Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 1191: Digging up the Past
The commune secretary took the porcelain mug from the secretary, drank the tea in it, and then placed the porcelain mug heavily on the table.

"Is this something that can be resolved by not getting into a fight with them? What does the Tugouzi Brigade want to do? Aren't they really afraid of making things worse?"

Seeing that the leader was so angry that he no longer cared about his dignity and kept cursing in the office, the secretary did not dare to say a word.

Finally, the secretary of the commune found the secretary who was huddled aside like a quail. He sighed, suppressed his anger and ordered: "Send someone to Xiejia Brigade and Tugouzi Brigade to inform them that they should ask their brigade leaders and village cadres to come over tomorrow and discuss the matter in detail."

Another day passed, and the water in the stream was completely dry, but the Tugouzi Brigade still had no intention of releasing water.

After carrying water for a whole morning, the villagers, with their shoulders rubbed raw, were in tears as they watched the river without a drop of water left.

Turning around and looking at the land that had dried up again just a while after watering, and the crops on the land that were almost dying of drought, the villagers of Xiejia Brigade really couldn't bear it anymore. The old man who scolded his son yesterday and only wanted to fight, now also got angry.

A group of villagers took advantage of the time when the team leader and the village cadres went to the commune and rushed towards the Tugouzi Brigade with their work tools.

Most of the villagers were silent along the way, with only a few voices saying, "The crops in our fields can't wait any longer. Today, the Tugouzi Brigade says we have to release the water no matter what."

"That's right. Today I have to tear down the earthen dam they built!"

The group of people came to Tugouzi Brigade in a threatening manner. Before the people from Xiejia Brigade entered the village, they heard a commotion in the village, as if someone was crying and shouting something.

When I looked closely, I found that several policemen were arresting people there.

The people from the Xie family team were delighted, and the young man grinned immediately.

"It's what they deserve. Even the police can't stand the Tugouzi Brigade doing these unscrupulous things."

"That's right, they deserved to be arrested. I think the police came too late. They should have arrested them long ago."

The members of the Tugouzi Brigade, who had just got off work, looked at the two families surrounded by the police and subconsciously thought that they were being arrested because they refused to release the water.

Immediately, the timid one whispered: "Why don't we release the water? We can't use up all the water we intercepted..."

Some people were so angry that they stood in front of the Xie family team and cursed, "I'm going to make it clear today. I won't let you go. I'll see what you can do to me. If you have the guts, let the police arrest me too."

As soon as these words were spoken, the tempers of the people in the Xie family team began to flare up.

For a while, the two sides were arguing fiercely and were about to start fighting.

A policeman heard the noise and turned to look at them.

Seeing the scene in front of me, I was also frightened.

Seeing that the two groups were about to engage in a full-scale fight, several policemen no longer bothered to arrest anyone. They rushed over, shouting and blocking the two gangs.

"What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing?"

"Stop, stop!"

"Let's see who dares to take action!"

"..."

It took a lot of effort for several policemen to temporarily separate the two gangs.

After the two gangs calmed down, a leading police officer asked with a dark face: "What's going on?"

"Comrade police, it's not our fault for what happened today. It was the people from the Xie Family Brigade who were unreasonable and came here to cause trouble..."

Seeing that the evildoers from Tugouzi Brigade were the first to complain, the people from Xiejia Brigade immediately refused to listen and cursed: "Who is unreasonable? Do you think we are willing to come here? If it weren't for the Tugouzi Brigade's unscrupulous behavior and cutting off the water, we would never have come here in our eight lifetimes..."

Tugouzi Brigade: "You are unreasonable..."

Xie Family Brigade: "You have lost your conscience..."

Seeing that the two gangs were about to fight, several policemen hurried to mediate.

"Stop, stop, stop, speak slowly!" The policemen who came to arrest people were also sweating profusely.

They just came to arrest someone.

The policeman in charge was particularly glad that he had anticipated that the family members would resist, and he brought a few more people with him today.

When passing by the commune, he thought it would be a bad idea to bypass the local police station and arrest people directly, so he specifically informed the police station of the commune, and two people from the other side also followed.

Otherwise, if he encountered such a thing, he would be really helpless.

"Stop arguing, let's talk about it! Hey, hey, put down the hoe in your hand, put it down!"

"..."

To ordinary villagers, the police still had authority. Many of them quietly turned off their engines and took back the farm tools that they were about to throw at the other party.

Seeing this, several policemen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"You go first..."

"Don't talk yet, let him talk first, and then you can talk later..."

After hearing the whole story, the police officer in charge was confused. After he figured it out, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

He pushed two policemen from the commune police station to the front and asked them, his acquaintances, to explain to them.

This time, the Tugouzi Brigade understood that the police came here today not because of the water cut-off issue, but to deal with the murder of Third Brother Wang.

When talking about Third Brother Wang, the people from Tugou Brigade had different expressions on their faces.

To be precise, the other party got into trouble because of a dispute over water.

But that time it was not between the Tugouzi Brigade and the Xiejia Brigade, but was caused by the conflict within the Tugouzi Brigade.

As we all know, the Tugouzi Brigade was divided into two factions.

One faction is the local Wang family. Currently, nearly half of the people in the village have the surname Wang. In addition, there are many people who have one or another relationship with the Wang family.

Even the team leader and secretary were selected from the Wang family.

This brings us to another faction. The remaining people basically moved here later. In order to avoid being bullied by the Wang family, these people united together and supported each other.

At that time, the fields of the Wang and Ma families were next to each other. In order to water the fields one day earlier, both sides refused to give in, which eventually led to the fight.

As luck would have it, Third Brother Wang was hit on the head.

But it was so chaotic at the time that no one could see clearly which side swung the hoe that hit Brother Wang San's head.

In addition, there were many injured people at the time, and basically everyone had blood on their hoes, making it even more difficult to distinguish.

If this matter gets reported, no one will be able to deny the connection.

So everyone tacitly suppressed the matter.

This is also the reason why the mother and son of the Wang family have had a hard time in the village for so many years but have been unable to escape.

After calming down, many people thought about it and could vaguely guess some things.

But all those who participated in the water grabbing back then were prominent figures in Tugouzi Brigade, and Wang San later even made his way to the county town.

Whether it was because of the hush money paid by some people, or because they were timid and afraid of trouble, or because they didn't want to get into trouble, these people chose to remain silent.

(End of this chapter)