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Liu Qingyu has never seen such a severe drought!

Sitting in the car, looking out the window, there are cracked land everywhere, yellow and dry crops everywhere, and even on some land, corn seedlings are dead in pieces!In the field, occasionally one or two old farmers with vicissitudes of life can be seen standing in the field, but all of them are full of despair, helplessness and bitterness.

Less than 5 kilometers away from the county seat, Liu Qingyu took Li Cailin out of the car, step by step towards a group of people not far away who were carrying buckets in twos and threes towards the south gate.

When Liu Qingyu and Li Cailin stepped off the road and actually stepped into the farmland path, Liu Qingyu's eyes were a little stunned.

At this moment, the land in the field no longer needs to be described as cracked, and that description is a bit too inappropriate.At this moment, in the field, there are cracks as big as a palm or even a fist everywhere, and the soil has been completely loosened with one step on it.Taking a step, sinking, the soil poured into the leather shoes of the two of them from time to time.

Li Cailin reached out and broke a wooden stick from a withered poplar tree beside the road, and inserted it deeply into the loose soil particles until it reached the handle. It was estimated to be at least 30 centimeters long. It wasn't even wet!

Li Cailin brought the wooden stick in front of Liu Qingyu, with a serious expression on his face: "Mayor Liu, it's more than 30 centimeters, and there is no drop of water. This situation has been very rare for decades! This is not just a drought. It’s a loss of moisture! If water can’t be replenished for irrigation in time, I’m afraid this piece of land will have no harvest!”

"Loss of moisture! Absolute harvest!" Hearing these four words, Liu Qingyu's face suddenly became extremely serious.

Although he is not a farmer or an agricultural expert, he is very clear about the weight of the words loss of soil moisture and crop failure, which means that the farmers' hard work for more than half a year will yield nothing!

These are two thrilling words!

Liu Qingyu walked forward following the team of farmers, while chatting with an old farmer who was walking at the end.

"Uncle, where are you going to get water? Is there still water in this situation?" Liu Qingyu asked.

This is an old farmer with dark skin and wrinkled face like an orange peel. He looks about 70 or [-] years old. The old farmer grinned, showing a few or two sparse black and yellow teeth: "Not far ahead is a A small river, where there is still some water."

"Is it spring water?" Liu Qingyu asked in shock.

The old farmer shook his head, but there was some expectation on his face: "It's river water."

"River water? There is still river water?" Hearing what the old farmer said, Liu Qingyu was really surprised.In such a dry situation, there is still river water?

However, when Liu Qingyu followed the old farmer and the others to the river ditch that the old farmer called, Liu Qingyu was completely stunned.He couldn't believe his eyes.

There used to be a river ditch here, but the sides of the ditch have been cracked like the land in other places. Only in the middle of the ditch, there is a narrow trickle about two feet wide flowing forward. The black river exudes bursts of pungent smell.

Is this river water?Be it!After all, it flows in the river, but the river water is too dirty!How is it different from sewage?

However, Liu Qingyu was shocked to see that the faces of these people who came saw the flowing river, but all of them lined up in an orderly manner, and no one fought for the water. , especially which one is particularly difficult, everyone will automatically let others go to the front.What shocked Liu Qingyu even more was that among these water-carrying crowds, there were almost no young adults at all, either women or old people. Even women only chatted with three or four people, and most of the others were It is an old man who is five or sixty years old or even seven or eighty years old.

Liu Qingyu walked up to an old farmer in his 60s who was fetching water from the river and said, "My fellow, this river water is too dirty. You can't eat such water at all!"

The old farmer said with a wry smile as he fetched water, "This water is sewage from factories in the county town. It's dirty, but you can eat it with some bleach."

"Sewage from the factory?" Hearing the old farmer's explanation, Liu Qingyu's eyes widened suddenly, and he became a little anxious: "Fellow townspeople, since you know it's sewage, why do you still eat it? Eating this will hurt you." Sick ones! You are not far from the county seat, isn’t there anyone in the county seat organizing water trucks to deliver water to you?”

Hearing Liu Qingyu's question, the old farmer looked at Liu Qingyu suspiciously, and was sure he didn't know Liu Qingyu, but he still replied: "Hey, if there is clean water, who would like to eat the sewage! We also hope that the county can send us some water, but..."

Having said this, the old farmer gave a long sigh, stopped talking, and continued to fetch water.

Liu Qingyu was a little anxious now, and asked, "My fellow, what's the matter? Can you tell me? Maybe I can solve this problem."

The old farmer took a look at Liu Qingyu, who looked smaller than his doll, how could he solve the water problem?He continued to draw water with his head down.

Seeing this situation, Liu Qingyu knew that the old farmer didn't believe him at all, so he reached out to take the fellow's bucket and said, "My fellow, let me fight for you! I am relatively young, and I think your legs and feet are not very good."

As he said that, Liu Qingyu took the old farmer's bucket directly, and slowly poured the sewage flowing from the river into the bucket.

Seeing that Liu Qingyu was wearing a suit and leather shoes, but he didn't think it was dirty at all. After a while, his suit and leather shoes were all covered with sewage, but he still meticulously helped him get water. The old farmer was a little moved and said: " Young man, are you a reporter?"

Liu Qingyu said with a smile: "No, but it's about the same. Fellow, can you tell me about the situation on your side? Can everyone not eat these sewage? Does the county care about the lives of the people here?"

The old farmer said with a wry smile: "Son, if you think about it, we are not stupid, but if there is a chance, we don't want to eat this sewage! But this year, the whole county is full of drought, and the crops have no water. Basically, the harvest is gone, but after all, we still have food in our house, but we can’t live without water, and if we don’t drink water, we will definitely die. Although the sewage is not clean, we can still live after eating it!”

Liu Qingyu asked again: "Isn't the county dispatching people to get on the bus?"

"Water truck? Delivered it once! At that time, the leaders of the county came down with them, and brought a lot of reporters. It is said that our village was on TV that day, but since then, no water truck has come over. gone."

"Didn't you ask the leaders of the county?"

"I've looked for it! Why haven't I looked for it! Up to now, our village party secretary and village chief are still in the county! It is said that the county promised to dig a well for us, but until now, there has been no movement! Hey! No What to do! According to the leaders of the county, not only the whole county, but the whole city is facing severe drought this year! And there are places that are worse than ours! The county can't take care of it!"

The old farmer sighed again!Although there was a bit of dissatisfaction on that simple and honest face, it also carried a bit of tolerance!

Suffering has become a habit of farmers, and they are enduring all this tenaciously!

Even in the face of such a predicament, they chose to trust the county leader's explanation!

However, Liu Qingyu had a little more doubt in his heart!

The severe drought in the whole city is true, but other places are not as severe as Huanghai County, and although Huanghai County has a large area of ​​drought, I have asked for 500 million yuan in special funds for drought relief in Huanghai County, even if it costs 5 yuan to drill a well , No matter what happens to the 500 wells, can 100 wells be drilled?There are only 10 towns in Huanghai County, and each town has more than a dozen villages. In this way, at least two villages can drill a well.As long as Huanghai County can put this drought relief fund into practice, even if it can't guarantee agricultural irrigation, it shouldn't be a problem to ensure people's drinking water, right?

Why let the common people eat the sewage?

But what really made Liu Qingyu feel extremely dissatisfied was the fact that the old farmer said just now that the county leader followed the water truck and brought a large number of reporters down, and after the water was delivered, no one could be seen anymore.

Now that we know that the people here are short of water, and we know to bring the reporters down, why can't we persist more?Why can't we actually do something for the common people?

At this moment, Liu Qingyu looked at these people, who could almost be regarded as old and weak, women and children, carefully and meticulously caring for the water that was washed up. He was afraid of the scenes where the sewage was spilled, and his eyes were moist at that time!

He was seriously dissatisfied with his work efficiency and effectiveness!

As the deputy mayor in charge of water conservancy, it is my own negligence to let the common people eat no one!

no!The problem of drinking water for the common people must be solved immediately!

Thinking of this, Liu Qingyu was about to stand up, but suddenly saw an old lady in her 60s who suddenly fell on her back to the ground, unconscious, with black sewage still dripping out from the corner of her mouth. Brave, her hands are also black.

Liu Qingyu immediately walked over, squatting down anxiously to rescue him, but when he put his hand under the old man's nose, he couldn't feel the old man's breath. Next, Liu Qingyu didn't care about the corner of the old lady's mouth. On the black stain, first aid work was launched.

However, at this time, the old farmer next to him sighed and said, "Young man, you don't have to work hard, she can't live anymore, this is the fourth one! Anyone who drank sewage and died can't be saved at all." .”

Speaking of this, the old farmer's eyes showed a strong sense of sadness, while the eyes of other people also shone with the sadness and helplessness of the death of the rabbit and the fox!Immediately, everyone silently packed up the tools in their hands. Those who should fetch water were still fetching water, and those who had already fetched water took out their mobile phones to call the old man's family to notify them.It seems that everyone is already used to this set of procedures!

Seeing this situation, Liu Qingyu felt a strong sense of anger and sadness spontaneously!

Liu Qingyu was in tears!Seeing the situation in front of him, Liu Qingyu felt an apology from the bottom of his heart, and at the same time, there was also a surge of anger from the bottom of his heart!

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