let's talk about the money later.”
Guo Qing turned around and saw Wen Xusheng and Shang Wenzhong still sitting at their desks. "You guys had a meeting for half a day?”
"Yes, today, the expenses committee and the management committee called all the team leaders over. They started from noon and then ran until just now. However, everyone finally thought of a lot of ways and gathered 60,000 yuan. We still owe 20,000 yuan. I have already discussed with Director Lin of the Commune's credit union. With the property of our brigade's sideline team as collateral, we will borrow 20,000 yuan as fixed assets and pay it off in three years.”
Shang Wenzhong continued," Today, all the team leaders have expressed their stance. Even if they have to break their heads, they have to gather money to install the equipment as soon as possible. They have to send water to every household as soon as possible. If there is a drought this winter, they will water the relatively flat plots first. We can't let the well water be idle. It had been decided at the meeting that the well would be the common property of the three teams. The cost of the well, electricity, deep well pump, and water tower would be divided among the production teams according to the population and land. The money for the water supply and the water channels to each team's territory were left to the teams to think of a way.”
"What about the money for the transformer and the deep well pump?”Guo Qing asked.
"Before the teams get their money, let the side teams pay first. The side teams still have money in their accounts. Tomorrow, they can go to the Huanglong area to collect goods.”Wen Xusheng replied.
"Then I have a suggestion. Tomorrow, you guys send someone to Huanglong to buy those two pieces of equipment. I'll check it with the three teams 'accountant. We'll calculate the accounts in detail and confirm the money. Then, we'll go to the credit union to get a loan.”
"Alright, let's do that. Uncle, I'll bring someone to buy equipment. Do you want to go to the county well team to find a technician and prepare to install it?”Wen Xusheng said to Shang Wenzhong.
"Alright, let's go home and eat. I'm starving!”
With that, the three of them walked out of the brigade office.
The next morning, the construction site of the deep well became lively again. There were people setting up electric wires, building water towers, laying water pipes, pulling bricks, and sending sand. People came and went. Everyone was busy, and everything was carried out according to plan.
Twenty days later, cool, deep well water was sent to the courtyard of the members and to the water tanks where the livestock were fed. The members of the various teams were scrambling to build ditches, tidy up the ridges in the wheat fields, and prepare to water the fields with well water!
A year later, the three production teams gathered their own funds and dug a deep well in each team's field. It was specially used to irrigate the field. The water yield was also quite good, but that was for another time.
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