Chapter 26 Birthday Celebration
After one winter, the pig farm was finally built. With the help of Fan Heng, the factory happily sent large-scale construction machinery to help, and the most annoying water and electricity problems were also properly resolved.
Originally, the power problem was the most troublesome thing, but fortunately, the pig farm is not very far from the factory, about two miles away. Under Fan Wubing's instruction, the three Wang brothers expressed that they could give priority to providing more pig farms for the factory's cafeteria. Stimulated by this good news, the factory immediately expressed great enthusiasm for some meat pigs, and immediately pulled a special line for them. This is different from the mains power, and it is the power provided by the small power station built by the factory itself. One is that there is no need to spend electricity, and the other is that there will be basically no power outages. After all, it is a military industry guarantee.
The three Wang brothers admired Fan Wubing's foresight and strategizing, but Fan Wubing said with a smile, "Food is the most important thing for the people. When it comes to food, the enthusiasm of Chinese people is very high, especially In such an era of scarcity of meat, if there is no reaction in the factory, it would be a strange thing."
This is the actual situation. Naturally, the factory has its own staff canteen and its own pig farm, but the scale cannot increase after all, and the pigs are only a few dozen sick. How can it satisfy the needs of more than 5,000 employees? Appetite?
Now I heard that the farmer brothers are going to build a farm with hundreds of pigs, not far from the factory, and are willing to give priority to some meat pigs for the factory. This news has greatly stimulated the leaders of the factory, and the workers Working hard all day long to serve the national defense construction, the lack of meat nutrition is the actual situation. At this moment, there is an opportunity for improvement, so naturally we cannot let it go. Therefore, the factory strongly supports the construction of the pig farm, and this support is also in place. Yes, without asking for compensation.
Of course, it is inaccurate to say that they do not ask for compensation at all. Everyone's eyes are fixed on those meat pigs who are about to grow up healthily.
The Spring Festival passed without anything new, and it was still so old-fashioned. The difference between this year and previous years was that there were significantly more visitors to the house than in previous years, not only people from the factory, but also leaders from the Bureau of Culture and Education and subordinate units. Heng's promotion to the director of the workshop and Zhang Mei's appointment as the deputy director of the Bureau of Culture and Education are naturally inseparable.
The three Wang brothers have built a large-scale pig farm in Panshi City. This news is new to everyone. Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee has just been held, the spirit of the document is not enough for everyone. It is very thorough, so many people still have doubts about personal farms, but under the premise that this matter is not said above, no one will be so stupid as to jump out and point at the other party and say that this is wrong!
Anyway, they occupy wasteland, and they still pay the emperor's grain, and they also declare that they will give priority to supplying pork to the local market. This is always a good thing. At least the supply of pork in Panshi City will be more, and everyone's stomachs will be more oily and watery. . As for the profit issue some people mentioned, most ordinary people are not without contempt. They work hard to raise chickens, so why should they give you all the eggs?
Pigs are much bigger than chickens, but the reason is still the same?
The leaders of the city have become much more cautious after the incident with the former deputy secretary Chen Tonglin. For this new thing in the city, it is the best plan to wait and see how it changes.
Fan Wubing's birthday is easy to remember. It is the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, which is the day when the "dragon raises its head".
People never remember how much the Gregorian calendar is. After all, it is still rare for Chinese people to celebrate their birthdays according to the Gregorian calendar. Everyone is more used to doing things according to the tradition, and birthdays are no exception.
Fan Wubing's zodiac sign is a dragon, and his birthday coincides with "dragon raising its head", so it is natural to celebrate it.
There is no red wine and no cakes, these things are not popular nowadays, but Zhang Mei gave full play to her culinary skills, cooking together with Fan Heng and his wife, and cooked up a table of good dishes, of course this good dish is It is incomparable with the Manchu Banquet,
Everyone's requirements should not be too high. Now that there is fish and meat on the table, it is a good meal, especially when Fan Heng found another bottle of Fen wine from nowhere, which surprised Zhang Mei.
In the evening, the whole family sat together around a small table to celebrate Fan Wubing's birthday.
"Today is the birthday of the third brother. It's rare that we all have time to sit together. It's really good. Boss and second, should you say something encouraging to your younger brother?" Fan Heng was in good spirits, naturally a little reason.
Fan Heng's stomach is not very good, Zhang Mei has not allowed him to drink, today is Fan Wubing's birthday, just take the opportunity to have a drink or two, I think Zhang Mei will not be too much for the sake of the family's happiness say what.
"Happy birthday, brother!" Elder sister Fan Ting congratulated first, and gave Fan Wubing a chicken leg.
Fan Heng nodded, expressing his satisfaction.
"Happy birthday, brother!" Brother Fan Kang imitated the example, and also gave Fan Wubing a chicken leg.
Fan Heng pursed his lips, expressing his dissatisfaction, there must be something new, how can he follow what others say?
Zhang Mei smiled and said, "Okay, okay! The eldest and the second have congratulated, the third, do you have any wishes? According to the tradition of our hometown, on birthdays, we have to make wishes."
Fan Wubing patted his head, wondering if it takes so much trouble to have a meal? is it necessary? But seeing the earnest and caring expressions on the faces of his parents, brothers and sisters, Fan Wubing couldn't help feeling a little bit in his heart, so he said with a smile, "Okay, let's listen to the whole poem first."
Have poetry? Fan Heng, Zhang Mei and the others were taken aback for a moment. Although the youngest was always miraculous, he had never heard him recite poetry, and he never disdained children's ancient poems. When reading poems, I couldn't help being a little curious. What poems would he read? Who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard work? Or is it the song of goose and goose singing to the sky?
Amid everyone's attention, Fan Wubing murmured, "Drink at Jun's house the day before yesterday, and banquet at Wang's house yesterday; we will meet at my hut today, and we will meet three times in three days. Let's sing and chat, and persuade each other to drink. Drink for me, and have a drink with you. Make three wishes: first wish the world to be peaceful, second wish to be healthy, and third wish to meet the old man and meet each other.”
Sure enough, Fan Wubing saw the bewildered faces of the crowd, so he smiled and said, "This is Bai Juyi's poem, few people know about it, let's listen to it in a blunt and festive way."
"It's better to be straightforward. What are you doing so politely when you have a day wish?" Fan Heng nodded solemnly.
Thinking back, Fan Wubing cleared his throat and began to sing.
"Fold a thousand paper cranes and tie a red ribbon
Good luck to good people every day
You work hard and live beautifully, you are healthy and spring is always here
You've been busy all your life just to smile
Tie a Chinese knot, ask the spring breeze to cut the color
May the days and months of the motherland be blessed with good luck every year
Your phoenix dance is a peaceful year, your dragon is a new era
Your happy homeland welcomes a hundred flowers in full bloom—”