The arrival of college students is like a strong wind, wherever it passes, branches shake, leaves roll, grass sways, and sand flies;
After the wind passed, everything returned to calm, but there were always some things that had changed.
After they left, Hushan Village gradually returned to peace after two or three days of turmoil.
But those good habits were eventually established slowly.
Daily personal hygiene, daily garbage collection, reading newspapers at the village committee in my spare time, and the twice-weekly dam dances...
The style and appearance of Hushan Village have changed.
October 27, 2007, five days after the college students left.
After working in the fields for a while in the morning, everyone who had nothing to do gathered in the village in the afternoon to read the newly arrived newspapers.
The reports written by the reporters who had returned earlier were published one after another. Huo Qianli asked someone to buy them and send them to them, and they were released in batches so that everyone could read them every day.
After reading about the events in their own village several times, everyone couldn't help but take a look at other content, and gradually developed some interesting feelings.
Zhan Baoxing, who had cut his messy hair short for appearing on TV and looked much neater and cleaner, came unsteadily to an old man with a white beard and handed him a cigarette with a smile.
The old man raised his pipe, silently picked up a pinch of tobacco from the pipe and filled it.
Zhan Baoxing was not angry. He put the cigarette in his mouth and lit it.
While lighting a cigarette, the white-bearded old man glanced at him without saying a word. A flame leaped out of the lighter, licking the dry and fluffy tobacco. He took a slight puff, and the smoke flowed into his throat and chest along the pipe, then turned into a white mist, exhaled from his mouth and nose, and floated into the air.
When it comes to patience, young people are destined to lose to old people. Zhan Baoxing couldn't wait for the old man to talk, so he had to admit defeat and said, "Uncle Nian, this year's salvia miltiorrhiza is about to be harvested!"
The old man with white beard hummed.
"After the harvest, it won't be long before we have to plant next year's crops."
The old man with white beard hummed again.
Zhan Baoxing was too lazy to pretend anymore, so he said, "Should we discuss joining the cooperative with the village as soon as possible so as not to delay next year's planting? Last year, Group 3 started working on it at the end of September. It took more than a month to measure the soil, prepare the land, and fatten the plants. We are running out of time now."
After saying that, he looked at the old man with white beard nervously. This old man was the most resistant to the cooperative and had said a lot of harsh words. If he firmly refused to do it, it would be really troublesome.
Regarding the matter of Group 1 and Group 2 joining the cooperative, Gu Chengde and Zhan Baoxing had previously gone to see Huo Qianli together.
Huo Qianli smiled and said welcome, then replied, "How about this, you guys communicate with the team first, our requirements are very simple, all staff participation, all voluntary. If you can't meet this standard, there will be no way to transfer."
Gu Chengde and Zhan Baoxing were stunned at the time. Didn't you go and persuade them one by one? How did it become our business?
But there is nothing we can do. Things have changed, and now they are really begging to join the cooperative, so I have to go back and persuade them one by one.
Fortunately, Gu Daqiang taught them some tricks in private, such as how to divide and win over, how to make breakthroughs, how to persuade with emotions, and how to convince with reason, which were indeed very useful and helped a lot.
Especially after this college student activity, everyone's views on Murakami have changed, and the resistance to the cooperative has quietly faded a lot.
Well, it’s not because Murakami gave each family participating in the event a subsidy of 300 yuan.
Now, there are basically only two or three toughest ones left in Zhan Baoxing's second group, and the old man with white beard is the top priority.
After listening to Zhan Baoxing's words, the white-bearded old man blew on his pipe, blowing away the burnt tobacco, and said lightly: "Wait a little longer, Haer."
"What are you waiting for? If you wait any longer, you won't even be able to eat a bite of hot shit." Zhan Baoxing was a little depressed.
The old man with white beard ignored Zhan Baoxing's strange words and continued to speak slowly, "Good sir, you are not busy. It's okay to wait a little longer."
Zhan Baoxing knew what he was waiting for, and rolled his eyes. "The other Danshen is growing very well. The experts from the pharmaceutical factory and Mr. Tang have been in the village. You can't regret it. Uncle Nian, there is nothing to wait for."
The white-bearded old man glanced at him and said, "Before you put the money in the bag, everything is uncertain. Even if you put the money in the bag, it may be fake. You are an official after all, don't you do things with care?"
Zhan Baoxing said speechlessly: "It will be too late to wait until everything is clear. By then, let alone whether it will be too late, Officer Huo and Murakami will not have any objections, and those people in Group 3 will not say weird things!"
The old man with white beard snorted, "So what if he has an opinion? How dare he leave us alone? Is he a village cadre or a cadre from Group 3? Why did he leave any family out?"
This self-righteous tone made Zhan Baoxing, who always claimed to be shameless, a little stunned. "Then there won't be enough time to measure the soil, prepare the land, and fatten the crops!"
"Cadre Huo is so capable, he should find a way!"
"Uncle Nian, I can only say that old ginger is still spicy!"
Zhan Baoxing gave a thumbs up sarcastically and walked away.
A few days ago, I saw this old man sending a piece of calligraphy to Huo Qianli, and I thought he had changed his character, but it turns out he is still this kind of person!
But when he calmed down, he started to mutter to himself. Although what the old man said was a bit shameless, it was true. What if the cooperative fails today?
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