Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Clerk and the Profiteer
A flat single-lane cement road, extending from the provincial highway to Pingshan Village, on both sides of the highway, colorful flags are displayed, which is particularly dazzling against the backdrop of green mountains and green waters. The pen "fun" pavilion www.biquge.info the intersection of the provincial highway and the highway of Pingshan Village, and there is a color gate, the color gate is made of green bamboo as the skeleton, the pine and cypress branches are used as the wall, and the mountain flowers are decorated with freshly picked mountain flowers. On the top of the color gate is a banner that reads: Warmly celebrate the opening of the Pingshan Village Highway!
The main leaders of the county and the town came, the reporters of the county TV station also came, Secretary Zou personally presided over the opening ceremony, and the village invited the lion dance to help the fun. The highway in Pingshan Village is the most earth-shattering event in Pingshan Village since Pangu opened the world, so all the people who went out to work in Pingshan Village have returned, and the whole village is basically in full force, which is more than the past year.
Ma Yi's deeds had already spread all over the township, and the big leaders of the county and town had come, so people from other villages had come to see the excitement. The entrance of the village was overcrowded, and even the provincial highway was almost blocked, and in desperation, Xu Jiayi, who had been promoted to deputy director of the county police department, had to make a temporary cameo appearance as a traffic policeman, taking several young people from Pingshan Village, Ma Peng and Ma Kui, to maintain order and direct traffic.
On the side of the road, a dozen cars, lined up, with big red flowers hanging on the front of the car, festive and flying, they will be the first batch of cars to enter Pingshan Village today, among them in addition to the county leaders and town leaders, most of them are from the coast. It turned out that in order to support the scene and make it lively, Ma Yi, Lu Yun, Mi Lili, Xiao Fang, Bai Xue, Changsun Jiangying, Bai Yiyi, Muhammad, A Leopard, Zou Jian, and Bai Yulin each drove back a car, and these cars became the main force of the car used in the opening ceremony.
This kind of scene, not to mention ordinary villagers, even the county leaders have never seen it. The difference is that what others see is a foreign car that cannot be named, but in the eyes of Secretary Zou, what he sees is a rich investment in the future, which is a good prospect for the economic development of the county. Secretary Zou was very excited, so in his speech, he suddenly gave a speech off the script, his mouth was like a river, and he was full of passion, and unexpectedly won a burst of warm applause from the audience.
After Secretary Zou finished speaking, the county magistrate announced the official start of the opening ceremony, and in an instant, the colorful cannons rang out, the gongs and drums were noisy, and more than a dozen cars dressed in red and hung colors slowly entered the village under the embrace of the villagers and the lion.
After entering the village, the village set up a large flowing water seat, not only to entertain county and town leaders and guests, but also to the neighboring villages to see the excitement of the people to sit on the table.
After the banquet, at Ma Yi's house, Secretary Zou, the county magistrate, Secretary Zhu and Ma Yi, Lu Yun, the eldest grandson Jiangying, Bai Xue, Xiao Fang, these little gods of wealth had a long talk, and after getting some promises from them, they finally left satisfied. Looking at their distant backs, Mi Lili pouted and said:
"Hmph, this Secretary Zou, where is he like an official, he is a profiteer."
"What do you think an official should be? Should he be like the county lord in ancient times, sitting on the high hall, waiting for the common people to beat the drum and voice their grievances? If you don't understand, don't be blind! Xiao Fang reprimanded.
"You know!" Mi Lily quickly fought back.
"Secretary Zou is an economically minded leader." The eldest grandson Jiangying said.
"If he matches his words and deeds, and sincerely strives to develop the economy, instead of engaging in gimmicks to make political achievements, it will definitely be a good thing for the people of the county." Lu Yun said.
"We'll see. But anyway, if we want to develop here, we have to have a good relationship with him, and with his support, we will be able to do more with less and be able to gain a foothold quickly. Bai Xue said. Everyone nodded one after another, today is a good start, and we must cherish it.
"Makes sense. Tomorrow, we will officially visit him and the county magistrate, and we will definitely strengthen our friendship, and we can learn more about the economic environment here, and maybe we can take advantage of the opportunity to grow and make more investments. The eldest grandson, Jiangying, began to set the tone for the trip to Pingshan Village.
"Yingzi, you don't really want to expand your investment, do you?" Millily said.
"You're such a big person, you're still a college student, don't be fooled by Secretary Zou so easily, right?"
"Fool your head! Not to miss any opportunity to make money is the purpose of our businessmen. We've laid the groundwork, so why not continue to invest? Do you think it's that easy to open a market? ”
"However, this is the central and western regions, which belongs to the area where grandma doesn't hurt and uncle doesn't love, and all kinds of soft and hard conditions can't be ripe!"
"Without investigation, there is no voice! It's decided, we're ready to prepare, and we'll enter the county tomorrow. The eldest grandson Jiangying didn't want to sit at home and talk with Mi Lili, so she decisively stopped the topic. At this time, she saw a cowering figure outside the door, and when she looked at it, it turned out to be an old woman, somewhat familiar, but the eldest grandson Jiangying didn't know who she was, looking at her shrunken appearance, her eyes kept slipping to Ma Yi, and Ma Yi, a stupid ~ son, didn't realize it.
"Ma Yi, it looks like someone is looking for you outside the door." So she reminded Ma Yi, and Ma Yi looked out the door and it turned out to be Juzi's mother. As a former mother-in-law-to-be, appearing at this time made Ma Yi suddenly embarrassed, ignoring her or ignoring her. The eldest grandson Jiangying looked at Ma Yi's tangled expression and felt inexplicable.
"Ma Yi's former mother-in-law."
Mi Lili told the eldest grandson Jiangying that she was polite to everyone in the village, but she was not interested in Juzi's mother, so the anger in her tone was overflowing. Ma Yi was even more embarrassed, he knew Mi Lili's temper and knew that she didn't like Kikuko's mother, but she came to look for him and avoided it, what if she really had something important? And they are from the same village, and they don't see each other when they look down and look up on weekdays, so he doesn't want to make the relationship between the two families too stiff.
At this time, Lu Yun must come forward. Because she is not only the eldest sister in the sisters' gang, but also the only quasi-daughter-in-law of the Ma family who has been recognized by Quanpingshan Village, she has a great say in this matter.
"Ma Yi, go and ask her what's the matter." She said to Ma Yi. Ma Yi left the living room, walked to the door, and asked Juzi's mother:
"Auntie, are you looking for me?"
Juzi's mother didn't say anything, but looked at Ma Yi without blinking, Ma Yi was inexplicable, and suddenly Juzi's mother knelt in front of him with a "plop" sound, and wanted to kowtow, but fortunately, Ma Yi's eyes were quick and he grabbed her in time.
"Auntie, what are you doing here?"
Juzi's mother's eyes were red, but she was a strong woman, so she couldn't hold back a tear and said: "Ma Yi, my aunt had no eyes and broke up you and Juzi, if it weren't for me, you would ......"
Ma Yi hurriedly glanced back at the situation in the living room, Lu Yun and they were all in the living room, but she mentioned this to him, didn't she add to the chaos? He whispered: "Auntie, the matter has passed, let's not mention this stubble, okay?" ”
Juzi's mother took a deep breath and said, "Okay, let's not mention it, don't mention it." I'm here today mainly to thank you. ”
"Thank me?" At first, Ma Yi thought it was about building roads for the village, but when she thought about it, it was impossible, with the character of Juzi's mother, she couldn't thank herself for this. Sure enough, Juzi's mother said: "We already know everything about Juzi, and your uncle and I have already brought back her ashes......"
Speaking of her daughter, she finally cried sadly. This strong rural woman has been sprinkled, strong, and snobbish for most of her life, but today she is kneeling and crying in front of Ma Yi, the descendant she once looked down on. As the old saying goes, thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi. At the beginning, when she looked horizontally and vertically and looked down on Ma Yi, when she thought that her daughter was a flower inserted in cow dung, how could she have thought that Ma Yi would have today?
No one can see through someone else's future at a glance, and no one can even truly control their own destiny. Therefore, there is no need for us to take a person too dead and deny his life prematurely, because salted fish also have a time to turn over.
"Juzi is out alone, if you didn't help her, no one would care if she died...... Woo...... Woo......"
Kikuko's mother couldn't talk anymore and covered her mouth and cried bitterly. Hearing the movement outside the door, Lu Yun and the others all came out, they all knew about Juzi, and Juzi's ability to get this far actually had a lot to do with this snobbish and vain old lady in the countryside. So they just watched, and they didn't have the slightest intention of comforting her.
As the old saying goes, there must be something hateful about the poor.
Is Kikuko's mother pathetic?
- Howe has no doubts, pitiful!
Because there are three major fears in life, one of which is the loss of a child in old age, and it is a tragedy in the world for a white-haired person to send a black-haired person.
- But is she hateful?
Of course hateful. Because she dislikes the poor and loves the rich, she instigated and supported Juzi to empathize with her, so that Ma Yi almost died in a foreign land, and Juzi also paid a heavy price for her betrayal.
Lu Yun and the others didn't want to interfere, but Ma Yi's mother didn't agree, she said in her heart, what are you doing? In front of my future daughter-in-law, saying that your dead ghost daughter is still going to involve my son, isn't this a sincere desire to dismantle the stage?
So she was in a hurry. This rural woman who has swallowed her anger for half her life, before, because of Ma Yi and Juzi's affairs, she was not less affected by Juzi's mother's nest, today she finally dared to hold her head high and come out to help her son, she pointed to Juzi's mother and asked, "What do you mean?" What are you talking about? You're sincere enough to block our house, aren't you......"
Lu Yun saw that the old lady seemed to be a little angry, in order to avoid the further expansion of the situation, so she grabbed Ma Yi's mother and persuaded: "Auntie, don't be angry, don't be angry......
Ma Yi's mother saw that her future daughter-in-law came forward to fight, she was embarrassed not to give face, and she suddenly lost most of her anger, but she still said angrily: "This person is really, he came to our house to cry and cry, what happened?" Sincerity doesn't let people pass, if she's sick. ”
Lu Yun smiled and said, "Auntie, actually, I know everything about Ma Yi and Juzi......
"You got it?" Ma Yi's mother was taken aback.