Chapter 146 Tiananmen in the Old Times

When Lin Zheng heard He Yuzhu say that Sun Tie agreed to introduce him, he started laughing.
"I can also be your introducer.
But you are right. Tiedan is on a mission now and may need your help at any time.
It is indeed not very convenient if you go in and out of the Public Security Bureau every day.
How about this,
After he finishes his mission, I will ask my superiors to transfer you over.

But you are only 14 years old now, and you don’t meet the requirements for formal employment yet, so you can only be considered an activist.”

Since Lin Zheng had said so, He Yuzhu stopped being hypocritical.

"Okay, I'll come find you after Brother Tiedan completes his mission."

After Lin Zheng left, He Yuzhu thought that he had spent so much time on writing traditional Chinese characters for the past six months, and it was finally not in vain.

Then he calmed down.

I began to try hard to recall what happened when Sun Tie was carrying out the mission.

But it has been more than a year since He Yuzhu traveled through time. Without the stimulation of specific scenes, there are actually very few plots that he can still remember now.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been doing nothing at home all day practicing calligraphy, fishing, and carving radishes.

After thinking for a long time, he could only remember some general information such as before the ceremony, the spies, and the Tianqiao Vegetable Market.
As for the specific details, they are completely vague.

He looked at the time in the space again. It was still early September, and there were nearly 9 days left until the ceremony. All He Yuzhu could do now was to wait patiently.

A few days later, considering that the Tiananmen Gate Tower was in disrepair and had a small space,
It does not meet the conditions for holding large-scale celebrations.

The Beijing Military Control Commission issued a mobilization order, calling on all the people in the city to actively participate in the voluntary labor for the transformation of Tiananmen Square.

Once the news is released,
Government staff, the people, workers and students of the Peking Military Control Commission all participated actively and enthusiastically.

As soon as the broadcast was over,

He Yuzhu, who was carving a radish with a kitchen knife, put down his tool and went to the backyard.
"Old lady, I want to go to Tiananmen Square and see if I can help.

If I can be selected,

I will prepare meals for you and rainwater every morning, and you can heat them up at noon, okay?"

Seeing He Yuzhu proposed to go to Tiananmen Square to help, the deaf old lady didn't say anything and happily agreed.
"The Military Control Commission has been good to us ordinary people. It is a good thing that you are willing to help.

If I were not too old and could only make shoes and sew stretcher cloths, I would definitely go and help.

You don't have to worry about me and the rain.

Although I am old, I can still heat up the food. If that doesn’t work, don’t you still have your Aunt Yi?”

"Madam, I'll go talk to Aunt Yi now, and then I'll go to the street to find Sister Hongying to sign up."

"Go!"

In the evening, after He Daqing and his friends came back,

Hearing that He Yuzhu had already gone to the street to register, he was also very happy and said,

"After the announcement, many workers at the steel mill also clamored to sign up, but the factory had a heavy workload in producing weapons, so the military representative did not agree to their request.

I definitely can't go, but Zhuzi, since you have free time, then behave yourself and don't embarrass your father."

"Don't worry, I won't embarrass you."

The next morning, I went to the market to buy some vegetables and prepared lunch for the deaf old lady.
He Yuzhu went straight to the street government after leaving the courtyard.

When almost everyone else has arrived,
Then everyone carried hoes and shovels, lifted baskets, and held red flags, and marched towards Tiananmen Square in a mighty procession.

At that time, Tiananmen Square was still a small semi-enclosed T-shaped square, more than 100 meters long from north to south and 7 to 80 meters wide from east to west, surrounded by Zhonghua Gate, East Chang'an Gate, Zhongshan Park and red walls.
It was far from the one that the people of Daxia were familiar with later.
It is 880 meters long from north to south, 500 meters wide from east to west, covers an area of ​​44 square meters, and can accommodate 100 million people.

Not only is the place small, but the current Tiananmen Square is also quite dilapidated.
From top to bottom,

In the sky flocks of wild pigeons circled and danced;
The original bright yellow glazed tiles on the tower have long lost their original appearance, and are covered with black pigeon droppings accumulated over the past 2 to 30 years.
The few sparse wormwood plants were about one or two meters high;
The red city walls that were originally painted with cinnabar are now in ruins, and even the city walls have collapsed in many places.
The Jinshui River in front of the city gate had long since turned into a green, stinking ditch;
As for the ground of the square,
There are piles of sand and feces half a meter above the ground, as well as dense weeds that have been nourished by the feces for countless years.

There were some black puddles hidden in the weeds, and huge rats ran by from time to time.

At this time, Tiananmen Square was like an old man in his twilight years, emitting waves of foul odor.

Just like the dilapidated old times in the past.

When He Yuzhu and his team arrived at Tiananmen Square under the leadership of Li Hongying,
There are already crowds of people here.

In more distant places, there are more workers, students and ordinary people, led by trade unions, schools and streets.

People holding red flags and beating drums and gongs kept gathering.

Looking at the crowds that kept gathering,
The faces of the military control committee staff waiting here suddenly lit up with joy.

The originally very heavy repair task suddenly became easy.

Regardless of whether everyone was present or not, the staff began to assign tasks to different groups.
"Comrades, according to the requirements of the State Council, we, the Beiping Military Control Commission, have been ordered to repair and renovate Tiananmen Square in preparation for the upcoming ceremony.
After investigation and sorting, the repair and renovation tasks mainly include the following four major items:
First, renovate the square;
Second, repair the roads of East and West Chang'an Avenue;

3. Repair and paint the Tiananmen Gate Tower;

Fourth, design and build a flagpole as high as the top of the Tiananmen Gate Tower in the most suitable location.
Let’s start assigning tasks:
......"

As the most important place in the celebration, the tasks on the Tiananmen Gate Tower were naturally handed over to the most trustworthy PLA soldiers.
What ordinary people like He Yuzhu can do is

That is to clean up the silt in the Jinshui River, as well as the sand, feces and weeds in the square outside the river.

After the tasks are assigned, no one needs to rush you.
Thousands of people in the square waved hoes, pickaxes and shovels, bent down and began to work hard.

Just as He Yuzhu picked up a shovel and shoveled the dirt under his feet into the basket beside him, Dayong and his men came over, holding the tail of a huge rat.
"Zhu Zi, come and see if you can make this little thing?"

Seeing the rat in Dayong's hand, He Yuzhu suddenly felt nauseous.

Even so
But he could also understand Dayong's approach.
After all, these people have been hungry since they were young, so it is a blessing to be able to eat food, let alone meat.

But the current situation is completely different from before liberation.

He Yuzhu naturally would not help them.

(End of this chapter)