my daughter my hometown

Chapter 6 Zhang Heng
The newly opened road is wide and empty, which is similar to Su Wu's mood.

Two words: comfortable!

The only downside is that the road has not yet been put into use, and there are almost no people on the road at a glance.If he wants to hitch a ride, it's almost impossible.

Su Wu didn't care about it.

Besides, after the conflict in Xiangshui Town today, even if it is the old road, it is estimated that it is rare to meet fellow travelers.

He patted the little girl on the back, randomly cut a banana leaf as an umbrella, and walked forward with slender legs like the wind.

As he walked, he hummed a lullaby from Frozen II.

Where the north wind meets the sea
Where the north wind meets the sea

There's a river full of memory
There is a river full of memories
Sleep, my darling, safe and sound
sleep darling everything is safe

For in this river all is found
Because everything is found in the river

……

Accompanied by the lullaby, the little girl rubbed her furry head against Su Wu's neck, found a more comfortable position, and fell asleep sweetly again.

Carrying a child on the road is actually quite hard work, and the itchy neck is uncomfortable, but Su Wu enjoys it.

His feet were fast, and he said that he was walking at the same speed as other people trotting all the way.Fortunately, there were no other people along the way, otherwise I would have been stunned.

While walking, he paid attention to the situation of the little girl in his arms. Once he found her struggling slightly, Su Wu hurriedly found a shady place by the roadside to rest.

After all, we were traveling under the sun at noon, so it would be troublesome if we got sunstroke.

After walking around like this for about an hour, Jijing Ridge was already in sight.

Jijing Ridge, as the name suggests, the mountain here is as steep and curved as a chicken neck, which is daunting.

Driving here is almost like walking a high-altitude tightrope. Every time when going to and from school by car, Su Wu is always worried when he passes by this place, for fear of any accident.

Many years ago, Su Wu's cousin Su Qing almost had an accident when she passed by here, which was still fresh in his memory.

At that time, Su Qing was preparing to enter high school.Because the number of students entering higher education in rural areas is scarce, there are no test centers in the town.So the three nearby small towns chartered a car and collectively sent candidates to the test center in the county to take the high school entrance examination.

When the car passed by here, it almost rushed out of the road. Two of the front wheels of the four wheels had already rushed out of the roadbed, hanging in the air at a height of tens of meters, making people shudder...

It is said that surviving a catastrophe will bring blessings.

However, Su Qing, who has always had good academic performance, lost her reputation due to excessive fright. In the end, she couldn't even pass the high school entrance examination and had to go out to work like other girls.

Su Wu shook his head and retracted his thoughts.

He looked up, and after seeing the situation in front of him clearly, his spirit was lifted.In an instant, it was like entering an air-conditioned room during the dog days, and the fatigue of the journey and the heat of the weather were all swept away.

The Jijing Ridge in front of me is no longer the tall, steep, twisted and twisted gravel in the past, but half of it has been cut off by machinery, and a smooth and straight road has been opened.

It is worthy of being an infrastructure madman.

Su Wu was very moved, but before he took a few steps, he noticed something strange.

The new road has been built here, and it seems that it will not move.

Is it because the funds are not in place, a dead end road has been built, or the sun is too high and the workers are resting?

Su Wu glanced left and right, his eyes shrank.

Under the slope on the left, several bulldozers and road rollers slanted down. In the canyon full of dark mud and stones, those orange machines were so abrupt that he felt a burst of dazzling.

what happened?

The third monk Su Wuzhang standing by the road was completely confused.

If the bulldozer and hook machine at work are not careful, they will indeed fall into the valley.It's just that the roller truck used to press the road will also fall into it, which really makes him feel incredible.

After walking for a while, a tent appeared on the side of the road ahead.

Su Wu took a closer look.Five or six roadworkers in overalls, divided into two groups, were sitting there playing poker with morose faces.

He walked over and asked curiously, "Brothers, please excuse me. You are road builders, right? Why is this road not moving?"

Several people raised their heads in unison, looking at Su Wu in surprise.They have also seen many pedestrians on the new road, but most of those people came to visit the new road with the idea of ​​visiting the new road, and there were not many people who were really on their way, let alone a child in their arms.

"How can we repair it without tools? This road can't be repaired."

Zhang Heng, the contractor, took out a cigarette and handed it over, saying in a muffled voice, "I dare not repair it either!"

Su Wu waved his hand to refuse, and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I have children, and I don't smoke."

Zhang Heng nodded in understanding, and crushed the cigarette butt thrown to the ground with one kick.

Su Wu laughed and said, "Brother's accent seems to be from the southwestern side. Why, you must have eaten too much chili at noon, and everyone's face is full."

"Are you a local?" Zhang Heng glanced at Su Wu and then shook his head, "Brother, I'm worried, it's not about the pepper."

"I'm a local, and I live tens of kilometers away." Su Wu didn't ask too much, but asked curiously, "Brother just now, you said that this road can't be repaired, what happened?"

Zhang Heng didn't answer. He looked at Su Buri's children and kicked a stool over.

"Sit down and talk." He dropped the poker in his hand, turned the direction of the electric fan, pointed to the stool, "take a break."

"Holding the baby at noon, where are you going? It's heating her up, put her down and feed her saliva quickly, don't get too hot."

Su Wu nodded and put Su Wan down.He filled the bottle with some warm water and carefully stuffed it into the little girl's mouth.

Although she slept soundly, Su Wan was thirsty, so she subconsciously began to breathe.The little lips are pressed together, very cute.

Seeing all this, Zhang Heng couldn't help but smiled, and asked, "Brother looks quite young, is this your daughter? How old is she?"

"It's almost two years old." Su Wu smiled, moving his body to block most of the direct blowing from the electric fan.

Zhang Heng knocked his mouth, feeling overwhelmed.

"The little girl is really well-behaved, not like that bastard in my family, who just looks at her like a headache."

"Where is it?" Su Wu laughed, "It's just falling asleep, it's the same when awake."

The two fathers complained a few words haha, drank a few sips of water and exchanged names, and soon became friends and called each other brothers.

After a while, Su Wu brought up the old story again: "Just now, Lao Zhang, you said that the road outside was not dared to be repaired, what's the matter?"

Zhang Heng sighed and pointed to a place ahead.

"I'll tell you the truth, bro. Did you see it? There's a small cave, and there are a few bastards sitting there. On the surface, they are herding cattle, but they are actually staring at us."

"Staring at you?"

Su Wu followed his fingers and looked carefully.

Sure enough, there was a small earth nest not far in front, and there were three or four people sitting in it, all of them were smiling and didn't know what they were doing.

"What are they staring at you for?"

Zhang Heng changed direction and pointed to the end of the new road, his tone full of indignation.

"See if it's there. They say it's their ancestral grave. We damaged their ancestral grave when we built the road. We insist on asking us to pay him 200 million yuan, otherwise we don't want to continue building the road."

Su Wu understood, and said with a sneer, "An ancestral grave again? Two million, what a big deal."

"Isn't it?" Zhang Heng said helplessly.

"When the road route was planned, the land, mountains, rivers, and cemeteries along the way had all been compensated. We can come here and start work, which means that everything has been compensated."

"Besides, there are a few small stones mixed together to form a small mound. It's hard to say if it's a cemetery. If they didn't stand up suddenly and stop it, we really wouldn't have imagined that there is any difference between it and other places."

Su Wu glanced at him: "Didn't you call the police? This is already considered blackmail."

"Why not? It's just brothers... Many times, the police are not as useful as you young people think."

Zhang Heng was even more helpless.

"These are old men. When the police come, they say they are grazing cattle. The police can't arrest a few cattle grazing guys for no reason. And the police can't stay here forever. When people leave, they Stand up again. Let you do nothing."

"The worst thing is that a few nights ago, when we were not paying attention, dozens of people came and took all our machines to the bottom of the valley."

Su Wu suddenly realized that this was the case with the machines at the bottom of the valley.

"Didn't you have any trouble with the village chiefs of the nearby villages? What did they say?"

"Also," Zhang Heng said with a dark expression.

"A strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake. We have been running around for a long time, and we understand the truth. From the first day of road construction, I visited the villages along the way with a few brothers. All the good words, the courtesy You have given away a lot, but this kind of thing still happens, which makes you helpless."

Su Wu shook his head speechlessly, and asked, "Then what are you going to do? Just get stuck here?"

"How can it be?" Zhang Heng tugged his sparse beard anxiously, and said irritably, "If the construction period is not met, it will breach the contract. I can't afford the huge liquidated damages. What's more, this is a government project. If I do It’s a mess, then don’t even think about getting a job, just go to the prison to retire.”

"So?" Su Wu asked, "Really pay them 200 million?"

"How is it possible?" Zhang Heng jumped like a rabbit with its tail clipped.

"It's not easy to make money these days. Where can I get 200 million to them? It's not enough to sell me!"

"Besides, this kind of thing has never been encountered before. These are insatiable hooligans. As long as you pay them once, they will make more progress next time."

"That's right." Su Wu understood very well.

"I've already sent people to investigate the real local snakes around here, I hope to ask them to come out and help speak."

Su Wu pointed to the cave not far away, "What if the one standing behind them is the real local snake?"

Zhang Heng's face collapsed.Apparently he had also expected this situation, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Su Wu touched the little girl's forehead and hugged her up.

"Brother, are you leaving now?"

Zhang Heng was dumbfounded.

He has been holding back his stomach these days, wishing he could find someone to vomit his bitterness to.However, he was surrounded by his brothers who knew everything, so there was nothing to say.Today, I happened to meet Su Wu who was passing by, and he was talking comfortably, and he was a little bit reluctant.

"The sun is still so bright, so stay a little longer! The little girl should be clean and white. It doesn't matter if you get tanned, old man. If you tan her, see if your wife will spare you."

Su Wu laughed and said, "I'll go talk to them."

"What's there to talk about?" Zhang Heng stared, "Those bastards are like chewed brown sugar, tasteless and sticky to the teeth. Besides, judging by their idleness all day, they are probably some Unemployed hooligans are used as eyes. Talking to them is useless, it will only make you more and more angry."

"Is it useful? I'll find out after talking."

Su Wu smiled mysteriously, "Old Zhang, have you heard what happened in Xiangshui Town today?"

The two clans fought on a large scale, such a sensational event, there may not be a single word on the Internet and in the newspapers.But it has been rumored in the surrounding villages, even Zhang Heng at the road construction site has heard of it.

"Well," Zhang Heng nodded, and he shivered.

"You people are too barbaric. The Liao family traveled thousands of miles across several provinces to sweep a tomb and pay homage to their ancestors. You people beat them all for no reason. How can you be hospitable?"

Haha ...

Su Wu was speechless.

"Isn't it also the ancestral grave in front of me? Since they want to defend the ancestral grave, let me see if they can keep it?"

(End of this chapter)