The next day, Xiao Zheng left Tianwa Township and headed to the next township, Grassland Township.
In the car, Xiao Zheng talked with his fellow travelers Na Junying, Zhang Chengchuan, and Agriculture Director Dong Cangshang about Tianwa Township's desire to build a reservoir.
Both Na Junying and Zhang Chengchuan said that this is a big project. If it can be completed, the water problem of the people in Baoyuan County will be fundamentally solved!
In addition, it also lays the solid foundation for Baoyuan County to transform from barren mountains and ridges back to green mountains and green waters!
County Agriculture Director Dong Cangshan also said excitedly that the biggest problem restricting the current agricultural development in Baoyuan County is water.
Rain causes floods, and no rain causes drought. This is not only a source of wealth, but also a practical problem for agriculture in the entire Liupan Mountains.
Xiao Zheng told Na Junying: "Secretary Na, I believe Comrade Qi Baiyun will come to the county to report on the construction of the reservoir in Tianwa Township in a few days. I will ask him to come to you then. You will be responsible for the overall coordination.
Comrade Zhang Chengchuan is responsible for the resource integration of relevant government departments. At present, he must first clarify the three questions of 'can it be built,' where to build it, and how to build it'!" Both Na Junying and Zhang Chengchuan agreed.
After arriving at Caiyuan Township, Xiao Zheng still looked first and then listened. The car drove to the dirt road at the entrance of the village and started walking from house to house.
What a great name Grassland Township is! Why it’s called Grassland Township? That’s because more than a hundred years ago, this area between the mountains and the northern desert was once dotted with countless small lakes of all kinds, which nourished the surrounding soil and formed thousands of lakes.
More than square kilometers of grassland oasis.
There used to be abundant water and grass here, and cattle and sheep were found under the wind-swept grass. However, overgrazing, indiscriminate cultivation and other improper behaviors have caused this oasis to shrink and wither, turning it into the desert land and Gobi Desert it is today.
The name Prairie Township is also in name only. Originally, the prairie cattle and prairie sheep here were special industries, but now that grass and water have become problems, these industries have naturally not been able to develop.
Solving the water source problem, regulating grazing behavior, restoring the vegetation here, and guiding investment in the forest and sand industry are top priorities!
Xiao Zheng spent another day and a half visiting all the villages in Grassland Township. He already had a good idea of the overall situation of the township, people's lives and the main contradictions.
Every time he visited one more township, one more village, one more kilometer he walked, Xiao Zheng could feel that decision-makers must go to the grassroots more and go among the people. They must live as high as temples and far away from the world.
Sitting in the position, you can also see the problem from the perspective of the common people, otherwise it is inevitable to be separated from the masses. The body is more honest than our brain, and where the body is, the heart can be there!
Lying under the drafty farmhouse shed in Prairie Township, drinking water with a strange smell in the desert, only the stars above his head were clean and bright. Xiao Zheng's heart was anxious, and there were still too many things waiting to be done.
There are still too many problems that need to be solved urgently!
After leaving Grassland Township, Xiao Zheng went to Honghe Township. Honghe Township is the township closest to the Jiuqu Yellow River. The Mother River once flowed here, but like many other places that were once favored by the Mother River, because of the
The layers of accumulated sediment were too lazy to be cleaned, causing the mother river to eventually change its course and abandon this land.
According to people in the village, people in Honghe Township now mainly make a living by planting wheat, picking genie, wild fruits and raising pigs. The leader of the township also said that there is another problem in Honghe Township, that is, in some villages, farmers have no income at home.
If you don’t have money, you don’t value education. Many children drop out of school before completing compulsory education. This is normal.
When Xiao Zheng heard this, he took it very seriously. For children in poor rural areas, education is the only way to change their lives. If they have not graduated from junior high school, it is empty talk to change their lives in the future.
Xiao Zheng came from a farming family in Lushui Village. If he had not gone to college, where would he be now? It is really hard to say. Even if he has family support behind him, if he is not a graduate of a key university, he will not be able to work within the system.
If you are attached to a family, you will only be looked down upon by the family members. If you want to reach your current position, you can't even think about it. Doing good things for the people and solving problems for society is even more powerless.
Therefore, to be a useful person, you must receive education.
Xiao Zheng said to Yao Yonghong, secretary of the Honghe Township Party Committee: "Which village has the worst dropout problem? Please take me to see it."
Yao Yonghong said: "Jiuqing Village!"
Xiao Zheng said: "Then let's go to Jiuqing Village and have a look! By the way, call the principals of the rural primary and junior high schools."
Township Party Committee Secretary Yao Yonghong invited Xiao Zheng and others to sit in the conference room and take a sip of water. He immediately went to inform the principals of the elementary and junior high schools.
About fifteen minutes later, a motorcycle beeped into the township government, and a few minutes later another motorcycle came.
The one who came in front was Jiang Qi, the principal of Honghe Junior High School, who was nearly fifty years old, wearing black-rimmed glasses, and his hair was dusty; the one who came in behind was Zhu Xia, the principal of Honghe Central Primary School, who also came in riding an old scooter.
They were in their early forties, average-looking, well-proportioned, wearing simple white short-sleeves and black pants. Both of them met Xiao Zheng under Yao Yonghong's introduction. Xiao Zheng shook hands with them and explained the purpose of inviting them.
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Zhu Xia, the principal of the primary school, reported that in Jiuqing Village, there are six children in the primary school section, and seven children have dropped out of school. The situation is quite serious. Zhu Xia has personally visited many times to do the work, but to no avail.
Those parents either say that they are too busy, or that they cannot afford to provide for their children to study. In fact, the essential problem is that parents do not pay attention to studying.
Jiang Qi, the principal of the junior high school, also reported that in Jiuqing Village, among the three grades of the junior high school, 4 children have dropped out of school, 2 children have poor grades, 1 child has average grades, and another
A girl is in the second grade of junior high school and her grades are among the best in her grade. She has a good chance of being admitted to a key high school in the county.
Xiao Zheng, Na Junying and others frowned when they heard this. Xiao Zheng thought, I really didn't expect such a situation. The director of education didn't come with him this time, otherwise Xiao Zheng would definitely question him, the children in the county
The dropout situation is so serious, why was it not reported? After returning, Xiao Zheng will definitely want to talk to the Director of Education!
Xiao Zheng and his group took a car, and asked Principal Xiaochu to get into the township leader's car, and they went to the village together. The township car led the way, and Xiao Zheng and his group's cars followed behind, raising a trail of smoke and dust on the plateau.
After getting off the car, Xiao Zheng and others went to the village together. The village party secretary, village chief and others were also waiting there. Xiao Zheng and others learned about the situation of the children dropping out of school with the village party secretary.
Deng Youyu, the party secretary of Jiuqing Village, said that this is a long-standing problem in the village and has something to do with the village's atmosphere, which is difficult to change in a year and a half. The village chief also said that we have done a lot of work, but the people still don't listen and would rather
There is really no way to let the children work in the fields to help them early and not to go to school.
Xiao Zheng felt uncomfortable after hearing this. The village party secretary said "it is difficult to change" and the village chief said "there is no way". The thoughts of these two village chief cadres are "very unified", but they just don't do anything! Of course,
Xiao Zheng also restrained himself from getting angry, waiting to see the situation before talking about anything else.
Xiao Zheng followed the village cadres to "Jiuqing Village". What surprised Xiao Zheng was that the roads from the township government to the village were being widened and the roads were smoothed. The car could easily drive to the natural
In the village, there are almost no very dilapidated and dilapidated houses. Some houses are newly built, and some cave dwellings have been obviously reinforced. There are also many pitch pine and camphor trees planted in front of and behind the houses in the village. The appearance of the village
It was much better than the dilapidated condition Xiao Zheng had imagined.
Xiao Zheng asked the village party secretary Deng Youyu: "Old Deng, where did you get the money to build roads, renovate houses and plant trees in this village?"
Deng Youyu said: "Secretary Xiao, this is allocated by the village."
Xiao Zheng looked at Yao Yonghong, secretary of the township party committee.
Yao Yonghong immediately replied: "Secretary Xiao, this is the poverty alleviation fund allocated by the county. Our township is luckier than other townships. We have received the two poverty alleviation funds before and after. Our township did not retain any money. All of it was used to build roads and provide relief to the poor.
We have built houses and reinforced cave dwellings, and we have also planted many trees, hoping to improve the water, soil and air."
Xiao Zheng is very glad that he has not directly criticized township cadres and village cadres before because of dropping out of school. Our party has always emphasized that without investigation, there is no right to speak. Many things must be seen, heard, and thought before making a judgment. Otherwise, it will be better.
It will make the grassroots feel that the leaders are arbitrary and subjective, which is not conducive to work.
In this township and village, cadres have done practical things, otherwise roads would not be widened, houses would not be repaired, and trees would not be planted.
In Xiao Zheng's view, if a local cadre is encouraging tree planting, then the cadre here has goodwill towards nature and the people; if the people themselves are planting trees, then the people here have a yearning for a better life.
.So, seeing many new trees planted in the village, Xiao Zheng felt happier.
Na Junying, deputy secretary of the county party committee, seemed to have the same feeling. She said to Yao Yonghong, secretary of the township party committee: "These trees are well planted."
Zhang Chengchuan also said: "You have fully utilized the poverty alleviation funds allocated by the county."
Zhang Chengchuan came up from the position of township head and township party committee secretary. If you look at the village road and the appearance of the village, you will know that the village is not fooling the township, and the township is not fooling the county. The money has been used, and the results have been achieved.
However, this also made Xiao Zheng a little confused. Since the township and the village are doing practical things, why is the problem of dropouts not solved? Is it really just because the township and the village do not pay attention to it, and the villagers do not have the awareness of education?
At this time, two small trucks came out of the village and were carrying goods. Xiao Zheng and Na Junying were very surprised. When they looked inside, they saw that they were already slaughtered pork. There were five or six pigs on each small truck.
There are more than ten in total.
The village branch secretary said: "The pork in our Jiuqing Village is very famous, mainly because of its good meat quality and its aroma, so it is very popular in the township and county. Almost every household here raises pigs. In the past, transportation was inconvenient
, transportation is difficult, but now that the road is open, it is very convenient to pull them out. There are always a dozen pigs taken out for sale every day. "
Dong Cangshan, the county agriculture director, asked: "How many pigs can a farmer here raise in a year?"
Deng Youyu, secretary of the village party committee, said: "This is not necessarily the case. There are as few as five or six, and as many as ten or twenty."
Dong Climbing calculated and said: "A pig can now be sold for more than 800 yuan. Even if you think of five pigs, you can buy them for 4,000 yuan. If you have twenty pigs, it will be 16,000 yuan. Secretary Deng, your villagers will soon be lifted out of poverty!"
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Deng Youyu couldn't help but laugh: "This is all the wealth brought by building roads. Not only pork, but now from outside, many drug dealers, 'milkhead' dealers, and wheat dealers have come in."
Xiao Zheng was a little strange and asked: "What is 'Milk Head'?"
Director of Agriculture Dong Cangshan introduced: “Secretary Xiao is ‘Rose Hips’.”
At this time, another truck came from the north of the village around the mountain road, containing red fruits that looked like cow nipples. Xiao Zheng had never seen them before.
Deng Youyu, secretary of the village party committee, quickly grabbed a handful and distributed them to everyone: "This is the milk head. You will know after you taste it!"
Xiao Zheng didn't care whether he washed it or not, so he just took a bite. It was really sweet and sour!