Chapter 922: Infrastructure Step, Bold Idea
After a unanimous discussion, the two families decided to call Xie Dingyuan to inform him of Jiang Fuyue's current situation.
Half a month ago, he couldn't contact Jiang Fuyue, so he called home to ask, but his family didn't know much at the time.
Unfortunately, when they called the Suwetan base, they were told that Xie Dingyuan was out on a mission and could not be contacted.
…
Back on the island, Jiang Fuyue quickly cheered up after a day of depression.
If you are easily swayed by your emotions, what about others?
In the early morning, a layer of water vapor condensed on the sea surface and the hills were covered with mist.
Jiang Fuyue found the electrician and communications engineer in the team and said, "Bring your tools and follow me."
The two looked at each other and came to life!
At ten o'clock in the morning, the disconnected network was restored.
"Professor Jiang, this method is truly amazing!"
“Have you studied fiber optic communications?”
Jiang Fuyue: "I've read the book."
master:"……"
He has been in this business for twenty years, but he still can't catch up with the other party's "read" level.
It's quite discouraging.
Inside the board room, everyone had just woken up and habitually took out their phones to check the time, and then—
"Holy crap! There's internet?!"
“Hey! Got it, got it, I received a WeChat message!”
“I instantly felt alive again.”
"Comrades, come to the network! Professor Jiang climbed up and down and fixed it himself."
"The cow is done!"
"If we were to play Desert Island Survival, whoever teams up with Professor Jiang would definitely win."
"We're not much different from surviving on a deserted island right now, right?"
"Don't say it, it's true!"
…
Now that the internet is back and we can contact the outside world again, everyone is finally not so depressed anymore.
But this is far from enough. After all, playing with mobile phones all day long is not good for physical and mental health.
Jiang Fuyue simply assigned tasks to everyone.
Previously, the popularization of medical knowledge was rather rough and one-sided, and a lot of common sense had not been told to the villagers in time.
Jiang Fuyue gathered everyone to develop a special science popularization manual to disseminate knowledge in a systematic, standardized and reasonable manner.
"Professor Jiang, we don't have a printer. Do we have to copy everything by hand?"
"Yes! There are dozens of pages, so densely packed, it would take you half a month to finish copying them, right?"
Jiang Fuyue whispered a few words to a bodyguard, who nodded in agreement and left.
He came back a quarter of an hour later with a box-type printer still unpacked on the cart in his hand.
Everyone was surprised and asked where it came from.
Jiang Fuyue: "I bought it at the mall before I came here. It has been kept in the cargo hold on the ship."
Everyone recalled that when they docked for the second time, Jiang Fuyue had indeed bought a lot of things, including the batch of electric scooters.
I didn’t expect to buy a printer!
Soon, the booklet was printed and every doctor had a copy.
Next, relevant lectures were held on the flat ground at the base.
The first lecture was given by Jiang Fuyue.
The stage was full of people and there weren't enough stools, so many villagers sat on the floor.
There is one session every day, and each session is given by a different doctor.
The villagers all have a small notebook in their hands. They stamp a stamp every time they come and another stamp when they leave. If they collect 20 of them, they can exchange them for a pound of pig offal, and 30 for a pound of lard.
All you have to do is sit down and listen quietly to the whole thing, and in a dozen days you can exchange it for meat. Isn't this just free?
If you are lucky and the doctor asks a question midway and you answer it correctly, you can get another stamp.
"I already have 40 now. I'm not in a hurry to change them. I'll collect more."
"Why do I only have 34? We're always together."
"I answered six questions correctly, which is certainly more than you."
"Humph! I'll raise my hand and answer next time too! Last time you answered wrong, Doctor Liu even gave you a stamp of approval."
"Dr. Liu said this was encouragement for me. It doesn't matter if I answer incorrectly. The important thing is that I listen very carefully to every lecture. These doctors speak and act so beautifully, it makes me feel comfortable. How can I not do that?"
"Then I'll listen carefully next time."
“…”
Soon, Jiang Fuyue found that more and more villagers were actively participating and raising their hands to answer questions, and their interest was growing.
In addition to disseminating medical knowledge, Jiang Fuyue also held a popular science lecture on legal knowledge in the same way after discussing with everyone.
It just so happened that there were two doctors in the team who majored in law, so there was no shortage of speakers.
only……
"Is it necessary for us to learn laws outside the island?" a villager asked.
"Go ahead and learn. Professor Jiang said that if you want to get along well, you have to understand the law. Otherwise, you'll be easily bullied."
"Oh—are you telling the truth? You want to get out and mess around!"
"You say that as if you don't want to."
“…” There’s really no way to refute it.
After seeing so many new things, it’s hard not to be excited.
Especially the young people on the island, who are in the stage of curious exploration of the world. They are physically strong, have active minds, and are more adventurous.
They didn’t know that the world outside was so wonderful before. Now that Jiang Fuyue and his party have arrived, they have opened a window for them to contact the world. How can they not yearn for it?
"A long time ago, the clan leader encouraged everyone to go out and explore. At that time, the older generation said he was crazy. Now I think about it, maybe the clan leader realized that Duofu could no longer be closed off."
"It's always a good idea to learn more. It will be beneficial whether you stay on the island or go out and explore the world."
"Okay, let's learn!"
As for the older villagers, they chose not to join in the fun. It was more interesting to listen to medical knowledge. Now they were talking about cupping and moxibustion, which was very interesting!
Soon, legal science lectures were held. After a period of time, although they were not as popular as medical science lectures, they attracted a lot of young and middle-aged laborers on the island.
And this group of people represents a bright future.
Only when they make progress can Duofu make progress; only when they are willing to contact the world can Duofu open its doors completely.
Among them, there were many children aged seven or eight. They initially came to drink the free mung bean soup, but later they were gradually attracted by the real cases introduced in the process of popularizing legal knowledge. It was like listening to a story. The little kids held their chins and enjoyed the whole process with gusto.
One day, Jiang Fuyue passed by and happened to catch a break when everyone was queuing up to get mung bean soup.
A young man of fifteen or sixteen was sitting there without moving, looking down at a legal education brochure, as if this thing was more tempting than mung bean soup.
Jiang Fuyue walked over.
He grinned and called out "Professor Jiang." Then he picked up the booklet, pointed to a sentence on one of the pages and asked her, "How do you pronounce this word?"
Jiang Fuyue told him: "Sentence, sentence."
"What about this word?"
"Punishment, the punishment in criminal law."
He suddenly understood, then scratched his head in embarrassment. "I've been reading it wrong all along... Thank you! I understand now! This is '察' (judgement), and this is '刑' (punishment). Together, they make '察刑' (judgement)."
Jiang Fuyue looked at him in surprise, "Can you read?"
The boy nodded, then shook his head: "I only know some of them, there are many I don't know."
Jiang Fuyue pointed out a few characters on the spot and asked him to identify them. The boy could answer the simple ones in one go, but he didn't know the ones with more complicated characters.
"Who did you learn this from?"
"When Dr. Wang and Dr. Li were talking, they would read from this booklet. I would compare the words with the words as I listened to them, and then I would recognize them."
This conversation made Jiang Fuyue realize a very serious problem. The people on the island had never been to school and were illiterate. No matter how well general medical and legal education was provided, it was just castles in the air and did not fundamentally change their backwardness and ignorance.
Not long after, the "literacy class" was opened.
It is obviously not feasible to require villagers to systematically learn Chinese characters, from pinyin to character structure, and then to word choice and sentence construction.
Firstly, the villagers don’t have that much time or patience; secondly, it is also very difficult for the teachers to teach.
But if it’s just “literacy”, it would be much simpler.
Everyone starts by learning to write their own name——
"Li Daniu!"
"Yellow Osmanthus!"
"Lin Baisha!"
"Wu Haitun!"
“…”
Everyone is very enthusiastic and excited about learning to write their own names.
There was a lot of chatter and noise.
"Doctor Liu, do you think I wrote it correctly?"
"Doctor Wang, how do I write the word 'sha'?"
"I think I wrote it backwards? Is it backwards?"
“…”
Each person holds a small wooden stick and a basin filled with fine white sand, in which they write and draw.
If you don’t write well, just erase it and write again.
Go back and forth, practice repeatedly.
"Woo-wah--" A little girl sat on the ground crying very sadly.
Jiang Fuyue walked over: "What's wrong with you?"
"Dr. Jiang, Dr. Jiang, wow… Writing my name is so hard. What should I do if I can't learn it? Xiaohu and the others can do it, but I can't. Now they don't want to play with me anymore…"
"It's okay, you'll get it after practicing a few times. I'll teach you."
"Really?" The little girl sniffed and stopped crying.
"Yeah. What's your name?"
"My name is Fan Hudie!"
“…”
Ugh! No wonder you're crying.
After practicing for two or three days, the little girl saw that even a big basin could not contain her crooked name, so she cried out and started crying again.
Jiang Fuyue was helpless and for the first time understood those parents who named their children "Yi Yi".
Look, how prescient!
After learning how to write your name, the next step is to learn commonly used Chinese characters.
"Or should we just list a few hundred Chinese characters ourselves, like before?"
“And then print it into a book.”
"Do we have enough A3 and A4 paper?"
"Don't worry! There's plenty! There are fifty boxes in the cargo hold."
At this time, I have to praise Jiang Fuyue's foresight.
However, Jiang Fuyue did not accept everyone's advice, but... went out with the bodyguards. When they came back, each bodyguard had a box in his hand.
When I opened it, wow, there were actually "literacy cards" inside!
It is the kind specially prepared for preschool children, with a big word on a hard card and pinyin.
Five hundred commonly used Chinese characters, get it!
"This, this, this... is this something that was conjured up?"
"It felt like Professor Jiang flew back to the mainland, bought some goodies at the supermarket, and then flew back again."
"I seriously doubt that Professor Jiang has a portable space!"
"It could also be teleportation! Whoosh, it breaks through the plane, goes to another space, whoosh again, it's back."
Faced with everyone's doubts, Jiang Fuyue gave a standard answer: I bought it before and it was piled in the cargo hold and has never been used.
Everyone: “?”
So, these cards, like the eMule and printer, were all bought when we first landed.
How strong a predictive ability does one have to have even the flashcards prepared?
"I doubt Sister Yue can tell fortunes."
"Can you tell me about the future?"
"Is there anyone who wants to learn from me? Form a group?"
"I'll have to go to the cargo hold someday to see if there are any other big treasures..."
"You wish! All five cargo ships are now under strict guard, with bodyguards taking turns guarding them every day. Want to get in? Go report to Professor Jiang first."
"I wouldn't be surprised if a plane appeared from the cargo hold one day."
The literacy and science popularization activities are in full swing and the villagers are very enthusiastic.
Of course, in addition to studying every day, they still have to take care of farm work.
Usually I work in the morning, study in the afternoon, consolidate my knowledge in the evening, then sleep and rest, and continue again the next day.
In the early morning, on the way to work with hoes on their shoulders, people no longer talked about which woman had a fight with another woman, or which old man had a quarrel with his wife, but rather -
"Can you write your name yet?"
"How many common characters do you know? Can you form words?"
"The ones we taught yesterday were so difficult and hard to read."
"I think so, right? Me too!"
"The kids at home learn quickly and have sharp memories! Your sister-in-law and I can't do that. Our hands are shaking even when we grab a stick..."
In such an atmosphere, even hoeing and digging the soil is imbued with the scent of books.
…
One day, when Jiang Fuyue was on her way back from checking the fiber optic cables, a mother and daughter suddenly emerged from the bushes nearby.
"Professor Jiang." The woman smiled at her.
"Mrs. Zhou, are you waiting for me here?"
"Hey! I went to the base to ask, and they said you were coming over to check out that big pole. I was thinking of taking a shortcut to see if I could catch up, and I didn't expect it to be just in time!"
"Is there something you need from me? Is it Xiao Douya's body..."
"No, no! After taking the medicine you gave her last time, she was full of energy the next day. Silly girl, why don't you thank Professor Jiang quickly..." As he said this, he gently pushed the little girl's back.
"Thank you, Professor Jiang!" the little girl said timidly.
Jiang Fuyue patted her little head: "You're welcome."
Xiao Douya stole a glance at her. This beautiful sister's hands were soft and comfortable, like the fine and dense white sand on the beach...
It's so warm that you want to sink into it.
Jiang Fuyue: "Then why are you looking for me?"
"Here—" the woman stuffed the basket into her arms, "This is a little gift from me. Thank you for taking care of Xiao Douya and her father!"
After saying this, fearing that Jiang Fuyue would refuse, he ran away quickly with his daughter.
Jiang Fuyue looked down and saw several snow-white silk handkerchiefs neatly stacked in the basket, embroidered with lifelike butterflies.
The tentacles are delicate and thin as cicada wings.
Such exquisite craftsmanship surprised Jiang Fuyue slightly.
It is said that every woman on the island can weave cloth and make handkerchiefs by herself. I didn’t expect that the quality of the handkerchiefs is so high, many times better than those handkerchiefs that are claimed to be purely handmade and woven using traditional methods.
Jiang Fuyue suddenly had a bold idea...
(End of this chapter)
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