Chapter 210: Zhangmu Village
It is more than ten kilometers away from Jinyuan Village, where there is also a vast mountain. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoIn a canyon in the mountains, there are some simple houses, mainly wooden houses, which are quite ethnic.
Here, it is Zhangmu Village, which is famous for the surrounding forests.
Here, the water and soil are actually very good, and the ancestors of this village chose a good breeding ground for their descendants. However, now they are about to be isolated from the world, and if they fail to keep up with the pace of the times, they are destined to fall behind.
Among the many villages in Huangshi Town, Zhangmu Village is the poorest. There are no women out there who want to marry in, and it is surprising that the life of the villagers in this village is plain, and to put it mildly, it is not enterprising.
Their village chief is an eighty-year-old clan elder in the village, who is old but very energetic. Perhaps, it has something to do with the good environment here, the people in the village live a long life, and the elderly people who are more than 100 years old in Huangshi Town are here, a total of three. It can be said that it is the longevity village of Huangshi Town.
The sun set on the West Mountain, and the old village chief stood by the paddy field, looking at this village that had no quarrel with the world.
In the outside world, this may be the legendary Peach Blossom Spring, there is no dispute, everyone lives a good life! Not rich, but there is never a problem with food and clothing.
He Zhihao, the old village head, knew that the older generation had no intention of struggling. However, young people gradually have a different idea, hoping to get out of the mountains and create wealth!
Not to mention other people's families, his grandson refused to come back no matter how much he persuaded him.
In the eyes of their older generation, as long as they honestly guard this land, it is enough, and there is no need to wander outside.
"Uncle San, I think it's time for our village to change. It's okay for us middle-aged and elderly people, but it's not a bad thing for young people to let them go out for a walk more. Your town is also prosperous now, but only our village remains unchanged. The last time I went to the town with you for a meeting, the secretary talked about the problems in our village. A middle-aged man came to the old village chief and said.
In this village, he is also a village cadre. Although he is a village cadre, because the village does not want to develop, and there are no disputes, the village cadre is almost a vacant position.
The old village chief frowned, looked at the mountain blocking the direction of the outing, squeaked a puff of dry smoke, and said with a wry smile: "Let the young people's affairs be left to them! You have a point, the poor don't know how to think about change, that is, one generation is not as good as the next. ”
"However, it is too difficult for our village to develop. He continued.
It's not that you don't want to change, but the reality is not what you say. Unless the whole village moves out, it is estimated that it will never prosper. And the older generation is reluctant to give up this ancestral business. How can the farmland at home, which is their life, be abandoned?
They were afraid that future generations would run away, and these ancestral fields would slowly fall into disuse, so they consciously guided the younger generation to stay and farm.
"Only by going out can there be more opportunities. We can't say that we can give up this inheritance left by our ancestors. But at least you have to give the young man a chance to break through, it's really not famous, and then come back and live a good life, isn't that great?" the middle-aged man began.
These are the words he wanted to say for a long time.
Especially in the past few months, there is a village in the town called Jinyuan Village that has miraculously risen. Originally, that village was a little better than them, but now everyone has been lifted out of poverty and become rich.
The reason for this is that it is not that the young man of the family walked out and then came back with knowledge to change his hometown.
He thought that if the young people in the village could go out and make a name for themselves, in so many or twenty years, as long as three or two people succeeded, their village would at least change, right?
"Well, let me talk to the other old fellows about this!" the old village chief did not object.
Seeing that the distance between his village and other villages is getting bigger and bigger day by day, he is also a little anxious.
But there are some things that are useful if you are not in a hurry. The mountain in front of them blocked the way for the development of the village.
The cost of wanting to open a road out is definitely not something their village can afford. Even the town can't come up with the funds to build a road.
Maybe it should be said that they have this ability, but the leaders have the consideration of the leadership, and after spending so much money, the investment is completely disproportionate to the results, so they will not do this.
"Those children who have reached the age of age, just grit their teeth and let them go to school! The school conditions in the village are too poor, and we will try to make it better. Mayor Liang also said last time that education is fundamental. Now outside, you don't have any knowledge, and you go out to do coolies. The middle-aged man said again.
The teaching conditions in their village are among the worst in the town. There are only four classes in the school, Preschool, Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3. In the fourth grade, if the children want to continue their education, they have to go to another village or a school in the town, and they have to live in the school and only come back once a week.
In the school, there are only two teachers, one has only a junior Chinese certificate, and the other is a high school student.
In their case, it is possible that eight-year-olds are not yet enrolled in school, as the town leaders have criticized. Some villagers think that studying is a waste of money, or that children don't need to go to school so early, you can't put a knife on their necks and force them to go to school, right?
"In the past two days, I'll discuss it with all the leaders! Try to let your children go to school. However, I guess it hangs. "The old village chief knows what is going on in his village.
How old is the school? The children of the village all run to the school, and the school can't fit it.
In addition, it is not a problem for the villagers to eat, they have food, shelter and clothing, but they just don't have any savings. It costs money to study, especially when the school in their village is small, and children above the fourth grade have to go outside to live in the school, which is the cost of money.
"Some time ago, Mayor Wu told me that we should find a way to recruit teachers for our village, and then the government would come up with a little money to expand the school in the village. In this way, the children can continue to complete the primary school in the village. It was with the words of Deputy Mayor Wu that this middle-aged man had the idea of changing the status quo of the village.
"Does Deputy Mayor Wu really say that?" He Zhihao, the old village chief, was stunned for a moment, and then rejoiced.
The middle-aged man smiled bitterly: "Isn't it, Sanbo, how long have you not been to the town for a meeting?"
In the past year, the old village chief has been getting old, and it is inconvenient to always go out, and he basically represents the village in meetings. So, Deputy Mayor Wu had something to say to him.
"Then you have to ask clearly, otherwise it will be useless for me to convince you to be in charge!"