Year: I planted trees in Saihanba

"Damn it, I did think it might be desolate!"

"But judging from this, the situation might be even more serious than I imagined!"

Looking at the scene of yellow sand filling the sky, Xia Tian sighed.

"Grandpa, has Saihanba always been like this?"

Summer chatted with the old man who drove the donkey cart.

"Isn't that right?"

"It was a bit better in the last few decades, but it's gotten worse in the last two years."

"Last year, the comrades from the county forestry bureau said they wanted to plant trees on this dam."

"In the end, it was all for nothing!"

"According to the people on the dam, none of the trees we planted survived!"

"The wind will keep blowing as it always has!"

The old man driving the donkey cart was clearly a talkative person.

Upon hearing Xia Tian's words, he began to talk to her non-stop.

Summer listened to the old man's words and occasionally asked a couple of questions.

I quickly learned the general situation of Saihanba.

"Young comrade, the county town is just ahead. I'll stop here!"

The donkey cart soon arrived in Weichang County.

The old man's home is not in Weichang County, so he can only leave Xia Tian at the city gate.

"Okay, thank you, sir!"

Summer took out two cents from her pocket and handed them to the old man.

The old man hesitated for a moment, but still accepted the money.

He would never have accepted the money if his wife hadn't been sick.

Summer waved goodbye to the old man and slung her bag over her shoulder.

We entered Weichang County.

After asking around, we finally found the Weichang County Forestry Bureau in the northwest corner of the county town.

"It wasn't easy, but we finally found it!"

Walking into the Weichang County Forestry Bureau in summer, it's quiet inside.

"anyone there?"

"Who?"

An old man suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"Hello, sir, I'm looking for Director Yu Zheng!"

Xia Tian was still startled when she saw the old man suddenly appear.

"Looking for Director Yu?"

The old man stared at Xia Tian suspiciously for a while, then said to him.

"Wait here and don't move. I'll go get Director Yu for you."

The old man looked at Xia Tian, ​​gave her a warning, and then turned and walked inside.

"Old Yu, Old Yu!"

"What's wrong, Old Liu?"

Yu Zhenglai was in his office discussing the matter of going to the dam this year with Qu He and Chen Gongshang.

Hearing Old Liu's shout, he walked out of the office.

"There's a young man outside looking for you!"

Old Liu looked at Yu Zheng and said something.

"Young man, looking for me?"

Yu Zhenglai listened to Old Liu's words and felt very puzzled.

Despite his doubts, he still followed Old Liu out of the office.

I plan to go and find out.

Soon, Yu Zhenglai followed Old Liu outside.

Yu Zheng saw Xia Tian standing there from afar.

Looking at the handsome and tall young man standing not far away.

Yu Zhenglai wondered if he was seeing things. Was he perhaps mistaken?

Until Old Liu spoke up.

"Hey, that's the young man!"

Old Liu pointed at Xia Tian and said something to Yu Zheng.

Yu Zhenglai rubbed his eyes again and looked over carefully once more.

It wouldn't have mattered if he hadn't looked, but once he did, Yu Zheng couldn't care less about anything else.

He took two steps at a time and darted to Xia Tian's side.

Old Liu, who was watching from the side, was dumbfounded and thought to himself.

"When did Old Yu's health become so good?"

"Comrade Xia, is it really you?"

Yu Zheng ran up to Xia Tian and carefully examined her.

He slapped himself as a side effect.

I was afraid I was dreaming.

Feeling the pain on his face, Yu Zhenglai finally realized the truth.

I wasn't dreaming; Comrade Xia was really in front of me.

Xia Tian saw Yu Zheng running over and was about to say something.

Then I heard Yu Zhenglai's words, and then I watched helplessly as Yu Zhenglai slapped me.

This scene really startled Xia Tian.

"Director Yu, is this some kind of special welcome ceremony prepared especially for me?"

After a long while, Xia Tian tentatively spoke.

When Yu Zheng heard Xia Tian's words, he was taken aback for a moment.

He quickly realized what was happening and couldn't help but blush.

"Comrade Xia, you've misunderstood. I was just too excited to see you!"

"Come in quickly, come in quickly!"

Yu Zheng looked at Xia Tian, ​​grabbed his hand as if afraid Xia Tian would run away.

Without saying a word, he pulled Xia Tian inside.

"Old Liu, let's add an extra dish tonight!"

As he walked, he called out to Old Liu, who was standing not far away.

"Oh no, add two more!"

Summer felt Director Yu's hand being pulled forcefully, and wanted to pull it back.

I tried, but I couldn't pull it back.

Old Liu, who was not far away, scratched his head as he looked at Yu Zhenglai.

Without saying much, he left the spot.

"Director Yu, could you please let go of my hand?"

Once inside the forestry bureau, Xia Tian couldn't help but speak up.

This feeling is just so awkward.

If it's a pretty young girl holding my hand, that's fine.

The key was that a rough old man came along and took his hand.

It just doesn't feel right no matter how you look at it.

Hearing Xia Tian's words, Yu Zhenglai couldn't help but blush again.

He felt incredibly embarrassed today.

He blushed more times in his entire life than he did today.

Even when he got married, he didn't blush.

Thinking of this, Yu Zheng let go of Xia Tian's hand.

"Xia, what brings you here this time?"

Yu Zheng came to think of something to say to ease the awkward atmosphere.

"Director Yu, I'm here to report for duty!"

"I just don't know if Director Yu will welcome me?"

"Welcome, welcome! Of course you're welcome!"

Yu Zheng was very excited as he listened to Xia Tian's words.

I was so excited that I almost had a stroke.

Seeing this, Xia Tian quickly helped Yu Zhenglai up.

"Director Yu, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, I'm fine!"

Xia Tian helped Yu Zheng into the office.

in the office.

Qu Hezheng and Engineer Chen stared at each other, wide-eyed.

Xia Tian looked at Yu Zheng, who was being helped in, and curiously examined him.

"Old Yu, what's wrong?"

Qu He looked at Yu Zhenglai, who was being helped by Xia Tian, ​​and asked him with concern.

"it's okay no problem!"

Yu Zhenglai sat in the chair and waved his hand.

"Old Yu, who is this?"

Qu He then turned his gaze to Xia Tian, ​​who was standing to the side, and asked.

"Hahaha, Old Qu, let me tell you, this is a treasure!"

"Didn't you say I didn't bring anything back from my trip to Beiping?"

"Let me tell you, even if I really didn't bring anything back!"

"The fact that Comrade Xia came is far more useful than anything I brought back."

Yu Zhenglai was very excited and laughed as he spoke to Qu He.

"By the way, Comrade Xia, let me introduce you!"

"This is Qu He, the head of the Political Work Section of our Forestry Bureau!"

Yu Zhenglai seemed to remember something, and pointed at Qu He to Xia Tian and introduced him.

"This is Chen Guangji, the head of the technical section of our forestry bureau!"

Then he pointed to Teacher Yan Bugui and introduced him to Xia Tian.

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