Bai Fumei in the ’70s Chapter 54
Translated by Serena Love
The four engineers who were in charge of this project were taken to the police station at the same time for interrogation on the same day.
Sun Xiang, as the chief engineer, is fully responsible for this major safety accident and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The other three engineers also had their own fate. Wang Yang advocated the blasting and was also responsible for the accident. He was sentenced to ten years in prison. Hu Xianzhi and Wu Yong were released.
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Hu Xianzhi was responsible for other matters in this project, and he played an active role before the accident, which greatly saved the lives and property of more than ten workers. Although he was at fault, the crime would not lead him to jail. After he was released, he "lives" in the cowshed like his teacher and was hated by the villagers.
Wu Yong was also in charge of other matters, and he presided over another project, and did not join Sun Xiang's project at all. After repeated interrogation, the police learned that Wu Yong was strongly opposed to the use of blasting to clear the ditch. Because of differences in opinions, he started a new project. Because the techniques and methods used were completely different from those of Sun Xiang, the hill he was in charge of not only had no accidents, on the contrary, the project was completed smoothly beyond expectations. In this major accident, he is the only person who was cleared from blame.
A week later, Hu Xianzhi was released. His long unattended beard has turned into a mad grass and he is almost indistinguishable from a homeless man.
In the past few days, he was repeatedly tortured in the bureau, not only was he physically hit, but his spirit is also weak.
Hu Xianzhi carried his broken possessions and came to the bullpen.
Fortunately, the old landlord's family was lavish, and the bullpen was large and bright. It has five adult and healthy cows and a small calf, which could provide a place for two men to settle down.
Gu Huaijin didn't want to take care of this ungrateful student, but Hu Xianzhi knelt down when he came to the bullpen. His complicated face contained shame, and the eight-foot-tall man was lying on the ground crying and weeping.
He said, "I know it's wrong."
Gu Huaijin didn't say anything, lying on his soft "straw mat", and fell asleep.
He won't take a second look even when he kneels to death.
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The day the Niujiao mountain collapsed, He Songbai family came back from the mountain, and they all had a sense of fear for the rest of their lives.
There are two officials in the village who can be the masters. One is the brigade captain whose life and death is unclear, and the Branch Secretary Li whose granddaughter is also seriously injured. The whole family went to the hospital in a mess, and the village also became a mess.
The director of the Women's Federation came forward at this time. She and a few members of the federation brought a chicken over.
She said, "Now there is a pile of mess in the village, everyone is uncomfortable. The commendation meeting is also a bit silent."
"On behalf of all members of the 1st and 2nd brigade, I will commend you 'heroes'. Please wait a few days for someone to write an advanced deed and send it to the county town."
The director of the Women's Federation made these remarks to Zhao Lanxiang.
Before the landslide accident, she ran and yelled to ask for evacuation. If she has not made this efforts, the village would not know how many people would be killed or injured this time.
When Zhao Lanxiang heard the words, she made a pause gesture and wanted to correct the words of the director of the Women's Federation, and telling her that Teacher Gu and He Songbai also have credits.
They are the heroes.
But He Songbai, who stood beside Zhao Lanxiang, grabbed her sleeve vigorously, pinched her hand across the sleeve, shook his head slightly. His calm face revealed a seriousness.
Zhao Lanxiang gritted her teeth and said, "He Songbai and Teacher Gu also went to the mountain to stop the blasting. If they were not there, Niujiao mountain will collapse at twelve o'clock."
"Where will the workers have time to retreat."
The expressions on the faces of the director of the Women's Federation and the captain of the first brigade, He Laifu, were stagnant, and the director of the Women's Federation handed the chicken in her hand to Zhao Lanxiang.
"This chicken is the commendation that everyone decides to give you after a lot of discussion."
"As for the other two heroes..." He Laifu, the captain of the first team, paused and scratched his head. "It can't be behind."
So he went to the chicken shed in the brigade to catch two chickens, handed one to Teacher Gu, and the other to He Songbai.
"Take care of your body!"
"I thank you on behalf of the party and the people!"
People who have read books are educated, and they make people feel comfortable when they speak. At least, he could let the other two heroes who were "selectively" ignored feel more comfortable.
The other members also carried three chickens in their hands. He Laifu said, "We are going to visit Dali, so we won't grind our mouths here, we will leave."
Sister He thanked the two officers of the village.
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The old hen that Teacher Gu got, clucked up and down. As soon as her feet touched the ground, a bubble of fresh yellow-green chicken dung was placed into his haystack.
He stared at the chicken with embarrassment and said, "It seems useless for me to raise this chicken..."
He paused and said, "But it's been a while since I've eaten chicken."
The arrival of these three chickens lightened their tense mood a little. For Sister He, the two more chickens that suddenly came out were no doubt a surprise that fell from the sky, and it was hard to imagine. How did she know that her brother who "escaped by chance" actually did a heroic deed?
For Teacher Gu, it is a very delicious dish. The lively chicken looks just like meat in his mouth.
He wondered whether it would be better to kill, or to raise it for an egg a day. From a nutritional point of view, the latter seems better. But he hasn't eaten a bite of chicken for a long, long time. However, after eating this meal, it meant that the next meal is gone. He stared at the hen with bitterness and worry.
Zhao Lanxiang picked up the chicken and said in a final word: "It is not easy for everyone today. I will make a delicious meal to treat you and to suppress the fear."
Today, her heart seemed to sit in a roller coaster, it has jumped several times.
She was fortunate that she had decided to give Gu Huaijin a meal. Maybe if today she lazily left Gu Huaijin's food in the shed, or was lazy and cook a little bit later, not only her man, but many people she knew or did not know would be killed on the mountain.
The gear of destiny always bites according to the rules. He Songbai in her previous life still lived healthily to his sixties, so he escaped this disaster.
In this life, she replaced him and delivered the meal to Teacher Gu. After learning the news, if she made a mistake, she would regret it until her intestines were blue. She knows that although the result today is tragic, it is already the best result that can be achieved under her best efforts.
She caught all three chickens, checked the chicken's buttocks, touched the chicken wings and feet, and carefully picked out a small, fat and tender hen. She quickly looked at the food stored at home, and she remembered that Tiezhu had brought her a bag of chestnuts the other day.
A braised chestnut chicken appeared in her mind.
There was no objection to Zhao Lanxiang's decision. It was simply a "windfall" that came in for nothing. Today is indeed a special day. The sense of danger of rebirth after catastrophe gave birth to an extreme sense of hunger.
They didn't eat lunch at all, and overdrawn their spirit more than before.
Zhao Lanxiang tidied up the hens quickly. The hens of this era grew up fed with leaf insects mixed with rice bran. They are real farm chickens. The meat is tight and tender, and the oil can be washed out by rinsing it in the water after the stomach is broken.
The chestnut is boiled in water for four or five minutes, and the shell can be peeled with bare hands and broken into two pieces. Remove the large bones of the chicken, blanch it in water, stir fry with white wine, onion, ginger, pepper, star anise and rock sugar until the skin becomes yellowish red. Transfer to a large pot, add water to the chicken, add chestnuts. The fire from the stove licked the bottom of the pot on medium heat, and the water bubbled up, soaking up the essence of the chestnut and chicken, which is fragrant and attractive.
IIn the afternoon, the scorching and dazzling sunlight shone into the firewood room and scattered on the pot. The chicken was glowing with yellow oil, and it was alluringly coated with a layer of red enamel. Zhao Lanxiang took out the braised chestnut chicken until the juice was boiled until it became thick and dry.
The rich and wonderful flavor exudes from the kitchen. The rich and sweet aroma of boiled chestnut is mixed with the stir-fried flavor of chicken and chestnut, floats out from the kitchen door, the people who have been hungry until the afternoon are all greedy and not enough.
He Songbai was beaten, and then broke out to an astonishing limit on the front line of life and death, he has been starving and his eyes are dizzy.
He chewed a piece of sweet and greasy mango roll and divided it between the elder sister and the younger sister. For Grandma, the girlfriend had already delivered her meal at noon, and she is sleeping soundly, without knowing what kind of disaster had happened on the mountain.
Zhao Lanxiang reheated the remaining rice in the pot, and even brought out the remaining braised pork belly from noon.
Sister He was so hungry that her eyes straightened, and when she scooped up the rice, she gasped for breath, and she ate the meat with big mouthful.
The unique glutinous and sweet taste of chestnut grabbed her palate, and the fragrant and tangy taste melted into the chicken, and the soft stewed chicken seemed to have a strong taste.
The more she chews the more fragrant it is, and the more she can't eat enough.
He Songbai sucked the fatty meat quietly, and he quickly finished the small half of the braised pork. The gesture of devouring it caught Zhao Lanxiang off guard. She quickly pulled some meat out and gave a bowl of rice to Teacher Gu.
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When Zhao Lanxiang brought the food out to Teacher Gu, he was stretching his neck to sniff by the weed pile and took a few deep breaths.
Zhao Lanxiang couldn't help but laughing.
"Come and eat."
"It is thanks to you today."
Teacher Gu took a pot of rice and ate it. The sorrow between his eyebrows seemed to dissipate with the meal.
Teacher Gu said while eating, "An accident in a project is a life-long shame for an engineer."
"How good it would be if I weren't removed... How many people died today?"
Zhao Lanxiang said, "I don't know yet. They are still searching on the other side of the mountain. We'll know it in two days."
Teacher Gu was eating and eating, and suddenly there was no sound.
He said, "My life was also taken back by He's second."
"You tell him that if he wants it, I will definitely accept him as a disciple and leave everything in my name to him."
Zhao Lanxiang was happy, don't need to leave anything for him. He doesn't need your treasure, he needs your gratitude!
Zhao Lanxiang said in a light way, "No, this fool certainly won't want it, he won't be rewarded for nothing."
She raised her serious eyes and stared at Teacher Gu. "As long as you remember that if he is in danger in the future, help him, that's enough."
Holding the rice bowl, Teacher Gu said with emotion, "This is for sure. My life was saved by him."
He paused, angrily at his rejected treasure, "You little girl, do you know how much property you have rejected for him?"
Zhao Lanxiang smiled, did not speak, and pushed the bowl at her hand to him.
"Drink some soup after dinner."
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