Meng Xiang strode forward and excitedly took Liu Yan's hand: "Xiao Liu, I didn't expect that you really came to our Chang'an?"

"Uncle He, Uncle Meng, can this be fake? It's only been half a year, and you don't even know each other yet?"

He Changfa said: "How come we don't know each other? We often talk about you! It's just that it feels too sudden. You are..."

"Haha, I know you are talking about me, so I came here uninvited!"

"Secretary He, Captain Meng, and Comrade Liu Yan are now the deputy secretaries of the party committee of Chang'an Commune. They are here to guide the work this time." Ye Jifa said to everyone with a smile.

"Oops! I have to call you Deputy Secretary Liu from now on!" Meng Xiang excitedly held Liu Yan's hand.

"Uncle Meng, please call me Xiao Liu. I'll also call you Uncle Meng. It sounds more friendly." Liu Yan said, and then said to He Changfa: "Uncle He, are you right?"

"How can this be possible? You are now the leader of the commune."

"Secretary Liu, everyone, please come in and sit down! After walking on the mountain road for a few hours, come in and have a drink of water..." Lin Jindi and Zhang Lin, who were standing aside, said to Liu Yan with a smile.

"Okay! Let's all come into the room and sit down and talk! Sister Yang, you can come too!" Liu Yan walked into the room and greeted everyone to sit down around the table.

Immediately, Liu Yan took out a pack of candies from his bag and put it on the table. He grabbed a handful and handed it to Yang Guihua's son: "Doudou, you can go play by yourself in the yard."

Doudou stretched out his two little hands to hold the candy, nodded, and went out happily.

Liu Yan took out a few more packs of Qianmen cigarettes and put them on the table: "Everyone is still the same as before, you're welcome! Those who smoke can get it themselves! Those who don't smoke can eat candy."

Then, Liu Yan handed another pot of tea to Yang Osmanthus and said to her: "Sister Yang, please make a pot of tea. This is tea grown in the past two years in Yuanping Village, Yongfeng County, where I once joined the team. They also made it by themselves.

Yes, how does it taste, everyone?"

"Secretary Liu, we are already very happy that you can come here.

Now that you are the secretary of the commune, please stop being so polite to us. This makes us wonder what to do."

"Uncle Meng, what you said is a bit exaggerated! Our family does not speak the same language, so come and smoke." As he spoke, Liu Yan unpacked the cigarette box, handed one to each person, and then continued:

"I'm happy today. I'll make an exception for the first time and smoke one with you."

Seeing this, Sha Tao quickly picked up the match and lit it for Liu Yan.

Liu Yan took a sip, choked, coughed a few times, squinted his smoke-stained eyes and said, "Hey! From the time I went to the mountains to the countryside until now, I just can't learn it."

Then, Liu Yan took another sip of the tea served by Yang Osmanthus, cleared his throat, and asked: "Uncle He, Uncle Meng, are you busy with farm work in the production team during this time?"

"I'm not busy. The Spring Festival has just passed, and I have to wait until spring plowing in March before I start busy."

"Director Ye Jifa just said that I have officially arrived to work in our Chang'an Commune. I just arrived yesterday afternoon.

This time I came to Chang'an to find a way to get rid of poverty and become rich together with the villagers. The first stop was our Songyang brigade."

"Thank you to Secretary Liu for keeping us in mind. He just arrived at the commune yesterday and came to Songyang today..." Lin Jindi said with a smile.

“I have communicated with you several times about Songyang’s situation and existing problems during the social survey.

I have also visited most of the natural villages, and the commune members' demands for getting rid of poverty and becoming rich are still very strong.

Regarding the situation, I also exchanged opinions with the leaders of the county and city.

This time, the leadership teams of Huaining City and Yuqing County are very determined and hope to use Chang'an as a breakthrough for the county to get rid of poverty and become rich.

I chose Songyang as the entry point for this breakthrough. Whether it can be done well is not only related to the production brigade of Songyang, nor is it just a commune in Chang'an, but also related to whether the poverty alleviation plan of Yuqing County and Huaining City can be done well.

Let’s move forward smoothly.”

He Changfa said: "Secretary Liu, don't worry! Party members and cadres in Songyang have been looking forward to this day for a long time, and they will definitely not hold back our commune or the county."

"Secretary Liu, if you really want to lead us out of poverty and become rich, as I said back then, I, Meng Xiang, will throw off my arms and do whatever you say, we will do it! No ambiguity!"

"Yes! And our militiamen must take the lead and charge forward!"

"And we members of the Communist Youth League."

"We women don't show weakness either!"

...

Liu Yan smiled and said to everyone: "Seeing how motivated everyone is, I believe that in the near future, we, Songyang, will be able to completely get rid of decades of poverty and embark on the road to common prosperity."

"Secretary Liu, tell us what we should do!" He Changfa said excitedly.

"Uncle He, Uncle Meng, let's hold a village committee meeting today. This is also the first time I have a meeting with everyone.

I would like to share my thoughts and plans during this period with everyone.

We must do it! The key point is that we have to discuss how we should do it."

"Okay, Secretary Liu, tell me."

"In this case, Uncle He, you first ask Comrade Baolai to immediately notify the team committee members of each team to gather at the brigade headquarters tomorrow morning. We will hold a member meeting of the production brigade.

In addition to the people of the production brigade, we hope that members of the team committees of each production team can participate.

Then, based on what everyone talked about, I will go to individual villages to help everyone solve specific problems in the next time."

"No problem! Baolai, please notify the members of each production team and brigade to hold a meeting in the yard of the brigade headquarters at 8:30 tomorrow morning." He Changfa said to He Bao.

Liu Yan continued: "This is a tough battle for Chang'an Commune to get rid of poverty and become rich in an all-round way, and eight production brigades will fight at the same time.

Three months later, the county and even the city will organize an evaluation team to come down and inspect the work of each production team on the spot. This is also a severe assessment of the capabilities of the cadres of each production brigade."

"Secretary Liu, Songyang is the poorest brigade in Chang'an Commune, and we have long wanted to change it. So don't worry! We Songyang will never fall behind."

"Okay! Whether the Songyang Production Brigade can win the praise of the evaluation group and the general public in the competition with the other seven production brigades depends on whether your village committee can organize the members to fight this battle well."

…

After dinner that day, Liu Yan and his party and members of the Songyang Village Committee went to the homes of several commune members near the brigade headquarters overnight to listen to the people's thoughts and opinions on getting rid of poverty and becoming rich.

When I heard that household-based production quotas were really going to be implemented, every commune member was very excited and gearing up.

"Secretary Liu, a few years ago Xiaogang Village started to implement household responsibility system. We know this news and have been looking forward to this day in Songyang!"

"It seems we have hope for the future! There is hope for Songyang!"
Chapter completed!