Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 359 Blacksmith
"The Most Real Caogou Village"

"Reporter Investigation: The Unknown Side of the Mysterious Mountain Village"

"Those Years, The Mountain Road I Walked"

"Caogou Village, What Happened"

"The Most Beautiful Caogou Village in History"

I don’t know when, a large number of articles about Caogou Village appeared on the Internet, and they were prominently placed on platforms such as Tieba, Xiaohongshu, Weibo, etc. The fascinating titles were constantly clicked, commented, and reposted.

Just click on an article, the pictures and content inside can attract the attention.

Green mountains and green water, blue sky and white clouds, cattle and sheep grazing leisurely in the meadow, quiet river, simple old-fashioned tile-roofed houses, and colorful trees among the mountains.

When the sun rises in the morning, it is full of rays of light, and at dusk at sunset, the afterglow of the setting sun shines back on the mountains and waters.

The article introduces the background and history of Chacaogou Village in detail, from glory to loneliness, and then to the sadness of impending extinction.

Write about the unwillingness of a small mountain village and the hardships of the villagers' life, so that readers can be deeply involved in it.

With strong confidence on her face, Wang Qi spoke to the members of the temporary crisis public relations team, both showing off and explaining.

"I used three psychological effect strategies for these soft articles, first using the mirror effect!"

"The mirror effect means that compassion often makes people willing to help those who are not as good as themselves, and sympathizing with the weak and helping the weak often makes them feel very fulfilled."

"Extend the underdog effect through the mirror effect."

“The underdog effect is when an individual or group is in a disadvantaged position, they lack confidence in their own abilities and self-confidence, which leads to their underperformance or suboptimal performance, thereby gaining sympathy.”

"Generate the loser effect in the underdog effect."

"The defeated dog effect is that people generally have a desire to sympathize with and help the weak, and they often don't ask for anything in return. When they see others in trouble, they can't help but give them a hand, and many people will Use this "lost dog effect" to show weakness to others, win sympathy, and finally succeed."

"The combination of these three effects can arouse the emotion of the net name, and generate sympathy, understanding, and encouragement for Caogou Village."

Mirror effect, underdog effect, defeated dog effect! !

At Oak's resident, the members of the public relations team looked at this woman with a big heart with adoring eyes, especially Liu Xin, who even regarded Wang Qi as a learning target.

After explaining the public relations strategy, Wang Qi asked calmly.

"Report the results, video situation."

"Ah!" Zhao Xiaoyong quickly stood up and opened the backstage of Shaking Hands. "Currently, a total of five videos have been released on the official account of Caogou Village, with a total of 7.5 views."

"Netizens are very appreciative of Li Ge's apology video, express their understanding of the behavior of slaughtering customers, and have a strong desire to travel to Caogou Village."

Wang Qian nodded, "Did you take the video of Village Chief Li's treatment and rescue at noon?"

"Shot!" Zhao Xiaoyong hurriedly replied.

"Edit it, follow up, divide it into two episodes, and put it on the platform." Wang Qian nodded and looked at Liu Xin.

"Report on the use of funds."

"Currently, I pay bloggers 20 yuan for reprinting, 10 yuan for the employment of public opinion companies, and 10 yuan for platform traffic." Liu Xin immediately reported the situation, and at the same time was secretly surprised. In order to manage public relations, it took only a while to spend 40 yuan to go out .

"Keep following up and communicating with big bloggers, as long as they repost positive comments."

Wang Qi is very dissatisfied with the use of such a small amount of money, the conversion efficiency is too low, and any of the previous projects started with 8 figures.

"Your soft article tracking results."

The two designers seconded from the design company quickly picked up the summary file.

"A total of ten soft articles, the reprint rate is 30%, there are currently 40 bloggers, big and small, affirming Caogou Village's apology attitude, and the comment area currently forms two opposing groups."

"It is a positive attitude to think that rural areas are not easy, and various problems will inevitably arise during the transformation process. As long as we face and solve them seriously, it is a positive attitude."

"The other is to continue to criticize what happened before, and transfer the conflict to Mr. Da Li as the village head whether he is qualified to contract the meadow, and to criticize the shady scene, but these speaking accounts are all newly registered accounts, suspected of trolls. "

It's not suspected, it's the navy.

Wang Qian nodded, her brows furrowed slightly.

Why is this kind of arch fire operation kind of inexplicably familiar.

Don't think that crisis public relations sounds lofty, but it is actually a consulting company that helps clients deal with public relations crises positively. If it is negative, it uses online public opinion to attack the other party to achieve a certain purpose.

"You keep following, I'll make a call."

Wang Qi walked to a secluded corner of the yard, took out her mobile phone and dialed the number.

After the call, the frown between the brows dissipated.

Sure enough, someone was behind the scenes.

Li Hongbing accompanied Da Jinlian to the entrance of the village.

It turns out that the parking lot built by Li Sanqing can hold about 20 cars. In the future, there will definitely be more than 20 cars traveling to Caogou Village.

Expansion of the parking lot is imminent.

It happened to be a batch of ready-made labor force, so there was no need to use it in vain.

The road to the village is a cement road built when the villages were connected, and the foundation was not done. A layer of stones was simply laid and cement was poured.

After long-term rain erosion, the foundation subsides and the road surface becomes potholed.

"Da Kui, go to the village to find a construction team, borrow a few bags of cement and sand, fill in the potholes on the road, wait until the [-]th turn is completed, and then renovate the road."

After dealing with the road surface problem, Li Hongbing turned his attention to the temporary parking lot.

The open space on both sides of the road was originally used by the village to dry rice and grain, but it was gradually abandoned and covered with weeds as tall as a person.

"Brothers, don't stand around stupidly, weed first!" Li Hongbing said to the big gold chain with a smile.

I! !

Da Jinlianzi had a miserable face, looking at the lush weeds, knowing that he had to do this job today.

Carrying a shovel into the weeds, waving the shovel, it seemed that these weeds were regarded as Li Hongbing, and they chopped fast and fiercely.

Seeing that the big gold chains were all working, the other small communities picked up farm tools in dejection and followed behind.

A small society that is not well-known, gets close to the big gold chain.

"Brother Wei, we have guys in our hands, let's fight them."

The big gold chain stopped working, and glared fiercely to encourage his own small society, "If you want to die, don't implicate us, you think a few people over there are holding firewood sticks!"

"Hurry up and work!"

Hearing what Da Jinlianzi said, the others also gave up their hearts, and at the same time secretly regretted it.

Mad!

It's so fragrant to drink and pick up girls in the city, so I insist on coming to the mountains with Wei Fatty to find trouble.

Fatty Wei said it well at the beginning, it is a group of local turtle farmers, and they can get money with a little scare.

Fortunately, Qian Mao didn't see it, but was forced to do farm work instead.

"Keep an eye on Hongqi, don't let them be lazy, after weeding the parking lot, level the ground along the way."

"They came here by car, Xiucai. Lock the car with an iron chain. It's rare to come here. Let's treat them well for a few days, so as not to say that we mountain people are not enthusiastic."

After Li Hongbing made arrangements, he walked back to the village with his hands behind his back.

It may be affected by negative videos, so there are not so many tourists today.

That's good, I have time to sort out the inside and outside of Caogou Village.

"Village head!" Chunsheng ran over in a panic.

Li Hongbing felt that today was terrible, one after another, "What's wrong?"

"Tomorrow, the town will come to the village and say there will be a TV station in the city filming."

"Understood!" Li Hongbing waved his hand calmly.

For Li Hongbing's reaction, Chunsheng was filled with excitement, as if a basin of cold water had been poured on his head.

The mayor visited the landslide last time, but this time it's different, and there are people from the TV station.

"Village Chief, should we have a welcome ceremony? The TV station is also coming!"

"What the hell! The City Education Bureau is coming tomorrow, and the mayor is coming. Why are the TV stations joining in the fun? I'm free?" Li Hongbing felt an inexplicable irritability in his heart.

He simply turned his head and walked towards the old house.

"Village chief, village chief, what are we going to do tomorrow!" Chun Sheng jumped anxiously.

Uncle Huaizhong used to be the village head, but he jumped up and down happily when he heard that the leaders came to inspect, and he had to call the villagers to clean up and prepare the gong and drum team.

Why is it different when Uncle Hongbing is the village chief?
Li Hongbing pretended not to hear Chunsheng's shout behind him.

Come and come!

I'm going to treat you like grandpas.

dream.

Back at the old house, Shan Xing, Anna, and Sha Wa haven't arrived home yet.

Li Hongbing walked into the storeroom. The tiger had been splicing the bones yesterday and spent the whole night humming and chirping. After all, the two hind legs were broken and reattached.

"how do you feel?"

The tiger turned his head to look at the hind legs caught by the wood chips, and made a purring sound from his throat.

Li Hongbing squatted down to check the recovery of the bones.

After a night of recovery, with the help of the original power, the bones have basically grown, and the bone joints have not deformed.

"Heal your wounds with peace of mind, and the wood chips will be removed tomorrow."

Ow!

The tiger whimpered gratefully, and licked Li Hongbing's hand with its barbed tongue.

"What about Keya?" When Li Hongbing saw the tiger's mouth, he remembered that its fangs had all been sawed off, and its original power was not omnipotent. Without teeth, it basically lost its ability to hunt prey.

Let me think about it.

Li Hongbing fell into deep thought, and the next moment he clapped his palms violently, startling the tiger next to him.

"Or, let me make you a pair of dentures!"

denture?

The tiger's eyes were full of bewilderment.

"That's it, I'll go find someone." Li Hongbing got up and left the warehouse, whistling.

Da da da!
Heifeng followed the whistle and ran to the gate of the courtyard.

Li Hongbing got on his horse, patted Heifeng's neck, "Go to the vegetable field!"

Boom!

Hei Feng raised his head and hissed, his hooves flew around, and he ran towards the vegetable field.

Vegetable field.

Just after harvesting a crop of lettuce, Uncle Mifu led people to plow the land, preparing to plant another wave before Bailu.

Da da da!
There was a sound of horseshoes, and the old people working in the field straightened up. There was no one in the village who could ride a horse except Li Hongbing.

Not much time.

Heifeng appeared beside the vegetable field, Li Hongbing jumped off his horse, pulled a few carrots from the field and threw them to Heifeng, standing on the edge of the field and shouting.

"Uncle Cigarette, Uncle Cigarette!"

"What's the matter?" Uncle Yandai came out of the vegetable field.

Li Hongbing smiled and asked, "You used to be a blacksmith in the village, right?"

Uncle Tobacco froze for a moment, "It's already old age, you want to hit something?"

Li Hongbing nodded, "It's about making something."

"Who still sells things these days, they go to the town to buy them!" Uncle Yandai looked lonely, picked up the pipe and took two puffs.

There is no way, the development of the times will always eliminate some jobs, some people, and the same is true in rural areas.

Before the 80s, there were carpenters, stonemasons, blacksmiths, brick potters, plasterers, potters, tinsmiths, strippers, and livestock crafters in rural areas, collectively known as the "nine major craftsmen".

There is an old saying that "a family with a thousand hectares of fertile land is not as good as a poor skill", and craftsmen are especially popular in rural areas.

However, with the development of modern science and technology, many "craftsmen" who are popular in rural areas have been replaced by mechanized production or other products.

The intangible cultural heritage of the "nine great craftsmen" in rural areas is dying out.

Li Hongbing knows the reason, but there is no way to stop the pace of the times on his own.

"Uncle Cigarette, the things I want to make can't be bought in the town, only craftsmen like you can make them."

"What, do you still have to find a blacksmith?" Li Hongbing's persistence aroused Uncle Yandai's curiosity.

Li Hongbing pretended to be mysterious, "Give the tiger a pair of teeth!"

What!
Uncle Cigarette shook his hand and almost threw the pot away.

Hit the tiger's teeth.

Be nice!

The Red Soldier kid really dares to think.

After reacting, Uncle Yandai waved his hands again and again, "I can't hit it, I can't hit it, it's okay if I hit the horseshoe, but it's okay to hit the tiger's teeth, what are you thinking!"

"Uncle, do me a favor and give it a try. If you succeed, you will be the number one blacksmith in our forest area." Li Hongbing flattered him furiously and gave him a top hat.

Uncle Mifu and Uncle Lao Liang, who were resting next to him, came over and knew that Li Hongbing asked for a pipe to give the tiger teeth, so they encouraged the pipe to agree.

"Really?" Uncle Yandai was also a little moved. He spent his whole life beating shovels, hoes, and kitchen knives. Finally, he was able to give a tiger a pair of iron teeth. This life is worth it.

"Really fight!" Li Hongbing nodded.

After thinking again and again, Uncle Yandai slapped his thigh, "It's done."

"Then let's go!" Li Hongbing beckoned Heifeng to come over.

"Wait." Uncle Yandai waved his hand, took the basket and picked up the hoe, walked to the hillside beside the vegetable field, and when he came back, the basket was filled with loess.

"Why do you want loess!" Li Hongbing was curious.

Uncle Yandai cast a glance at the ignorant Li Hongbing, and said arrogantly, "If you don't have a model, how can you make a clay model?"

"Red Soldier, your Uncle Yandai's level of model making is in the forest area, but this." Uncle Mifu gave a thumbs up, "In the early years, how many people asked Old Yandai to make objects, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year."

"What are you talking about? They are all played by machines now." The light in Uncle Yandai's eyes gradually faded.

Uncle Liang didn't like to hear that.

"You were born in your 20s back then, and now you are going to be buried in the ground. Hurry up and give the tiger a pair of iron teeth. The old brothers will still be surprised."

"Uncle Yandai, can you ride a horse?" Li Hongbing called Heifeng to his side.

"You look down on me! Back then I was the captain of the militia." Uncle Yandai rolled his eyes, put down the basket, grabbed Heifeng's mane, and pushed hard.

Did not go up!
People around laughed.

Uncle Yandai's old face was flushed, he didn't know if it was from the sun or from embarrassment.

I tried again, but still didn't go up.

"Hurry up and stop, old arms and legs, what can you do?"

Uncle Mifu hurriedly stopped him. After all, he is old and his bones are fragile. If the previous horse breaks his bones, this joke can accompany the old cigarette into the ground.

Li Hongbing suppressed his smile, supported Uncle Yandai on the back of his horse as he climbed the mountain, he jumped easily and sat in the back.

"Uncle Cigarette, hurry up, I don't have a saddle here!"

After all, he took the basket full of loess and patted Heifeng.

"Go home, run slowly!"

(End of this chapter)