80s Taoism

"Secretary Gu, when I go to the market, I'm going to go shopping and come back. I'm going to eat at your house for a few days. But I'll just start the fire myself. After all, I'm not here for a day or two. I'm really sorry to trouble you all the time. Besides, the water is really not easy." Zhang Jiaohua said.

"What can I do then? You came to the village alone, and the conditions are so poor. Come to our house, that is to buy an extra pair of chopsticks." Gu Baishui said hastily. Gu Baishui's mother-in-law Liang Meihua stepped on Gu Baishui's foot under the table.

Zhang Jiaohua smiled and said: "My family is also in the countryside. When I was young, my parents went to work, and I was alone at home. Although there is a lack of water here, I should not have a big problem. But the constant water shortage in the village is not a problem. We have to find a way to solve it. I heard that the village used to draw water from the mountains, but why did it suddenly stop? And what happened when the waterway on the other side of the canal was cut off?"

Gu Baishui nodded: "In the past, our village did draw water from the mountains, and it was quite large. Several villages in Yingpan Village drew water from the mountains. In 1992, the water was suddenly cut off. The water from several villages in the village was cut off. At that time, the weather was good every year. In the past five or so years, there has been no famine here. The whole brigade went to dig the canal. With Jianshui and that canal, our Yingpan village has never been short of water. But a few years ago, the Guangshun Hydropower Station was built there, the dam was built to block the water, and the water was diverted. Our canal has no water."

"Did you not report it to your superiors?" Zhang Jiaohua asked.

"What's the use of responding. With such a big hydropower station and such great benefits, who would take our common people seriously. Besides, the river is not part of our town. The town can't control it. Our common people have no choice but to run outside. Those who can make a home outside have settled outside." Gu Baishui shook his head.

"Why don't we find a suitable place and build a pond to store water?" Zhang Jiaohua asked.

"Why is there no pond? Go and have a look when you have time. You are an educated person, maybe you can understand why the water in our pond can't even be eaten by livestock? The water irrigates the paddy fields, and there are no weeds growing in the paddy fields." Gu Baishui shook his head.

"Is there such a thing? Was that pond like this before?" Zhang Jiaohua was very surprised.

"It wasn't like this before. When we were in the production team, there were still a lot of fish in the pond. We bathed in it, and we could often catch fish and come back. Now there is no living thing in the pond. The water is poisonous, so who dares to enter the water." Gu Baishui said.

What Gu Baishui said was somewhat different from what Gu Chuangui said. However, it is generally the same.

Zhang Jiaohua had dinner at Gu Baishui's house, and then went to Tianbaqiao Town. Some supplies that Zhang Jiaohua needs can be bought without going to the market. So, without waiting for the market, Zhang Jiaohua went to the town to buy everything.

To Zhang Jiaohua's surprise, he ran into Zhao Ruiping again in the town.

"Zhang Jiaohua, you are the same as me, you can't live in the countryside anymore?" Zhao Ruiping patted Zhang Jiaohua on the shoulder.

"Come here to buy something. How about you?" Zhang Jiaohua said.

"I don't plan to go there. That ghostly place is where people live? If I were to live there for a month, I'd go crazy. There's no water, what the hell. The gods have come, and there's no way to fix this village. I heard that Yingpan Village is not much different from Wanyaoshu Village. Are you really going to stay there?" Zhao Ruiping asked.

Zhang Jiaohua nodded: "I am going to buy a motorcycle, otherwise it will be inconvenient to go anywhere. I will bring back some necessary items later. Then I will find a way to solve the problems in the village."

Zhao Ruiping nodded, and gave Zhang Jiaohua a thumbs up: "I give in to you."

"You really don't plan to go back?" Zhang Jiaohua asked.

"Is it true or not? If I stay there, I will die. You don't know, the rats in the room became piles at night, and even ran to my bed. I was so scared that I didn't dare to close my eyes all night. This ghost place!" Zhao Ruiping shook his head.

"What does Mayor Zhu say?" Zhang Jiaohua asked.

"Mayor Zhu told me to do things in the town first." Zhao Ruiping said.

"That's alright, do you want to buy a motorcycle with me?" Zhang Jiaohua asked.

"What? Are you really planning for a protracted war?" Zhao Ruiping asked.

Zhang Jiaohua said with a smile: "It's nothing, just for convenience."

Zhao Ruiping was idle and bored, so he followed Zhang Jiaohua to the place where motorcycles were sold. The place to buy motorcycles in Tianbaqiao Town is very simple, and there are only one or two old-fashioned domestic motorcycles inside, and the price is not expensive. Zhang Jiaohua bought one and put an iron box in it for the convenience of storing things.

Zhang Jiaohua went to buy various cooking utensils again, as if preparing to settle down in Yingpan Village.

"Zhang Jiaohua, no matter whether you can really stay here or not, I already admire you for doing this. Anyway, I can't do it." Zhao Ruiping said very dejectedly. At the beginning, Zhao Ruiping was full of ambition, but now, he has completely given up, but he can see that Zhang Jiaohua has no intention of leaving here at all.

During lunch, Gu Baishui's grandson, Gu Chenglin, went to ask Zhang Jiaohua to eat, but he opened the door but did not find Zhang Jiaohua. If he hadn't seen that Zhang Jiaohua's luggage was still there, he would have thought that Zhang Jiaohua couldn't hold on anymore and ran away.

In the afternoon, Zhang Jiaohua rode a brand new motorcycle into the village. Gu Chuangui, who was playing at the entrance of the village, immediately saw it.

"Wow! Motorbike! You went to buy a motorcycle? You urbanites are really rich!" In Gu Chuangui's impression, motorcycles are very expensive things. Only the very, very rich can afford it. There is no motorcycle in Yingpan Village, only the boss who comes to the village to collect medicinal materials will enter the village on a motorcycle!

Zhang Jiaohua laughed loudly: "Chuangui! Help me move things! You all come to help, and I will give you delicious food later!"

Gu Chuangui and other children immediately rushed forward. They scrambled to help Zhang Jiaohua move things.

Zhang Jiaohua pushed the motorcycle into an empty room. It was covered with a rainproof cloth. The classroom was badly damaged. Looking up in the room, those small holes were like stars in the sky on a clear night.

Zhang Jiaohua put the car away and went back to the room. Although the snacks Zhang Jiaohua bought were put in the bag directly, these children didn't take them out to eat by themselves, they squatted there waiting for Zhang Jiaohua to come over.

"Why don't you eat it yourself?" Zhang Jiaohua actually knew why they were like this, and he was similar to them when he was a child. Zhang Jiaohua opened the bag and grabbed a handful for each of them: "If it's not enough, I'll take it later."

"Enough is enough. We didn't help you with anything." Gu Chuangui said quickly.

Several children ate snacks with relish, Gu Chuangui only ate one and was reluctant to eat it.

"Uncle, can I take it home and eat it?" Gu Chuangui asked.

"Yes, yes, take it back and eat it." Zhang Jiaohua nodded. Gu Chuangui wanted to eat it very much, but he was able to restrain himself and wanted to take the snack back to eat. It must not be for himself, but for the person he cares about the most.

Zhang Jiaohua remembered that Gu Chuangui also said that he wanted to buy painkillers for his grandfather. He was afraid that he would take these snacks back for his grandfather.

Zhang Jiaohua looked at Gu Chuangui who was bouncing around and running home with snacks, the more he seemed to see himself back then.

The other children also went home with food, and they were not greedy for the snacks in Zhang Hua's bag. Zhang Jiaohua smiled, picked up the snacks and put them in the box.

Put away the cooking utensils and rice oil noodles you bought. Zhang Jiaohua prepared the next three meals and tried to solve it by herself. Zhang Jiaohua had already seen Gu Baishui's expression. Always eating and drinking for free at other people's homes, Zhang Jiaohua also felt sorry.

Zhang Jiaohua pointed to a red plastic bucket, which was already full of water. The water is so clear and transparent that it looks and feels different.

Fortunately, although the school is deserted, the wires are still there. The wires were connected yesterday. Zhang Jiaohua bought some wires and some electrical items today. In this way, electric rice cookers and electric frying pans can come in handy.

When Gu Baishui rushed over, Zhang Jiaohua already had a scent of vegetables wafting from here.

"When I smell the food, I know Xiao Zhang that you are planning to stay here. Okay, you don't feel comfortable with us old guys. Just ask me for anything you need. The conditions in our Yingpan Village are indeed a bit poor. But people are still very kind." Gu Baishui said.

"Secretary Gu, why don't you sit down and try my handicraft? I've been bothering you at your house for the past two days. I'm really sorry." Zhang Jiaohua said.

"Okay, I'll try your handicraft. If your handicraft is not good, you'd better go to our house to make do with it." Gu Baishui was not polite, and sat down.

Zhang Jiaohua didn't cook much, one person packed a bowl of rice, but fried two more dishes impromptu. Using an old school desk as a dining table, the two of them sat on a bench.

"Hey, your craftsmanship is not bad!" Gu Baishui couldn't help exclaiming after taking a bite. Naturally, Zhang Jiaohua's meals were not simple, although the rice was ordinary late rice bought from the town, and the vegetables were bought at the market in the town. But the water used is not simple. It used the spiritual spring obtained from the Taoism map space. Can the taste of this meal be worse?

Zhang Jiaohua smiled.

"No wonder you don't want to eat at my house anymore. Compared with what you cook, the food at my house is like pig food. It's amazing, young people are not easy." Gu Baishui gave Zhang Jiaohua a thumbs-up.

"Secretary Gu, the place where I live has settled down. In the next few days, I plan to walk around the village. Understanding the situation will facilitate my future work," Zhang Jiaohua said.

"Yes." Gu Baishui nodded, "You young man has an idea, so go ahead and do it boldly. I'm old and I don't have the energy anymore. But I won't hold you back."