The Story of Qingfeng Village

Chapter 172
Old man Liu is crazy.

Because he often goes to the countryside recently, asking the village to give him a pension...

He is a real farmer, neither a worker, nor has he ever served in the army or as a village cadre. Because of this, people think he is crazy and say he is talking nonsense.

He said: "In 1950, I started working in the fields when I was 15 years old. During this period, I fought against landlords, joined farmers' associations, stood guard during the day and sentry at night. Does that count as participating in revolutionary work?"

He also said: "After that, I joined the cooperative, and I handed over the land I got to the public; during the steelmaking period, I smashed the iron pot, the copper lock melted, and there was not even a nail left in the house to hang clothes. Does this count as contributing to the country?"

People nodded in acknowledgment, but still thought he was crazy.

Who hasn't experienced these things in the same way, what did we say?

He also said: "In the next few decades, steelmaking, smearing, deep plowing, one day equals 20 years, two ends of the day without light, sixteen or seventeen hours of labor and going home to cook, isn't this considered hard work?"

"That's reckless, destroys the ecological environment, and harms future generations."

Everyone disagreed a little this time.

Old man Liu was a little angry: "You people are heroes after the fact. Why didn't I hear you fart back then?"

The old man Liu said: Later, when the water conservancy project was being built, I was hit by a stone and became a second-degree disabled. It was originally a public injury, but the commune said that we farmers are not happy with this.Since then, not only did they not dare to do heavy work, but they would kill people once when it was windy and rainy. Does this count as a sacrifice for the development of society? "

Everyone gradually bowed their heads and fell into deep thought.

"Old men and old ladies who are the same age as us in the city, when they reach our age, they should retire when they should, and retire when they should retire. They receive pensions every month, and if they have nothing to do, they can play Tai Chi in the park with a birdcage, and dance disco. Well, those days are called days. Look at the endless pig weeds we cut, the endless housework, and the lightest work is just herding cattle. Going to the city to watch a play during the New Year's holiday is the biggest Entertainment, it costs tens of catties of millet every time...

Everyone began to feel like crying.

"Now, the house is better and the food is full, but the body is getting worse day by day. We don't dare to fall down. If we fall down, it will pass as soon as we close our eyes, and we will be considered happy. If you don't hold your breath for a year and a half, even the best children will be charged with unfilial piety. So, I wondered why the old man in the city can still receive a pension when he retires after working for the government for so many years. We have worked for the public for so many years, and we have nothing?"

Everyone was emotional and felt that they were going crazy.

Yes, why don't we farmers have pensions?

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Zhu Xia finished speaking.

Everyone was silent, and it was Liu Jianguo who broke the silence first.

Waving the promotional materials in his hand, he said: "I think many farmers today will be crazy with joy, because things they never dared to think about, or even dared to dream of, have come true today."

Zhu Xia: "Yes, after ten years of adjustments to the country's rural policies and the development of the rural economy and society, farmers in some areas have gradually begun to receive social security. This is an improvement in social development and benefits the majority of farmers. Good thing, tens of thousands of old men Liu, Wang, Li, and old men in the vast rural areas are finally looking forward to this day, and they will hold their chests up and proudly say: "We also receive pensions! "

(End of this chapter)