Intelligent Industrial Empire

"Come back, four girls, thanks for your hard work..." As soon as Old Four Mao got off the tractor, he saw more than a dozen men, women and children standing at the intersection of the bumpy dirt road and the mountain path.

In the thatched pavilion without walls that was erected next to passers-by to hide from the rain, there were several baskets around the fire pond.

The old crouched and looked like they would be gone in the next moment, the young, and even half-old children who were supposed to be in school.

This idea, nine-year compulsory education is not universal. One semester of elementary school has to pay hundreds of tuition and miscellaneous fees, which is not a big deal for ordinary families, but for these people who still adhere to the teachings of how many people are powerful. For people, in order to strengthen the family, three or five are considered to be few, and six or seven are barely enough. Therefore, it is difficult to make all the children in the family go to school with their schoolbags on their backs.

Even many families don’t even have money to buy salt, let alone spend hundreds of dollars to send their children to school.

"Why are everyone here? Grandpa Third, why are your old people here?" Mao Si suspected that these eager young and old had been waiting for themselves outside the bus station in the township.

"Girl Shuang said that you have to come back in these two days. I was worried that when you came back, it was too late and I was scared by myself. So we waited for you here yesterday. These young children are all right, and they are here today. The fourth aunt who picked them up..." The old man who was called Third Master Mao, knocked his smoking pot on the cloth sole, and said calmly to Mao Si.

"Grandpa San, if I come back two days later, the big guy will have to wait until I come back?" Mao did not expect that these Frost Girls' relatives would actually value themselves so much.

"Four aunt, that's for sure, but aunt said that after you come back this time, our road can start..." a half-year-old child said excitedly.

To get rich, build roads first.

These mountain people are more eager to build roads than anywhere else.

However, it is not a problem that manpower can solve to repair roads that can pass by cars in the mountains!

Moreover, road construction is a big project. Although there are a lot of labor in the mountains, it is impossible to build a mountain road for hundreds of miles by hand without money and materials. .

Building a road in the mountain to connect Nijiazhai, a population of hundreds of people, with the dirt road leading to the village was something that the Kangshan Township Government was considering in the 1980s, but because all roads are mountain roads, road construction The difficulty is too great, and there is a lack of funds. It has been delayed for seven or eight years, and construction has not yet started.

"Grandpa San, this..." Mao Yadong didn't know what to say, she was just a runner on this matter.

But he did not expect that Ni Lishuang's third grandfather personally took a group of descendants to wait for him on the way up the mountain.

"Auntie Si, you are our God of Wealth now. We have nothing to do in the stockade anyway, and we are idle too..." Ni Sanye didn't speak, the kid next to him rushed to say.

"Wu Lengzi, your kid didn't want to go to school, so you got an excuse to sneak out? Watch me go back and don't tell your aunt to go..." Mao Yadong didn't know how to deal with such a heavy gift, so he could only talk to the one who started talking The kid joked.

"Grandpa San, it's getting late, let's go..." If it wasn't for his mother who was here, Mao Si would not want to come back here.

After getting off the train, riding in a car for a day, and then riding on a tractor for half a day, you have to walk more than a day on mountain roads to reach Nijiazhai. Although she has suffered a lot since she was a child, she has never traveled so many mountain roads. For the city girl, this is simply terrible.

"Yes, it's getting late. If you don't leave, you won't be able to arrive at night tomorrow. Four girls, please get on the sliding pole..." Two middle-aged men carried one out of the shed that made people shelter from the rain and used two bamboos. The sliding rods made of wooden chair recliners tied to both sides were placed at Mao's feet, and Ni Sanye said to Mao Si.

Mountain roads are difficult to walk. There are only two kinds of people who can enjoy these sliding poles. One is the bride, and the other is the person who has to go to the hospital with a serious illness. In this half a year, Mao Si has only seen it twice. Once it was the cousin of Uncle Ni Lishuang's family who married his wife, and the other time it was a woman in the village who had a dystocia...

Now, the man in Nijiazhai actually used this to carry her back to the village. How can she not be moved?

"Grandpa San, how do you feel this..." Mao Si had always wanted to sit, but knew the meaning of sliding poles, anyway, after spending a long time in this mountain, she didn't care about walking the mountain road a few more times.

"Four girls, this was ordered by the patriarch..." The wrinkled Ni Sanye said to Mao Si with a smile.

In these marginal cottages, the power of the patriarch exceeds that of the government officials.

You know, when she first saw this thing that was only available before liberation, she wanted to sit on a set, but no matter what she said, the grandfather of Ni Lishuang, the head of Nijiazhai Village, did not agree with this matter. .

Now they go back to raise money for road construction, they actually used such a gift!

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"Girl Shuang, tell the truth to grandpa, can Siyao really bring back the money for road construction this time?" Ni Fulai tapped the hookah while facing the only one of his own old folks who was playing with the potatoes on the edge of the firepit. Asked the girl.

Potatoes occupies a large proportion of people's food in the mountains of southern Yunnan.

There are many mountains in southern Yunnan, and there are not many terraces in the mountains where rice can be grown. The staple food in many places is high-yielding crops such as potatoes and corn. Of course, there are also miscellaneous grains such as sorghum that urban people are not willing to eat.

For children in southern Yunnan, potatoes are not only a staple food, but also a snack.

"Grandpa, don't worry, she will definitely be able to bring the money back. Then, when the road is open, the school in the village will be repaired. As long as the road is clear, there will be teachers in the school willing to come. When the time comes, we Give those teachers more money and they will be able to stay.” When she returned to her hometown in southern Yunnan, where she had never been before, Ni Lishuang gained a lot.

"Girl Shuang, you are not for fun, are you? The money for building roads is not a small amount. Otherwise, the township government would have repaired it a long time ago, which would cost hundreds of thousands!" Ni Weifu, third uncle of Ni Lishuang, took the water from the old man. The chimney, ignoring the baby in his arms, puffed forward.

"Sanshu, don't worry!" Sanshu is the successor of the village. How can she not understand the desperate need to change the poverty situation in the village!

"Sister Shuang'er, can you tell us what the big city looks like? In our stockade, my grandfather has only been to the county town a few times. The most knowledgeable person is the uncle who went to school. What a pity..." Second Uncle Ni Lishuang The new daughter-in-law Zhang Hongmei, who was married by the youngest son after the Chinese New Year, is yearning for the world outside of the mountain. She rarely visits the village, let alone a big city.

"Hongmei, shut up!" Ni Lishuang's second aunt, Zhou Xiuying, who was putting on the soles of her shoes, suddenly changed her face and scolded the new daughter-in-law who had entered the house.

After returning from Ni Lishuang, the old man had a family meeting, and no one could mention her father in front of Ni Lishuang.

This girl had no parents when she was born, and because their relatives were too far away, and at the same time they didn't want to ruin Ni Lishuang's life, the old man broke off the idea of ​​bringing her back.

This year, there is an insurmountable gap between rural people and urban people.

In order to obtain an urban hukou, ordinary people in rural areas have to study in addition to being a soldier.

For so many years, recruitment has never been encountered in the entire stockade, and recruitment that is very common in other places has not been seen at all. The only thing left is reading.

After the liberation, only Ni Lishuang’s father got a place in this village when he recommended college, and there are not many who even went to junior high...

"Second aunt, it’s okay. Although I didn’t have parents since I was a child, my adoptive parents treated me very well! There is nothing I can’t say, sister Hongmei, when the road is repaired, I will take everyone to Rongcheng to have fun. If you want to stay in Rongcheng, I will let my brother Yunfei arrange a job for you.” Ni Lishuang sympathized with this girl who married at the age of 16.

"Really? I haven't read any books, I don't even know a lot of words!" Zhang Hongmei became excited when Ni Lishuang said that she would take her to the big city and arrange work.

"Girl Shuang, don't coax her, otherwise she doesn't work seriously..." Zhou Xiuying heard Ni Lishuang say that she wanted her own daughter-in-law to arrange work. Although she was looking forward to it, she didn't think about it. It's easy. I'm worried that this new wife is ambitious, and she won't be able to manage it in the future.

"Second aunt, I'm really not coaxing her. My brother Yunfei's factory is always hiring people!" There are several factories under Yunfei. Even if there are no literate people, she has to arrange a few positions. What is difficult.

Yun Fei doesn't object to cram some relatives inside. As long as he doesn't cram people into the management or technical department, and the people cram in obey the management, there is no problem.

"Girl Shuang, I have been listening to the four girls of the Mao family saying that you are Brother Yunfei, what does he do?" The old man did not go to bed and wake up early like other elderly people. After Ni Lishuang came back, he had a habit of not chatting on the fire for a long time. All changed.

Soon after Ni Lishuang came back, Qing Yue brought her daughter to see Ni Lishuang, which made the whole family very pleased. This girl without parents can also receive such attention. How can they be uncomfortable?

Besides, they didn't even know that Ni Lishuang ran away from home.