"How much staple food can be produced each year? How much is the expected increase in income this year?"

"Our village currently has over 736 acres of land. Wheat is planted in the summer, and corn, peanuts, and soybeans are planted in the fall. We also plant 20 acres of sweet potatoes and potatoes. However, the land on the hillside near our village is not very fertile, with many weed roots that affect crop growth. Additionally, there are a lot of wild boars in the fall, so some crops are destroyed every year. The harvested grain isn't enough to distribute in the fall. Alas, we've tried many ways to address this, but with limited success. The higher-ups are aware of our difficulties, so they've sent us a resident officer. Officer Jiang is truly a talent hand-picked by the province. He immediately helped us buy fertilizer. With the fertilizer, we're expecting an extra 1,000 kilograms of grain this fall."

Jiang Tang rolled her eyes imperceptibly. Captain Luo, haha, is quite good at talking.

When she came yesterday, his look of disdain was still lingering in her mind.

Meng Si Ning smiled and continued, "When I came here, I found that the road from the commune to the village was not easy to travel. Haven't you thought about repairing the road in these years?"

Luo Fengquan sighed quietly, "Well, this is a long story. We've been wanting to build a road for years, but because of some conflict with the neighboring village, the road we're taking is next to their fields, and on one side is a river. If we want to build the road, we have to dig up their fields. They don't want to, so the road has been delayed."

"From what I understand, that road is shared by you and the neighboring village."

"Yeah, they'd rather take the bad path than let us have an easy life."

"Secretary Jiang, I heard that you are now in charge of increasing production in two villages. Do you have any ideas?"

Jiang Tang coughed lightly and said, "The government has said that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Before I came here, the commune secretary told me about the situation in the two villages.

In my opinion, no hatred is more important than generating revenue for the country.

Sara Village has been blocking the construction of the road between the two villages, which is hindering the pace of national construction. This behavior is wrong.

Since I am in charge of the income-increasing construction of two villages, I naturally have to shoulder this responsibility.

This road connecting the two villages must be built, the sooner the better.

Captain Luo, what do you think about road construction?

Luo Fengquan quickly stated, "Our village fully agrees."

Through the fertilizer incident, Luo Feng saw everything. This Jiang official was capable, so he had to win him over and not let the Shaluo Village snatch him away.

Meng Si Ning nodded: "When the road construction begins, I will definitely come over to interview you."

Luo Fengquan was pleasantly surprised again. If their village was in the newspapers every day, wouldn't they be afraid that the leaders above wouldn't see it? With the leaders' attention, why would their village be afraid of not being able to make a name for itself?

"Secretary Jiang, Reporter Meng, please come to my house for lunch at noon. I'll discuss with the Party Secretary and assign Secretary Jiang a meal schedule, one per day for each family. Secretary Jiang, is your luggage at the commune? Do you want me to send someone to bring it back for you?"

"Captain Luo, I was just about to ask, where do I live?"

"Secretary Jiang, how about a family's day? Don't worry, we won't arrange for singles, widows, sick people, five-guarantee households, families who are too poor, or families who bury their heads in the sand."

Jiang Tang said, "Captain Luo, I have no objection to eating at each family's house once a day, but can you find me a permanent place to live? Or if there's an empty house in the village, I can rent it. I don't really like living with strangers."

Luo Feng was in a dilemma. This was not easy to deal with.

"If there's no vacant house in our village, I can go to Sara Village and ask."

"Why go to Shaluo Village? We have one in our village, but the house belonged to an old landlord. He hanged himself in the house a few years ago, and no one has dared to live there since. Besides this empty house, there's an old widow living alone with her granddaughter. There are extra rooms, so you can stay there, but she's not very easy to talk to, so I need to discuss it with her."

"No, just stay at the landlord's house. It's not even dinner time yet, can I go over and take a look?"

"Secretary Jiang, if you really want to live here, not to mention that someone died there, we're also worried about you, a little girl, living there."

Jiang Tang smiled and said, "Don't worry, Captain Luo. I was born in the Rong District compound and have learned grappling and fighting since I was a kid. Ordinary people are no match for me."

Oh, and he's from the Rong District compound. Did he stumble upon a treasure? Sun Maocheng's vision is not as good as his.

"Okay, okay, I'll ask my wife to take you there. Just tell her if you need anything."

As Luo Fengquan spoke, he called out loudly: Meizi.

A woman in her thirties with a student-style hairstyle and wearing a dark yellow dress with small floral patterns came over and asked, "What's going on?"

"Meizi, take Secretary Jiang to see the old landlord's house. Secretary Jiang will live there in the future."

Mei Zi frowned when she heard this and said, "Why did you arrange for Secretary Jiang to live there? How can anyone live there?"

Jiang Tang smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I asked to live there. I don't like living with strangers. Captain Luo said that this is the only empty house in the village. Take me there first. If it really can't be lived in, I'll find a way."

Mei Zi had no choice but to take the two of them there. On the way, she said, "Someone died in that house. It's a taboo in our village. Secretary Jiang, you, a little girl, would be scared."

"Sister-in-law, everyone's family has experienced death. This is a new society. I'm not afraid of this."

"Oh, you don't know, the old landlord hanged himself and was not found until five days after his death, and it was summer. At that time..."

Mei Zi couldn't continue speaking in the end. The scene had scared a lot of people at the time, and she was afraid that if she continued speaking, the two little girls would have nightmares at night.

Meng Si Ning and Jiang Tang could imagine it without her saying anything more.

Just imagining that scene brought some expression to Jiangtang's face.

But she felt that as long as she hadn't done anything wrong, there was nothing to be afraid of.

This was also Jiang Tang's first time entering Youcaoling Village. The houses in the village were scattered horizontally and in a staggered manner.

"The main road of our village is in the middle, dividing the village into two sides, east and west. One side is called the East End, and the other side is called the West End. The West End is next to Shaluo Village. The old landlord's house is at the easternmost end."

“Are there any educated youth in our village?”

Ginger Candy asked.

"What's the point of being a sent-down youth? There's not enough land in my village, not even enough for the people in the village to eat. It's not within the scope of the distribution for sent-down youths."

"oh."

The main road in the middle of the village is quite wide.

The road is paved with stones and is relatively flat.

The old landlord's house is some distance away from the other houses, at the foot of a mountain.

It has its own gate and yard, and there is a canal in front.

There is also a small curved bridge on the west side leading directly to the house.

Perhaps because no one has lived here for a long time, there are weeds more than one meter high in the area outside the gate.

The courtyard wall was made of stone, and the gate was made of wood. It was a little shaky and not locked.