Nine idlers

After liberation, Chen Guixin, an old farmer, was already the head of the village. After that, he also participated in the merger of several surrounding villages into Taohua Township. It seems that Aunt Jiu is the kind of person with real skills, not the liar who uses superstition to swindle money as advertised outside.

When something happened on the mountain, the old farmer wanted to come over to seek help from Aunt Jiu, but it was a pity that he only dared to think about it, did not dare to take any action, or even speak out, otherwise, that director Xue would definitely take him out of the hospital immediately. The position of the village head was pushed down.

It's just that the situation is a little different now. The things here have become more and more troublesome, affecting the hearts of the people in the village, and there seems to be faint signs of spreading to the county.Director Xue was specially called to Shaoguan for a meeting yesterday. After returning, his face remained dark and unchanged. It should be because of this matter that he was criticized. Otherwise, how dare he run to the mountains with his timid temper? Go up and squat.

Originally, if Director Xue had an accident on the mountain, he could only be regarded as overthinking his own strength and taking the blame, and it would not involve the village chief, but who made the news that the old farmer and Director Xue were at odds? If he was to be blamed for what happened in Taohua Township during this period, then even if he opened a hundred mouths, he would not be able to tell clearly, and one can imagine what the final result would be.

Compared with the crimes defined as conspiring to overthrow the revolution and so on, the minor faults such as being criticized for messing with superstitious ideas afterwards are not worth mentioning.

After the old farmer entered the village consisting of more than a dozen wooden houses and thatched huts, all the people who were joking and joking in the village quieted down and looked at the old farmer indifferently.Although place them here.Not the old farmer's idea.But he is the nominal head of Taohua Township after all.As the saying goes, if yellow mud falls into the crotch, it is not feces, but it is also feces.

The old farmer, who was watched by everyone, kept looking straight ahead, walked steadily, and felt that he didn't take these indifferent gazes to heart at all, but in fact his heart was not the same thing at all, if things hadn't really changed If it is out of control, he really dare not come here.It wasn't that he was afraid of what the people here would do to him.Instead, he was afraid of facing these indifferent gazes. The longer these gazes fell on him, the more he felt extremely guilty.

Soon he walked through the road that made him feel difficult, and came to a grass shed closest to the woods. This is the best place around the waste residue mountain, and it is also the most suitable place for people to live.Although it is more suitable for people to live in after passing here, it is considered to have entered the mountain forest, and all kinds of trees are overgrown.Unless it is cut down, it is impossible to build simple dwellings such as grass sheds and earthen houses.In their current situation, if they cut down the forests shared by the commune privately.If they are accused of poaching the corner of the country and seizing the country's resources, then what awaits them will be the most severe death penalty, and if they report to the higher authorities, they will never pass, and in the end they will just bring shame on themselves.

The old farmer is also very aware of the hardships of life here. It's not that he doesn't sympathize with these people and wants to help them, but it's a pity that Taohua Township, a small place called a township, is actually a village. A little sympathy for these people, and he'll be the next one to live in.The only thing he can do is to keep those people in the village who are dazzled from coming here to disturb as much as possible. As for the monthly criticism targets, he also tries to avoid the situation as much as possible, unlike other villages that do everything.It's just that he hid all these small underground actions very well, and didn't tell other people. Naturally, these people in Waste Mountain didn't know about it.However, Aunt Ninth is an exception. Although she is old and does things a little confused, she can see the things behind everything very clearly, and her attitude towards the old farmer is much better than other people in Huazhashan Otherwise, the old farmer would not dare to come to see Ninth Aunt without any preparation for that matter.

After reaching the door, the old farmer raised his hand and knocked lightly on the not-so-strong wooden door. He called inside and said, "Is Ninth Aunt at home?"

"Come in! I think you should come here." An old voice came from the door immediately.

Hearing this, the old farmer opened the door and walked in, only to see that the hut was very dark inside and the area was small, but because the walls were painted with charcoal ash and the floor was covered with charcoal ash, it didn't look damp, and naturally it wasn't so gloomy.There was only a crude bed and a table with some workmanship in the room. On the table was an earthen oil lamp made of plates, kerosene and twisted cotton thread. Because it was daytime, the kerosene lamp was not lit, so the visitors could only The situation inside the house can only be seen clearly through the light scattered in from outside the door.At this moment, sitting beside the table was a hunched and thin figure, wearing an old-fashioned gray-black padded jacket, and wearing a patterned turban like that of ethnic minorities, but her turban is a little different, that is, there is an extra Xiang The drooping cloth curtain just covered the face below.

After walking in, before the old farmer could speak, he heard footsteps behind him, and then he saw a tall and strong man blocking the door, then he lowered his head slightly, walked around the edge of the door, and asked the old man inside: "Ninth aunt, do you want me to watch outside the house?"

Ninth Aunt immediately yelled at the man and said, "Go and do your business, don't make random guesses, the village chief is a good person, he came to see me for a serious business."

"Good man? Huh!" The man obviously misunderstood the old farmer deeply, and he didn't believe what Aunt Ninth said, but he didn't dare to disobey Aunt Ninth. He made a vicious look at the old farmer, snorted coldly, turned and walked back to himself By the side of the house, while doing something that was not finished just now, while looking over here from time to time, it is very likely that if something is wrong, he will immediately help.

The man's reaction also surprised the old farmer. Since the temporary village of Wuzhashan was designated, he has only been here once or twice. He also didn't expect that someone would directly contradict him, the village head, just because he was worried about Jiu Auntie's loss.

Ninth Aunt seemed to see what the old farmer was thinking, and before he could open his mouth, she explained to the man: "The Qian family is straightforward and very enthusiastic. There was something wrong with his family two days ago, and I helped him solve it. Only then will you be grateful to me, afraid that I will suffer a disadvantage, and rashly come to contradict you, don't take it to your heart."

"You know I'm not the kind of narrow-minded person." The old farmer waved his hand, looked back at the man, and said, "I'm just a little pity that such a good man didn't work in the commune, otherwise he could at least stand up to three workforce."

Ninth Aunt raised her finger to a small stool beside the bed, motioned the old farmer to sit down, and said, "The father of the Qian family man was a bandit and a warlord, and his elder brother was a white bandit army, and now he has gone to Taiwan. It is impossible for him to enter the commune because of the composition problem, and it is already very good that he can save his life, and it is thanks to your help."

"Oh! He is the third child of Qian Mazi's family." After being reminded by the ninth aunt, the old farmer seemed to remember something, and a sudden realization appeared on his face, and he said with emotion: "Back then, Qian Mazi was also a well-known figure in Guangdong, Guangxi, , one of the thirteen Taibaos under Long Jinbao, the first banner in Guangdong and Guangxi, if Long Jinbao hadn’t gone to the capital later, maybe...cough cough!" As he spoke, he realized that he was talking too much, so he stopped immediately. Qing coughed twice, as a turning point, and said: "Ninth Auntie, from what you just said, you already know why I came to you, right?"

Ninth Auntie didn't respond directly, she habitually set up a dragon gate and said, "The matter is such a big mess, my old lady is neither deaf nor blind, so I can see and hear clearly."

"Then you should know that I'm here to invite you out of the mountain." The old farmer said straight to the point.

Ninth Aunt also asked a key question directly, "Is it you, or the commune?"

The old farmer didn't answer right away. He was silent for a moment and said, "It's me."

"Are you trying to drive my old lady to a dead end?" Nine Auntie asked in a cold voice.

Although the old farmer is the head of Taohua Township and represents the Taohua Township Commune, his personal invitation is completely different from the invitation of the commune. It won't be good, and it may even lead to death.

Faced with Ninth Aunt's questioning, the old farmer didn't know how to answer, and a burst of shame and guilt immediately hit his heart, making him want to stand up and turn around to leave immediately, but when he thought that the incident on the mountain would intensify, the victims would become more and more serious. More and more, which made him unable to move his legs.

"Have you ever thought about doing this, what will happen to you?" Aunt Jiu asked again at this time, and said.

Just like what he said, if the matter is finally revealed, even if the old farmer is the village head, he will not be able to escape the charge of promoting superstition. In the end, I am afraid that it will not only be as simple as sending him to this waste mountain for reform, but he will be escorted directly to the In the county, criticizing and fighting as a model, the result will not be any better than Jiu Auntie.

The old farmer still couldn't respond to Ninth Aunt's inquiry, so he could only keep silent.

"Ah!" Ninth Aunt couldn't help but sighed when she saw this, and her tone no longer seemed so cold, she said: "You are a good village head! Just for you, the old lady is willing to help you, even if you didn't come However, the old woman has to bear everything alone, anyway, the old woman doesn't have many days to live, and she will die when she dies, I just hope you can continue to take care of these poor people."

Hearing that things seemed to have turned around, the old farmer showed a little surprise, but the joy on his face quickly faded when he thought of the ending of Ninth Aunt's doing this.

However, before the old farmer's joy faded completely, Ninth Aunt changed the subject and said, "Unfortunately, the old lady can't do anything about it."

As he was talking, he saw Aunt Jiu rolled up the sleeve of her right hand, exposing her arm, and when the old farmer's eyes fell on this arm, his expression changed immediately, and he couldn't help but let out an exclamation . (To be continued..)