ChinaNews.net Wenshan April 19 Question: Rural teachers hold on to the "leprosy village" for more than 30 years to witness the transformation of the former "forbidden area"

  Author Du Xiaoxiao

  In Dashan, Guangnan County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, there is a remote village, Luosongdi Village. It used to be "leprosy village", no name, outsiders avoid it. Until Nong Jiagui came here to become a primary school teacher, he brought the name to the village and also witnessed the transformation of the place.

  "September 1, 1986, when I was 20 years old." Nong Jiagui recalled, "That day, the parents came with 12 children. They stood far away and looked at me. I saw being sick. Parents with severely deformed eroded bodies twitched their legs and ran away if they wanted to. "The doctor told Nong Jiagui that the child was healthy and no one wanted to study.

The picture shows the photo of Du Xiaoxiao in Luosongdi Village

  That pair of big eyes for knowledge burned into Nongjia's heart. He decided to stay and become the only elementary school teacher in the village. This stay is 34 years. From the initial use of alcohol to wipe hands and disinfection every time I went to and from class, to teach students to write in hand, in order to let students go out to study, Nong Jiagui also gave the village a name.

  "Later, I learned that there are more than 180 people from 56 households in five villages of Han, Zhuang, Miao, Yao, and Yi ethnic groups in the village of Guangnan County. There are more than 80 patients in the village. It is said that by the mid-to-late 1980s, the patients were effectively treated, no longer suffering from the pain, and renewed hope for life.

  "To get rich, build the road first, and at the village chief's call, all the villagers join together to" gnaw the road. " Nong Jiagui recalled that in the 1990s, villagers worked together to dig Tongpojiao to 2 km from Xiazhaishan Road; in 2002, the villagers worked hard for 29 days to dig through the watershed to 5 km from Shangzhaishan Road and 2 km from the gap to Shangzhaishan Road; The government provided materials, and the village people hardened the dam from the foot of Wangpo to Xiazhaishan Road 2 kilometers.

The picture shows the photo of Du Xiaoxiao in Luosongdi Village

  In order to increase income and become rich, the villagers also started to develop their industries. They have invested three times to invest in planting 50 acres of fruit trees, realizing an increase of 600,000 yuan.

  According to incomplete statistics, since 2004, Luosongdi Village has invested a total of more than 7.63 million yuan with the help of all levels and departments and the Belgian International Disability Assistance Project. Respectively used for thatched house renovation, road hardening, safe electricity, water and other projects.

  While striving to improve life, education is also the most concern of villagers.

  When he first arrived, Nong Jiagui only had a substitute fee of 19 yuan per month. After the villagers knew he was willing to stay, he raised 35 yuan to "process funds" for him. "Now everyone's income is slowly increasing, and my salary does not need the villagers to come together." Nong Jiagui said, the thatched house was slowly converted into a neat and safe house, and the new school building was also built.

  In 34 years, Nong Jiagui sent 10 primary school graduates, a total of 102 students, and they went to civil servants, institutions, state-owned enterprises and other jobs.

  Nong Jiagui witnessed the change of Luosongdi Village from the farming of all people to the stepping out of the mountain. In 2019, Luosongdi was rated as a "National Unity Village" by Guangnan County, and the villagers lived a happy new life. (Finish)