The Bells of Shaoguotun

The villagers of Shaoguotun have defaulted on state taxes for ten consecutive years and refused cadres to enter the village. The villagers hung a bell at the head of the village. Whenever the superiors sent cadres, the bell rang. The villagers heard the sound and moved to prevent the cadres from entering the village... This matter was disclosed by the news media and attracted widespread attention. In order to completely solve the problem in Shaoguotun, the county party committee appointed Yang Tianhong, deputy director of the Organization Department, as the team leader and led a "Three Represents" ideological study and education work team to station in Shaoguotun again. Yang Tianhong led the team members to overcome many obstacles and faced the difficulties, endured the humiliation, went deep into the masses, and did practical things for the villagers. They successively solved the problems of fund-raising, land, and children out of school, and finally promoted the transformation of the old party member "He Tiejui" and educated backward farmers such as "Er Laodao" and "Zhao Tiezui" and won the hearts of the people. Shaoguotun finally changed its backward appearance...