Since the end of February, villagers in the Zhaomagou Basin have continued to dig and clean the river. As a key project in the province that benefits 300,000 people, leaders at all levels from Northwest Province and Xizhou City come to inspect from time to time.
On March 20th, a deputy governor in charge of the economy of the province came to inspect. Unlike other leaders who came to inspect, starting from Xizhou, the provincial capital, and crossing the Yellow River along the Zhaomagou Riverbank Road, this deputy governor took the Yantan road to pass the oil field. , when we walked to the image avenue of Shige Village, the rows of willow trees planted last year had sprouted, and the green willow branches were swaying wildly in the spring breeze, as if to welcome the arrival of this leader, the deputy provincial governor. Chang's eyes lit up. The people accompanying him praised the leaders here for their awareness of development and environmental protection. Planting willow trees on the road opened up is not only a kind of environmental protection, but also gives people a pleasant feeling when walking here.
The accompanying person reported to the leader that this road was built by a village leader in order to attract investment. The trees were donated by the factory to the villagers after the factory was established, and they promised that the factory would pay the villagers money when the trees grow. Make a repurchase. The deputy governor became even more interested and temporarily changed his itinerary to meet the village chief who worked hard for the welfare of the villagers. The accompanying staff sent a secretary to inform the village leader. Head Shitou had just delivered a truck of water to the factory and was about to collect water for the villagers to eat for lunch. As soon as he left the village, he was stopped by the leader's secretary who came to inform.
"Brother, who is the village chief here?"
"What are you doing in the village chief group Sani?"
"The provincial leaders came to inspect the river reconstruction project and temporarily changed their itinerary because they wanted to meet the village chief."
"Oh, um, that's right."
"Ah, you are?" The leader's secretary saw this man with a dark face, a strong build, and a blue cloth overalls, and was a little unconvinced that he was a village leader.
"Yes, he is the head of Shige Village. I am sure he is the real one."
"Then you and I will prepare to meet the leader."
"Emu (I don't have time), the villagers need to eat fat (water) and Ni (ne) at noon."
"You are a person who has been asked to see the provincial leaders but has not been able to do so. You are still avoiding me." The two were arguing, and the deputy governor had already arrived in front of them. The secretary was about to make a grand introduction, but the leader stopped him with a gesture.
He stepped forward and said to the village head Shitou: "This fellow, I heard that you have done a lot of practical things for the villagers, which is a good thing."
"Ouch, stop talking. I failed to make the villagers rich sooner. This village chief has neglected his duty."
"Then what are you going to do now? Can you take some time for us to chat?"
"Well, you have to go get some fat and water for the villagers first."
"Oh, let's talk while we walk, okay?"
"Hello."
"What urgent difficulties are there in the village that need the government to solve?"
"The most difficult thing is to eat fertilizer (water). For more than ten years, I have been providing fertilizer (water) to the villagers since Eda, and it has been until now."
"This will be solved soon after our Zhaomagou is repaired. The new river channel is built to solve the people's water and irrigation problems."
"what about others?"
"Others" Village Chief Shitou thought for a while and then said: "Leader, there is really a problem that needs to be solved. Can you provide electricity to Emeng (our) village?"
“Why does electrification need to be addressed first?”
"Oh, you don't know. I helped the villagers fight for a factory. Now everyone has made some money in it and has a lot of money. But the factory needs to improve production efficiency. Now they still use gasoline engines for cutting. If there is no electricity, they can't keep it. Ah. In addition, when people become rich, they all want their children to go to school and be more promising in the future. But lighting kerosene lamps is a waste of time. If there is electricity, it will also benefit future generations!"
"Yes, Village Chief Shi, you are right, you have a vision for development, and I, the deputy governor, have learned a lesson."
"Are you the deputy governor?"
"Haha, I'm so sorry, this is all what the blind Buddha said."
"You are right, District Chief Liu. Hanwangchuan belongs to your Chengbei District, right? How many villages like this have difficulty in drinking water and have not yet received electricity?"
"There are several leaders."
"Then let the Electric Power Bureau seize the time to provide electricity to the villagers. As Village Chief Shitou said, this is a major event that will benefit future generations."
"Okay, leader, go back and coordinate as soon as possible. It's just that our trip has been delayed."
"It's okay if it's delayed. Really solving some practical problems for the people is what us leaders should do. Let's go and have a look at the river." The group of people drove towards Zhaomagou.
A few days later, a team of workers from the Electricity Bureau came to Shige Village to conduct surveying and mapping. When the villagers asked about it, they said they were preparing to plant telephone poles. Some villagers did not know what a telephone pole was and thought it was the same willow tree that was planted last year. , asked: "Will it be recycled in the future?"
"It's made of cement. If you plant it and stand it up, you won't be able to move it."
"Then if you don't eat or drink, what can you do?"
"We don't want it."
"Hurry and report to Chief Shitou."
The villagers were talking a lot, and the Electric Power Bureau was amused by everyone's ignorant remarks. After hearing this, the head of Shitou Village was very angry and quickly informed the village accountant to bring two smart people with thermos bottles to entertain the staff of the Electricity Bureau. He stopped the discussion of these villagers and told them that after electricity was supplied to them, they would no longer need to light kerosene lamps when children were studying and women were carrying shoe soles. As soon as the villagers heard that it was good for the children, they changed their attitude. This is the simplicity of farmers.
In early April, the first batch of cement telephone poles was pulled back. According to the principle of planting on the nearest land, the public area parts were erected by the Electric Power Bureau engineers, while the village parts were erected by the villagers. In Shige Village, head Shitou led the villagers to dig a one-meter deep pit according to the planting points drawn with white ash by the Electricity Bureau's surveying and mapping staff, and used ropes to erect the telephone poles one by one. The roots, forming a row of telephone poles, are spectacular when erected along the way.
Then it was time to set up the wires. Yang Liufang promptly asked Qin Jiajun, who was delivering food, to retrieve 200 25W incandescent lamps from the store and give them to the village, which were distributed free of charge to the villagers. But my factory ordered ten 100W ones. As the power lines are erected day by day, the villagers are increasingly looking forward to the light bulbs turning on. Every day, people in the village follow the staff of the Electricity Bureau and ask when the electricity will be turned on. The reply I got was "soon".
The work continued until April 20th, when all the wire installation was completed. Head Shitou used the radio to inform everyone that the power would be turned on at 7pm. As if celebrating the New Year, the villagers of each family gathered under the incandescent lamp given to them by the furniture factory, looking forward to it lighting up and the arrival of light.
At seven o'clock in the evening, every household in the village turned on the lights on time. The villagers only understood the power of electricity and the power of technology when they looked at the light bulbs that were not smoky and were dozens of times brighter than kerosene lamps.
More than a dozen 100W incandescent lamps lit up in Yang Liufang's factory. The factory area was instantly brightly lit, as bright as day. The workers no longer had to work under dim lanterns. In order to facilitate loading, Yang Liufang also installed a lamp at the entrance of the factory and covered it with a disk-like lamp cover to prevent rain.
Wangshawan received electricity a month later than Shige Village. Since the river channel was renovated and the sand washing wells were no longer allowed to be used, the villagers complained, but Wang Shan, who works in the city's supply and marketing cooperative, could not hear them. After Yinhua was discharged from the hospital, he did not let her return to the village. Instead, he rented a small house in Yanhua's community and lived a city life.
