Chapter 85: Catch the ducks on the shelves
Conan was embarrassed to say, and everyone didn't ask much, and probably guessed that eight or nine was not far from ten, that is, Conan didn't go to the bathroom.
One of Conan's morning trilogy is to go to the toilet to relieve toxins, and to detoxify without accumulating toxins in the body, a habit that has been cultivated for many years.
Because Conan used to have irregular bowel movements, he was always uncomfortable, and he couldn't cure it, so Conan had to find a way to solve this relatively private problem by himself. Regular bowel movements are the best way to do it.
Conan took the car, You Qingren didn't dare to let Song Daliang drive, because he was going to enter the city today, he was afraid of being caught by the traffic police, and if he didn't say the fine, he had a bad reputation. can't lose big because of small, it's not fun, You Qingren can still hold it at a critical moment.
The license plate of Qingyong Foundation is a foreign-funded enterprise, black, more conspicuous, in order not to discredit the face of the unit and foreign-funded enterprises, Song Daliang thought about the addiction of driving, this is a critical time, of course, if walking in the wilderness or on the way back, Song Daliang can drive on his behalf, with his solid posture, there should be no problem.
Conan slept late last night, and today he was in a hurry and fell asleep in the car. When I woke up, the car was already in the city. It is said that it is a city, but in fact it is a district in a small county or city, the scale is not large, the houses are not high, the streets are not wide, and the planning is not good. The smell of sulphur dioxide is in the air of the city, and some pedestrians wear masks. The design of the streets, on both sides of the road, is mostly horizontal and vertical, and when you reach the alleys, it is more natural.
Conan saw that the car had turned into a narrow street, and stopped in front of a room that said "Free Library".
This is the Yangzhi office of the Qingyong Foundation. There are two floors, the first floor is the library, and the second floor is the office and computer room, where the staff of the Yangzhi office are concentrated. They work in the county town, rarely go to the countryside, most of them deal with problems in the city, and the meeting is a regular meeting, once a week.
Conan's first priority is to go to the toilet. After getting out of the car, he couldn't wait for Yong Zhiyang's introduction one by one, and said: "I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry, I'll see you later, where is the toilet?" ”
Yong Zhiyang told him the location of the toilet. Conan rushed in. The inside is very clean, and there is a faint fragrance, the feminine toilet, the main color of the dress is pink, which makes people unconsciously easy to fall into the idea of non-separation, of course, the law does not stipulate that ideological crimes should be investigated for criminal responsibility, but they should be tried by the moral court, you can't even think about it, and if you think about it, it is illegal, it is a crime.
Conan has been away from his wife for a while, and when he sees this, he is prone to homesickness, and his heart beats dishonestly and restlessly. But Conan didn't dare to think about it, the meeting was about to start, so he quickly gathered his mind and prepared to speak.
Conan came out of the toilet, much more relaxed, and he turned into the library, where everyone sat in a circle, leaving a vacancy on the large whiteboard for the lecturer to use.
Yong Zhiyang saw that people were almost there, and began to introduce Conan to everyone. He also introduced their people to Conan separately, Conan couldn't remember, only remembered Lang and his wife from the United States, they were Chinese-Americans, Lang was a doctor, and his wife was a lawyer. has his own business, and also has a large number of farms and villas, and he has a very nourishing life in his hometown, which is very atmospheric and very comfortable.
It is really touching that they have crossed the ocean to China for medical care and other rural livelihood projects on the Loess Plateau, and they have given up their families to take care of everyone. I don't know how many years they will continue to serve China, and I don't know if they will regard China as their permanent home. Conan was in front of them and didn't dare to say anything. I just explained my work on the front line, and everyone asked some questions.
Their special background made the local supervisor not allow them to live in the village, but only in the county seat. Their person in charge often has to communicate with the relevant departments, which makes their work different from Ji Conan's work.
Conan can live in the village, contact with the villagers, and understand the needs of the villagers, but they can't, even if they do, they are from the village officials, and they have long lost their authenticity and comprehensiveness.
Come to think of it, Conan and they are also relatively lucky to meet the enlightened company leader, otherwise they will be like them, trapped in the county and deceived.
Dr. Lang said: "Caring groups came to visit our project, drove to the countryside, did not enter the village, and pointed from afar, saying that it was our project, and most of them could pass the acceptance. Conan thought to himself, this is the remote reference to Xinghua Village.
Xinghua Village is very famous, and these remote villages are not as lucky as Xinghua Village. When you go to the countryside to see the project, how can you know the beginning and end of the project without contacting the villagers? It seems that caring people really believe in caring workers to do projects.
Conan didn't forget to briefly introduce the training content that Miss Liu gave them, and it can be seen that everyone feels very new about it.
It's better to see than to hear. Conan is nothing more than a thing to learn and sell. Even if it is sold, there are many selling points, and for people who are engaged in social work, it is all experience, and it is something that cannot be learned from books.
The meeting lasted more than an hour and ended with singing and prayer.
After that, Conan and Song Daliang were invited to the upstairs office to learn about their project. At present, they are relatively successful in the social work institutions in the country, and many people come to visit them. Before Conan came, Miss Liu, the leader of the Mars Foundation, and the person in charge of the Jianghai District Office in other places had come to visit once, and everyone had a strong interest in cooperating on the project.
The branch office of the Seonaga Foundation is located in Ohara. After listening to the introduction in the office, Conan and Song Daliang were invited to get in the car and go to Ohara to see the branch.
It takes about 40 minutes to get from Yang to Ohara. Conan's car was very stylish, and even the command traffic staff had to salute when they saw it, it seems that the relationship between the Qingyong Foundation and the provincial head office is very good, otherwise, it would not have such a license plate. In fact, the car is not good, it is the value of the brand, it is a symbol of status, and ordinary traffic management staff do not dare to be sloppy.
The imaginary branch should be a building, but when I actually arrived at the scene, I was dumbfounded, and it turned out to be just a three-bedroom apartment. This turned out to be a branch office, not even half of Yangzhi's office. It's good that there are upstairs and downstairs, electric lights and telephones, everything. It's completely like a grandmother's room, not as beautiful as a partial room or a third person's room.
Everyone went in to visit, and Conan found that their goal was very ambitious, that is, to serve the whole country, but at present, there was still a considerable distance from the goal. It is very difficult to have great development in the hinterland, and if we want to become stronger and bigger in the hinterland, we must rely on the rivers and seas of other places. Lifting more people out of poverty is the goal of all social work agencies.
At noon they invited to dinner. Nice, very generous lunch.
In the afternoon, Conan and Song Daliang returned to the base.
The next day, Conan followed Dr. Lang to the countryside to see the progress of the baby care project that the village doctor had followed. Similarly, Conan fell asleep in the car. When I woke up, the car had already arrived in the village. Everyone got out of the car and entered the home of a baby who had just reached the full moon, and the village doctor took out the scale he carried, weighed the child and made a record, and explained the matters that the baby's mother should pay attention to.
In another village, there were farmers in debt. The foundation has a project that is a small loan, and some farmers are not doing well, or natural and man-made disasters, or they think that the foundation is good and easy to deceive, so they deliberately fail to repay the debt.
There is no way, Yong Zhiyang and You Qingren often drive jeeps to the countryside to collect debts. Most of them returned in vain. There are too many people in financial difficulties, they can't afford to pay back, there is really no way, and there are many people who take away the bud valley to pay off the debt, although it is a little cruel, they say that this is really a helpless move.
In the second week, Song Daliang gave a lecture. He can draw, and in this way he lectures and is easier to understand.
He was talking about comprehensive projects in Songgang, and there was nothing new. It seems that he does not work the project.
After the meeting, Conan and Song Daliang were invited to the home of Dr. Lang and his wife. Dr. Lang's family has three sons, all of whom were born locally, but they receive allowances from the United States. Because the child is a Mi countryman.
Dr. Lang has an electronic piano at home, and occasionally plays it while the children play. The children all speak American English and do not speak Chinese, and are now learning Chinese at a foundation-run school. Dr. Lang can bake bread, and he has a toaster at home, so he can't eat without bread every day, otherwise, it's like not eating.
Mrs. Lang would teach the children to make biscuits and make biscuits of various shapes, and the children were very hands-on, which was very different from the dependence of Chinese children. While teaching the children how to make cookies, Mrs. Lang talked to Conan about whether there were any volunteers who would like to teach in the west. The school funded by the foundation is in urgent need of teachers, but there is no teacher to be found, so if Jing Chu has it, he can try it.
Lunch was eaten at Dr. Lang's house, it was very simple, but delicious, a combination of Chinese and Western, and nutritious.
Thanksgiving is here. The staff of Dayuan, Yangzhi and Pingyuan and other project sites gathered in Yangzhi, chartered a restaurant, prepared turkey and other Western food, and celebrated Thanksgiving in the country there. It was actually a buffet and everyone had a great time.
Thanksgiving in the United States is to thank God. In fact, it was the local indigenous people who helped, and the people of the United States called them Indians. The Indians were originally local aborigines, but as a result, the rice people came, and the rice people were the masters, but the number of Indians decreased significantly, and the number of rice people surged. The United States people are mainly anti-customer. This history is very short, and when the people of the United States talk about this history, they can't talk about it in the same day. Primitive accumulation is blood debt, and to feel Thanksgiving is to thank God. God didn't mean to let the Americans slaughter the Indians. In fact, God did not accept such a sacrifice, but it became a carnival for the people of the United States.
Especially the children, most of them are students of the foundation school, and they are also the children of the staff, mostly foreigners, and they spend Thanksgiving here the same as in the United States, but the location is different and the language is different, but the food is welcome to everyone.
The things sold in the Ohara big supermarket are still comprehensive. Unlike before, if you want to buy turkey, Ohara doesn't have it, so you have to ask a friend to buy it from Kyoto and then fly it to Ohara, which is quite troublesome. Thanksgiving, there must be a turkey, otherwise, it is not Thanksgiving. It's no different from usual.
Before leaving, Conan and Song Daliang went to visit the project of sending books to the countryside, delivering the books to the children through the van, and then taking back the books that the children had read and showing them to the children in other schools, so as to enrich the children's spare time. Conan saw that the children liked to read and thought to himself, if you want to talk about successful projects, this is one of them.
To tell the truth, the conditions in the village are really poor, there is only one honeycomb coal stove in the classroom, the chimney in the room, the iron sheet is rusty, smoking, choking, it is the smell of sulfur dioxide, very pungent, no wonder the iron chimney will rust, it is this gas that is causing corrosion. It's uncomfortable to stay in the classroom for a while, and I don't know how the children can stay? The children scrambled to get the books, returned to their seats and immediately looked at them, knowing that only the moment the mobile library arrived at the school, the children were the freeest, happiest, and most free. The teacher doesn't care much about the children at this time, and it's very wise.
After returning from school, Conan and Song Daliang are about to end this study of Ohara Yangnao. In the evening, the breeding pig base specially bought a large grass carp, knowing that Conan and Song Daliang from the south like to eat fish and rice, so they made preparations. But he won't do it, Song Daliang asked Ying, and the spoon made a delicious dinner. Song Daliang is very capable. This has been appreciated and agreed upon by everyone. There is no controversy.
Before leaving, Master Wang, who burned the boiler, actually brought a bag of sunflower seeds from home to Conan, and I don't know where Conan liked him. Conan just showed him respect, and this respect may not be obtained from others, because he is a peasant, obscene-looking, not big, unshaven beard, and does not pay much attention to image problems. In addition, he has faith and is looked down upon by his fellow villagers. Conan saw that he wanted to give sunflower seeds, of course he didn't, Master Wang gave them again and again, and if he didn't accept them, it was tantamount to looking down on people, and Ji Conan really had no choice but to accept it.
Early the next morning, You Qingren arranged for his uncle to drive to pick him up early and send Conan and Song Daliang directly to the Ohara Railway Station. It's still a long way from the train station. The place in the north is big, and the scenery is similar, and after walking for a long time, it seems that I am still going around in circles. People are leaving, and both the host and guest are in mixed moods. As soon as the guests left, the host settled down. The guests don't leave, they always have something in their hearts, and they don't pay much attention to what they do.
You Qingren sent the two on the train, and waited until the horn urged his relatives and friends to get off the train. This person is really worth making friends, but it's a pity that the place is far away, and the space limits communication, this may be the last side, who knows if they will see each other again in the future.
The train started slowly, and Conan longed for the car to go faster, faster, and he hoped to get home soon. This is a manifestation of returning to the heart. Conan was so out of his mind that he couldn't help but laugh when he thought of it.