Xijiaogou Village is not big, with 306 households and a thousand people. In recent years, most young people in this village have gone out to work, and one or two elderly people are left in the family. "If there are fewer people, don't want to cook. If you can fool me, just fool me." In order to allow the elderly to have a hot meal, in July 2018, the village set up a "happy canteen". 5 yuan a day, 3 meals are in charge.
On April 13, volunteers from the village went to the homes of the widowed elderly.
Due to the impact of the epidemic, the canteen was closed for a period of time and reopened on April 8. After the canteen opened, the villagers also resumed the habit of delivering things to the canteen. On April 13 alone, four villagers sent rice, flour and rapeseed to the canteen, and one villager even sent several 80% of the new coats. "It is said that the children at home are no longer wearing them, so I will give them to the elderly in need to stop the cold." Zhang Shuliang said that the rice, flour and oil sent by the villagers can eat for a long time.
rice, flour, grain and oil donated by volunteers to the "Happy Canteen".
Children and their families will deliver things to the "Happy Canteen".
Such things are very common in the eyes of the villagers of Xijiaogou Village.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year this year, villager Yan Jingbo was so anxious that he got into the room. After finishing his two-month-old son's milk powder, he was so hungry that he cried. At that time, the villagers could not go out, and all the shops in the town were closed. Therefore, Xijiaogou Village staged a general mobilization for the whole village, and many enthusiastic villagers called to contact people they knew to find milk powder. Finally, I finally found a boss who was willing to open the door. Village accountant Gao Guoqing immediately rode an electric bike and ran back and forth for nearly 20 miles to get the milk powder. It was already past 10 o'clock at night when I returned to the village.
"During the epidemic, all epidemic prevention in our village was borne by 14 volunteers, with a full obligation and no penny reward. That's it, everyone still robbed the head." Zhang Shuliang was very proud of this.
During the Lantern Festival, village cadres sent free Wuxiao to the elderly.
This year, villagers of Xijiaogou Village spontaneously donated 44,000 yuan, which is also worth it in Siliba Township. "Our village is a provincially designated poverty-stricken village that was only lifted out of poverty in 2017." Zhang Shuliang said that even Kong Qingtao's family who lived in the ICU donated money. A few years ago, Kong Qingtao had been in the hospital for more than three months. In order to raise hospitalization fees, his family borrowed almost all over the village and launched crowdfunding online, but his wife still donated 200 yuan. "When she didn't want her at that time, she refused to do so and said that everyone would help her. This is a little bit of intention." Zhang Shuliang said. It turned out that during crowdfunding, many villagers donated money.
The action of heart-for-heart-for-heart ignited the kindness and touching in the hearts of the villagers. Just like Kong Xiangcui, his family is not rich. His son passed away a few years ago, and there was only an old couple and a grandson in the family. On April 14, the 60-year-old pulled some radishes from her own field and sent them to the cafeteria. "It's okay to cook and make buns, but the old man can bite them." The day before, she just sent two bags of flour to the cafeteria.
Her reward originated from two things. In 2017, in order to send Kong Xiangcui's 11-year-old grandson to school, the village cadres first drove more than 80 miles to a local school in Qufu. The matter was not done, and the village cadres turned around and went to Dezhou , which was more than 500 miles a day. It was already past two in the morning when they got home. When the village opened a canteen, she was arranged to cook in the canteen, with a monthly salary of 800 yuan, which moved Kong Xiangcui very much.
Villagers get free haircuts in the village committee.
Now, in Xijiaogou Village, mutual help has become a habit. The 25th of each month is the village’s hairdressing day. "There is no barber shop in the village. I have to go to the town 8 miles away for haircuts. The young one is okay, but an old man like me can't go." said 70-year-old Cao Shucheng. In March last year, in order to facilitate the elderly to get haircuts, the village purchased haircut utensils. "Everyone is a barber. Please take care of me, I will take care of you. As long as you don't think it's ugly," said Zhang Shuliang. He cuts his hair for six or seven old men on the last haircut day.
Walking into Xijiaogou Village, what you can see is the neat environment, but what you can’t see is the warm care as warm as spring.
Rural Mass News reporter Guo Jie Correspondent Liu Xinhong Dong Chuanqing Meng Lingchun
