"Of course, I know that many people choose to go out to work now. It's the new century, and farmers are no longer as tightly bound to the land as before. There are many ways out. Some go to county towns, cities, or provincial capitals, while others go to big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. Some even go abroad to work."
No matter how far you go, people have roots. The people of Meilin Village, your roots are in this land. No matter where you move to, whether it's the county, the provincial capital, or a big city, your roots are in this land of Meilin Village.
If Meilin Village disappears, your roots will be gone, and you'll become wanderers. As long as Meilin Village exists, your roots will remain. Even if you settle elsewhere, or even achieve success, one day when you mention Meilin Village, your hometown, you can tell others it was a place of beautiful mountains and clear waters, where elm and plum blossoms bloomed like fire in spring.
Instead of mentioning Meilin Village to others and only talking about the coal dust filling the sky, the stinking river water, and the polluted land, that's why I had someone notify me in advance and chose to hold this mobilization meeting today, Saturday.
The goal is to give many villagers from Meilin Village who have left to work elsewhere or settled down a chance to come back and participate in this mobilization meeting..."
"Of course, only a small portion of people can leave. For most of the people in Meilin Village, many will still have to live out their lives on this land, or even be buried in Meilin Village. This makes it even more important for everyone to seize the opportunity and build up our Meilin Village, the place that gave us birth and nurtured us..."
Many villagers in the audience were moved by Li Xiuyuan's words and even began to whisper among themselves. Hometown, wanderer, birthplace, Chinese people always have a special feeling for their hometown.
Zhou Jianzhong noticed the noise from the audience was a bit loud and wanted to grab the microphone to warn them, but Li Xiuyuan stopped him. He said that it was precisely because of this kind of exchange that it meant he had spoken to their hearts.
Even the four teachers who were volunteering to teach in the area, sitting at the entrance of the teachers' dormitory, started talking about their hometowns.
"I know that there were some problems with the project last year. Tian Zhijun and his brother, as well as the former village director and village accountant, hurt everyone's feelings and dampened everyone's enthusiasm during the project construction in Meilin Village."
However, neither the county nor the town has changed our determination and confidence in building Meilin Village because of this incident. On the contrary, we attach even more importance to it. In response to last year's situation, in order to prevent a repeat of the incident involving Tian Zhijun and his brother, our town established a New Rural Demonstration Village Construction Guidance Group Office this year, and to facilitate communication with the village.
We've set up a village office at our village brigade headquarters, staffed 24/7. If anyone discovers anything, they can immediately communicate with the village office staff and report it. I myself will also be on duty in Meilin Village one day a week to personally listen to everyone's opinions and suggestions. Please feel free to come and talk to me anytime there's anything to discuss.
A mobilization speech can't just rely on stirring up emotions; it needs to deliver tangible results that people can see and trust.
"I would also like to ask everyone not to let last year's problems affect our determination to build a new countryside. The road is winding, but the future is definitely bright. I believe that with everyone's joint efforts, we can overcome all difficulties..."
"The construction of our new rural demonstration village is a huge project. In this process, many people will be needed. Of course, the work is not voluntary, but paid. Everyone will receive an income while building their new homes. Of course, this income will not be much, but it will definitely be on par with the market price. We guarantee that no one will be taken advantage of. It is definitely not like last year's work points system where everyone was forced to do unpaid labor..."
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