The Story of the Northeast Village

That village is in the northeast,

The man is with us,

that's happening

No one knows their names,

No one knows their stories either.

Suffering will not make them give up their pursuit,

Setbacks cannot shake their faith.

Because of having children and grandchildren,

Because there is hope,

Life is bitter and sweet,

Life is shining.

I use my language to tell a real story, let it stay in the depths of my memory, as the driving force for my life.

Fen Tian

The village is located in a remote mountainous area in the northeast, surrounded by mountains, with no trees, wind and sand erosion, poor transportation, and poor farmers.

After 1978, the rural areas began to implement the household contract responsibility system, contracting production to households.This policy adapted to the level of development of rural productivity, and also mobilized the enthusiasm of farmers for production. For a while, many new things appeared in the countryside.

One afternoon at the beginning of 1979, the weather was particularly good. Although it was midwinter, the coldest month in the north, people’s enthusiasm remained undiminished. After a while, the village committee boiled like a pot, “Oh, Auntie, have you heard? The land is going to be distributed to each family." "Yes, I heard, but I don't know how to divide it?" "Oh, Brother Zhang, this time, your family is suitable. ""Why is it suitable?""Didn't it mean that the more people there are, the more land?""Hey, who knows!" Kang's baby was crying like this, hey, it's okay, the house of the village committee is about to explode. "The village chief is here, the village chief is here." "Shhh—" The order of the venue today was exceptionally good, and everyone listened with pricked ears, for fear that if they missed a word, they would suffer a disadvantage.The village head conveyed with great enthusiasm the central government’s notice on the implementation of the household contract responsibility system in the countryside: “We will distribute the land and livestock in the village to each household, distribute them according to the population, and divide the land and livestock into three classes. If the distribution is reasonable, whoever can do it will work hard in the future, and more work will pay more. The village committee will help you solve some common problems in farming, such as seeds, fertilizers, grain purchases, etc. Starting tomorrow, we will send people to make detailed statistics of the village The land and livestock will be distributed to everyone, and it will be up to you in the future.”

One morning a few days later, everyone went to the village committee to pick up cars and horses to pick up fields. Among them was an old man in his 50s, wearing a dog fur hat and coarse cloth clothes with patches on his upper body. A long opening was opened, and the cotton inside was exposed, and the tight-legged cotton trousers on the lower body were already terribly dirty. The beard at the corner of the mouth was covered with frost, and some of them had already formed. Bing, he is Zhang Chongguo, who was a well-known figure in the village when he was young.Now that he is old and his family is poor, he has lost the publicity of the past. His family has been allocated two horses and one cart, more than 20 mu of land, which is quite a lot in the village, so the old man is also very happy, and he straightened up again. He bowed his waist, and was walking towards the west end of the village excitedly.Our story begins here.