Chapter 376: The Sword Pointed at the Ming Tombs Reservoir

"How could the comrades in Changping not work hard? They are working hard.
Women are used as men, and men are used as animals.
As for the Shahe Commune you just mentioned, there were seven young women who participated in the construction of the Ming Tombs Dam in the first batch. They worked very hard.
She was also given the title of "Iron Lady of the Seven Sisters".

But no matter how hard people try, they still have to abide by the objective laws of nature.
There are too few people and the project is too heavy, so it is normal that it cannot be completed. "

I heard that He Yuzhu knew so much about the Ming Tombs Dam, and even knew that there were several girls on the construction site.
Zhou Yiming asked curiously,

"Captain He, how do you know so much? How come we don't know?"

Hearing Zhou Yiming's question, He Yuzhu looked at him with a smile, and then continued,

“Didn’t you just say that when the flood season comes, the unfinished dam will definitely be destroyed by the flood? The leaders above will certainly not let this happen and let the comrades’ sweat flow in vain.

I was cooking a few days ago.
Otherwise, I rarely go out of town, so how would I know about this?"

At this time, Zhou Yiming didn't remember anything else, he just remembered asking He Yuzhu.

After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he asked,

"Captain He, how did you respond?"

"What can I say? We are definitely willing to take you to the construction site for support. How can our militiamen miss out on such a good opportunity? Don't you think so?"

Hearing He Yuzhu's words, Zhou Yiming nodded immediately.

"That's for sure. We, the militia, are also the people's soldiers. If the people need us, we will go."

"Haha, I guess I'll wait a few days.
You must be more active when the time comes and don’t embarrass our militia.”

"Needless to say, just wait and see Captain He."

The Jiefang truck swayed along the way and soon entered the territory of Cuicun Commune.

At this time, the vast majority of the commune members were eliminating the four pests under the leadership of the commune leaders.
I saw people holding sticks and washbasins, on rooftops, on mountains, in ditches, in woods, and in fields, shouting in unison and banging the sticks hard to drive away the few sparrows that were already there.

At this time, the children in the commune saw He Yuzhu driving the truck and immediately surrounded him.

"Car, it's a car, Goudan, come here quickly, there's a car in the village!"

"Here I am, Tiezhu, come over and take a look at the car."

Looking at the group of children who were rushing over, He Yuzhu stuck his head out of the window and greeted them with a smile.

"Slow down, slow down, be careful, I won't rub against you."

However, the kids thought that He Yuzhu was just saying hello to them, and instead of quieting down, they moved even closer to the front, forcing He Yuzhu to put the car in neutral and stop.
"I wonder why you little guys are so disobedient. You won't stop even when I tell you to. What if you get scratched?"

"Hahaha,

Comrade, are you driving here to kill the four pests in our village? But you have only been here a few days ago, why are you here again so soon?

Hurry up and open the truck bed so we can see what goodies you have brought to exchange with us."

Hearing the questions from these kids, He Yuzhu knew that they must have regarded him as someone who was here to collect flies, mosquitoes and other pests, so he asked with a smile,

"Little friend, we are not here to capture the four pests. Do you know where your commune director is? We are here to look for him."

Hearing He Yuzhu say that he was not here to collect the four pests in exchange for things,

Although the children were a little disappointed, they still pointed in the direction of the commune office.

"Over there, Uncle Wang and the others are talking to Sister Xiulan and the others. I don't know what they are doing."

Looking in the direction of their fingers, He Yuzhu indeed saw a group of people gathered together and looked over here from time to time. Several older cadres were talking about something.
So I thanked the children, then put the car in gear and drove slowly forward.

Then I saw a few children running towards the cadres, shouting and yelling.
Not long after, those cadres came towards the truck.

"Hello, comrade. I am the director of Cuicun Commune. My name is Wang Shao. You are the comrades sent from Peking to inspect the city, right?"

"Hello, Director Wang. We have been sent by the Beiping Municipal Government to come to your Cuicun Commune to learn about the results of the four pests eradication campaign.
What's going on with you guys?"

Watching He Yuzhu getting off the truck and looking at where he came from, Director Wang shook hands with He Yuzhu and the others and started talking.
"Welcome, welcome. I have been looking forward to your coming since I received the news two days ago.

The project at the Ming Tombs Reservoir is short of manpower. Now that the four pests eradication is over, the leaders of Changping asked us to transfer more manpower to the construction site.

We are mobilizing!"

Then he pointed at a few of the girls and said with a smile,

"Shahe Commune has a group of seven sisters. We in Cuicun Commune are going to follow their example and send some young female comrades there.

If I make achievements and become famous, I may not have to farm in the countryside for the rest of my life.
Am I right. "

Director Wang said this because the State Council promulgated the "Household Registration Regulations" at the beginning of this year, which completely restricted the flow of urban and rural populations except for a few limited ways such as military service and school entrance exams.

In addition, even if a rural girl marries into a city, her household registration is still completely restricted to the land.
This is completely different from the previous two years where people could move away just by getting married.

However, He Yuzhu also knew that this "Household Registration Regulations" would be broken with the Great Leap Forward in a few months, and would not be truly implemented until after the difficult period.

There is at least a 5-year window.

However, these things are not to be told to outsiders, so He Yuzhu asked other questions.

"Director Wang, when we drove over here just now, we saw that your Cui Village seemed to be not far from the CP District Government.

Why aren't you counted as urban residents?"

Hearing this, Director Wang shook his head helplessly.
“Although our Cui Village is not far from the CP District Government, it is still quite a distance away.
According to the "Regulations on the Standards for Classifying Urban and Rural Areas" promulgated at the end of 55,
We are not the seat of government, the non-agricultural population does not exceed 50%, and we are not the seat of industrial and mining enterprises, railway stations, industrial and commercial centers, scientific research institutions, or employee residential areas.

So it was divided into rural areas.”

(End of this chapter)