In the late summer and early autumn of 1986, a vigorous campaign to catch rats and eradicate mosquitoes was launched across Lubei, Lunan, Jixi, and other regions.
The village's large loudspeakers broadcasted epidemic prevention and health knowledge without interruption every day. Xiao Wenjin, the former village branch secretary who had stepped back from management for many years, once again stepped out of retirement to take the helm.
His aging body regained its vitality as he shuttled back and forth through the fields, directing every household to lay out rat poison according to the authorities' directives.
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