Medal of the Republic 功勋 Episode 44

Although he was transferred from his post, Yuan Longping did not regret it. From that day on, he began his lifelong pursuit to let mankind bid farewell to hunger forever. Yuan Longping overestimated his stamina that day. He had already eaten the vegetables and cakes he brought, and almost drowned in the river by taking a shortcut. Yuan Longping fell asleep on the side of the road, and when he woke up he heard someone calling his name. Shui Sheng and his son Da Mao, the people I met when I was helping the farmer before, took cakes and water to fill Yuan Longping's hunger. Yuan Longping lived in their home, and Da Mao's grandfather, Uncle Guangtian, was sick in bed and wanted to eat rice, but where is it now?

After Shui Sheng fell asleep, he secretly told Yuan Longping that Uncle Guangtian guessed that there was rice in the house, but the life-saving food in the brigade had to be changed. The crops here do not grow well, so every year on the day of the sting, they go to other places to change. It is said that the rice soul is also there, so it grows well. At night, the sound of the roof awakened Shui Sheng. He picked up the gun and pointed it at the roof, and hurried away. Da Mao's mother couldn't help running away, but he never wanted to believe that her mother was gone. Uncle Guangtian still wants to eat rice, saying that he will be on the road after eating. Yuan Longping listened to these words with mixed feelings in his heart.

Yuan Longping had served Tang and persuaded Uncle Guangtian to drink a bowl, but he said that there was no white rice in his stomach, so he couldn't see Shuisheng his mother. Yuan Longping went door-to-door in the rain to beg for rice, but he ran to many families to no avail. Yuan Longping sent a flashlight to Da Mao. He remembered that in 1936, his mother took him to worship Shennong. On the day of Jingzhe, Yuan Longping and Shuisheng went to catch the rice harvest. Before leaving, Uncle Guangtian’s legs were no longer swollen, but he knew that his time was running out, so he asked Yuan Longping to give Shuisheng more palms. The hope of the village's survival.

Fan Shigang, an agronomist in the Northeast, was invited to the rice festival, and Yuan Longping hurriedly took out his notebook to record. When the rice soul was auctioned, Yuan Longping couldn't help but bid, and Fan Shigang was competing with him. Fan Shigang had heard of Yuan Longping and said that he was one of the judges when he presented the prize to the King of Sweet Potatoes. Fan Shigang took out all the thirty-eight dollars he had. Yuan Longping didn't have enough money. Shuisheng gave him the money and bought the rice soul with forty dollars. Fan Shigang was very angry and took out the two pens. Da Mao raised the flashlight Yuan Longping gave him and put it on, successfully taking down the rice soul. The three of them returned home with torches, and saw that there was no light in the room, and Uncle Hirota had already gone. Shui Sheng cried very sad at his father's grave. He said that he would be better after this winter, but his father did not wait. Yuan Longping remembered that Uncle Guangtian once told him that sweet potatoes cannot be used as rations, but rice and wheat are the main rations, so he persuaded him to make rice, and Loudi would. Standing in front of Uncle Guangtian’s grave, Yuan Longping felt a deep sense of guilt. As an intellectual who studied agriculture, he felt that he owed the people of the world a bowl of rice.

Yuan Longping had a dream that lingered all his life. In that magical dream, the ears of rice were so long and long, the grains were as big as peanuts, and they were full. Yuan Longping entered this dream more than once, for it, he exhausted his whole life. Yuan Longping woke up with tears on his face. He said that this was a joy, because he had a dream of enjoying the cold, and he firmly believed that this dream would come true. Yuan Longping was going to live in Pengxi, when the seedlings were raised. Da Mao suddenly called Yuan Longping and Shuisheng to go to the grave of Uncle Guangtian. It was Tianmiao, which grew on the grave of Uncle Guangtian. People call the seedlings Tianmiao, sacred and inviolable, Yuan Longping began to believe that more than a seed can make people say goodbye to hunger, he wants to find this seed.

Da Mao didn't know a lot of words yet, so he asked Yuan Longping to help him write to his mother. He tenderly said what he wanted to say to his mother, but didn't know where to send it. Yuan Longping took Da Mao to burn the letter. His mother said that if the paper with words cannot be sent, it would be burned. On this day, secretary Liu of the Commune was going to pull out the seedlings and plant them, but Secretary Liu of the Commune came to stop it, indicating that Minister Tianchen would come to guide him. Yuan Longping disagreed. His mother said that people make a mistake for a moment, and a place makes a mistake for a year. Farmers live in season. Yuan Longping took the lead in planting seedlings, Shui Sheng also followed him, and Secretary Liu was so angry that he cursed. Yuan Longping suddenly realized that the seedlings are called Tianmiao not just because they are sacred. When the seedlings are planted with their heads down, the seedlings seem to grow in the sky.