Chapter 115: With years of cultural heritage, infrastructure is never a losing business

In a sense, the saying "always smile" is correct. After crossing the mountain ahead, we will reach their village.

But when Lin Yan actually drove to their "village gate", even the usually knowledgeable Lin Yan couldn't help but be stunned!

"What the f**k is going on!?"

What is before us is indeed a road leading to Zhuangmiao Village - if this mere "cableway" can really be called a "road"!
From a distance, on the other side of a mountain across a river, there is a village with dozens of households. The village is surrounded by cliffs and deep valleys on three sides. At first glance, there is no sign of any road traffic. Only this three-cable cableway connects to the road on the other side of the river.

Does this mean that the people in this village have to take this cableway that is hundreds of meters long across the mountain every time they enter or exit?
Everyone in the live broadcast room was dumbfounded!

"I thought that transportation here might be difficult, but I didn't expect it to be this difficult! A cableway, three steel cables, and a hanging basket. Is this the 'road' of this village?"

"Oh my God, how high is this cable car? The drop to the river below must be more than 100 meters, right? If something goes wrong in the middle of the cable car... I don't dare to think about it!"

"Are you Chinese so creative? You can even build a 'road' like this?"

"I'm the only one wondering, how did the people in this village get out before there was technology like ropeways? Did they really build a road from that damn cliff? The steepness of that cliff scares me!"

While everyone in the live broadcast room was exclaiming in amazement, a sturdy young man, about 27 or 28 years old, came towards Lin Yan with a smile in front of the cableway.

"Brother Yan! I've heard a lot about you. I'm the 'always smiling' guy in the live studio. My real name is Liang Jianxin. Brother Yan, you can just call me Xiao Liang."

Lin Yan was embarrassed: "You are several years older than me. Is it a bit too much for me to call you Xiao Liang?"

"Hahaha, just call me whatever you want."

Lin Yan, Martha and Liang Jianxin exchanged pleasantries for a while, and soon the topic turned to the "ropeway" in front of them.

"Hey, there's nothing I can do."

Liang Jianxin looked at his village across the river and said with emotion: "Brother Yan, you have seen that my home is on the mountain over there. If there were no cableway, I would have to walk in the mountains for more than six hours - and even many places would require rope climbing to get up."

Martha's face turned pale. "Is this how you used to get in and out? Climbing up and down such a steep cliff with a backpack on your back? This is too dangerous!"

"Nothing, I'm used to it."

Liang Jianxin smiled heartily, "It is indeed dangerous, but we can't be trapped to death in the mountains. We can only grow tea leaves and sugar pears on the mountain. These things can be sold for some money, but it is a bit difficult to use them as staple food to fill our stomachs. If we don't carry these harvests out to sell, I'm afraid the whole village would have starved to death. Tell me, compared to the whole village starving to death, what is this little danger on the mountain road? "

Martha's expression almost became distorted, and she shouted in disbelief:
"Since this place is so dangerous, why don't you as a village consider moving to a safer place? Isn't it better to live in a town? Isn't it better to live in a city? Why do you have to stay in this dangerous village?"

Liang Jianxin blinked his eyes and laughed subconsciously as if he heard a funny joke.

But this smile has a stronger meaning of "bitter smile". "Brother Yan, why don't you tell Martha the story of 'Why Not Eat Meat Porridge' first?"

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After parking the car, Lin Yan and Martha followed Liang Jianxin onto the "basket" on the cable car.

Unlike the sightseeing cableways in famous scenic spots, this one is really shabby. There is no fully enclosed Ferris wheel-like cabin, just an iron hanging basket with enough space for five or six people to squeeze together, which slowly moves towards the destination under the traction of a diesel engine.

If it rains, all the passengers will undoubtedly be soaked. If the train unfortunately capsizes or breaks down, it is needless to say what the consequences will be if the train falls into the river a hundred meters below. No matter from which perspective, this is the worst "ropeway trip" Martha has ever experienced and the one she doesn't want to recall.

Indeed, she has been crying since she got on the hanging basket.

But he was not crying about why he had to suffer such hardship, but was crying for the village in front of him that had been suffering such hardship.

In the live broadcast room, everyone, whether in China or abroad, sighed.

"Well, I've heard that the economic situation in the mountainous area over there isn't very good, but I didn't expect it to be this bad."

"If I had to climb this kind of cliff carrying a backpack weighing hundreds of kilograms, I would have been better off starting over. I don't know how they managed to hold on."

"If your parents and children are all looking to you to survive, I guarantee you won't have any stupid ideas about starting over. Alas, it's not easy for everyone."

"How should I put it... As an outsider, I used to think that China was a very backward country. But what I saw here was completely different. I once thought that China was already the most advanced and developed country in the entire Blue Star. How should I put it? This scene in front of me really shocked me."

"I'm almost the same. Originally, I came into this live broadcast room with the intention of giving China, which is 'habitual thieves' and 'widespread fraud', a good beating. At that time, I firmly believed that China was a backward country. But now, after seeing the 'underdeveloped' side of China, I can't open my mouth to criticize them. Instead, I feel sorry for them. It's really strange."

"How can I not feel bad? Look at these mountains and waters. Is this a place where people can live? It's a miracle that they survived. Can we expect to build high-rise buildings and advanced railways like the Jinghai Magic City in such a poor and bad place?"

"Indeed, any official would have a headache if they came to this place. It can only be said that the lack of development here really cannot be blamed on anyone. On the contrary, these villagers, facing such a harsh environment, still conquered this poor mountain and bad water with fearless courage and perseverance, allowing this village to be preserved until now. They deserve everyone to express respect to them."

"I also discovered a fact that no one else has noticed. Look, even in this remote place, the anchor's live broadcast signal is still so stable and continuous. Has China's network construction really been popularized to every corner? Isn't this incredible?"

"After all, this place is a bit remote, but there are still people living here. It's only natural to fix some network equipment for them, right?"

"I don't think it's so 'natural'. Think about it, how much would it cost to build a sufficiently advanced network transmission system in this deep mountain forest, and how much income would it bring back? Do you think... apart from China, any other government would do such a loss-making business?"

There was silence in the live broadcast room again.

The harsh environment of Zhuangmiao Village certainly shocked them, but what shocked them even more was that even in such a small mountain village in a corner, judging from this network system, China had never forgotten them!

(End of this chapter)