Liu Hongyi smiled and said, "Secretary Wu, we'll stay here tonight. Talking around the fire will be a wonderful memory in the future."

In youth, the most precious thing is the beautiful memories left for the future.

Veteran comrade Liu Hongyi has a particularly deep understanding of this point.

"Look, haven't the beddings been brought here?"

"This bedding is too thin. It's okay in a guesthouse, but not here..."

"Wait, I'll find a way!"

Secretary Wu was indeed a man who knew how to handle things. Seeing Liu Hongyi's determined expression, he said no more and decided to complete the "task" with quality and quantity.

What? The son of the first secretary of the Prefectural Party Committee made such a small request, but your Guyuan Commune cannot even do it. Your ability as the Party Secretary of the Commune is very questionable!

It may be a bit of an exaggeration to say that you can be removed with just one word, but your future may be like this.

Compared with your future prospects, what is this little trouble you are facing now?

Secretary Wu has strong ability to take action.

About half an hour later, the branch secretary of Niujiaoshi Brigade brought several villagers and brought over several bundles of dry straw. They also brought over a large brazier with red-hot charcoal fire inside.

Under the personal command of Secretary Wu, everyone became busy.

This is what we call strength in numbers.

Another half hour passed, and a thick layer of dry straw, an inch or two thick, was spread on the earthen kang. Dry straw is one of the main feed sources for cattle in winter, and every household has a lot of it stored away.

It also has good thermal insulation performance. Such a thick layer of dry straw is definitely more effective than the Simmons mattresses of later generations, and can effectively block the cold air coming from the earthen kang.

Then spread out five sets of bedding on the hay, and it looked quite presentable.

The large brazier was moved into the house, and with the addition of two coal stoves, the room soon became warm.

The large black-gaped windows were also re-covered with linoleum, and in two layers.

Thick linoleum was also nailed to the dilapidated wooden door.

Secretary Wu wanted to have the door sealed, but Liu Hongyi stopped him and said with a smile, "Secretary Wu, we can't block it completely. We have to leave a gap for air to pass through. Otherwise, we'll get gas poisoning."

The last things the members brought in were a few bamboo chairs and wooden benches.

And a kerosene lantern.

The room suddenly became bright.

After finishing all this, Secretary Wu looked at his watch and said with a smile, "Everyone, let's go to the Party Secretary's house for dinner. He killed a chicken and caught a grass carp from the pond, weighing two or three pounds!"

Xu Wenxin was still polite, but Liu Hongyi agreed immediately.

It’s too late to run back to the commune to eat. That would be disrespectful to the brigade party secretary and Secretary Wu.

Anyway, just pay the money afterwards.

Liu Hongyi now has plenty of money and has begun to experience the distress of a certain father in later generations: having money but nowhere to spend it.

Since Liu Hongyi had made the decision, Xin Yuanjia and others naturally no longer insisted.

So everyone went to the branch secretary's house together.

A large tiled house was built at the secretary's home.

Xu Wenxin asked curiously, "Secretary, have you made a fortune?"

She had been working in the Niujiaoshi Brigade for two years and was very familiar with many people there, especially the branch secretary. She also worked as a substitute teacher at the brigade's primary school for a few months, also recommended by the branch secretary.

Generally speaking, the people in Niujiaoshi Brigade were quite kind to these outsider educated youth, and the branch secretary was also a kind person.

Although life was very hard, the relationship between the educated youth and the other members of the commune was always good.

The Party branch secretary laughed heartily and said, "Oh, the policies in the region and county are good now. We can raise pigs and cattle. During the slack season, I even take some people out to do side jobs... Construction is going on everywhere in the region right now. I led some people in our commune's central school and worked on it for several months, and we all get our wages on time."

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