Chu Tianqi shook his head, then took off his sunglasses, put them in his pocket, and then walked forward quickly, stretching out his right hand: "You are Director Hou, right? Hello, hello!"

The person who came was in his forties, and his hands were stretched out and he shook them with Chu Tianqi: "It's Hou Xifa, the rural director of Hejiayao." Professor Chu is a great professor, and it is really a blessing for three lives to be able to come to Emen Village, and it is an honor for the whole village of Emen. ”

The other party's accent was very strong, but he was also very enthusiastic, Chu Tianqi hurriedly said politely: "Director Hou, I am just a teacher, not a professor." ”

"Ah, you see, the big professor is just personable, he can't look good, and he really doesn't speak badly. As he spoke, Hou Xifa let go of the two sides and came to pick up the bag in Chu Tianqi's hand, "Go, go home, go home." ”

"I'll come on my own, I'll come on my own. Chu Tianqi declined the other party's kindness and walked with the other party.

Chu Tianqi was chatting with Hou Xifa while walking, and Hou Xifa was also very talkative.

Although Hou Xifa has a strong accent, and many sentences are mainly dialects, Chu Tianqi can understand the meaning, and the dialect here is similar to the dialect of his hometown.

At that time, when I chose Jinbei Province, I really didn't think about language communication, and it seemed that I was getting it right. If you go to the south, the county and township leaders will be able to communicate with each other, and there should be no obstacles; if you get to know the situation with the villagers, many of whom can only speak dialects, it will be difficult to communicate, and you may even make jokes.

When choosing the research site this time, Chu Tianqi first excluded the two southern provinces, he had not participated in local agricultural production, and he did not accumulate materials in this area. The reason why I chose Changliang Village, Hejiayao Township, Anping County is related to Shi Lei.

If the provinces were not restricted, Chu Tianqi might choose Yuchi County in Hexi Province, or Xuyuan County or Chengkang City, where he had acquaintances and knew about the agricultural situation there. Of course, it is good to go to an acquaintance's place, but it may also not be able to do independent research, and it will take up a lot of time by socializing. In addition, the scope is delineated in Jinbei Province, and those three places cannot be considered.

To investigate in northern Shanxi Province, you can directly go through the local county government, and the Department of Agricultural Economics also has a corresponding letter of introduction, but Chu Tianqi wants to understand the real situation at the grassroots level first. After consideration, he contacted Shi Lei, the one who later changed his name to Shi Chongsheng. Sure enough, Shi Lei had previously done technical work in several agricultural counties in northern Shanxi, so he provided him with several locations. According to Chu Tianqi's choice, Shi Lei and Hou Xifa, the village director of Changliang Village, greeted each other in advance. Originally, Chu Tianqi asked Shi Lei to say that he was a teacher in an agricultural technical school, but he was named a professor at an agricultural university.

When he heard Shi Lei talk about the name of the village director, Chu Tianqi felt a little familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, it turned out that it was only one word different from the other village owner. He Xifa is a native of Xuyuan County and was once an important party in Chu Tianqi's case.

Walking from the entrance of the village to the village stage, and turning to the right for dozens of meters, Hou Xifa pointed to the courtyard on the left: "Professor Chu, it's here." ”

Chu Tianqi nodded: "You please." ”

"Ah, Professor Chu is a guest from afar, how can there be a reason to go first? "Hou Xifa is very serious.

Chu Tianqi was no longer polite, and walked into the courtyard first.

The five houses in Hou Xifa's house are all white tile exterior walls, plastic steel doors and windows, red tile roofs, and the inside and outside of the house are very clean.

Hou Xifa's daughter-in-law is also about forty years old, with an ordinary appearance, very neat dress, and not much to say.

Entering the back room, Chu Tianqi opened his satchel and took out two bottles of wine and a cigarette: "Director Hou, it will be indispensable to trouble you in the future, you can accept this." ”

Hou Xifa hurriedly shirked out: "Ah, big professor, this is not good, if you accept something, don't let Technician Shi scold you?" Besides, the professor is coming to Emen Village, and you are not in a hurry to welcome it, how can you accept gifts?"

"I've brought everything, you can't let me take it anymore. In terms of age, you are my brother, and you should bring a bottle of wine. If you don't accept it, then I won't be able to stay in Changliang Village. Chu Tianqi insisted.

"Okay, I'll take it. Hou Xifa took the cigarettes and wine, looked at it, and said "tsk" in his mouth, "Good smoke, good smoke, the secretary of Ejian Township only smoked it during the New Year, this is the capital's cigarette." Ah, this wine is Xinhe Daqu, and it has five stars, so it will cost twenty or thirty-one bottles, right?"

Chu Tianqi didn't take a stubble, he just smiled slightly, he didn't know if the other party really didn't know how to drink, or if he deliberately wanted to say so. Xinhe Daqu was bought by him in Anping County, a bottle of 68 yuan, and the cigarette was brought from the capital, 180 yuan a piece.

Soon, four hot dishes were served on the table, and Hou Xifa drank wine, but he had to drink Xinhe Five Stars, and at the suggestion of Chu Tianqi, he took Anping Laojiao. Chu Tianqi specially asked the hostess to serve the table, but the hostess said that she had "already eaten", and there were only Hou Xifa and Chu Tianqi on the table.

Pouring the wine in the two people's glasses, Hou Pengfa picked up the wine glass: "I won't say anything, Professor Chu came to Emen Village, I want to eat and drink well." ”

Chu Tianqi hurriedly raised his glass: "Thank you, Director Hou, for causing you trouble." ”

Hou Xifa's face was full of joy: "Ah, the family doesn't talk to each other, you Professor Chu is a good person at first glance, and he has no arrogance at all." Besides, isn't there a stone technician, and they are not outsiders. ”

In this way, the two chatted while drinking, and they were still very warm.

After a few glasses of wine, Hou Xifa's cheeks were slightly red, and his brain was slightly sweaty, and after putting down the wine glass, he said, "Professor Chu, I heard that you are here to do research this time, how can I help?"

Chu Tianqi smiled: "Don't worry, drink first." ”

Hou Xifa waved his hand: "Ah, you know, you people in the city are busy with work, time is efficiency, time is money, and drinking while talking about work is not in the way." ”

I heard that the other party wanted to inquire about some "inside information". Chu Tianqi pondered for a moment and said: "I came this time, and I don't have a specific research direction, I want to know about the three rural aspects, such as the agricultural industrial structure, such as the burden of farmers, such as scientific farming, such as the implementation of some agricultural policies, and so on." ”

Hou Xi sent an "oh", thought for a while, and opened the conversation: "I am a farmer, I don't understand the industrial structure, and I know a little bit about scientific farming, but I know a little bit, the country is really good to the people, and the Party Central Committee is the confidant of the people." Let's take the agricultural tax as an example, it has been paid for more than 2,000 years from ancient times to the present, and it is the national tax of the imperial grain. How could there be such a thing in all dynasties?

That's not all, but also give subsidies to farmers who farm land, and dozens of yuan will be made up for one acre of land. In the past, when paying taxes and fees, a family had to pay at least four or five hundred, but now it earns five or six hundred. I heard that there will be subsidies for seeds and fertilizers in the future, anyway, as long as there is one kind of land, the state will give money. If the grain is cheap, and you have to make up the money, how can there be such a good thing from ancient times to the present?" After a pause, Hou Xifa said again, "Even in the past, it was necessary to pay money for farming, which was already natural, and the country was also poor at that time, so it was not easy. Now that the country is richer, it is even better for the peasants. ”

Chu Tianqi couldn't help but laugh secretly, don't look at Hou Xifa has already drunk several taels of wine, but he hasn't forgotten his consciousness as a village director, and he still knows to put his words away in the end. What made him even happier was that he didn't want to expose the research direction too early, but he didn't think that the other party took the initiative to say it. So he said casually: "What Director Hou said is that the country is really good to us and better to the farmer brothers." The reduction and exemption of the national tax on imperial grain is the first time in the world, and there are too many benefits for such a reduction. Speaking of this, Chu Tianqi raised his wine glass, "Come, director, drink." ”

After drinking the wine in the cup, Hou Xifa nodded again and again: "Ah, it's not." In the past, it was difficult to collect an agricultural tax. Some have a large number of people in their families, and some have sick seedlings in their families, and the burden is heavy, but some just don't want to pay. At the beginning, it was a few Laipi who took the lead, and the good people were also brought to the bad by the three troubles, and they didn't give them over. Every year, when it comes to tax collection, I have a headache, and the people on one side and the government on the other, it's not easy to make trouble. The township is forcing these village cadres, and there are seven aunts and eight aunts in the village, hooking up relatives, not deep, not shallow. Just because of the tax, the family is not close, the sister-in-law also said that the six relatives do not recognize, and other villagers also say that they are eccentric, it is really Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror, and he is not a person inside and outside. Come, drink, and think about it. ”

Accompanying the other party to toast, Chu Tianqi poured it for the other party again.

After drinking a few glasses, Hou Xifa continued: "It's okay now, the villagers don't hide when they see E, and their relatives are also walking and jumping. At this time, Xifa's speech was somewhat unfavorable.

Chu Tianqi said: "Really, don't you just have to chase them for taxes? They won't be so ......?"

Hou Xifa answered: "No, they are still waiting to receive the subsidy......" Halfway through the words, Hou Xifa hurriedly changed his words, "It's almost useless, it's as much as you want, the national policy is there." ”

"Yes, yes. Chu Tianqi was busy with the other party again.

Hou Xifa changed the topic again: "Not only is the work done well, but the status of farmers has also improved. In the past, peasants were seen as hillbillies, suffering more and earning less. Now it's different, as long as you have land, the government can give you money if you haven't worked, and people in the city don't have money if they don't work. ”

Hearing this, Chu Tianqi's heart moved, and he was thinking about one thing in his heart, not knowing whether to ask or not.

At this moment, there was a "plop" sound, and Hou Xifa lay on the table.

This made Chu Tianqi startled, and hurriedly shouted: "Director Hou, Director Hou, what's wrong with you?"

The hostess walked into the room at the right time and said, "Professor Chu, it's okay, he doesn't have a lot of alcohol, just like that, he usually drinks two taels and pours it." ”

Chu Tianqi let out an "oh" and sighed.

"Don't lie down here, go to the kang. The hostess reached out to help Xifa.

Hou Xifa raised his head, snorted twice, and said again: "Agricultural tax exemption is good." Then he fell on the table again.