When I went home yesterday, there was a package outside the guard, I opened it and saw that a greeting card contained a family photo** and a large bag of fruits and dried mushrooms unique to Kangding.
That family photo**, full of happiness, suddenly brought my memory back to five years ago. That year, as a cadre of counterpart assistance, I served as the deputy county magistrate to assist in the county's poverty alleviation work. One day, I received a notice asking me to lead a team to the countryside to inspect a project to drill a water well. The project was difficult to complete, and every time the meeting began, the county leaders would lose their temper and feel incomprehensible about the sudden increase in funding for this project.
It is more than 40 kilometers away from the county seat, and it takes more than two hours to arrive when the road conditions are good under normal circumstances, but we drove for three and a half hours that day. Because the road was being repaired, it was blocked for more than an hour. The road was rugged, and it was run over by trucks. The car winds its way through the grassland, circles along the meadow, goes up and down the silky mountain path. In the vast grassland, only one of us drove alone, and we walked for a long time without meeting a person or a car. Overhead, the sun was strong, the wind was howling, and the whole body was chilling in the sun. Occasionally, I will see a herd of black pearl-like yaks, grazing quietly on the grassland, and a white tent is like a large lonely white mushroom blooming under the sky. There was not a single person in sight in the vast grassland, and everywhere was an earthy yellow. It seems that we are the only one in heaven and earth, driving alone on the boundless road.
At this time, it was the end of September, the distant mountains were layered, the snow-capped peaks were far away, vast and lonely, the grass on the slopes had withered and yellowed, and occasionally there were a few small yellow and blue wildflowers, shivering in the wind. The prairie is full of bare rat holes, and rats and marmots are running around. Suddenly, I saw a fat groundhog slowly crossing the road from a distance, and when I saw a car passing by, I actually stood upright on the road, as if greeting a car, that cute appearance, it was funny. The driver honked his horn vigorously, and the fat groundhog shook its head before slowly crawling to the opposite side.
Two. After more than three hours of difficult driving, I finally arrived at the township. There are rows of two-story buildings, and there are a few signs hanging at the gates. There is a row of flower stands, not a single tree is missing, and it is overgrown with weeds. There is no one to be seen in the courtyard, the altitude is high, the climate is cold, and in this season, the cadres hide in the house to burn cow dung and roast the fire. We walked in and greeted everyone. The secretary and head of the township were absent, and a meeting was held at the county. After everyone knew our intention, we recommended Qin Xue, a Han cadre who was also on temporary duty, to lead the way.
It was very windy outside, a Tibetan cadre opened the office, let us bake the fire first, there was a high chimney of the steel stove is blazing, I used a shovel to shovel the cow dung and threw it into the hearth, only to see the cow dung in the furnace "呑" smoke, a bang burst out of white smoke, and then soon burst out of the blue flame. The room suddenly warmed up, I was admiring the enchanting flames lit by cow dung like a dancing woman, the door "creaked" and was pushed open, a girl with a small head, wearing a milky white hooded long cotton coat, a fat round face girl walked in quickly, her head hidden in the hat, it looked funny, because the whole person felt like a flour bag, which made people laugh.
As soon as she entered, she untied the strap of her hat, freed her head from it, and combed her unkempt hair with her fingers, and stamped her feet "cold to death", and then walked to the fire next to me, and stretched out her hands to the cow dung fire. "Wow, I'm so happy, the county leaders are here to care about us." She sat down cross-legged beside me without timidity, holding my hands tightly and never letting go.
I was also pleasantly surprised to meet this girl here. She has a bright smile, round eyes, a smile, flying thick eyebrows, and a straight nose, revealing a unique female perseverance. Her shoulder-length hair was tied in a ponytail, and the wind outside was estimated to be very strong, and the hair on her forehead was flying in a mess. That's why I met Qin Xue.
Let's go to the township ** duty room and sit down around the fire pond. I looked around, the room was small, in the middle was a Tibetan stove burning cow dung, a chimney had been smoked black, and a pot of water was steaming and smoking. The room is about ten square meters, and the duty arrangement is pasted on the wall. A half-old sofa in the room, with one leg crooked. There are quilts piled on the sofa, estimated by the staff on duty.
Qin Xue picked up the pot and poured a bowl of butter tea for each of us. Everyone drank tea slowly, and the room warmed up. The atmosphere is also lively. During the conversation, I learned that Qin Xue was sent by the state to serve as the first secretary of the poor village. There were eight other cadres selected with her, only she was a woman, she was arranged in Daze Township, which is not the farthest away from the county seat, and the cadres of Seda all knew the situation in Daze this place, except for the high altitude and difficult environment, even if it was a little closer to the county seat, no one wanted to come.
My hometown is in Luzhou, and I took the civil service exam to work in Kangding. It's been almost a year since I came to work," Qin Xue said, "I'm basically used to the climate of this grassland, except when there is a power outage, it's too sad." From her introduction to her work and the situation in this township, you can feel that this is a girl with a pungent personality and a strong personality.
Qin Xue picked up a small shovel, shoveled a shovel of dried cow dung in the bag behind the chair and threw it into the fire, looking at the raging flames, she took a big sip of butter tea, and then began to tell her story. "Last year, when I was sent to Daze, I wanted to cry as soon as I got here. During that time, I cried a lot. Because I was so lonely and didn't fit in at all, there were no other Han cadres here, and I was the only one sent in from outside. Because I didn't understand Tibetan when I first arrived, I didn't know who to talk to." Qin Xue said. I asked, "What are you going to do?" ”。
Her eyes turned red all of a sudden, she lowered her head, saw the dirt on her boots, suddenly became very shy, and pulled her legs back, trying to hide the muddy shoes. She added, "I was admitted to work in Kangding from my hometown, and I basically stayed in Kangding City all the time, and I didn't expect to be assigned to such a distant township and serve as the first secretary of the village, and I was blinded when I heard the news for the first time." "At that time, I had only one word in my heart, don't go! "However, I am a party member and cadre, how can I back down? Resign? It seems impossible.
She looked up, and her eyes moistened a little when she thought of the hard days of preparing for the exam in the past. It turned out that in order to support her exams, the whole family did their best to support her to participate in various tutoring, and finally she was admitted last year. The neighbors in her hometown are very envious of her family. Finally, after more than three years of arduous examinations, he became a civil servant. "Every time I think of my parents' old and haggard faces, when I come here to work, they tell me to cherish my work. Coupled with the repeated exhortations of the leaders of the unit before I came, I had to warn myself that no matter how difficult the environment was, I had to overcome it."
After taking a big sip of butter tea, she continued, half a year later, I gradually became familiar with the environment here, and I became familiar with the colleagues in the township, plus my identity was the first secretary, so I had to walk into the black tent and communicate with the Tibetan villagers. From the beginning, I didn't know anything about Tibetan and could only compare gestures, but now I can basically understand the general meaning. But what is really bad is that there are frequent power outages here, once the power goes out, the network is not working, the mobile phone is out of power, and all of a sudden it loses contact with the outside world, as if it has been abandoned by the world. Days like this are really hard to endure in the harsh winter. But I survived after crying a few times, because the scenery here is so beautiful in summer, and the herdsmen are very kind and simple. Very friendly to me. As soon as I had free time, I visited the herdsmen's homes, and quickly became familiar with the situation of the whole village, how many yaks each family has, how many children there are, when the children will go to school, whether the children's clothes and books are enough, how each family can get out of poverty, and so on. In the afternoon, under the leadership of Qin Xue, I went to check the scene of the water well. Along the way, I would occasionally meet local herdsmen on motorcycles and greet Xiao Qin warmly, and Xiao Qin also communicated with them in simple Tibetan. Looking at this girl who is so serious and responsible for her work, I was sincerely touched in my heart. Today, as soon as we arrived, there was also a power outage, there was no network, and we temporarily lost contact with the outside. Thinking of the fact that there are so many difficult and remote towns and villages in Tibetan areas, one can imagine how hard the cadres who have been working here for a long time are miserable, the harsh environment, far away from their relatives, and the torment of loneliness. However, it is precisely because so many outstanding cadres have stuck to the plateau and overcome difficulties one after another with perseverance that the task of poverty alleviation in Tibetan areas can be completed, and the masses in pastoral areas can truly get rid of poverty and become healthy!
Until the afternoon, accompanied by Qin Xue, we visited the poor households living nearby, and also saw the real situation of the scene in person, and also understood why the number of wells reported was so large and the reason for the increase in costs. It turns out that the water quality here is a safety hazard, and if you drink river water for a long time, you are very likely to get hydatid disease. For many years, due to water quality problems, it has become a high incidence area of hydatid disease. In addition, every family on the grassland is far away from each other, and the herdsmen have become accustomed to migrating around with the yaks, and are not willing to move to concentrated residential areas at all, but according to the requirements of the poverty alleviation policy, it is necessary to meet the requirements of the masses for "two worries, three guarantees and four good", so the number of wells drilled has been greatly increased.
Qin Xue is very clear about the policy, she has a clear grasp of the situation of all poor households, and the situation of each household is like a treasure, and we are ready to return to the county after checking the data. The car went a long way, and when I turned around, I found a thin figure still standing at the gate of the township at sunset and waving. I remembered that I promised her to bring her some books next time I came up and worked on the grassland, once I encountered a winter power outage, there was no network and no mobile phone, and the time was too difficult!
Three. In June of the following year, I went to Daze again. This time I went much smoother than last time, the newly built cement road is very easy to walk, it takes about an hour to arrive, and the ** house seems to have been brushed over the exterior wall, which looks much cleaner and tidy. It was noon, and a cadre from the town came out to receive us, and during the meal, I thought of Qin Xue. The cadre said that Xiao Qin went out to go through the marriage formalities. "Ah, so soon, did you say last time that you didn't talk to someone? I asked. "Qin Xue is in love with one of our ** young cadres." I suddenly remembered that Xiao Qin said that she wanted to return to Kangding as soon as possible after the suspension ended, so that she would not settle down here. Then how could she talk about a boyfriend here? It's a long way, and what will she do when she goes back to her boyfriend.
The town official said, "This little woman is so able to endure hardships that even we, the big men, admire her very much." She stayed for a few months and got used to it. When I first came, I said that I would never look for a boyfriend here. Several suitors were also rejected. It also persisted for more than half a year. But we often have power outages here at night, and it is too cold in winter on the grassland, minus 16 degrees Celsius, and there are days when there is a sudden power outage. After work, everyone gathers together to make a fire and cook, chat and play together. In this way, Qin Xue slowly integrated into this unit, into the lives of her colleagues, went to the countryside together, ate together, and played dam together, she gradually fell in love with this quiet and beautiful grassland, and at the same time, her cheerful personality also attracted a male colleague who lived in a nearby village.
However, she is so suspended that she wants to return to her original unit, so isn't she separated again? I asked. "What's the solution? Qin Xue is not young anymore, she has a temporary job here, and it is impossible for her to find a boyfriend outside, right? Found it inside, if the relationship is good, it is better for two people to resist the difficult environment together than to hold on here alone, right? When she returns to work after the expiration of her temporary term, the most she will be separated from each other. It's not that you don't know that cadres like them, who live separately from each other, are everywhere in our grassland, and we are all used to this kind of work."
My eyes were moist when I said helplessly, I thought of so many cadres like Qin Xue, far away from their families, unable to take care of the elderly and children, and could only communicate with their families through *** to guide their children to study. And they are still full of passion, devote themselves to their work, just like the Gesang flowers of the grassland, no matter how bad the environment is, they can grow tenaciously, the flowers bloom and thank you, and the spring breeze will blow in the coming year, and they will soon bloom all over the grassland, full of vitality. They keep their original intentions and responsibilities, endure loneliness and loneliness, and dedicate their youth and health! Guarding this beautiful grassland with great love and responsibility.
At this moment, I looked at this happy ** and wanted to laugh, but a tear rolled down my face.