Chapter 1358: Can It Be Promoted?

Within a month, Ling Anguo came to Matou Town for the second time. This time, he was here to see the progress of Matou Town's livestock industry.

Su Xinghui, Ma Sheng, Lu Xianghui, and other town leaders accompanied Ling Anguo to see the first few cooperatives established in the town.

The first place they went to was the Mayang Village cooperative because Mayang Village not only established a cooperative but was also building a public welfare primary school, and Ling Anguo was also very interested in this.

Yuan Yongshou, the village party secretary of Mayang Village, led the village cadres out to welcome Ling Anguo and the others. Ling Anguo said, "Secretary Yuan, where is the first cooperative in your village? Take me to see it."

Yuan Yongshou led them to a place at the east end of the village, where cattle sheds, sheep pens, and several offices were being built, as well as a wall. Yuan Yongshou shouted to a young man who was building the wall: "Wu Yazi, stop for a moment, the leaders have come to see you."

This Wu Yazi was the leader of this cooperative, named He Gaoling. He was also a veteran and a party member, bold and daring, so when the town advocated for the common people to establish cooperatives themselves to raise cattle and sheep, he was the first to stand up, united some of the common people in the village, established this cooperative, and applied for a loan from the bank to start building cattle sheds and sheep pens.

Hearing Yuan Yongshou's shout, he put down the trowel in his hand, turned around, and seeing Ling Anguo and his party, he hurriedly walked over and said to Su Xinghui, "Secretary Su, you are here!"

Su Xinghui hurriedly said, "He Gaoling, this is Magistrate Ling. He came today to see your cooperative."

He Gaoling didn't recognize Ling Anguo as the magistrate. He only knew that the hope for them to escape poverty and become rich was brought to them by this Secretary Su in the town, so he only recognized Su Xinghui. Hearing Su Xinghui's words, he shouted a somewhat perfunctory "Magistrate" to Ling Anguo.

Ling Anguo didn't take offense. He naturally knew that Su Xinghui's prestige in Matou Town was unmatched. Such a performance by Comrade He Gaoling was perfectly normal. He smiled and asked, "Comrade He Gaoling, right? Are you building the houses yourselves?"

He Gaoling nodded and said, "Of course we are building them ourselves. Who in the countryside doesn't know how to use a trowel? Who doesn't have strength? Should we be like city people and spend money to find someone to build?"

Ling Anguo nodded and said, "Building it yourself is good. But do you understand the construction methods and tricks of these cattle sheds and sheep pens?"

He Gaoling pointed to a young man who was instructing the workers to build the house and said, "Isn't there an expert there? How we build these cattle sheds and sheep pens is all instructed by him."

Su Xinghui said, "Magistrate, this is the graduate student brought by Professor Rao from Jiangcheng Agricultural University."

Su Xinghui was about to call that graduate student over, but Ling Anguo raised his hand to stop him and walked towards the young man.

Walking behind the young man, He Gaoling shouted, "Expert Di."

The young man turned his head. Su Xinghui said, "Di Anbang, this is our Changshan County Magistrate Ling. He came today to see our cooperative."

Ling Anguo smiled and said, "Little Expert, your name is Di Anbang, right? My name is Ling Anguo. Our names are quite similar."

Ling Anguo's words made everyone laugh. Indeed, "Anbang" and "Anguo" have the same meaning. Di Anbang also laughed and said, "Magistrate Ling, this is my honor!"

Ling Anguo shook his head and said, "Can't say that. There are as many magistrates in China as there are hairs on a cow, but experts like you are much rarer than magistrates. You are more precious than magistrates. This should be my honor. I want to thank you for coming here to guide the common people to engage in livestock farming."

Di Anbang said, "Magistrate Ling, you overstate it. This is what we should do."

Ling Anguo asked, "Comrade He Gaoling, how many households are participating in this cooperative now?"

He Gaoling said, "There are about one hundred households participating now, and more people will be absorbed in the future." ===== CHAPTER 1360 =====