Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

Xiwengzhuang Commune, Zhang Renkang's convoy drove all the way to the commune brigade under the command of the militia leading the way. Xiwengzhuang is a piece of undulating mountains. The courtyards of the village are all ups and downs, which has the charm of a mountain village. Of course, people don't have the mood to appreciate it these days. The ups and downs of the mountains mean inconvenient transportation and poverty. If the Miyun Reservoir had not been built to provide some development opportunities for the whole commune, their village would be the poorest place in Miyun this generation, because the surrounding soil is full of stones, it is difficult to open up wasteland and the yield is also low.

Before the reservoir project was implemented, most people in their village went into the mountains to collect ginseng, herbs and hunt. Villagers often went missing or became disabled. Most villagers were unwilling to marry girls into their village.

Zhang Renkang looked at the houses scattered all over the slope, and Wei Dashan sighed and said

"We are limited by the land in Xiweng Village. It is so barren that we can hardly grow any food. If it weren't for the reservoir that gave the whole village hope to survive, I don't know if the village would still exist."

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"We should adapt to local conditions. Since the crops here in the commune are not productive, we can consider setting up a fish farm and raising chickens and ducks. We can also try to grow medicinal herbs and some fruit trees."

“It may not be impossible for this place to become the first choice for vacation in the city in the future.”

Wei Dashan said doubtfully

"Vacation? These words are really rare for you city people."

“You may not even have enough food to have time for a vacation.”

Zhang Renkang laughed out loud

"Old Secretary, think about it, aren't we much better off now than we were ten years ago? At least the people can have food to eat, right?"

Wei Dashan nodded, and Zhang Renjia continued

"What about another ten years? Twenty years? Our country will develop sooner or later. By then, everyone will no longer be troubled by hunger, and there will be abundant resources and extra money. Do you think you will want to go out and have a look after staying in the city every day?"

"The road will be smooth by then, and it will only take one or two hours to get from Sijiucheng to Miyun."

"By then, if your village is full of beautiful scenery, birds singing and flowers blooming, would anyone be willing to come here to relieve their fatigue?"

Wei Dashan still didn't believe it.

"Is this true? This day has not come early yet."

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"Yes, it will take 20 to 30 years of development for our descendants to enjoy this blessing, but your village can plan ahead."

“How can we build houses with more characteristics? I see that the houses in the village are all stone houses with thatched roofs. We can plan the locations of these houses well. When we have money in the future, we can find a suitable place to build new houses and use the old houses as scenery.”

"When you have some free time, clean up the surrounding mountains and plant some peach trees. Do it slowly. In a dozen years, your fruit trees will be able to sell fruit and become a beautiful scenery. Isn't that good?"

Wei Dashan nodded and said admiringly

"You city officials have a lot of ideas. What you said makes sense. I'll find a village meeting to discuss this someday. There's nothing wrong with what you said. We have to look forward and can't just rely on fish farming in the reservoir. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, our village will starve to death."

Zhang Renkang laughed

“That depends on whether you can endure hardship.”

Wei Dashan laughed loudly.

"We in Xiweng Village eat everything. We don't mind the hardship. We've had enough of the poverty before."

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"Let's go and see if they have checked with the team."

Inside the brigade, Secretary Sun wrote and calculated and said

"There are 160 boxes of fish in total, weighing 160 kilograms, and the price is 144 yuan per kilogram, so the total is 645 yuan. There are also ducks, weighing kilograms, and the price is yuan. There are chicken and duck eggs, and the price is yuan. The total is yuan. yuan, do you think it is correct?"

Tian Dong, the deputy secretary and accountant of the commune, checked and nodded.

“Yes, the quantity and price are fine.”

Accountant Sun said

"According to the contract, we will pay half of the purchase price for the cloth, which is three hundred and twenty-two dollars and eighty cents worth of cloth and three hundred and twenty-two dollars and eighty cents."

"Currently, cloth is calculated at 215.2 yuan per meters."

Zhang Renkang approached and just heard Accountant Sun finish speaking.

"Accountant Sun, just round up the fraction and give it to the commune at 216 meters."

“We will calculate this way from now on.”

Wei Dashan laughed

"Director Zhang is so generous"

Li Haitao, who was assisting in the signing, smiled and said

"Dad, Renkang sent you a big gift. I didn't dare to take it out when you two were walking upstairs just now."

Wei Dashan laughed

"What has Director Zhang prepared for my old man?"

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"Our factory director Li knows that our commune supports us, and he said he brought you some cigarettes, 20 cartons of Daqianmen cigarettes, so that the comrades in the commune can also change their taste."

Wei Dashan was surprised

"Daqianmen? Or twenty lines?"

Quickly shook his hand and said

"No, we don't deserve it. We are all exchanging fairly and helping each other. We can't take advantage of the worker big brother."

Zhang Renkang laughed

"Secretary, this is a small token of our factory's appreciation. We really had a headache with the source of meat before. It's all thanks to the strong support from the village community. Otherwise, the factory would be in real trouble."

"Don't refuse, old man. I also brought some canned food for the children in the village. I'll trouble you to share it with the children when the time comes."

Wei Dashan patted Zhang Renkang on the shoulder and said

"Renkang, please go back and thank Director Li for me. Our Xiwengzhuang Commune remembers Director Li's kindness. We just dug up some wild ginseng from the mountain these days. You can bring some to the director. This is also a small token of our commune's kindness."

Zhang Renkang smiled bitterly

"Secretary, you..."

Wei Dashan said without a doubt

"Director Zhang, we accept the kindness from your factory, but the people of Xiwengzhuang Commune may be poor, but they are not spineless. We accept yours, and you must also accept ours."

Wei Dashan signaled a young man to fetch the wild ginseng from the brigade, and said:

"What a coincidence! Just as you left the day before yesterday, our team that went into the mountains to investigate came back and dug out three old ginseng roots, all of which are 70 or 80 years old. You can keep one and bring my gift to your factory manager when you return."

Zhang Renkang had no choice but to say

"Okay, I'll accept it. I'd like to thank the comrades of Xiwengzhuang Commune on behalf of our Factory Director Li."

Then Zhang Renkang said

"The commune can count the notebooks, pencils and books that the children need, and we can bring them to the children next time we come."

Wei Dashan's eyes lit up and he smiled.

"Director Zhang, we accept your generous gift. I thank you on behalf of the more than 200 children in Xiweng Village."

Then he said to Tian Dong

"Xiaotian, go ask the school in the commune what they need, and we'll ask Director Zhang and his team to bring it back next time they come."

Zhang Renkang and his party quickly ate lunch under the warm hospitality of Xiwengzhuang, and returned to Tongjunzhuang Commune with a truckload of supplies at around 2:00 p.m. This time they were luckier, and the journey was smooth, except for a short section of the road near Miyun County where they were stopped by several villagers to ask for some water. When they saw the escort with real guns and nuclear bombs on the truck, they left without saying anything.

After meeting up with the truck from Tongjunzhuang Commune, Zhang Renkang said goodbye to Liu Haosheng and others who wanted to keep them for dinner, and drove towards the main road of Sijiucheng. Although they were exhausted from this trip, they were still energetic and excited. They looked at the boxes of fish and pork, the hanging chickens and ducks, and the boxes of chicken and duck eggs on the truck, and talked non-stop. When they returned to the factory, at least the food would not be bad for this month. Moreover, they all saw the long-term cooperation agreement signed by the two communes and the factory, which meant that they would no longer have to worry about having to eat steamed corn bread again.

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