Chapter 152: A Week Later (Part I)

The investigation of the cause of the fire at the construction site of Li Dinglai, a villager in Dayangtun Village, was progressing rapidly, and it was soon announced to the public: The on-site investigation showed that the fire was caused by arson, not an accident. However, they did not disclose any relevant information about who the arson suspects were, saying only that they were working hard to further investigate and collect evidence.

Such a statement naturally aroused a tidal wave of questions from the news audience about the transparency of the police's handling of cases. "Are you blind? Do you really not know, or do you pretend not to know?" A netizen's message summarized the starting point of everyone's judgment on this issue, and after three or four days, the police still did not report new developments, and everyone speculated that the police station actually knew who set the fire, but the identity of the arsonist was "special", so he was protected by powerful people. "Do you need to say who it is? If I'm not mistaken, wasn't there a while ago that a certain Yanai who raped left-behind women and abducted left-behind children was acquitted? "yes, there's another one. No wonder there has been no news of the arrest of the arsonist. "Officials protect each other, it's too dark, and they can still get away with it if they burn down the houses of the common people, and they really don't let the common people live!" "I said a long time ago, there is a protective umbrella behind the village committee, and there is a protective umbrella behind it, how can the real culprit be caught?" "The town police station may also be in collusion with the village committee, and they must not be allowed to investigate this case alone! At least the investigation team dispatched by the city, province, and even the central government should be allowed to investigate, and perhaps the public can be given the truth." ”

Perhaps unable to withstand the pressure of public opinion that has skyrocketed in a short period of time again, the county and municipal government organs to which Dayangtun Village belongs have taken resolute actions. In the past few days, when the arson suspects have not been brought to justice for a long time and people's dissatisfaction with the results of the case has reached a peak, the county government, after consulting with some relevant leaders in the city, announced the following decision: The Dayangtun Village Committee has made serious mistakes in handling the relationship between cadres and the masses, and bears unshirkable responsibility for the frequent occurrence of vicious cases in the village...... After organizing and researching, it was decided to dismiss Chang Jiucheng, secretary of the Dayangtun Village Party Committee, from all positions with immediate effect, and to punish him after his dereliction of duty was examined......

In addition to Chang Jiucheng, the main members of his leadership team were also dismissed or punished, Li Jinming, Chang Xiaoshan, and Wang Shunyang were among them, and Chang Jiucheng's son-in-law Liu Yuyong, who was the secretary, was also swept out of the compound with a bag.

Liu Yuyong was carrying his bag, and for the first time he felt that the wall of the compound behind him was cold, he didn't look back, and walked silently on the village road. Everywhere he passed, he felt that the villagers on both sides of the road were glancing at him with disdain, and they might be chewing on something nasty. At this time, even he forgot that the plan of "growing dried fruits to get rich" in Dayangtun Village was originally designed by him, and the idea of exchange meetings and consultation meetings was also proposed to "Lao Jiu" at the beginning. He drooped his head and quickened his pace, and in a short time he arrived outside his father-in-law's house.

"Yuyong, are you back?" Pushing the door into the house, Liu Yuyong saw his father-in-law, Chang Jiucheng, who had become the former secretary of the village party committee, sitting at the dining table, with a bottle of "old village chief" and two small glasses, one of which still had a little liquor left. "Come, take two sips with me. "Lao Jiu" beckoned to his son-in-law. Liu Yuyong walked slowly to him and found that his father-in-law's expression was surprisingly calm. "Daddy, it's a while before dinner. He looked out the window. "Who says you have to eat to drink? Liu Yuyong didn't dare to disobey his father-in-law's wishes, and brought a plate of peanuts from the kitchen.

Weng and his son-in-law drank two cups slowly, and "Lao Jiu" spoke: "Yuyong, after you came to our village, you haven't seen Xiaojie a few times a month. It's a dereliction of duty on my part as a father to cause you two to live apart!" "No, no, it's not a loss...... Dad, don't say that, we'...... Xiao Biesheng is newly married!" Liu Yuyong spoke incoherently, "Dad, I know what you are thinking. Actually, it's all my fault, because I didn't make the plan to grow dried fruits perfectly, and I taught Chang Jinzhu and his gang to take advantage of the loophole......"

"Lao Jiu" believed that his son-in-law had said similar things in front of the former unit leaders in the former unit, but he was not so sincere. He interrupted Liu Yuyong with a smile and said, "Let me tell you about you and Xiaojie, what's wrong? Liu Yuyong just wanted to agree, but heard his father-in-law say: "You are not young anymore, you have been busy with marriage for all these years, she is also busy, and you have no time to have children." Your parents are looking forward to their grandson, right?" "No...... No. "Go back this time, discuss with Xiaojie, have a child earlier, and also fulfill your parents' wishes." They are older than me and live far away from Beijing, so if it's inconvenient, I'll help you take care of the children. Liu Yuyong lowered his head a little shyly when he heard this, and of course he didn't see the moment when his father-in-law frowned.

It was only a few months after taking office that he was dismissed from the black yarn, and such a case is not unique in today's Huan Hai, even if it is the top leader in the village who is dismissed. Of course, the vast majority of people outside Dayangtun Village do not know that this is the second time in less than 12 months that the village has staged a play in which the village party secretary has been dismissed. However, the announcement of this punitive decree eased the anger of the news audience in another way, after all, in their eyes, the arrest of an arsonist in the role of a pawn or mercenary is far less exciting than the defeat of the mastermind behind the scenes. So, after more than a week, their attention was diverted by the new hot events, and the topic of Dayangtun Village quickly became cold, at this time Ah Zhe and Liu Hui went to the south to track new news clues, and even Yiteng no longer made follow-up reports. Gradually, the place name "Dayangtun" was finally forgotten in the sea of information.

However, in Dayangtun, the ending of the dismissal of the "old nine" secretary has a tendency to cause a new turmoil. At first, the mood of the villagers was similar to that of the large group of enthusiastic people outside the village, which was an inexplicable relief. But soon they found that with the resignation of "Lao Jiu", there was a huge power vacuum in Dayangtun Village, and the old and young people who remained in the village were suddenly left unattended, just like a flock without a head. The old village chief served as acting secretary for nearly two months, and some people persuaded him to become a regular, saying that he was too old to handle so many important tasks, and he really couldn't carry two burdens on one shoulder, and that it was not in accordance with the rules to do so.

In addition to psychological instability, the villagers also have to face a more practical problem. The plan of "growing dried fruits to get rich" presided over by "Lao Jiu" when he was in office was bound to be suspended, and those agricultural experts and sellers would not come again. In this case, what can be done with the few pieces of mountain and woodland overgrown with walnut and apricot trees that were previously granted to their village? That was once a hope of poverty alleviation thrown in front of them, although the further it goes, the more it looks like a disguise, a trick to fool people, but after all, there is also a ray of light, and after the last time someone took the lead in the role of an example, many people have submitted a draft list for applying for planting responsibility area. Now that the plan has been blown, they are faintly worried, what will happen to the areas that have been applied?