dtnovels Chapter 227 The Amazing Gujia Village
Chapter 227 The Amazing Gujia Village
When approaching the village entrance, Zhang Qianjin slowed down the car.
The old man in the back row looked ahead and said in amazement, "This place doesn't look like a rural area at all."
Gu Mingyue had organized the villagers to pick up stones to pave the road a long time ago, year after year. From time to time, she would smuggle some stones from the space and throw them on the road. Little by little, the scope gradually expanded, and it slowly covered the entire road from the entrance of the village to the foot of the back mountain.
As the news of the Japanese base broke out, the army moved in. In order to facilitate entry and exit, they laid another layer of gravel on the foundation and compacted it to form a regular road.
After that, whenever the village held a meeting, they would always mention keeping the roads clean and tidy.
Even if you are not used to it at first, it will become a conditioned reflex after listening to it many times.
In fact, this era is really not that dirty.
The things we use are homemade baskets and cloth bags, no plastic bags.
The only plastic product is the fertilizer bag used for fertilizing crops. Each family keeps it as a good thing. Some directly turn it into clothes. If you have one of these and wear it out, you will be like a fashion trendsetter and it will be absolutely cool.
As for food, people usually bring their own bowls and water bottles, and the only dirty thing may be various animal feces.
That's mainly because it tastes bad. For farmers, this natural fertilizer is the most practical compared to hard-to-buy chemical fertilizers.
Take the old cow in their village for example. Every time Uncle Gu drove the cart to the town, he had to pick up the cow’s feces on the road and take it home to make fertilizer.
As for the feces of chickens and ducks, Gu Mingyue really didn't like walking with shit all over her feet, so she specially arranged for the children in the village to sweep the streets with brooms when they had nothing to do, and then collect the feces together, weigh them and exchange them for centimeters.
This job is very popular. Compared with climbing mountains and collecting grass for pigs, it is just sweeping the floor and is not too easy.
In the past, villagers urinated anywhere and wiped their noses with their sleeves without paying attention to hygiene. Since the big leader wrote the inscription, in order to maintain the image, the village has criticized them by name several times in meetings on this issue, and everyone has gradually changed.
Today, there are lush and tall jujube trees at the entrance of Gujia Village, and the roads are lined with the fragrance of jujube flowers.
On the side is a re-woven vine bridge. Many little girls in the village pick some wild flowers from time to time and wrap them around it. It is colorful and very bright.
As for houses, when conditions improve, the first thing villagers do is basically to renovate their houses.
As the village’s soy products found their way into the market, they established a relationship with the brick factory.
The village office exchanged a large number of bricks that were said to be defective at a very low price. The bricks were just irregular in shape, but that did not affect their use at all.
Since then, every household has upgraded their equipment. No matter what the interior looks like, at first glance, the red bricks and green tiles are very spectacular.
The most eye-catching thing is the huge village stele standing at the entrance of the village.
In the name of protection, Gu Mingyue set up a checkpoint in front of it and arranged for the militia to patrol here. In fact, what she was thinking was that at least before the end of the ten-year revolution, there must be someone guarding the entrance of the village at all times to prevent trouble in the future.
The reason for the inscription on the village monument was that the senior leaders accidentally learned about the heroic deeds of Gujia Village in resisting the Japanese invaders and that Gu Mingyue's family was a loyal and heroic family, so they gave the award.
Ever since people learned that Gujia Village had the calligraphy of a senior leader, there has been a constant stream of people arriving at the entrance of the village.
If there weren't people specially assigned to remind people to look but not touch, the stones would probably have to be polished...
There is a fence behind the village monument, and there is also a wooden house with someone on duty and patrolling 24 hours a day. Gu Mingyue's arrangement can definitely be called a modern version of a security booth.
Zhang Qianjin drove the car to a short distance in front of the stone, then stopped driving and solemnly turned off the engine and got out of the car.
Before coming, Mr. Zhang had heard about the big leader's inscription. He got out of the car excitedly and walked closer to take a closer look.
The patrolmen were used to it and puffed out their chests proudly, as if they were the ones being inspected.
Wen Hui had been here yesterday and knew how to get there. Gu Mingyue had also greeted the militia in advance, so she was allowed to pass without any further questions.
On the way, the four people kept looking around while carrying things, finding everything new.
Wen Hui sighed, "Everyone in the surrounding villages says that Gujia Village is different. I didn't understand it before, but after seeing it with my own eyes, I realized that this village is really well managed."
Zhang Qianjin shook his head and sighed, "Not only that, you only see the management, but forget that no matter how well the steering wheel is tinkered with, it will be useless if the four wheels can't keep up. No matter how hard the managers try, nothing can be accomplished if people are not united. Here, people are so united that it's scary. How much influence does one have to have to be so popular?"
After hearing this, Mr. Zhang disagreed and said, "Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. I heard that the most profitable workshops in the village were all run by Comrade Gu Mingyue, who took the initiative to contribute his technology to teach everyone without hiding anything. And why did the big leader write the inscription? At the critical moment, the head of the family would rather take bullets for the villagers than give up anyone. If I were a villager, I would support him too. How do you think the mass base came from? In the final analysis, isn't it that you treat me well, I repay you, and we help each other make progress together? No one is a fool, and we will not confuse good with bad."
Zhang Qianjin walked and looked around. On the one hand, he came here to thank people for their help yesterday, and on the other hand, he wanted to take this opportunity to visit Gujia Village in person.
The above instructions are one thing, but as for how to get along with the other person specifically, he needs to see with his own eyes what kind of person he is. If the other person is just superficial, he needs to re-examine himself.
Gu Mingyue took a group of young people up the mountain in the morning, with Damao leading the way. The fruits and wild vegetables they picked every time were fresh and abundant.
Guanglei and the others were used to it. It was Zhang Chao's first time to go deep into the forest. With companions and mountain cats, they were extremely excited along the way. They walked even though they were sweating profusely, but they still enjoyed it.
He kept grinning until he got down the mountain.
When the Zhang family saw how happy Zhang Chao was, except for Zhang Qianjin who felt that his son was unstable, everyone else felt a little sad.
Their Chaochao hasn’t laughed so happily for a long time.
The two sides met, greeted each other politely, and then went into the house.
After everyone was seated and the guests were served tea, Gu Mingyue sent the children, including Zhang Chao, to her uncle's house, reminding them to "remember to wash the mushrooms and wild fruits you picked, as they will be used in the afternoon."
"understood."
Zhang Qianjin was wearing glasses, with his hair parted in the middle, and he looked very serious. He first thanked him, "My son is ignorant and has caused you trouble."
Gu Mingyue smiled and said, "You're welcome. I think Zhang Chao is pretty good. He has a good personality and is responsible. He's a very generous young man."
When the two elders of the Zhang family heard their grandson being praised, they thought this girl was particularly pleasing to the eye and their eyes became even softer.
Seeing Zhang Qianjin's disapproving expression, Gu Mingyue sighed secretly and couldn't help but said to him, "You should know that there is a mountain cat next to me, right?"
"I've actually heard of this. Was it Big Mao or Second Mao?"
"Ermao is Damao's wife. What I want to tell you is that we bumped into each other by chance when we went up the mountain yesterday. Zhang Chao didn't know Damao and thought it was a mountain cat coming down the mountain. He immediately stood in front of me. At that time, we had only met once, so we were just familiar strangers. But he still didn't back down and stood up bravely..."
Although Zhang Qianjin was relieved to hear this, he still said stubbornly, "As a soldier's son, this is what he should do!"