Chapter 248 Solving the problem
After dinner, Xu Wen took Zhao He and Zheng Yue to the home of the village chief Wang Dezhuo to discuss the issues and see if there were any other difficulties in the village.

As soon as Xu Wen and his companions entered the yard, Wang Dezhuo came out with the villagers to greet them.

Wang Dezhu said with a guilty look on his face: "I'm so sorry, Mr. Xu. I just heard from Dongni that you almost stepped on a snake when you were going home last night?"

"Well, our village is like this. It's in the mountains, so there are a lot of snakes, insects, rats and ants. We are usually very careful."

"Leaders, for your own safety, why don't you go back earlier? It's too dangerous here."

Wang Dezhu was really worried about the safety of Xu Wen and others.

In Wang Dezhu's opinion, everyone in their village is familiar with the surrounding environment. After all, it is their home and they were born and raised here, so the probability of stepping on a snake is low.

Another thing is that if something really happened to Xu Wen or one of his friends here, Wang Dezhu was worried that no one would be willing to come to their village anymore.

Xu Wen knew what Wang Dezhu was thinking, so he quickly said, "Don't worry, Village Chief. We'll take the main road when we go back. If we're careful, nothing will happen."

"We came here this time to ask if there are any difficulties in the village. If you raise them, we will try our best to find a solution."

When the villagers of Dahuai Village heard Xu Wen's question, they looked at each other and no one made any requests.

It was already very good that Xu Wen and his team were willing to come all the way here to deliver supplies. Wang Dezhu was worried that if they made more demands here, Xu Wen and his team would be scared away, which would be troublesome.

Chen Hai also came from the mountains, so he knew very well what Wang Dezhu and the others were thinking at this moment.

Chen Hai said directly: "Old Village Chief, have you ever thought about why the leader wants to stay in the village for a few days this time?"

"The leaders made this arrangement because they wanted to help Dahuai Village change completely, identify problems, and solve them."

"If you can take the initiative to raise questions, then the leaders won't have to stay here anymore and they can go back earlier."

"If you're not willing to ask questions, then we'll just have to stay here for a few more days and find the problems ourselves."

Chen Hai still has a solution.

After he said this, Wang Dezhu also reacted.

"As long as we raise questions, the leaders can go back earlier?"

"We just can't bear to see our leaders suffer here with us. There's no need for this."

The netizens in the live broadcast room were all moved.

"This village chief is such a good person. Even though their own lives are like this, they still think about others."

"The village chief is not only a good man, but also a wise man. He knows very well that if he asks for too much, he will get nothing in the end, so he simply didn't plan to make any demands from the beginning."

"Please give me a donation link in the live broadcast room. I will donate money directly to support it!"

"My salary is not high, so it's no problem for me to support you with five dollars."

The netizens in the live broadcast room were very enthusiastic and clamored to donate to Dahuai Village.

Zheng Yue also acted quickly and directly sent the link to Kingsoft Group’s official fundraising website into the live broadcast room.

This will ensure that every penny donated by netizens can actually be used to support Dahuai Village.

Let Xu Wen and his friends sit down first, Wang Dezhu and his friends discuss for a while, and then raise their questions. "In fact, most of the problems in Dahuai Village have been solved. The most troubling issues for us now are water, electricity and poisonous snakes."

"All our water comes from the well at the entrance of the village. Although we have had water for many years and the water is relatively clean, it is not available to every household, so it is still very inconvenient to wash clothes and cook."

Xu Wen and his team actually discovered this problem yesterday.

Most of the villagers live in old houses, all of which were self-built.

With the level of technology at that time, it was already very difficult to build a house, let alone reserving water pipes or something. There was no such concept at all.

Every household has to fetch water from the well. Some people live at the end of the village, which is the farthest away. If this continues for a long time, they will definitely complain.

Secondly, it is indeed very inconvenient during peak water usage periods. Some men even take a bath next to the well after drawing water in order to save walking distance, which is also immoral.

Xu Wen nodded.

"This problem is easy to solve. I see there is a river next to you."

"When the time comes, I'll find someone to build a water tower for you, and then connect the water pipes so you can use water at home."

In fact, the water problem is not that simple. You need procedures to draw water from the river, and you also need sewage treatment. It is not as simple as building a water tower.

But Xu Wen didn't want to explain it too complicatedly to Wang Dezhuo and the others, lest they wouldn't understand. He just needed to tell them that he could solve the problem.

"What's the problem with electricity?"

Wang Dezhu said somewhat embarrassedly: "Our village does have electricity, but the wires and other things are quite old. I am worried about the risk of using electricity, so I want to replace all the wires."

"Also, there are no electricians in our village, and no one knows anything about electricity. We want to send a young man to your city to learn some electrical skills, or at least some basic knowledge."

Wang Dezhuo's suggestion is very pertinent.

The village is different from the city. Although every household in the village has electric wires, due to improper maintenance, the wires are gnawed by rats, or are exposed to wind and sun for a long time, so they are naturally severely aged and damaged.

Frequent power outages are a minor matter. What’s important is that if someone accidentally gets electrocuted one day, it will be another life lost.

Moreover, the villagers have a weak awareness of electricity safety.

Many villagers don’t even know what a short circuit is and often place sockets in damp or dripping places.

This situation is very likely to cause a fire, resulting in casualties.

That's why Wang Dezhui came up with the idea of ​​sending people to the city for training and study.

After hearing what Wang Dezhui said, netizens in the live broadcast room were immediately moved.

"It turns out that what we think is common sense is all knowledge that they need to learn."

"We think it is common sense because we have been exposed to these things since childhood, so our family members have taught us by example since childhood, but they don't have this condition."

"I have always thought that poverty alleviation is an easy task, but now it seems that there is a long way to go. It is not only the gap in hardware, but also the gap in cognition, which is very difficult to make up for."

(End of this chapter)

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