"Yes, it's good, it's dark, I'm thin, but my mental state looks a lot better." Seeing Liu Peng walking quickly in front of him, Qi Tianxiang couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, and said with a smile on his face: "Come closer, let me take a closer look, if your mother sees you like this, she will definitely feel distressed." ”

Qi Tianxiang said, turned his face sideways to Feng Juncai and praised him: "It's a little interesting, it's only been more than a month, the childishness on his face has decreased a lot, he looks more resolute, and there is a trace of maturity and determination in his eyes, and the student baby has become an authentic rural man." ”

"This kid is good, quite a simple child. As soon as I came, I asked to go to the most difficult place, and after I arrived here, I threw myself into the mountains, and every day I either drilled the mountains and forests, or ran to the farmers' homes, and there was almost no idleness. Feng Juncai smiled and introduced to Qi Tianxiang, then turned to Liu Peng, and said with concern: "Just came back from the mountain, look at this soil." ”

Qi Tianxiang listened to Feng Juncai's introduction, looked at Liu Peng in front of him, and felt that this child had indeed changed, the big boy who was sunny and handsome in the past had become a simple man. He was still wearing the blue tracksuit, but it was more old, and he wore a pair of sneakers on his feet, which were full of mud, his body was also covered with loess, and his head was also yellow, the only difference was that the delicate black-framed glasses on his face showed a different elegance from that of rural children.

"I was discussing the matter of interplanting with a few uncles and brothers on the mountain, Xiao Maozi ran to the mountain and said, there are people from the county, and Lao Chen, who is still thinking about buying our walnuts, came over, so he hurriedly ran over, but I didn't expect it to be the secretary's uncle, Secretary Feng, and the county magistrate came to see me, I'm really embarrassed." Liu Peng smiled shyly, so many leaders gathered at the entrance of the village, he was really a little in a hurry, and said a little nervously: "Please go into the village and have a look!" ”

As he spoke, he led everyone to the village, and after walking a few steps, he deliberately walked up to Qi Tianxiang and said quietly: "Uncle Secretary, you didn't tell my mother when you came over!" I didn't even dare to tell her when I came out, and I didn't dare to go home except for phone calls every week for more than a month. ”

"What did you do to feel sorry, I don't dare to go home, you are out for an internship, and you are not restricting your personal freedom, why don't you take the time to go back and see, I don't know how worried my mother will be?" Qi Tianxiang glared at Liu Peng angrily, and said emotionally: "My son misses his mother, he thinks about it for a while, his mother misses his son, he thinks about it all the time!" Every time I see my sister, I inevitably want to mention you, and I want to cry when I talk about it, and I try my best to persuade you, but I can't stop you with a phone call! ”

"It's not Xiao Liu's fault, it's really not the child." Feng Juncai looked at Qi Tianxiang and blamed Liu Peng angrily, especially when he saw Liu Peng's muran expression and the tears rolling in his eyes, he hurriedly explained: "This is a strict rule that I give them, if they leave the village for more than one day, they must report to the branch secretary, and if they leave the village for more than one day, they must ask me for leave and leave only after approval, which is also for their safety." This kid is thin-skinned, afraid of asking for leave, so he didn't ask for a single leave, it's been more than a month, and he should go back to see it. ”

"There are a lot of things in this section, it is the time for a large number of mountain goods to be purchased and sold, and it is also a critical time, more than half of the harvest of the whole village this year will depend on this paragraph, the old branch secretary let me and Xiao Li be responsible, and we dare not be too careless." Liu Peng explained with a smile: "I don't know much about it, and I don't know much about the countryside, so I can only see more, contact more, and understand more. ”

"Yes, let's be bitter and then sweet! It doesn't hurt to experience more. Qi Tianxiang said lightly, and then asked: "Do you estimate how much income the village collective can have this year!" How much can the whole village increase by relying on this piece? ”

"The total amount is not good now, but from the statistics that have been sold and returned to the account now, there are more than 130,000 yuan, according to the proportion, the village collective can have nearly 70,000 yuan of income, and the villagers are roughly so much, each household must have an income of more than 3,000 yuan, and there can be a little more than 7,000 yuan throughout the year, although it is not much, but this is the income at the beginning of this year, and in another two or three years, it will change greatly." Liu Peng carefully calculated and said, his expression was very serious, and his words began to gradually become fluent, "Of course, this is only a rough algorithm, this is an average, there will be a certain gap with or without labor input, and this is only the part of the mountain goods, and some other incomes are relatively sporadic, and they are not yet large-scale, and they are not counted." ”

"I didn't expect this kid to have one trick and one style, it's quite like that!" Feng Juncai looked at Liu Peng, who was talking eloquently, and said to Qi Tianxiang with a smile: "It's a bit of a college student village official, it's only been more than a month, and with time, the future is limitless!" ”

"Young people should have such a little bit of vitality, not arrogant or impatient, down-to-earth and hard-working, and there will always be something to gain." Qi Tianxiang glared at Feng Juncai fiercely, very unhappy with his untimely praise, and then looked at Liu Peng gently and said, "Is the old Guo branch secretary okay?" The body is still tough! ”

"Very good, don't accept the old man, he is still on the mountain, I just asked Xiao Maozi to call him." Liu Peng looked at Qi Tianxiang and said with a smile: "You'll know as soon as you meet." ”

As he spoke, he had already walked to the door of the two village committees, and Liu Peng raised his voice and shouted: "Xiao Li, Li Wei, the leader has come to see us." ”

Before the words fell, a thin young man ran out of the room, and when he saw a group of people standing behind Liu Peng, he couldn't help but be stunned, just laughing and speechless.

"Li Wei, the chairman of the student union of the Department of Economics and Management, a member of the master's party, hello!" Qi Tianxiang smiled and stretched out his hand, slowly walked over and said to Li Wei jokingly: "The eloquence is so good, I still remember the generous speech when the discussion saw him off!" ”

"Qi, Secretary Qi, I really didn't expect it to be you, you said you would come to see us, but I didn't expect it to be so soon." Li Wei hurriedly held Qi Tianxiang's hand, and said incoherently nervously: "When you say it, you really deserve to be a big man, keep your promise, I will give you a thumbs up." ”

"Look at you, it's not you, this time the time is tight, I can't all go to see it, and I hope you can bring a message to everyone, I keep my promise, I've been here, just do it." Qi Tianxiang said with a smile: "I really should praise you, you have well practiced my requirements for you to 'sweat a little, tan your face, lose a few pounds of meat, and take off a few layers of skin', and you have also overfulfilled the task and become less exaggerated, I am very satisfied." ”

As he spoke, he looked around at everything around him, and there were still two houses without yards, and the scene had not changed much from what he had seen a few months ago, the only change was that the signs of the two committees had been repainted, which looked much brighter and felt much brighter.

Qi Tianxiang did not sit down on the chair that Liu Peng had moved, but slowly walked into one of the houses, and entered the dark room from the strong light outside, and it took a long time for his eyes to adjust to the dimness of the room. In the small house, four desks are spliced together and placed in the middle, on which are telephones, teapots, and a few teacups, as well as some newspapers and magazines and other miscellaneous items, around the table are a few benches, and scattered wooden chairs, this is all the furnishings in the room, and there are mirror frames hanging on the four walls, which are the introduction of the functions of the two village committees, the development of party members, the general situation of Guo Village, and the recent development goals of the two village committees. The room is small and old, but the tables, chairs and floors are very clean, and it seems that they are often cleaned.

Qi Tianxiang saw that there was a door in the middle of the two rooms, and it was not locked, so he walked over slowly, but quickly blocked Liu Peng in front, and begged for mercy in a low voice embarrassedly: "The house is a little messy, and it hasn't been cleaned, so don't look at it uncle!" ”

"What kind of chaos can it be, is it worse than your boys' dormitory?" Qi Tianxiang smiled and gently pushed away Liu Peng, who was blocking in front of him, slowly pushed open the door, and after a glance, he teasingly said to Feng Juncai behind him: "It's a little messy, but it's not as messy as I imagined." ”

The two rooms are the same size, the difference is that there are two single beds against the wall in this one, and there is also a desk between the heads of the two beds, covered with an old sheet, on which are two table lamps and some daily necessities, and the two beds are stacked with books in a mess, from the type of books Qi Tianxiang can easily divide the owners of the two beds, Qi Tianxiang pressed the bed respectively, picked up the book and looked at it, nodded with satisfaction, glanced at Feng Juncai and Xiang Youzhi, and walked out of the room the same way.

"It's pretty much the same as I imagined, and it seems to be better." Qi Tianxiang sat down slowly, took the tea brought by Li Wei, looked at him and Liu Peng kindly, and said: "You should let your parents come and see, you are not as bad as they imagined, at least not so bad, after all, everything here can make them feel at ease, and they can let you learn to fly." ”

"It's mainly Liu Peng's mother, my family is in other places, and being a village official is the same as going to school, so I don't need to tell them in detail." Li Wei looked at Qi Tianxiang and said seriously: "This more than one month can be said to be much greater than the harvest of four years in college and two years in graduate school. I had never thought about what the countryside was like before, and I didn't think it had anything to do with our lives, but after I came down, I found that the countryside was so close to us, and it was so close. ”

"To understand Chinese society, we need to understand the Chinese countryside and the aspirations and needs of the peasants. This is the founder of our republic, and our personal experience has warned us that neither the previous industrial revolution nor the current information technology and Internet revolution can fundamentally solve the problem of the relationship between the countryside, the peasants, and the land, and these problems will become more severe and complex with the development of the economy and the differentiation of society, and if we do not solve these problems, we will pay a price sooner or later. Qi Tianxiang looked at Li Wei with gentle eyes, repeated his words at the symposium, and said with a smile: "What I just said was your speech at the symposium, I don't know if there is anything new to add now!" ”

"Secretary Qi, you are simply amazing, have you set the recording mode for your brain? It's unbelievable. Li Wei's eyes widened in surprise, and he and Liu Peng glanced at each other, and they couldn't believe that such a big leader would remember what they said so clearly, but he still asked in disbelief: "I'm not afraid that you will be unhappy, can you roughly repeat what Liu Peng said that day?" ”

"No matter what we do in the future, whether we are bankers, entrepreneurs or government officials, we can't ignore the requirements and hopes of this society for us, this is the hope of commonality, not the expectations and requirements of the family, that is, we need to take responsibility and responsibility, because the laws of nature are irresistible, when we really need to pay for this society, how much do we know about this society, and what should we pay? When the seniors hand over this society to us, how should we take over the heavy burden and what kind of answer sheet should we hand in? Therefore, we need to understand society, the countryside and the peasants, and only when we know them can we know what we should do. Qi Tianxiang looked at Li Wei and Liu Peng, who were even more surprised, and asked with a smile: "Which classmate's speech do you still need me to repeat?" It's not that I started the recording mode, but I'm too impressed by your speech, as a college student, as a manager and creator of the future society, your attitude today determines the order of our society, and I can't help but record it carefully, but I don't know what new insights you have now! ”

Qi Tianxiang's question made Liu Peng and Li Wei a little surprised, the two glanced at each other, Liu Peng looked at Qi Tianxiang and the leaders with courage and said: "When I used to go to school, I was very inferior, because I didn't have a father, especially after my father died of illness, my mother was laid off again, and I had to pay off the debt owed by my father for treatment, and I had to go to school, my mother was very difficult, but my mother didn't say anything, but worked two jobs, and did odd jobs, desperately trying to earn money to pay for my schooling." So in addition to the necessary expenses for school, I will try to save as much as I can, because I know that if I save a little, my mother can work a little less, and in order to wear the free team uniforms of the sports team, I participate in various sports teams at school, and I continue to do so until I go to college. During the college entrance examination, my score line was to apply for Peking University or Tsinghua University, but in order to save some tuition fees, I chose Hezhou University, because Hezhou University can be a day study, and I can also save a sum of accommodation fees. During college, I tried my best to find various reasons not to participate in all class reunions and social activities, and only participated in public welfare activities that did not require fees, and I started working as a tutor in my sophomore year, in order to save money and earn more money, so that my mother could be less tired and cry less. Sometimes I often cry secretly, and I once complained about how I was born in such a family, but after coming to the countryside, especially when I came to Guo Village as a village official, I deeply understood the difficulties of the peasants, watching the difficulties of their lives, especially the fact that they could not get a few yuan of expenses, they did not dare to go to see when they were sick, and they did not dare to let their children go to school in the city. The village is connected to the outside world, but it is not necessary, and it is reluctant to go to the city for a few dollars for a car, there is electricity, and there is a TV signal, but not every family has a TV to watch. I was shocked by this reality, and I also knew that my own experiences were not worth mentioning at all in the face of the real life of these peasants. These Li Wei's experiences may be deeper, and the feelings in the sky and on the ground are more obvious, so let him say it himself! ”

"Liu Peng has many advantages that I admire, we were all student union cadres in school before, and we often engaged in activities together, and I have always admired his simplicity and filial piety to his mother, and I more or less know a little about the situation in his family, which is quite sympathetic." Li Wei looked at Qi Tianxiang and said seriously: "My family conditions are better, my father is a business, and the family runs several factories, I have no concept of money since I was a child, anyway, there is always enough money for me to spend, and my family is ready to let me go abroad to study in college, but for a female classmate I like, I came to Heda with her." I didn't count the amount of money I spent in college, my family regularly put 10,000 yuan in my bank card every month, and my mother also gave me more money from time to time, which may not be enough to spend, I am a famous rich second generation in college, but I am not decadent, and I am not far behind in learning and club activities. Later, I became obsessed with tourism, and I wandered outside during the winter and summer vacations in college for several years, and I have been to many countries, but the more I go, the more confused I became, especially the year when I was about to graduate, I must have inherited the family industry when I went home, but I was not reconciled, so the school assessed and selected village officials, and I signed up, just to come to the countryside to have a look. ”

"I don't know if I don't see it, I was stunned when I saw it, I never thought that there was such a place, and there were still people living like this." Li Wei said sincerely: "As soon as I came to Guocun, I felt that it was really dark, there was no signal on my mobile phone, I didn't go to the Internet, there were only a few things in the commissary, except for instant noodles and ham sausages, which was worse than death for me who didn't know what to do without a mobile phone or network, and I really felt like I couldn't stay for a day." But since I came, it's not easy to retreat, it's so embarrassing, and it's thanks to Liu Peng, who not only comforted me and encouraged me, but also tried to make me happy. I knew that he was reluctant to let me go, and the two of us had spent the first few days supporting each other, and then I slowly became familiar with the people in the village, and I was a little reluctant to them. They are so simple, kind, and sincere, and their hearts are as pure as the sky here, especially the children here, which are even more unbearable to ignore, and they really feel that they should do something, even if they only do a little to feel at ease. Slowly adapted to the life without the Internet, I feel that my heart is also a lot quieter, there are only a few wired telephones here to contact the outside world, I asked my classmates to send my books over, and it is really a big gain, there was no time and patience to read the books before, now I have calmed down to read, but also think about the actual situation, benefited a lot! ”

"The biggest change is that it doesn't cost money." Liu Peng smiled teasingly, squeezed his eyes at Li Wei, and said to Qi Tianxiang: "When he was in Heda before, he spent money like running water, and after he came, he first bought the commissary, and later pointed out that the commissary would give him good cigarettes and food, but slowly he felt that it was not the case, especially when he saw the life and consumption of the villagers, he himself felt embarrassed, and he didn't smoke well, and he was reluctant to spend the money. ”

"Liu Peng is telling the truth, at the beginning, I think money is not a problem, I have everyone to spend, good cigarettes, good wine, good food, as long as the commissary has me to buy, buy everyone to eat, and then see everyone's eyes are wrong, always feel that they take advantage of me, and they owe me in their hearts, and always want to compensate me for something. What there is in the village is eggs, everyone sends them to me, don't be anxious with me, Liu Peng and I ate together at the old branch secretary's house, and the old branch secretary felt that he owed the village when he took the eggs, which was very awkward. Li Wei scratched his head embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "I have no choice but to correct it from my own side, after spending less money, I feel that everything is natural, and every time I spend money, I will unconsciously think, how can the people in the village earn this money, and what kind of mood should I spend it. ”

"Okay, this is Phoenix Nirvana, and it's more meaningful than Nirvana." Qi Tianxiang praised happily and loudly, turned his head to Feng Juncai and Xiang Youzhi and said, "No matter what happens, just this more than a month of rebirth is worthy of encouragement. Being grounded, changing concepts, returning to reason, and observing this society with your own eyes is a sign of maturity and a trustworthy starting point. ”

As he spoke, Qi Tianxiang looked at Liu Peng and Li Wei and said solemnly: "Each of your true feelings is an immeasurable treasure in the future, Liu Peng broke free from his personal feelings of inferiority and self-pity, found and perceived a larger range of suffering, and re-examined his own responsibilities, as well as the meaning of existence, which is very commendable." Li Wei is even more remarkable, from extreme self-dilution to selflessness, learning to correct his behavior with the eyes of others, this kind of small self to big self, and the change of selflessness, is the sublimation of the spirit, such a situation has become a rule, no matter what work is engaged in in the future, there is no limit. ”

"Secretary Qi has a high evaluation of you, and his expectations are also very high, and I hope that you can continue to maintain and carry forward, and through grassroots training, you will not only improve your skills, but also improve your quality, and become the backbone of this society." Feng Juncai excitedly followed Qi Tianxiang's words, encouraged Liu Peng and Li Wei, and said with a slight smile: "Of course, you are here to exercise, not to suffer, it is still appropriate to provide you with the necessary living and working conditions. ”

"Thank you Secretary Feng for your kindness, it's really not a big deal whether there is an Internet or not, and now our life is very good and fulfilling." Li Wei looked at Feng Juncai and smiled, then looked at Qi Tianxiang and said seriously: "In the first few days of coming, it was indeed like being sick, there was no online chat, no online games, especially no online information, I felt like a blind and deaf person, through this period of precipitation, especially after more contact with the villagers in the village, I felt that reality was more meaningful than the Internet." No matter how beautiful the virtual world is, it is not as real as reality, instead of being surrounded by overwhelming negative news on the Internet, complaining, scolding, and making up nonsense, it is better to listen to the villagers' short chats and interesting conversations, and it is better to listen to the old branch secretary to talk about the shock of the collective, which is the real supplement of nutrition! ”

"There is knowledge, and there is still a deep understanding." Qi Tianxiang looked at Li Wei with appreciation, and said with a side face to Feng Juncai with satisfaction: "Why do you say that knowledge changes fate? After listening to Xiao Li's feelings, you should be able to understand that rural children do not have this understanding, and they will not have such feelings. In the same rural life, sinking may be sinking or transcending, and the basis of the difference is the power of knowledge. Rural children may be dazzled and lost when they go to the city, which is the limitation of knowledge and vision, while urban children who live in the city for a long time will be numb and have no feeling, which is also the limitation of knowledge and understanding. We cannot expect to change these understandings with disasters and sacrifices, but we can use facts to inspire and interpret with examples. Give them a chance to change, I believe that they will use their knowledge to connect their ideals with reality, through the game of life and death, and finally transform and sublimate, and complete their perfect transcendence from chrysalis to butterfly. ”

"Your idea is too poetic, I can't understand it, I can only provide them with a good platform and good service, as for the key links of temperature, environment, and transformation, that's your business." Feng Juncai looked at Qi Tianxiang with admiration, then retracted his gaze, deliberately glanced at his watch, and said dissatisfiedly: "When is this coming, this old Guo is not here yet, is this not allowed to eat?" ”

"It's coming, it's coming, it's been a while, watching you talk about big things, I didn't dare to move forward." As he spoke, the old branch secretary squeezed in from behind the crowd and said with a smile on his face: "Your guests are here, how can you not let you eat?" ”

Qi Tianxiang hurriedly stood up, held the old branch secretary's hand tightly and said, "I'm coming to see you again, these two children have made you worry about it for a long time." ”

"Look at what you said, it's too outward, they are all their own children, I look at all of them, they are all good children, all are good, all are good!" The old branch secretary smiled and said to Qi Tianxiang: "It's just that we are suffering here and have wronged these two children." ”

"Grievances are not grievances, as long as you are not tired." Feng Juncai said softly and asked with a big grin: "What did your old man invite us to eat at noon!" ”

"Hand-rolled noodles, my wife rolled them by herself, and she was chewy!" The old branch secretary smiled and said to Qi Tianxiang: "Rural people eat, it's very simple, Secretary Qi don't dislike it!" ”

"How can we dislike it, it's too late for us to be grateful!" Qi Tianxiang smiled and said politely to the old branch secretary, and then said to Feng Juncai, "Where are we going to eat?" ”

Qi Tianxiang spoke, took the old branch secretary's hand, and walked towards the old branch secretary with a smile surrounded by everyone.

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