Zuo Shaoqing said: "Zi Yuan, I have studied the domestic agricultural situation before and found that food production has been increasing!"
At this time, Du Ziyuan's face already showed some pain, it was indescribable pain.
He said: "Young Master Zuo, the situation you know was from two years ago. It's different now."
Zuo Shaoqing grabbed his hand, "Why! What happened!"
Du Ziyuan thought for a while and said: "The situation is like this. When we were first liberated, we took the land from the landlords and distributed it to the poor farmers. Is this good?"
"Okay! Isn't this our goal?"
"However, after farmers get the land, there are always some farmers who have no farm tools, no seeds, and no fertilizer. Some farmers will also encounter natural and man-made disasters, illness, etc. How do they survive the current difficulties? They can only sell what they have.
Land. They only got the land for a year or two, and the land began to be concentrated in the hands of a few people. New landlords will appear in the countryside. And the farmers without land will be even poorer. We have been revolutionizing for decades and sacrificed
After killing countless people, is it possible to get such a result?"
Zuo Shaoqing looked at him. She had never learned about these situations. This issue was never mentioned in newspapers published in the mainland. She whispered: "I heard that rural cooperatives are being established in the mainland. Isn't this great?
?”
Du Ziyuan nodded and said: "This was originally the best way. Several farmers joined together to help each other and overcome the difficulties. However, we implemented it too quickly. We originally planned to use more than ten years to gradually improve it.
We gradually implemented rural cooperativeization, but it only took us two years to promote it. Many problems arose. The most important one is that we need to export a large amount of grain in exchange for foreign exchange. This is what we
What is most urgently needed. The comrades below do not know it, but the leaders of the province and the central government know it. They almost grit their teeth to take food from the farmers' mouths. Bao'an County, north of Hong Kong, last year's food output was 120 million
Ten thousand kilograms. If all were used as rations, there would still be a slight surplus. But the country needs grain, so more than five million kilograms, or nearly half, were transferred away. If you think about it, the farmers would not be able to eat the remaining grain.
"
There was silence in the room. Du Ziyuan and Zuo Shaoqing were speechless. The country's difficulties and the farmers' difficulties are incompatible at the moment. Which side is more important?
Du Ziyuan looked at her quietly and whispered: "Either the industrial base, the national defense industry, and ultimately our country are sacrificed. Or the farmers are sacrificed. No matter who hands this matter, it will be difficult to solve. From now on, this matter will
Don’t raise this type of issue again. This is a political issue. The issues I mentioned are only general situations, and there are still many unclear issues.”
Zuo Shaoqing was silent for a long time and then said softly: "Maybe I understand a little bit."
Du Ziyuan nodded, "As long as you understand. Our country is now in an extremely difficult and dangerous period! Let's all work hard to do our jobs."
At the end of the morning, Zuo Shaoqing left the hotel where Du Ziyuan stayed and walked in the rainy streets with a heavy and complicated mood.
Not far ahead is the Hong Kong branch of Xinhua News Agency. The newsstand next to the Hong Kong branch is still open for business.
Zuo Shaoqing walked to the newsstand and looked through the newspapers on the stall. She chose a few newspapers from the mainland and a few Hong Kong newspapers and put them into her bag. She thought, look at the newspapers.
What kind of statement?
She carried her bag and walked forward. In the misty rain, the tea tent where Yu Zhidao used to sit was still open for business, but the person sitting under the tea tent was not Yu Zhidao. Zuo Shaoqing was stunned for a moment, and she recognized that it was
Mace.
A sly smile appeared on Mace's face. He patted the seat next to him and motioned for Zuo Shaoqing to come and sit. He poured a cup of tea from the teapot and placed it in front of Zuo Shaoqing.
He said softly: "Young Master Zuo, I know that Du Ziyuan is here, and I know that he lives in the small hotel over there. So, I guess it is possible for you to come here. Sure enough, you really came here."
Zuo Shaoqing smiled and said: "I am thinking about how to find you. I guess you may have received the notice from the British?"
There was more of a smile on Metz's face, "Young Master Zuo, I want to thank you. You have really helped me a lot."
Zuo Shaoqing looked at him sideways, "So, what about what Mr. Metz promised?"
Metz smiled sinisterly, "Young Master Zuo, I will never break my promise. However, I have to make it clear that whether you can see him or find him is your business. I can tell you.
Is it clear enough?”
Zuo Shaoqing nodded, "Please tell me the specific time."
Metz raised his finger, "Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, within these three days, Li Kengyi will definitely leave the consulate. The rest is up to you."
Zuo Shaoqing stared at him, "Mr. Metz, are you playing tricks on us or playing tricks on us?"
Metz smiled proudly and said, "Both. My dear Mr. Zuo, let me tell you the truth. In Nanjing and South Vietnam, I have not yet had a good battle of wits with you. I want to give it a try. If you
If I win, I will respect you more in the future. If I win, I hope you can do more for us in the future. Isn’t my request too much?"
Zuo Shaoqing felt the nerves in her head beating. She vaguely understood that she had simplified the matter in the past. In the final analysis, Mace was a CIA agent, and he was by no means a kind person!
She said quietly: "It's not too much. Let's meet again after this matter is over."
She picked up her bag and left quietly.
When Zuo Shaoqing walked into St. Mary's Hospital and into his sister's ward, her sister was sitting by the bed and looking at her quietly, with big questions in her eyes.
Zuo Shaoqing sat by the bed and repeated to his sister what Du Ziyuan had said sentence by sentence. She could feel that it was only then that her sister's body gradually relaxed. This girl was quite jealous.
Then, Zuo Shaoqing told his sister what Metz said one by one. The sister's body gradually became nervous again. Her spirit finally turned to Metz's words.
She said: "Sister, Metz is well prepared. Not only will he let Li Kengyi go, he may also want to attack you, right?"
Zuo Shaoqing said: "I also guessed it. However, I can't figure out what he wants to do or how to do it."
Next, the two sisters put their heads together and carefully calculated what they would do tonight and what they would do in the three days starting from tomorrow.
You Shaoqing said: "Sister, no problem, we can deal with him!"
After lunch, the rain gradually became heavier. Sister Zuo Shaoqing stood in front of the window, looking at the falling rain outside and the branches swaying in the wind on the street.
You Shaoqing said softly: "Sister, it's best if it rains tonight. It can wash away all traces."
Zuo Shaoqing looked at her quietly and said, "Sister, are you really good at this?"
You Shaoqing waved his arm, "Look, I'm fine. There's no problem at all!"
Zuo Shaoqing nodded, "Okay, then let's wait patiently."
Next, the two sisters Zuo Shaoqing, one lying on the bed and the other lying on the sofa, put on their clothes and rested.
In the afternoon, just before dinner, two nurses pushed a delicate trolley to change You Shaoqing's dressing.
They carefully untied the gauze on You Shaoqing's forehead, cleaned the wound carefully, replaced the Vaseline gauze strip, and then wrapped a bandage. They also applied plaster to the bruised area on her back.
A nurse said: "The wound has healed, and the stitches can be removed in two or three days. However, there may be scars on the face, which is a pity."
You Shaoqing bared her teeth and glared at them fiercely, as if they were the scars they left on her.
The two nurses didn't dare to say anything. They carefully wrapped a bandage on her and took care of her taking medicine.
At this time, the corridor was very quiet. Because it was meal time, there were very few doctors and patients.
Two female nurses pushed the trolley out of the ward and closed the door. A few horse boys in the corridor looked at them and said nothing. The two policemen at the other end of the corridor also looked at them, turned away, and continued chatting quietly.
Two female nurses pushed the trolley through the long corridor and into the elevator. They took the elevator to the bottom floor and continued pushing the trolley forward. They walked to a small door, looked back and forth, and then pushed it open
Go in through the small door.
This is the cleaning room. There are buckets and mops in the corner, and the shelves beside the wall are filled with cleaning supplies.
They took off their white nurse uniforms, large masks and nurse caps to reveal their true colors. They turned out to be sisters Zuo Shaoqing. They took out the clothes they had prepared long ago from the cloth bag in the corner and put them on.
He put on his wide-brimmed cloth hat, took out two black umbrellas and the long paper box from the bottom of the car, and then walked out the door.
They walked quietly through the corridor and left the hospital through the side door.
The rain was noisy outside, and the sky was getting dark. The rainwater on the eaves rushed down, forming a torrent on the street, and quickly flowed to the low-lying areas.
Their cloth shoes were already soaked, but they didn't care. She held an umbrella and walked through the narrow alley to another street. They flagged down a taxi and said, "Go to Central."
The taxi drove towards Tsim Sha Tsui, then boarded the ferry at the Star Port and crossed Victoria Bay. The taxi left the ferry and drove onto Des Voeux Road. They got off the taxi at the entrance of an alley and walked straight into the alley.
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A few minutes later, they walked into a door at the corner of the alley. This was the room Zuo Shaoqing rented yesterday afternoon.
Zuo Shaoqing turned on the light. The small room was very simple. There was a clothes bag on a bare bed, which contained the clothes they would wear tonight. There were some oil paper bags on the square table. At this time, Zuo Shaoqing had prepared dinner.
There are braised beef, egg pancakes, and a small bottle of white wine.
