Siheyuan: I am protecting Shazhu, who dares to object?

With the gradual expansion of Codonopsis pilosula planting area, the production of health-preserving medicines in Cuigu Village has become more and more stable, but new challenges have quietly arrived.

During that period, there were several consecutive heavy rains, many roads in the village were washed away, and the transportation line to the town was suddenly cut off.

This made Wang Dashan very anxious, because a batch of health-care medicines that had just been produced were waiting to be shipped to the town clinic, and some handicrafts that were originally supposed to be delivered to the city were now all trapped in the village.

Wang Dashan ran to the village entrance in the rain, and looked at the muddy and gully-filled road with great anxiety.

The backbone members of the village also rushed over, each of them was soaked and their faces were full of anxiety.

"Dashan, the road is so damaged that we can't deliver the goods. What should we do?"

A skeleton shouted loudly, his voice almost drowned out by the sound of rain.

Wang Dashan gritted his teeth and said, "There is no other way. We must first organize people to repair the road. We cannot let this little difficulty stump us."

After that, Wang Dashan returned to the village, rang the old bell, and called all the villagers together.

When everyone heard the bell, they knew something had happened, and they ran out of their homes and gathered in the open space in front of the village committee.

Wang Dashan stood on the steps and said loudly: "Fellow villagers, these heavy rains have destroyed the roads in our village. Now we can't deliver our goods. This is related to the development of our village and everyone's income. We must work together to repair the road. Do you have confidence?"

"Have confidence!"

The villagers shouted in unison, their voices echoing in the rain with a firmness that carried through them.

Afterwards, men, women, old and young all joined in the work. The young and strong men moved stones and filled the ditches, while the women carried soil in bamboo baskets to help lay the ground. The elderly were also not idle, handing tools to everyone, boiling water and delivering dry food.

Wang Dashan was at the front, carrying a large stone and walking towards the middle of the road, slipping with every step.

"Brother Dashan, you should take a break. This job is too tiring. You have been busy for a long time."

A young man shouted.

Wang Dashan wiped the rain and sweat off his face and said, "It's okay. Everyone is working hard. How can I rest? We have to repair the road quickly. There is no time to waste."

Just as everyone was busy repairing the road, the old carpenter in the village came running over and said to Wang Dashan: "Dashan, I just went to check the small bridge in the village. It's about to collapse due to the flood. That's the only way to get to the town. We have to find a way to reinforce it."

When Wang Dashan heard this, he quickly put down his work and followed the old carpenter to the bridge.

I saw that the piers of the small bridge had become somewhat loose and cracks had appeared on the bridge deck. The situation was extremely critical.

"What can we do? If the bridge collapses, it will be useless to repair the road."

Wang Dashan said with a frown.

The old carpenter thought for a moment and said, "Dashan, I have an idea. We can cut some thick wood, drive piles to reinforce the bridge piers, and then use planks to resurface the bridge deck. But it will require a lot of wood."

Wang Dashan immediately said, "Okay, let's do as you say. I'll organize people to cut down the trees right away. You stay here and watch the situation and give everyone instructions on how to do it."

So Wang Dashan took a few young people into the forest and selected suitable trees to cut down.

"Everyone, be careful not to hurt yourself when cutting down trees. We should pick the sturdy wood."

Wang Dashan gave instructions while cutting down trees.

After a lot of effort, they finally cut enough wood, and everyone hurried to transport the wood to the bridge.

The old carpenter was directing everyone to drive piles and lay wooden boards, and he was very busy.

After several days and nights of hard work, the road was finally repaired and the small bridge was reinforced.

Wang Dashan looked at the road that was clear again and breathed a sigh of relief, but his face was full of fatigue.

"Dashan, you haven't had a good rest these days. Go back and have some rest."

An old lady in the village said with concern.

Wang Dashan smiled and shook his head, saying, "Auntie, I'm fine. Now that the road is open, we have to deliver the goods quickly. We can't delay any longer."

After saying that, Wang Dashan organized the villagers to load the goods.

The health-preserving medicine was successfully delivered to the town health center. The director looked at Wang Dashan, gave him a thumbs up and said, "Dashan, the spirit of your Cuigu Village is really amazing. You have overcome such great difficulties. I believe your products will definitely get better and better."

Wang Dashan said gratefully: "Dean, thank you for your continued support. We will definitely continue to work hard."

The handicrafts were delivered to the merchants in the city on time. The merchants highly appreciated Cuigu Village's trustworthiness and expressed their willingness to increase the order volume and help introduce some other cooperation opportunities.

As a result, Cui Gu Village's reputation spread further in the surrounding areas and the city, and many villages sent people to learn from it.

One day, the head of a neighboring village brought a few people to Cuigu Village and found Wang Dashan and said, "Dashan, your village's development is really admirable. Our village is still very poor. I want to learn from you and learn how you develop your industry."

Wang Dashan received them warmly and said with a smile: "Village head, we are all learning from each other. Our village was built up little by little by uniting everyone and not fearing difficulties. Your village also has its own advantages. You need to see what industry is suitable for development. For example, do you have any special agricultural products or unique crafts? You can start from these aspects."

The head of the neighboring village listened and said thoughtfully: "We do have some pretty good sweet potatoes in our village, but I don't know what industry we can develop it into."

Wang Dashan thought for a moment and said, "Sweet potatoes are good. There are many things you can make with them. You can make sweet potato vermicelli, sweet potato starch, and even make wine. You can try it on a small scale first to see how the market reacts."

After hearing this, the people in the neighboring village thought it made sense. They thanked him repeatedly and went back to prepare.

On the other side of Cuigu Village, Wang Dashan had a new idea.

He thought that since the village's reputation was growing and more and more people were coming, he could expand the village's primary school so that the children could receive a better education and contribute more to the village's development in the future.

Wang Dashan shared this idea with the village leaders, and everyone supported it.

"Dashan, this is great news. The kids in our village now have something to look forward to. You will definitely make our village more beautiful in the future."

A backbone said with a smile.

So, Wang Dashan started to raise funds, find materials, and contact construction teams.

During this process, they encountered many difficulties, such as insufficient funds and shortage of materials, but Wang Dashan, with his tenacity, led the villagers to find ways to overcome them.

Some villagers took out their own savings and said, "Dashan, please use this money first to build a school for the children in our village."

Some villagers even went to neighboring villages to borrow materials and said all kinds of good things.

Finally, with everyone's joint efforts, the school expansion project started.

Looking at the new classrooms that were gradually being built, Wang Dashan seemed to see a promising future for Cuigu Village. He knew that as long as everyone continued to unite as one, no matter what difficulties and obstacles they encountered, Cuigu Village would continue to move forward in the tide of this era, and life would become more and more prosperous.