Anhui Farmer's Cooperative: "Fourteen Years"

Anhui Farmers' Cooperative is an organization for farmers' rights, and has undertaken several community development projects. To read more about Anhui Farmers' Cooperative, click here.

Yubiao writes the following poem about their successes in the past year: 

The hearts of kind people are boiling in the hot summer.
Our unyielding footprints are left in green farmlands…
Remember our tears falling for rights
Remember our courage fighting for votes
Remember our unity in the local police station
Remember our joy electing the top 10 good daughters-in-law
Remember our warm hearts for donation
Remember our solemnity in memorial ceremony
Remember our laughs in the farms
Remember our excellent performances in temple fairs
Remember our delight in extra meetings
Remember our endeavors and sweat

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Yet we have not forgotten the building finance scandal, the shame of our jerry-built project, and the bad behavior done to the office facilities. These lessons will remain close to our hearts forever, because they are precious
treasures.
 
Many members stood in silence as they saw slides of our cooperative. They all began reminiscing, reliving the past memories. It wasn't easy for us to endure fourteen years of constant trial.

The day the monument was unveiled was one that would be well worth remembering. The monument shelters our memories and hope. It stands firm as our spirit support. It allowed us to believe that our cooperative would get better
and better...

Original article written by Yunbiao Yang, translated by Shishi Ma, and edited by US interns Isabel Auyeung and Kevin Mo.