The barn became noisy because of the words of the old village chief, and the act of selling the land without paying for it seemed to cause them to suffer a huge loss.

The old village chief listened to the more and more excessive words, and patted the wooden table in various ways, his face was displeased.

Seeing that the old village chief was angry, everyone was a little calmer, but it was only a little quieter.

After a long while, the barn was quiet, and the old village chief continued: "In our village, there are two hundred and twenty-six people, except for the people in the village during the New Year, do you know how many it is?"

After a slight pause, seeing that no one answered, he said lightly: "I have calculated, eighty people." Not counting the 63 children who are still studying, 12 of them are not energetic, and I remember that five years ago it was 320, a total of 100 less. ”

"Where did they go? Some went to the county seat to live, and some went out and never came back, because of what? It's because we are backward and poor!"

"Ma Zhan saw our village clearly, looked for people everywhere to make the village lively, paid for the road out of his own pocket, and made up for the money in the village when he sold the land, what happened?"

"You can't forget your roots, your roots are here. The old man's knuckles thumped heavily on the wooden table.

With a slight sigh of relief, he added: "I have thought about it, since there is a demand now, and some of you have found me, if you have the heart, then I will help, and the money from the sale of land will be used to improve transportation and establish village committees, and it will not be distributed every piece of land sold as before." ”

"I have been a village chief for 45 years, and the most wrong thing I can do is to be soft-hearted and give you money to improve your life every time. ”

"The land has been chosen, and the auction time is set for five days later, so let's all disperse. ”

The old man did not give them a chance to speak, but turned and walked to his house.

Ma Zhan had already thrown away his cigarette butts, and when he saw the old man leaving, he slowly walked to the wooden table and said, "I will pay you the money for three days of road repair, and then everyone can rest for a while." ”

"Struggle, you don't build this road?"

Ma Zhan smiled and said, "Well, if you don't repair it, you won't have any money." ”

His eyes glanced slightly, and saw that the old man stopped, and after a trace of uneasiness welled up in his heart, he stubbornly said, "I will call the name to get the money." ”

As he spoke, he took out his notebook and pen from his bag, and crossed out a person's name every time he gave money.

To his surprise, the old village chief did not rush up to dismantle his platform, but just stood not far away and looked at him with a straight face, which was very similar to his previous appearance.

After sending nearly 1,600 yuan, Ma Zhan completely emptied the construction funds of Honghai Village, and almost paid more than 200 yuan in advance, but he didn't bother to care about getting so many benefits.

"Struggle, is the rent still paid on the seventh day?" asked the last woman softly after getting the money.

Ma Zhan smiled and said, "If nothing happens, it's the same as before." ”

"Why don't you give cigarettes and alcohol this time......

One of the villagers didn't dare to ask Ma Struggle in front of him, but he was still heard by the tip of his ear.

Ma Zhan glanced at him, too lazy to answer.

After tearing a few pages of accounting paper into powder, he said, "It's all settled, and it's scattered." ”

A group of villagers looked around, but they never saw anyone standing up and proposing, so they could only disperse silently. Ma Zhan put away his things and walked back, and the old village chief quietly followed.

"What? I'm really angry with an old man. The old man sighed and asked with some resignation.

"No, it's just a moment to be angry with you, and the past is over. Ma Struggle lit two cigarettes and gave one to the thin old man.

"Most of the road has been repaired, why did it suddenly stop. ”

He exhaled a heavy puff of smoke and said, "I can't say the reason yet, but you'll find out in a few days." ”

In the end, Ma Zhan still did not devalue the villagers who wanted to get rich together in front of this old man, he knew the old man's temper, and he was really afraid that the old man would be angry and get sick or something.

"Forget it, whatever you want. When the time comes, you can also come to auction the land, the starting price is not high. ”

The old man stopped, turned and walked to the right.

Ma Zhan continued to move forward, muttering in his mouth: "I will definitely shoot, don't want to take that piece of land if you don't have 200,000 girls." ”

……

Things are as Ma Struggle expected, what Mr. Wang said. When the time for the second batch of students was about to leave, there was no follow-up money in his card, and he didn't know what Zou Zihou used to do all this, only that his life was gone.

It was also on this day that he saw Zou Zihou, who had been hiding for several days.

Ma Zhan, who was actually already clear in his heart, still greeted him with a smile and asked, "Brother, why hasn't the follow-up payment arrived yet?" ”

"Alas, don't mention it. The group of students who went back last week reported to the school that their living conditions were poor, and I also criticized them for this, and the leaders asked me to change my partner, and I couldn't help it, so I couldn't help it. ”

Ma Zhan was speechless, he thought of many reasons for Zou Zihou, but he didn't expect this.

"Brother, is there no other way?"

"Alas, I guess it's not going to work, you didn't sign the contract last time you were asked to sign it, and now it's useless to make a verbal agreement like this. Zou Zihou said regretfully, took out a bag of hibiscus from his pocket and handed it to Ma Fen.

Lighting a fire, he put on his sunglasses and added, "Hurry up and send these students out." ”

Ma Struggle, who took two mouthfuls, squeezed his whole cheeks together, and asked unwillingly: "Brother, who is taking over my work now." ”

"It's also from your village, called Zhang ...... I don't remember what it is. ”

"Okay, that's it, you hurry up and arrange, and we'll find another opportunity to cooperate when we go back." Zou Zihou patted Ma Struggle's shoulder, and then walked towards a group of students.

Watching Zou Zihou leave, Ma Zhan regained his expression, patted the shoulder that he had patted lightly with one hand, and silently spat on his saliva.

Within two minutes, a motorcycle passed him. Zhang Yijian looked back at Ma Struggle, showed a smug smile, and then stopped.

He still didn't say anything to the horse, but there was an infinite look of spirit between his eyebrows. He stood on his feet and shouted to Zou Zihou: "Teacher Zou, let's go, it's not too early." ”

"Zhang Yijian, do business, bring these fifty students back, and I will give three hundred travel expenses. Ma Zhan thought for a moment and shouted.

"Okay, give the money first. ”

Ma Zhan, who scolded secretly, lost two hundred dollars and stopped talking.

After waiting for a long time, seeing that the two of them were about to leave, Struggle deliberately opened his throat and shouted, "Zhang Dandan, have you found the students' housing? I'm a little worried about you." ”

"You don't need to worry about this, you'll find out later. ”

Zhang Yijian, who left a sentence, took Zou Zihou and left, so chic that he couldn't do it.

Xu is about to leave, and several Northeast students who were familiar with Ma Struggle asked in a thick accent, "What's wrong, Boss Ma." ”