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The busy December finally came to an end after Gu Qingyu finished his last meeting. New Year's Day of 1969 came quietly with a sudden heavy snowfall late at night.

The children who were on vacation in the family compound woke up early in the morning and found that there was already snow outside the window. They couldn't contain their excitement and rushed out to play in the snow without their parents urging them.

After finally getting a chance to sleep in, Gu Qingyu stayed in the warm bed and didn't want to get up. Even Li Dahua brought her breakfast into the room.

"You're already a leader, yet you're still staying in bed. Aren't you afraid of being embarrassed if someone sees you?"

While Li Dahua was speaking with disdain, she placed the breakfast closer to Gu Qingyu's bed, fearing that it would be inconvenient for her.

"Hehe, grandma! It's a rare day off for me. No one will come over at this time." Gu Qingyu said confidently, but who knew that she heard a knock on the door before she finished her breakfast.

Li Dahua stood up and looked at Gu Qingyu, imitating the way she just spoke, and teased, "Well, no one will come?"

Uh... Gu Qingyu touched her nose awkwardly when she heard that. She hadn't expected this.

Li Dahua thought it was a neighbor in the compound knocking on the door, but when she opened the door, she found it was Secretary Xiao Zheng from Gu Qingyu's unit.

"Secretary Zheng, why are you here?"

"Grandma Li, is Director Gu home? The county has called an emergency meeting and asked all the leaders of the departments to be present before 9 o'clock. I'm here to inform Director Gu."

"Oh, you're at home. You must be freezing in this heavy snow. Come in and warm up."

"No, Grandma Li, I still have to go notify other leaders!"

"Oh, the roads are slippery in the snow, so you should be careful when walking!" Li Dahua reminded Xiao Zheng as he was about to go out.

After hearing the conversation between Li Dahua and Xiao Zheng in the inner room, Gu Qingyu quickly finished the last bit of his breakfast and got up and put on his clothes.

"Grandma, I have to go to a meeting at noon and I don't know when I will be back. You have to eat on time and don't wait for me!"

Gu Qingyu said a few words to Li Dahua in the living room, picked up her bag, opened the door and rushed to the office.

After a night of continuous snowfall, the snow outside was already 20 to 30 centimeters thick. Gu Qingyu looked up at the still gloomy sky. Judging from the thickness of the clouds, it seemed that there was more snow to fall.

At Xiaoximen, Gu Qingyu met Zhou Yuejin who was rushing there. Gu Qingyu stopped and waited for a while.

"Director Zhou, Xiao Zheng just notified me so hastily that I didn't have time to ask what happened."

After Gu Qingyu and Zhou Yuejin caught up, they rushed to the meeting room at the same pace as him and asked.

"I just received a notice that the snow this year is heavier than expected. There will be several more heavy snowfalls in the next few days. I'm afraid there will be a snowstorm."

Gu Qingyu felt heavy-hearted when he heard this. The situation in the city was a little better, but the houses in those remote rural areas were mostly adobe with thatched roofs, and such heavy snow could easily crush the houses.

In the conference room, Secretary Chen and other major county leaders had already arrived. Gu Qingyu and his friends didn't arrive early, so the conference room was basically full. Gu Qingyu found a corner and sat down.

The meeting officially began at 9 o'clock, and Secretary Chen, as the head of the county party committee, spoke first.

"Comrades, we just received a notice from the meteorological department forwarded by the Municipal Party Committee. Starting from last night, Xinhu City and its surrounding areas will have moderate to heavy snow for several consecutive days. In Ping'an County, as it is close to the Mangshan Mountains, the snowfall will reach blizzard levels."

As soon as Secretary Chen finished speaking, Gu Qingyu heard the people sitting next to him start to talk in a low voice.

"I was just saying, last night's snow was unusual. It's not as warm here as in the south, but it's not as cold as the north in winter either."

"When I woke up this morning, the snow outside my house was already 30 centimeters thick. Just imagine how thick the snow in the villages closer to the mountains must be, at least, half a meter!"

After the discussion died down, Secretary Chen continued, "In order to prepare for a possible snowstorm, all leadership and cadres' vacations are canceled and all personnel are on standby."

"The county party committee immediately established an emergency disaster prevention working group, with myself as the group leader, County Mayor Yu as the deputy group leader, and other members of the county party group as members, to comprehensively coordinate snow disaster prevention and relief work."

"At the same time, the county party committee will send personnel to the communes under Ping'an County to guide the response to the snow disaster."

Secretary Chen ended the meeting after quickly announcing the relevant arrangements, and all departments began to operate quickly according to the content of the meeting.

After leaving the meeting room, Gu Qingyu waited for a while, and finally Secretary-General Zhang, who was responsible for arranging the team, called her name.

"Gu Qingyu?" Secretary Zhang looked at the messy crowd in the corridor and couldn't find Gu Qingyu for a while, so he shouted loudly.

"Here!" Gu Qingyu said.

Secretary Zhang followed the voice and found Gu Qingyu standing in the corner. He waved to her and asked her to come over. Seeing this, Gu Qingyu pushed through the crowd and walked towards Secretary Zhang.

Secretary Zhang looked at Gu Qingyu, frowned slightly, and began to think in his mind.

This girl is too young, I don't know if she can handle things? Thinking that the other people in the office have lower positions than Gu Qingyu, it is difficult to arrange for the time being!

After thinking about it, he was still worried. Secretary Zhang glanced at the list and his eyes lit up when he fixed on a name.

How could I forget about this old guy? This time it’s you!

"Yang Shucai!"

"Here!" A loud voice came from the front, and then Gu Qingyu found a burly middle-aged man next to him.

Secretary Zhang asked the two to follow him and led Gu Qingyu and Yang Shucai into an empty office.

At this time, three people, two men and one woman, had gathered in the office. They were Wang Zimei from the County Finance Bureau, Zhao Guodong from the Public Security Bureau, and Zheng Zhou from the Secretariat.

"Now that everyone is here, let me tell you about the organization's arrangements for you guys."

"Your team of five has been assigned to the Hongqi Commune to provide guidance. Yang Shucai will be the team leader, and Gu Qingyu will be the deputy team leader."

"The county party committee has arranged for the vehicles to depart from the county party committee compound at 11: am."

Secretary-General Zhang made the announcement to the few people and left immediately.

The remaining people looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Zhengzhou was from the secretariat and had regular contact with several people present, so he asked, "Captain, do you have any instructions?"

"I don't know how many days we'll be out this time, so be sure to bring enough personal cold-weather gear. We may need to go to the village below to check on the situation. The muddy roads are difficult to walk on after the snow, so bring a few extra pairs of shoes."

After saying this, Yang Shucai looked at Gu Qingyu, who shook her head. She had nothing to add. She had no experience with these things, so what advice could she offer?

"Then everyone go back and pack up first, and we'll meet at 11 o'clock sharp." After saying that, Yang Shucai walked out first.