80s Taoism

"This road will be repaired sooner or later. This fruit tree will bear fruit immediately after being planted. Wait for a few years, and the road will be repaired when it bears fruit. Now that cement roads are being built, maybe our road in Meizi'ao will also be built into a cement road in the future. Are you still worried that the fruit will not be transported out?" Zhang Dechun said without any confidence. The road in Meiziao is 20 to 30 miles long, and it costs a lot of money just to build a gravel road. How much does it cost to build a cement road? Zhang Dechun didn't even dare to think about it.

"Then can I contract the barren hills to plant fruit trees?" Zhang Jiaohua asked.

Zhang Dechun was about to leave with the lime slurry, but stopped when he heard Zhang Jiaohua's words, "What kind of barren hills are you contracting, you bastard?"

"My family has dozens of coyotes. When they grow up, where can I put them in my yard? I can contract a barren hill to raise dogs." Zhang Jiaohua didn't really want to plant fruit trees.

"Which barren mountain do you want to contract?" Zhang Dechun happened to be unable to complete the task and needed a leader.

"Just the barren hill behind our house. I'll take it all over. I'll plant all the fruit trees in the future." Zhang Jiaohua also had this idea on the spur of the moment. After thinking about it for a while, I made up my mind.

"But you can't grow fruit trees on that mountain. You'd better choose another barren mountain. Why don't you contract out the gardening field in the village." Zhang Dechun was thinking of Zhang Jiaohua from the bottom of his heart this time. The gardening field was originally a tea garden in the village, and the land is very good. The previous tea trees were abandoned due to the poor management of the contractors in recent years. At the end of last year, the previous contractors all returned the contract, and no one has taken over until now. If they can be contracted out together, Zhang Dechun plans to increase the contracting period a bit, and the contracting fee can be lowered. In addition, there is also the house of the pig farm in the village on the other side of the gardening farm. The houses built in the 1950s and 1960s are of good quality. With a little modification, Zhang Jiaohua can use it to raise a dog.

"Can you take back the gardening field? Don't bully me as a young and ignorant person. The fields over there have already been planted with crops." Zhang Jiaohua knows that although the gardening field is owned by the public, it has been contracted out a long time ago, and now the contractors have planted crops. The reason why the village wants to take it back is that the village has not been able to receive the contract fee. Those lands have long been planted by those contractors as their own land.

"Look at what you said, you call me grandpa, I can make you suffer? If someone else takes over the contract, the land may not be taken back, but if you take the contract, the villagers will definitely not dare to bully you." Zhang Dechun originally had this idea. Not to mention, if Zhang Jiaohua were to contract this land, no one would dare to be tyrannical.

"That's not right. You are so enthusiastic about asking me to rent out the gardening field. What's your plan?" Although Zhang Jiaohua hadn't learned the allusion of "Be courteous for nothing, rape or steal", he understood the truth that nothing can fall into the sky.

"Uh." Zhang Dechun was a little embarrassed. He didn't have any bad intentions. It's just that the county assigned each village the task of a thousand-mu orchard, and the gardening field has two to three hundred acres. If the gardening field is gathered, this task will be completed by one-third. When the time comes, contract out a few more barren hills, and the task will be considered complete. As for relying on these fruit trees to help Meiziao get rid of poverty and become rich, Zhang Dechun didn't think about it. In Meizi'ao, if the roads are good, just sell the wood from a few mountains, and Meizi'ao will get rid of poverty and become rich long ago. The roads are so bad that even the fruit will not be able to be transported out when the time comes. Even Zhang Jiaohua can see this truth, and Zhang Dechun can naturally see it too. Mei Zi'ao would not fail to see it even if he had a brain. In fact, it is always mentioned on TV that "to get rich, first build roads", but Xintian County just mentions "to get rich, first plant trees". It's not that these officials don't understand this truth, but it's easier to plant trees than build roads.

"The higher-ups have assigned a task, and each village has to complete the task of 1,000 mu of fruit trees. In fact, 300 mu of fruit trees have been completed, and the task can barely be handed in. You just said that you wanted to contract the barren hills, so I asked you to contract the gardening field. Anyway, the village has not received a penny of rent from the gardening field in the past two years. The big deal, you contract the gardening field, and you can pay a symbolic rent every year. What do you think?" Zhang Dechun was a little worried that Zhang Jiaohua would not agree.

"Okay. But I still have to contract the barren hill behind my house. Anyway, the garden is connected with that barren hill." Zhang Jiaohua thought for a while and said.

"Yes. But what's the use of that barren mountain? The dwarf masson pine tree is about 10 or 20 years old, and it's still a little bit tall. Even if it grows up in the future, it can only be used as firewood. If you want it, it can be used as a supplement to the garden. In case your parents come back in the future, you still think that I cheated you as a child. By the way, you have to discuss this matter with your grandparents. If they don't agree, it can't be done." Zhang Dechun thought about it and said.

"Can't I just give you the money myself?" Zhang Jiaohua was a little worried. If he told Zhang Manyin about this, it would definitely be another debate.

"That's impossible. How old are you? You don't have full capacity for civil conduct. Your parents or your grandparents must take over the contract." Zhang Dechun shook his head hastily.

"Alright then." Zhang Jiaohua prepared to go back to the classroom.

"Hey, called Hua. I heard that your handwriting is good. Can you help me paint a slogan in the new teaching building of your school?" Zhang Dechun shook the bucket in his hand.

Zhang Jiaohua felt that if he wanted to contract the gardening field and the back mountain, he might have to ask Zhang Dechun, so he simply borrowed flowers to present Buddha today and help Zhang Dechun put up a slogan.

In fact, Zhang Dechun asked Zhang Jiaohua to write the slogan, not because Zhang Jiaohua could write well. Zhang Dechun was also a glorious proletarian fighter back then, and he painted big-character posters and slogans a lot. At that time, he could just take a hoe and a bucket of lime, and he could paint revolutionary slogans on all the higher fields in Meiziao. So the words are still well written. The problem is that the new building of Meiziao Primary School is not allowed to display slogans. Therefore, Zhang Dechun focused his attention on Zhang Jiaohua.

Brushing slogans, using a brush like a mop to scribble on the wall, and putting it on the head of any ass is a very exciting thing. Although Zhang Jiaohua is different from other children, he is also a child. How could he not be moved by such things as writing and painting?

As a result, the lime mortar and brush in Zhang Dechun's hands went to the new teaching building of the school to brush and write.

"To get rich, have fewer children and plant trees first."