After Liu Yan finished speaking, he looked at Fan Yanping and continued: "Dad, tell me, how many school-age children in Yuanping are not in primary school?"

"Nearly a third."

"What reason?"

“The main reason is that there are more than 20 natural villages of various sizes, which are too scattered and the distances are too long.

The children cannot go back and forth on the same day, and the school has no way to solve the student accommodation problem."

"Let me ask you again! How many teachers are there in Yuanping Primary School now?"

"One person is full-time, and the other two are part-time."

"If I remember correctly, Yuanping Elementary School was established in 1973. Three years ago, it still only has the first, second and third grade of elementary school.

Next, if you want to set up fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, have you considered? How to solve the problem of teachers and teaching equipment?

If these conditions cannot keep up, those senior students will have to walk more than 30 kilometers to attend primary school in Changyuan Commune, just like Lili did back then...

There is also a health station, Dad. Currently, the Yuanping Health Station only has a barefoot doctor and an old Chinese medicine doctor, who can only solve the problems of headaches, brain fever and bumps and bruises.

But if you get a serious illness, you still have to walk dozens of kilometers to go to the commune health center."

"Yes!" Fan Yanping nodded heavily.

"So, first of all, only by solving the money problem can Yuanping solve the transportation problem and improve the conditions for running schools and medical care.

Moreover, only when transportation, education, and medical care are improved, local living conditions can truly improve, and young people like Lili who have graduated from middle school and returned to their hometowns can be attracted to Yuanping.

In this way, the quality of Yuanping's population can be gradually improved.

Think about it again, if one day, our Yuanping commune members don’t have to walk dozens of kilometers to the commune health center to see a doctor. Yuanping has its own middle school, or a nine-year school, and every child in the natural village can go to a primary school nearby.

Moreover, there is a road from Yuanping to the commune for cars, and every natural village has a plowing road for walking tractors.

At that time, our Yuanping will be truly out of poverty and prosperous..."

"Liu Yan, the blueprint you drew is indeed beautiful and tempting. But..." After hearing what Liu Yan said, Fan Yanping's face was full of disbelief.

He was surprised by the transformation of his son-in-law. At the same time, he also thought, how easy is it?

"But what? Dad, I understand your concerns. Nothing is difficult in this world, and I believe this blueprint will be realized in the near future.

Of course, I can't do it alone. My abilities are limited.

I need your support and the support of the entire Yuanping people.

That's why I came to talk to dad today.

Dad, I’m determined to recruit workers back to the city anyway, and I won’t leave.

I thought about it, I can't just wait for death like I did before, I want to do something that I can for the Genpei production team.

I need your support!" Liu Yan looked at Fan Yanping with expectant eyes.

…

After listening to Liu Yan's words, Fan Yanping pondered for a moment, raised his hand and coughed lightly: "Liu Yan, I understand what you mean.

I will support you in this matter. Our most indispensable resource in Yuanping is bamboo. Do you still remember Madan Mountain?"

"Thank you, dad. How could I forget that? The mountains and forests that Yuanping's educated youth have opened up over the years are all in Madan Mountain."

"Then do you still remember the Baizhang Rock on Mader Mountain?"

"I can't forget that Zhou Haiyang and I once visited the forest seedlings in Made Mountain. We stayed there for more than half a year and lived in the original middle hall of Baizhang Rock.

Lili and Lin Nan both went there to see us."

“Do you know the Baizhang Terraced Fields at Baizhangyan?”

"I know, Dad, but one thing I still can't figure out is that Baizhang Rock was completely destroyed back then. Why is it that only the bamboos on the Baizhang Terraces were not damaged at all and are still growing luxuriantly?"

"Yes! Have you ever thought about why this is?"

"I once asked Uncle Liu, who spent all his time in the Educated Youth Center reminiscing about our sorrows and sweet memories.

He said that it was because the bamboos in the Baizhang terraced fields were the hair of Ma's fairy mother and were fairy bamboos.

And you can’t cut it, otherwise it will make Ma’s fairy mother angry and cause the Baizhang Rock to collapse..."

"Old Liu is the first cowherd boy to understand farts? Things are not as mysterious as he said..."

Then, Fan Yanping told Liu Yan something that happened ten years ago:

Ten years ago, Baizhangyan suffered devastating damage.

A few hours later, an unprecedented flash flood caused by an unprecedented heavy rain poured from Mad Mountain and impacted the entire Genpei within a hundred-mile radius.

After seven days and seven nights, the flood finally receded quietly early one morning.

Ten days later, when the people cleaning up the mudslide came to Madan Mountain, what puzzled everyone was:

In the entire radius of a hundred miles, only the bamboos in the 100-foot terraced fields were still standing and undamaged, as if nothing had happened around here...

Since then, people here have never been to Baizhangyan again, and began to talk about the legend mentioned by Old Liu Tou.

It wasn't until 1971, when you, a group of educated youths, came and opened up the wilderness around Baizhang Rock into a mountain forest, but no one dared to touch the Baizhang Terraces...

With that said, Fan Yanping took out a pipe from his arms and handed it to Liu Yan: "Liu Yan, look at this pipe..."

Liu Yan took the pipe: "Dad, I often see you holding this pipe. Is it made of small leaf red sandalwood? Why does it feel cold?"

"This is not red sandalwood, but bamboo."

"Ah! Bamboo? Why does the material and color look like small-leaf rosewood?"

"Yes, this is made of bamboo heads from Baizhang Terraces. The longer it takes, the darker the color will be.

This is a bamboo I dug from the Baizhang terraces more than ten years ago. I made a walking stick at that time, and cut off the head to make a pipe." After saying that, Fan Yanping stood up and walked to the back room.

After a while, he took out a crutch with the same color and material as the pipe and handed it to Liu Yan.

"This bamboo is so amazing! If I didn't tell you, everyone would think it was red sandalwood."

"The bamboo in Baizhang Terraces also has two very magical characteristics..."

"Dad, what two characteristics?"

"First, it's warm in winter and cool in summer..."

"Warm in winter and cool in summer! If the bamboo from the terraced fields is made into bamboo mats, it will be very popular among city people! What's another feature?"

"That means it has a certain effect on protecting arthritis and lumbar disc herniation..."

"Dad, you mean, it has medical and health functions?"

Fan Yanping nodded: "Liu Yan, go home with Lili tonight, come to my room!

The bamboo mat on my bed has been in use for more than ten years. It was made with this crutch.

Unexpectedly, the arthritis I suffered from when I was young has never recurred in the past ten years..."

Then, Fan Yanping told Liu Yan that the source is a hundred miles wide and there are no less than twenty kinds of bamboo, but the most amazing ones are the bamboos in the Baizhang Terraces.

"Dad, I heard what you said, different bamboos in Yuanping Village can make bamboo products of different grades, and bamboos from Baizhang Terraces can make high-end bamboo products..."

Fan Yanping looked at Liu Yan, smiled and nodded: "The key is how to open up sales..."
Chapter completed!