The brigade cadres, seeing that He Yongan, the guest of honor, had arrived, hurried to arrange the scene and instructed the assembled members to line up in an orderly fashion.
A few minutes later, a dense crowd of Lanshan Production Brigade members stood a few meters in front of the brigade headquarters. A few steps away from the crowd stood four public security officers, the man of the hour He Yongan, and several brigade cadres.
Brigade Leader Lü walked out, his face beaming. To him, the fact that He Yongan was being honored by the county Public Security Bureau today was undoubtedly a timely relief. Just last night, he had been fretting over the disappearance of Jiang Yun; having a youth-sent-down go missing right after he took office meant he would inevitably face criticism from commune leaders if word got out. But now, with He Yongan receiving an award, even if the commune leaders found out about Jiang Yun, he trusted they would turn a blind eye.
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