Year: I planted trees in Saihanba

1965 9 Month 1 Day.

Saihanba Forest Farm Primary School welcomed its first batch of students.

The primary school has five grades, and all the children of forest farm workers of the appropriate age attend primary school.

Most people in the nearby villages also send their children to primary school.

In the past two years, the construction of the forest farm has driven the development of nearby villages.

The income of villagers in nearby villages is many times higher than before.

With money in their hands, villagers naturally place greater emphasis on education.

Moreover, once you have money, you no longer need to do strenuous labor.

Therefore, the villagers are willing to send their children to school so that they can learn some knowledge.

After all, since the development of the imperial examination system in China, studying, taking the imperial examination, and becoming an official have been the only path for most people from the lower classes to reach the upper class.

Most people believe that education and success are closely related.

Therefore, the first enrollment of students at the forest farm primary school was a complete success.

After the start of the school year, the forest farm also entered a new round of vigorous afforestation plans.

All forestry workers were mobilized, and they worked together to start planting trees.

That evening, Xia Tian was still working in the office.

"Xia Gong, a fellow villager has come to the entrance of our forest farm. He says he's looking for you!"

Xia Tian stopped writing when she heard what the clerk at the branch office said.

"Looking for me?"

Didn't you ask who he was?

"I asked, but he only said he came to see you, and wouldn't say anything else!"

"Thank you for your hard work, you can go ahead and get busy!"

Goodbye, Engineer Xia!

Watching the clerk leave, Xia Tian closed the cap of her fountain pen, lost in thought.

"It's so late, who could it be?"

Thinking to himself, Xia Tian got up and walked towards the entrance of the forest farm.

When he reached the door and saw who it was, he was momentarily speechless.

The person who came was none other than Zhang Fulin.

"Old Zhang!"

Zhang Fulin was squatting on the ground, holding his luggage and looking down.

Upon hearing Xia Tian's voice, I suddenly looked up, and only after recognizing her did I realize it was Xia Tian.

The package slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.

She stood up, excitedly took two steps forward, wanting to give Xia Tian a hug.

However, when he reached Xia Tian, ​​he stopped, as if he had thought of something.

Seeing Zhang Fulin's flustered expression, Xia Tian took two steps forward and gave him a hug.

"came back?"

"Just come back!"

Xia Tian hugged Zhang Fulin and whispered.

"Engineer Xia, I..."

When Zhang Fulin heard Xia Tian's voice, there was already a hint of sob in his voice.

"Alright, it's good that you're back!"

Xia Tian patted Zhang Fulin on the back and led him into the forest farm.

“Fulin, look, this is the headquarters of our Saihanba Forest Farm.”

"Our afforestation efforts have been a success!"

Xia Tian led Zhang Fulin and began to introduce him.

"You haven't eaten yet?"

"Come home with me in a little while, and I'll invite the captain and the others to give you a welcome-home feast!"

Suddenly, Xia Tian seemed to remember something and spoke to Zhang Fulin.

"Thank you, Engineer Xia!"

Zhang Fulin's uneasy expression eased slightly as he listened to Xia Tian's arrangements.

"Alright, I'll explain the changes in the forest farm to you in detail tomorrow."

"Now you're coming home with me!"

Xia Tian pulled Zhang Fulin along and went straight back to the dormitory.

"Xiaoyue, come out quickly, see who's here?"

Back at the dormitory entrance, Xia Tian called out to the room.

Meng Yue, heavily pregnant, was preparing dinner in the inner room when she heard Xia Tian's voice and curiously came out.

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