Chapter 26 4: The Past (1)
Zhao Xiaozi came to Xizhou Province on a whim, but it was not so easy to see the mountains.
Xizhou Province has experienced the last major earthquake of various forces, and it is very prosperous and reborn. Since Gao Shan is the head of the foundation, and he is bent on bringing the light of hope to this poor mountainous area, he will naturally take this opportunity to expand his influence.
Therefore, when Zhao Xiaozi arrived in Xizhou Province, Gao Shan was going to the countryside with local volunteers to popularize legal knowledge for the villagers and describe the happy life outside the mountain.
Gao Shan was busy with his feet not touching the ground, and before Zhao Xiaozi could express his troubles, he pulled her to join the vigorous "going to the countryside" action.
In Gao Shan's view, there is nothing that cannot be solved after the dual output of physical and mental power, and the sad spring and autumn are all idle people.
Zhao Xiaozi is good at hypnosis, or rather, incitement. He was entrusted with the most important task: to hold a conference.
The so-called meeting means that volunteers and foundation staff bring daily necessities such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, pots and pans, and contact the person in charge of the village to gather the villagers for a meeting.
The theme is to popularize the law and describe the colorful life outside. After the meeting is over, the villagers who participate in the meeting can receive the daily necessities brought by Gao Shan and others for free.
It's ridiculous, but it's really effective. I heard that it was a popularization of the law, and no villagers were willing to participate, but if it was said that they would receive daily necessities for free, the enthusiasm of the villagers would come.
Sometimes not only come by yourself, but also call friends to come, up to the 80-year-old lady, down to the newly literate Mengtong, as long as they come to the scene, they can get things when they leave.
If you participate in the prize contest or other activities at the conference, you can also receive an additional prize, and for a while, such activities are very lively.
After Zhao Xiaozi participated in two village conferences in a row, she questioned this activity: "What are you doing this for?"
It is nothing more than telling them that it is illegal to buy and sell women and children, and that if life is not good in the village, they can go outside the mountains and to the city, and as long as they are not lazy, they can always find a way to live. Gao Shan also knew that such a utilitarian preaching would not have much effect, even if it was the village they had just preached, and if they went back to a villager and asked her why she couldn't buy and sell women and children, they could only say that it was a crime.
But what the law is, what the consequences will be, they don't know at all, there are too many things they don't understand, but Gao Shan has too few people, and there is no time to explain it to them over and over again.
"Sometimes, I don't even know if all this hustle and bustle has brought them hope. But when I think about it, if I don't work hard, they may think that life is all about working non-stop and relying on the sky for food.
Then he borrowed money everywhere, bought a daughter-in-law, and kept giving birth until he gave birth to a son, and then lent money to his son to buy a daughter-in-law, or took his daughter to exchange his son for a daughter-in-law and came back. ”
"Otherwise, let's do it another way. Zhao Xiaozi pondered for a moment and suddenly suggested: "Actually, you see that these villagers just have many deep-rooted old thoughts.
The young people among them are actually very malleable, so why don't you consider separating them? This will make your workload much smaller and much more targeted. ”
Gao Shan's eyes lit up: "You mean to give up those who are particularly stubborn and concentrate on changing the minds of some people first?"
"That's right, I think back then, didn't that great man also say that some people would get rich first. Reform is not achieved overnight, why do people believe us when we talk with empty mouths and white teeth?
If some people really go out of the mountains and see a new world as we say, and thus broaden their horizons and live a better life than they have now, they will naturally be seen by other people.
At any time, the facts that happen around you are the most convincing, aren't they?" Zhao Xiaozi nodded.
"What you said is really very reasonable, and we have always been too greedy, and we can't chew it if we are greedy!
Zhao Xiaozi only provided a simple idea, and soon, Gao Shan's team and those volunteers discussed a specific solution.
Compared with Zhao Xiaozi's ideas, theirs is obviously more down-to-earth and more effective.
The conference still has to continue, but this time everyone's goal is not so unrealistic, and the first round of the conference is just to increase the momentum.
After all the nearby villages have been visited, they will have a second round of meetings, but this time they will have a small meeting, and people under the age of 30 will be designated to participate, and the content will be more substantial, and the explanation will be more detailed.
The small meeting will be followed by a third round of one-on-one and group meetings, this time in which volunteers will talk about their life outside the mountain, and provide free basic education and skills training for those who are willing to go outside the mountain.
As for the mountain villages that are really remote, they have been temporarily abandoned. In the case of lack of manpower, Takayama decided to use good steel on the blade of the knife, and no longer wanted to eat fat in one go.
There are many problems involved in Takayama's plan, and at least basic education and skills training are not something that can be done with a little money.
What's more, it also involves the employment of these people, and in order to appease them, it is best to arrange them to work in a place, which is not something that can be done by the current high mountains.
Gao Shan decided to go back to W City to find Luo Cheng's mother and talk about the employment of these people and the follow-up financial support.
Zhao Xiaozi sighed with emotion: "I knew that you were going to W City, so I didn't have to come here, and now I still have to go back with you!"
"If you don't come, we might be bothered to spread the word. Isn't it because of your presence that we have changed our minds......"
"It's true!" Zhao Xiaozi thought about it: "This world is also wonderful!"
"Okay, don't be emotional, let's talk about it, what are you here for this time? You're not the kind of person who is sad and sad, what made you come all the way to come to me?"
Zhao Xiaozi has been busy these days, and she actually figured it out a little, but since Gao Shan specifically asked, she still said it.
"In the three years I've been abroad, I've been influenced by one person very much, you know. ”
"Well, it's about Weng Lao? I've heard about him, saying that his son committed something in the country and provoked something, so the family hid out. "Takayama has heard a little gossip.
"Actually, no, Abin said that Weng Lao's real identity is a spy. And it is a spy who is particularly cunning, and the state cannot catch it with definite evidence. ”
"Abin?" Gao Shan immediately found the key point.
Yes, his identity is not simple, in his words, he is a member of a gray organization that belongs to the state co-management. The fact that such a big turmoil occurred in Xizhou Province this time has something to do with him.
No matter what kind of identity Abin is, I believe what he said that Weng is always a spy. When I was in the United States, I realized that Weng Lao was wrong, and this time I was so eager to return to China in advance to find out what was going on with Weng Lao. ”
"So, what happened to you in the past three years abroad?" Gao Shan also realized the complexity of the problem.
Zhao Xiaozi sighed and began to tell what had happened to her in the United States in the past three years.
"When I go to a new country, I am not familiar with the place, I am not familiar with the language, I have different living habits, everything is different from that in China. It's not that easy to get used to.
It was at this time that I met Mr. Weng, and learned that his family had moved to the United States and were also working as teachers at Confucius Institutes in the United States.
He told me the story of that strange country like an elder, and told me the story of his journey to the United States when he was young, which was a light to guide me forward.
Originally, I only knew how to learn, and you know that. My parents also never realized that there was something wrong with my education, and they rarely taught me anything about being human.
These are all taught to me by Weng Lao, my second year of secondary school seems to come later than everyone else, everyone's three views are basically in junior high and high school enlightenment, college is basically finalized, but I only started enlightenment when I was in college, and in the three years I went abroad, I slowly set the type.
In the first year or two, Weng Lao kept teaching me some things, not only in the world, but also in many other skills. One of the most learned is wilderness survival training and interpersonal communication.
For this reason, Weng Lao helped me sign up for a lot of wild survival competitions organized by local organizations, which are different from domestic reality shows, they are real competitions, and unless we take the initiative to admit defeat, we will not provide any help to the participants.
You know, it was there that I first saw the sinister nature of human nature. Just for the million-dollar prize money after winning the competition, I witnessed a couple facing a crocodile, both sides calculated with each other, in order to protect themselves, pushed the other half to the end of life.
That incident hit me hard, and I always thought that Weng Lao asked me to participate in these competitions just to satisfy my hobbies and improve my abilities. Unexpectedly, he deliberately let me see the sinister nature of human nature, he not only let me see it, but also let me see the final result.
Obviously, the organizers knew why the person was bitten to death by a crocodile, but no one called the police, and the person who killed the person got the bonus and finally got rid of poverty, but no one mentioned the girl who died for him.
There is no such thing as fairness, freedom, and justice, and even except for a very small number of people, no one realizes that a young and fresh life is buried because of a million when it should not have died.