Most of the mountains in Shuzhou are evergreen, so you rarely see the bleakness of autumn wind blowing around dead branches.
But the chill in the late autumn wind is unavoidable.
This is the leisure time after the harvest.
Whether good or bad, a year has passed. Just relax, put on an old coat, and slowly look forward to a new beginning next year.
For the villagers of Hushan Village, these are all old news.
The rise of industrial parks has changed their income structure and also changed their pace of life which has remained the same for decades.
Days are no longer arranged according to the trajectory of [spring rain brings spring and clears the valley, summer is full of grain and summer heat is connected],
They also began counting the days from Monday, looking forward to the weekend.
There is no such thing as slack season after autumn.
Only weekends are their favorite time.
On weekends, eating, drinking, playing cards, or even going to town to play karaoke that you have heard of but have never seen is not something that is completely out of the question.
Therefore, Murakami, and even the town, are gradually changing their working habits and try not to arrange group events on weekends.
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, there is a great possibility that people may not be able to gather together.
Many staff members in the town were laughing privately, saying that fortunately only the villagers in Hushan Village were like this at the moment. If the villagers in other villages in the town became like this, they would not know how to carry out their work.
Today is also a Saturday.
But the villagers of Hushan Village gathered neatly at the village committee, happily passing cigarettes and talking, without any sign of being forced.
Just because the one who came today was their cadre Huo.
The village committee’s dam is also different from before.
The usual format of a podium facing a dozen or twenty rows of seats was abandoned. Instead, it was replaced by a dozen tables arranged in a U shape, like a tea party, covered with blue cloth and placed with chairs.
Then, behind the chairs on the other three sides of the word "口", rows of benches were placed.
The remaining side is naturally reserved for Huo Qianli, Gu Daqiang and other people with this leadership title.
It's not entirely because they want to show off their uniqueness, but for most villagers, this form is more acceptable to them. If you really have fun with the people and treat everyone equally, then people will be worried and don't know what you are going to do!
At 9:30 in the morning, with the sound of Gu Daqiang tapping the microphone, the dam that was as noisy as a vegetable market gradually became quiet, and the crowded villagers all turned their eyes tacitly to the young figure sitting in the middle.
The sudden change in atmosphere frightened a child who was originally looking around curiously in his mother's arms and suddenly started crying.
The crying of the children relaxed the overly solemn atmosphere and brought a bit of liveliness.
Huo Qianli's eyes swept across many familiar faces, and he smiled and said at the right time: "Good morning, everyone!"
"Hello, Officer Huo!" the villagers responded in unison.
He occasionally said hello to Secretary Huo, but was immediately looked down upon by the people around him. It was obvious that he had just returned or had just moved in, and had no friendship with Secretary Huo!
"I'm sorry to take up everyone's weekend time, but there's nothing I can do. Things are different now. We are all salaried employees now. It's not easy to get everyone together on weekdays. This is the only way."
Huo Qianli's words were sincere, without any trace of the condescending attitude of a town official.
Everyone laughed and started speaking.
"Cadre Huo, what you said is too serious!"
"Oh my god, you are our great benefactor of Hushan Village. Just one word from you, not to mention a weekend, we will even come to you with knives!"
Huo Qianli nodded slightly and stopped the exaggerated flattery. "A few months ago, when I first took office, I said that I wanted to have a chat with everyone and reminisce about the past, but I never found a suitable opportunity. The meeting in the industrial park was also disrupted by other things. Today I finally found such an opportunity."
He looked around and said, "Today, the person sitting here is not the town secretary, but an old friend you have met after a long time, a son-in-law of Hushan Village. Let's not talk about work, but about everyone's life. Do you want to?"
At the end of his speech, he used dialect, and the somewhat awkward tone made everyone laugh, as if they had returned to the days a few years ago when Secretary Huo was still a cadre Huo.
Although we were much poorer during those two years than we are now, I was really happy!
The feeling of seeing life getting better and better and changing every day is still recalled and talked about repeatedly by many villagers in Hushan Village today.
Whether it was chatting or reminiscing about the past, there had to be a beginning. Huo Qianli's eyes fell on Gu Chengrong, "Mr. Rong, how are you doing recently? I remember that we were able to transfer the land thanks to you!"
Gu Chengrong seemed to be thinner than before. He was not skinny, but shriveled, just like a withered vine that had been drained of its moisture and nourishment by time.
But he was still in high spirits, and when Huo Qianli greeted him, his serious face showed a sincere smile, "What do you mean it's all thanks to me? Stop saying that, we're probably embarrassed to say that. You led us to grow salvia miltiorrhiza and set up a cooperative. Such a good thing, but we caused so much trouble in the beginning. I feel embarrassed when I think about it now!"
Everyone nodded in approval and laughed.
There is a saying that goes, whether the memories are beautiful or not is often related to the results. With a good result, looking back on life, you will see kindness and beauty everywhere.
If it had been a different ending, I’m afraid these villagers wouldn’t have been able to laugh.
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