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Hou Yongfen: /* 郝天钰 Hao Tianyu */

2022-11-10T14:49:12Z

郝天钰 Hao Tianyu

Li Ziyu: /* 李彦 Li Yan */

2022-11-10T11:05:56Z

李彦 Li Yan

Li Ziyu: /* 李彦 Li Yan */

2022-11-10T10:46:33Z

李彦 Li Yan

Li Ziyu: /* 李彦 Li Yan */

2022-11-10T10:45:03Z

李彦 Li Yan

Li Ziyu: /* 李彦 Li Yan */

2022-11-10T10:40:54Z

李彦 Li Yan

Li Ziyu: /* 李梓玉 Li Ziyu */

2022-11-10T10:29:47Z

李梓玉 Li Ziyu

Li Ziyu: /* 李梓玉 Li Ziyu */

2022-11-10T10:22:53Z

李梓玉 Li Ziyu

Li Ziyu: /* 李梓玉 Li Ziyu */

2022-11-10T10:17:43Z

李梓玉 Li Ziyu

Li Ziyu: /* 李彦 Li Yan */

2022-11-10T10:15:39Z

李彦 Li Yan

Li Ziyu: /* 李彦 Li Yan */

2022-11-10T10:12:23Z

李彦 Li Yan

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:49, 10 November 2022
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	It has been almost forty years since the reform and opening up. Although there are still a considerable number of poor in rural China, there are basically no people who don't even have food to eat. But Wei Shuli told me that at that time, her family really had to worry about their next meal.		It has been almost forty years since the reform and opening up. Although there are still a considerable number of poor in rural China, there are basically no people who don't even have food to eat. But Wei Shuli told me that at that time, her family really had to worry about their next meal.

		+	Fate is always cruel. Bi Yingli went to Tianjin for work in 2005, but there was an accident happened his first day of work. He fell from a fourteen-story building under construction, but luckily he landed in the gap between the steel bars which made him survived. Unfortunately, two of his ribs were broken, so he couldn't work to support his family. Due to multiple surgeries and long-term overload, Wei Shuli, the only laborer in this family of six, also suffered from lumbar disc herniation and hypertension. The long-term use of hormones had also eroded her youth and health in some aspect. She looked quite fat but she was actually very weak and sweated a lot easily.
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		+	When Wei Shuli found out she was pregnant with twins again, she and her husband did not feel overjoyed, but rather worried. The first twin was born and raised with the help of money borrowing from all relatives and friends. Now they really couldn't afford another one. The doctor told them seriously that Wei Shuli had already had three operations including appendicitis, and with her age, she had to let nature take its course. Unfortunately, only one boy of the twin survived.
		+	The living costs for the four children, plus the medical expenses at birth, completely overwhelmed this family.
		+	It has been almost forty years since the reform and opening up. Although there are still a considerable number of poor in rural China, there are basically no people who don't even have food to eat. But Wei Shuli told me that at that time, her family really had to worry about their next meal.
	Fate is always cruel. Bi Yingli went to Tianjin for work in 2005, but there was an accident happened his first day of work. He fell from a fourteen-story building under construction, but luckily he landed in the gap between the steel bars which made him survived. Unfortunately, two of his ribs were broken, so he couldn't work to support his family. Due to multiple surgeries and long-term overload, Wei Shuli, the only laborer in this family of six, also suffered from lumbar disc herniation and hypertension. The long-term use of hormones had also eroded her youth and health in some aspect. She looked quite fat but she was actually very weak and sweated a lot easily.		Fate is always cruel. Bi Yingli went to Tianjin for work in 2005, but there was an accident happened his first day of work. He fell from a fourteen-story building under construction, but luckily he landed in the gap between the steel bars which made him survived. Unfortunately, two of his ribs were broken, so he couldn't work to support his family. Due to multiple surgeries and long-term overload, Wei Shuli, the only laborer in this family of six, also suffered from lumbar disc herniation and hypertension. The long-term use of hormones had also eroded her youth and health in some aspect. She looked quite fat but she was actually very weak and sweated a lot easily.

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 So Secretary Pan convened another meeting of the village committee and the village party committee, saying, "If the task we assigned is rejected by the villagers from the very first time, it will be even more difficult for us to carry out our work in the future." The committee members then began to work in small groups, persuading villagers who did not want to join the "Kinship Chain" and the "Mutual Need Chain" to take action. They made several trips to the villagers' houses and finally got the problems pretty much solved.
-Then, something went wrong. Guo Shousheng, who came from wealthy households, was an impediment to the proposal for no matter how many times he was persuaded, he just didn't agree to help poor households. He said he welcomed relatives came from afar, but alienated from neighbors due to the lack of ties of kindred, and it was not a good thing to mix them together. He said no more words, and when the cadres came again, he did not even raise his head, busily feeding the cattle, and he looked indifferently, as if he had not seen them.
+Then, something went wrong. Guo Shousheng, who came from a wealthy family, did not agree to help the poor families, no matter how hard the village committee members tried to persuaded him. He said, "As the saying goes, if you want to maintain good relations with your neighbours, you should build a high wall between your houses; and if you want good relations between your relatives, you shouldn't have too much to do with them. It is not a good thing to get too involved with them. " He said no more words. When the committee members came again, he did not even raise his head, busily feeding his cattle. He looked indifferently, as if he had not seen them at all.
 ====李梓玉 Li Ziyu====

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 The rich families say, "If I agree to help them, I'll be doing manual work for them, won't I? If I do well, I won't get any benefit; but if I don't, they will even blame me." Some of the poor families say, "I don't need his help! It's true that I don't know how to farm, but that doesn't mean I'm unable to raise livestock that grow with a little feed! Why do I have to take them to his house?"
-So Secretary Pan convened another meeting of the village committee and the village party committee, saying, "If the task we assigned is rejected by the villagers from the very first time, it will be even more difficult for us to carry out our work in the future." The committee members then began to work in small groups, persuading villagers who did not want to join the “Kinship Chain” and the “Mutual Need Chain” to take action. They made several trips to the villagers' houses and finally got the problems pretty much solved.
+So Secretary Pan convened another meeting of the village committee and the village party committee, saying, "If the task we assigned is rejected by the villagers from the very first time, it will be even more difficult for us to carry out our work in the future." The committee members then began to work in small groups, persuading villagers who did not want to join the "Kinship Chain" and the "Mutual Need Chain" to take action. They made several trips to the villagers' houses and finally got the problems pretty much solved.
 Then, something went wrong. Guo Shousheng, who came from wealthy households, was an impediment to the proposal for no matter how many times he was persuaded, he just didn't agree to help poor households. He said he welcomed relatives came from afar, but alienated from neighbors due to the lack of ties of kindred, and it was not a good thing to mix them together. He said no more words, and when the cadres came again, he did not even raise his head, busily feeding the cattle, and he looked indifferently, as if he had not seen them.

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 Everything is difficult at the beginning. The "Three Chains" Mutual Help System was well received by most of the villagers as soon as it was introduced to them. Some villagers, however, remained resistant to it, and such resistance came not only from some wealthy families, but also from some poor ones.
-The rich families say, "If I agree to help them, I'll be doing manual work for them, won't I? If I do well, I won't get any benefit; but if I don't, they will even blame me." Some of the poor families say, "I don't need his help! It's true that I can't farm, but that doesn't mean I can't still raise livestock or plants that grow with a little feed! Why do I have to take them to his house?"
+The rich families say, "If I agree to help them, I'll be doing manual work for them, won't I? If I do well, I won't get any benefit; but if I don't, they will even blame me." Some of the poor families say, "I don't need his help! It's true that I don't know how to farm, but that doesn't mean I'm unable to raise livestock that grow with a little feed! Why do I have to take them to his house?"
 So Secretary Pan convened another meeting of the village committee and the village party committee, saying, "If the task we assigned is rejected by the villagers from the very first time, it will be even more difficult for us to carry out our work in the future." The committee members then began to work in small groups, persuading villagers who did not want to join the “Kinship Chain” and the “Mutual Need Chain” to take action. They made several trips to the villagers' houses and finally got the problems pretty much solved.

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 The rich families say, "If I agree to help them, I'll be doing manual work for them, won't I? If I do well, I won't get any benefit; but if I don't, they will even blame me." Some of the poor families say, "I don't need his help! It's true that I can't farm, but that doesn't mean I can't still raise livestock or plants that grow with a little feed! Why do I have to take them to his house?"
-So Secretary Pan convened another meeting of the village committee and the village party committee, saying, "If the task we assigned is rejected by the villagers from the very first time, it will be even more difficult for us to carry out our work in the future." So everyone began to work separately, persuading villagers who did not want to join the chain of family affection and mutual demand to hurry up. The cadres set out, entered one house, left the house one after another, and finally solved the problem more or less.
+So Secretary Pan convened another meeting of the village committee and the village party committee, saying, "If the task we assigned is rejected by the villagers from the very first time, it will be even more difficult for us to carry out our work in the future." The committee members then began to work in small groups, persuading villagers who did not want to join the “Kinship Chain” and the “Mutual Need Chain” to take action. They made several trips to the villagers' houses and finally got the problems pretty much solved.
 Then, something went wrong. Guo Shousheng, who came from wealthy households, was an impediment to the proposal for no matter how many times he was persuaded, he just didn't agree to help poor households. He said he welcomed relatives came from afar, but alienated from neighbors due to the lack of ties of kindred, and it was not a good thing to mix them together. He said no more words, and when the cadres came again, he did not even raise his head, busily feeding the cattle, and he looked indifferently, as if he had not seen them.

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 郭守生平常爱动脑子，勤快认干，做什么事情有头有尾，他养的几十头牛，毛皮锃亮，腰圆腿粗，母牛倒日子就揣犊子，公牛肥肥的每次都能买上好价钱。
-Guo Shousheng is diligent man who always uses his head and never walk out on his work. He raises dozens of cattle with shiny fur and strong body, of which the females get pregnant with calves regularly and the males grow healthily, and all these cattle are often sold at a good price. '''(Li Ziyu)'''
+Guo Shousheng is a diligent man who always uses his head and never walk out on his work. He raises dozens of cattle with shiny fur and strong body, of which the females get pregnant with calves regularly and the males grow healthily, and all these cattle are often sold at a good price. '''(Li Ziyu)'''
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 村干部灰心丧气地回来了，跟潘书记汇报说，看来铁嘴钢牙也说不动这个郭守生了，不行拉倒吧，别劝他了。潘书记一听，有点上火，他说这是退一步地阔天宽的事儿吗？不是，好多富裕户好像都在看着郭守生，其实是在看着党支部，党支部做不通郭守生的工作，要是他不带贫困户，别人就有话说了。
-The village manager returned to the village committee in despair and reported to Secretary Pan: it seemed that Guo Shousheng would not accept the task no matter how hard we tried to persuade him. If he insisted on rejecting, let's just forget it. Secretary Pan got a bit angry at what he said and said: Is this something on which we can make concessions? No! Many well-off families seem to be watching what will Guo Shousheng do, but they are actually focusing on the attitude of our village party committee; if we can't persuade Guo Shousheng to accept his task, and if he doesn't help the poor families, others will also have their reasons to reject us. '''(Li Ziyu)'''
+The village manager returned to the village committee in despair and reported to Secretary Pan, "it seemed that Guo Shousheng would not accept the task no matter how hard we tried to persuade him. If he insisted on rejecting, let's just forget it." Secretary Pan got a bit angry at what his remark, and said, "Is this something on which we can make concessions? No! Many well-off families seem to be watching what will Guo Shousheng do, but they are actually focusing on the attitude of our village party committee; if we can't persuade Guo Shousheng to accept his task, and if he doesn't help the poor families, others will also have their reasons to reject us." '''(Li Ziyu)'''

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	村干部灰心丧气地回来了，跟潘书记汇报说，看来铁嘴钢牙也说不动这个郭守生了，不行拉倒吧，别劝他了。潘书记一听，有点上火，他说这是退一步地阔天宽的事儿吗？不是，好多富裕户好像都在看着郭守生，其实是在看着党支部，党支部做不通郭守生的工作，要是他不带贫困户，别人就有话说了。		村干部灰心丧气地回来了，跟潘书记汇报说，看来铁嘴钢牙也说不动这个郭守生了，不行拉倒吧，别劝他了。潘书记一听，有点上火，他说这是退一步地阔天宽的事儿吗？不是，好多富裕户好像都在看着郭守生，其实是在看着党支部，党支部做不通郭守生的工作，要是他不带贫困户，别人就有话说了。

−	The village manager returned to the village committee in despair and reported to Secretary Pan: it seemed that Guo Shousheng would not accept the task no matter how hard we tried to persuade him. If he insisted on rejecting, let's just forget it. Secretary Pan got a bit angry at what he said and said: Is this something on which we can make concessions? No! Many well-off families seem to be watching what will Guo Shousheng do, but they are actually focusing on the attitude of our ~~Party Branch~~; if we can't persuade Guo Shousheng to accept his task, and if he doesn't help the poor families, others will also have their reasons to reject us. '''(Li Ziyu)'''	+	The village manager returned to the village committee in despair and reported to Secretary Pan: it seemed that Guo Shousheng would not accept the task no matter how hard we tried to persuade him. If he insisted on rejecting, let's just forget it. Secretary Pan got a bit angry at what he said and said: Is this something on which we can make concessions? No! Many well-off families seem to be watching what will Guo Shousheng do, but they are actually focusing on the attitude of our village party committee; if we can't persuade Guo Shousheng to accept his task, and if he doesn't help the poor families, others will also have their reasons to reject us. '''(Li Ziyu)'''

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	村里给郭守生安排的亲情链上有两家贫困户，一家是他的叔丈人，就是他妻子的叔叔，一家是他的堂兄弟。		村里给郭守生安排的亲情链上有两家贫困户，一家是他的叔丈人，就是他妻子的叔叔，一家是他的堂兄弟。

−	The village committee assigned two poor families to Guo Shousheng's "Kinship ~~Tie~~": the family of his uncle-in-law, i. e. his wife's uncle, and the family of a cousin of his. '''(Li Ziyu)'''	+	The village committee assigned two poor families to Guo Shousheng's "Kinship Chain": the family of his uncle-in-law, i. e. his wife's uncle, and the family of a cousin of his. '''(Li Ziyu)'''

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 The rich families say, "If I agree to help them, I'll be doing manual work for them, won't I? If I do well, I won't get any benefit; but if I don't, they will even blame me." Some of the poor families say, "I don't need his help! It's true that I can't farm, but that doesn't mean I can't still raise livestock or plants that grow with a little feed! Why do I have to take them to his house?"
-So Secretary Pan convened another meeting of the village committee and the village party committee, saying if we couldn't kick out this first kick, it would be difficult to advance the future work. So everyone began to work separately, persuading villagers who did not want to join the chain of family affection and mutual demand to hurry up. The cadres set out, entered one house, left the house one after another, and finally solved the problem more or less.
+So Secretary Pan convened another meeting of the village committee and the village party committee, saying, "If the task we assigned were rejected by the villagers from the very first time, it would be even more difficult for us to carry out our work in the future. So everyone began to work separately, persuading villagers who did not want to join the chain of family affection and mutual demand to hurry up. The cadres set out, entered one house, left the house one after another, and finally solved the problem more or less.
 Then, something went wrong. Guo Shou, who came from wealthy households, was an impediment to the proposal for no matter how many times he was persuaded, he just didn't agree to help poor households. He said he welcomed relatives came from afar, but alienated from neighbors due to the lack of ties of kindred, and it was not a good thing to mix them together. He said no more words, and when the cadres came again, he did not even raise his head, busily feeding the cattle, and he looked indifferently, as if he had not seen them.