Chapter 118 Heroes should not be forgotten!

"This is impossible!"

Martha couldn't believe what she was seeing!

As long as the people of Zhuangmiao Village are willing to nod, they can immediately leave this Jedi surrounded by cliffs on three sides and live in a flat and comfortable urban area? If this is true, why would they refuse! It is impossible for anyone to refuse such a generous condition!
The audience in the live broadcast room - this time even the Chinese people themselves expressed disbelief!

"Brother Yan, are you kidding me? A house in the city and a house in the mountain village, which Chinese person would choose the latter?"

"I have heard that some elderly people are so used to living in their hometowns that they are unwilling to move even when the government asks them to. But that is only a small number of elderly people who would choose this. The rest are generally willing to move. This mountain village is obviously not the case. Many houses in the village are occupied, and there are also many young people in the village! It is obvious that there are not a few people living in the village!"

"Wait a minute! So in China, is it true that the government provides houses to villagers and asks them to move out?"

"Of course there are! Otherwise, guess where China gets so many urban residents from now? You know, decades ago we didn't even have many decent 'cities'!"

"Brother Yan is right. Think about it. Instead of wasting time and effort and having workers risk their lives to build a road to this difficult mountainous area, how much money would the government spend on preparing dozens of houses? Isn't it obvious how to calculate this at a glance? It's normal, right?"

——No, no, no, this is not normal, right? Isn't the official normal plan to let these people fend for themselves? Who told them that they were not born in a good place? This is the normal plan adopted by the entire Blue Planet, right?

All foreign netizens are now swallowing hard.

In China, poor people should be helped at all costs - is this something that the Chinese people across the country take for granted?
Why didn't our government come forward to help me when I was poor and destitute? The roads in my hometown are still a pile of mud, why don't our government take care of it?

Damn it, the more I think about it, the more unbalanced I feel!
However, what is even more shocking is that in the face of this God-given benefit, the people of Zhuangmiao Village actually refused it?
They would rather live in this dangerous mountain village surrounded by cliffs on three sides, and live in this dilapidated house that leaks wind and rain, than move to the much more comfortable and safe town at the foot of the mountain!

what is this!
By this time, Martha had rushed out of the room.

The Liang family's location was high, and they could see almost the entire village, including the opposite hilltop in the distance. Martha looked left and right, but she couldn't understand what was so good about this poor and dilapidated valley that was worth the whole village living here forever!

She went downstairs in a few steps, which startled an old man in the living room downstairs.

"Hey, hey, hey, little girl, please slow down. These stairs are quite old. If you move too fast, you might fall. This place is far from the clinic, so any illness you get might be hard to treat."

Martha was so confused that she no longer paid attention to these details. Instead, she asked the old man in a very incredulous tone:
"Grandpa Liang, my friend just told me something that I find very strange. Can I trouble you to ask me something?"

Liang Zhuguo: “?”

After hearing Martha's doubts, senior Liang Zhuguo showed a trace of regret in his slightly old eyes and shook his head slightly.

He looked at Lin Yan who was walking down the stairs with a slight reproachful look in his eyes:
"Young man, why do you tell others everything?"

"I just figured it out a while ago."

Under the puzzled gazes of all the viewers in the live broadcast room, Lin Yan once again saluted Senior Liang Zhuguo with a standard military salute.

He felt a little guilty, but more of a firmness:
"When I first came here, I was also very confused. Logically, a village with such a harsh environment should have been relocated to a town with the help of policies a few years ago. It wasn't until I saw you and combined with the special geographical environment here that I understood the reason." "You didn't want to talk about the past. I hesitated for a while, not knowing whether I should tell the secret of this village. But after hesitating for a long time, I finally figured out my answer - heroes should not be forgotten."

Martha & Live Room: “???”

What's going on? Why can't they understand a word Lin Yan says now?

Heroes should not be forgotten? Could this isolated mountain village have had a shocking past? Even if he had recovered, why would Lin Yan know about it?
"Ugh."

Elder Liang Zhuguo sighed deeply and smiled bitterly: "You youngsters always think that we did such great things back then, but it wasn't as great and glorious as you think. It was just... we had to do it this way."

"You think these things need to be spread, but we old guys just want to forget them as soon as possible."

Martha asked with difficulty: "What's going on? Yan, Grandpa Liang, can you please stop playing dumb?"

Liang Zhuguo laughed heartily, "Haha, it's not a big deal. Little girl, what the young man said is right. About ten years ago, the town officials did come to the village to discuss with everyone about moving the whole village to Baiyuan Township, which is 20 miles away. We don't have to worry about the house, the officials have prepared everything, we just need to pack our bags and move in."

"But... where can we go?"

The old man stood up from his chair shakily, leaning on a cane.

Seeing this, Lin Yan quickly stepped forward to help, but was glared back by the old senior.

"You young man, I'm not too old to walk! Go, go and take care of your own little girlfriend."

Martha: “……!”

Liang Zhuguo raised his cane and pointed at the village outside the living room, especially at the hill opposite the cableway and the national border farther and farther away, his gaze far-reaching.

"Zhuangmiao Village is stuck here and won't move a single step."

"We are the most advanced sentinels of our motherland, a nail that the enemy cannot pull out or smash!"

"A hundred years ago, my father and grandfather followed the teacher to climb mountains and cross grasslands, fighting the Japanese thousands of miles away from home. Wasn't life harder back then than it is now? Fifty years ago, I was stuck here, making those ignorant monkeys stuck on this line for the rest of their lives and unable to move forward. At that time, they had to stay in the mountains and deal with insects and snakes every day. Wasn't life harder than it is now?"

"If we leave, who will guard this important place? We are going to the city to enjoy our lives, but won't you young people have to suffer for us old bones?"

"Zhuangmiao Village is poor and hard-working, but we will never be deserters! As long as we are sentinels of the motherland, we will be nailed to the most uncomfortable place for the enemy for the rest of our lives! Only when we suffer here can more people enjoy peace of mind in the towns behind us!"

"Now, the village has electricity, running water, internet access, and roads will soon be available. Life is much better than before. Should we relax our vigilance and enjoy the comfortable life?"

"Wrong. This just goes to show that our suffering is valuable."

(End of this chapter)