In 1963, a rare torrential downpour broke out in central Shanxi, which caused flooding. The Dazhai Commune in Jinzhong City was severely affected, with almost all the fields flooded and the houses where the members lived being washed away, leaving the more than 300 people in the commune to live in a few broken caves halfway up the mountain.
After the flood receded, the members of Dazhai Commune, under the leadership of Comrade ***, immediately carried out disaster relief and rescue activities, cleaned up the flooded farmland as quickly as possible, replanted wheat seedlings and corn seedlings, and strived to harvest a crop of grain before winter, so that everyone could have food to eat and not starve in vain. At that time, in addition to young and middle-aged men, there were also many hard-working female comrades who participated in the disaster relief work, among which Comrade Guo Fenglian was the most willing to work hard and the most active.
Guo Fenglian is not strictly from Dazhai, she was born in the commune next door, but due to the early death of her mother, her father was unable to raise her alone, so he simply sent her to her grandmother's house in Dazhai Commune for foster care. Over time, the members of Dazhai also recognized Guo Fenglian, and finally agreed that she would settle in Dazhai and become a part of Dazhai.
Guo Fenglian was enthusiastic and lively, and had always been a "progressive member" in the commune,* and was very optimistic about her, and even listed her as an active member of the party to encourage her to continue to struggle and make persistent efforts. In 1963, when the disaster relief was carried out, she was appointed as the captain of the "women's team", and from the day the flood receded, she led more than 20 team members to work hard and work hard, ploughing the land during the day and repairing the house with the male comrades at night, paying countless hard work and sweat.
In the winter of that year, when the farming season was low, the commune called on everyone to build a flood levee to prevent another flood the next year, which would wash away crops and land. Guo Fenglian actively responded to the call, under the leadership of ***, endured the severe cold and frost, worked in the icy river with bare hands and feet, and later her hands and feet were frostbitten, painful and itchy, but even so, she did not give up lightly, and still gritted her teeth and insisted on working.
Later, Dazhai Commune was established as a "model" for national learning, and suddenly became a "national model", and Guo Fenglian was also selected as a "model worker" and was successively commended by the provincial party committee and **. In 1968, ** was transferred to work in the county, and before leaving, he entrusted all the work of the commune to Guo Fenglian. Guo Fenglian did not dare to live up to the trust of the people, she has been working diligently, leading the members to work hard, give full play to the strength of the collective, and show the superiority of the socialist system.
In 1978, Deng Gong decided to reform agriculture, abolish the commune system, and fully implement the policy of "guaranteed production to households". Since then, Dazhai's status in China's agriculture has declined rapidly, and Guo Fenglian was forced to leave Dazhai and work in a research institute because she could not adapt to the "package production to households". In the 80s, after losing the leadership of *** and Guo Fenglian, Dazhai quickly declined and became a small village with no name.
The villagers of Dazhai were unwilling to be forgotten in the corner by the times, so they jointly wrote a letter asking Guo Fenglian to come back and preside over the overall situation. Guo Fenglian has traveled to many places for so many years, although the treatment is better than before, but she always feels empty in her heart, she still can't let go of Dazhai, or she is still concerned about the members who have worked side by side together, and because of this, she immediately agreed to return to Dazhai to work as soon as she received the letter, and continue to work intensively on this hot land.
Guo Fenglian is not a person who rests on her laurels, she has her own understanding of reform, after returning to Dazhai, she quickly used her accumulated contacts to attract investment, engage in village-run enterprises, implement the integration of industry, agriculture and commerce, and promote the simultaneous development of the three major industries. In addition, she also vigorously implements the village pension system, which is paid by the village to give pensions to the elderly, about more than 100 yuan per month, enough for the elderly to eat and wear, in addition, she also buys commercial insurance for the elderly, so that everyone can afford to see a doctor, afford medicine, and provide for the elderly, without worrying about illness.
Guo Fenglian had two sons, both of whom later went to the sea to do business, and successfully established their own business empire, once worth hundreds of millions of yuan. Among them, the eldest son Jia Xiaojun later returned to Dazhai to help Guo Fenglian in construction, and he invested tens of millions of yuan to establish three factories and two ecological orchards in Dazhai, which not only increased output, but also solved the employment problem of the villagers.
There is an old temple in Dazhai, which has gradually fallen into disrepair because of disrepair, and the buildings in the temple are also crumbling. After visiting this temple, Jia Xiaojun felt that it could be developed as a tourist resource, so he invested 30 million yuan to renovate the temple and open it to tourists for free as a public attraction. Now, Guo Fenglian is over seventy years old, for the management of Dazhai gradually a little inadequate, she has given birth to the meaning of retirement, as for the future of Dazhai should be handed over to whom to manage, Guo Fenglian does not have an exact idea, but she hopes that the future to take over Dazhai is a young cadre, continue to lead everyone to work hard, to a better tomorrow!