The Pentium Era - South to North

Li Yong let them into his office. Li Yong's office is together with the dormitory. In the first half of the room, there is an old desk, a wooden chair, and behind it is a wooden cabinet. Go in by the door. A long wooden bench.

In the middle of the house, there is a piece of cloth. Inside the cloth is Li Yong's dormitory. There is a bed and a cabinet. On the side of the bed against the wall, there are rows of books. Apart from this, there is nothing else. The desk outside is used as the desk.

Zhang Chen and the others looked a little sad, but they pretended to be relaxed. Zhang Chen cursed:

"Li Yong, your township chief's office is too shabby, isn't it? The directors of the factories below me are all more fancy than yours."

"There is no way, our Qinglong is a national-level poverty-stricken county, and we are a poverty-stricken township in this poverty-stricken county, that's all." Li Yong said with a smile.

"Then what's the point of being a shabby mayor? Come with us to Hangcheng. You will have a seat at my place and at Zhang Chen's place." Liu Ligan shouted.

"You can also go to Nanjing. I have a seat for you there," Meng Ping said.

Zhang Chen also said: "If you don't want to work for others and still want to start your own business, that's fine, we will support you."

Liu Ligan and Meng Ping nodded.

Li Yong clasped his hands and bowed to them: "Thank you, thank you. Several big bosses are here. Why do I suddenly feel so radiant? I see that the future is bright and my career is just around the corner."

"Don't be nagging. In one sentence, go or not go, otherwise." Liu Lipole pointed at Xiao Wu and said, we brought knights here. If it doesn't work, we will kidnap him.

Li Yong laughed: "Then you can't get on the twenty-four turns. I, Li Yong, am not bragging. There are more than 13,000 people in our township. At least 5,000 people will chase me to save me. Even a hero can't do it." Thousands of people, right?”

"Hey, Fatty Li from Fish and Meat Township is gone. I'm afraid five thousand people will beat gongs and drums to see him off. Maybe they will also give us a plaque." Liu Ligan said.

"Yes, yes, it says 'eliminate harm for the people'." Meng Ping said, and the whole room laughed.

After everyone had finished laughing, Zhang Chen and Li Yong said, "Li Yong, we are serious. This is also the purpose of our visit this time."

Li Yong gradually put away the smile on his face. He looked at Zhang Chen, Meng Ping and Liu Ligan, and said slowly:

"Zhang Chen, Lao Meng, Zhuangzi, I am serious, I really can't leave, otherwise, I would have left long ago. Qihang and Lin Yiyan have also been persuading me to go to Macau."

"Why?" Zhang Chen asked.

"This is my home."

Li Yong thought for a while and said to them:

"To be honest, I have never had any idea about my hometown. When I was in junior high school, my uncle took me to Guiyang. He said that staying in Qinglong would ruin the children. I went to middle school in Guiyang. In middle school in Guiyang, I have always been ashamed to tell others that I am from Qinglong. Why, Qinglong is poor.

"My relationship with Qinglong can be said to be that we only came back to take the exam during the college entrance examination. After the exam, I went back to Guiyang, and then went to Beijing. When I arrived in Beijing, I didn't dare to tell others that I was People from Guizhou no longer need to avoid Qinglong. As I said, no one knows where Qinglong is, but everyone in Guizhou knows that it is a poor place.

"Then, I went to Hainan. You also know what happened next. It can be said that apart from being born in Qinglong, I have nothing to do with Qinglong. I have always been removing myself. Qinglong people even There were no traces of Guizhou people until something happened later.

"After the incident, I returned to Qinglong's house. To be honest at that time, I was disheartened. I felt that everything was the same everywhere. Let alone staying in Qinglong, you just sent me to Africa, and I went there too. , I don’t know if Lao Meng and Ganzi have had such an experience, but that’s just the way I am.

“So when people from the county came to do some work and my family persuaded me to go to the county government to do some work, I went there. It didn’t matter, I could leave at any time.

"It can be said that it was only after I started working that I realized I was from Qinglong and realized the existence of Qinglong. I was shocked. I didn't know there was anyone in the world who lived such a hard life. Batch of people, in such a poor place, this place is still my hometown, and these people are still my fellow villagers.

"I clearly remember that the first time I went to the countryside, I arrived here. It was the fourth day after I went to work. I came down with the county magistrate to engage in dual-base education. What dual-base education? Basic national policy and basic education For line education, we came down to hold a mobilization meeting. As you can see, there is no assembly hall here. It was held in the assembly hall of Borrowing Middle School.

"These people came one after another. Their clothes were ragged. After they arrived, they didn't sit down properly. Instead, they stood in groups. It was also winter that day, and it was colder than now. It can be said that I was shocked when such a group of people came in. I felt that this was some kind of mobilization meeting. It was completely a Beggar Clan meeting, not even as good as a Beggar Clan meeting.

"The Beggar Clan is having a meeting and they are here to participate. I think the expressions on the faces of these people are still vivid. The expressions on these people's faces are completely dull. They are faces that have been repeatedly crushed by the hardships of life, so I said Even worse than a beggar gang meeting, the beggar gang still has happiness. These people have no happiness at all.

"Let's talk about why they were standing in groups when they entered the Great Hall. After observing, I discovered that they were gathering sunlight. That is, a piece of sunlight leaked in from every window. They were crowded in groups. They just want to catch the sunshine, but in fact the sunshine is weak and has no warmth at all. They do this completely out of instinct.

"It's this instinct that makes people shocked. I don't know if you understand what I mean. It's because of this instinct, just like a person's desire to survive. They need warmth so much. When I looked at them again, I found that they didn't have it. Some people have socks on their feet, but no one does. Regardless of gender, most people wear those worn-out Jiefang shoes on their feet.

“Many people’s shoes were torn, exposing their cold-red toes, and some people didn’t even have shoes, so they just wrapped them in straw and tied them up with straw ropes, so they were considered shoes.

"When I saw this, I stood up. Aren't I on the rostrum? I stood up and walked out. If I continued to sit there, I would feel ashamed and feel that I was not a fucking human being. Who are you? , On such a cold day, I called people over from the fire pit at home, listened to your vain words, and still missed them and applauded your vain words.

"Don't you fucking blush? To be honest, I didn't get angry on the spot. It was okay to point at the county magistrate's face and yell. I wanted to scold you. As long as the people below don't have socks on, you fucking Damn, you don't deserve to sit on this podium.

"After I rushed out, I calmed down. After I calmed down, what I wanted to scold more was myself. Who are you? What have you done? What qualifications do you have here? If you still want to accuse others and scold others, what the hell are you doing? , the price of a meal in Haicheng is enough for one person to have a pair of socks. If you go to less KTVs and less saunas, it will be enough for one person to have a pair of shoes.

"Who do you think you are? Just because you have eaten so many seafood dinners, sung in so many KTVs, and picked up so many girls, you think you have the right to come back and accuse others? What the hell are you doing? Didn’t you just come back after you couldn’t survive outside? Otherwise, you wouldn’t be the same person, just eating, singing, and hanging out with girls?

"I was walking alone in the fields outside, with tears streaming down my face. Really, Ganzi, Lao Meng, and Zhang Chen, I really had tears streaming down my face. I felt so ashamed. I felt that for the first time, I saw myself so clearly. , I feel that I am just a bastard and a hypocrite, and all the roads I have taken before are hypocritical.

“When I was young, I also thought of myself as an idealist. I would talk every day and act like I had a moral responsibility. I felt that everything I thought and did was sacred. When it came to fighting for democracy and human rights, I felt that I was the one who was responsible for it. You are concerned about the country and the people, and others are ignorant. In fact, what you are fighting for is nothing, and are you not just for the joy of raising your arms?

"The people here, these people who don't even have socks in the winter, are the ones who need someone to do something for them the most. What have you done? Did you rely on your rhetoric? Really, Lao Meng, you are also from the government. , at that time, I felt that I could do something to help them. It was not, needless to say, so great, it was self-salvation.

"It's you who can do something to change yourself. From a bastard, you can become less of a bastard. From a bastard, you can at least become a bastard. Why are we Guizhou people looked down upon? Isn't it because we are poor? , why I refuse to admit that I am from Qinglong, isn’t it because Qinglong is poor? In fact, what is the difference between me and those who laugh at me?

"That day, I thought a lot. I was walking in the fields like a madman. I thought a lot. After thinking about it clearly, I decided that from now on, I will be a Qinglong person. I will be a Qinglong person wherever I go. people in national-level poverty-stricken counties.

"If I still have ideals, if I can still be like a human being, I will not avoid my identity as a Qinglong person and a Guizhou person. I will do my best to change Qinglong, change Guizhou, and change What people think of the people in this land.

"My personal ability may be very small, and there may be very little I can change in the end. However, I want to make myself feel that I am working hard every day. Every night, before I go to bed, I can say to myself with peace of mind, Li Yong, what are you doing today?" Tried my best.

"Gangzi, Zhang Chen, Lao Meng, that's what I think now, that's what I think. Really, I feel that I am very good as I am now. I am very solid every day and sleep well."

After Li Yong finished speaking, everyone was silent. After a while, Liu Ligan said, OK, Li Yong, you are worthy of watching "Quiet Don".

"What the hell does this have to do with "Quiet Don"?" Li Yong cursed.

"The courage of an ordinary man, don't you think that all the people in the book have the courage of an ordinary man?" Liu Ligan said, "In this fucked-up society, those who talk about ideals are basically liars, but these people who have the courage of an ordinary man still can't You are worthy of admiration even if you are young, you Li Yong is one of them, the courage of this man’s courage is your Li Yong’s courage.”

Li Yong smiled and said, "What is the bravery of an ordinary man? I am just an ordinary man."

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