Song Chaoyang asked with concern, "The Poverty Alleviation Fund is already in place. Why are the villagers still unwilling to carry out breeding projects?" The deputy county head explained, "There are many reasons for this. For example, there is a serious shortage of able-bodied laborers. The young and strong have all gone to work in the city, leaving only the elderly, women, and children in the village. As a result, many things can't be done. Another example is that the villagers' self-help awareness is weak and their thinking is backward. Even if someone comes to help, they are unwilling to do anything. Another example is that some people are cunning farmers. After receiving the cattle and sheep that the village bought with the Poverty Alleviation Fund, they secretly sell them. They only care about the immediate benefits and don't think about the future. Sigh, poverty alleviation work is very difficult. " This was the first time Song Chaoyang had heard of such a situation. He couldn't help but be shocked. "There are such people?"
The county's Poverty Alleviation Fund Director interrupted, "Song Shuji, you don't know, but there are people who are even worse than these people. There was a poor family in a poor village. Through our county's poverty alleviation fund, their family started with six pigs and formed a small-scale farm with thirty-five pigs. Their family's annual income increased from three thousand yuan to fifty thousand yuan. In the end, someone in the village was jealous and ran to their pig pen at night and secretly fed them pig feed soaked in pesticides. More than half of the thirty-odd pigs were poisoned to death on the spot. Later, that person was arrested by the police. When asked why he did it, he said that he couldn't bear to see this family living better than him. "
Song Chaoyang frowned but didn't say anything. He instructed, "Find a poor family that hasn't started poverty alleviation. Let's go in and have a chat."
The deputy county head waved his hand and called over the mayor of Nine Slope Town, Du Weiguang, to arrange the task on the spot. Du Weiguang then looked for the Xishan village chief. The Xishan village chief was a man in his forties. His face was red from the sun, and when he heard Du Weiguang, he smiled bitterly and said, "After the last flood, everyone in the village became extremely poor." Du Weiguang knew what Song Chaoyang's main point was. He said to the village chief, "Find a poor family that doesn't accept the county's poverty alleviation fund."
The village chief thought about it and chose a family. He sent someone to inform them first while he slowly walked over with the leaders.
Arriving at this poor family, Song Chaoyang had a long talk with the Family Head. There were a total of seven people in the family. The two elders stayed at home to look after the house and take care of their grandchildren. The two pillars of the family, the son and the daughter-in-law, had gone to the provincial capital to work. The family lived on the hillside in the north of the village. There were four acres of mountainous land. There were two pigs and a dozen chickens in the yard. The entire source of income for the five people left behind came from the crops planted in the few acres of mountainous land and the few animals they raised. Their three meals were usually cornbread or porridge, and they could only eat a little meat during festive occasions. Their lives could be said to be extremely poor.
Song Chaoyang asked, "Fellow countryman, your son and daughter-in-law are working in the provincial capital. How much money can they bring home during the New Year?" The old man said, "They have to rent a house, eat, and buy clothes in the provincial capital. Excluding these, they can bring home seven to eight thousand yuan." Song Chaoyang was a little shocked. A family of seven only earned seven to eight thousand yuan a year. He asked, "How can the two of them earn so little?" The old man sighed, "Sigh, only the son works. The daughter-in-law is there to serve him, so she doesn't earn much. Plus, they spend a lot in the provincial capital, so they can't save much money." Song Chaoyang said, "Since they can't earn much in the provincial capital, why don't they stay in the village?"
The old man said, "No matter how little they earn in the provincial capital, they can still make some money. Working in the village for a year won't make much money." Song Chaoyang said, "Isn't there a poverty alleviation program in the county? Why don't you participate? "The old man said," You mean raising cows and sheep? Sigh, we can't do it. We've never raised them before and we don't know how. We have to build sheds and pens to raise them and prepare food. We don't have the time or money to spare. "Song Chaoyang laughed," Aren't you idle now? Why don't you have the time? "The old man laughed," You don't have to worry? "
Song Chaoyang frowned.
Next, they visited a few more families in trouble. Basically, every family's head could give a plausible reason. Although it couldn't stand up to scrutiny, they were determined to do so. No one could do anything about it.
Li Rui had already accepted Xishan Village as his secretary's partner pair. He wanted to do a good job of helping the poor in the village and try to set an example in the office. But after this visit, he saw that the poor here were so lazy and tired. His heart sank and he thought to himself, "If all the poor in the village have this kind of attitude, I don't need to come. It's probably useless even if I come. We can help the poor, but we can't help the poor and lazy. "
After walking around, Song Chaoyang had a new evaluation of his poverty alleviation program. His brows were tightly knitted together and his expression was not good. It seemed that this matter was far from as simple as he thought. His original plan was to raise his arm and call for action in the city. All the Party committees and governments in the city would take action and fight a beautiful battle of poverty alleviation. Moreover, he would quickly achieve results and he would have a position with Secretary Huang of the Provincial Party Committee. But now, how could poverty alleviation be so easy? Just changing the living attitudes of these poor people was a big problem. Their attitudes could not be changed. Even if they were given mountains of gold and silver, they would give up and not use them.
After returning to the Jiupo Town's government compound, Song Chaoyang immediately called for a meeting to discuss poverty alleviation. All the city, county, town, and village officials participated. They talked about the various problems they had encountered in poverty alleviation and discussed solutions. The meeting went on for more than three hours until the sky turned dark. Li Rui took notes on more than ten pieces of paper. His wrists were sore, and he waited until the meeting was over.
After having dinner in town, Song Chaoyang did not rush back to the city, nor did he return to Shuanghe County to stay. Instead, he groped his way to Xishan Village in the dark and visited a few poor families again. This time, he came prepared and had a solution for various problems. He also had a new plan. Therefore, when he faced these poor families again, he was more confident and carefree.
In one of the farmer's houses, a Shiba dog was barking non-stop in the courtyard. Song Chaoyang and the rest were chatting and laughing with the owner of the house under the dim light in the living room.
Song Chaoyang asked, "Fellow countryman, your house has such a big courtyard. Why don't you build a few sheds and raise a few cows and sheep?" The owner of the house was a man in his forties. When he heard this, he sighed and said, "Cows and sheep are not easy to raise. They eat a lot of grain and straw, and they come out of the sheds slowly. If we raise too few, we won't have any future prospects. If we raise too many, we won't be able to afford it. It's better not to raise them." Song Chaoyang smiled and said, "Cows come out of the sheds slowly, but sheep are not slow. You have grassland all over the mountains and plains. It's the best place to raise sheep. Raise a dozen or dozens of sheep. The big sheep can be sold for meat, skin, and wool, and the little sheep can be sold directly. Raising both the big and little sheep at the same time forms a cycle. Do you still have to worry about not being able to make money? "
The owner of the house shook his head and said, "Sheep are not easy to raise. They get sick, need to eat salt, and poop sheep feces everywhere. It's dirty, tiring, and smelly." Song Chaoyang smiled and said, "If we want to make money, why would we care about these? How can there be a good job that can make money so easily? "The owner of the house laughed and said," I think you're good as officials. You can earn a lot by doing nothing all day. "
The village chief scolded, "Don't talk nonsense. What do you mean by doing nothing all day? If we don't do anything, why would we come to your house to talk to you about poverty alleviation? Because of you, Song Shuji even missed his rest time at night. "
Song Chaoyang was not angry. He asked with a smile, "Then fellow countryman, what do you think we should do to make money?" The owner of the house said, "Doing anything in this mountain valley won't make money. If we want to make money, we have to go out and work in the big cities." Song Chaoyang shook his head and said, "No, I think your way of thinking is wrong. Our ancestors have an old saying, 'Those who rely on the mountain eat the mountain, and those who rely on the river eat the water.' There must be a reason for this saying. You rely on the vast and rich Taihang Mountains. I don't believe that you can't find a way to make money according to local conditions. There may be some subtle links that we, the poverty-alleviation cadres, have not considered, but there may also be some mischief in your own thinking. If you want to become rich, if you want to change the current situation of poverty, first of all, you have to change your own thinking … "
After leaving the house, Song Chaoyang walked in the dark night along the uneven mountain road to the entrance of the village. He said to Du Minsheng and the rest of his entourage, "It seems that if we want to do a good job in poverty alleviation, we must first change the thinking of the poverty-alleviation people. In addition, we need to consider developing one or two exemplary families so that some people can become rich first. When people see them making money, they will scramble to imitate them. To put it bluntly, it's because they don't have enough role models … "Du Minsheng nodded and said," Poverty alleviation is not difficult, but it's not easy either. But as long as the work is done properly, there will be results. "
Everyone understood what he meant. He meant that Xishan Village's poverty alleviation work was not successful because the work was not done properly.
Hearing this, the deputy county head in charge of poverty alleviation and the county head of the poverty-alleviation office felt somewhat uneasy.
After returning to town, Song Chaoyang and the others stayed in the largest hotel in town. The conditions were relatively simple, and there wasn't even a bathroom. Many people didn't take a shower. After a simple wash, they lay down on the mattress and fell asleep.
Li Rui really wanted to get together with Li Yulan. If they didn't get together tonight, they probably wouldn't have a chance to meet in private tomorrow. After washing up, he sat on the edge of the bed and was just about to send her a message when he heard a ding dong sound. Her message had arrived first.
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