The Little Days of the Great Landlord

Chapter 24
The sun was setting, and Yang Ming finally covered the shed on the well in the backyard. If it rained or snowed, rain or snow would not fall into the well. In this modern society where the atmosphere is seriously polluted, who knows? Are rainwater and snowwater mixed with chemicals?
Wei Qingqing was still asleep in the room, and had been tossing hard in the afternoon. She probably wouldn't be able to wake up until it was time to eat.

The sky is full of red clouds, and tomorrow will be another sunny day.

"Attention all households, tonight at 8:8 in the brigade for a meeting, one person from each household must be present...Attention to each household, at [-]:[-] tonight in the brigade for a meeting, each household must Someone is here..." A loud horn sounded, echoing in the mountains.

'Big Team' means 'production brigade', it was called in the big pot rice era, it should be called 'village committee' now, but everyone is still used to call it 'brigade'.

"A meeting for the brigade?"

Yang Ming was a little surprised, then shook his head, and didn't think about it anymore. It seems that his household registration is not here, so he doesn't count as a person here, so he should have nothing to do with him.

Yang Ming reheated the leftovers from lunch, and the couple ate dinner together. After finishing eating, it was already 8 o'clock.

Wei Qingqing was wearing cartoon pajamas, sitting on the kang, watching "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" with relish, saying that this cartoon is very popular, adults and children love to watch it, "Husband, are you going to the brigade for a meeting?"

"Why am I going? Our household registration is not in this village." Yang Ming leaned against the quilt and watched TV together. In the past two days, he always felt that he had a tendency to develop into a "big wolf style husband".

"Knock, knock..." At this moment, there was a knock on the door, "Sister Qingqing?"

"Sister Liu? Come in..." Wei Qingqing said.

Then, Mrs. Liu led her daughter in, "Sister Qingqing, are you going to the brigade for a meeting soon? I want to put Bao'er here."

"Okay!" Wei Qingqing waved to Zheng Baoer, "Come here, Baoer, let's watch TV together."

"Yeah!" Zheng Baoer obediently responded, and happily ran to Wei Qingqing's side to watch TV with her.

"Sister-in-law Liu, what's the matter with the meeting in the brigade?" Yang Ming asked.

"Who knows? The little things in the village..." Mrs. Liu said casually.

"Knock knock..."

Mrs. Liu sat at Yang Ming's house for a while, and it was already 8:20. She was about to leave for the brigade to have a meeting. At this time, there was another knock on the door, "Brother Yang? The village chief asked me to inform you." , Your family also has someone, and I will go to the brigade for a meeting later."

"Who is it?" Yang Ming hurriedly got off the kang, put on his shoes, and walked outside to see who this person was, but when he got outside, he found that there was no one there at all.

"Leave early. This man is the eldest nephew of the village chief. His name is Wang Dafang. He knocks on people's doors when he has anything to do. He leaves after shouting outside. He doesn't meet people at all. The old Wang's family moved to the village 20 years ago. In our village, there was a flood at that time, and their Wangjiacun was flooded. When the village was combined, the people in Wangjiacun were scattered and merged into each village, and one of them was merged into our village. It’s not a thing anymore, I’ve done all sorts of immoral things, they’re notifying you this time, it’s probably not going to be a good thing…” Mrs. Liu followed and said.

"Are they trying to plot against us? Husband, I'll go with you..." Wei Qingqing came out after Aunt Liu, and said worriedly after hearing what Aunt Liu said.

Yang Ming ran out when he saw that she was wearing pajamas. The inside was hollow, and Bai Shengsheng's calves were exposed. The cool breeze in the mountains was cool, and there were many mosquitoes. After a long time outside, if you don't get sick, you will be bitten by mosquitoes With a bag all over his body, he said: "You go back to the house to accompany Bao'er, I will go with Mrs. Liu, I want to see what they want..."

"Then... that's fine..." Wei Qingqing responded and retreated to the house.

"Let's go! We're going to walk from here, we'll be at the brigade at 8:[-]..." Mrs. Liu took out a flashlight from her pocket and turned it on, emitting a dim light.

So, the two walked towards the brigade together, the night was pitch black, the light of the flashlight was not bright, but it could illuminate the road, and the chirping of crickets along the way was like a quiet serenade, distant and beautiful.

The two walked along the gravel road. On the way, Mrs. Liu briefly introduced the situation in the village to Yang Ming. The whole village, not counting the newly moved Yang Ming's family, had a total of 75 households, with only two surnames, and one It is Zheng, and the other is Wang. There are 30 households with the surname Zheng, and [-] households with the surname Wang.

The current village secretary is from the Zheng family. His name is Zheng Dabao. He is 45 years old and has a very close relationship with Zheng Yunqian. The party secretary of Shangcun, one is capable, and the other is the full support of Lao Zheng's family.

The village head is from the Wang family. His name is Wang Quangen. He is 50 years old. The adult Wang family members all opened separate accounts, and were finally elected as the village head with a one-vote advantage. At that time, there was no mention of election cheating, so that there was almost a large-scale fight between the Zheng and Wang families. At that time, it was quite big, and all the township leaders who helped the Wang family cheat at that time were eliminated, but Wang Quangen's position as village head was confirmed, and he has been sitting until now.

Up to now, the relationship between Zheng and Wang's two families is in dire straits, and things that undermine each other happen from time to time.

The two walked and talked, and after a short while, they came to the village committee. Yang Ming also got a feel for the situation in the village.

The two entered the village committee one after the other, and saw that a large room was already full of people, all of whom were heads of households. On the rostrum, sat two middle-aged men, one fat and one thin, Mrs. Liu quietly pointed out to him that the fat man was the village chief Wang Quangen, and the thin man was the village party secretary Zheng Dabao. On the table in front of them each stood a microphone and a tea mug, which was still steaming.

The two came to the back, found a bench together and sat down, quietly waiting for the meeting.

At 8:08, the village chief Wang Quangen glanced at Yang Ming who was sitting behind, and spoke first, "It's 30:[-] now, let's have a meeting now..."

"Today, I went to the village for a meeting. The secretary and the head of the village severely criticized me. They are very dissatisfied with the development of our village. The most important point is that there is no road. The leaders came to inspect our village, butt It's all swollen..."

"Ahem, Village Chief Wang, did the township leaders tell you that their buttocks are swollen? Are we asking for medical expenses? Don't talk about anything, just talk about business..." The village party secretary said with a dark face. .

"Hehe, the village party secretary taught you a lesson! Then I'll talk about business..." Wang Quangen didn't take it seriously when he was reprimanded by a man five years younger than himself. Said: "About our village's road construction, the township leader gave our village a task. This year, we must build an asphalt road. Road construction requires money, and it is not old or young, but the finances of the village are also tight, so there is no way Give us financial support, but in the end, I begged for a long time with the township leaders, and the township leaders gave me a right, that is, our village can contract out the mountainous land on the edge of the village. The mountainous land belongs to the state. The contracting fee has to be handed in, but in order to support our road construction, the township leaders will hand over the contracting fee to our brigade. If it is not enough, everyone will raise another fund... After an afternoon with Comrade Zheng Dabao, the village party secretary As a result of the deliberations, we selected the mountains to be contracted out, that is, Tuyaozi Mountain and Huochunzi Mountain at the entrance of the village, Straw Hat Mountain and Huagu Mountain in the north of the village, Longhu Mountain and Flea Mountain in the west of the village..."

"The method of contracting, let's catch up with the fashion, and use the auction method. The highest price wins. The lowest price is 100 yuan per mu per year. The contract period is 20 years. The contract fee can be paid every year, and the minimum price increase is 10 yuan per mu... ..."

"This bastard is plotting against you, no wonder Uncle Dabao's face is so ugly..." Aunt Liu frowned as she listened, and whispered in Yang Ming's ear.

"How come? Isn't it just six hills?" Yang Ming said.

"These six hills are so big. It doesn't mean that a hilltop is a hilltop. The mountain behind your house has dozens of hilltops. They are all from the Straw Hat Mountain. It has hundreds of acres. Flowers Gushan is the mountain behind our house, and there are many peaks. It has about a hundred acres. The two acres of land in your house are between these two mountains, and the other four mountains are also surrounded by them. Straw hat mountain and Huagu mountain... It is very likely that this surname Wang bypassed the branch secretary and directly reported the contracted mountain top to the village." Aunt Liu explained.

ps: Ask for recommendation, ask for collection...

(End of this chapter)