Riding the wind of rebirth

This farewell dinner was very enjoyable, and the happiest people were not Zhou Zhi and his friends, but Lao Chi Ri and Tu Liangzhi.

These two usually drink a little "restrainedly" when drinking with Han people. It's rare that the Han people let themselves go today, so why don't they take the opportunity to relax?

This time they did it too much, and Lu Hui and Hao Chunwang were drunk until the next night. When they woke up, they thought it was the first day.

After seeing off Lu Hui and Hao Chunwang, who were still drunk, Zhou Zhi and Mai Xiaomiao accompanied Lao Chi Ri to inspect the mountain village.

Solar panels were built around the chicken farm, and the power was further improved. A large area of ​​shade was created under the solar panels. Zhou Zhi felt that it should be a good place to grow mushrooms.

With the expansion of the production capacity of the mushroom sauce production line, the demand for mushrooms has increased. Although we are still in the stage of striving to acquire and increase the production of mushroom sauce, we must prepare for the future.

As a place where good mushrooms are grown, Zhou Zhi felt that these places could not be missed.

The winding mountain path goes up all the way, bypassing the chicken farm, the solar panel hillside, the pine forest, the fir forest, the embryonic orchard, and further up is the native forest. After two or three hills, we arrive at the hydropower station.

This place is basically at the highest point of Lianhe Township. Of course, there are higher places behind it, but that is no longer within the scope of Lianhe Township, but rather primeval forest.

The reason this place avoided being cut down back then was mainly because the altitude was too high, the terrain was too rugged, and the forest was too wild, making it unsuitable for primitive felling. It was a blessing in disguise.

Of course, it has changed a lot now. This place has become a key protection area and a drinking water conservation area for the entire Lianhe Township. Now it has become a mountain reservoir with beautiful scenery.

There are two steel pipes laid down along the hillside beside the mountain reservoir. The diameter is not large, but it is very long and extends all the way downwards.

There are two slightly flatter slopes halfway along the road. There are two buildings there, with water valves and pools next to them. They are irrigation hubs and also two-level pumping stations for energy storage.

When it comes time to generate electricity, the two pumping stations will be closed to meet the pressure difference in the water for power generation.

Standing on the dam of the hydropower station, you can see the entire passage from Lianhe Township to Jiukou Township below, and below are two fruit tree research bases.

This is also a pass and a wind outlet. Large windmills with three blades are now erected on both sides of the original waterway in the valley.

"Grandpa Chiri, these will be the foundation of Lianhe Township in the future." Zhou Zhi leaned his elbows on the guardrail of the hydropower station dam and introduced the completed projects to Old Chiri: "With a stable energy source, we can introduce machinery, and we won't be too tired when working in the future. This hydropower station was originally built by the two bases for themselves, but now we have turned it into an environmental energy project. The water source stored here will have a share for us, and the orchards and land in our township will have irrigation water."

"With water, we won't have to grow pumpkins, potatoes, and corn and rely on the weather for harvest. With a stable supply of food, we can raise chickens and pigs, and our business will slowly grow."

"The next step is to develop orchards. This will take a long time, but we have a good foundation. The mountain forests allocated to each family don't have many large forests, so we can just use them all to grow cherries and pomegranates. These are industries that can ensure that several generations will not be short of money."

“Thank you so much.” Old Chi Ri looked at the magnificent scene, imagining the scene of rice warehouses filled with rice and fruit trees filling the valleys in the next few decades, with tears in his eyes: “Your pattern is something we dare not even think about, and now it has fallen into our village. Every time I come here, I still feel like I’m dreaming.”

Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "You're welcome. The main reason is that Lianhe Township has unique conditions and has caught up with a good era. Next, it depends on you, Grandpa Chi Ri, to urge and publicize more to get the villagers to take action. Now everyone in the village has some spare money in their hands. You must take it carefully and don't waste it casually."

"Don't worry, you don't need to worry about this dessert." "That's great..." Zhou Zhi also looked at the magnificent scene below: "Xiao Miao, when all this red soil is covered with green in the future, there will be cherry blossoms in spring and pomegranate flowers in summer. I don't know how beautiful it will be."

"Well, Grandma Liu said that we should be able to see the cherry blossoms at the base this year." Mai Xiaomiao was also looking forward to it: "We'll go take pictures then!"

In fact, many flowers of fruit plants are quite pleasing to the eye, such as peach, plum, pear, cherry and pomegranate. When they grow to a certain scale, they are also very beautiful, and a "flower viewing economy" can be developed. However, that will be a matter of more than ten years. Nowadays, it is rare for people across the country to have the leisure time to go on a self-driving tour.

The road here is a green energy project maintenance road. It is very narrow and can only accommodate one car. Fortunately, there are no extra cars on this road. It takes more than ten minutes to go all the way. The scenery is nice and there are many wild animals to see.

Zhou Zhi set up a small table and chairs on the grass beside the reservoir and lit a fire to make tea.

Old Chi Ri was impatient to play with these things, so he walked down the mountain, saying that he had some Chinese medicinal herbs that needed to be picked today, and left Zhou Zhi and Mai Xiaomiao on the mountain.

"Does Grandpa Chi Ri know about this?" Mai Xiaomiao asked Zhou Zhi.

"what do you know?"

"You know about us." Mai Xiaomiao asked, "Why don't you have a picnic with us?"

"I guess he knows." Zhou Zhi smiled and fiddled with the tea set, adding some dried fruits to the milk tea. This was his new discovery. The milk tea brewed this way tasted even better. "The big Bimo has a very sharp eye."

"What should I do?"

"Let it be." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "I think he should be very pleased. Besides, the Yi people believe that if you like someone, you should be together. Have you heard of Ashima's story?"

"I heard from Sister Chi that it's a very sad story, just like the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl." Mai Xiaomiao leaned on Zhou Zhi again and took his hand: "She is making a documentary specifically about Ashima's story."

"She was so happy to get the wool from Big Bimo." Zhou Zhi laughed when he thought of Chi Xueli's smug face: "She got it for free."

Yi culture is a large area of ​​low value. Unlike the Tibetan and Mongolian cultures, many of the Yi’s classic legends are not very familiar to the outside world.

Take the story of Ashima for example. The story originally came from a scripture called "Ashima Sutra", which is a story passed down through oral poetic language through telling or singing.

The story is about a beautiful girl born in a place called Azhedi in the past. Her parents hoped that their daughter would be as precious and shining as gold, so they named her "Ashima".

Ashima was not only beautiful, but also good at singing and dancing, and many young men liked her. She fell in love with her childhood sweetheart, an orphan named Ahei, and vowed to marry him.

During the Torch Festival of that year, she got engaged to the smart and brave Ahei. However, Ahzhi, the son of the wealthy Rebubala, also fell in love with the beautiful Ashima and asked a matchmaker to propose marriage, but no matter how he threatened or bribed her, it was of no use.

Taking advantage of Ahei's absence to herd sheep, Rebubala's family sent people to kidnap Ashima and force her to marry Ahzhi. Ashima refused to obey and was whipped and thrown into a dark prison. (End of this chapter)