rebirth of change

"Sister-in-law, don't bother, don't bother, I just came to sit and learn about Zhang Wenming's situation." Chen Kangjie quickly dissuaded Zhang Wenming's mother.

He was going to cook pig food, but now he dropped everything to entertain him, which made Chen Kangjie feel that it disrupted his production and life rhythm, and he didn't hope that his arrival would bring big changes to others.

But how can Chen Kangjie dissuade them? For these villagers, it is a big deal to have a teacher, and even the teacher of their own children, come to their home.Of course they would treat Chen Kangjie as the most honored guest.

"Mr. Chen, you sit, you sit, it's rare to come to our house, you are a distinguished guest. Our Xiao Ming has received a lot of help and advice from you, and we haven't had time to thank you. Xiao Ming's father will be back soon , Let him pay Mr. Chen for a good drink later."

Not long after Zhang Wenming's mother finished speaking, Zhang Wenming's father rushed in from the outside with Zhang Wenming carrying a hoe.

"Oh, Mr. Chen, welcome. I never thought you would be willing to come to our corner of the mountain. It's been hard work. I'm Zhang Jianjun, Zhang Wenming's father." shake hands.

"I'm bothering you, I'm bothering you." Chen Kangjie said apologetically.

"Don't bother, don't bother, you can come, we wish for it, our place is too remote, too poor, and almost no one from the city has ever been here." Zhang Jianjun's thick and thick hand shook Chen Kangjie's hand violently, He learned it in the village, "Stupid boy, what are you doing in a daze, your teacher is here, why don't you hurry up and grab a chicken, ask your mother to stew it, treat your teacher well. "

After being yelled at by Zhang Jianjun, Zhang Wenming hurried to catch chickens in the chicken pen behind him.

"Brother Zhang, no need, no need, I'm here to meet you, and I have to go back after a chat, or the road will be difficult to walk after dark." Chen Kangjie was really confused by this simple enthusiasm What should I do.

"Mr. Chen, you finally came here, how can you just leave like this? Anyway, you have to eat dinner before leaving. If you let you leave like this, the neighbors who know about it don't know how they will bury me. Don't worry, it's getting dark, I'll send you back with a bright pole (a kind of torch). Don't think we're poor here..." Zhang Jianjun would not let Chen Kangjie leave just like that anyway.

"Brother Zhang, why would I think you are poor here? I just think it's too disturbing and delaying you." Chen Kangjie hurriedly stopped Zhang Jianjun from saying inferiority or self-deprecating words.

"It's okay, it's okay. It's a good thing that you can come. Why would you delay and disturb me? I often hear my Wenming talk about you. He says you are a good person, a learned person, and a good life in the city." , It’s really amazing to come to our place where the birds don’t shit to teach the children.”

The passionate entanglement between Zhang Jianjun and Chen Kangjie also attracted the attention of the neighbors next door, and several people came to visit soon.

This is the case in the countryside. If relatives and friends come to a house, the neighbors like to come and see it. This is a unique way of interpersonal relationship in the countryside.On the one hand, those neighbors came to join in the fun, and on the other hand, they also came to see if there was anyone they could help.

The six families here are all surnamed Zhang, and they are more or less related to each other.Ever since, Zhang Jianjun left them all to chat with Chen Kangjie and have dinner at home by the way.It's hard to kill a chicken, and we usually help each other, so of course we have to share the fun.

And Chen Kangjie also wanted other people to stay. He came here to understand the situation and get in touch with more people, which is always a good thing.The man stayed to brag and chat with Chen Kangjie, and the woman went to help Zhang Wenming's mother, Zhang Luo.

"Ms. Chen, here in Zhangjiatun, we are all rough and rough, and no one is educated. The one with the highest education level is the kid from Brother Zhang's family. After graduating from elementary school, he went to the village for three years. It's at the middle school level." Zhang Jianjun pointed to a middle-aged man named Zhang Yi next to him who was smoking a dry cigarette.

"Don't mention it. After going through junior high school with so much effort, I didn't end up learning carpentry. Because of his study, the family was almost dragged down by him. If I knew this, I might as well learn carpentry after graduating from elementary school." Zhang Yi didn't feel the pride of being praised, but felt that it was not worth it.

"Brother Zhang, you can't say that. He can go to junior high school, which is definitely good for his future. Even if he goes to learn carpentry, I believe he will learn better than other people with no education. Well, you have to look at the problem from a long-term perspective." Chen Kangjie explained and comforted.

Although we have a tradition of attaching importance to reading for thousands of years, in recent years, a thought that reading is useless has gradually emerged.This was produced under the impact of the market economy. In some people's opinion, if reading cannot produce immediate economic benefits, it is almost useless.

In fact, reading is more than just learning skills. It is more about helping people learn to think, help people generate ideas, and find a way to implement them.

The simplest example, which emperor in our history was really illiterate?Even Zhu Yuanzhang, the so-called beggar emperor, who let go of cattle, was a monk, and was a beggar, at least he had read some books and could read some characters.Otherwise, can he become a generation of emperors?How dare he want to become a generation of emperors?Impossible.

"See, Brother Zhang Yi, I just said it, don't always feel that you are at a loss, Mr. Chen is a cultural person from a big city, can he lie to you?" Zhang Jianjun patted Zhang Yi's thigh and said with a smile .

This was the first time for Chen Kangjie to come to such a remote mountain village to sit and talk with the locals. Although he could always smell the stench of pig manure and cow dung in his nose, Chen Kangjie didn't feel uncomfortable.Instead, he felt that chatting with these simple and pure men was a new thing.

"Brother Zhang, I think your place is really poor. How do you think we can improve the appearance of your place?" Chen Kangjie asked after taking a sip of water.

After Chen Kangjie asked this sentence, those "brothers Zhang" started to look at each other in blank dismay, not knowing how to answer Chen Kangjie's question.In particular, Chen Kangjie is only a primary school teacher, not a township cadre.

However, it is precisely because Chen Kangjie is only a substitute teacher in an elementary school that these peasants will not hide their words. If he is really a township cadre, they may not be so open.

The atmosphere of silence lasted for more than ten seconds. Under Zhang Jianjun's leadership, everyone started talking.

This kind of thing, as long as someone takes the lead, others will follow and talk endlessly.This is talking about things around their interests, and everyone has some different feelings and thoughts.This reflects from one aspect that the people have unlimited ideas and desires for making a fortune.Even if some people's talk is not so logical, it at least shows that they are really thinking.

"Here, the first thing we need to solve is the road problem. Why are we poorer than Jiezi? It's just that we are taller than them. There is still a road that can pass horse-drawn carts and tractors on the other side of the street. , and in our Zhangjiatun, there are only two small roads, not to mention carriages, even walking is strenuous. If you carry a heavy back, you may fall down while walking."

"I think we are short of water here. Let's take care of it now. After another two months, drinking water should become a problem again. Think about it, girls outside are not willing to marry us. Why? It's not because of marriage. Do you have to go to far places to fetch water every day after you come here? I think that our poverty here has a lot to do with the lack of water."

"I think what you said is all superficial. In fact, we are here because there are few people. Everyone thinks, why doesn't the village build roads to us? Isn't it because we have few people, and road construction is not worth it. If We have a lot of people, even if the village doesn’t support us, we can dig a road by ourselves. Now it’s only our family, if we really dig a road, it will take ten or eight years.”

"I can't see it. The land here should be too thin. I remember that the old people once said that the mountains behind us were all trees. It sold for a lot of money. Later, the tree was cut down, the mud was washed away by the water, and now the corn can’t grow well. Think about it, if we can’t even grow the corn, can we not be poor? Even if we want to feed more People, that can’t afford it.”

"All in all, we don't care about it here in the village, and we don't care about it in the village. It's no wonder we're not poor."

"I don't think you should talk about those useless things. Think about it, where is there no poverty around us? The street is considered good, but it is also poor. We are in a poor nest, how can we become rich? I Let me tell you, it’s good now, at least I won’t be hungry. In the 60s and 70s, we ate tree bark, Guanyin soil, etc.”

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They were chattering enthusiastically one by one, and Chen Kangjie didn't interrupt them. While remembering what they said, he was also thinking about how to improve the reality.

After sorting out and summarizing, Chen Kangjie initially came to two conclusions, that is, they will be poor here. On the one hand, they lack necessary infrastructure, such as roads, such as water cellars and canals.On the other hand, they lack value-added industries here.Now most of the crops grown in every household are corn, not to mention whether the yield of corn is high or not, just because it is worthless, it is impossible to make the local people rich.

Of course, in addition to these, there are also some other factors that affect the local development. The lack of talents and knowledge is an indispensable condition.As we talked about at the beginning, the one with the highest education is a junior high school student, and he also went to learn carpentry.In this case, it is impossible to have good and competent leaders.