Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

Two days later in the afternoon, Jiang Weimin came to Hope New Village again.

"Congratulations on your promotion. I hope your career will be as prosperous as the blossoming sesame seeds and will rise step by step!"

Upon hearing that Jiang Weimin had been promoted, Liu Guozheng hurriedly expressed his congratulations, but there was no gift, and even if there was, Jiang Weimin probably would not accept it.

"Guo Zheng, we are not here for nothing. I am here to ask for your help."

"You say?"

"After New Year's Day, I officially took up my post in Dongcheng District. A few days ago, I also went to Dongcheng District to conduct a survey. The living conditions of residents are not ideal. It can be said that they are very different from what I imagined."

"This...is not ideal, how do you say?"

"The situation this year is even more severe. The food standard for urban residents has further declined. Forget about fresh meat. It's great to have a ticket to buy canned meat."

When Jiang Weimin said this, his face was full of worry.

"Leader, in these difficult times, it's great to be able to eat half full."

Liu Guozheng knows how serious these three years were in history.

In January 60, some places began to study the grain increment method and tried to promote it nationwide.

At that time, some people said: "You can't build a wall without soil, and adding water can't replace grain. The most you can get is just adding more water."

Some even said sarcastically: "Increase in volume, increase in quantity, the rice bubbles swell, starve the stomach and bloat the bladder."

From this we can see what the so-called incremental method is.

At the same time, the whole country was promoting vegetables, side dishes and food substitutes.

The food substitutes that ordinary people ate at that time could be roughly divided into three categories.

The first category, which has certain nutrition and is popular among the masses: sweet potato seeds, sweet potato leaves, sweet potato vines, corn husks, corn cobs, cattail roots, thatch roots, small narrow grass, ground pears and various green foods (such as sour, curly, horse lettuce, gray vegetable, prickly lettuce, yellow beard vegetable, elm leaves, poplar leaves, oak leaves, etc.)

The second category is those that are harmful and conflict with the people's firewood or industrial raw materials: cotton husks, cotton stalks, rice straw, rice husks, wheat straw, wheat straw, barley straw, corn straw and sorghum straw. In the end, it was decided that these should no longer be allowed to be eaten by the people (this means that the people have eaten them before)

The third category is that although it is edible, eating it is inconsistent with livestock feed and industrial raw materials, such as various bean stalks, peanut vines, peanut skins, multi-ear sorghum stalks, etc. It can be seen that during this difficult period, the so-called substitute food is anything that can be used as a stomach filler.

Of course, there are also so-called advanced substitute foods, such as artificial meat essence, artificial mushrooms, chlorella, etc.

This also fully illustrates the hardships of those years.

There are indeed some so-called "experts" in these fields.

However, in the Xia country that Liu Guozheng traveled to, ordinary people could still eat about 80% full because of Liu Guozheng's secret help.

Liu Guozheng seemed to understand that Jiang Weimin's purpose of coming today was simply to provide as much meat as possible. After all, Liu Guozheng's Hope Village was famous for its hunting.

"Guo Zheng, you talk about having it easy. If workers can't even get enough food, how can they have the energy and spirit to build the country?"

"Leader, there's nothing I can do about it."

"Guo Zheng, can you think of a solution?"

"Leader, this is not a question of whether or not to come up with a solution. Do you want everyone in Dongcheng District to have enough meat and food? Under the current environment, that is impossible."

"I know that. I mean, can you build a sales point in Dongcheng District?"

"Boss, I don't do anything illegal."

"Guo Zheng, look at you. The leader has said that you need to be bold but careful."

Liu Guozheng's face turned black after hearing this. He couldn't help but wonder if Jiang Weimin disliked him and wanted to set a trap for him.

At this time, being bold and careful, what's the difference between this and seeking death?

Besides, wouldn’t it be better to just stay in Hope Village?

Why should I worry about that?

"Leader, there are about one or two million people in Dongcheng District, right?"

"almost."

"With so many people, what's the difference between having a sales point and not having one?"

After hearing what Liu Guozheng said, Jiang Weimin paused for a moment and continued, "It's better to solve it as much as possible."

"Okay, just like you said, we can solve it one step at a time, but how are you going to solve the legality of my sales point? I have to have a site and a facade, right?"

Jiang Weimin remained silent.

There are idle places, most of which need major repairs and some even need to be rebuilt.

Due to financial constraints, it has basically been abandoned, otherwise people would have lived there long ago.

"Guo Zheng, I almost let you go around and set up an office in Dongcheng District in the name of your village. As for the storefront, I will grant you the land and you can build it yourself."

"Guo Zheng, what do you think?"

Jiang Weimin was a little nervous, afraid that Liu Guozheng would not agree.

"Okay, boss, since you've said this, I agree. However, I have a request."

"Guo Zheng, you go ahead."

"Our village must have a telephone, and the office must also have a telephone. This will not only be convenient for us, but also for us to communicate with each other. If there is anything, you can just call directly, saving you the trouble of having to go there in person."

"Okay, I agree. This is easy to do."

For Jiang Weimin, this was not a difficult task and he agreed to it without hesitation.

After the two discussed some details, Jiang Weimin left with a smile on his face.