After the founding of New China, with the development of economy, farmers' life gradually improved. In the 1970s, the problem of food and clothing was basically solved in rural areas, with coarse grains and enough grain as the main food, and corn and sweet potatoes as the main food. Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the development of the whole town has entered an unprecedented stage, and the living standards of farmers have generally improved. Farmers mainly eat wheat flour, and their dietary structure has gradually improved, from complete to fine to good. In the late 1980s, farmers basically reached the standard of living of three meals a day, two cooked vegetables and three, six and nine small improvements, which was greatly improved on holidays. In the 1990s, great changes have taken place in the consumption level and structure of farmers. In terms of eating, the proportion of staple food decreased, while the proportion of non-staple food increased. Chicken, duck, fish, meat and eggs have become popular foods. In the late 1990s, it developed in the direction of nutrition, rationality and health care. Green food and health food gradually entered the farm and served on the table. In terms of wearing, from the monotonous green, blue and white colors in the 1970s, it gradually began to develop into comfortable, fashionable and diversified middle and high-grade clothing. Now more than 90% farmers have built new houses with brick-concrete structure; 30% farmers use new building materials such as aluminum alloy doors and windows to build houses; 70% of farmers' houses are designed with reasonable layout, including kitchen, living room, dining room, bedroom and bathroom. More than 60% residents in urban areas and surrounding neighborhood committees live in villa buildings. Every household in Chaizhuang Village has built a commercial and residential building. The per capita housing area in this town is 42 square meters. More than 65438+100000 telephones and more than 5000 mobile phones were installed, and the coverage rate of closed-circuit television was over 80%. Bicycles began to be popularized in the 1980s, and motorcycles, motor tricycles and various cars gradually became means of transportation in the 1990s. Because of mechanization and electrification, the labor intensity of farmers has been greatly reduced, and most of the surplus labor force has gone out to work, do business and run enterprises. 1989, the town nursing home was rated as a provincial nursing home. Liang Buting, former secretary of the provincial party committee, wrote the inscription "Civilized Home for the Aged", where more than 70 childless elderly people spent their old age. In 2000, the per capita net income of farmers in the town was 2.46 million yuan.