Chapter 50 Visiting Relatives
"I haven't seen you in a few months. You have more famous places here. It is much more lively than ours. Since Yuemin left, the educated youth spot in Shichuan Village has been dead." At noon that day, Zheng Tong and Jiang Biyun came to find them. As soon as I came, I studied around the newly repaired biogas digester at the educated youth site.
"The vegetation in northern Shaanxi is scarce, and corn stalks and sorghum stalks alone are not enough, so we can only cut down the vegetation that is not much in the first place. If this continues, the natural environment in northern Shaanxi will only become worse and worse, so we must find new ways "Shen Long introduced, "I heard that there are educated youths in the county below Yan'an led the villagers to build a biogas digester, and I think this is a good way, so I checked the information and changed it a few times, and finally figured it out. thing."
"These cements are all obtained from the exploration team. The first biogas digester has been repaired. The next step is to spread it to the entire Shichuan Village, and then strive to make the entire Jingbian County use biogas." Apart from the fact that the soil here is relatively viscous and suitable for digging cave dwellings, there is another very important reason for living in cave dwellings.
It’s just that there is a lack of large logs that can be used as house beams. The wood needed to build a cave dwelling is much less than to build a house. Even so, many people cannot afford wood. With a biogas digester, the sparse vegetation on the mountain should be denser. Yes, in another ten or so years, maybe he will be able to become a talent.
"Kui Yong, you are really capable of tossing around, even better than Zhong Yuemin. I will tell the village later and let them come and learn." Zheng Tong is now addicted to the world of books, and he knows that this matter is right. There are benefits in the village, but they don't know how to do it themselves. Perhaps this is the limitation of intellectuals.
Shen Long originally wanted to talk to Zheng Tong about the check dam. This kind of water conservancy project that is very suitable for the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi has been tested and demonstrated in the 1950s, and popularized in the 1960s. Wait until the next century. Yes, there are more than 110,000 check dams in the entire Loess Plateau, covering more than 4.5 million mu of dammed land, which can intercept 21 billion cubic meters of sediment.
The water and soil erosion on the Loess Plateau has been greatly slowed down, and many river sections of the Yellow River flowing through the Loess Plateau have been restored to clarity, which plays a very important role in increasing food production, maintaining local water and soil, improving the ecological environment, and promoting local economic development.
I have been busy with the biogas tank and the exploration team some time ago, and now I can finally free up my hands to prepare for this big project.
When Shen Long and the others were planning to build a biogas digester, the villagers were ready to laugh at them. They did not believe that piling human and animal manure in the pond would solve the problem of fuel scarcity. However, after several experiments, Shen Long successfully built the biogas digester. , the educated youth spot has not used straw for cooking for more than half a month.
Building a biogas digester can not only solve the problem of fuel, but the biogas slurry can also be used as pesticides and fertilizers. Now the countryside is extremely short of chemical fertilizers, and only simple manure can be used to grow crops. With these, the grain output of Baidian Village can increase again. Run away.
For this reason, Shen Long also deliberately marked out a small experimental field near the educated youth site, and specially used biogas slurry for irrigation. The crop growth in this experimental field is obviously much better than that in other fields, which attracted the veterans in the village to wait on the crops. Come and watch often.
They walked around the experimental field with their hands behind their backs, marveling in amazement, these students from big cities are really amazing, not only know more knowledge, but even tinkering with crops has been working in the fields for decades The old farmer is strong.
Now no one would laugh at Shen Long and them anymore. Instead, Bai Mingchuan held an enlarged meeting of the village committee to discuss this matter, and finally decided to allocate manpower and let Shen Long lead the construction of a biogas digester for the village.
In order to solve the identity problem, Bai Mingchuan and the village committee unanimously decided to let Shen Long be the production team leader, and Shen Long became the youngest production team leader in the entire Hongwei Commune and even the entire Jingbian County.
After the biogas digester in the village was repaired and the first check dam project was completed in the second year, Baidian Village has become a model project for the entire Jingbian County.
People often come to visit.
At this time, the exploration work of the Baidian Village Coal Mine had already been completed, and the results of the exploration surprised them. The proven reserves were more than that of the Tongchuan Coal Mine. A corner of the super coal field, and there are even larger coal fields around it.
This directly alarmed the Ministry of Coal. From the province to the central government, senior leaders continued to come to inspect. With their support, the development work of the Baidian Village Coal Mine was also held quickly, and a group of competent people were allocated to carry out the preliminary construction work in the future. Hu Jianjun also returned to Baidian Village with the team at this time, and he could meet Sun Xiaoxia every day again.
Since the coal mine is going to be developed, workers must be indispensable. This coal mine was discovered by the educated youths and villagers of Baidian Village, so it is natural that they should be given priority in recruiting workers.
Many young people in Baidian Village have had the opportunity to jump out of the farm and become workers. The educated youths in the educated youth spot have left a few more. Although the rest are girls, female employees are still needed in the coal mine. They can be broadcasters , You can be a propagandist, or even a financial person. These are all people who can read, read, and count.
Shen Long and Qin Ling still did not leave. Shen Long had no interest in working in the coal mine, and Qin Ling was the same; this made the young and old in Baidian Village feel guilty. To compensate them, Bai Mingchuan, who has now been promoted to the secretary of the Hongwei Commune, dedicated After reporting to the county, a public elementary school was established in Baichuan Village, and Qin Ling became an official teacher of the school.
And Shen Long became the village party secretary of Baidian Village. When he became the production team leader last year and led everyone to build biogas digesters and check dams, Shen Long had already joined the party under Bai Mingchuan's recommendation.
Although he is the youngest member of the village committee, since he came to Baidian Village, the changes he has brought to the village are obvious to all. The villagers have benefited so much from him. Compared with the previous two years, life has changed drastically. Let him be the village party secretary, and there will be no dissatisfaction in the village.
Therefore, after being the youngest production team leader, Shen Long became the youngest village party secretary in the entire Hongwei Commune and even the entire Jingbian County.
When the Chinese New Year was about to begin in 1971, Shen Long took Qin Ling on the train back to Beijing to visit relatives. In the blink of an eye, it had been more than three years since they had joined the queue in northern Shaanxi, and they all missed their relatives very much.
"When I get to the capital, shall I go to your house to meet my uncle and aunt?" On the train, Shen Long said to Qin Ling. After the new year, they will reach the legal marriage age and can live together legally.