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

Under the leadership of Wang Dashan, Cui Gu Village achieved good development in all its undertakings, but in the turbulent 60s, new challenges always followed.

On this day, Wang Dashan arrived at the village walnut processing factory early as usual.

There are more and more orders for walnut oil recently, and he feels both happy and worried.

What makes me happy is that the village’s industry is developing better and better, but what worries me is that the expansion of production scale has brought a series of new problems.

As soon as I entered the processing plant, Mr. Li, who was in charge of production, came over with a worried look on his face: "Dashan, what should we do? The supply of raw materials has been a bit slow recently, and the purchase price of walnuts has also increased a lot. Our costs have increased a lot."

Wang Dashan frowned, thought for a moment and said, "Old Li, don't worry. We have to find a way to solve this problem. I think we can cooperate with the surrounding villages to see if we can expand the walnut planting area and increase the supply of raw materials."

After hearing this, Lao Li said hesitantly, "But the surrounding villages also have their own industries. Are they willing to cooperate with us?"

Wang Dashan patted Lao Li on the shoulder and said firmly: "It won't hurt to give it a try. We can discuss with them and provide them with technical support and market channels. It will be mutually beneficial and win-win."

So, Wang Dashan decided to visit the surrounding villages in person.

He rode his old bicycle, traveling between villages.

Every time he arrived at a village, he patiently introduced the walnut industry of Cui Gu Village, as well as the prospects and benefits of cooperation to the village chief and villagers.

However, things did not go as smoothly as Wang Dashan had imagined.

Some villages are worried that the cooperation will affect their existing industries, while some villages do not trust Cui Gu Village’s technology and market channels.

Wang Dashan visited several villages but failed to reach a cooperation agreement.

On this day, Wang Dashan came to Shiling Village, a village far away from Cuigu Village.

The village chief of Shiling Village is named Zhang, and he is a relatively conservative person.

After Wang Dashan introduced the cooperation plan to Village Chief Zhang in detail, Village Chief Zhang shook his head and said, "Village Chief Wang, your Cuigu Village's industry has indeed developed well, but our Shiling Village has always been growing grain and knows nothing about walnut planting. Moreover, we dare not easily change the existing planting structure."

Wang Dashan smiled and said, "Village Chief Zhang, I understand your concerns. But the times are changing, and we can't keep sticking to the old ways. The income from walnut planting is much higher than that from growing grain, and we in Cuigu Village can provide you with full technical guidance to ensure that you can grow good walnuts."

Village chief Zhang was still a little hesitant: "That's true, but what if the walnuts can't be sold after they are grown? We can't afford this risk."

Wang Dashan said quickly: "Village Chief Zhang, you don't have to worry about this. We in Cuigu Village have a stable market channel. Once the walnuts are harvested, we will buy them all and ensure that you will not suffer any losses."

After Wang Dashan's patient persuasion, Village Chief Zhang was finally moved: "Village Chief Wang, what you said is indeed very attractive. But I can't make the decision on this matter alone. I have to discuss it with the village cadres and villagers."

Wang Dashan said happily: "Okay, Village Chief Zhang. Then I will wait for your good news."

After returning to Cui Gu Village, Wang Dashan has been waiting for a reply from Shiling Village.

A few days passed, and news finally came from Shiling Village.

Village chief Zhang told Wang Dashan that after discussion, the village cadres and villagers decided to cooperate with Cui Gu Village and set aside part of the land for walnut planting.

Wang Dashan was very happy when he heard the news.

He immediately organized the village's technical staff and prepared to go to Shiling Village to conduct walnut planting technology training.

Just when Wang Dashan was busy cooperating with Shiling Village, another bad news came from the village.

It turned out that some tourists who were traveling in Cuigu Village recently reported that the village's environmental sanitation was not very good, with garbage everywhere and the toilets were not clean.

Wang Dashan took this very seriously. He knew that the quality of the tourism environment directly affected the development of the village's tourism industry.

Wang Dashan immediately called a meeting of the village cadres and staff in charge of tourism.

At the meeting, Wang Dashan said seriously: "Our village's tourism industry has developed with great difficulty, and we cannot let the problem of environmental sanitation ruin our reputation. Let's talk about how to solve this problem."

One cadre said, "Dashan, I think we can add more trash cans and collect and dispose of the trash."

Another staff member said: "There are also toilets. We need to assign someone to clean them and keep them clean."

Wang Dashan nodded and said, "These are all important. But I think they are not enough. We need to raise the villagers' environmental awareness and let everyone develop good habits of protecting the environment."

So Wang Dashan organized a village meeting, at which he stressed the importance of environmental sanitation: "Fellow villagers, our village has developed thanks to the tourism industry, but if our environment is not good, tourists will no longer come. Therefore, each of us must take action to protect the village environment. Garbage should be thrown into the trash can, not thrown randomly."

After listening to Wang Dashan’s words, the villagers expressed their support for the village’s work and protection of the environment.

Under the leadership of Wang Dashan, the villagers of Cui Gu Village began to take action.

They added trash cans, assigned someone to clean the toilets, and organized regular sanitation inspections.

The environmental sanitation in the village has been greatly improved.

However, just as the walnut industry and tourism industry in Cui Gu Village were gradually getting on track, a sudden natural disaster brought huge losses to the village.

It was a stormy night, and the walnut orchard in Cui Gu Village suffered severe damage.

Many walnut trees were uprooted and walnuts fell to the ground.

The next morning, Wang Dashan came to the walnut orchard and was heartbroken when he saw the mess in front of him.

The villagers also rushed to the walnut orchard, and everyone was silent when they saw the damaged walnut trees.

An old farmer couldn't help crying: "Dashan, what can we do? We have worked so hard to plant walnut trees for so many years, and now they are destroyed."

Wang Dashan suppressed his grief and comforted everyone, saying, "Fellow villagers, don't be too sad. Although the walnut orchard has suffered a great loss this time, we can't give up. Let's work together to find a way to rebuild the walnut orchard."

So, Wang Dashan organized the villagers to clean up the broken branches and fallen leaves in the walnut orchard, and rescue and prune the damaged walnut trees.

At the same time, he also reported the situation in the village to the township and county, hoping to get some support and help.

With the joint efforts of Wang Dashan and the villagers, the situation in the walnut orchard gradually improved.

Although this natural disaster brought great losses to the village, it also made the villagers of Cui Gu Village more united and strengthened their confidence in developing the industry.