Chapter 55 walk with civilization

Ying Guangliang, who has a strong desire for knowledge, Wang Junyao and Jin Jianxin who are whimsical, pretty and capable Fan Lijuan, Yu Qiaoxian, and thousands of Wenzhou and Yiwu businessmen who have left their hometowns to do business across provincial and national borders. A new image group of farmers in Zhejiang today. In the turmoil of the market, they have not only obtained the due labor harvest, but also let their lives shine more brilliantly.Their knowledge view, risk view, etc. have undergone a fundamental break with their predecessors. In their spiritual vision, many old concepts and customs have long gone with the wind, and many values ​​​​need to be revalued.

In the 1980s, Wenzhou was once known as one of the regions with the highest dropout rate in the country. At one time, the phenomenon of child labor there attracted serious attention from the top leadership of the central government. "Having money but no knowledge" is a big impression people have of Wenzhou. However, in recent years, Wenzhou people have "changed themselves" and become a model for advocating learning and promoting schools.According to the calculations of the local Education Commission, in the past five years, the donations and sponsorships of the people in the city for education have reached about 500 million yuan.At the same time, private schools are becoming more and more popular, and their scale is one of the few in the country.At present, there are more than 1,800 kindergartens established by individuals in the city; more than 100 private vocational and technical schools of various types; and 13 private ordinary middle schools.The first private foreign language school in China and the first private school for the deaf also sprouted on this land.

It is said that today's Wenzhou people are most willing to spend money on the next generation.In Zhejiang Province, the families that send huge sums of money to send their children to study abroad are mostly in Hangzhou, followed by Wentai.In some senior private middle schools in Hangzhou, Shanghai and other places, people can often see the faces of descendants of Wentai and Jinhua people.A Yiwu boss named Li Guangming once wrote an article "Zi Zi", expressing his feelings about education and the next generation: "In our whole life, in order to get rid of poverty, we have sacrificed everything - from carefree youth to education to various enjoyments. Although we earn a little money now, we no longer have the possibility and energy to go to school , so I want my children to receive the best education. Everyone knows that it is not very interesting to leave money to them, but if we can use our hard-earned money to increase their knowledge, it is what we are most willing to do. Some people say, 'If farmers get rich, there will be no nobles in three generations.' We don't care about nobles. We just want our descendants to be decent, educated, and not be underestimated."

Reading such a confession, we have touched the heart of a bloody and confident farmer. In fact, the change of people's concept often permeates the inevitable law of social development.Without the sacrifice and reckless entrepreneurship of a generation, the miracle of Wenzhou today might not have occurred.And if there is no primitive accumulation intertwined with adventure and hard work, how can we afford to run so many private kindergartens and primary and secondary schools? The helplessness and inevitability in this process can be chewed by later generations for a long time. In order to find the real mystery of the market, we walked in crowded and busy markets one after another.

Facing those rustic faces and listening to those strange and fresh business stories, we are often entangled in a thought: what kind of "genie" can transform an entire generation of original people in such a short period of time? Closed, conservative peasants? If it is the market that changed their economic destiny, then what is it that changed their character and ideas? As a result, we found that the answer may still be: the market. It is the market atmosphere of great openness, great flow, and great changes that makes our farmers cheerful, bold, and slapped loudly. It is the market that subtly "combines" the characteristics of farmers.

The market is boundless. There, a farmer, whether his business is big or small, is limited after all, but his vision, his sense of touch, his imagination and his opportunities can be boundless.This kind of freedom and broad-mindedness was beyond their expectation before they broke through the shackles of the land. And this kind of boundless market awareness also broadens their minds. In 1994, an old economist inspected the rural areas of Zhejiang. He visited several markets in a row. In the ginseng and medicinal material market in Lingxi, Cangnan, he saw a red couplet on the door of a business household:

The revitalization of all industries and the prosperity of the world. A few days later, at his home in Beijing, recalling that scene, the old man was still very excited, and he couldn't help but wrote a paragraph full of emotion: "Farmers in Zhejiang think not only about the revitalization of all industries at their doorstep, but also the peace of the world in the wider world. Their markets are directly connected to the five lakes and four seas at their doorstep, and they are closely related to it. Without the prosperity of the world, it is difficult to have all kinds of industries at their doorstep. Revitalization. With the desire to live a better life, Zhejiang Ba went out of the house and went to the whole country, and wanted to find a way to get rich and have enough food and clothing. As they walked, they went from individuals to groups, from families to society, and from the economy to a better life. A wide field. The couplets expressing auspiciousness and prayers reveal their feelings intentionally or unconsciously.

"The revitalization of all industries can be understood as just an economic wish, while the prosperity of the world is a much richer social ideal. Through this point to understand the historical pursuit of Zhejiang farmers and even Chinese farmers, I think it is It won't be true."