[Well-off China] 14 women in Shandong form a "sister floor heating installation team" to boost rural revitalization

　　[Explanation] In Xiaoxing Wangzhuang Village, Wucheng County, Dezhou City, Shandong Province, there is a "sister floor heating installation team" composed of 14 rural women. Every morning they gather in the small square in the village and rush to the construction site. Work.

Due to the seriousness of the floor heating installation work and more than ten years of persistence, the members of the "sister floor heating installation team" rely on their own efforts to increase income and share the burden of the family.

In their words, "Who says women are inferior to men".

　　[Explanation] In the early morning of November 21, the reporter met the "sister floor heating installation team" who was about to go to a construction site in Wangzhuang Village, Xiaoxing.

As the weather has recently turned colder, the team members put on knee pads and scarves, and after taking measures to prevent cold and warmth, they rode on electric bikes and started an intense and busy day of work.

Team leader Zhang Fengyin told reporters that 10 years ago, he learned how to lay floor heating facilities when he went out to work. After mastering the technology, he began to recruit women from the village to join him. Within a year, he formed an installation team of 14 people.

　　[Concurrent] Zhang Fengyin, a villager of Wangzhuang Village, Xiaoxing, Wucheng County, Dezhou City

　　After we got married, we always looked after the children at home. There was little land and no way to go out. At that time, part-time work was not popular. Later, our village boss took us out, adding 14 people in one year.

Normally, men go to work on projects. In fact, this project requires women to do it. It requires too much detail.

　　[Commentary] Afterwards, the reporter followed the "sister floor heating installation team" to a construction site.

Before everyone had time to rest, they quickly put on their helmets and took their tools to the floor they were responsible for.

According to the construction drawings, laying insulation layers, reflective films, floor heating pipes... the team members performed the floor heating installation work as planned.

Gao Zhenxiang is one of the backbone of the installation team, mainly responsible for laying floor heating pipes.

She said that now she can get two to three hundred yuan a day, and can earn seven to eight thousand yuan in one month. She is very proud to be able to earn money and take care of the family.

　　[Concurrent] Gao Zhenxiang, villager of Wangzhuang Village, Xiaoxing, Wucheng County, Dezhou City

　　We feel that we are "half the sky", able to take care of the elderly as well as children, and to earn money on construction sites.

Basically we have an extra income at our age, not just farming.

　　[Explanation] The average age of the members of the "Sister Floor Heating Installation Team" is between 40 and 45 years old.

Xing Shulan, 55 years old this year, is the oldest member. She is mainly responsible for laying reflective film in the team.

She told reporters that the installation of underfloor heating facilities is a physical task, and it is not as easy as imagined. When the workload is tight, after 12 hours of work a day, the back pain is often tired.

　　[Concurrent] Xing Shulan, a villager in Wangzhuang Village, Xiaoxing, Wucheng County, Dezhou City

　　I'm very busy with work, and don't even go downstairs for dinner.

When the weather is warm, take the cold steamed buns and eat there with pickles, sit for a while and start working.

Say you’re not tired. It’s really tired to do this day, and I don’t want to do it tomorrow, but when I think about it, there are too many people, talking and laughing, and talking and laughing and working together. We are all very united. It is also very happy to think.

After finishing the work, I looked back and saw that the work I did was pretty, pretty, and proud.

　　[Explanation] At present, the "sister floor heating installation team" has become a famous local "girl army" because of its high work efficiency and careful work.

Gao Fengying, deputy secretary of Wangzhuang Village in Xiaoxing and chairman of the Women’s Federation, said that the “sister floor heating installation team” has played a big role in facilitating the employment of women in the village. From the past, women could only stay at home to take care of the elderly and children, and now they have money all year round. , Become rich without losing one person, and become the main force on the road to rural revitalization.

　　Yang Fei and Zhang Zhenxu report from Shandong Wucheng

Editor in charge: [Ye Pan]