Secretary Qin stayed in Chengkou County for the past few days and inspected other villages by the way. Like Xiaoqian Village, the drought was very serious. He waited anxiously and half hopefully for the situation of drawing grass.
When he left Xiaoqian Village, he said: as soon as the grass starts to emerge, report to the county immediately.
When he thought about it, Xiao Xiao made it clear that it would take about ten days for the grass to fully grow. Now it's the fifth day, and it should be at least half grown.
Waiting until last night, still no one from Xiaoqian village came to report. He couldn't wait any longer, and led his people to Xiaoqian Village before dawn.
It was just dawn when we arrived at the entrance of Xiaoqian Village.
When Accountant Xu knocked on the door, Wang Desheng just got up: "Captain, Secretary Qin and the county magistrate are here again. They must have come to see the situation of Chicao, but there is no movement in the field. What's the matter?" ?”
Wang Desheng took a deep breath: "What can I do? At worst, I will be criticized." The hope in his eyes gradually disappeared.
At the beginning, his rationality also told him that what Xiao Xiao and Wang Wei said was too far-fetched to be believed. But seeing that the famine is coming, he is like a person who has stepped on the edge of a cliff and is in a desperate situation. A little bit of hope will be grasped like a straw.
There must be no more famine! Thinking of the famine in those years and the horrors of purgatory where many people starved to death in the village, Wang Desheng was surrounded by panic and despair.
He stayed in the field until midnight last night, holding a torch and almost lying on the ground to watch inch by inch, hoping to see that the weeds would really grow out like Xiao Xiao said.
But no, nothing happened.
Wang Desheng knew that the last bit of hope was also shattered.
"Let's go, let's meet." No matter what, he can't afford to offend these high-ranking officials. It's God's blessing that this year's harvest can be 10% that of previous years. He doesn't dare to offend the county magistrate. It is the life of the whole village to keep the only harvested grain!
The two had just walked out of Wang Desheng's house when the Party Secretary also got the news and rushed over.
He smiled wryly: "Let's go." The two of them took out Jijicao. Secretary Qin valued Jijicao so much, but now he failed, and he and Wang Desheng would definitely be criticized.
But now I can't care about so much, the grass will not grow, everyone will be hungry by then, and I don't know if I can survive this winter, and my life is almost gone, who cares about whether I will be criticized or not.
They rushed to the entrance of the village. As soon as Secretary Qin met them, before the county magistrate could speak, he hurriedly asked, "How is it? Has the grass grown?"
Wang Desheng paused, and despair was added to Fengshuang's sad face at this time, and he said with difficulty: "Secretary Qin, I'm sorry, we let you down, and there is no movement from Ji Chicao."
Even though he knew that this was the most likely outcome, Secretary Qin couldn't help being disappointed, and his heart sank quickly. As the secretary of the provincial party committee of a province, according to the ancient official position, he can already be regarded as a great official in Xinjiang.
I have to deal with so many official affairs every day, and I have come into contact with many important national affairs.
He knows how fragile the newly established Huaguo is, surrounded by powerful countries outside, and the country and people have suffered a lot inside. This year's drought is much more serious than last year, and it is the three northern provinces of Huaguo's grain depot, which will cause immeasurable losses. What a heavy blow this is to China, to the country and to the people!
The country has always advocated the abolition of feudalism. As the secretary of the provincial party committee, he understands it best, but now he can't help but pray to the sky, praying that it will rain as soon as possible, save the crops in the field, and save the people of Huaguo.
The people of Huaguo have suffered so much. After experiencing the baptism of war and artillery fire, the leaders have worked hard, the soldiers have shed their blood, and the people have worked hard to establish New Huaguo. Why does God treat Huaguo and the people of Huaguo like this? Cruel!
Secretary Qin's heart was turbulent, but he suppressed it forcibly on the surface. Others couldn't see what was going on in his heart, but his eyes seemed not as bright as before.
"Let's go, since we're here, at least go take a look. Didn't Comrade Xiao say that it's been ten days? It's only the fifth day now, and maybe the weeds will grow out in an instant on the tenth day." Secretary Qin Stepping forward and whispering, I don't know if I am comforting myself or others.
His secretary looked at Secretary Qin worriedly. Although Secretary Qin didn't say anything, he knew that the secretary had great hopes for Ji Chicao in his heart.
At this time, even he couldn't help complaining about the young couple. If they hadn't talked nonsense, they wouldn't have given Qin Shu hope and disappointed him.
The secretary just complained that the leadership team of Chengkou County already secretly hated Xiao Xiao, Wang Wei and the village cadres of Xiaoqian Village for causing such a big mess in the county.
If this thing is done, it will be a great achievement. Ji Jicao was discovered by the people under the administration of Chengkou County. As the leaders of Chengkou County, they will also add a beautiful stroke to their resume. With such achievements, if it works well It's easy to go up.
But it's useless to pick up grass now. They have disappointed Secretary Qin. Secretary Qin will not care about the villagers below, but he will definitely reduce the senses of officials like them.
Thinking that it would affect their official career, the county magistrate and the others made up their minds. After Secretary Qin left, they must teach the people in Xiaoqian Village and the young couple a lesson, and let them talk nonsense, for no reason. Caused so many disturbances.
The whole village was paying attention to the matter of collecting grass. Xiao's father got up before dawn. He went to the river to fetch water. On the way back, he happened to see Secretary Qin and his party from a distance, and faintly heard their conversation.
He hurriedly picked up the water and sat in the yard in a daze.
It was Xiao Xiao and Wang Wei who took out the grass. I heard that the officials from the province are paying attention. Now that the grass is useless, the officials should blame Xiao Xiao and Wang Wei.
Xiao Xiao is the daughter of the Xiao family, and Wang Wei is their son-in-law. If they are unlucky, will the Xiao family be implicated? What about Guoxing, Guoxing didn't do anything, so why should it be unlucky!
Although Father Xiao looks cowardly and honest, in fact he has been thinking a lot in his heart. Sitting in the courtyard, the more he pondered, the more he felt that his analysis was right.
Mother Xiao woke up and saw Father Xiao's frowning expression, so she couldn't help but ask, "Old man, what's wrong with you?"
Xiao's father looked at Xiao's mother, and said angrily, "They are all good daughters born to you." He expressed his worries.
Xiao's mother started to tremble when she heard this, "What should we do? Could it be that our Guoxing was implicated by them?" They wouldn't be dragged into criticism, would they? Then Guoxing's future future is over!
Xiao's mother only felt that her eyes went dark, and her whole body collapsed to the ground.
These two couples are usually timid and cowardly, but when it comes to Xiao Guoxing's matter, they become extremely bold in an instant, which can be regarded as a true portrayal of a father's love as a mountain.
Father Xiao suddenly stood up: "No, we can't let Second Sister's dead girl and wolf cub get involved, we have to go and make it clear to those high officials that that dead girl and wolf cub have nothing to do with us."
"Dad, what are you going to do?" Sanmei Xiao, who had just woken up, heard Father Xiao's angry words as soon as she left the room.
Xiao's father became angry when he saw these daughters, and ignored the third sister. He pulled Xiao's mother and said to her: "When you are in front of those high-ranking officials later, you will cry. The worse you cry, the better. Make it clear. The second sister's girl and her son-in-law beat me..."
Third Sister Xiao's heart skipped a beat, and she looked at Father Xiao in disbelief: "Are you going to sue Second Sister and the others?"
Xiao's father looked like he was going to eat people with red eyes: "Isn't it true that they beat me? The good girl I raised, who urged her own man to beat her own father, didn't she deny us. It just so happens that I can't afford it now. With such a daughter, I want to tell those high officials that our Xiao family has nothing to do with that dead girl, and they don't want to implicate Guoxing."
"No, you can't go, don't you know why your brother-in-law beat you? How dare you complain!" Sanmei Xiao stepped forward and pulled Father Xiao with all her strength.
If it was normal, those senior officials would not care about such family affairs after hearing the specific reasons. But now that the second sister and brother-in-law donated the grass that was offered by her brother-in-law is useless, those high-ranking officials must feel that they have been tricked. If they hear about the second sister and second brother-in-law beating her father again...
If they find a reason to drag the second sister and second brother-in-law to criticize...
Xiao Sanmei shuddered, not daring to think about it.
Xiao's father got angry at being pulled, and kicked Xiao Sanmei away: "I will deal with you when I come back." These losers really shouldn't be kept.
"dad… "
Father Xiao's kick didn't stay strong at all, Sanmei Xiao clutched her kicked stomach, unable to stand up because of the pain.
"Third sister, third sister, what's wrong with you..."
The other younger sisters got up when they heard the commotion, and seeing Sanmei Xiao lying on the ground, hurried forward anxiously.
"Quick, hurry up and tell the second sister and brother-in-law that my parents are going to go to the high officials and tell my brother-in-law that I beat him, hurry up..."
She didn't know that Secretary Qin had already arrived in the village, and she wanted to ask her brother-in-law to stop Xiao's father, so as not to let him go to the county to file a complaint.
When the fourth sister and the others heard this, they became very anxious and asked the sixth sister to stay at home. She and the fifth sister went crazy and ran to Xiao Xiao's house.
Father Xiao has already pulled Mother Xiao to Secretary Qin.
The two were thin and dark, with embarrassing and frightened expressions, completely in line with the image of old peasants at the bottom of Huaguo.
As soon as they arrived in front of Secretary Qin, they both knelt down with a slap, and then began to kowtow to Secretary Qin.
"Fellows, fellows, what are you doing, get up, get up...", Secretary Qin was stunned for a moment, and immediately pulled them away after realizing it.
"...Leader, the matter of picking up grass was brought up by the second sister and his man. My mother and I don't know anything about it. It has nothing to do with our Xiao family. She even persuaded his man to beat me up earlier. , saying that we don't recognize our old couple. We don't have such a daughter... "
Father Xiao was scared at first, trembling and incomplete, but when he thought of Xiao Guoxing, he forced himself to finish the draft that he had typed several times in his heart.
Mother Xiao was crying beside her.
It's really pitiful for these two couples to look like this.
The county magistrate was angry when he heard this, and in order to increase his impression in Secretary Qin's heart, he turned himself into a good official who made decisions for the people: "What, Second Sister Xiao and Wang Wei beat you? No wonder they took out the grass It turned out to be such a virtue to deceive everyone. Don’t worry, fellow townspeople, such disobedient and unfilial juniors, as public servants of the people, we will definitely educate them and let them realize their mistakes.”
Father Xiao thanked repeatedly, trembling, looking even more pitiful. In fact, he was afraid. For Xiao Guoxing, he was able to raise a hoe to chop people, and he could also rush to sue in front of big shots who would not dare to lift his head when he saw him. Now that he regained his sanity, he became timid.
Secretary Qin glanced at the county magistrate indifferently: "The matter of collecting grass has not yet been settled. Even if it doesn't work in the end, we can't blame those two comrades. They also have good intentions."
"Yes, yes, secretary, you are right..." the county magistrate hurriedly changed his words.
"As for the beating of the two little comrades, we'll talk about it after the investigation is clear." He had a good impression of Xiao Xiao and Wang Wei, and felt that they shouldn't be the ones who beat the elderly for no reason.
The fact that Xiao's father and Xiao's mother stopped Secretary Qin from complaining immediately spread throughout the production team, and the number of onlookers gradually increased.
The Wang family and his party were also among the crowd of onlookers.
Wang Juan supported the queen mother, and after listening to Xiao's father and Xiao's mother, she hurriedly said: "I said that the fourth son's temper will definitely not please him. It's fine for him to fight at the Wang's house, and now he beats the old man. That's all right now. Get into trouble." He didn't hide his gloating.
That's right, Wang Juan has returned to her natal family again, and this time she is still here to ask for food.
Because the food supply is becoming more and more scarce, people who eat food supplies in the city now receive very little food home every month. Originally, she had asked for 70 catties of food from the Wang family, and she was saving a little. The supply of food is barely enough.
But Brother Chen Jiaming has a lot of family members. The husband and wife had five children. Now it is the age to eat, and all of them can eat. Chen's mother asked their family to give the elders a little, and then pay them back after the cut.
Of course Wang Juan didn't want to, but Chen Jiaming forced her, Chen's father and mother forced her, and they used her quota in the activity factory to lure her. In the end, half of the food was distributed to Mrs. Chen.
As soon as the food at home ran low, Wang Juan panicked, and Chen Jiaming also made sidelines. Knowing that this was a tough battle, Wang Juan came back.
She came to Wang's house yesterday evening, and everyone was discussing the matter of collecting grass, and she also knew the general idea that collecting grass was useless, Xiao Xiao and Wang Wei were in trouble, so she felt very happy.
Watching such a lively scene again today makes me even more gloating.
Xiao Xiao and Wang Wei were also notified by Simei.
Compared to their worries, Xiao Xiao and Wang Wei were not so worried. Xiao's father had already decided that collecting grass was useless, so he dared to go all out and sue. But they themselves know that Chichi grass will definitely grow, and it will play a big role in the drought. For such a great contribution, what little father Xiao's complaint is.
Xiao Xiao originally wanted to break away from the Xiao family, even though she herself denied it, she couldn't get rid of the fact that this body was the daughter of Xiao's father and Xiao's mother. Now that Xiao's father is making such a fuss, it just so happens that it saves her and Wang Wei's troubles.
When they arrived, Secretary Qin had already had Xiao's father and mother pulled away.
Secretary Qin's thoughts are all about Jijicao now. When he saw Xiao Xiao and Wang Wei, he asked, "I heard from Captain Wang that Jijicao hasn't started sprouting yet. Comrades, you are the first to discover this kind of grass. Yes, do you think there is hope in the future... "
Is there any hope? When Secretary Qin asked this question, he didn't mean to give himself hope.
"Captain, captain, it's grown, it's grown, the grass has sprouted!!!!", just as Secretary Qin finished asking, a shout of ecstasy suddenly came.
When everyone looked at it, they saw Mason Zhang shouting while running. He ran so fast that he lost one of the sandals on his feet. His face was flushed with excitement, and his face was covered with tears: "It's grown, it's grown!" It’s over, hahahaha, I’m spitting water, there’s water!!!”
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