Quick Travel: Is it OK to recycle yourself?

The old village chief looked at Qu Nannan with his cloudy eyes, and it took him a long time to figure out who she was: "Nannan, you're back? Why didn't you call me before you came back so I could pick you up."

"I drove back by myself, no need to pick me up. I just graduated and packed up and came back."

"Come on, come in and sit down and talk. You've suffered a lot out there these years, and you mail things back every year, but you don't even know how you're suffering."

The weather was still hot, so the group did not go into the house to talk. Instead, they sat on small stools in the yard to talk.

The old village chief looked at Old Man Xun and said, "Why are you here too? What do you want to talk to me about?"

Xun Laotou pretended to be angry: "You old man, can't I come to your house for a visit even if I have nothing to do?"

The old village chief didn't believe that the old man would get angry with just one sentence: "Who said you can't visit? You have to be someone who is willing to visit. You don't visit for no reason."

Old Man Xun laughed, "It's not that Nannan said she would not leave after coming back. She wanted to help improve the conditions in the village. I thought it would be difficult for Kangzi to do the work alone. Now Nannan is back and can help. This is a great thing."

Kangzi, Li Ankang is the grandson of the old village chief. He is about two or three years older than Qu Nannan. He was admitted to a junior college like herself. Although his academic qualifications are a little lower, he is also a rare educated person in the village.

Junior college is a three-year program, so he should have graduated last year: "Brother Kangzi didn't stay in the city?"

The old village chief was proud of his grandson. "No, your brother Kangzi has the same idea as you. He also wants to improve the conditions in the village. He became a village official right after graduation. I have retired now, and the position of village chief has been handed over to you, brother Kangzi."

Qu Nannan gave a thumbs up and said, "My brother Kangzi is this. What was the brother Kangzi you were talking about doing just now?"

The young people in the village are eager to run to the city. It is rare for those who have seen the prosperity of big cities to come back and take over the position of village chief. However, only such native people can wholeheartedly plan for the people here.

"You kid, don't you have the same idea? You are all good kids, but I am going to make things difficult for you."

How could improving the environment in the village be as simple as it sounds? Just building a road has troubled him for most of his life, and now his grandson is also busy with this matter, and the only thing he knows when he is asked is that he has no money.

The people in the village are too poor. If they had money, they would still have to look up to other people and ask for money all day long. Alas~~ It’s so helpless to say it out loud.

"Since your brother Kangzi took over last year, he has been busy building the road. He said that if the road is not built well, all the construction will be in vain. The crops grown cannot be transported out and will eventually rot in the fields."

What the village chief said was right. When the car drove in, the speed could not be increased at all, and the road conditions were extremely bad. This was on a sunny day. If it rained, the road would be even more difficult to drive on, and there would be no place to step.

Whenever it rains here, children have to go to school barefoot in the mud, and they have to leave early to arrive at school on time.

"Brother Kangzi wants the higher-ups to pay for road repairs? This road is not short and the amount is not small. Will the higher-ups agree?"

This country looks very prosperous, but there are many difficult places. It is simply unrealistic to expect the country to spend money on road construction.

"You're right. The higher-ups did agree to give us a portion, but that portion is simply a drop in the bucket for this road. Our village is poor, and we can't even add a little even if we want to. So you, brother Kangzi, want to try to get more. You can just build half first, and then build the other half in a few years."

"Grandpa Village Chief, can you tell me how much money the higher-ups are planning to give?"

"I heard from your brother Kangzi that the higher-ups only approved 200,000 yuan, and this was earned by your brother Kangzi by grinding every day. This amount of money is not even enough to cover half of the journey, so your brother Kangzi is almost living in the city all day long."

It's not much. She roughly calculated the cost of the road in their village. A million is not enough, and two hundred thousand is less than one-fifth of it. There is not much difference between having it and not having it.

Just as I said this, I saw Li Ankang, who was sweating all over his face, riding a bicycle back. One look at his expression showed that he was still unsuccessful today. He looked a lot rougher at only twenty-something years old.

The village head grandmother felt sorry for her grandson and drew some well water for him: "Come and wash yourself. It's too hot today. I think you shouldn't go tomorrow."

Before Kangzi could see the people in the yard clearly, he was interrupted by his grandmother: "That's impossible. We still have to go. What if the higher-ups give in?"

Kangzi still remembered that there were guests in the yard. He looked over to greet them first, and then he saw Grandpa Xun and a little girl. Was the car driven by this little girl? Wait, why does this little girl look familiar?

Qu Nannan greeted him with a smile: "Brother Kangzi, congratulations, you are now the village chief."

Kangzi looked at the girl's features carefully and asked uncertainly, "Are you... Qu Nannan?"

"Yes, Brother Kangzi, it's only been four years since we last met, and you don't recognize me?"

Kangzi quickly sat over and said, "It's not like I can't recognize you. How come you've lost so much weight and grown a lot taller? You look different from when you were a child. If you were walking outside, I wouldn't recognize you. Are you here to see me after graduation?"

"I've graduated, but I don't plan to leave after I come back. I want to come back and become a teacher, so that the children in our village don't have to walk 10 to 20 miles to go to school every day."

Kangzi frowned and said, "What are you thinking? Your school is the best school. You must have found a very good job after graduation. Why do you come back? You can only suffer if you come back."

He's a young man and can do anything, but his daughter has finally graduated from college, so why would she come back instead of living in the city and enjoying herself?

"Look at what you said. You are thinking of coming back to build your hometown, but you still don't believe that I can give back to the place that raised me? I think the same as you. No matter what, we can't let the children in our village continue to live the same life as before."

Kangzi also laughed. This was the kind of kid that went out here. "You're right. You came back at the right time. I just needed help and you came back."

"Don't count on me. I can pay, but I can't do the work. I heard that this road only gives 200,000 yuan? In this case, don't bother them. If they can give, it wouldn't be so difficult to give."

"You just take care of the road construction, and I'll fill in the gap when the time comes, okay?"

Li Ankang even wanted to touch Qu Nannan’s forehead. What nonsense is she talking about? She has no idea how much it costs to build a road!