Chapter 3 1969--1970

At that time, there was a popular political joke in private, saying that a female leader of the Central Committee received a group of foreign doctors at one time.That group of people said that they admire Li Shizhen, a famous doctor in your country.The female leader immediately asked the accompanying Chinese: Has Comrade Li Shizhen come? The county is blocked.But the gossip at that time was pervasive.People spread this political joke with ulterior motives.The allusion was Li Furong, director of the County Revolutionary Committee. People in the county are mean, and Li Furong herself has some jokes.After going to work in the county revolutionary committee, she bought several thermos cups in one go, which were the kind that people made up a little song for: "The cadres are supernatural, holding a cow egg bottle. They think the bottle is not good-looking. .” Actually, it is a glass bottle that has been filled with pickles and covered with a sleeve woven with woolen rope.Because of the popularity, the store also specially prepared this kind of goods.When Li Furong saw in the town that the cadres who came down from the county always took out such a cow egg bottle from their bags at any time, Li Furong felt very proud, thinking that it was a sign that cadres above the county must have.There was nothing wrong with this idea, but she didn't have to buy so many at once, it was everywhere in the office, meeting room, dormitory, and handbag.Stressing that sign a little too much.

A joke is a joke.On major issues of principle, Li Furong is extremely shrewd. The first political task Li Furong received when she took office was to fully implement the Provincial Revolutionary Committee's strategic deployment of planting grain in accordance with the four-character policy of "early, small, dense, and short". "Zao" is the farming time; "Small" is the plant type; "Dense" is the planting distance; "Dwarf" is the variety.Land is not divided into north and south, and fields are not divided into fat or thin, so it must be "one size fits all".Because this is an excellent variety and advanced cultivation method introduced by the director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee.When the director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee was the commander of a military region in the north, he tried it on a military farm and achieved great success.

Li Furong moved upon hearing the news, brought her bedding, and went directly to the production team to catch models.Just after the Spring Festival, seedling raising was mobilized.As soon as the seedlings grow to the size specified in the document, they are immediately planted in a large area, and the seedlings cannot be too long.At this time, the snowdrifts in the fields have not completely melted.The pens in the county thought of a resounding and poetic slogan for her: "People are diligent and spring comes early, and the heart is red and the snow disappears."The director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee heard the report on the provincial radio station, and immediately brought the person in charge of agriculture to check on the spot.

The Deputy Director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee in charge of agriculture is newly appointed, and he was the commissioner of the area where Li Furong worked (Li Furong kept calling him "commissioner").In terms of qualifications, he is older than the director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee. After two years of anger at the beginning of the movement, he was extremely uneasy. In addition, he has been working in the local area since he went south, and he has always had a strong interest in agriculture. I thought I had a lot of experience.Naturally, he disapproved of the agricultural strategy of the director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee.Seeing Li Furong, he immediately lowered his voice and asked: "What the hell did you do, you bratty girl!" But Li Furong didn't hear clearly, thinking that she was kind to her, and said something like "This is what I should do" With his humble words, he immediately took a few steps to catch up with the director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee.The director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee saw that this piece of Dazhai field was "flat as a mirror and rotten like pulp" as required, and the clusters of airtight green seedlings were paved like a beautiful brocade, and he repeatedly applauded.

The "commissioner" waited for the group to go a little farther, then turned around and said to the members who were planting seedlings in the field: "Do you recognize me?" Several people replied in unison: "Yes, you are the commissioner." He said: "Does my word still count?" Several people replied: "Of course it counts." He said: "Well, you can pull out the planted seedlings one by one for me." Several people cheered in unison Say: "Yes!" Unexpectedly, the director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee, who had gone a dozen steps away, heard the movement here, and turned back with a group of people.

"Why, you are engaged in restoration?!" The director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee twitched his teeth. The "commissioner" had a livid face and stood there like a wall. There was a lot of laughter and laughter just now, and the fields rippling in the spring breeze seemed to be suddenly hit by a cold current and froze. Li Furong stood between the director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee and the "commissioner", looking at this and then that, feeling a little flustered. The director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee shouted: "Little Li!"

The "commissioner" also looked straight at Li Furong. Li Furong bit her lip, avoided the deputy director's eyes, and said to several people in the field: "You mend the seedlings you just picked up, and we'll talk about other things later." Several people hesitated. Li Furong swept the hair that fell to her face, straightened her chest, didn't even take off her shoes and socks, and went straight down to the field, the mud covered her calf immediately.She picked up a handful of seedlings and planted them herself. Everyone watched quietly, and suddenly someone let out a small scream.

Puddles of blood smeared on the surface of the water along with Li Furong's calf.Blood was dripping from the trouser leg.The day when Li Furong was menstruating. Every time the director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee made a report afterwards, he would cite Li Furong as an example to prove that socialist construction, like socialist revolution, runs through the struggle between two classes, two lines, and two roads, and sometimes requires bloodshed. cost. Li Furong's pool of blood deeply moved the director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee.He later lived in the county for a few days, and before leaving, he said to Li Furong, "If you have any personal requests, you can mention one, and I will try my best to satisfy you."

"Really?" Li Furong, perhaps because she was moved by a sudden and bold idea, tilted her head unconsciously, coquettishly, "If I want the moon in the sky, you agree?" The director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee said: "As long as you dare to ask for it." Li Furong said, "Of course! I want a bridge!" This county has been divided by a river since ancient times into the east and the west.The roads that usually cross the river are connected by pontoon bridges.Every spring, flash floods in the upper reaches of the river broke out, and the pontoon bridge could no longer hold up.Cross-strait traffic will also be interrupted.The county governments of all dynasties and dynasties have thought about building bridges, but they never did.Such an epoch-making event has to be accomplished by Li Furong.

The director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee pondered for a moment and said, "I'm asking about your personal request." Li Furong said: "This is my personal request." "Alright then," said the director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee, "Do you have a budget?" Li Furong said: "If you want to build a bridge that can pass two cars side by side, you need two million. If you can't afford that much, you can build a simple one." The director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee got up and walked to the window of the meeting room, looking at the shining river not far away.When entering the county town, his jeep was swinging over on that pontoon bridge.

He said: "Give you four million to build a bridge that can pass four cars side by side." This bridge is still a county-level road bridge with the widest deck in the province.Whenever the leader of this financially difficult county talks about economic development, he always says, fortunately, there was such a bridge at the beginning, and it may not be able to be built today even if it costs 40 million yuan. Where can we raise the money? Woolen cloth! There were many debates about the name of the bridge at that time.Some people advocated calling it "Furong Bridge"; some people advocated calling it "Wynne Bridge", which was later unified and called "Chaoyang Bridge".Both Li Furong and the director of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee agreed.Thanks to this unification, the name of the bridge can still be used today.Unlike the titles and inscriptions of many monumental buildings, which are always changed and changed, causing a lot of trouble for historians.