Chapter 299

Ji Tao and Zhang Kaishan first went to the breeding farm to take a look. There was a batch of wild animals waiting to be slaughtered in the breeding farm, and the animal pens were lively with chickens flying and pigs jumping.

Ji Tao laughed, "This is really a prosperous place for six livestock!"

Fang Youcai said, "This is all thanks to the township cadres and the professors of the Agricultural University. If it weren't for them, how could we have raised these wild animals so well?"

Ji Tao looked at the township cadres behind him and nodded, "Then you must thank them well."

Zhang Kaishan asked, "Did Boss Yu say when he would come to collect the goods?"

Fang Youcai said, "He usually comes to collect at the end of the month. Wasn't it the New Year last month? He said he would come to collect at the beginning of this month. I guess it will be these few days. And those bamboo weavings, Deputy Manager Li said, also come to collect at the beginning of this month."

Ji Tao laughed, "Then your hands will be generous again when the time comes."

Fang Youcai said, "This is all thanks to the good policy!"

After watching the breeding farm, everyone went to the seedling base. Ji Tao asked about the Eucommia protected forest again, and Zhao Zhongfu told him about it.

Hearing that more than 1,000 acres of Eucommia protected forest could be built next year, Ji Tao was very happy. He encouraged Ye Zhugou Village to build more Eucommia forests and turn Ye Zhugou into a hometown of Eucommia.

Subsequently, they went to see the reading room run by the village committee, which was also a place they were very interested in. In Shangjun County, this was a fresh thing. Even in the villages that were relatively rich in the east of the county seat, no village had set up a reading room.

The reading room was now another scene. With the hundreds of books collected at the township government two days ago, there were already more than 1,000 books in the reading room. Most of the bookshelves were filled with books, looking very much like a model.

Ji Tao walked to a bookshelf and took out a book. This was a book on agricultural technology. The spine of the book looked okay, but when he took it out, he could see that the cover of the book was slightly damaged, and the pages of the book also had some damaged places. However, the damage on the cover had been carefully repaired with paper, and the damage to the pages basically did not affect reading.

Ji Tao asked, "Is this the batch of books pulled by the Xinhua Bookstore?"

Chen Hongfu nodded, "Yes, it is that batch of books. There are hundreds of books here that are in that batch of books."

Ji Tao said, "This book is well repaired, and the hands are quite skillful. Who repaired it?"

Fang Youcai pointed to Xia Lan and said, "It was repaired by Xia Lan with her sister and several skillful girls in the bamboo weaving factory."

Ji Tao laughed, "I have long heard that you have a skillful girl named Xia Zhu in your bamboo weaving factory. Can you let me see her?"

Fang Youcai said, "Of course. Xia Lan, go call Xia Zhu over quickly."

Xia Lan agreed and ran away in a flash. In a few minutes, Xia Zhu ran over with her.

Looking at Xia Zhu, whose face was flushed and still breathing slightly, Ji Tao asked with a smile, "Are you the skillful girl Xia Zhu?"

Xia Zhu said, "I am Xia Zhu, I dare not be a skillful girl."

Ji Tao laughed, "I heard that you can sell a bamboo weaving painting for more than 1,000 yuan. Is this not a skillful girl?"

Xia Zhu didn't know what to say, she lowered her head, her face full of shyness.

Ji Tao said, "I think this is the model of rural youth in the new era. Being able to rely on your own skillful hands to shake off poverty and become rich, we must call on the youth of the whole county to learn from her!"

Xia Zhu quickly raised her head and said, "No, Secretary Ji, I can't afford the title of youth model. I can have today, all thanks to Su Xinghui's help. He should be the youth model. We should all learn from him."

Su Xinghui said, "Xia Zhu, don't be humble. I just pointed out a path for you. The actual things are not done by yourself."

Xia Zhu was anxious and wanted to say something else. Ji Tao said, "Don't fight for humility. It is important for Xia Zhu to do practical things, but it is also very important for you, Su Xinghui, to help them point out the way. And you have done a lot of practical things. Xia Zhu is right, you also deserve to be a youth model!"

Fang Youcai said with emotion, "The countryside needs young people with knowledge and culture like them to take the lead. I am old. After working for another year or two, I should give up the position to young people. Zhongfu, Xia Lan, you are still okay. You should work hard and build Ye Zhugou better and better."

Zhao Zhongfu quickly said, "Branch Secretary Fang, what are you talking about? Without your experience to check, we can't do it well! Besides, you are only fifty years old. What is old? It is still early from retirement age."

Ji Tao said, "We need both the drive of young people and the experience of old comrades to do our work. You work together to do a good job in Ye Zhugou Village."

Several village cadres, including Fang Youcai, nodded excitedly.

After looking at Ye Zhugou Village, Ji Tao and Zhang Kaishan were very satisfied. Next, they went to several other villages to see. Those villages were mainly engaged in special planting projects. This kind of project was slightly slower to see results, but the current situation was also quite good, and various seedlings and seeds had been planted.

Because of the special fund support from the provincial agricultural reform pilot unit, the employment opportunities created by these projects alone had improved their lives a lot. When these fruit trees became forests and medicinal herbs were harvested, they could completely shake off poverty and become rich.

The situation of inspection in Meng Hu Ling Township made Ji Tao and Zhang Kaishan very pleasantly surprised. The progress of various work here exceeded their imagination, especially the idea of setting up a reading room in each village, which was simply a genius concept.

They could imagine how surprised Lu Zhenghong would be when he came. Setting up reading rooms in rural areas was not common in the whole province, which represented that Meng Hu Ling Township did not forget to build spiritual civilization while building material civilization.

And it was Su Xinghui's idea that not only allowed the Xinhua Bookstore to digest the old book inventory but also allowed the reading rooms in each village of Meng Hu Ling Township to take shape, which could be described as a touch of gold. Su Xinghui's idea made them look at Su Xinghui with admiration.

Ji Tao and Zhang Kaishan came with interest and returned with satisfaction. They returned to the county seat very happily.

That night, Su Xinghui was painting in his dormitory. The painting he painted was naturally prepared for the calligraphers and painters in Jiangcheng to come to Meng Hu Ling. In order to show respect for these calligraphers and painters, he had to try his best to paint this painting well.

He painted the scenery of the bamboo mountain in Ye Zhugou Village. This bamboo mountain was the scenery he was most familiar with, and it was also the most beautiful scenery in Meng Hu Ling this winter. He naturally had to paint the scenery here.

Now, he had almost outlined the general outline of this painting. After the outline was outlined, he could color it, and then this painting would be completed.

Wan Xing'an read for a long time, then put down the book and stood behind Su Xinghui to watch him paint. He liked to watch Su Xinghui paint very much. He felt that the paintings painted by Su Xinghui were better than some famous painters.

Wan Xing'an said, "Xinghui, your painting is really good."

Su Xinghui smiled, "There are many people who paint better than me."

Wan Xing'an laughed, "But those people don't live in the same dormitory as me!"