Zhang Chun and Li Zhen climbed several mountains before following a worker from a forest farm to Nie Yan, a young man in his twenties who had recently graduated from the Forestry College. He recognized Zhang Chun and Lizhen.

"Forest products, many prices are too low. The Price Bureau believes that only labor costs are consumed. However, compared with agriculture, there is a lot of income other than agricultural taxes. Why does forestry only set labor costs? It's not that the labor cost is not high, but it's unreasonable, and there are differences between agriculture and forestry and industry. Nie Yan was so excited that his young face turned red.

Because he can finally speak his mind in front of someone who is good enough to speak.

Zhang Chun said: "Then can you take a look at your family's income?" ”

"There are only three people in our family, and the forest farm pays us a basic salary, 180 yuan per person per month, in addition to the salary is the money for the purchase of forest products, about seven or eight months a year, and the annual income last year was more than 3,000 yuan, which is not as high as the basic salary. However, we are in charge of a large forest area, the yield is not low, and the harvest season is very tiring. ”

"Nothing but that?"

"No."

Zhang Chun thought for a while and said, "No, you should still have the farmland for you." ”

"No, it's separated, our family used to divide the farmland, but then the forestry union broke away from the agricultural union, and the agricultural union thought that forestry workers owned both the forest farm and the farmland, which was unfair. Therefore, all the farmland has been set aside, and the forest farm is a forest farm, and the countryside is a rural area. Forestry is considered a worker, and the countryside is a farmer. Forestry taxes are paid by forest farms. It is enough for the peasants to pay only public grain. ”

Zhang Chun frowned.

"How are your forest products sold?"

"Because there are so many variety. Therefore, the forest farm is purchased in a unified manner, and sold to the processing plant after centralized sorting and packaging. Nie Yan pointed to a small village with five or six families. A highway extends here. These five or six families are almost powerful wooden houses. But it's beautifully built.

"It's beautiful, you build houses out of wood. Why not use red bricks. ”

"It used to be a red brick house, but then because the wood was too cheap, the wood made the house comfortable to live in, so it was replaced by a wooden house."

Down the hill is a large pond with clear water flowing down from the mountain. The water from the pond flows into a mountain stream. The creek is lined with rice fields. The gentle slopes of the hill are terraced with wheat and vegetables.

"The vegetable patch on the hillside is yours, right?"

"No, the workers on the forest farm don't have land. We made some vegetable patches in front of and behind the house. The party committee of the forest farm said that the working class should be like the working class, and it was not allowed to do it. It has always been said that we want to eradicate vegetable patches, and we are against it. That's why it's kept. ”

"The working class." Zhang Chun was a little angry.

Lizhi pinched Zhang Chun's hand, and Zhang Chuncai smiled and asked, "You are a party member, right?" ”

Nie Yan smiled: "I am a party member and the group leader here." When the party committee was held, several of our group leaders opposed it. The resolution to demolish the vegetable patch was not passed. ”

"Do you think it is reasonable to separate agriculture and forestry?"

"Separation is an inevitable trend. Everyone agrees on this, but we think that there are some problems with such a one-size-fits-all approach, and then our prices are too rigid and the forestry industry is severely suppressed. Then there are several levels of wages for workers, and forestry workers are the lowest. The Price Bureau believes that our means of subsistence are self-produced, and the livelihood of industry and mining depends entirely on purchase. So their wages are higher. The leadership of the forest farm said that agriculture and forestry were completely separated, and that the wages of forestry workers were as high as those of industrial and mining workers. That's why such a resolution came out. ”

"So what do you know about the approach to fisheries and animal husbandry?"

"It's similar to forestry, and at its worst, we said that we would split one of our five families to contract the pond. It didn't work out because of the opposition of the environment. Because the environment thinks the pond is too small to support a family. ”

"What do you think?"

"Of course not. It's okay to feed a family in this pond, but you have to increase the amount of feeding, so the water will not be drinkable. The town party committee said that it was possible to dig wells and drink water, and to use tap water. Well water and tap water are not as delicious as the current spring water. Of course we disagree. ”

In fact, this pond surrounded by green trees is not small, and it is full of living water. The water quality is really very good. A few people squatted on the stone steps of the pond and took a sip, and Li's eyebrows smiled: "This water quality is very good." ”

"Of course, especially with the introduction of moss lichens and ferns, the water has been filtered many times, and the water has become much purer, and the microbial mass in it has not increased, but has decreased. The animals also rarely come down to drink water, because there is enough water for them in the mountains and forests. ”

"You don't do farming either?"

"No, there are a lot of animals in the mountains and forests, and their populations must be controlled, and we can't eat so much. But you can't just eat, a TV set recently came out, more than 8,000 yuan a set, and our family can't afford one for two years. The TV factory said that the current cost is so high, and the TV factory does not make money, and the cost will not be reduced until the output comes up. Nie Yan sighed and said: "There are few brothers and sisters in the family, and the elderly can support a little, but we people and non-local households can't afford it, and the TV station still charges a fee." ”

Zhang Chun nodded and said, "It's really a bit difficult. ”

"We also know that TV stations have to charge fees, and they need money to build facilities, wires and cables. That's why forest products are too cheap. ”

"I don't think it's a matter of cheap forest products, the price of TV sets will come down. But that's not to say that you don't sell anything other than TVs. Rather, it is a question of forcibly dividing the peasants and the working class, and of forcibly expropriating the common people from their land. Zhang Chun was already very unhappy.

However, he changed the subject: "You have done a very good job of forest protection, and you have been amazing along the way. ”

Nie Yan said proudly: "That's, it depends on what we do." ”

Nie Yan is very proud of his profession: "The impact of lichen in temperate regions on water purification written by our group was awarded to us by Dean Cai. ”

Nie Yan's wife, Fan Man, is not on the forest farm, but works in the town environment office, and the old mother of the family is Fan Man's mother. Fan Man is a native of Jiangxi, and the war caused her to lose her father, and she studied at Nanchang Normal University, and then was admitted to the Xinmin Research Institute. Later, he interned at the Nie Ji Forest Farm. A very thoughtful Jiangnan girl.

The Institute for the Environment is a state servant and has the function of coordinating various industries, so the salary is well set and the power is also great. When I came back on my bicycle, I brought a group of students with me. It can be seen that the team leaders of several forest farms are still a little envious of the students who study the environment.

None of them invited senior officials from the forestry farm and environmental institutes, and they seemed to have a strong opinion of the party committee.

In fact, people from the Forestry Department and the Supervision Department had already visited the country once a month ago, but their opinions were not mentioned in any documents of the People's Congress, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and the Party Congress. They think these people are too bureaucratic. I have to give an explanation.

Now that Zhang Chun and Lizhi have arrived, although they are not the highest authorities, when it comes to influence, no one can compare to Zhang Chun.

Most of the environmental majors work at the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Research Institute and other research institutes. Van Man has been working in government agencies, so he has seen a lot more thoroughly.

"State taxes are only for products and land, not for farmers or forestry workers. Now it's like this for two reasons. One is that the party has always felt that the working class is more advanced than the peasants, and that it is necessary to develop a large public ownership system, and if forestry, fishery, and animal husbandry become the working class and the proletariat, then the dictatorship of the proletariat can be realized. Another reason is that after the division of the agricultural guilds, the guilds want to seize the territory so that they can gain benefits and have a say in the country. ”

Fan Man's eyes lit up.

"Mr. Zhang, it's not for me to say anything, but now many front-line students and staff have felt that this original policy is inconsistent with the original policy and guidelines, and it does not conform to scientific laws. Ordinary people and state resources have become pets and profit-making tools in partisan captivity. It's not going to go on like this. Party committees and grass-roots party organizations have made a lot of trouble, and basically they have not reached a consensus. Fortunately in other places, Hubei, especially in central Hubei Province, the party is in a state of idling. ”

"What is the attitude of the school?"

"There are also dissenting opinions in schools, and textbooks already have articles about state public ownership and the rapid entry into socialism. However, many student surveys have reported that this is not realistic. ”

Zhang Chun sighed and said, "You do more investigation and research, and write more relevant investigation reports." Thoroughly study the problem and find a feasible solution. Know that the future is yours. You can't rely on these people of ours, and sooner or later we will go to heaven. If it should be objected, it will be opposed, and if it is incorrect, it will be refuted. Of course, I am not saying that I don't care, but I want to go back and understand the attitude of the party and the government. It takes time. (To be continued......)