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Linzhou City, Henan Province is destined to become famous again. The first time was because of the Hongqi Canal, a water conservancy project built in the 1960s. This time, it was a female astronaut named Liu Yang. A dazzling business card will be added here: the hometown of China's first female astronaut.

Liu Yang is boiling in the small village.

Liu Haiyan hasn't been to the office for more than ten days.

Liu Haiyan is the director of the Land Institute of Wulong Town Government, but now he has a more important identity-the uncle of Liu Yang, the first female astronaut in China. And this identity has brought him unprecedented glory and busyness.

Liu Yang's name has gradually spread since the announcement of the selection list of Shenzhou 9 astronauts in May this year. Xiaze Village, Wulong Town, Linzhou City is the ancestral home of Liu Yang. As one of the only three relatives in Liu Yang's hometown, Liu Haiyan naturally became the red man pursued by the media.

Linzhou is more than 220 kilometers from Zhengzhou, 50 kilometers from Linzhou to Wulong Town, and there are more than ten miles from the town to Xiaze Village where Liu Yang's ancestral home is located. This is a village surrounded by Taihang Mountain. Limited land can only be used as cultivated land, and the main crops are corn and wheat.

Li Zhigang, director of Wulong Town Government Office, has been very busy recently. He is a member of the publicity reception team in Liu Yang. Because there is no through train from town to village, staff member Cheng Guangzeng can only drive a silver-gray van between Wulong Town and Xiaze Village every day, responsible for leading the way, delivering water and making slogans for reporters.

There are more than 3,600 people in Xiaze Village, which has never been so valued by the world before. At the same time, this may be the first time that villagers have set their sights on space. Because according to the propaganda of the local government a few days ago, the first female astronaut in China may be Liu Yang, a daughter from the Red Flag Canal.

On June 13, the reporter of Metropolitan Times rushed to Linzhou. A person from the local propaganda department joked: "You just came here now, and you won't be able to grab the news in the future." People from the Propaganda Department of Linzhou Municipal Committee said that as early as May 23rd, the main leaders of Linzhou City began to look for the relationship between Liu Yang and Linzhou through various channels and relationships.

On the morning of May 29th, Lu Dejun, member of the Standing Committee of Linzhou Municipal Committee and Minister of Propaganda, took several reporters into the home of an ordinary farmer in Xiaze Village, Wulong Town. From then on, this isolated village began to boil because of Liu Yang.

Of course, it's not just Xiaze Village that is boiling. A few days ago, similar slogans appeared in Zhengzhou. The banner of "China's first female astronaut" has already been put up by Liu Yang, a junior high school student in Zhengzhou No.3 Middle School, and a senior high school student in Zhengzhou No.12 Middle School.

She is the "daughter of Hongqi Canal"

From Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, to the remote Xiaze village, people talked about Liu Yang all the way. Zhengzhou's brother said she was the pride of Zhengzhou, the hotel waiter in Linzhou said she was the pride of Linzhou, and people in Wulong town even talked about this "daughter by the Hongqi Canal".

In fact, the intersection of Liu Yang and Xiaze Village, and even Linzhou City, only came back to visit relatives at the age of 6. "Yang Yang returned to her hometown when she was 6 years old. She didn't like talking to people when she was a child. " This is Liu Yang's fifth grandfather Liu Tiancai's few memories of Liu Yang, but that was 30 years ago. The old man is 72 years old this year. More neighbors learned through TV and newspapers that Liu Yang came from Xiaze Village.

On June 14, the reporter of Metropolitan Times rushed to Xiaze Village. The three dilapidated brick houses in Liu's family are inconspicuous. In the yard, Liu Tiancai, Liu Yang's fifth grandfather, is sitting with Liu Haiyan and Liu Yang's uncle. The slogan "Liu Yang, you are the pride of the people in your hometown" has been posted on the south gate.

In recent ten days, 70-year-old Liu Tiancai had to recall sporadic memories related to Liu Yang over and over again, which made him feel both happy and at a loss. Cheng Guangzeng said that the elderly have limited knowledge, but it is not easy to refuse journalists from afar. A few days ago, he wanted to hide in the mountains. Later, the town government came forward and he was willing to "go out of the mountain".

Liu Haiyan, who knows more about Liu Yang, only remembers his sophomore year in Liu Yang. At that time, he went to Zhengzhou on business and stayed at Liu Yang's house for a few days. "I felt that she didn't like to talk, but she was very polite. After greeting me, she went to do her homework. "

In 20 10, the state selected female astronauts, and Liu Yang stood out from 15 candidates. Since then, he has been receiving closed training, including Liu Yang's father, and he also needs the consent of relevant state departments to meet Liu Yang in Beijing. Other relatives, there is no chance to see Liu Yang.

Liu Haiyan said that they had never seen Liu Yang go to college, work or even be elected as an astronaut. Even when Liu Yang's grandfather died last year, Liu Yang didn't come back.

In recent years, relatives in my hometown only learned about Liu Yang through his father Liu Shilin's paraphrase. The villagers are even stranger to this "goddess". If journalists hadn't poured into this remote village, the villagers wouldn't have known the relationship between Liu Yang and here.

But in Liu Haiyan's impression, Liu Yang has a strong personality and is a bit of a tomboy. Although I don't like to talk at ordinary times, I can make a blockbuster at the key time. "What she believes must be done, with the spirit of our daughter in Hongqiqu." He said.

Shenjiu's launch into the mountain village caused a sensation.

On the afternoon of June 15, the dilapidated courtyard of Liu Yang's hometown in Xiaze Village, Wulong Town was full of people from the town government and various media. A rather grand celebration is being staged. Loud gongs, drums and firecrackers attract villagers who are sowing corn in the fields.

A few minutes ago, the villagers just saw Liu Yang's name from the list of "Shenzhou 9" astronauts released by CCTV. "Nothing wrong, that's all." Liu Tiancai stared at the TV closely. "Our family has a big nose." . From this, he judged that the woman wearing strange clothes in the picture was her granddaughter Liu Yang.

"It's more lively than the Chinese New Year." A villager said. However, the protagonist of this celebration is not here. Liu Yang's parents and other immediate family members are in Zhengzhou, which embarrassed the leaders who came to congratulate him.

Liu Haiyan changed into a white shirt and black trousers, and his shoes were polished. He sat in front of the camera sweating profusely, repeating what he had said the day before, and his voice was hoarse. "I am happier today. After all, the other day was hype. Liu Yang is now the real pride of the people in my hometown. "

The local government attaches great importance to Liu Yang's publicity. As early as June 10, Wulong Town Government held a special meeting. On June 1 1, Linzhou Municipal Government held another special meeting with only one purpose: to do a good job in the publicity of Liu Yang.

Yesterday afternoon, Cheng Guangzeng sat in a shabby office and made a dozen phone calls in one breath. He is responsible for coordinating personnel arrangements, and the town government organizes celebrations in three groups: Party Secretary and Liu Haiyan went to Zhengzhou yesterday afternoon to send condolence letters and blessings to Liu Yang's parents; The discipline inspection secretary and some staff members are responsible for the celebration activities in Xiaze Village; In the town government office, other cadres who can't catch up stay in the town government office to watch the live broadcast.

In the afternoon, from Wulong Town to Xiaze Village, you can see jubilant banners and slogans everywhere. The sign "Hometown of the first female astronaut in China" is also hung at the gate of Xiaze Village. At the door of Liu Tiancai's old man's house, there is a big red flower with the word "Goddess" on the door.

18: 37, the moment Shenzhou-9 ignited, applause, drums and firecrackers drowned out the sound on TV. With the official launch of Chang 'e, people in Xiaze Village can finally make a name for themselves again. But the story of "the hometown of China's first female astronaut" has just begun.