In the afternoon, the village loudspeakers blared.
Village Chief Zhou announced two notices:
Starting this year, villagers' shares in Kushanli would be reduced from thirty percent to fifteen percent.
This was because the villagers' shares were allocated based on the Hot Spring Valley.
The karst cave and accommodation building at the southern end of the hot spring were discovered by the previous village chief, Li, and all funds used were from the village committee.
No money was raised from the villagers, so the villagers were not eligible for thirty percent of the shares. The previous two years' shares would not be refunded.
The reason the village had to compress villagers' shares was that money corrupted them.
Previously, Lin Wan sued the former village chief for injuring her while saving her.
Later, Lin Wan dared to steal Lin Duo'er's letters and impersonated Lin Duo'er to send a letter that could have ruined Lin Duo'er's life.
The ultimate cause was money.
Money emboldens people. When they had no money, the villagers of Kushanli huddled at the foot of Kushan, timid.
Once they had money, they even dared to sue the well-intentioned village chief.
With money, they could even conceive of causing a stroke to fight over family property.
With money, they could even devise a poisonous scheme to frame their own sister for life.
Comrade Lin Erlai is solemnly warned that if he offends again, his shares in the scenic area will be revoked, his family's apartment in the new village will be canceled, along with future apartment allocations.
In other words, all benefits from Kushanli will be irrelevant to you.
The villagers should reflect on themselves based on the incident involving the Lin Erlai family.
You must remember that the interests of the villagers take precedence over Kushanli's reputation. Do not think that after punishment, it will be returned to you as it was under Village Chief Li.
It is impossible now, because Kushanli is already under national attention, and once regulations are established, they must be followed.
Another notice is that the nursery has been separated.
The nursery was originally renting the village's greenhouses. It was allocated half to Kushanli due to the previous village chief's protection and his determination to help you get rich.
Now, the nursery is solely a seed base under national leadership, unrelated to Kushanli, the county, or the province.
The nursery can bear the Kushanli sign, the Zhonghe sign, or the Zhangshan sign.
It is no longer an exclusive product of Kushanli. Why has your pride disappeared?
Because Lin Duo'er is a nursery staff member, and Lin Wan targeted Lin Duo'er out of jealousy when she saw Captain Tian take Lin Duo'er away.
Therefore, the nursery head, Captain Tian, decided to make the nursery independent.
"Mud cannot be plastered on a wall," this saying is not wrong. How long have you been rich? It is said that wealth does not last three generations, yet you have not even enriched one generation before starting to stir up trouble.
Therefore, the village has decided to implement a plan for recalling bitterness and cherishing happiness. All children under seventeen must participate.
The "recalling bitterness and cherishing happiness" plan is supervised by parents.
Parents are required to arrange their children's food, clothing, housing, and transportation individually, based on what they ate and wore in their childhood.
The old houses will be returned to the villagers for the implementation of the plan. Villagers are not allowed to use them to host tourists, but they can accept tourist visits to witness the hardship you replicate in your children's lives.
A plaque will be placed in front of each house, allowing tourists to judge whether your returned impoverished life is similar or not.
Those who are not similar will be punished by their parents, as it will be seen that you have lost the essence of hard work and plain living, leading your children astray.
Then, parents and children will jointly recall bitterness and cherish happiness, jointly wear patched clothes, and eat coarse grains and wild vegetables.
Those who are similar, or even evoke tourists' empathy and sadness, and those who attract tourists' participation, will be awarded a red flag as encouragement.
Families with red flags will prove that they have not forgotten their roots and remember that happiness was hard-won.
Ten red flags can be exchanged for one "recall bitterness order." Several children require several "recall bitterness orders."
Once the "recall bitterness orders" are collected, the "recalling bitterness and cherishing happiness" plan for that household is complete.
Children who attend school are only allowed to participate during after-school hours and are strictly forbidden from taking leave to perform.
The two notices above are for Kushanli village only. Parents in Kushanli are requested to go to the village committee to sign new share agreements and participate in the "recalling bitterness and cherishing happiness" plan forms.
Originally, the children were very resistant to this "recalling bitterness and cherishing happiness" plan, but the word "perform" touched their hearts.
Yes, isn't this like acting?
They are the actors, and the tourists are the audience.
The villagers, whose shares were reduced, were annoyed by the Lin Erlai family but could do nothing.
The former village chief and the current village chief both adhered to the principle of shared rewards and shared punishments.
If Lin Wan's actions were not punished, who knows how many more bold children would dare to cause trouble.
Now that the "recalling bitterness and cherishing happiness" plan is in place, they can also take this opportunity to let their children know what kind of hard life they lived in their childhood.
The villagers were eager to properly discipline their children.
Tian Jing listened to the announcement and directly praised Mai: "Cheng Bin's method punishes both villagers and children, and it also promotes Kushanli."
"Hmph!" Mai snorted, "At noon, when he thought of this plan, he almost sent the children to a poverty-stricken mountainous area for an exchange of life."
"The plan is too extensive. Without parents watching, who would be responsible for safety?"
"He couldn't figure it out, so I reminded him."
"Cheng Bin doesn't understand the life we used to live at all. This time, let him see too."
Tian Jing chuckled, "Are you going to bring Yu Lin and Cheng Bin along too?"
"Of course!" Mai nodded. "Didn't they say all children under seventeen must participate?"
Tian Jing worried for her, "But your old house is taken, and it's not those adobe houses at the village entrance."
"We'll go back to Uncle Li's old house," Mai replied without hesitation. "I believe Aunt Li will definitely agree."
Tian Jing believed this. Old Uncle Li and his wife really wanted to mend their relationship with this side.
Not only Mai thought this way, but the families to the west of the Li family were also preparing to send their children back to the old houses.
The old houses were the true venue, and there were elders in the old houses. Elders were the ones who truly couldn't forget that era.
When the tourist season arrives, they will also be busy with the scenic area.
The plan to discipline the children can be left to the elders for entertainment.
Li Zhengguo returned from work and, after learning about the two notices, smiled, saying that Zhou Chengbin had done a good job.
Before, he tempted villagers with benefits; now, Zhou Chengbin tempts villagers with reputation.
Isn't it so? A red flag, it seems like nothing.
But if tourists knew what the red flag represented, most would surely flock to the families with red flags.
They would not easily shed their precious tears of hardship, nor would they easily participate in the family.
This not only increased the difficulty for villagers and children but also increased tourists' lingering interest, returning them to the scenes and characters of that era, which was more interesting than television or movies.
It remains to be seen whether the effect will be good or bad. It must be tried to know the result.
While the villagers were actively restoring the interior of the old houses to their former dilapidated state.
Early on the morning of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Zhengguo and Tian Jing carried food they had prepared for several days into the back mountain.
This food included items for He Zengjingrong and Ji Shiyi's wedding, and for He Li Weixin's birthday.
There was also a box that Magistrate Ji had asked someone to deliver to Li Zhengguo, asking Tian Jing to forward it to Ji Shiyi.