Answers in the Fields: Investigation Site in Caixi Township, Shanghang County, Longyan

#AugustGoodPlaces2025 A courtyard with gray walls and green tiles displays manuscripts, survey forms, and yellowed photographs. The Caixi Township Investigation Site embodies the phrase "coming from the masses" into tangible history. The ink marks on the wooden table still seem wet, and badges, slogans, map pins, and chalk writing outline a pragmatic path with simplicity and clarity. The wind blew through the corridor, and the wooden bells under the eaves rang twice, as if reminding us: great narratives actually grow among the ridges of the fields and the smoke from cooking fires. I stood in the center of the courtyard, imagining the inquiry and listening of those days, imagining how my footsteps measured the rural roads and the journey of my heart. This is not a stage for grand slogans, but a place to return questions to the land. Leaving the site, the wind picked up in the fields, and the waves of rice rolled away layer by layer. I understood another meaning of "investigation": facing reality. It teaches us to lower our gaze, put aside our conclusions, and open our ears first. Bringing this attitude back to our daily lives, whether at work or facing people, the answers are often hidden at our feet.