Chapter 15: The Heavens Are Turning Upside Down
Yao Yao cheered up and rushed up to the fork in the road to Qingshan Village, and while driving, Long Peng finally understood what was going on and the ins and outs.
There is a river called Yang River in the west of Yangtian Village, which is not big, but it used to be the main irrigation water source for several small villages such as Ximian Xiachong, Songlin and Xikeng.
Since the dam was built upstream nearly a decade ago to build a hydropower station, the water volume of the Yang River has suddenly decreased by 90 percent, the water level is so low that it cannot be used, and several small villages have lost a major source of irrigation water.
Since then, the water flowing from the Fengmentang Reservoir has become a resource for all villages.
In the first two years, the water flowing from the reservoir was enough to irrigate the entire village, and most of the drinking water was from wells, so there was no contradiction between them.
Since four or five years ago, the water level of the reservoir has gradually decreased, the water outflow has gradually decreased, the groundwater level has also dropped at the same time, and drinking water and irrigation water have begun to become strained.
From the reservoir to the farthest village of Xikeng in the west or to the village of Chongkou in the south, the irrigation canals winds and turns for several kilometers, and the amount of water there is already very small.
Villagers usually cut off the irrigation canals that flow through them to irrigate their paddy fields for the sake of their crops.
In order to get enough water for their fields, it is normal for many people to wait all night to intercept the flow of water.
Originally, this was nothing, from upstream to downstream, everyone negotiated to take turns to intercept irrigation, that is, in recent years, many people have gone out to work, and the fields cultivated have also decreased a lot, and irrigation can basically be satisfied.
It's just that some villagers who already have conflicts are easy to conflict with because of this.
This is the case now, Xikeng Village, Xiachong Village, and Songlin Village all have many responsible fields that are intertwined with each other, because it is not a day or two that there is a conflict in irrigation.
Today, a villager from Xikeng Village and a villager from Xiachong Village quarreled over irrigation issues, and then the villages on both sides gathered more and more, and the villagers of Songlin Village, who were dragged by the two parties to judge, also changed from critics and persuaders to quarrellers after they turned out the matter of old rotten millet.
The more the three parties argued, the more excited they became, and there was already a physical altercation just now.
Yao Yao spoke quickly, and Long Peng was dizzy when he heard it, but finally understood the point: the people of the three villages were going to fight.
To be honest, Long Peng was a little unimpressed by this, and several villages beat him up for a little water......
As for it?
Is it worth it?
Yao Yao saw the corners of his mouth pulling from the rearview mirror, and criticized with a serious face: "Don't think that things are very small, for farmers, hard work and poor harvest are big things." It's like when you go to work and don't get paid. ”
Long Peng was stunned for a moment: "Well, what you said is true." ”
Hearing his perfunctory look, Yao Yao shook his head and said: "Aside from everything else, rural people's self-control ability is a little worse, and face is equally important. If it's a fight between villages, then it's a big problem. ”
After a pause, he said a little self-deprecatingly: "If it really develops to this point, maybe I can't wait to read your plan book, and I will have to roll up and leave." ”
Only then did Long Peng realize the seriousness of the problem, and hurriedly said, "Then you concentrate on driving." ”
Yao Yao collected her mind, tried to control the handlebars, and drove on the bumpy side road that was high and low.
After turning a mountain bend, the two of them had already seen dozens of people gathered on the ridge not far away, a dozen of them were pointing their fingers and spitting fragrant mouths, and the others interjected a few words from time to time.
Yang Hongliang had already arrived, and he was constantly pressing his hands in the middle to persuade the three parties to calm down, and Li Miaoping also pulled a few women to say something on the side.
Find a place to stop the car, Yao Yao stepped on the foothold, turned off the fire, and pulled out the key to finish it like a cloud, Long Peng had not gotten out of the car yet, she had already strode towards the crowd.
"I don't care what your reasons or contradictions, Liang Laoliu, Zhang Bao, Zhang Yuan...... Now, immediately, stay three meters away from each other. ”
Yao Yao pointed to a few people from the three sides in the middle of the crowd and shouted, his tone was stern and domineering.
The crowd immediately quieted down, looking at Yao Yao, who was striding towards with a calm face, her eyes dodged, and none of them dared to look at her, and her steps subconsciously moved back.
Yang Hongliang was obviously relieved, greeted Yao Yao, and whispered to her about the situation.
Walking to the middle of the crowd, Yang Hongliang had already finished speaking.
Yao Yao stood still, looked around, and saw that the three parties had opened up the distance, his face was still cold, and he pointed to the broad-bladed hoe in their hands and said, "Throw the farm tools aside for me." ”
More than a dozen villagers were intimidated by her momentum, looked at each other for a while, and obediently threw the hoe away.
"Almost all of you are old enough to be my father, and you are always thinking about solving problems by quarreling and fighting. ”
Yao Yao's voice raised a little: "They are all neighbors, relatives, and old friends who don't look up and don't look up, are they ashamed?"
A villager couldn't help but say loudly: "Secretary Yao, it was Liang Lao Liu who did it first, and he didn't give us any water ...... Xikeng."
"I'm not here today to solve the problem, but to let you understand how the problem came about. ”
Yao Yao interrupted him and glared at everyone angrily: "What is the cause of the problem of water shortage now, who caused it, you are at least twice as big as me, and you know much better than me." ”
"In order to keep the water source of Yangtian Village, many of you not only don't know how much gratitude, but also insist on planting your own. ”
"There are no virgin forests, no big trees, no wild grass vegetation on the mountain, how can we store water? Where does the water from the Fengmentang Reservoir come from? Where does the water come from from the Dajinding Waterfall? Where does the groundwater come from?"
Yao Yao's face was indisputably angry, and her voice raised again: "You yourself have no water to use, so you send your anger to others, it's really good." ”
"Tell me, which of you is innocent in this process of water shortage? Who dares to say that he is innocent?"
Some people opened their mouths to speak, but in the end they couldn't say a word.
As Yao Yao said, who of them hadn't done it back then?
In order to make short-term profits, a few people really listened to the words of the previous village party secretaries and village heads, and did not cut down forests and burn mountains, but planted seedlings that were sold by outsiders and promised to be harvested and purchased, but would cause harm to the environment.
"You are arguing, you are fighting, speaking of which, you are not spraying yourself?
Yao Yao looked over one by one and said coldly: "The people of the entire Yangtian Village, who doesn't know the bottom line, you quarreled, and you also pulled relatives and friends to fight, are you going to bring the people of the entire Yangtian Village to a big fight?"
"It's up to you. ”
The sights of the three villagers collided, and they were all a little embarrassed.
Who is not a friend of a friend in the same village? Who is not a relative of a relative?
It's really too much, and no one can get off the stage. Do you want to live in the future?
Looking at Yao Yao's tall and slender figure, Long Peng couldn't help but be amazed: this woman really has a set, directly dissecting the problem from the root and disintegrating everyone's will.
Liang Laoliu, who was accused, snorted for a while, but broke the silence first: "Secretary Yao, how do you say to solve it? ”
Yao Yao didn't reply to his words, but turned to look at Long Peng, who had been standing next to him watching the play.