Arriving at Zuoxi Village, Siqian She Nationality Town, Taishun County, the smell of strawberries wrapped the mountain path warmly and sweetly. Almost every family in the village grew fruit, every household opened a homestay, and Lan Xuexu, who served as the secretary of the village party branch for 15 years, led the villagers to become rich at home.
“Blue tile earthen wall blue belt, our village has a population of more than 1,400 people, accounting for 62% of the entire village population.3%, is the largest ethnic village in Zhejiang Province. Lan Xuexu introduced the characteristics of Zuoxi Village as many treasures, “We develop Shejia style tourism, agriculture and catering, and make a small courtyard homestay group in Shexiang. Now villagers don’t have to go out to work, and they can easily earn money at their doorstep. Lan Xuexu is talking about the Shexiang homestay model of “raising houses with houses and making money at home” that Zuoxi Village has practiced for 4 years. There are more than 20 characteristic homestays and farmhouses in Zuoxi Village, and more than 2,000 acres of agricultural bases such as red heart kiwifruit, strawberries and grapes. In 2021, the collective annual income of Zuoxi Village reached 1.04 million yuan, and the per capita income was more than 28,000 yuan.
Lan Xuexu often puts “stupid birds fly first” on his lips. What villagers need is hope that can be seen and touched, and when the secretary is first of all, he must act resolutely, insist on planning first, and lead the village to implement precise policies. To this end, he took the lead in studying policy and grasping projects, and even took village committee officials to go to advanced counties and villages for field visits. “When the village is beautiful, the people must be beautiful. The villagers’ wallets bulged, and their consciousness had to be different. ”
Therefore, Lan Xuexu personally formulated the “ten prohibitions” requirements in Zuoxi Village, and invited professional teachers to teach villagers to plant succulents and sing songs. The singing team formed by the village even sang outside the village and went abroad, and was invited to perform in Italy twice in 2017. After spending half their lives in farmland and pots and pans, villagers could not have imagined that they would be on the international stage and culturally confident. In this way, Zuoxi Village not only has more and more young people returned to their hometowns, but more than 40 college students have returned to their hometowns in the past two years, and the villagers are more and more eager to study and develop independently. Chinese ethnic minority characteristic villages, national civilized villages, national rural revitalization demonstration belt demonstration sites, Zhejiang Province ethnic unity and progress well-off villages… Under the leadership of Lan Xuexu, Zuoxi Village has added many honors, and the former progression has become more and more stable. Lan Xuexu has also won the honorary titles of National Advanced Model Individual of Ethnic Minorities and Model Worker of Zhejiang Province.
Boosting villagers’ confidence is also the emergence of a new model of common prosperity industry. Last year, Lan Xuexu accidentally saw the relevant draft on the construction of the common prosperity demonstration area at a meeting, returned to the village to immediately check various materials, held a village committee meeting, communicated with the county many times, led the whole county to formulate a common prosperity plan suitable for the development of Zuoxi Village, set the goal of building “China’s most beautiful Shexiang” for the construction of the village, and built six major projects such as Shexiang Ten Bowl Experience Style Street, Beautiful Road, and Happy Valley. With the plan and project set, how can it be implemented efficiently? Lan Xuexu thought of a better way – villagers contributed resources, enterprises contributed funds, and village collective operations. Lan Xuexu said that the villagers not only get real money and silver every year, but also have more good places to play at their doorstep, and the villagers are very supportive, listen to me, and move.
New bridge piers are being poured on the creek, and stone paved roads are paved with She’s characteristic streets with flying flags..Lan Xuexu walked to the villagers who were working on the block, he squatted down to check the pipe of the drainage outlet and said: “This section of the road, in the past, heavy rain often accumulated water, we must solve this block renovation.” Then he started talking to the construction villagers a little selflessly. The red phoenix pattern on the façade of the block is very eye-catching, and this beautiful countryside gradually reveals a new picture of national customs.
“Learning and progress cannot be stopped for a moment, and the village must continue to develop.” Lan Xuexu said: It is necessary to make good use of the good policies of the party and the state for the villages and ethnic minorities. Next, he will further sort out the common prosperity development ideas of Zuoxi Village, seize the opportunity, make a model of common prosperity, and strive for a happier life together with the villagers.