If you go to Hunan to visit the Xiaoxiang landscape, you will find a very special kind of bamboo. It is slender, tall and towering, it is lush, snow-free, and does not bend. What is even more special is that it also has spots on its body, as if history has left a special imprint of memory on this special creature. Locals call this kind of bamboo "Xiang bamboo".
In Chinese culture, bamboo is a representative of the spirit of integrity, tenacity and indomitability. "Firmly believe that the green mountains do not relax, the roots are in the broken rocks; thousands of grinding blows are still strong, and the southeast, southwest, and northwest winds of Ren'er", Zheng Banqiao, a masterpiece that has been passed down through the ages, writes the bamboo's unyielding character vividly. Bamboo in the mountains, clear and steep, can withstand the wind and frost, can withstand loneliness, contains proud wind bones and modesty. In the land of Xiaoxiang, in the battle of China's poverty alleviation, which is a glorious historical battle, a large number of outstanding Communist Party members "poverty alleviation captains" have emerged, just like this Xiangzhu bamboo, far away from the bustling city, stationed in the simple countryside, exerting youth and blood on this land, fighting against poverty and suffering, and writing romantic feelings with the spirit of contemporary China.
In addition to the tall and beautiful "bamboo on the ground", there is also a "bamboo underground" with the same root and origin. Bamboo roots are buried deep in the ground, and on the same root, many bamboo trees can grow. Several bamboos growing side by side on the ground, and the same root underground. With this magical karma, large and leafy bamboo forests can emerge.
Three sisters and brothers of the Cao family, three "Captain Cao" stationed in the village to help the poor
Hunan is the first place for targeted poverty alleviation. In the vast land of Xiaoxiang, there are such three leaders of the poverty alleviation task force, Cao Jingbo, Cao Xinghong, and Cao Qubo, who are sisters and brothers, and they are also close poverty alleviation comrades-in-arms, they are like three Xiang bamboo trees growing from a root, standing and fighting in the deepest part of the Shonan Mountains.
The third sister and brother of the Cao family were born in an ordinary family in Chenzhou, Hunan Province, and there were six sisters and brothers in the family, of which the fourth brother Cao Jingbo, the fifth Cao Xinghong, and the old Cao Qubo were all communist party members, all of whom worked in discipline inspection and supervision posts, all responded to the call of the national poverty alleviation battle, successively rushed to the front line of accurate poverty alleviation, and all served as the leader of the poverty alleviation task force in the poor village and the first secretary of the village party branch.
Nowadays, the task of poverty alleviation in the country has been successfully completed, and the three sisters and brothers of the Cao family still adhere to and are stationed in the front line of poverty alleviation, and continue to play their share of light and heat for rural revitalization.
The story of Cao Xinghong's three sisters and brothers stationed in the village to alleviate poverty has been passed down as a good story on the precise poverty alleviation front of Sanxiang Land.
The inner strength pulled him to Dongyuan Village
At the beginning of 2018, according to the deployment of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and the Hunan Provincial Government on precision poverty alleviation work, Hunan Tobacco launched a new round of poverty alleviation work after successfully completing the precise poverty alleviation task of Xinxiao Village, Huangsha Town, Yizhang County, Chenzhou City, and moved to Dongyuan Village, Guanxi Township, Yizhang County, Chenzhou City.
A new war is imminent, and the selection of generals has become a major event. At this time, a cadre who took the initiative to ask for war appeared in people's field of vision. His name was Cao Xinghong, he was then the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of The Wuzhong Cigarette Factory of Hunan China Tobacco, and he came from a family of Communist Party members in Hunan, and the whole family fought on all fronts of the great cause of poverty alleviation, with rich experience, ability to do things, and a good reputation among the masses of the people.
However, there are also objections. To be precise, it is to persuade Cao Xinghong to think it through. Open the map to see that Dongyuan Village is located in the southeastern position of Yizhang County, which is close to the border of Shonan and further south is Mangshan Mountain. This is the most remote and deeply impoverished village in Yizhang County, with ravines, high mountains and dangerous roads, and inconvenient transportation.
This is just one of them, and there are two that are even more reassuring. Cao Xinghong's wife has not been in good health in recent years, and her daughter will soon be promoted to the third and enter an important decisive stage in her life. Three years ago, Cao Xinghong exchanged to work at the Wuzhong factory in Ningxia, which is owned by Hunan Tobacco, and had just been reunited with his family, and then separated, running to a remote mountain village nearly 400 kilometers away. How is it good that the main backbone of the family has been running around for several years?
Cao Xinghong (right) walked through every corner of Dongyuan Village
There are tens of millions of difficulties, and there is only one determination, and Cao Xinghong has an iron heart to help the poor. This decision, the people who advised him not to go, were finally dumb, only because he left a sentence:
"No matter how difficult things are, people always have to do them." I am a native of Chenzhou, familiar with the local customs and customs, and can enter the role as soon as possible. My sister and sister are both leaders of the poverty alleviation task force, our family is all communist party members, and we sit together and talk about accurate poverty alleviation! I really have such a complex and long-cherished wishes, and I hope to have the honor of participating in this battle against poverty that can stand in the annals of history. ”
A large group of people sit together, small talk is accurate poverty alleviation, so what else to say? A main backbone goes out to help the poor, and in this big family, it has long been commonplace. Confucius said that "the old man is old, and the old man is old; the young man is young, and the young man is young", and human feelings are all connected, not to mention, behind it there is the whole Hunan Tobacco in all-round support!
Where does this inner energy come from? In fact, Cao Xinghong himself could not speak clearly and did not know. The poverty alleviation atmosphere, poverty alleviation experience and poverty alleviation belief of the whole big family are on the one hand, and the poverty alleviation investment and the care efforts of the upper and lower levels of Hunan Tobacco are also on the other hand. It may be difficult to describe in words, and there is also the tenacious spirit of fighting in the bones that flows in the blood of Communists, bursts out of their bones, and fights against the earth.
Cao Xinghong (center) discussed the work of Dongyuan Village with the team members stationed in the village
This spirit has lasted for 100 years from the founding of the Communist Party of China in 1921 to today. Just as General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the mobilization conference for the study and education of party history in February this year: "Draw strong faith power from the red gene, and consciously be a firm believer and faithful practitioner of the lofty ideal of communism and the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics." ”
As a communist party member, a middle-level leader of a state-owned enterprise, and a member of the big family of poverty alleviation cadres, it is the party member's faith strength, cultural branding and family style inheritance that shaped Cao Xinghong's enthusiasm and "pulled" him to Dongyuan Village.
Family style inheritance, a family out of three "Captain Cao"
If you talk about where China likes to watch "Yang Jiajian the Most", Hunan and Henan will definitely be in the top two. Hunan still has a "Yang family will be the hometown of culture and art", from the Hunan Southern Song Dynasty anti-Jin general Yang Zaisheng, to the Ming Dynasty Jingtai period one of the four major ministers Yang Hong, are famous patriotic generals. Yang Hong had eight sons, all of whom were famous generals stationed on the frontier in the Ming Dynasty.
Shi Ren sighed and said: "Nine famous generals guard the border pass, and one father and son spill blood." ”
If poverty alleviation is regarded as a big war, Cao Xinghong's big family also has the Yang family's style. Cao Xinghong's parents are both township and town cadres in Rucheng County, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, and they are all Communist Party members. Cao Xinghong recalled the events of his childhood, and there were two scenes that impressed him deeply:
"My mother once took me to the countryside, the village is very special, it is divided in half by a river, we temporarily live in the house of the women's director, from the residence to the village department for a meeting, we need to sit in a big barrel, paddle the river water past, it looks very dangerous. She went back and forth in those days, many times a day, and I was still young, worried, and touched by her fiery energy. ”
"Speaking of my dad, it's pretty much the same. Once from his township back to the county town for a meeting, there was a small car accident on the road, the same day to the hospital for more than a dozen stitches, but only stayed in the hospital for two days, he wrapped gauze back to the township to work, the family, the township people all advised him to stay in the hospital for a few days to prevent wound infection, he resolutely refused, said that there are so many things in the township, what is this little injury? ”
The "Captain Cao" and his family celebrated the old father's birthday
Such a scene, in Cao Xinghong's memory, why are these two or three acts? However, these three or two acts are enough to show the spiritual outlook of a couple of Communist Party members, and also leave an indelible mark on the childhood of Cao Xinghong's sisters and brothers.
"My parents suffered from Alzheimer's disease a few years ago, which is currently irreversible, and basically forgot what is happening now, but the original things in the townships are still like a number of family treasures, and their biggest hobby every day is to sing red songs such as "Without the Communist Party, There Is No New China", and the lyrics have never been missed."
Later, among the six sisters and brothers of the Cao family, the fourth cao Jingbo served as the leader of the poverty alleviation task force and the first secretary of the village party branch in Rucheng County, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province; the fifth cao Xinghong, who served as the leader of the poverty alleviation task force and the first secretary of the village party branch in Dongyuan Village, Yizhang County; and Cao Qubo, the elder, served as the leader of the poverty alleviation task force and the first secretary of the village party branch in Baixi Village, Warm Water Town, Rucheng County.
In the interview, what impressed me the most was that the people regarded them as their closest relatives, and they thought of looking for them at the first time. Because they all have a common characteristic, no matter how big or small the villagers are, they will warmly receive, listen patiently, and do their best to find ways to solve it. Also because they all have the same title - "Captain Cao".
Every family gathering of the "Captain Cao" is equivalent to a poverty alleviation seminar
With the completion of the listing of poor villages in Lingxi Village, Baixi Village, and Dongyuan Village, it marks that the leaders of the poverty alleviation task team of the three sisters and brothers have successfully completed the tasks assigned by the party and the people. However, they are still stationed in the village, even busier than usual: the election of the two committees of the branch village, the connection from poverty alleviation to rural revitalization, from leading the villagers out of poverty to helping them get rich... They are striving to realize the dream of rejuvenating agriculture and enriching the township in the next step.
Not only that, Cao Xinghong's second sister, third sister, second brother-in-law, and third brother-in-law are all responsible for the pairing of supporters who have set up a file to set up a card. Some of them worked in the agricultural sector, some worked in grass-roots tax work, and all of them participated in the battle against poverty, and the total number of their families was no less than ten.
For the task force fighting on the front line of poverty alleviation, who does not have special circumstances? Who doesn't have people and things that can't be put down? When the Cao family gathers, when it comes to poverty alleviation work, the whole family participates in the discussion and jointly offers suggestions, and even Cao's mother will actively participate. Nowadays, Cao's father and mother's Alzheimer's disease is becoming more and more serious, and his father is in a wheelchair due to the atrophy of his feet, and he needs to be taken care of, and his parents are the biggest concern they can't rest assured. Despite the busyness, the whole extended family still took turns to take care of their parents and encourage each other, and the whole family supported the brothers and sisters stationed in the village to the greatest extent.
Cao Father's joint muscles atrophy and he is hospitalized
No, just do something practical for the villagers
Someone once asked the Cao family: "What is the purpose of running to the village to help the poor?" The three sisters and brothers of the Cao family did not say anything, they responded silently and firmly with their actions.
One weekend when Cao Jingbo arrived in The Village, Cao Jingbo received a plea for help from an 80-year-old lady in the village, Hu Lanxiu, who turned out to be her granddaughter Runhua, who was in junior high school, who had not returned home for more than two weeks.
Looking at the anxious old man, Cao Jingbo while comforting her, while quickly understanding the situation, through in-depth communication with the granddaughter of Mrs. Hu Runhua, she learned that Xiao Runhua was dependent on her grandmother for many years, there was no other labor force in the family, life was very poor, the house was dilapidated, and there was not even a separate bed...
Cao Jingbo (left) visits poor households in the village
The sad story behind this makes Cao Jingbo can't help but be surprised. She quickly consulted with the director of the village committee and decided to spend 3,000 yuan from the poverty alleviation work funds to help Xiao Runhua, and finally realized her little dream - to have her own separate bed, no longer need to sleep with her grandmother on a wooden bed less than one meter wide on a hot day. Since then, every weekend, Xiao Runhua rushed back from school to reunite with her grandmother, and the old lady's face also showed a happy smile. Captain Cao has also been paying attention to the growth of Xiao Runhua, she told Xiao Runhua, as long as you study hard, we will always help you, at present, Xiao Runhua is studying in the workplace, and last year was also named a love ambassador and a star of learning progress.
In the unforgettable days of staying in the village, such a thing was handled by the three sisters and brothers of the Cao family every day. Cao Qubo, his sister who was stationed in Baixi Village, told several examples in one breath when exchanging experiences:
Cao Qubo (center) visits the homes of poor households
Poor household He Dawen went out to work, the wife who stayed at home because of the low level of education, the child's household registration was delayed, Cao Qubo knew and then rushed to the police station to complete the household formalities for the child; poor household He Yuncheng wanted to help the poor through the development of industry, but suffering from the lack of start-up funds could not be implemented, Cao Qubo tried to help raise funds; poor household He Duliang, because his wife suffered from diabetes and other diseases, needed to take drugs for a long time and often hospitalized, the family carried a heavy economic burden, In order to prevent poverty caused by illness and return to poverty, Cao Qubo contacted the Rucheng County Urban and Rural Medical Insurance Center and handled special outpatient clinics for him in accordance with relevant policies, which greatly alleviated the economic pressure on He Duliang's family...
Cao Xinghong, who was stationed in Dongyuan Village to help the poor, although he was mentally prepared and listened to his family's description of the backwardness of some poor villages, he was still surprised when he first arrived in Dongyuan Village. Here the mountain road is rugged, the terrain is complex, there are dangerous houses everywhere, on the open space, there are some unsalable agricultural products scattered, young people go out to work, in the eyes of the left-behind elderly, indifferent expressions can be seen everywhere.
After two months of research, Cao Xinghong came to a conclusion: "Poverty is not a lack of resources, but not enough ideas, to help the poor must first help the aspirations!" ”
The dongyuan library newly built by the poverty alleviation team of Hunan China Tobacco in Dongyuan Village
Send red envelopes, the red envelopes will run out; the opportunity will send confidence, and wealth will roll in. Next, Cao Xinghong did not stop, walked through thousands of mountains and rivers, said a thousand words, the first enterprise investment, the first industrial planning, the first brand packaging, the first WeChat public account, the first e-commerce platform, successively appeared in front of the villagers. Next, cooperatives, poverty alleviation workshops, migrant workers... A series of poverty alleviation matrix measures have been launched one after another with the rhythm of drum beats, and the villagers' eyes are now full of joy in poverty alleviation and the belief in further enrichment.
Perhaps, the transformation of Fan Qinghong, a villager in Dongyuan Village who returned to the village to start a business, can answer some people's questions about the three sisters and brothers of the Cao family stationed in the village to alleviate poverty. Fan Qinghong, who used to work as a casual worker in Guangdong, felt hopeless and haggard in the face of crowded traffic and noisy street markets, and he often missed the landscapes and rivers of his hometown, his parents who were getting older, and his wife and children who made him think about twilight. Relying on the planning and construction of the Hunan Tobacco Poverty Alleviation Task Force in Dongyuan, and cao Xinghong's strategy of "using Mangshan National Forest Park as a net red theme" through research, Fan Qinghong finally realized the dream of returning to his hometown for employment, and he served as a manager in the homestay company in his hometown. Although he was busy, he had a comfortable life, and being reunited with his wife and children made him feel sincerely happy.
Cao Xinghong (first from left) visits the poor masses
If someone asks, what is the purpose of Cao Xinghong and his two sisters stationed in the village to help the poor? As the beneficiaries of the help, towards a well-off, and then able to help others, the "Fan Qinghongs" represent the poor villagers in the helped villages, the happiness on their faces and hearts, their satisfaction with the current life, and their expectations for the future life are the biggest gains of the three sisters and brothers of the Cao family.
Or the saying: "No why, just do something practical for the villagers." ”
Where is the matter of the masses divided into what size?
Starlight does not live up to the passers-by, and the rivers take care of the strivers. The three sisters and brothers of the Cao family were stationed in three poor villages, realizing their personal ideals and fulfilling the party's tasks. They have thrown themselves into the national poverty alleviation battle in full swing and have fulfilled their special missions.
Cao Xinghong planned first in Dongyuan Village, promoted industrial hematopoiesis, grasped the construction of ground infrastructure on the one hand, and grasped the cultural and educational Xingcun village on the other hand, cultivating a good social atmosphere, so that Dongyuan Village had 2600 mu of alpine organic tea, 1500 mu of oil tea and other characteristic planting, rural tourism, agricultural product e-commerce, special catering homestays, Internet sharing agriculture and other industrial integration and rural service industry "diamond diamond". Last year, the collective income of Dongyuan Village has reached more than 900,000, and this year it is expected to exceed 1 million and continue to lead the county.
In the four years of staying in the village, Cao Jingbo has not only helped 128 poor households and 439 people from 128 poor households in the village to get rid of poverty with high quality under the current standards. The village has implemented 48 infrastructure projects, built a new village-level service platform, a village clinic, a small cultural square, a new water canal of 800 meters, a river boundary pulp of 1600 meters, a small quality improvement and transformation of the village, the hardening of 14 villagers' group roads in the village, the consolidation and upgrading of the safe drinking water project in the village, and the installation of street lights on the main roads of the natural villages. Now the Road is flat, the water is clean, the lights are on, the flood is gone, the industry is booming, the people's pockets are bulging, and people's days are getting more and more prosperous.
The village-based work teams, village-based cadres, and village branch committees help peasant households allocate ginger
In Baixi Village, where Cao Qubo is stationed, 17 villager groups in the village have hardened the highway, and a new ecological riverside park, a small cultural square, a village-level comprehensive service platform, and a village clinic have been built. Nowadays, the safe drinking water project in the whole village has been consolidated and upgraded, 4 new irrigation canals have been built, street lamps have been installed on the main roads of each natural village, the living environment has been greatly improved, the villagers' pockets have been inflated, and the sense of happiness has also been greatly improved.
General Secretary Xi Jinping said: "The key to being well-off is not being well-off, the key is to look at fellow countrymen." Cao Xinghong still remembers that the day of the passage in Dongyuan Village was December 11, 2019. The six-meter-wide road that the Poverty Alleviation Task Force led to build to connect Dongyuan Village to Mangshan East Gate was completed on this day, and the villagers cheered all night. Under the brilliant starry sky, Chen Bin, who was the secretary of the village party committee at the time, actually walked back and forth on this road several times excitedly like a child putting on the long-awaited new shoes.
Before the Spring Festival was over this year, Fan Yangkuan, a villager in Dongyuan Village, found Cao Xinghong and asked him to help design a road sign so that travelers who came to stay at the homestay could find his home. He found several announcement companies, all of which felt that the amount of business was too small, dragged on for several months and did not succeed, and finally found Cao Xinghong, who made him trust. Unexpectedly, in just two days, Cao Xinghong sent the signs of his homestay to his home.
Fan Yangkuan said: "I have asked you to do things too many times, and I am embarrassed. ”
Cao Xinghong said sincerely: "It's okay, the affairs of the village and everyone's affairs are all my business." "Some things are cumbersome, one does not do, two do not do, it seems to be harmless, but Cao Xinghong does not think so, he strives to do a good job, and finds that every time the villagers he helps are progressing and developing, just like bamboo growing upwards, one section is higher than the other. Therefore, he felt solid and happy in his heart.
Cao Xinghong (left) patiently answers questions for villagers in Dongyuan Village
On the way out of Dongyuan Village, I asked Cao Xinghong: "Everyone has so many small things to do, you are not afraid of delaying the big things?" ”
"Small things are not done well, how to deal with big things?" He replied, "What's more, every big thing is built up by small things!" It may be a small thing for us, but it is a big thing for the people! ”
When shaking hands and saying goodbye, Cao Xinghong showed a hearty smile to me: "So, what is the size of the masses' affairs?" ”
Postscript: Bidding farewell to Cao Xinghong, I also ended this expedition to Shonan, which was full of wind and dust, thoughts, and waves. Along the way, the verdant Xiang bamboo forest is one after another. The three sisters and brothers of the Cao family are like three Xiang bamboo trees with the same root on the xiaoxiang land, standing in the forest of the party's lush and majestic poverty alleviation cause. I also felt that the villages scattered on the vast land of China were also like heavy and pieces of Xiangzhu forest, and each section was higher than the other. The spots growing on Xiangzhu are like every little thing done by the leader of the poverty alleviation task force like Cao Xinghong, which makes Xiaoxiang Dadi have a unique temperament with more vitality. I firmly believe that with the proclamation of a comprehensive victory in the national battle against poverty, the establishment of the Rural Revitalization Bureau and the development of the cause of rural revitalization, Standing at a new starting point, Cao Xinghong from Hunan Zhongyan, like all members of his extended family, and tens of millions of Communist Party members, in the prelude to the upcoming rural revitalization, threw off their arms and worked hard, and gathered into the forest of Xiangzhu that is full of mountains, lush and towering clouds.
Text: Sanzang Zuo Zaiwen
EDIT: Yiyi