The newly built dam by the village committee is square, clean and tidy.
The dam was packed with people, and reporters were armed with cameras.
The members of the working group stood in a corner, looking at the stage in front of them. The affirmative side, which believed that getting rid of poverty and becoming rich was more important than being civilized, opened the debate with a speech.
"We believe that in building a new socialist countryside, it is important to make villagers rich and to build spiritual civilization, but there should be a priority issue. As the saying goes, when the granaries are full, people will know etiquette, that is, we should make farmers rich first. Because the construction of spiritual civilization must be built on a material basis. Only when farmers are rich can they send their children to school to learn cultural knowledge and study spiritual civilization in their spare time. And the most urgent problem in rural areas is how to make farmers rich. Our college students came to Hushan Village this time not only to experience rural life, but also to bring ways to make farmers rich and put forward golden ideas for getting rich..."
The well-reasoned and convincing speech caused the villagers below to nod frequently, and the whispered discussions of the neighboring villagers also reached their ears.
"That's right. We don't even have any money. How can we build civilization? That's just empty talk!"
"I can't even afford to eat, and if you tell me not to litter, I'll grab the bucket and slap you twice!"
"When I have money, I want to do a lot of things. When I don't have money, I just want to make money! What this college student said is very right!"
A member of the working group expressed concern, "This topic is too difficult to debate. It is almost impossible for the opposing side to win!"
Huo Qianli hummed.
"You're not worried at all?"
"There's nothing to worry about." Huo Qianli chuckled, "We don't have to win!"
"Hmm? Yeah, that's right. As long as the opposing side can make an excellent argument and leave an impression on the villagers, that's all that matters."
Huo Qianli looked at the contestants on the opposing side with a smile, "As for whether they can debate brilliantly, we have to trust them."
As soon as he finished speaking, the first debater on the opposing side stood up.
"We believe that spiritual civilization construction is more important than getting rich. How can a villager with conservative ideas and outdated thoughts embark on the road to wealth? A famous Hong Kong entrepreneur once said that if you change your ideas, you can change your behavior, if you change your behavior, you can change your habits, if you change your habits, you can change your character, and if you change your character, you can change your life. It can be seen that people's ideas are the most important. Only with the change of ideas can rural areas innovate, dare to innovate, and embark on a road to wealth..."
"Hey! Why do I feel like what he said makes sense?"
"Last year, when I went to a parents' meeting, the teacher scolded the idiot in my room, saying that he had bad study habits and needed to change them. As long as his study habits were good, his grades would go up!"
"Indeed, look at us. We used to work so hard digging dirt every day but couldn't make any money. But now that Cadre Huo has come and found the right way, it's easier than before and we can make more money! I think what this college student said is right!"
Huo Qianli raised his eyebrows at the staff beside him, and the staff gave him a thumbs up and smiled happily.
Next, the verbal battle continued, back and forth, and every speech struck a chord with the villagers.
The affirmative side finished speaking, "That's right, well said! Only idiots support the negative side!"
After the opposing side finished speaking, I am a fool...
The final result is summarized in the words of the villager in response to the reporter from the provincial TV station.
"What kind of debate is this? This is the first time I've seen it, but I can listen to it. First, they speak well, and second, it's relevant to us. Although I'm not well educated, I can tell that they are thinking about us rural farmers. These college students are great!"
"After listening to it, I just felt that both are important. But if you ask me which one is more important, I can't tell. But based on my decades of life experience, whenever I encounter something where both are important, I'd rather have both!"
Out of some necessity and under the manipulation of the "mastermind", the final victory was awarded to the opposing side.
Then Gu Daqiang made a summary speech on behalf of the village. After thanking the college students for their wonderful debate, he solemnly said in front of the camera: "Our village committee unanimously agrees that poverty alleviation and rural civilization are both indispensable points for our Hushan Village in the coordinated development of urban and rural areas and the construction of a new countryside. In the future, our village committee will also focus on doing a good job in these two aspects, so that everyone can make a lot of money and benefit from it, and set a new trend and be civilized!"
Bang bang bang bang bang!
This unique debate ended successfully amid warm applause.
During the intermission, villagers and college students stood up one after another, in groups of three or five, some smoking, some going to the toilet, and some talking about the debate that had just happened.
"A group of tug-of-war players, get ready!"
"Team Two, hurry up!"
"Group three, come and assemble."
The leaders of the three groups came to the loudspeaker and took turns shouting. The people who were originally scattered and chatting immediately started to move.
The smoking villager threw away his cigarette butt and was about to run over, but was stopped by the people around him.
"Did you listen to me for nothing these past few days? And you're still throwing cigarette butts around! Fine me five dollars!"
"That's right! Your college classmate didn't teach you how to talk!"
The villager who threw the cigarette butt was actually just doing it casually, but he couldn't hold back his face when being scolded in front of others, so he said stubbornly: "Why don't you throw the cigarette butt on the ground? It's in your mouth!"
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