Hearing Liu Qingyu say that he was going to sell grain with everyone, Guo Chengzhu was surprised and delighted at the time, he never thought that Liu Qingyu would make such a request, his heart was so excited that he pointed to a four-wheeled truck in the yard with his hand and said: "Mayor Liu, have you seen it? This truck is carrying 5 tons of wheat, which is part of the grain that our family has harvested this summer, and I am just going to sell it tomorrow." However, let me tell you about the matter in advance, this is very troublesome to sell food, and often has to encounter all kinds of problems, so it is more delayed, and you may not be able to come back before dark tomorrow night, you are so busy, do you have time?"

Liu Qingyu smiled and nodded: "It's okay, tomorrow is Saturday, I have already arranged the relevant work, what time will it be sent tomorrow morning?" ”

Guo Chengzhu looked at the wall clock on the wall: "Mayor Liu, it's ten o'clock in the evening, we will get up at 3 o'clock tomorrow morning, and we have to leave at 4 o'clock, so I don't think you and this brother will go back, just stay at my house, or it's too much of a toss to come and go." ”

Liu Qingyu nodded, and was not polite, and stayed at Guo Chengzhu's house that night.

At about 3 o'clock the next morning, Liu Qingyu and Cheng Tieniu, who lived in the guest room, heard the sound of pots and pans in the main room, Liu Qingyu and Cheng Tieniu smiled bitterly when they saw this, and got up at the same time, and after cleaning up, it was already about 3:30, Guo Chengzhu came over and asked the two to have breakfast together.

Breakfast is relatively simple, with steamed buns, scrambled eggs with tomatoes and pickles heated in the somen soup. After the three of them finished eating briefly, they got into the truck together, and Guo Chengzhu drove out. Originally, if there was no Liu Qingyu and Cheng Tieniu, Guo Chengzhu's wife would have to set off with the car, but because Liu Qingyu and Cheng Tieniu joined, his wife would not have to go.

The car drove out of the gate, and Liu Qingyu asked, "Lao Guo, where are we going to sell grain?"

Guo Chengzhu said: "Mayor Liu, although the grain depot in the town is empty now, we have nothing to do with it, so we can't sell the grain at the price guided by the state, so we can only go to the grain depot in the county to try our luck." ”

Liu Qingyu couldn't help frowning when he heard this, he had heard the same point of view more than once or twice, Cheng Tieniu had already told him once, and now, hearing Guo Chengzhu say this again, Liu Qingyu attached great importance to it and asked: "Old Guo, how can you be sure that the grain depot in the town is empty but does not accept grain?"

Guo Chengzhu said with a wry smile: "Mayor Liu, let's be honest, I have relatives who work in the grain depot in the town, and he told me the news, and he also said that all the quotas in the grain depot were privately divided by the leaders of the grain depot, and then different leaders sold these quotas to those grain brokers, and those grain brokers bought grain in." Therefore, we, ordinary people, have no way to sell grain to grain depots at state-subsidized prices. This kind of thing is known to the people of the whole town. ”

Liu Qingyu couldn't help frowning: "In that case, why don't you sue them?"

Guo Chengzhu couldn't help but smile bitterly again: "Sue them? Can't win, most of the leaders of the grain depot are relatives and friends of the town leaders, go to the town to sue, the town will only push back, go to the county to sue, we can't even see the county leaders, so we were brought back by the town leaders with the people from the police station, if anyone dares to go to the city to sue, the family will be retaliated against by some ruffians and hooligans, behind this, it is all those grain brokers who are making trouble, and who is behind the grain brokers? Not those town leaders?"

Speaking of this, Guo Chengzhu sighed and said: "Mayor Liu, with all due respect, in our Tianyu Town and even Qingyuan County, all officials protect each other, as for the life and death of the people, as long as there is no major incident, who cares!"

Hearing Guo Chengzhu's sigh, Liu Qingyu's heart seemed to be blocked by a boulder, and he was a little bored. He had secretly clenched his fists, and he had secretly made up his mind that after the end of this trip to sell grain with Guo Chengzhu, he must put the grain depot in order from top to bottom, and ensure that the problem of the people's difficulty in selling grain is alleviated. Otherwise, I really have no shame to face Jiangdong's father.

At this moment, it is already late autumn, and at four o'clock in the morning, the sky and the earth are still dark, and Liu Qingyu and they are driving fast on the country road in this truck.

Liu Qingyu sat in the co-pilot's seat, he glanced at the speed of Guo Chengzhu's driving, and he had already driven the car to sixty-seven miles on the rural dirt road, which was obviously a little fast, and sometimes the vehicle would deviate significantly when encountering a big pit, and Liu Qingyu's heart was about to rise to his throat.

After walking for a while, Liu Qingyu persuaded: "Lao Guo, are you driving a little fast, it's so dark, the road is so difficult to walk, it's easy to have an accident if you drive like this?"

Guo Chengzhu smiled miserably and said: "Mayor Liu, I know what you said, and I also know that it is dangerous to do so, but I can't help it, you may not know, our town has already notified the villagers of various villages, and it is recommended that everyone try not to sell the grain outside, and say that the locally produced grain should be digested locally as much as possible to promote the development of agriculture in the region." However, the grain depot does not accept our grain, and if we sell the grain to those grain brokers, the price is too low, and we have no choice but to sell the grain to the county or other places.

However, the town was unwilling to let us sell, so the town sent people from the transportation management office to set up a checkcard on the only road in and out of the town, and if they found a grain truck, they would fine it for various reasons, so that even if we transported the grain outside and sold it, if we counted the money from the fine, it was actually no different from us selling it locally. However, they usually don't go to work until about 5 o'clock in the morning, so we have to rush through the road before 4:40 as soon as possible, so that we don't have to be fined by the transportation department. ”

When Liu Qingyu heard this, his heart was sour again.

Look at Guo Chengzhu, an ordinary peasant representative in front of him, who got up so early in the middle of the night and drove his car so fast, even disregarding the danger to his life, for what? So that he would not be fined by the people of the transportation management office? Why did the transportation management office pay a fine? It was because the common people wanted to sell grain outside.

Now that it is already a market economy, what qualifications do you have in Tianyu Town to require the peasants to sell their grain locally? Why does the transportation management office have to impose fines?

The reason for this is that Liu Qingyu doesn't need to think about it to understand, everything is for profit! Everything is because of selfish desires!

Why did Tianyu Town become like this? You know, in the area where Liu Qingyu once worked, it was rare for such a thing to happen. Why is this happening in Arashiyama?

Liu Qingyu felt his heart begin to bleed.

Liu Qingyu never persuaded Guo Chengzhu to slow down, he knew very well that in the heart of this ordinary farmer, he had already compromised with fate, he was just an ordinary farmer, what could he do in the face of fines imposed by the transportation management office for various reasons, and in the face of the administrative order in the town that grain was not allowed to be sold out? What he could do was just to work harder, take more risks, get on the road early, and avoid being fined as soon as possible. Because only in this way can they ensure that the grain they have worked so hard to harvest can be sold at a good price!

The car was still running on the potholed dirt road in the dark night, and the car almost rolled over several times, but fortunately, Guo Chengzhu had already practiced a strong posture technique, and he was always able to correct the direction of the car at a critical moment to ensure the safe driving of the car.

Along the way, a bold person like Rao is Liu Qingyu was also shocked into a cold sweat. But the more this is the case, the more he can clearly feel the anxiety, the apprehension and helplessness in Guo Chengzhu's heart at this moment.

After five or six minutes, the car finally drove away from the rural dirt road and onto the road, without potholes, Guo Chengzhu's car accelerated again, speeding all the way, Liu Qingyu looked at the speed of the car, it had soared to eighty miles.

In the dark night, a car carrying the hopes of Guo Chengzhu's family for a whole year rushed forward regardless of life and death.

To hell with traffic safety!

To hell with life!

In order to avoid being fined, Lao Tzu tried his best! If he was really fined, the harvest of one acre of land would have to be contributed! Guo Chengzhu was really unwilling!

The car was racing all the way, and after passing a corner, Guo Chengzhu finally let out a long breath, because he saw through the light of the car that 300 meters in front of him, the lights in the blue prefabricated house on the side of the road were dark, and the people in the transportation management office should not have gotten up yet.

Guo Chengzhu's face showed a hint of relief, he knew that his efforts to get up early today and run all the way to speed up had finally paid off. He hurriedly accelerated the throttle under his feet again, wanting to rush over quickly, as long as he passed this level, he would no longer have to carry a fine.

When Guo Chengzhu was speeding up, he had already begun to fantasize that after the grain was sold in the county, he could send some money to his son, who was in college. The son is studying at a key university in Yanjing City, although the son is very sensible and saves money, but after all, the consumption in Yanjing City is not low, so it is still very difficult for him to provide for such a college student as a farmer who can only grow grain. Every time I make up for my son's tuition, I have to sell food. The last time my son left, he only brought tuition fees and a month's living expenses, which were only collected after the family sold last year's grain deposit.

This time, the grain must be sold as soon as possible, preferably at a good price, so that my son does not have to worry about living expenses for a semester. For Guo Chengzhu, he and his daughter-in-law usually live with their belts tightened, because in addition to the eldest son who is in college, there is also a younger son at home. They'll have to split a penny in half and spend it.

At this moment, a huge searchlight suddenly turned on not far ahead, and immediately, the siren sounded, and a rough voice came out through the loudspeaker: "The car in front of you will stop immediately and be checked!"