Mu Zhen, who returned to school, wrote an essay on the topic of the changes that have occurred in her village, and the article was deeply emotional, writing about the mutations brought about by the reform and opening up for rural development, especially the paragraph written about the village-run enterprises: "Although the feed factory is not as good as the big enterprises and factories in the city, it makes the villagers like the city people, wear work clothes, wear work hats, commute to work on time, and can also receive a lot of wages every month. My monthly salary in the factory is much higher than the net income of planting one acre of land!"

Mr. Chen read this, as if a movie was playing in front of him, savoring the surprise brought by the village-run enterprise to the villagers, he immediately drew up the topic of the next issue of the literary society, the reform and opening up has been carried out for several years, in the past few years, no matter which village, which family, have imperceptibly changed, around the impact of reform and opening up on the countryside, to develop a rich imagination, can record the changes brought about by the reform, but also to describe the changes in people's psychology in the reform, if these changes are recorded, that is the picture of the progress of rural reform and opening up, that is the poem of great changes in the countryside。

Teacher Chen called Mu Zhen to the office during free time in the afternoon.

"Is the "Great Changes in the Village" you wrote a real scene in the village?" asked Teacher Chen, staring at Mu Zhen's face.

"Yes, I go home once a month, this time it is a little longer, just arrived at the entrance of the village, and I saw the great changes in the village, just like what I wrote in the article, it is all true feelings, if you have time, you can go to our village to see!" Mu Zhen replied very honestly, which stimulated Mr. Chen's desire to go to Xiaowangzhuang Village.

"After I read it, inspired by you, the topic of the next issue of the Literary Society has been prepared, and it will be titled to the changes of reform and opening up to the countryside, how about it?" Mr. Chen seemed to be asking for Mu Zhen's opinion.

"This is a good topic, not to mention anything else, take our family as an example, since I can remember, there are three broken grass houses, only a few years of reform and opening up, our family has now built a tile house, and the number of new tile houses in the village can account for one-third of the whole village's housing, reform and opening up has benefited every family in the countryside. Mu Zhen's enthusiastic words made Teacher Chen laugh.

"You are good at observing from life, and you can see some substantive things, this is your strength, and you will definitely make achievements in this area in the future!" Teacher Chen couldn't help but praise, and handed Mu Zhen a piece of paper with writing after speaking.

What was written on the paper was the content that Mr. Chen had planned for the next issue of the Literature Club, Mu Zhen looked at it, and said thoughtfully: "Just combine this content, I can write another one!"

"Okay, you are responsible for gathering everyone, explaining the content of this issue to them, and then collecting the articles written separately and handing them over to me, and then you can participate in the review and hold a special exhibition of 'reform and opening up and change' on the propaganda board in front of the classroom. Teacher Chen cast a look full of trust, which made Mu Zhen feel as if she had transmitted a special strength, and nodded confidently.

Mu Zhen, who walked out of the office, was indescribably happy in his heart, the composition he wrote was just a true reflection of the changes in the village, and there were no more ideas, since he joined the literary club, every time he handed in an essay, he would write two or three articles, and there was no essay that aroused such great interest in Mr. Chen, and this time, not only let him convene, but also let him participate in the evaluation of everyone's composition for the first time, which made him feel a little incredible.

Mu Zhen was the first to inform Hu Guoqing of the task given by Teacher Chen, and wanted to hear his opinion, Hu Guoqing did not express it immediately after reading it, pondered for a while, and said to Mu Zhen: " To tell you the truth, you also know a lot about my family affairs, and I also have deep feelings about the changes brought about by the reform and opening up, that is only before my father did not get sick, you see that our courtyard is the result of reform and opening up, but after my father fell ill, the whole village took care of my family a lot at first, and later, it slowly faded until I dropped out of school at home, which really made me feel the sour feeling of knowing the warmth and coldness of the world, so when I saw that people's incomes have changed dramatically, people's thinking has changed a lot, as advocated nowadays. 'Everything looks forward' has evolved into 'everything looks at money', so if I were to comment, I'd be going to focus on it. ”

Hu Guoqing's words immediately made Mu Zhen speechless, he didn't expect that he only saw the changes brought by reform and opening up to his life, but in the eyes of the young man of the same age who had experienced the warmth and coldness of the world, he saw the spiritual content of reform and opening up, which is not something that ordinary peers can taste.

Hu Guoqing saw that Mu Zhen didn't speak, and then said: "Don't mind when I say this, besides, I'm just talking about it, and I won't write it down, but not writing it doesn't mean I don't say it, let's talk about the year my father was sick!" Because my father fell, there was no labor at home to work, to the three summers of busy, many people in the village automatically reached out to help, there are my family's close doors, more are those who have no relatives and no hometown, my mother works slowly, for such a scene, my mother is very moved, I didn't expect that after the busy, everyone went to think of making money, naturally without everyone's help, my family's farm work could not be done, my mother let me drop out of school, help her busy farm work, you know what kind of mentality I was at that time? At that time, I really wanted to grow up immediately, to be able to replace my father, to support the family, I know that there is nothing wrong with the people in the village earning money to support the family, and I also know that nowadays, as everyone often says, I used to be poor and afraid, but now I have the opportunity to do everything possible to make money, but everyone is busy for money, where is the heart to help us? So listening to you mention this topic naturally aroused my sadness!"

Mu Zhen listened, and was even more silent, the heartache of the friend in front of him is not something that ordinary people can taste, without experience, it is impossible to know anything that others have experienced, and it is even more difficult to guess what others think. Just like the deformed education I received since childhood, didn't I always think about suicide at that time? Who can taste the taste?

The two looked at each other for a few minutes, Mu Zhen wanted to break the deadlock, and asked slowly, "Do you hate the villagers now?"

"How can you hate? Help is love, not helping is duty, this is a sentence that my mother often recited to me, I am very grateful to them, without their help, I don't know how to face life, as for the change in everyone's thinking just mentioned, this is not wrong in itself, but I am worried that when it develops to a certain extent, there is no mutual assistance between people, what will the world become?" Hu Guoqing said softly.

When Mu Zhen heard Hu Guoqing's words, she laughed and said very confidently: "You are too worried, between people, what is inseparable is friendship, just like you and me, no matter at any time, when I need help, will you not lend a hand?"

Hu Guoqing also laughed, from the bottom of his heart, he was very grateful to Mu Zhen, so he said: "The friendship between us is everlasting, I don't help you, who will help you, you are so funny!"

"That's right, as long as there is friendship between people, there will naturally be mutual assistance, and there is no need to worry about what the world will be like without mutual aid?" Mu Zhen's words immediately turned Hu Guoqing's worries into nothing.

Mu Zhen really didn't expect that it was only about reform and opening up to talk about changes, but it turned into a topic of friendship and mutual assistance between the two of them. But after discussing this somewhat absurd topic with Hu Guoqing, Mu Zhen has a new understanding of life, no matter when, you must not abandon the traditional and excellent human civilization accumulated fine products, let alone forget the foundation of human survival for the sake of money.

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