On the afternoon of March 21, the bus station of Anping County, Jinbei Province.

A minibus started slowly and drove towards the outside of the station. There is a red font above the front glass of the minibus, and the font content is "Anping - Hejiayao", which is a shuttle bus between the county seat and Hejiayao Township.

After the shuttle bus left the station, it did not go out of the city, but went to the city, and the shuttle bus was slow.

The female conductor sitting next to the door opened the window, poked her head out of the window, and kept shouting: "Hejiayao, Hejiayao, hurry up and get on the bus, hurry up and get on the bus." ”

There are still empty seats on the shuttle, which is to go to the city to row passengers.

On the right-hand side of the penultimate row, next to the aisle, is a man wearing large sunglasses and a gray sunhat. Because the upper body of the man was a cut taller than the passengers around him, his long legs stretched diagonally into the aisle. This man is none other than Chu Tianqi, who went to Anping County for investigation.

This time, for the topic of agricultural tax reduction, the department pointed out a total of three optional areas, one is the rural area of northern Shanxi Province, and the other two are in the rural areas of southern provinces, and Chu Tianqi specially selected Anping County of northern Shanxi Province.

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Chu Tianqi set off from the capital last night, took the train at 10 o'clock in the evening, and arrived at the Anping County Railway Station at nearly 11 o'clock this morning. After eating a bowl of noodles at the train station, he took a taxi to the bus station and bought a ticket to Changliang Village, Hejiayao Township, which was the first location of his investigation.

This research activity was arranged by the Department of Agriculture and Agriculture of the National Development and Reform Commission, and a total of three types of research topics were given at that time. Cao Yukun and Pei Xiaojun respectively selected the topics of agricultural industrial park and deep processing of agricultural products, and left the last topic - the implementation of agricultural tax reduction and exemption to Chu Tianqi.

At that time, as soon as he saw the type of subject and the location of the research, Chu Tianqi decided that Cao and Pei would definitely not choose the topic of agricultural tax. Because the two topics are to be investigated in cities, there are provincial cities, prefecture-level cities, and the most important ones are the suburbs around the city, and only the agricultural tax topic is to the countryside. The two had been growing up in the city and would not have been willing to go to the countryside, as it turned out.

Chu Tianqi had already seen that Chang Huimin divided the three research topics into three, six, nine and so on, thinking that the rural conditions were difficult, and wanted to send Chu Tianqi to the countryside as a small shoe for Chu Tianqi. For Chu Tianqi, he is interested in any of these three topics, especially the topic of agricultural tax reduction.

Not only was he worried that Chang Huimin would change his hexagram halfway, but also in order not to embarrass Cao and Pei, Chu Tianqi only played a trick at that time to catch the old man, and chose his favorite topic.

At that time, Chang Huimin thought that he had successfully put on small shoes for Chu Tianqi, and when he left the conference room, he was arrogant, and he should have hummed a little song secretly. Pei Xiaojun and Cao Yukun thought that they had picked the topic in advance, and they were not kind enough, and they were quite apologetic to Chu Tianqi. But how did they know that the most proud person was actually Chu Tianqi, of course, he also indirectly helped Pei and Cao, but Chang Huimin was smart but was mistaken by being smart.

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Thinking of the events of that day, Chu Tianqi couldn't help but laugh. If Chang Huimin knew that he had fallen for it, not only let himself choose his favorite topic, but also helped realize the research idea, I don't know what would have become of it?

"Ha......" Chu Tianqi couldn't help but yawn, he really didn't sleep well yesterday.

When I came to Anping yesterday, I wanted to sleep well, but the eldest brother in the same carriage was snoring like thunder, and it was difficult to fall asleep at all. And that big brother is very fat, snoring is certain, and Chu Tianqi can't help it. In the middle of the way, he also coughed loudly, trying to wake up the other party, so that he could take the opportunity to fall asleep. But the eldest brother either went on as usual, or turned over and continued to sleep, with at most ten seconds of no snoring time in between. What's even funnier is that when he was about to get out of the car today, the eldest brother woke up and said to Chu Tianqi: "Brother, look at your eye sockets, it seems that you haven't slept much, right? You are too polite, in fact, I am not afraid of snoring." Chu Tianqi really couldn't laugh or cry.

"Ding Bang", the sudden ringing of the bell interrupted Chu Tianqi's thoughts.

took out his mobile phone and looked at the caller ID, Chu Tianqi connected the phone: "Uncle." ”

Xu Weihua's voice immediately came from the mobile phone: "Tianqi, where are you? When you go out alone, the conditions in the countryside are difficult, you must take care of yourself." Your research work is inseparable from the support of the local government, and you must do a good job of unity, so that they can become your help, not become obstacles. ”

"Uncle, I'm on the bus. Don't worry, I've always grown up in the countryside, and going to the countryside is like going home, so what's wrong with it? As for the relationship with the local area, you can rest assured, I know the importance. Speaking of this, Chu Tianqi lowered his voice, "Uncle, don't say it, everyone else looks at me." ”

"Okay, let's not talk about it, take care of yourself. After telling him again, there was no sound on the phone.

Chu Tianqi smiled bitterly and shook his head. In fact, the uncle has instructed several times in the past few days, and yesterday when he went to see the old man, he specially instructed the same thing. He knew that his uncle was for his own good and cared about himself, but now he simply regarded himself as a little child, and he couldn't go on like this for a long time, he had to be degraded by his habitual ability. When you find an appropriate opportunity in the future, you must explain the stakes to your uncle in person.

Just when Chu Tianqi's mind was wandering, the appearance of a figure outside the car interrupted his thoughts.

Outside the car stood a long-haired man with his back to the car, glancing back at the shuttle as it passed.

When Chu Tianqi noticed the man, he only saw half of the other party's side face, and he felt that the man was very much like a person. By the time he wanted to take a closer look, the bus had already moved away, and only the back of the man's head was visible.

Could it be him? Why is he here? What is he doing here? One question after another came to Chu Tianqi's mind. After thinking about it for a long time, Chu Tianqi didn't figure it out.

After going around for a long time, the shuttle bus was full of passengers, full of cars, and then drove out of the county seat from the ring road and drove to the direction of Hejiayao.

Since there were also people standing in the aisle, Chu Tianqi had no choice but to retract his long legs and curl up between the seats, although he was a little aggrieved, but there was no other way. After a while, he also got used to it, squinting in the back and forth of the vehicles, and in the sound of people's "buzzing" talking.

Although he could basically feel the stop-and-go of the shuttle bus on the road, Chu Tianqi did fall asleep and fell asleep. There are many people in the dream, some have been dating before, some are new to now, there are men and women, there are friends and opponents, but everyone is not clear and plausible. The scene in the dream seems to have appeared, but it is also as if it has not happened.

Just when Chu Tianqi was trying his best to distinguish these people and things, a sharp brake sound sounded in the ear chakra, and he woke up.

Shaking his head and straightening up, Chu Tianqi looked forward.

In front of the car, a calf was leisurely crossing the road, and as he walked, he looked sideways at the iron box with a wheel on his side, without a trace of fear of almost being knocked down.

Retracting his gaze, Chu Tianqi noticed that the aisle of the shuttle bus was already empty, and there were empty seats.

When the cow was out of sight, the driver restarted and the shuttle continued forward.

After squinting for a long time just now, Chu Tianqi felt that the sleepiness had disappeared, and only then did he notice that his legs were numb. He quickly stretched his legs out of the aisle and moved gently. Gradually, my legs regained sensation and were still a little sore. Instead of sleeping, he looked out the window.

In the farmland below the road, there are farmers working, some are ploughing the land, some are digging stubble in the field, and some are spreading farm manure, and it seems that they are ready to plant.

Chu Tianqi specially noticed that yesterday was Gu Yu. As the saying goes, "plant melons and beans before and after the valley rain", and there is also a saying that "plant melons and beans before and after the Qingming Festival", but the north is relatively late, and it should be planted around May Day.

"......", the brakes sounded, and the shuttle stopped.

As soon as the door opened, two young men entered, both wearing floral shirts and dark gray pants. The man in the safflower shirt has long curly hair, the man in the blue shirt has a large bald head, and both wear large sunglasses.

"Isn't this Brother Juan and Brother Guang?" a man in a gray tracksuit stood up.

The curly-haired man stepped forward and patted the gray-clothed man on the head: "Erzhu, don't call your nickname, call your name." ”

The man in gray smiled "hehe": "Get used to it, get used to it." ”

The curly-haired and bald-headed man sat on the seat, and they were in the front row of Chu Tianqi, in the same row as the second pillar, only across the aisle.

The shuttle bus continued to start.

Due to the proximity, the content of the conversation between the three of them happened to enter Chu Tianqi's ears. There were a lot of things that were said before, all of them were nonsense, Chu Tianqi was not interested, and what was said later attracted Chu Tianqi's attention.

Erzhu: "When did you two come back, and what did you do when you came back?"

Curly hair: "I came back yesterday, and I played in the middle of the night at the sixth child." ”

Bald head: "If you want land, why don't you have us." ”

Erzhu: "Do you two farm the land? How many years have you not planted? Can the village give it to you?"

Curly hair: ", Lao Tzu is from the village, why don't you give Lao Tzu land?"

bald head: "Whether to plant or not is Lao Tzu's business, and Lao Tzu must give it." ”

Curly hair: "Who is afraid of more money?"

Bald head: "That is, if he doesn't give it, Lao Tzu will ......"

Curly: "Don't say it, be careful to make people hear." ”

After a reminder, the bald head really stopped talking, and Curly Hair and Erzhu also shut up.

After a while, the shuttle bus arrived at another village and stopped.

Curly hair and bald head stood up and walked out.

Erzhu spoke: "Hey, I haven't arrived in your village yet." ”

"I know, let's go play for two days first, will you go?"

Erzhu shook his head: "No, I won't." ”

"I'm afraid of my wife. The bald head sneered, pulled the curly hair and got out of the car.

Looking at the backs of the two men in flower-clothed clothes, Chu Tianqi couldn't help but mutter: What kind of land do you want?

I wanted to ask Erzhu to inquire, but I was worried that it would be alarming, so Chu Tianqi had to do it.

After walking for more than ten minutes, the word "Changliang Village" appeared on the roadside village sign in front. Chu Tianqi took out the shoulder bag under the seat, and just as the shuttle bus stopped, he walked out of the car.

A person trotted over and shouted as he ran, "You are Professor Chu, right?" ”