"Although the flour mill has closed down, please rest assured that I will definitely return the flour or the money to you!" Since September 2016, in order to repay the huge debt owed by the failure of the cooperative flour processing factory, Qi County Yuan Yuqing and Cheng Xiuyu, villagers of Zhongshanjie Village, Chaoge Street, worked silently for four and a half years, paid off 489,000 yuan of grain payments to more than 2,000 villagers, fulfilled their promises, and used practical actions to explain what integrity is. The touching deeds of the couple
vividly demonstrate the spirit of Chinese people in the new era of keeping promises and standing up with sincerity. They are firm guardians of the value of integrity and exemplary practitioners of the socialist core values of . This year, they have successively won the titles of " Qixian Good People" and "Hebi Good People", and they have also been listed on the "Henan Good People List" for honesty and trustworthiness in the first half of 2022.
△Yuan Yuqing (right) and Cheng Xiuyu looked through the worn-out old ledger and recalled the past of repaying the debt with all their might. Photo by Wang Lina, a reporter from Hebao Rong Media,
I have to pay back this money, and honesty cannot be lost! The flour processing factory that
cooperated with closed down. They decided to pay off the money from the villagers.
On September 16, when the reporter interviewed Cheng Xiuyu and his wife, they were preparing a class to give a class to the party members in the community. " is honest and trustworthy and is the basic principle of being a person. I just did what I should do." Cheng Xiuyu said humbly that honor is an affirmation and a spur to them, and they will continue to do what they should do.
Yuan Yuqing used to work in the flour processing factory of Qixian Grain Bureau. Many years ago, on the advice of others, he and his wife opened a flour consignment shop in the village. With the reputation of honesty, more and more grain depositors are being sold at the consignment shop. According to Cheng Xiuyu's recollection, there were at most more than 2,000 villagers who went to the consignment point to store grain.
In September 2016, Cheng Xiuyu, out of trust in the flour processing factory, successively let the staff of the flour processing factory take away the grain stored in her own warehouse. Unexpectedly, the grain was taken away, but the flour was often not delivered.
Cheng Xiuyu and his wife realized that there might be a problem, so they went to the flour processing factory to ask about the situation, and went to the market to buy flour at the original price and exchange it for the villagers. "If they don't send flour, I can't lose everyone." Cheng Xiuyu said, this situation has lasted for 9 months, but the news of the flour processing factory's insolvency and the running away of the person in charge still spread. For Yuan Yuqing and Cheng Xiuyu, not only did they not make money, but the grains worth 489,000 yuan in the flour processing factory were also lost. After
got the news of the closure of the flour mill, they were approached for flour or money. In the face of huge debts, Cheng Xiuyu and his wife, who are also victims, made up their minds: "The folks come to save food because they trust me, so I have to pay back this money, and I can't lose my integrity!" Money is justified.
The house is leaking and reluctant to use the demolition compensation to pay off the debt
"Mom, as long as you and my dad don't be a scumbag, I will repay this debt together with you." The words of son Yuan Zhiqiang made the stone on Cheng Xiuyu's heart a little lighter. Son.
is like this, Cheng Xiuyu's son and daughter-in-law also joined in, and the family united to repay the debt. At the beginning, Cheng Xiuyu and his wife also opened a pig farm. They sold the piglets and quickly returned them to the villagers with difficult families. It didn't take long for the pig farm to be demolished, and they used the compensation for the demolition to repay the debt, but there is still a long way to go before paying off the debt.
Yuan Yuqing started to work odd jobs, and his son Yuan Zhiqiang also went to Xinjiang to work and earn money. In emergencies, Cheng Xiuyu borrowed money from relatives to repay the debt. "My relatives borrowed it almost over and over. At that time, our house was in dire straits. When it rained, it rained heavily outside and it rained lightly in the house, so we couldn't live in it at all, but I wanted to pay off the debt as soon as possible. I didn't repair my own house." Cheng Xiuyu's eyes reddened when she recalled the difficult days of repaying her debts. The creditor of
lost the food deposit, and Cheng Xiuyu and his wife took out the account to check. Their road to debt repayment was hard and long, but they never thought about giving up.
The villagers saw what they did. After learning that Cheng Xiuyu was deceived, 85-year-old Aunt Sun from Nanmenli Village took the initiative to find her and said, "Xiuyu, I don't need to pay back my food. You are also deceived, and it's not easy." The old man's words made Cheng Xiuyu very Moved, but also strengthened their determination to repay their debts.
In the eyes of Liang Zhongzhou, a 58-year-old villager in the village, Cheng Xiuyu and his wife are good people who are honest. "Xiuyu is an old party member, and the flour processing factory closed down. They are also victims, but they insisted on paying off all the debts owed to the villagers. It's really admirable!" Liang Zhongzhou said, at that time he saved the reputation of Cheng Xiuyu and his wife. More than 3,000 catties of food, after learning about their experience, he never asked for it once, but Cheng Xiuyu and his wife took the initiative to contact him to settle the debt. Last year, Cheng Xiuyu's old house was demolished and renovated, and more than 100,000 yuan was allocated as compensation. The family borrowed some of the money from relatives and friends, and paid off the debt at one time.
In Zhongshan Street, Sanhai, Nanmenli and other villages, many villagers who used to store food were moved by Cheng Xiuyu and his wife's honesty. The 59-year-old Cheng Xiuyu told reporters with the account book that had paid off the debt: "It's been too hard for more than 4 years, but it's only natural to pay off the debt. The villagers trust me, and I can't cheat everyone."
"Whenever we will be honest Don't lose it!" Cheng Xiuyu said firmly that in the future, she and her husband Yuan Yuqing will serve the society with all their hearts, use their actual behavior to influence more people around them, and actively transmit the positive energy of society.
