Chapter 266: The Spring Breeze of Reform Blows Across the Land
What surprised Su Mei was that Liu Cuiyun did not do anything strange along the way.
Perhaps because he was afraid that she would do something naughty again, Huo Fugui really divorced her.
But Huo Fugui had made up his mind about the divorce, so after Huo Fugui and Liu Cuiyun returned home, the news of their divorce soon spread in the neighboring village.
The divorce of two elderly people in their sixties was a new thing, and it quickly became a topic of conversation in many families after dinner.
People in this period didn't have much entertainment. Apart from working, they would just get together and chat about random things.
Su Mei heard about this from the aunts and uncles in the village when she was working with the villagers.
This incident also surprised Su Mei. She thought that Huo Fugui's announcement of divorce was probably just a way to scare Liu Cuiyun so that she would behave herself and stop causing trouble.
I didn't expect that after returning home, Huo Fugui would really put divorce on the agenda.
The old couple completed the divorce procedures before even waiting for the Chinese New Year.
I heard that the divorce was a mess. Liu Cuiyun cried, made a fuss, and even hanged herself to death, refusing to get a divorce. She said that it was shameful to get a divorce. So she hanged herself with a rope on a tree in front of the Huo family's ancestral tomb.
After she finished speaking, Huo Fugui came out of the house holding pesticides. He said to Liu Cuiyun, there was no need to hang herself. The couple could just take the pesticides and take one gulp each, and they would all die and be done with it.
Liu Cuiyun didn't really want to die, so naturally she refused. Huo Fugui then said that if she didn't leave, he would put the medicine in the food sooner or later and die with her.
The couple quarreled for two days. Finally, seeing that Huo Fugui was determined to divorce, Liu Cuiyun went to get a divorce certificate with Huo Fugui.
Su Mei just listened to these things for fun. After listening, she went home and wrote a letter to Huo Jianguo, telling him everything that had happened in the Huo family.
Although Su Mei would not interfere in the Huo family's affairs, that was Huo Jianguo's home after all. Since she knew what was going on in that family, she had the obligation to tell Huo Jianguo.
After the letter was written, Su Mei took the letter to the market with her parents, brother and sister-in-law.
The whole family went together to buy New Year's goods. While doing so, Su Mei put the letter into the mailbox of the post office.
She went with her brother and sister-in-law and bought a lot of food.
The whole family plans to get together for a reunion dinner and have a great time during the New Year.
This is the second year that Su Mei has spent in this world after she traveled back in time.
During the day, she chatted and laughed with her brother and sister-in-law and played with her nephews and nieces, but at night, she tossed and turned in her quilt, unable to sleep.
On this day of reunion, Su Mei finally realized what it meant to miss one's family all the more during every festive occasion.
In the dead of night, she couldn't help but miss her lover far away over and over again.
The new year has passed in a flash.
On the first day of the first lunar month, Su Mei formally handed over the money for repairing school desks and chairs to Jiang Guangzong in the presence of several village cadres.
Jiang Guangzong announced to the villagers the origin of Su Mei's money and the amount she donated.
When the villagers learned that Su Mei spent 800 yuan at once, they were stunned and praised Su Mei for her promising future and conscience.
Some people also scolded Su Mei for being stupid, saying that she was a sucker, that she was trying to show off her wealth, that she didn't know how to save her money or support her parents.
Whether it was praise or scolding, Su Mei didn't take it to heart.
She does things only to keep a clear conscience; what others think of her is not that important to her.
On the day the school officially began its renovation, Jiang Guangzong went to the street to buy a piece of red rope and had the women in the village weave it into flowers. He called Su Mei to symbolically cut the ribbon, and then the school began its renovation.
After cutting the ribbon, Jiang Guangzong thanked Su Mei on behalf of the children in the village.
Su Mei said: "On the day I left for college, the whole village came to see me off and gave me the crumpled money they had saved for buying food.
Everyone in the village understands that no matter how poor a person is, he or she should not be poor in education. Everyone understands this, so how could I, a college student, not understand it?
Everything I have was given to me by the country. When I help the school, I am giving back to the country the help it has given me.
I want to say, I am honored.”
Yes, Su Mei is honored.
She was cultivated by the state in later life. She was an orphan without a father or a mother. She could become the best doctor only because of the state's cultivation.
It is a very romantic thing to be able to return to your motherland after achieving academic success when it is still developing and building, to participate in the construction of your motherland and to witness its process of prosperity.
After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Jiang Guangzong handed Su Mei a letter of introduction. As he handed it over, he said, "You said you lost the letter of introduction. I have a replacement for you. Take it!"
"Thank you." Su Mei was stunned for a moment, then quickly took the letter of introduction tacitly and put it in her pocket.
She had not yet mentioned to Jiang Guangzong the loss of the letter of introduction, but Jiang Guangzong took the initiative to use this as an excuse to give Su Mei a new letter of introduction.
Su Mei opened the document when she got home. Jiang Guangzong left the space where her name should be written blank, meaning that she could fill in her name herself.
Anyway, the name was written by Su Mei herself. What Jiang Guangzong meant was that he had done the thing secretly, but if something went wrong, he would know nothing and it would have nothing to do with him.
Su Mei thought, no wonder he could become the branch secretary, he has a smart brain. She didn't think there was anything wrong with Jiang Guangzong's approach at all, a smart person should be prudent and protect himself.
In fact, Jiang Guangzong could have chosen to do nothing, but he still did it to this extent, which is enough to prove that he is a kind person deep in his heart.
Su Mei put away the letter of introduction carefully.
There were only five days left before she went to school, and she did not go to the collective to participate in farming for the rest of the time. She stayed at home and waited for the day of departure.
However, just as Su Mei was preparing to leave home, a sensational event occurred in the village.
The country began to implement the policy of distributing land to households. This reform was like a spring breeze, blowing across the land of China and into the small mountain village where Su Mei lived.
Su Mei was not surprised when she heard the news. As a time traveler, she knew very well what kind of changes this policy would bring to the countryside.
The distribution of land to each household means that farmers will have the right to manage the land independently.
This will greatly stimulate farmers' productivity, improve land utilization efficiency and promote the development of the rural economy.
As a time traveler, Su Mei certainly knows how this historic change will bring about earth-shaking changes in the lives of farmers.
However, the villagers at that time had not yet realized the benefits of dividing the land among households. When many villagers heard the news that the land would be distributed to individuals, they were confused and at a loss.
Therefore, Su Mei told her parents and villagers about the benefits of allocating land to households at the meeting.
She stood in front of the crowd and explained the significance of this policy in plain language.
"Mom and Dad, fellow villagers, the country is now implementing a policy of distributing land to households, which is a great thing!" Su Mei said excitedly, "From now on, our land will belong to us, and we will have the final say on what to plant and how to plant it. In this way, our lives will definitely get better and better, and our lives will become more and more promising!"
Su Mei's words resonated with everyone, and the villagers nodded in agreement.
Although they did not fully understand the details of the policy, they felt hope and beauty for the future from Su Mei's description.
The most important thing is that Su Mei is a college student. If a college student says something is right, then it must be right.
Under Su Mei's leadership, the villagers' morale is high.
At the land distribution ceremony, the villagers joyfully received their own land.
After the land was distributed, the villagers ran happily to the land that was allocated to them.
They circled the land with happy smiles on their faces.
Some villagers touched the land excitedly, as if touching the hope for the future; some villagers have already begun to plan how to plant crops and look forward to the arrival of a good harvest.
Looking at the happy faces of the villagers, Su Mei also felt sincerely gratified.
She knew that witnessing this historical moment meant that the era of the great collectivism had officially ended and a new era was quietly opening.
This is called the spring breeze of reform blowing across the land.
The days at home are always short, and soon Su Mei packed her luggage and prepared to return to school.
Half a month is neither long nor short. I don’t know how Yang Suhua was doing living alone in the guesthouse during this period of time.
Carrying the luggage, Su Shengxue sent Su Mei all the way to the town.
This was the second time that Su Shengxue sent Su Mei away. He watched Su Mei get on the car and watched the car slowly disappear from his sight.
There was hope for the distant future in his eyes.
He didn't know why, but he just believed that Su Mei would do what she said and take him out of this life that he could foresee the end of.