1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 516 I wish I could turn into a fine needle and mend this world (1)

February 28th, the 14th day of the lunar year, the day before the Lantern Festival.

Three figures sneaked into Xiaoyu Village, which was eight kilometers away from Xiaoxi Village, like a team of thieving people returning home.

"Hey, Sister Li, do we really need to look like thieves? If we are seen by our fellow villagers, will we be caught as thieves?"

Li Qiang glanced around the seemingly empty village and asked with some uneasiness.

"Bullshit! We are here to investigate the situation, not to eat and drink for free. We won't sneak in, but go directly to the students' parents to understand the situation. Do you want to be like what happened in Shitang Village and Sanleishi Village before, where the village party secretary drags the whole village to toast you!?"

Li Li glared at him and said in a low voice with annoyance.

Thinking of what happened yesterday and the day before yesterday, Li Qiang immediately shrank his head in fear.

There isn't enough food for all the people in the village, but half of the people in the village are almost the same. Li Qiang's scalp tingles when he thinks of hundreds of people enthusiastically surrounding you in the yard, killing chickens and ducks, and insisting on having a bowl of soup with you.

We were just trying to understand the situation, and then reported a few small projects for the village, such as digging a small canal, building a cement dam that was not much bigger than a basketball court, and at most some insignificant small projects. It was not certain whether the company would approve it in the end... Was it really necessary to be so enthusiastic?

However, thinking of the shabby earthen houses in the villages and the reception table in the courtyard of the village party secretary whose paint was almost peeling off, Li Qiang had a flash of enlightenment... Perhaps those infrastructure projects that were not considered very big in his eyes were already a blessing worthy of celebration for these villages that had nothing to do with the word "rich".

Hey……

Sure enough, what Assistant Zhuo said at the meeting was right, this world is full of disparities, maybe for a child in the city, the best gift might be an airplane, but for a child growing up in a rural area, what he dreams of is nothing more than a pair of white sneakers without holes (Writer Yu: Hey, hey, hey, I haven’t said that yet, okay).

Realizing this, a heavy sense of mission weighed on his shoulders, so heavy that it almost suffocated him.

Hu Yongbo was curious about something else: "Teacher Li, didn't you say that the source of students for Hope Primary School is only five kilometers away at most? How come... there are still students of yours here?"

Don't use the situation in later generations to judge the present. At that time, the roads in rural areas were not only rugged and muddy, but there were also no decent means of transportation. What did it mean for a child to walk a distance of five kilometers?
This means that if the school starts morning reading at 7:30, he will have to get up at least at 4:30 to prepare breakfast, and then walk for nearly two hours in the pitch-black night sky without any stars to get to school; the round trip is at least three and a half hours, which is already the limit of a child's commuting, and even some adults may not be able to stick to it (don't apply the normal speed of five kilometers an hour to it, and don't think that walking at night in the dark is a very pleasant thing).

This is the case even for five kilometers, not to mention that Xiaoyu Village is eight kilometers away from Xiaoxi Village Hope Primary School. If the children here go to school, they have to get up at least at 5: and then walk for nearly three hours at night... At least five hours round trip every day, which is beyond what normal people can accept.

When Li Li heard Hu Yongbo ask this, she smiled bitterly and said, "The villages to the north of Xiaoxi Village are all relatively...relatively remote."

"For most ordinary families in these poor villages, the only way to change their fate is to study... Old Hu, you may not know that in some places, if you can read and understand a document smoothly and can do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within ten thousand, you can already be an accountant in the village."

"People often don't see far ahead, and we don't have the right to ask them to see further. A village accountant... with a monthly allowance of 48 yuan (village accountants don't get real wages) is already a promising job that many ordinary people dream of. For such a goal, what does it matter if we walk five hours a day?"

At this point, Li Li's voice became a little low: "Besides, children from poor families have to grow up early... Sometimes, parents let their children come from far away to go to school, not necessarily for the sake of their future prospects."

Hu Yongbo and Li Qiang were stunned. Before they could understand what this meant, they heard Li Li softly call out, "We're here."

Hearing that they had finally arrived at their destination, they immediately perked up and looked in the direction Li Li pointed, but they were a little dazed.

Unlike the common earthen-walled courtyards in northwest Shandong, the direction Li Li pointed to was a thing that looked like a mound of earth - two rows of uneven and dilapidated wooden boards were laid diagonally along a half-collapsed earthen wall and a wooden beam structure that was removed from somewhere, forming a crooked triangular hut.

Judging from the hay and broken tiles scattered here and there on the wooden boards, as well as a layer of agricultural plastic film that was probably picked up from the fields, this could barely be considered a "half" hut. At most, it could only keep out the rain and could hardly even keep out the wind.

The reason why the two thought it was a mound of earth was because the underground part of the left side of this half of the house was slightly raised, which was unreasonably so. Although it was not clear from a distance, from a general feeling, it seemed that a cellar or something like that had been dug underneath, and then because it was not leveled or the cellar wall was deformed, the house looked as if half of it was arched... However, the family's craftsmanship was really not that good, as the cellar was dug so roughly.

Thinking of this, Hu Yongbo and Li Qiang looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders, then quickened their pace and followed Li Li... It's not that there are no lazy people in the countryside. On the contrary, there are actually quite a few lazy people. However, it is rare to find people who are so lazy that after having a family and children, they are unwilling to even take a break to tidy up their house.

As soon as they approached this half-earth-like house, a stench that was not strong but extremely uncomfortable reached their noses.

Pigpen!

The big pit on the left that you saw before was not a cellar at all, but a pigsty!

This family actually built their house on a pigpen!

Hu Yongbo's expression couldn't help but change.

It was only the 14th day of the lunar year, and although spring had already arrived, the weather was still very cold. But even so, the stench of pig manure could be smelled from several meters away. If it were summer...

When Hu Yongbo thought of this half-house built on a pigsty with mosquitoes and flies flying around and a foul stench in the summer, his stomach churned and he couldn't help but dry heave a few times.

"What on earth do these village cadres do? They just watched a child sleeping in a pigsty and did nothing!?"

After finally suppressing the boiling in his stomach, Hu Yongbo's face looked extremely ugly and his tone was full of anger.

He was not a pushover, and he never even considered himself a good person, but watching a child live in such a terrible environment was obviously beyond his moral tolerance.

Li Li seemed to be accustomed to the stench. Upon hearing this, she just turned her head and looked at Hu Yongbo: "The countryside is not a paradise. Every family has its own sufferings... Old Hu, Xiao Li, I have a suggestion for you; it is better not to have preconceived ideas before you understand the situation." After saying this, Li Li glanced at the tightly closed wooden door five meters away and lowered her figure: "Xiaomei's father is not a good person. He cheated the villagers of a large sum of money a few years ago and ran away without a trace. It is said that the money was as much as 20,000 yuan. Her house collapsed at that time; according to reason, her father did such a thing, her family's fields and houses should be used to pay off the debts... They can still leave them with such a homestead and five mu of land to make a living, and the village can even lend them money to buy piglets and raise pigs to slowly pay off the debt. It is already because they are an orphan and a widow... Even Xiaomei went to Xiaoxi Village to attend the Hope Primary School, and it was the village director who helped her register."

After a pause, Li Li sighed, "Don't forget, Xiaoyu Village belongs to the three-kilometer hazy zone, the people are tough, and each village has its own rules. When I first learned about Xiaomei's family, I was also very angry, but as I got to know the situation here better, you have to admit that sometimes, the rules that have been passed down for hundreds of years in each village are not completely unreasonable... And to be honest, 1985 yuan in 2 was really not a small amount of money."

After hearing Li Li's words, Hu Yongbo immediately calmed down.

The three-kilometer hazy area has always been seriously lacking in social facilities, which is a major reason for the difficult local economy and has also caused various practical difficulties, resulting in this area having to rely more on various rules handed down from generation to generation to maintain operation... Unless you have the ability and the willingness to change them, otherwise, turning into the Lotus Mother and blaming this place for all kinds of things out of momentary anger is tantamount to talking without any pain.

and so……

The reason why Mr. Yang is vigorously promoting the rural infrastructure plan here is that he is planning to open up another front?

Thinking of the enthusiasm and expectations of the villages after they learned the purpose of their visit, which far exceeded his imagination, Hu Yongbo had a bold guess in his heart.

"No! No matter what the reason was, it's inappropriate to let a seven or eight-year-old child live in a pigsty. Children have weak immunity. If they are bitten by mosquitoes all day in the summer, won't they get seriously ill?"

"How about this? Let's apply for some money from the company in the name of improving the basic public health facilities project, renovate Xiaomei's house, and then move the pigsty out."

Li Qiang's hot-blooded rookie nature was clearly revealed at this moment. Born in the city, he could hardly imagine what it was like to live in such an environment, and he couldn't bear to see a seven or eight-year-old girl sleeping in a pigsty full of stench and mosquitoes and flies.

Hu Yongbo glanced at him and said, "If you report it like this, it will definitely be rejected by the company... Dezhou Urban Property Fund Company is a business unit. It is a taboo to exceed the scope of business without forming relevant meeting minutes or notifying the relevant functional departments... We can only set up infrastructure projects within the agricultural scope on this trip. Rebuilding Xiaomei's house has nothing to do with the Wanran public health facilities project. It belongs to the functional scope of the social security system and the rural department. Although some businesses seem to be similar or even overlapping, there is actually a very clear boundary line in the system. Crossing the line is equivalent to offending people... The company may not care about a few thousand yuan, but things can't be done this way!"

Li Qiang was dumbfounded for a moment. He knew nothing about these things, but when he heard the five words "the biggest taboo among taboos", he knew how troublesome the problem was. However, he was unwilling to just watch it helplessly, and he scratched his head anxiously.

Hu Yongbo pondered for a moment and turned his gaze to Li Li: "Teacher Li, this is what I think... Although our main task this time is to submit various urgently needed infrastructure guarantee projects based on the agricultural sector, Dezhou Urban Construction Fund Company has an industrial fund account in addition to the urban construction account;"

"So let's just do this... The three of us in the team jointly signed a petition to build a small pig farm or a special 817 broiler farm in the name of expanding the breeding industry and improving the meat food industry supply chain in Dezhou. The address will be chosen on the edge of the village... In this way, once the company approves it, we can build a few new employee dormitories in the name of building a breeding farm. Then we can recruit Xiaomei's mother as a new employee, and the whole family can move in naturally."

Li Li chuckled, "You and I were thinking the same thing. I was originally planning to apply for student family assistance from the Hope Fund, and I had already written the application, but then I ran into the Urban Property Fund Company's plan to build rural infrastructure... I thought it was public money anyway, so if I didn't use it, I'd waste it, and doing some good would also help the company gain some credit... This is a good idea, anyway, the entire state of Texas is expanding the scale of 817 broiler breeding, so there must be a need for this one, and since it's a commercial project, there's no need to worry about offending other functional departments."

Li Qiang saw the two of them smiling at each other, but he felt a little uneasy: "Sister Li, Brother Hu, this is a good idea, but... after we submit it, will the company approve it?"

Although Dezhou Urban Development Fund Company is indeed not short of this money, reporting on this kind of commercial project is not within the scope of their work this time.

Li Li sneered when she heard this: "When the time comes, we will just write down the whole story. If the company doesn't approve it, I will quit my job... What's the point of staying in a company that doesn't have any human touch? Money can't buy my happiness. Do you really think I need that extra subsidy of several dozen yuan a month?"

Li Li's identity is a volunteer teacher. She participates in the working group and is given the status of a special consultant. Therefore, unless she plans to become a formal employee of the Urban Property Fund Company after the three-year teaching period, there is no direct constraint on her there.

Upon hearing this, Li Qiang gave a thumbs up without hesitation: "Sister Li is right. Let's write down the whole story. If it's not approved, I won't apply for regularization. I'll be like you and become a teaching assistant... What's the point of staying in a business unit that doesn't even have a human touch?"

Hu Yongbo looked at the two men with their blood boiling like angry young men and could not help but smile bitterly. He took the lead and knocked on the wooden door that was tightly wrapped with various fertilizer bags and plastic films.

Knock knock~
Knock knock~
Knock knock~
After three times,

With a click, the door finally opened.

Seeing the dark room and no one in sight, Hu Yongbo was stunned for a moment, then as if remembering something, he quickly looked down.

! ! ! !
In the dim light, Hu Yongbo had some difficulty seeing the weak figure that only reached his knees, and his eyes widened in disbelief.

Even though he had seen too many abominations in the past twenty-eight years, the scene before him still made him burn with anger. A surge of hot blood rushed to his head, causing his vision to go black...

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PS: My physical condition these two days is not very good, so I will try my best to be present.

In addition, the girl in the pigpen is taken from a real case. If you are interested, you can search for the story experienced by teacher Liu Yin... or the things that teachers Xu Benyu, Hu Zhong, Zhi Yueying, Liu Li, and Sun Lina have experienced personally?

Um...it's been a while, I don't remember it clearly.

However, it doesn’t matter which teacher’s experience is used as the story sample. What is important is that this was the case even after the millennium, not to mention the early 90s.

Okay, I won’t say any more. I have to go to the hospital.

This damn body!

This damn weakness is unique to young boys!

(End of this chapter)