I am engaged in construction in Datang

Green willows surround the village, red peaches shine on the water, thousands of summer cicadas are noisy. If the soft rain does not wet the place, those who come down from the eaves say that it is the newspaper that enters the door.

Xiaoqiu Village.

The newspaper delivery man rode a 28-meter-long bicycle. The newspapers were placed in a cloth bag, wrapped in layers of leaves and cloth, and a straw raincoat was placed on the bag.

It was drizzling today. The man was in charge of delivering newspapers over long distances. He was afraid that the papers would get wet, so he covered them up even in the rain.

Xiaoqiu Village is not rich, but after Qiu Shan came back, he taught everyone pinyin, and more and more people became literate.

Finally, everyone decided to subscribe to ten or so newspapers together and take turns reading them. This subscription is paid once a year and includes a weekly, a supplement, and a story session in each issue.

Add in the travel expenses for delivering newspapers, the average monthly salary is 65 to 70 cents!

In their poor village, earning thirty or forty coins a day was considered a lot, but everyone still pooled together ten strings of coins to buy newspapers.

"Qiu Shan! Qiu Shan! Your village's newspaper has arrived!"

the newspaper delivery man yelled.

After a while, Qiu Shan walked out of the door wearing a straw raincoat: "Uncle Zhong, come in and have a bowl of water."

"No, I have newspapers from other villages here, I have to deliver them quickly." The man wiped the rain from his forehead and took out a roll of something tightly wrapped in lotus leaves from his cloth bag.

"Qiu Shan, how is the construction of the biogas digester in your village going?"

"It's going smoothly. It will be completed in about half a month." Qiu Shan took it and hid the newspaper under his raincoat.

"Hey! I heard that the court encourages certified craftsmen to participate in the construction of the experimental village! The specific details will be in the newspaper, you should go and have a look! It says that certificates will be issued to honorary craftsmen..."

"Really?" Qiu Shan's eyes lit up, and without even bothering to greet the other party, he hurried back into the house with the newspaper.

He took a look at the contents of the newspaper -

"Notice on the relevant matters of Datang's 18 biogas pool pilot village project"

Without bothering to look carefully, Qiu Shan rolled up the things again and ran towards the headman's house.

"Village head, village head!"

Qiu Shan pushed the door open, panting.

"Village head, let's not build it yet. Let's organize the people and go to the government office!"

Village Chief Qiu was having a meal. Upon hearing this, he took the newspaper.

"Notice on matters related to Datang's 18 biogas pool pilot village project..."

This title is too long and awkward to read.

The head of the village read the content of the article carefully. After reading it, he drank the porridge in the bowl in one breath.

"Qiu Shan, call everyone over here, quickly!"

"We are in a remote location. This newspaper is from last week. I don't know if anyone has taken over the county project..."

"This is an honorary craftsman. The emperor said so himself. Although he has no actual power, his status is equivalent to that of a county school doctor!"

Village Chief Qiu was feeling uneasy. When would a craftsman have such a status?

It’s different!

His Majesty has begun to pay attention to craftsmen!

"No, we can't wait!"

The village head couldn't wait any longer: "Ling'er, go find your uncle Ying and ask him to go to the county town as quickly as possible and tell the county magistrate that Xiaoqiu Village has taken over the job."

"Hey!" Ling'er realized the seriousness of the matter and ran out without even bothering to put on her raincoat.

"Oh... I hope it's still in time." Village Chief Qiu sighed, looking outside the door.

Their village is too remote, so the delivery of the newspaper is delayed by a week.

Soon, all the leaders of Xiaoqiu Village arrived.

The village head looked at them one by one with his cloudy eyes and said, "Whether our Xiaoqiu Village can live a good life in the future depends on this time!"

"I have asked Yingzi to rush to the county."

He distributed the newspaper to several people and everyone read it haltingly.

After reading it, those who are more literate probably understood it, while those who are less intelligent are still confused.

"Head, we must get this job!" A man said, "This is an honorary craftsman!"

"Let's stop the village's biogas digester for a while. It will be fine if we can use it in winter. It's only July now, so it's a long way off!"

"That's right, this damn craftsman must be taken down by Qiu Shan!"

"..."

It was written in the newspaper that craftsmen could organize their own staff and then report to the county.

At that time, someone will take everyone to the experimental village to promote the project and give them money.

Although each person is only paid 30 cents a day, they are provided with food and accommodation, and not only are they given the title of honorary craftsman, but their work will also be praised in the newspapers after it is completed!

Only a fool would not do such a good thing!

I’m afraid someone else has already gotten there first!

Everyone was discussing enthusiastically. Qiu Ying ran all the way and even rented a horse carriage. After rushing, he finally arrived at the county town.

It’s still that small shop.

"Little brother..." Qiu Ying panted and clung to the door frame: "Is anyone here for the biogas digester pilot village project?"

"No!" said the shop assistant, "We are just preparing to ask for help from our superiors."

"Great!"

Qiu Ying shouted excitedly: "Don't ask for help."

"We in Xiaoqiu Village have taken on this job!"

"Oh, that saves us a lot of trouble!" The servant was also happy.

There are not many people in their county who learn how to build biogas digesters. Xiaoqiu Village is now considered a model benchmark in their county.

The people above said that a craftsman had to do the work of at least two counties and had to travel back and forth.

If you go to your superiors to apply for manpower, they may not be given the opportunity to build the county first.

Now that Xiaoqiu Village has taken over, the first villages to be built will definitely be the poor villages in their county!

This is a good thing!

As the servant said this, he went to call the county magistrate over.

After a short while, Qiu Ying completed the formalities and then hurried back to the village to report the good news.

The next day, Xiaoqiu Village organized a team and went to the county to report.

……

Women's College.

Zheng Wen stood on the podium, looking at the hundred or so students below.

"Thank you for your hard work over the past few months."

"Thank you for your hard work, teachers!" shouted a group of students.

"I believe you have all heard of one thing, which is the biogas digester pilot village project."

Zheng Wen continued, "For students with the first-class certificate, the content of this graduation exam is to help three poor villages build biogas digesters."

“Not only do I have to help them complete the construction, but I also have to train three apprentices.”

"I know some of you have manpower, so you can bring your own people to build this time. If you don't have any, the village will help you recruit people." Zheng Wen said as he handed out a map to everyone.

"These counties are the ones we have selected as places that are relatively difficult to build. Adjacent counties are grouped together. Once you have selected them, please report them to me."

Zhao Feng looked at the map in his hand and thought: "Master Zheng, will someone lead us?"

The group of people who had obtained the second-class certificates had done so before, but they had not, and it was their first time.

"Of course, Wang Gong will send someone to follow you then."

For Wang Dahai, building a biogas digester is easy. Many of his craftsmen also know how to do it. Now that some people want to build a digester, they go to them.

"That's good."

Zhao Feng pointed to the northernmost spot and said, "Master Zheng, I want to choose this one."