Picture and text/Ying Zhigang

The most beautiful April day in the world is the right time to enjoy flowers and go green.

At the beginning of April, when you walked into Shiqiao Village, Beiqiao Street, the running water was accompanied by new green, and the vegetables and flowers were yellow. A breeze blew by, and the little fish got out of the water and spat out a string of bubbles, adding a touch of agility to the clear green water.

Standing on the quaint bridge, among the reflection water of houses with black tiles and white walls on both sides, a moored boat looks at the flying egrets, and the beautiful spring scenery of the Jiangnan water town comes into view.

Beiqiao Street is a famous "Bridge Township" in Suzhou, and Shiqiao Village is named after the ancient bridge "Shijia Bridge" built in the first year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty.

Say goodbye to the mess, embrace cleanliness and beauty, every household has different scenery, and the courtyard has a beautiful scenery. Improving the rural living environment is a key task in implementing the rural revitalization strategy.

Over the years, Beiqiao Street has regarded the improvement of rural living environment as a major project to improve the quality of life of villagers, steadily improving the appearance of the village, vigorously improving the ecological environment, and making the vast countryside a beautiful home for villagers to live and work.

Since last year, Shiqiao Village has invested 14.4 million yuan in renovation funds to optimize and upgrade seven natural villages, including road hardening and the construction of beautiful and livable villages, achieving a magnificent turn.

The narrow dirt road has become a flat asphalt road; the previously dirty and blackened walls have been painted with a picture of a bumper harvest; the randomly built vegetable garden fences have disappeared and have been replaced by a unified fence with vegetables that grow well in spring.

If you come early in the morning, the village is even more dreamy. The moisture in the river and the fragrance of flowers and plants are scattered in every corner of the village. The distant field path was shrouded in mist, like a dream covered in gauze.

Walking along the path surrounded by flowers and green plants in the village, the villagers are very proud."Living here is like living in a park. Usually growing vegetables, fishing, the water is clean and the air is fresh. This should be what young people say. Poetry and the look of the distance."

An aunt took out the photos stored on her mobile phone and said happily,"I showed the photos to relatives in the city, and they were very envious. On weekends, the whole family comes here for a vacation and serves them with the vegetables grown next to the house. They are all very rare."

The villagers praised the connection of the Baihujing Bridge.

In June last year, Shiqiao Village used the creation of a "livable village" as a carrier and added a new bridge on Baihujing. The bridge deck of the new bridge is 9 meters wide and vehicles can pass in both directions.

Baihuajing Bridge connects Dongshengeng and Jiazuli, and directly connects to Fanchulang and Zhoujia homestead, which greatly facilitates the travel of villagers in the four surrounding natural villages.

The opening of the Baihujing Bridge not only provides villagers with a safe and convenient travel environment, but also provides a strong guarantee for rural revitalization.

In recent years, Shiqiao Village has accelerated the construction of a beautiful countryside suitable for living and business. On the basis of the original "beautiful courtyard", it has comprehensively improved the residential courtyard, highlighting the characteristic style of "one courtyard, one scenery, one household, one rhyme". Taking advantage of the benefits of rural revitalization, the color, greening, and flower facades of residential buildings have been effectively improved. The village has a completely new look, the "face value" has become more and more charming, and a new picture of a beautiful and livable countryside has emerged.

Today's stone bridge does not have the hustle and bustle of the city, but it has the poetry of the eternal fireworks in Jiangnan.