"Hey, it's just about road construction, why doesn't it make sense?"

"Some things are just like that when it comes to execution. Maybe you should be tougher."

"For them, land is more important than anything else. Land allows them to have enough food to eat."

“That’s what it is.”

"If this road can't be built, then... find some stones to pave it over first, so that people can pass through.

I think the rain today is quite heavy."

Don’t worry about that for now, I have something good to tell you.

"You'd better tell me something that will make me happy."

"I found a house! It's Zhao Qunying's grandmother's house, five kilometers away from Rong District Hospital. Qunying offered a friendly price of two yuan a month. She took me to see it after get off work today. It's a tube-shaped building with two rooms on the third floor."

Jiang Tang perked up when she heard that: "Really? That's great! I'll go back before dawn tomorrow morning."

Jiang Tang felt much better and fell asleep not long after going out.

I got up at five o'clock the next day.

It rained all night and the yard was muddy.

Jiang Tang locked Xiao Ye and Xiao Tu in the house and said, "Don't run around, it's raining outside.

Your paws are covered in mud, and you're back for a beating."

After giving them some food and water, I rode my bike out of the village.

As soon as we left the village, the bicycle was blocked by mud and couldn't move.

But I can only walk.

We set off at around five o'clock and arrived at the commune at around seven o'clock.

You can imagine how muddy the road was.

No, I have to fight with the villagers when I come back. This road must be repaired.

When Captain Luo came to look for her at dawn, he found the door of her house closed.

It just so happened that the Shaluo Village also knew that she was back. It rained all night yesterday, and the water from the Shaluo River did not flood the fields. Captain Sun came to the door in person, wanting to share this joy with Jiang Tang. However, when he arrived at the gate, he did not see Secretary Jiang, but instead saw the person he hated the most.

As soon as Captain Luo and Captain Sun, the two sworn enemies, met, the atmosphere was immediately filled with hostility and they disliked each other.

The two ignored him and turned around and walked back.

At this time, Captain Luo spoke first, with a hint of pride on his face: "Our Secretary Jiang is devoted to our Youcaoling. This year, our village's harvest will definitely exceed that of your Shaluo Village." As he said, he deliberately glanced at Captain Sun.

Upon hearing this, Captain Sun snorted coldly: "Just dream on! The income from the sugarcane that our Secretary Jiang asked us to plant at the end of the year is incomparable to what you can earn from growing vegetables." He crossed his arms over his chest, his face full of disdain.

Captain Luo, unwilling to be outdone, raised his voice and said, "Our tea harvest will be ready soon. Tea is much more expensive than brown sugar."

The two men walked from the end of the village to the beginning, talking to each other and comparing themselves all the way.

When they arrived at the village entrance, Ershuanzi and several young men from the village picked up a notebook.

Ershuanzi squinted his eyes and struggled to identify the words above: "This is Er, my name, this is Lu, the name of Uncle Luo Er. This is Zhang Er something..." He scratched his head as he read.

"Is this an account book?" a young man asked curiously.

"What other trees are there? I know this tree." Ershuanzi said again.

"Is it the old secretary's?" another young man guessed.

"There's a map here too, showing the road and everything." Ershuanzi said, pointing to the map on the notebook.

"The painted road." Everyone gathered around and started discussing it.

"The old secretary can't draw such a good picture." Someone raised the question.

Captain Luo walked over and asked with a puzzled look on his face, "What are you doing?"

The villagers hurriedly said, "We found a notebook." Then they handed the notebook to Captain Luo.

Captain Sun glanced over and his eyes lit up: "This belongs to Secretary Jiang."

"Secretary Jiang's notebook. Yes, I saw her take it." Someone echoed.

Ershuan frowned, his face full of self-blame: "Oh, why didn't I think of it? How did Secretary Jiang leave it here?"

"This is the road map. It's the new road that Secretary Jiang drew for you. Haha, Luo Fengquan, I heard that you don't agree? That's right, you are so short-sighted that you really won't agree to give up so much land to build a road. Do you know why we don't build the road? It's to make life difficult for your village." Captain Sun said sarcastically.

When one villager heard this, he immediately refused to accept it and loudly retorted: "Why?"

Captain Sun crossed his arms and said confidently, "Why should we let you pass through the road we built? You want to take advantage of us for free? Impossible.

Secretary Jiang living in your village is a complete waste of such a talented person. Look at these plans and reports Secretary Jiang has meticulously written. He even knows the situation of every member's family clearly: which family is in need, which elderly family needs help, which family has young children and a small labor force. Luo Fengquan, aren't you ashamed of this?"

Luo Fengquan stiffened his neck and blushed. "Whether Xiu is ashamed or not is none of your business. Secretary Jiang is not here. You should leave immediately. You are not welcome in our village."

"Hmph, who cares." Captain Sun snorted coldly and turned away.

After Captain Sun left, Luo Fengquan called everyone together for a village meeting.

He asked the old secretary to read to everyone what was written in Secretary Jiang's notebook.

The old secretary cleared his throat and read aloud: "The Huixian family is short of labor and in financial difficulty, but they are good at making tea."

"Old man Zhang is a lonely widower, suitable for raising chickens and rabbits."

"Sanhua has enough labor, but they favor boys over girls. They're all just making trouble because they don't have money. We should persuade Grandma Sanhua to let the children go to school. Grandma Sanhua is a good chicken farmer. We can raise chickens and rabbits. There are many conflicts, so it's suitable for separation. Splitting the family can make us richer."

When Sanhua heard her family mentioned, even though she was accused of favoring boys over girls, she didn't get angry at the moment. Instead, she said proudly, "Yes, in our village, no one raises better chickens than me."

"Aunt Xiangqin is good at shearing rabbit fur and can knit sweaters. She can make rabbit fur sweaters."

When Xiangqin heard this, her eyes lit up: "A rabbit fur sweater? Why didn't I think of that?"

"Aunt Ma spins yarn well."

"Even Lai Hua mentioned it."

Lai Hua was extremely curious when he heard this and asked hurriedly, "Old Secretary, what did Secretary Jiang say about me? He didn't scold me, did he?"

The old secretary glared at him, deliberately keeping him in suspense and refusing to say anything.

But Lai Hua was so anxious that he stamped his feet anxiously and said, "Old Secretary, please stop keeping me in suspense and tell me now."

At this time, there was a lot of discussion in the audience, and everyone was talking about Secretary Jiang's intentions.

Captain Luo raised his hand, signaling for silence. "Secretary Jiang has done so much for us. Is there any cadre who can be as dedicated to us as Secretary Jiang? Even I can't compare to Secretary Jiang. Ever since she came to our village, she's been working tirelessly day in and day out, ensuring every household has enough food to eat."

Now that vegetables are planted and tea is sold, which family in our village doesn't have a few dollars?

From May to June, who still lacks food? Now we have to build roads.

You all are complaining about this and that. It rained so hard yesterday. Go out and see if the road to the commune is still passable.