mtl008 Chapter 186: The New Year atmosphere in Northeast China
Chapter 186: The New Year atmosphere in Northeast China
Mei Ping is a person who likes to worry and also loves to be lively.
Unlike Sai Mulan who doesn't like to socialize,
Mei Ping has an extroverted personality. Wherever she goes, she gets along well with the local neighbors!
Seeing Mei Ping's characteristics, Yin Xinjun assigned her a position, the director of the local department of the team headquarters!
The headquarters of this team was just established not long ago, and is located in Jingbo Lake Town. Now that the team has more and more people and a base, there are more affairs in all aspects.
Yin Xinjun has announced two positions. One is that Zeng Hongyu will serve as the combat staff officer of the team headquarters. He is the military staff officer of the 5th Army, so it is understandable that he serves as the team staff officer!
The other is Jiang Yong’s security chief. Everyone has a lot of opinions about this position because Jiang Yong is just a fake police officer who just does things right, and he doesn’t act or speak in a serious manner!
But Yin Xinjun has selfish motives in this matter. After the Anti-Japanese War, the War of Liberation will begin, and he must return to the organization!
Later, those who wanted to get promoted either relied on seniority or military merit.
What military merits could Jiang Yong have? After all, he was Sai Mulan's eldest cousin, and he also made contributions when saving the eight women from jumping into the river. No matter what, Jiang Yong had to be given a position first, at least in the future, when he was awarded a rank in 55, he might be able to get a job as a colonel or something.
Mei Ping has now given herself two tasks: one is to re-establish the local party organization, and the second is to publicize the party's policies.
Because she is a party member, she has the ability and responsibility to do so.
Today, she brought Zeng Hongyu to Yongfeng Village, which is the most populous village in the area except Jingpo Lake Town. It has more than 160 households and a total population of more than 600 people!
Mei Ping and Zeng Hongyu were driving a sled filled with flour and mutton!
For people in Northeast China, the most important thing during the Chinese New Year is to eat dumplings, and they have to be filled with meat.
Yin Xinjun specifically told Mei Ping that all residents in the Jingpo Lake area would be guaranteed to eat dumplings for three days during the New Year!
Three days! And unlimited food!
This arrogance made Mei Ping smack her lips.
Today is the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month. After Laba it is the New Year, and Laba Festival is the first day for unlimited dumplings!
Under the leadership of the new village chief Dong Lide,
Mei Ping knocked on the door of the first poor family, Aunt Hu's house.
The door opened, and an old woman about 50 years old appeared at the door with a little boy less than 10 years old.
Aunt Hu lives with her little grandson. Her two sons died under the brutal rule of the Japanese and puppet regimes.
"Auntie Hu, I'm sending you some flour and meat. The New Year is coming soon!"
Zeng Hongyu followed behind with flour in one hand and mutton in the other, smiling.
Aunt Hu was excited.
"Mayor Mei, this... How can I be so embarrassed? You just sent me money last time, and now you've sent me so many things!"
The title of Mayor Mei was first called by the village heads of several villages. Although Mei Ping tried her best to deny it, the villagers still called him that. This was everyone's heartfelt thought.
Because Mei Ping often helps ordinary people solve their difficulties in life, such as today's warmth-giving action for needy families!
Mei Ping smiled and said to Aunt Hu,
"Auntie, you're welcome. We Communists serve the people and we represent the interests of the general public."
After leaving Aunt Hu's house,
Zeng Hongyu advised,
"Mei Ping, we are the subordinates of the King of Hell. This is not the time to fight against the United Front. I'm afraid the King of Hell will be unhappy if you say that."
Mei Ping said dissatisfiedly,
"Are you a party member?"
"Of course I'm a party member!"
"Do you know how many party members there are in our team? There are six on the side of the newcomer Wang Yaohui. With the addition of us, we can form a branch! Besides, it was the King of Hell who told me about this idea of sending New Year's warmth!"
Zeng Hongyu was speechless for a moment. He stammered,
"You mean, the King of Hell supports you in doing this?"
"That's right. He told me that we should do local work from the perspective of liberating all the working people!"
Following behind, Dong Lide, who had been silent all the time, said,
"This is the first time I've seen a team like yours. You don't ask the people to pay for a single grain of food, and you keep distributing food to them!"
Mei Ping smiled and said,
"Haha, you were hesitant when I asked you to be the village chief at the beginning, but now you know what's going on."
"I am worried. The common people here are being exploited by the Japanese and are left with nothing. I am afraid that the troops will be short of food and the common people will have nothing to hand over!"
Mei Ping smiled and said,
"Next year during the spring ploughing season, we will distribute seeds to the people for free. They are all high-quality seeds, so that everyone can have enough food to eat from now on."
This is not a blank check, but also Yin Xinjun's plan. This time, more than half of the food inventory in the space has finally been freed up!
When he was eating, he felt that the food in this space was different from the food outside. For example, the rice grains were full and tasted sweet!
Yin Xinjun suddenly came up with the idea of taking the grains grown in the space, such as wheat, corn, and sorghum, to the outside world and trying to sow them. He had already told Mei Ping about this idea.
There was laughter and joy in the lava cave.
Sai Mulan, Tong Yu, Zhang Ying and Wang Huimin were chatting while making dumplings, which is a basic skill for women from Northeast China.
Soon, a large row of dumplings was placed on the table!
Sun Wei rushed in, saw Tong Yu, and said hurriedly,
"Why are you making such a fuss? The baby is going to be born in a month. Sit down and have some rest!"
Tong Yu rolled his eyes at him.
"The boss is so busy that he is almost invisible now, but you just come here every day!" After saying that, he glanced at Sai Mulan!
Sai Mulan smiled and said,
"It's okay. It's a special situation. Giving birth is a big deal. The new army won't blame you."
Sun Wei's face also turned red. Ever since Tong Yu became pregnant, he had indeed been holding back on everything. In his eyes, the most important thing was to welcome the arrival of the child safely with his wife!
At the cave entrance, Wang Yaohui, Chen Chao and Yin Xinjun looked at the lava cave in amazement.
The three of them started taking off their coats because they were so hot.
Yin Xinjun said,
"This cave is our top secret. Currently, except for the baggage unit and some members of the third unit, no one else knows about the existence of this cave."
Wang Yaohui stroked the warm cave wall with his hand and said in surprise,
"Boss, you have a secret camp here. No wonder you want to build a base here."
Yin Xinjun said,
"I didn't find this lava cave at first. It was discovered by the soldiers of the third team by accident. We originally chose to base our base in the Jingpo Lake area, where the terrain is complex, with high mountains and dense forests. And my idea is to locate it in the middle, not far from South Manchuria and North Manchuria, so that we can move around in the future!"
Chen Chao said,
"Boss, our South Manchurian Anti-Japanese Allied Forces are having a very hard time right now. The Japanese's tribal policy has almost trapped us to death."
Yin Xinjun nodded.
"We have destroyed dozens of group tribes in Zhuhe and Weihe, but as soon as our troops left, the enemy reoccupied them. It is really difficult to deal with them."
Chen Chao said,
"In fact, the fundamental reason for the formation of group tribes in the Northeast is that the enemy is too strong, while the Anti-Japanese United Army's offensive capabilities are too weak. If the Anti-Japanese United Army could have a force like our Seventh Steel Company and fight two decisive battles with the Japanese army, the enemies in the Northeast would suffer a heavy blow!"
In the Hexi Corridor that year, the 3th Steel Company took the lead in launching a decisive battle against the Ma family army. After just a few battles in Yitiaoshan, Ganchaiwa, and Liangzhou, the Ma family army lost more than elite soldiers and was forced to enter a confrontation situation!