Like a Flowing River (Da Jiang Da He / 大江大河)

Proletarian internationalism is built on the notion of seeking truth from facts.

Only when you stand firmly,

insisting on seeking the truth from facts can socialist modernization

move forward.

We can now enter university!

What has been undergoing, as a practice, is the only discussion,

we will have to examine the truth. More practically, the core argument

is to emancipate the mind.

Whether or not...

Like a Flowing River

~Episode 43~

Secretary! Secretary!

We have trouble, Village Chief.

- What happened? - Trouble.

What trouble?

People from Shaojia Village came to seek compensation.

I haven't seen them yet, but Sibao already led some men to hit them upon entering the village.

They couldn't bear the humiliation so they led some men to destroy our piggery.

Where's Laowu?

Laowu didn't idle around. He caught two people and tied them in our headquarters.

Secretary, you...

I told you that to not call that Sibao.

He caused trouble again.

Is the Peace and Order Director useful or not?

Without me, you would have been beaten to death!

I just arrived and didn't know the situation.

Brother, it's these two people.

They were the ones most active in tearing down our piggery!

What happened to the piggery?

The one they trashed is the rearing pen of the piglets. One wall has fallen down.

It almost crushed the piglets.

You people are so bold!

You dare to break ground here in Xiaoleijia?

Your piggery's manure and urine are flowing directly to the river.

It poisoned all our fishes!

Enough. Enough.

I initially planned to compensate your Shaojia Village.

Since you have come to attack us now, I won't pay anymore.

So that it won't look like...

So that it won't look like me paying because I was afraid of trouble.

It's really great that you guys caused trouble.

The losses of your Shaojia Village is now on your shoulders.

Who attacked first?

They did!

Their bastard village chief didn't come.

He only sent these two brainless young lads.

They didn't say anything and just punched me. They're not really here to negotiate.

Look. He hit me here. My tooth is already moving.

Sibao is telling the truth.

Release them.

Brother, release them?

Are you two from the Public Security Bureau?

Randomly arresting and detaining people is illegal.

We'll release them.

Release them!

Release them. Release them.

Let me tell you two

that because our Secretary is old, his temper has become milder.

Or else, he would have skinned you.

Hongwei, immediately drag a tractor of bricks to repair the piggery.

Right, let's hurry up.

You mustn't repair it!

Brother, this matter isn't finished yet.

They surely will report it to the higher ups.

When the leaders arrive, we must maintain the scene of the crime. We must protect the evidences.

You really know so much. What scene of the crime?

I initially asked Four-eyed to negotiate it. Why did you hit them?

If you still keep foiling my plans, I'll exile you to Xinjiang to sell electric cables!

And you!

What did I do?

What are you eating? Are you the director of peace and order?

Didn't I protect him?

Brother, this is really not our fault!

We were there to negotiate, but they just started hitting us!

Stop saying it.

Weren't you the one who sent me there, Shigen?

Enough.

You kept causing trouble.

Leave.

Dongbao! Dongbao!

That...Secretary Chen is here.

He's very mad and asked you to go there now.

Mom, I'm going out now.

Why is he mad this early in the morning?

How would I know? He told me to come here and get you, so I came.

Quickly go.

Secretary Chen! Secretary...

So many superiors are here.

- Four-eyed! - Yes!

The superiors are here and you didn't even pour any water for them? Are there still regulations here in our village?

Do you still give any importance to our leaders?

Enough. Stop busying around. Go out first.

It's okay, leader.

Didn't you hear him? Go out.

What's wrong?

I just got back from the hospital.

People from Shaojia Village is currently being resuscitated.

People in villages are that delicate now?

Just suffering a few blows and they have to be resuscitated?

That...Secretary.

Yesterday, people for Shaojia Village led some people to trash our piggery.

They indeed had some altercation with our Peace and Order Committee, but all were just superficial wounds.

I don't think it's grave enough to be hospitalized.

It's because they drank water from the river polluted by your village

and got hospitalized for poisoning.

Everyone knows that the river is polluted.

Fishes have already died, so why did they drink it?

Because they are not as rich as your village!

They can't afford to install tap water, dig deep well, and can only drink water from the river!

Secretary, how are they doing now?

Were they revived?

Their lives have been preserved.

They just have to drink it at this time—

Dongbao!

I'll pay for the medical fees. Is that okay?

Lei Dongbao, let me tell you

that the city mayor knew about this since last night.

He called me over to be interrogated!

He asked me how Xiaoleijia became an advanced village model?!

Good then. Let me ask you, how are you a model of advancement?

No, weren't you superiors the one how asked us to hasten our economic dev—

If I knew this will happen,

I would have listened to Xiao Hui, but I don't have the money.

What did your brother-in-law tell you?

He told me to dig some pool,

store all the dirty water there, and then do some handling.

Once they are not that dirty anymore, we'll then let them flow out.

It's better to do it during the rainy days.

Isn't it because I find it wasteful in time, energy, and money, so I didn't listen to him.

You clearly knew how to handle the polluted water. Why didn't you do it?

I don't have the money.

Okay already. What hospital did the people of Shaojia Village get taken? I'll go visit them now.

Don't go anymore.

The city has decided that I lead some comrades from the National Bureau of Environmental Protection

to your piggery to come here to your Xiaoleijia and monitor your sewage water disposal.

Don't waste time and quickly take us

and the river passing through here so we can check them.

They have to get samples from the polluted water and send them to the city for testing.

Okay.

Shigen, go and withdraw some money and deliver them to Shaojia Village.

Okay.

Superiors, when will we go check it?

Let's go now.

- Properly make arrangements for the people of Shaojia Village. - Okay.

Sorry.

Sorry.

Is this Deputy Department Head Song?

I'm Lei Shigen from Xiaoleijia. We have trouble.

Leaders, please be careful on your way back.

The higher-ups are putting much importance in this matter.

Before we came here, I was even instructed not to inform you

because they want to get real samples first hand.

I don't blame you.

You also must give importance to this.

Hurry and resolve this sewage water problem.

Or else, I also can't protect you.

We really have to shut down the piggery?

No way. I still have to pay for the loan and interest.

The piggery is currently a model of the city and county. It won't get closed for the meantime.

But you surely must pay the penalty fee for pollution.

More importantly—

What?

Your 'advanced' title might be removed.

I thought it's some big matter.

It's fine if it's gone. I can't really eat it.

If you lose your advanced title,

your right to acquire the electric cable factory will be gone.

Why?

The higher-ups sold the electric cable factory to you at such a low price

because of your reputation of being advanced and a provincial model.

With you escalating this matter too much with such bad effect,

the leaders have clearly expressed their stand

that the acquisition of the electric cable factory would be temporarily delayed.

Say mommy.

Mommy.

What do you want to say?

You want to say that your mother is very beautiful. Am I right?

When you grow up, you'll also be that beautiful, okay?

- Mom! - Okay.

Xiao Hui bought me this from the China Export Commodities Fair.

He really got taste.

All the ladies in our nursery were envious when they saw it.

It indeed is pretty.

Does it fit me?

It does. It looks pretty.

Look. Even our Xiao Yin says that it looks good, right?

Is mommy pretty?

- Say pretty. - Do I look pretty?

Are you two coming back to eat? I prepared a lot of food.

We might not make it in time. We probably will stay there for a while.

Mom, save me some. Their food will surely not be delicious.

- Sure. - Kaiyan!

- We should be going. - Okay. I'm done.

Xiao Hui, how long ago is that clothing?

Where's your suit? Aren't you going to see some good friends?

Mom, you don't know

but that friend of his just love him wearing like this.

Wearing like that...

Just let him go.

Xiao Yin!