Pamper Eighties

When Mengmeng returned to Taoyuan Village, she caught up with her uncle Su Wen to visit her home.

“Uncle, why are you here?”

Mengmeng ran towards her eldest uncle affectionately, stood in front of him and said, “You haven’t come to see me for a long time, I miss you. Uncle, are you busy with work? Has auntie come with you?”

“Here I am, just went to the kitchen and made them two appetizers.”

The aunt Shen Wenlan appeared at the door of the main room. She went to the kitchen just now. The two mistresses of the Feng family were not there, so she was not pretentious, and went to the kitchen herself to work.

She brought in two plates of side dishes and said, “Uncle, aunt, and aunt, have you eaten? If you haven’t, I’ll go to the kitchen to make some.”

Madam Feng stopped her quickly, “We’ve eaten, we’re all full, and we’ll eat as soon as we get off the plane. Her aunt, sit down quickly, don’t get busy.”

Shen Wenlan sat down without being polite. She asked them with concern, “How are you doing in Beijing? How are my parents and my mother?”

Madam Feng said with a slight smugness on her face: “It’s all good, it’s very good, with Mengmeng as a pistachio, her grandmother and grandfather put smiles on their faces every day, and we had a very smooth life in Beijing, Mengmeng. Meng also won an award.”

Su Wen’s voice interjected: “I was just about to say, Mengmeng, where is your grand prize? Take it out and show it to Uncle.”

“It’s in the suitcase, I’ll get it.”

Mengmeng opened the suitcase on the spot, took out the two certificates and trophies, and showed them to her uncle like a treasure.

Su Wen immediately praised and said, “Not bad, Mengmeng, you can take the first place in the country for your painting skills. It’s really amazing. What kind of reward do you want Uncle?”

Why does the eldest uncle want to reward her, Mengmeng waved her hand and said, “I really don’t need a reward, I don’t lack anything. I hope that my uncle can come to see me often in the future.”

“This…” Su Wen was a little embarrassed. He touched his nose and said, “Uncle is busy with work, so I’m afraid I won’t be able to see you often. Mengmeng, change your wish.”

Mengmeng said sweetly: “Then I hope that my uncle and aunt will work smoothly and rise step by step.”

Her aunt said rarely: “Oh, Mengmeng’s mouth looks so cute, and she is so good at talking.”

Shen Wenlan pulled Mengmeng’s wrist and said to her affectionately: “Your uncle is busy with work, so he can’t come to see you often, you can come to see us, one day you want your uncle and aunt, just call Call your aunt, and your aunt will send someone to pick you up.”

“Okay, thank you auntie.” Mengmeng agreed obediently, and asked curiously, “Uncle, what were you discussing just now?”

Su Wen said with a smile: “I’m here to talk to your dad about some business affairs. By the way, I’ll wait for you. Now that you’re here, I should almost go back. There will be a meeting in the province this afternoon. Alan, let’s go.”

As he spoke, he stood up and explained to Feng Yimin: “Just do what you told me just now as we agreed. If you have any difficulties, you can call me at any time. You also have Secretary Zhu’s phone number. Well, call me or call him, whatever.”

“Okay, eldest brother, I will do as you said.” Feng Yimin stood up to send them off, and when he came back, his face was still happy.

His mother, Mrs. Feng asked, “What are you discussing with Mengmeng’s uncle just now? It’s so mysterious that you can’t tell us.”

“Mom, it’s nothing, it’s just that we are engaged in construction in Longling Town. You’ll find out later. It’s boring to talk about it now. Let’s talk about the Mengmeng competition.”

Feng Yimin changed the subject and immediately attracted the attention of Mrs. Feng. He was officially entering the officialdom, and there were some things that he could not say if he could.

For example, in this case, on the bright side, his uncle promoted him to become an official, and in turn, he could help his uncle.

The provincial party committee has always been arrogant. Su Wen has just come to work, and he still has no idea about the situation, and it is not easy to make changes rashly. At this time, Feng Yimin’s role came out.

It can be said that if Feng Yimin, the town party secretary, does a good job, Su Wen can use him as a fulcrum to leverage the official faction in the entire provincial capital.

With such an important task, Feng Yimin certainly cannot slack off.

The first thing he thought of was Taoyuan Village. The tourism industry in the village is a major pillar. However, for such a long time in the past, many infrastructures in the village are outdated, and some are even about to rot. How can this be done, it’s too bad for tourists.

After he became the secretary of the township party committee, the first thing he did was to replace the infrastructure of Taoyuan Village.

Repair the rotten mountain road, and replace the street lights along the road. For the pavilions around the village, if there is any fading, you should quickly make up the color, and if there is no fading, you will also renovate it. Then, many bamboo huts and pampas reed huts are built around the beach to give tourists a rest.

In addition to these, he also gave the village committee a task and said: “The biggest feature of our village is the scenery. We must make use of this advantage. Weren’t we used to growing flowers everywhere? This is very good, and we must continue this habit. “

“You plan the village, where you need to plant flowers and where you need to plant trees, and report them together. The town government will send someone to plant them for you. If you have any good suggestions, you can also mention them.”

Zhang Guangming said hesitantly: “Secretary, this is not good. You gave us all the resources. I’m afraid others will say you are favoritism.”

Feng Yimin glanced at him, and said with a smile, “Who dares to say that? Also, don’t call me secretary. In Taoyuan Village, I am Feng Yimin. You can still call me Yimin as you did before.”

Seeing everyone’s surprised expressions, he explained with a smile: “Don’t worry that I will favor Taoyuan Village, I am the secretary of the town now, and I have plans for other villages, this is a big game of chess. , we must unite and make good use of the advantages of Longling Town to make it bigger and stronger.”

Feng Yimin said so, and everyone realized that he really had an opinion, and they were all excited.

Feng Guoqiang said: “That’s great, Yimin. Sure enough, we still have to let you be the secretary in order to benefit our Taoyuan Village. Guangming, didn’t I hear you say that you need to build a plank road a few days ago? Such a good opportunity, you Say it now.”

Zhang Guangming noticed that Feng Yimin was looking at him, so he sat up straight and said, “Yes, I want to build a plank road by the beach in our village.”

He looked at everyone present and said, “As you all know, in addition to sandy beaches, there are many reef beaches in our village. These beaches are too large and tourists like to go there. If we can’t manage them, dangerous things will inevitably happen. .”

He turned to Feng Yimin and said, “That’s why I thought, can we build a plank road to connect the beaches in the village. First, it can give tourists more places to go, and second, it’s for the convenience of management.”

After listening to Feng Yimin, he couldn’t help but nodded and said: “Guangming, your idea is good, let’s study it carefully, come up with a plan, and I will try to allocate a sum of money to you.”

Feng Yimin was determined to do something big. After a few days, he called the villagers of Taoyuan Village again and announced a great news to them.

“Folks, the leaders held a meeting a few days ago and attached great importance to our Taoyuan Village. Now there is a preferential policy, you all listen to me.”

Sitting at the end of the conference table, Feng Yimin said to the village representatives below: “I have already contacted the credit union in the county and the agricultural bank in the town. They have promised to lend you a loan, if any of your family wants to repair it. Housing, which is used to provide accommodation for tourists, can be applied for after returning.”

Feng Yimin continued: “It is a good opportunity to set up a homestay and give you a subsidy of 2,000 yuan per household. Use your brains to think about it. We encourage everything that is conducive to attracting tourists, such as making fish steaks at the beach. , building houseboats, these are encouraged.”

Speaking of this, he changed his words: “But there is one point, you must pay attention to me, you must not pollute the environment. The resources of our Taoyuan Village are precious and cannot be wasted in the hands of our generation. , to leave all precious resources to future generations, have you heard clearly?”

The villagers were extremely pleasantly surprised, and even if they were killed, they could not have imagined that the town had given such good conditions.

Immediately, a villager asked: “Secretary, it is great to have you as the secretary. Is this your special care for our village?”

Feng Yimin immediately clarified: “Nonsense, apart from our village, I also have support policies for other villages, you can just wait and see.”

Zhang Guangming also helped Feng Yimin speak: “The secretary went out from our village, of course he was thinking about our village, he is in charge of the entire Longling now, our village must not be a good example, we can’t lose the secretary. people.”

The surrounding villagers were moved and said, “Yes, yes, the secretary is good to us, and we have to live up to our expectations. Secretary, what you say, we will listen to you.”

Feng Yimin picked up the teacup and said, “I have already told Guangming, you listen to Guangming. Later, there will be representatives from Niujia Village coming to the meeting, so you should go back first.”

The people of Taoyuan Village were inspired, and after returning, they let go of their hands and feet in the village, repairing houses and doing greening, and tidying up the inside and outside of the village in a very decent manner.

Now look at Taoyuan Village, the trees are shady, the flowers are blooming, the ground is clean, there is not even a bit of torn paper, every alley in the village has lights, and the houses of the villagers are very beautiful, really like in the painting out of the village.

In addition to these, the town also sent people to build a leisure shed in their village, and they also made a plank road by the sea.

Mengmeng was walking around the village, and what she saw was this scene, she said to Sixi: “When the pergola is built, let’s tie a net bed on it, and lie there and watch the sea. “

Sixi nodded immediately and said, “Okay, let’s move a swing over there. Mengmeng, you will sit in front, and I will push you in the back.”

Mengmeng grabbed Sixi’s hand and said, “Sixi, you are so kind. Let’s move a rocking chair over there, and we can chat and drink drinks.”

Si Xi clapped her hands and said, “That’s great, that’s it.”

The two girls were sitting on the beach, thinking about the future, and they both laughed happily.

Mengmeng returned home and unexpectedly saw Niu Laohan sitting in the main room, discussing something with her father.

She walked over curiously and asked, “Uncle Niu, what are you and my dad talking about?”

Niu Laohan smiled and waved at her and said, “My niece is back, it’s school time? My dad and I are discussing things, and we want to learn from your Taoyuan Village and let the people in our village grow fruits. Mengmeng, you help me. Uncle persuaded your father to send someone to teach us.”

Of course it was impossible for Mengmeng to help him. She said smartly: “Uncle Niu, it’s not that I refuse to help, but our two villages are different in soil and water. Experts have said that only our village is suitable for growing fruits.”

Feng Yimin finally laughed. He glared at Niu Laohan and said, “Listen, listen, even my daughter said so, but you still won’t believe it.”

Niu Laohan said: “Niece, don’t help your relatives. Those people in my village are too poor. We have to find a way to make them live a good life.”

Before Mengmeng could speak, Feng Yimin spoke first: “Why are you embarrassing my daughter, didn’t I tell you, let you gather those young people in the village, I will find someone to train them as tour guides, and give them to tourists in the future As a tour guide, the income is also good.”

Niu Laohan frowned and said, “I know it’s good, but this can only solve the problem of young people. What about the others? There are so many people in the village. It’s hard for me to be the party secretary of the village.”

He complained to Feng Yimin: “In our village, there used to be that **** Niu Xingsheng, who made our village the poorest. Many villagers can’t even afford to marry their daughter-in-law. If this continues, our village will be ranked The last one, Yimin, you have to help us think of a way.”

Feng Yimin said in a good-natured manner: “Aren’t there many cliff stone carvings on our way out of Longling Mountain? The town plans to make use of those cliff stone carvings and build some steps so that people can climb the mountain. It’s time to recruit workers. People can go.”

He explained: “It’s not that I don’t let you grow fruit, you can try it and see if you can grow it up. In the past, many villages imitated us. Which one do you think succeeded?”

Niu Laohan said with a bitter face: “Oh, it can only be like this, I am also anxious.”

When Mengmeng heard this, she suddenly had an idea in her mind, and she took the opportunity to say, “Uncle Niu, why don’t you grow some vegetables in so many places in your village?”

Niu Laohan’s face was dull, and he said helplessly: “I thought about it too, but it turned out to be the same as what you said just now. The things you grow can’t compare to your village. Of course, no one wants to buy them.”

I think that when Taoyuan Village planted watermelons, Niujia Village was the first to imitate them. As a result, those watermelons grew, and all of them were able to fade out. They were not sweet at all.

Mengmeng shook her head and said, “That’s not the case. I didn’t let you grow and sell it. You can let tourists pick vegetables, or let tourists grow vegetables by themselves.”

Niu Laohan widened his eyes and said, “Niece, you can’t do this method. How can tourists in the city have so much leisure?”

“Why not?” Mengmeng said eloquently: “There are many tourists in our village who come to pick vegetables, but there are not enough for them to pick vegetables. The people in the city are just fine, and they still want to rent land in our village to grow vegetables. .”

Mengmeng is telling the truth, there are indeed some tourists who have nothing to do and always like to go to the countryside to do things, such as growing vegetables and picking vegetables, which is a project they like very much, especially those older tourists. .

Mengmeng also continued to suggest: “Our villages all build greenhouses, and we don’t have so many tourists to grow vegetables. Your Niujia Village is different. In addition to growing vegetables, you can also raise chickens and ducks in the vegetable fields, and let those tourists feed themselves. .”

The more Niu Laohan listened, the more silent he became. In the end, he almost tightened his eyebrows and thought, and suddenly patted his thigh and said, “Hey, it seems to be alright, isn’t this just a farmhouse, let the city people come and have fun, before I Why didn’t you think of it?”

He stared at Mengmeng and said, “My dear niece, tell your uncle, will he be interested in the city people?”

Mengmeng thought for a while and said, “I think so. Many urbanites have grandparents from the countryside. They don’t have the conditions to live in the city, so they love to grow vegetables in the countryside.”

Feng Yimin agreed and said: “Yes, it is more convenient for tourists to visit your Niujia Village than to our Taoyuan Village. Mengmeng’s idea can indeed be tried.”

He saw that Niu Laohan was very moved, so he explained to him, “The most important thing for you to engage in farm entertainment is that the food is clean, and you can’t fool tourists, and they will come back later.”

The more Niu Laohan thought about it, the more excited he became. He pulled out a big smile at the corner of his mouth and boasted to Mengmeng: “You can do it, niece, this little melon seed is too smart, no wonder it won the first place in the national painting competition. One!”

The news of Mengmeng winning the award was very sensational throughout Longling Town, and of course Niu Laohan had heard of it.

They have been very remote since ancient times, and they have never produced any celebrities. Mengmeng was the first. Not only did she win the competition, she was also selected to continue to compete in the United Nations. When the people in the town first heard about it, they all seemed to be listening to the scriptures and couldn’t believe it at all.

All the relatives and friends went to Lao Feng’s house for the first time to watch Mengmeng’s trophies and awards, and then the eyes they looked at Mengmeng changed.

In the past, everyone only knew that Mengmeng was beautiful, but they didn’t know how talented she was. Now they found out that Mengmeng is actually a talented girl.

The elders in the clan praised Mengmeng and said, “It’s really promising, and it will give our old Feng family a face. Patriarch, are we going to open an ancestral hall and tell our ancestors, so that our ancestors will also be happy?”

Old Man Feng rolled his eyes and said to his relatives, “Do you all think so?”

The relatives said excitedly: “Of course, people say that the ancestors are honored, and Mengmeng has finally made a difference. Shouldn’t the ancestors know about it?”

Afraid that Old Man Feng would not agree, the clansmen also said superstitiously, “This is because our ancestors have spirits, and they bless us that Mengmeng is so powerful.”

Everyone looked at the trophy and secretly rejoiced that Mengmeng was recorded in the family tree, so now this honor can be recorded in the name of the entire old Feng family. There was no such precedent in the past. Of course, those daughters’ families in the past were also There’s no credit whatsoever.

The relatives found that the old man Feng was still hesitating, and they all urged anxiously: “Patriarch, this is the glory of all the Feng family, you can open the ancestral hall sometime, and we will tell the ancestors about this.”

Old Man Feng set his footing, and when he saw that the fish had finally taken the bait, he laughed like a cat that stole the bait and said, “Okay, then it’s up to you, there’s really nothing I can do about you.”

Relatives are very concerned about this matter. Before the ancestral hall was opened to worship, they spread this matter everywhere and everyone knew about it, but they made them mad.

So on the day of the sacrifice, all the people who like to watch the fun from Shili Baxiang came, and of course those classmates in Mengmeng’s school were also indispensable.

The classmates heard that the school flower’s family was going to open an ancestral hall for her to worship her ancestors. With such a lively event, of course they wanted to join in.

On the ninth day of September, on the morning of the Double Ninth Festival, Taoyuan Village was surrounded by people.

Some people came late, and even had to stand on a rock to see clearly.

In the end, even the stones were not enough, and the conscientious could only climb up the tree, hooked the branches like a monkey, and stretched their necks to look forward.

“Come, come, come out.”

Everyone looked over in unison, and saw an old man in the lead, wearing a red copper robe with dark circular patterns, like those rich men on TV, with a melon skin cap on his head. , with an irregularly shaped pearl inlaid in the middle, the size of a shell.

This old man is the old man Feng. He is dressed in a grand manner today. He is holding a tray in his hand. On it are the two trophies and awards that are Mengmeng’s, all tied with red ribbons. It looks very festive.

For today’s day, all the men surnamed Feng also came. The older ones also wore ancient robes like Yuanwailang, but they were golden brown, and the melon skin caps on their heads were not inlaid with pearls.

They followed behind Old Man Feng, with Mengmeng standing in the middle.

Mengmeng’s dress today is also extraordinarily delicate. She has a princess hair comb and a luxurious pearl necklace around her neck. Apart from that, there is no other decoration.

The skirt on her body is a pearly apple green A-line dress, and she also wears pumps of the same color on her feet. The dress is simple and not specially tailored, but it shows its texture.

This suit was originally a designer in Yang Xiaojuan’s factory, and it was specially tailored for Mengmeng. Its design and workmanship, of course, have nothing to say, wearing it on Mengmeng’s body, it is even more beautiful.

It can be said that Mengmeng wears this skirt with a sense of luxury.

She was surrounded by relatives and friends at the moment, bathed in the eyes of everyone, just like a small animal being looked at in a zoo, faintly uncomfortable.

But who is Mengmeng? She is Miao Yufeng’s granddaughter. No matter how many people there are, she is not afraid. As long as she firmly remembers what her grandmother said, she just needs to hold her posture hard, so that those people will think she is There is a sense of mystery.

As a result, Mengmeng’s face became more and more calm, someone in the crowd called her, and she also smiled slightly at that person, looking very polite.

From the old Feng’s house to the ancestral hall in the village, there are many people on the way. They saw Mengmeng’s demeanor and couldn’t help but say to the people next to them: “Did you see it just now, this granddaughter of the old Feng family is really It’s amazing, there is culture just by looking at it, and we are not in the same world.”

“That’s right, I saw what she was, Wen Quxing came down to earth, no wonder she got the first place, I heard that there is a brother in her family who was also admitted to the university in Beijing, how can this family be so capable? “

Don’t mention how envious the people next to her are. Madam Feng happened to hear it when she passed by, and she was secretly happy.

She felt that it was because she went to Guangzhou many years ago and paid special tribute to Emperor Wenchang. When she found a time, she had to thank the Emperor Wenchang.

Thinking like this, Old Man Feng and the others have arrived at the ancestral hall.

Today, the ancestral hall has also been redecorated. Not only has it been cleaned, but there are red lanterns hanging at the entrance, and ribbons are also decorated inside. The ancestors’ offering table is also full of offerings.

After the young people in the clan burned the incense and distributed it to everyone, they saw Old Man Feng take out a thin red booklet, turned to the first page and began to read:

“October 23, 1993 AD, I was in Guiyou, and the festival was on Chongyang. It was a high autumn, auspiciousness around the beam, and the descendants of the ancestors of the Feng family were the third. The twelfth granddaughter, Feng Yumeng, has merit here…”

Old man Feng followed what was written in the booklet, and Barabara recited a lot, regardless of whether others could understand it or not. Anyway, he couldn’t understand it himself, so he could just read it.

After expressing Mengmeng’s credit, he shouted again: “Wuhu, my ancestor’s lofty style, the merit is boundless! Protect my descendants to forge ahead, honor the ancestors and honor the ancestors. On this good day, it is a good time to open a temple to sacrifice, cook pigs and slaughter. Sheep, the main branch of Feng’s Taoyuan Village and the descendants of this place, all the sages have arrived, burn incense and worship, show the merits and virtues of ancestors, and express the piety of future generations. “

He turned around and said to the people: “Everyone, come with me, kneel, kneel again, kneel and kowtow, get up, and the ceremony is over.”

After completing this set of rituals, Old Man Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He thought to himself, what is Chang Huaide writing? It’s too hard to read.

He finally finished reading it, and quickly and respectfully placed the tray in front of the ancestral tablet, grinned and said, “Let the ancestors also come and see Mengmeng’s trophy.”

The people around were stunned, because they had never seen such a ceremony, and they all said in surprise, “Wow, the people in Taoyuan Village seem to be quite literate.”

The people around also said: “No, I have heard that this village has a history of hundreds of years.”

Another person shared the gossip and said: “You are all old Huangli. I heard that their village has been here for more than 800 years. During the Song Dynasty, some people have been here. Have you seen those stones on Longling? , the words on it were written by people in ancient times, what does this mean?”

He found that many people were looking at him, and immediately said triumphantly: “It means that the scenery here has been famous a long time ago.”

Everyone listened to him fooling around, and some people who didn’t believe it asked the people in Taoyuan Village: “Is what he said true? I’ve lived in the town for so many years, why have I never heard of it?”

The villagers nodded faster than pounding garlic, and immediately admitted: “Of course it’s true. If you don’t believe me, you can check the county annals. It’s written in the genealogy of our village. Our Taoyuan Village has a history of hundreds of years, otherwise Longling Why are there so many stone carvings?”

Hey, Taoyuan Village is now going to take the road of an ancient cultural village. Their village chief said that not only the scenery is good, but also the humanistic atmosphere, so as to attract more people.

The cadres in the village rummaged through the local county annals, and asked many elderly people in the village. Combined with the genealogy, a very inspirational story was restored.

“More than 800 years ago, the ancestors of our Feng family moved here from the Central Plains. It was very difficult at that time. There was no food or drink, and there was no place to live. There were wild beasts everywhere on the mountain. to our village…”

The villagers told stories incessantly, as if they had seen it with their own eyes, so that the people in the town couldn’t help but believe it, and those tourists who came to join in the fun also heard it very strangely.

This matter was publicized, and even experts from the provincial capital university said that they would come to them to study history.