After the signing ceremony, Li Dongwen did not leave Shenlong immediately, but stayed and conducted a detailed exploration of the investment site.

Shenlong County has also made a bloody investment for this investment.

100,000 acres of forest land were set aside from five townships and contracted to Taohuaxian Company, with an average of 20,000 acres per township.

There is also the semi-maple lotus seedling base, which is also packaged and sold to the Peach Blossom Fairy Company.

The company requested that the forest land be concentrated as much as possible to facilitate future development and management.

As a result, there are some small villages in the mountains that are remote and facing overall relocation.

Li Dongwen followed the relocation team in the township all the way into the mountains. Here is the famous "no three days of sunshine, no three feet flat on the ground", the road into the mountain, not to mention cars, even motorcycles can not pass, the traffic is basically by walking.

The group climbed over the three mountain beams before coming to the village to be relocated.

The name of the village is Mapi, and there are only 9 households in the whole village, all of whom are surnamed Ma.

With a total of 68 people, this is probably the smallest village.

The village chief's name is Ma Xianping, and he is a sixty-year-old man.

In the whole village, each family is basically a three-generation population structure, and those who remain in the village are basically the old, young, sick and disabled, young and adults, and basically go down the mountain to work.

The house is a bamboo and wood stilted building, which is quite dilapidated, the first floor is used to raise pigs and chickens, the kitchen and stove are also on the first floor, and the second floor is used for living.

The cadres from the township led everyone in the courtyard of the village chief, and the two sides said so much, Li Dongwen didn't understand a word.

A few little dolls were playing at the gate of the stockade, the eldest was in his teens, and the youngest was only three or four years old.

The township cadres turned back to Li Dongwen and others and said: "The people in the village have lived here for generations, and in recent years, young people have come into contact with the outside world, and they will not have any opinions on relocation, but the old people do not want to go down the mountain, and they have been accustomed to life in the mountains all their lives." ”

Li Dongwen and others walked around the village and found that although there was electricity here, there were only electric lights for household appliances, and nothing else was seen. No TV, no fridge, no washing machine, not even a rice cooker.

There is a vegetable field around each house, which is not large, and it looks like a few points, half of which is planted with chili peppers, and the other half is planted with various kinds of green vegetables.

The chickens are raised in front of the house and behind the house, and occasionally two families raise pigs.

The township cadre said: "This village is quite good, it is connected to electricity, and its life is basically self-sufficient, even if it has to buy food from the mountain, there is basically no arable land in the village." Some of the farther villages are still not electrified. ”

Shen Yongjun, Zhang Junru and the others who accompanied them looked at each other when they heard this, is there a poorer place than here?

Li Dongwen was also a little embarrassed when he saw it, and explained to Shen Yongjun and Zhang Junru: "Those who can be relocated should be moved down from the mountain." Buy a plot of land in the town and help build the house, don't be afraid to spend money. Those who can work are placed in the company to work. ”

After noon, the head of Ma Village wanted to leave everyone for dinner, Li Dongwen glanced at the black stove and refused.

The township cadres threw two packs of cigarettes and a pack of candy at the village chief's house and set out on the road.

The group was hungry and headed for the next stockade.

On the way, the township cadre said: "People in the mountains only eat two meals now, and in the morning and evening, those who generally don't eat lunch work in the mountains." ”

Shen Yongjun asked curiously: "What kind of work can I do in the mountains?

The township cadre said: "Chop wood, dig medicinal herbs, or hunt a pheasant, catch a bamboo mouse, or make a tooth sacrifice, or take it to the bottom of the mountain to exchange for some grain, oil and salt." ”

Zhang Junru asked, "Can the grain be eaten?"

The township cadre said: "Of course, there is not enough to eat, and some low-income households have food subsidies in the township." Shenlong County is a poverty-stricken county in the country, and there are many poor townships and poor villages, which have always been subsidized by the state. ”

Zhang Junru asked again: "Don't the children here need to go to school?"

The township cadre said with some shame: "It stands to reason that you will go to primary school at the age of seven." But, as you can see, it's too remote and there is no primary school nearby. Generally, when they can take care of themselves, they are sent to the primary school in the town. Of course, you have to pay for food, drink and housing, and the education funds in the township are also tight, and sometimes, teachers' salaries cannot be paid. ”

Zhang Junru asked, "Isn't there a kindergarten?"

The township cadres didn't seem to understand, and looked at Zhang Junru suspiciously.

Shen Yongjun explained: "It's nursery schools and kindergartens. ”

The township cadre smiled bitterly: "The ones you said are only available in big cities, but we have never had them in the countryside." ”

After turning over two mountain beams, I found another stockade.

The township cadre said: "This village is called Shizhai, there are only 8 families in the whole village, all surnamed Shi, but the population is more than 70 people, almost 10 people in each family, and some children do not have a hukou. Most of the young people have gone out to work, and the rest are the elderly and children. ”

Shen Yongjun asked: "Isn't it true that each family can only have one child now? Why are there so many people in each family?"

The township cadre said: "All of them are ethnic minorities here, and they can have two. However, it is basically born casually, the mountains are high and the roads are far away, and the township can't manage it, and it can't be managed, at most it is a threat not to give the hukou. ”

Zhang Junru asked: "In such a poor place, can you marry a daughter-in-law? Who is willing to marry a daughter-in-law?"

The township cadres looked helpless again, "Of course there are those who can't marry a daughter-in-law." Especially in recent years, when it has been opened, the young girls in the village have run away and gone out to work, and their hearts are wild, and they are even more reluctant to come back. ”

Shen Yongjun looked at the children running around in groups at the gate of the stockade and asked, "How did their father marry his daughter-in-law?"

The township cadres were obviously embarrassed for a moment, and finally replied: "Most of them are family changes." ”

Peach Blossom Fairy and others were obviously stunned, what the hell is it?

The township cadre explained: "Changing relatives means that this village uses a girl to come back from another village for a girl and marry a man from this village. Here in the same village, the same surname is not allowed to marry, they are all handed down from one ancestor and one branch, and the whole village is blood relatives. ”

Now that it has been said, the township cadres are not afraid of the ugliness of their families, and then said: "There are also some villages where multiple surnames are mixed, and the exchange of relatives there is a family-to-family exchange." For example, the Zhang family and the Wang family swapped a daughter and became a daughter-in-law for their son. ”

Li Dongwen was visibly surprised. Is this also a kind of wisdom for the continuation of the race?

Zhang Junru asked unconsciously: "Then do they have love?"

After asking, she regretted it a little and felt a little sad.

The group fell silent.

The so-called love is a luxury in a poor village, and for the survival of the family or family, those ethereal things can be sacrificed.