From Haixi to the west more than 2,000 kilometers, along the Yangtze River upstream, through the Yangtze River Delta, Jiangnan hills, Wushan, Bashu Basin, along the Jialing River to the north and then through the Xiaoshui River tributaries to the west, you can reach Shiqiao Township. Huoran? Wen???? ｗ?ｗ?ｗ?．?

This township, which magnified the scale tenfold and could not find its name on the map, just looked at the tributaries of a tributary of the Yangtze River, sometimes flowing quietly, sometimes roaring eastward. And this little-known river surrounds this small town with a big palm, accompanying it through spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Not to mention on the map of China, even Jiacang has almost forgotten the poorest township in the county - the only six-car passage in the township is still a dirt road less than three meters wide, and only when it reaches the Chahe River will there be a slightly wider asphalt road leading to the county seat and beyond.

And there is not a single lane from Shiqiao to the thirteen villages under its jurisdiction. For the villages along the river, it was a little better, and the brave peasants themselves bought dozens of motorized boats to run passenger and freight transportation between the countryside and the stone bridge. But after all, Shiqiao is a mountainous area, even if it is a village along the river, the villagers have the time to walk from the mountain to the river, and they will almost arrive at Shiqiaochang Town!

Therefore, for Shiqiao, after the spring breeze of reform and opening up blew in along the Yangtze River, until now, it was still just a gust of wind, which at most cooled people's heads, but it did not blow up the sleeping earth, blew away the frozen ice, and did not blow out a real road to prosperity.

Yangjiawan between the two mountains is one of the villages that is not along the river. Their way of travel is still to rely on their feet, climbing over mountain beams. Don't be surprised why they don't use livestock, because the rough paths are lined with dangerous cliffs, and people walk with horror, let alone behemoths like cows and horses – no one wants to joke about the life of a family.

In late autumn, it was drizzling in Yangjiawan. But the peasants did not rest because of this, the corn stalks had to be carried home, and the straw had to be tied into haystacks nearby; Freshly ploughed paddy fields are planted with wheat and rapeseed after careful ploughing...... And this qiē farm work can only rely on shoulder and back grinding.

Eighteen-year-old Shufen has grown into a Peugeot girl, and her bumpy figure has attracted the eyes of many pairs of croppers. The head, which had not been cut for nearly ten years, was tied into a delicate braid at any time, dragging down to the thighs. The swarthy duck egg face is adorned with two small dimples, two rosy lips under the high bridge of the nose, and the big eye sockets are shining with inky jade pearls.

There is always an amorous mountain song from the top of Mao'er Mountain-

The autumn wind blew waves, and I remembered the second girl of the Yang family.

Climb over two mountains and cross three beams, just to see your flower clothes.

The tung fruit is loud, and the cypress seed seed is bright,

The second girl of the Yang family, come and see your amorous ......"

Shufen is no longer the little girl who loves to sing mountain songs. No one knows why this beautiful girl is so distracted that she neither responds to the amorous songs, nor does she accept the invitations of those "watchers".

After Fushun left, Shufen worked even harder. Although the eldest brother-in-law who was released from prison returned to his original simplicity and would bring Xiao Haitang to help at home from time to time, just the acre of pear trees and the silkworm seedlings distributed by the family of four were enough for her to work alone. What's more, she is now in a position in the village committee?

The mother was already anxious about her marriage. Since Fushun left, Yang Zegui and his family have been depressed all day long, and Shufen has grown up day by day, and when it comes to blind dates, they have boycotted it in all directions. Later, Fushun sent back a letter, saying that he did not get a secondary school graduation certificate, not only did he not become a worker, but also went to Haixi thousands of miles away!

The two of them were angry for half a year. Shufenniang complained about Yang Cripple, saying that the two children should have been forced to become relatives at that time. Now it's a run, a run, a strong one, and one that wants to be kept can't be kept.

"Her father, what do you say, Shufen will continue to be so strong?" Shufenniang is not yet forty years old, but Bai has already quietly climbed up her sideburns.

"Don't keep forcing her, I've been telling you not to be in a hurry, why are you in a hurry?"

"I'm in a hurry? I see that you are more anxious than me, aren't you looking for someone to inquire about the young man surnamed Chahe? That baby came to our house a few times, and it looks okay! ”

"That doll is educated, she went to secondary school in Jiangyun, but she didn't want an iron rice bowl, so she went back to the countryside to plant trees!"

"Don't eat public food and come back to engage in agriculture? Forget it, it's also a restless one! ”

"You person, Fushun wants to go out to be a worker, you say you can't do it, and you say you can't help it when people come back to engage in agriculture! I don't know what you're interested in? ”

"Hey, wait until I ask Shufen, I see that they often play together, if you don't have an opinion, let's find an introducer to talk about it!"

"But...... But there is only one son, and it is estimated that he will come to the door! ”

"Let's talk to someone! Hey, I don't know what the second child is looking for? So many people came to propose, but she just didn't agree. ”

"She's been busy all day......"

"Busy, busy! Busy is also made up by you! At that time, I told her not to choose which women's director, you two masters have to go, which one knows that the life is not easy to do, and now it is comfortable, and the cat scratches the glutinous rice - can't get rid of the claws. The official is not big, and he scolds people every day; The family can't live endlessly, and the east and west families go to catch people and give birth to babies, and everyone is offended! The key is that the doll feels uncomfortable, and the unpleasant words she has listened to in the past few months have outperformed her for more than ten years, otherwise, we won't do this grievance! ”

"Don't say a word, the baby hasn't slept yet......"

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Shufen lay on the bed, tears running down her earlobes and wetting the pillow. A spider on the roof tiles is still weaving its web tirelessly—the house is already a little chilly on late autumn nights, and the long-legged mosquito, which is still rampant in summer, has disappeared, so no matter how big its web is, it probably won't catch much food. But the disgusting "little strong" under the bed are still squirming, and the "Spider-Man" on the beam can't help it at all.

"Damn 'oil thief'!" Shufei stepped on a cockroach to death and pouted to do her homework under the lamp.

Shufen got up from the bed, wiped her tears, and Shufei lay on a table to flip through the numbers summarized by the village committee meeting in the morning—these numbers were reported by the leaders of each group in Yangjiawan for the second, third, and even fourth children.

The slogans about "family planning" have long been painted all over the exposed rocks of Mao'er Mountain and Yantai Mountain, and have become a unique scenery - "fewer children and better children, a happy life", "The times are not the same as before, and now daughters compete with men", "Who said that women are not as good as men, women can hold up half the sky"...... But these slogans do not seem to have achieved substantial results - the villagers still give birth to one and give birth to another, especially the families who give birth to female dolls, and they have to give birth to one or more "children" to pass on the family lineage and provide for the elderly......

Shufen's main job is to implement the "family planning" policy. It is not so much that the women's director of Yangjiawan Village is elected by the villagers, but rather that he is "elected" by one or two villagers.

Because the old woman director said that she would not do it if she didn't do it, the village committee had to be re-elected. On the day of the villagers' meeting to elect the women's director, the more than 600 villagers with the right to vote all gathered on the playground of the Jade Emperor Temple - they all wanted to see which capable woman was going to pick up the "mess".

Yang Zehua held a loudspeaker and announced: "After the study of the village committee and the approval of the township government, there are a total of eight candidates for women's director!" They are Li Guihua, Ma Deying, Yang Qiong, Yang Shufen ......"

The village party secretary crackled and read a bunch of names. The method of election is also very simple, all eight names are written on the cards, and they are erected in front of the eight wooden liters. The village leader gave each villager a corn kernel, and whoever he chose was thrown into the wooden liter in front of the corresponding name.

I don't know that the loud voice yelled in the crowd: "Choose a shovel!" Seven of the eight mothers-in-law gave birth to two or three children, and one of them was married without ......."

There was a voice that responded: "Then choose the one who is not married, she still has a chance to give birth to only one baby......" As soon as the voice fell, the corn in the hands of several village leaders who had not finished the corn kernels was snatched away, and all of them were thrown away from the Mu Shengli in front of Yang Shufen's name, and then dispersed in a hurry. The village chief took the accountant and sang and counted the votes in style - there was no suspense, and Yang Shufen was elected with an overwhelming "advantage".

Yang Shufen inexplicably became a "half cadre", in addition to receiving a salary of nine yuan and eight cents a month from the state, she also brought back a lot of brochures from the township government. After blushing and reading all the information, Shufen finally had a preliminary understanding of this "basic national policy".

This job is really difficult for the big girl who is not married. At first, Shufen was very embarrassed to discuss family planning common sense such as "ligation" and "safety and ring" with a large number of old men in the village committee. Later, she began to go from house to house, persuading the villagers to go to the health center for surgery. But the villagers didn't seem to buy it, they didn't take this yellow-haired girl in their eyes at all, they promised to go to ligation and safety ring, and they went to do farm work with a dung bucket over there! At night, as soon as the lights are turned off and the quilt is covered, after a few months, the woman's belly is bulging!

After the meeting this morning, she followed the leader of the third group to a family that was pregnant with four children to persuade her, hoping that she could go to the health center for an abortion. Although earlier the leader of the three groups told him that this woman was not easy to deal with. Unexpectedly, before she entered the door of the house, the shy and big-bellied hostess stood by the pigsty and pointed at her and scolded-

“…… If Yang Laosi is not disabled, I am afraid that you will have to arrest your old man and have it ligated first...... You are a big girl with yellow flowers, and when you marry a man, look at your ditch, it is possible to have a litter ......"

Thinking of this, Shufen's tears flowed again! If you don't do it, this job is not done by people! Yes, I'll go to the second uncle tomorrow......