Story: Essay "Days at Water Conservancy Construction Site" Dong Kai

After graduating from middle school, I went to the headquarters of water conservancy project. The main job is to manage logistics, run errands, send messages, buy food and cook for the leaders of communes and water conservancy stations. Running around is always busy all day. At that time, I didn't feel tired because I was young. Although the top is a water conservancy worker, he earns the work points of the production team. He has three meals a day, and the food is not bad. After a four-course meal and a full sleep, he is always happy all day. Doing these chores of eating and drinking Lazar is not only not shameful, but also beautiful, because most people can't do it if they want to.

At that time, the standard of food at the headquarters was not high, and officials did not put on airs. Nothing special at that time, but soybean oil and pork were enough. One phone call, just lead a COP. I don't need any trouble. Sometimes I go to the production team to get some soybeans and potatoes, and sometimes I go to farmers' homes to buy some eggs. Eggs are usually stewed. Because there are so many people in the headquarters, it's all pot stew instead of bowl stew. Because there is no shortage of meat, you can eat jiaozi for three days. At that time, big fish ate a lot. Several production teams in Banan send people to go fishing in Xihe River in summer. There is an online shop there. A dozen will take two or three months, and the nets will be closed when it is cold in autumn and the day after tomorrow. At that time, the leaders of the headquarters often wrote notes to let me go fishing in Xihe. It is easy for them to write a few words, but it is really difficult for us to go there. Speaking of Xihe is not close to home, but what people often say is Shengli pond. There is a place called Yuhuagai, which goes back and forth for more than 200 miles.

After breakfast in the morning, I set off by bike and arrived at my destination in about 5 or 6 hours. Sometimes it's windy and rainy, and it's crooked at noon. But fortunately, the note written by the leader was an imperial edict, and no one dared to take my leg to me. The fisherman saw the note and said, "Don't worry, there are all kinds of fish here. Just take them well. Let's eat first!" " "The food in that place is very simple: one meal and one dish. The staple food is rice, and the dishes are stewed with big fish. But the stewed fish there is very special: no salt and no oil. In his words, it is called "boiled white rabbit". I looked at it when he brought a small pot of fish to the table. It's white and cracked. I don't think it's necessarily delicious. I can put it in my mouth with chopsticks, but it is still very delicious and full of appetite.

After lunch, take a break and put some big fish in snakeskin bags, weighing about 100 kg. About one o'clock, I came back by bike. When I left, I rode an empty car briskly. When I came back, I carried 100 kilograms of fish, so I couldn't get up at the speed of cycling. Cars are getting slower and slower, goods are getting heavier and heavier, and roads are getting darker and darker. It was completely dark when we got to the new farm. Every household is lit up. At that time, although it was also an asphalt road, there were no street lamps on both sides. You can only grope your way forward by riding a bike. But at that time, I was young and energetic, and I didn't know I was afraid of riding a bike. I just hope to go home early.

I remember when I arrived at the headquarters that day, it was already past 8 pm. I didn't eat because I was in a hurry to go home. The leader gave me a fish and I went home with it on my back. It was past 9 o'clock when I got home.

On one occasion, I accompanied the buyer Lao Yang to Liaotun Lasha in Beizhen. I went by rubber-tyred car, pulling once a day, going early and coming back late. I still eat in Goubangzi at noon. I remember the place where I ate was called Dongfanghong Hotel, which was also a big hotel in the local area. Eating is very simple, one meal and one dish. The staple food is rice, called a dish of cabbage. Sometimes, we also eat steamed buns, gluten bread, steamed bread and flower rolls. The food you eat every day is different. Although it is not far from Panshan to Beizhen, just past Goubangzi and Xutun, it is still an eye-opener for me, a newly graduated rural child.

On another occasion, I accompanied the buyer Lao Liu to Liaoyang to pull steel. I remember at that time, I had been married for less than a week. To tell you the truth, I just got married and can't bear to part with it. But in order to work, there is no other way but to do it. That time, we went to four or five people, also by rubber-tyred car. Liaoyang is not too far from our Panjin. Remember to cross the pontoon bridge from the Sancha River in Guchengzi, and head for Niuzhuang and Haicheng. I walked for about 4 or 5 hours and arrived at my destination before 12. Before lunch, Lao Liu said to us, "When we get to the place today, we won't load the car first, but tomorrow morning." We didn't come easily. In the afternoon, we will go to Liaoyang "white pagoda park" for half a day! " I was very happy to hear that, and said to myself, if I hadn't come here on business, I wouldn't have the chance to visit the park! ″

After lunch, several of us went to white pagoda park. Then, I visited the city again. Before dark, we found a small hotel to stay. After dinner, we went to see another movie. Then, in a small hotel, I slept soundly and woke up naturally. The next day, after breakfast, I went to the metal company to load the car. Loaded with a car full of steel bars, we went back by car. Although this is far from traveling, I also took time to see the scenery in other places. It made my heart happy at that time.

I remember one year, I built the second station of Daban. I didn't do manual work at that construction site. The leader asked me to be responsible for the publicity and reporting work on the construction site and keep the meal tickets in the canteen on the construction site. A day's work is broadcasting, writing reports, writing signs ... sometimes, I also help material collectors collect sand and gravel. All day, my work is very idle. Go to the construction site and chat with the masters if you have nothing to do.

There is a steel worker. He is a veteran. As long as I have time, I will chat with him. He is very talkative. I know astronomy, geography, literature and writing, and I have the same interests. So, we talked very speculatively. It wasn't long before we became friends. After the project, he went to the commune radio station and became a reporter. What is the reason for transferring him? I'm not sure. But I know a thing or two.

On the one hand, he is a veteran and can write something. Second, his father is the secretary of the brigade and is related to the leaders of the commune. In my opinion, the reason should be the latter, and 80% is because of his father. Of course, I also firmly believe that people with real talents and practical learning will eventually be recognized by society. But at that time, no one had no way, and it was absolutely impossible. At that time, there was a couplet in the society: "Say you can do it, you can do it, or you can't do it." "This is a true portrayal of society at that time.

What a coincidence. He has been in the radio station for more than a year. Due to the vacancy of the leadership team, he was promoted to the team and became a propaganda member of the party Committee. The leader asked him to recommend a reporter. He thought of me for the first time. 1July, 985, I went to commune radio station as a reporter after research by the township party Committee. At that time, I was the senior class teacher of Langjia Primary School. The announcer of the radio is my junior high school classmate. I can work in a radio station. He (she) is my noble person.

After the completion of the second Daban Station project, I went to the Liuhe site again. I remember it was late autumn, the weather was getting colder and colder, the temperature dropped gradually, the progress of the construction site was slow, and the construction site leaders were very worried. Because of the requirements of the superior, the project must be completed before freezing, otherwise the river will rise in the "peach blossom flood" tomorrow, which will affect the construction. At the same time, it also affected the industrial and agricultural production and transportation of the township. Therefore, during that time, the workers on the construction site flirted with Dai Yue, sleepless nights and grabbing the progress of the project, and finally completed the project task with good quality and quantity before freezing.

Before completion, I want to write some calligraphy on the bridge, but I can't find anyone who can't write at the moment. At that time, the leaders were very anxious. Hearing this news, I asked the leader to volunteer: "I will write an inscription for the bridge!" " "The leader was very happy. I am also sincerely happy to write those big characters.

Forty years later, the three characters "Liuhe Bridge" still remain at the bridge head. After decades of wind, rain and snow, they still stay there.

That bridge is on the Liuhe River, one kilometer south of my home. Now retired, every time I go for a walk on the big river beach, I have to cross that bridge. Every time I come to the bridge, I will stop, stop at the bridge and watch it carefully for a while. Not only the inscription on the bridge, but also the ink left by me and the story of my growing experience. ...

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