Year: I planted trees in Saihanba

The autumn rain lasted all night.

Early the next morning.

Summer gathered the eight young men who had come to the dam together.

"I'd like to have four of you stay on the dam. I wonder if you'd be willing?"

"Engineer Xia, I'm willing to stay in Bashang!"

Oda was the first to respond.

"I would like that too."

Xiao Liu followed closely behind, not to be outdone, and retorted.

"Engineer Xia, we're all willing!"

After yesterday's sudden downpour by Summer.

Especially after Xiaotian's analysis last night.

The eight young people now admired Xia Tian immensely.

"But only four people are needed on the dam!"

"You don't need too many people to take care of the seedlings!"

Looking at the eight enthusiastic people, Xia Tian smiled and said something.

"Why don't you eight discuss it and see who stays?"

After saying that, Xia Tian returned to the dugout and packed up to go down to the dam.

"it is good!"

Everyone spoke in unison!

"I'll stay. Life on the dam is tough. You all go back!"

Oda spoke first.

"Why should you stay? Look at your delicate skin, it's not suitable for you to stay on the dam."

Xiao Huang retorted.

"Alright, we're all colleagues who eat from the same pot!"

"There's no need to fight over such a trivial matter!"

"As everyone knows, staying in Bashang is quite tough!"

"From what Engineer Xia said, staying on the dam is to take care of the newly planted saplings!"

"Taking care of saplings is a delicate job, and also a tough and tiring one!"

"If the saplings live, that's fine, but what if they die? How will we explain this to the bureau?"

"So everyone should really think this through!"

Finally, Xiao Liu spoke up, mediated the situation, and explained the pros and cons.

"I want to stay!"

"I do too!"

After seven or eight minutes of silence, everyone unanimously chose to stay.

The reason is simple: no one wants to see the seedlings they've worked so hard to plant die.

"Since everyone is willing, and Engineer Xia has said that only four people are needed."

"Let's draw lots to decide!"

Xiao Liu offered a suggestion.

"Drawing lots, great idea!"

"How exactly do you catch them?"

"Find eight sticks, four long and four short."

"Whoever draws the long stick stays, how about that?"

"it is good!"

The other seven people thought about it and agreed with Xiao Liu's suggestion.

"Let's go find Engineer Xia now!"

"it is good!"

……

"Engineer Xia, all eight of us want to stay!"

"So we came up with an idea: to decide by drawing lots!"

"Xia, take these eight sticks!"

"We'll draw lots, whoever draws the longest one stays!"

"it is good!"

"Then you guys draw!"

Xia Tian took the stick from Xiao Liu, randomly shuffled it, and then held it in her hand.

"bring it on!"

In the end, Xiao Liu, Xiao Huang, Xiao Zhang, and Xiao Sun drew the long sticks.

Seeing this, the other four who didn't get a draw didn't say much.

"Alright, you four, pack your things, we'll be going down to the dam in a bit!"

Summer said something to the four people who hadn't drawn the long stick.

"You four, stay in the dam area for two days and take care of the newly planted seedlings!"

"How about it?"

"Please rest assured, Engineer Xia, I guarantee the task will be completed!"

The four remaining people exchanged glances and said in unison.

……

Weichang County Forestry Bureau.

"Engineer Chen, Xia, why are you back so soon?"

Yu Zhenglai looked at Engineer Chen and Xia Tian, ​​who appeared in front of him, with great confusion.

Logically speaking, they have only been on the dam for less than three days.

"Here's the thing, Director Yu, don't ask any questions yet. Let's call the bureau leaders over and have a short meeting!"

Engineer Chen looked at Director Yu, but instead of explaining, he said to him.

Yu Zheng looked at Engineer Chen and saw that he looked serious, not like he was joking.

He nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and immediately went to call for help.

Soon, the leaders of the Forestry Bureau met in the conference room.

Everyone looked at each other, completely bewildered.

"Old Yu, why did you call us here?"

Qu He looked at Yu Zhenglai, who was sitting in the main seat, and asked a question.

"I do not know either!"

Yu Zheng shook his head and offered an explanation.

"Old Yu, are you kidding us?"

"Didn't you call us here for a meeting?"

"You don't know either?"

Just as Yu Zhenglai was about to say something, the meeting room door was pushed open from the outside.

Engineer Chen and Xia Tian walked in one after the other.

"Engineer Chen?"

"Xiao Xia?!"

"Aren't you two in Bashang?"

Qu He looked at Engineer Chen with considerable confusion.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet!"

Yu Zhenglai coughed as he saw the person in question arrive.

"Here's the thing, the reason I called everyone here today is because we made a significant discovery while planting trees on the dam."

Upon hearing what Engineer Chen said, everyone in the conference room perked up their ears.

Why didn't you say so earlier!

If you had told them this earlier, they wouldn't have been sleepy!

"What major discovery was it?"

Yu Zheng is a great straight man.

"This major discovery was made by Xia!"

Engineer Chen glanced at Xia Tian, ​​signaling that it was his turn to speak.

When everyone heard what Engineer Chen said, they felt it was perfectly reasonable.

Who is Xia Xia?

Xia Xia was a top student who graduated from Beiping City University.

It's perfectly normal to discover something!

"That's right. As the saying goes, 'One's environment shapes one's character!'"

"The reason why we can't grow trees on the dam is because we're going in the wrong direction."

"Our consistent approach has been to bring seedlings from below the dam and plant them on the dam!"

"But when seedlings from below the dam are brought to the dam, they, like people, will suffer from acclimatization problems."

"The saplings aren't adapted to the new environment; will they even survive?"

"It's obvious, they can't survive!"

"But what if we want to cultivate seedlings on the dam?"

"Use seedlings cultivated in the Bashang area and then plant them in the Bashang area?"

"Does that mean I won't experience any issues with adapting to the new environment?"

"Does this mean we'll be able to grow trees successfully on the dam?"

After Xia Tian finished speaking, the conference room fell silent.

"Yes, we should use seedlings from the dam area!"

"As expected of Xia, she's got a sharp mind!"

After a long silence, whispers broke out in the conference room.

"Wow, Xia is amazing!"

"But don't get too excited yet!"

"All of this is just speculation; further verification and practice are needed to confirm its validity."

Seeing this, Xia Tian poured cold water on everyone present.

"So this trip down to the dam is to solicit everyone's opinions!"

"Should we put this into practice?"

"Practice is essential!"

After hearing Xia Tian's words, Yu Zhenglai immediately spoke up.

"Xia, just tell me what you need!"

"Our forestry bureau will definitely cooperate fully!"

"What if our forestry bureau didn't have it!"

"Even if I go to the regional forestry bureau or the Ministry of Forestry, I still have to cooperate!"

"If there are conditions, we should go for it; if there aren't, we should create the conditions and go for it!"

Yu Zheng made the final decision.

"Is everyone alright?"

"no problem."

"Okay, now our bureau's main task is to do everything we can to ensure the seedling cultivation work in the Bashang area!"

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