The Forgotten Village Novel: The Ultimate World | Author: Super Brother's Name | Category: Urban Romance
"遗" is unrelated to nocturnal emission. "遗": Basic meaning 1. Lose 2. Omit 3. Lost items, the latest update of the genius doctor, omitted parts 4. Remain, leave 5. Left by the deceased 6. Involuntary excretion 7. The structure and physiological function of living organisms passed from one generation to the next 8. Abandonment.
Alas, more and more small villages in China are being abandoned~ It's really heartbreaking to see~ It feels unreal. But it is truly existent.
This is a village only 20 kilometers away from Qujing City, where 24 households and 118 people reside; this is a Miao ethnic village, all villagers migrated here from Malong, still living without electricity or water supply; this is a forgotten village, where no one has a household registration book or ID card.
Medical Treatment
On February 23rd, reporters learned that there was a hospitalized patient at the First People's Hospital of Qujing City from Xicheng Street in Qilin District without a household registration book or ID card, and neither his relatives nor the villagers had these documents. The reporter then went to investigate.
The patient's name is Zhang Zhongguo, 18 years old, admitted for facial injuries caused by an accident. According to the doctor, due to hospital regulations requiring patient identification, including name, age, medical history, etc., it was found that neither the patient nor his relatives had household registration books or ID cards, only knowing they were villagers from a natural village under the jurisdiction of Yan Guantun Village Committee in Xicheng Street.
Zhang Zhongguo said their village was located at the tail end of the Xih River Reservoir, with only 24 households. The village still lacks electricity and water supply, making life difficult. Thirty years ago, for survival, Zhang Zhongguo's grandparents moved here with his parents from Chang Wa Zi Village under Wang Jia Cun Village Committee in Malong County, along with several other households. Over the following few years, another dozen households gradually joined them. At that time, this area was still under the jurisdiction of Malong County, and someone named the village Hua Qing Village. Later, when the area was transferred to the jurisdiction of Qilin District, the village became neglected, even its name gradually forgotten by everyone. This village became a forgotten village; its residents, a forgotten group.
To better understand the situation, the reporter decided to visit the village.
Daily Life and Travel
On February 24th, the reporter took bus No. 22 to Chihong Company's terminal station, then rode on Zhang Zhongguo's cousin Zhang Xiaohua's motorcycle, passing through Cuishan Film City, following the gravel road eastward for about 2 kilometers, turning right at a fork in the road, and continuing along the rugged mountain path until reaching the tail end of the Xih River Reservoir, finally arriving at the village.
Zhang Xiaohua said he could only pick up the reporter at the entrance of Chihong Company because, without a household registration book or ID card, he couldn't obtain a motor vehicle driver's license and dared not ride into the city. If walking, it would take at least an hour and a half from the village to Chihong Company. To make life easier, the family saved money for two years, spending over 3000 yuan to buy a motorcycle, which they only dared to ride from the village to Chihong Company, then taking bus No. 22 into the city.
Born in 1984, while other children were studying, playing online games, and chatting, Zhang Xiaohua could only pick up firewood and herd cattle and sheep on the mountain. Due to poverty, Zhang Xiaohua never attended school or read a single day. He said before 2006, these few households lived almost completely isolated from the outside world, working hard every day, rising with the sun and resting after sunset. In 2006, this situation began to change because they built a dirt road about 4 kilometers long themselves. At the time, only about ten households agreed to build the road, with dozens of people digging and leveling land every day, taking three months to complete the road connecting to the gravel road.
Because of this road, Zhang Xiaohua and his wife, children, mother - five family members - have seen improvements in their lives, able to sell their free-range chickens at higher prices to city dwellers, increasing their annual income by over 1000 yuan.
In this village, the main crop for every household is corn. After harvest each year, they dry the corn on trees or indoors, and their daily staple food is mostly finely ground cornmeal made with a stone mill. Rice is only occasionally a luxury. Each household slaughters one or two pigs annually, curing and drying the pork, which serves as their meat for the whole year.
With some savings, Zhang Xiaohua bought a mobile phone to facilitate communication with relatives and friends. Since there is no electricity in the village, Zhang Xiaohua has to ride his motorcycle or row a boat to Luoxia Village on the other side of the reservoir to charge his phone, taking 20 minutes by boat and allowing the phone to be used for three to four days per charge.
Without access to tap water, the villagers can only fetch water from the reservoir. After the road was built, Zhang Xiaohua and six neighboring families pooled money to lay a long pipe from behind the mountain to their homes, finally releasing a thin stream of "tap water." Zhang Xiaohua's grandmother, already over 90 years old, expressed her joy in Miao language when interviewed by the reporter. Zhang Xiaohua translated: "She says using this water is convenient, no longer needing to fetch water from the reservoir for washing clothes and cooking." However, only these six families have access to "tap water."
Marriage and Childbirth
At 46 years old, Zhang Zhengwu is already a grandfather. He and his wife, son, daughter-in-law, and two grandsons - a family of six - have an annual net income of around 1500 yuan, making life difficult. Zhang Zhengwu said that seeds and fertilizers are expensive now, with agricultural input prices continuously rising. Both he and his son wanted to work outside, but without household registration books and ID cards, it is inconvenient to go out, and employers are unwilling to hire them, leaving them feeling helpless.
Zhang Zhengwu said that without household registration books and ID cards, they couldn't even get a birth permit for their grandson. Last year, when his daughter-in-law gave birth at the Qujing Maternal and Child Health Hospital, the doctor suspected they had violated family planning policies because they couldn't produce a birth permit, doubting that it wasn't their second child. Zhang Zhengwu had no way to refute it.
Still, because of the lack of household registration books and ID cards, no family in this village has a marriage certificate.
Zhang Zhengwu said that since the road was completed in 2006, the villagers have repeatedly inquired about household registration and ID cards at the Xicheng Subdistrict Office and the Xicheng Police Station. Each time, they heard similar responses: "Wait a bit longer, we'll process it soon for you." But nearly five years have passed, and it still hasn't been processed. In 2009, police officers from the Xicheng Police Station came to the village to collect electronic portraits of the villagers, saying that household registrations and ID cards would soon be issued, but nothing happened. During the national census in November 2010, many unregistered individuals were registered and received identities, but these 118 people remain "black people" without identity.
When the reporter asked the reasons from the Xicheng Police Station and the Xicheng Subdistrict Office, relevant officials stated that the reasons were complex, involving land use issues, so it has not been processed.
And because of the lack of household registration books and ID cards, what cannot be changed is the fate of every individual in this village.
Education and Employment
At 20 years old, Zhu Hong is the villager with the highest educational attainment. As a child, he walked one and a half to two hours of mountain paths daily to attend Wang Santun Primary School, taking nearly three hours round trip. Because of his love for learning and excellent grades, Zhu Hong's parents gritted their teeth and let him continue junior high school at Xicheng Middle School. During the high school entrance exam, Zhu Hong scored 680 points, reaching the admission threshold for high school, but due to the lack of household registration, he could only choose to study at a business technical school.
Zhu Hong said he has studied at the business technical school for two and a half years. With poor economic conditions at home, he works part-time during winter and summer vacations. He studies landscaping, which he enjoys very much. Now he has only one thought: to study well, intern well, and find a good job in the future, changing his current living situation through his own efforts. But he still has some concerns: without a household registration book and ID card, will he be able to find a job smoothly after graduation? Meanwhile, Zhu Hong also has a tinge of regret: if he had a household registration, he would have chosen to attend high school and strived to enter university.
In the eyes of the villagers, Zhu Hong is an extraordinary person. He excels academically, has studied, and is cultured. Unfortunately, he can only attend vocational school, lamenting the absence of household registration.
The special circumstances of this village have attracted the attention of some caring individuals in society, who have donated funds and goods, bringing warmth to the villagers, but this cannot solve the actual problems. What the 118 villagers want most now is to give them a sense of belonging, a small card proving their identity.
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