Chapter 942 Lost in thought
Qi Tongwei fell into deep thought again. He knew that the renovation and upgrading of these infrastructures would require a lot of money and manpower. On the one hand, he applied for support funds from the higher-level government, elaborated in detail on the difficulties faced by the village and its importance to local economic development; on the other hand, he mobilized the villagers to raise funds and contribute their labor. The villagers responded one after another, and everyone contributed money and labor, showing a strong cohesion.
After the funds were gradually in place, the village began large-scale infrastructure construction. When widening the road, it was necessary to occupy some villagers' land. Although most villagers understood and supported it, some villagers still had resistance due to interest issues. Qi Tongwei went to each family to do ideological work, patiently explained the importance of infrastructure construction to the long-term development of the village, and promised to provide reasonable compensation and resettlement. After unremitting efforts, he finally got the consent of all villagers.
When constructing the sewage treatment facilities, technical difficulties arose. The original terrain of the village was complex, and conventional treatment solutions could not be implemented. Qi Tongwei consulted experts and invited a professional team to conduct a field investigation. After repeated research and demonstration, he finally determined a sewage treatment solution suitable for the village's terrain.
Throughout the construction process, Qi Tongwei always stayed at the front line and worked side by side with the construction workers. He personally supervised the quality of the project to ensure that every link met the standards. Whether it was the scorching summer or the freezing winter, he could always be seen busy at work.
After more than a year of hard work, the village's infrastructure has been greatly improved. Wide and flat roads have replaced the narrow paths of the past, allowing vehicles to pass freely; advanced sewage treatment facilities have been put into use, clear water is flowing in the river again, and the environment has been completely renewed. The village's tourism reception capacity has been greatly improved, and tourists' satisfaction has also increased.
As the village became more and more well-known, it attracted the attention of a well-known cultural and tourism expert named Lin Yue. After Lin Yue came to the village for inspection, she spoke highly of the village's development potential, but also put forward some constructive suggestions. She suggested that Qi Tongwei create a tourism brand with unique cultural connotations, tap into the village's deeper historical and cultural resources, and develop more diversified tourism projects.
Qi Tongwei was deeply inspired. He organized the elders in the village to recall the historical stories and folk legends of the village, and invited a professional cultural team to organize and create. After several months of hard work, a large-scale live performance with the village's history as the background was born. The performance combines dance, music, drama and other art forms, vividly showing the development and changes of the village and the charm of traditional culture. Once the performance was launched, it was warmly sought after by tourists and became a new highlight of village tourism.
While developing tourism, Qi Tongwei did not forget the foundation of agriculture. He led the villagers to introduce advanced agricultural technologies and varieties to develop ecological agriculture. Modern greenhouses were built to grow high-quality vegetables and fruits, which were not only supplied to the village's farmhouses and tourists, but also sold to surrounding cities. The village's agricultural income has also increased significantly.
As the village continued to develop, Qi Tongwei looked further ahead. He began to think about how to integrate the development of the village with the surrounding villages more deeply to form a larger rural tourism economic circle. He took the initiative to communicate with the leaders of the surrounding villages, share his development experience, and discuss cooperation matters. After many negotiations, several surrounding villages reached a consensus on cooperation and jointly launched joint tourism routes to integrate resources and achieve complementary advantages.
During this process, Qi Tongwei also encountered some resistance. Some village leaders were worried that they would lose their dominance through cooperation, or had doubts about the distribution of benefits. Qi Tongwei patiently explained the benefits of cooperation and proposed a fair and reasonable benefit distribution plan, which ultimately won everyone's trust and support.
With the gradual formation of the rural tourism economic circle, the popularity and influence of this area has continued to expand. It has attracted more and more tourists to visit and promote the rapid development of the local economy. The living standards of the villagers have been significantly improved, and every household has lived a prosperous life.
Qi Tongwei stood at the highest point of the village, overlooking this field full of hope. Recalling the hardships and difficulties along the way, he was filled with emotion.
However, the gears of fate did not stop turning, and new waves were quietly surging beneath the calm lake surface.
Not long after the peaceful days, strange things happened frequently in the village. First, the small lotus flowers planted by the river withered inexplicably. The originally beautiful and graceful flowers became sluggish overnight, and the lotus leaves began to turn yellow and curl. This made the villagers who were responsible for planting lotus and hoped to create a special landscape to attract tourists with the lotus pond anxious. They tried various methods, such as fertilizing, watering, and pest control, but to no avail. Then, something even weirder happened. Every night, there would always be strange calls from the riverside. The sound was like frog croaking, but it was sharper, weirder, and creepy than frog croaking. Some bold villagers went to check together, and they vaguely saw a huge "toad spirit" jumping by the river with a faint light all over its body. When the news spread, the whole village was in panic, and tourists were deterred after hearing about it, and the village's tourism industry suffered a heavy blow.
Qi Tongwei frowned when he learned about this. He knew that if the problem was not solved quickly, the prosperity of the village would be in jeopardy. At first, he tried to find the cause from a scientific perspective, organizing young people in the village to test the water quality and soil of the lotus pond and carefully check the surrounding environment. However, the test results showed that everything was normal, and no factors were found that caused the lotus to wither, and there was no trace of the mysterious "toad spirit".
After the scientific exploration was fruitless, huge pressure came to Qi Tongwei like a tide. The panic of the villagers and the stagnation of the tourism industry weighed heavily on his heart. In desperation, he decided to follow the method used to solve the mysterious singing incident before and seek help from supernatural forces. He asked around and finally learned that there was a famous Taoist priest in the neighboring county who was said to be proficient in various techniques of exorcising evil spirits and demons. Qi Tongwei did not care about the long journey and went to visit him in person.
After meeting the Taoist priest, Qi Tongwei sincerely and anxiously recounted the various strange things that happened in the village, begging the Taoist priest for help. The Taoist priest closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, counted with his fingers, and said solemnly: "This is the work of evil spirits, and the resentment is deep. We need to set up an altar and perform rituals as soon as possible to ensure peace in this area." Although Qi Tongwei still had doubts in his heart, he had no choice but to believe it at this moment.