Restarting life in Siheyuan

Chapter 105 Re-education

Put aside some miscellaneous thoughts and talk to the old branch secretary about the arrangements for the past few days.

Finally, Zhu Xuefeng made an appointment with the old party secretary.

In the afternoon, under the leadership of the villagers, we went to the fields to learn how the villagers work in farming. In the evening, the village chief introduced the situation in the village, which mainly focused on self-reliance and hard work.

Tomorrow we will spend the whole day going to the Badaling Great Wall to learn about the fight against alien invasion and the history of the Great Wall. In the evening, the village party secretary will talk about the revolutionary experience and the difficulty of victory.

On the third day, the villagers led them into the mountains to look for various fungi and other mountain products. They experienced first-hand the determination and perseverance of poor and lower-middle peasants to rely on their own efforts, and also cultivated the good moral character of the students to endure hardships and stand hard work.

On the afternoon of the third day, we returned to the city with a lot of learning.

The old village party secretary very much agreed with Zhu Xuefeng's plan. He was indeed purified ideologically and educated cognitively. He also experienced the fine tradition of self-reliance of the poor and lower-middle peasants in action, and understood the hard-won and strengthened victory. Determination to protect the results of victory.

The office and publicity personnel of the steel rolling mill, the squad leader, the deputy squad leader and two other students from the preparatory group also expressed their high recognition and approval of the entire plan. Everyone unanimously decided to carry out a three-day educational activity according to this plan.

When the plan was conveyed, the students were also very happy and expressed that they would seize this precious educational opportunity, purify their minds, further strengthen their determination, and be the successors of the revolutionary cause.

The squad leader organized the class into six groups of seven people each. Deputy squad leader Wang Zhuo and sports committee member Ye Yang were urgently transferred to the preparatory group to ensure that each group had a person in charge, while Zhu Xuefeng maintained communication with all parties alone.

In the afternoon field activity, the fields were filled with colorful flags, and four banners were hung on the big trees not far away. The atmosphere was very lively, and the activity was quite decent.

The autumn corn has just been planted.

Everyone was very enthusiastic and serious. There are farming classes every semester in school, and each class has its own small experimental field. However, it is still very different from actually going to the farmland. The students actively participated and actively asked questions. Learn cultivation knowledge and feel novel.

Especially girls, who are obviously more curious than boys, and they take the initiative after a while.

The comrades in the Publicity Department have been looking for the most suitable lens. Film is expensive, a roll costs more than ten to thirty yuan, and developing photos is even more expensive. It is said that a picture costs one to three yuan, so you can't take blind photos.

The villagers also teach very seriously. Each group consists of two villagers. It is also very exciting to teach students in the city.

Seeing that both parties were enjoying themselves, Zhu Xuefeng smiled. An old comrade from the work unit said that this was indeed the case when he first went to the countryside.

But not long after, the students ran out of food, and all of them had green eyes, staring at the chickens and sheep in the village every day. Conflict arose, and then...

Zhu Xuefeng handed the old village chief a cigarette. The village chief was a little surprised. This student smoked, but he didn't look like a student at all in arranging and coordinating things.

After taking it and taking a look at the front door, Zhu Xuefeng felt a little reluctant to part with it. Zhu Xuefeng immediately got angry, and the village chief also quit.

Zhu Xuefeng also lit one and squatted on the field ridge like the village chief. The two started chatting about the situation in the village.

The harvest in the village has not been good in recent years, and the hardships in the past few years have also hurt the vitality of the village, because it relies on Badaling, and its life is slightly better than that of other villages.

There are also three pigs raised in the village. The basic situation is similar to that of Niu Village in Qianshan. The situation is slightly better. Zhu Xuefeng knows that it will be more than ten years before large-scale construction of water conservancy facilities starts here, and the same predicament will be encountered.

Most of the land in the mountainous areas is barren, and there is not much land suitable for growing food. Corn, sorghum, potatoes, and sweet potatoes are the main crops. It is said that there was a place where a small amount of rice could be grown in the past.

Zhu Xuefeng suggested to open up more fields, and it does not need to be a large area. He suggested planting some soybeans and oil sunflowers. These two crops do not need to pick up the land. Just add some farmyard manure to the soybeans. The key point is that these things seem to be in short supply now. These two crops are relatively small. It is drought tolerant and does not have high requirements on the fertility of the land itself.

It would be better to pour some water from time to time, but this place is short of water. The water conservancy project has not started yet, and the Longqing Gorge, which will be famous in later generations, will take several years.

Nowadays, we are in a large-scale production model with concentrated labor. There are very few small plots planted around the village. If we open up small plots everywhere, we will not be able to work collectively and it will not meet the requirements.The village chief was hesitant, but Zhu Xuefeng enlightened him. If he drew the area of ​​responsibility and the workload was roughly even, then there would be no problem. Farming in this mountainous area should be based on local conditions. It is not suitable for everyone to work together. There are few large tracts of land. It's not a plain area.

This already means sharing the land and sharing the responsibility. No wonder the village chief is entangled. Zhu Xuefeng can't say anything anymore and can only wait for them to weigh it themselves.

Then find some suitable places to plant some grapes. Except for watering when they bloom, they are very suitable for planting in mountainous areas. The sunshine, temperature, and soil quality are all very suitable.

These were all checked in the library, and combined with my own understanding of later generations, I made targeted suggestions.

Zhu Xuefeng has seen the pigs raised in the village. They are very skinny and it seems difficult to raise them to the purchase standard of [-]. Based on his experience in studying pig feed, he also made some simple suggestions. Although they are not fat, there is still hope to solve the problem of reaching the standard. , feed more green fodder and sweet potato vines, it should be better. Other villages probably don't have them, so I didn't mention it.

There are a few grapes planted in this village, all in the yard, and there are also oil sunflowers. There are also dozens of scattered grapes on the edge of the fields outside the village. Since they are not grains, they don't care about them now.

There are also soybeans, which are grown for grinding tofu, and the quantity is very small. There are also some black beans. There are several large livestock in the village. The black beans are also a life-saving food for the livestock.

The village chief was surprised by Zhu Xuefeng's knowledge of agriculture and breeding, and expressed interest in giving it a try.

"If we can meet the standard, we can raise more pigs. Every unit in the city is in short supply. If we can exchange some money, the village can have a virtuous cycle."

The village chief smiled bitterly. Without starting capital, there is no way to achieve a virtuous cycle. Zhu Xuefeng cannot spend money to solve the problems in the village.

However, Qianshan’s breeding experience can be exchanged. With chickens that lay eggs and rabbits that produce meat, the accumulation of funds should be accelerated a lot.

"Boy, I really can't see you... Well, in the second half of the year, we will do some breeding and planting as you said. We will try to open up some more fields. Next year should be better."

Thinking of the Great Wall, Zhu Xuefeng suddenly had an idea.

"Village Chief, how about you listen to my idea? Now that the Great Wall is beginning to be repaired, isn't it always short of funds?"

"Yes, it has been repaired for several years. It is because there has been no funds, so I have only repaired a little bit. Now it is even more difficult. I don't know when I will be able to repair the rest."

"You need people from your village to build the Great Wall."

"Of course, our village is the closest and most convenient."

"How about you listen to my idea?"

Zhu Xuefeng and the village party secretary whispered for a while.

According to the old village chief, there are now many tourists visiting Badaling, more than tens of thousands of people every year.

Zhu Xuefeng's idea was very simple. He just designed two commemorative cards. One commemorative card told me to climb the Great Wall, and the back said I donated a brick for the restoration of the Great Wall. Each visitor can get this commemorative card by donating [-] cents. Card.

Another commemorative card asked me to climb the Hero Slope. On the back, it said that if you don't reach the Great Wall, you are not a hero. The face value is [-] cents, and there is a place for your signature.

The village party secretary was silent for a while, then raised his head with solemn eyes.

"This idea seems good, but are you willing to spend [-] cents to donate a brick? Or spend [-] cents to exchange for a commemorative card."

(End of this chapter)