22. Accomplices
What happened?
Tang Tang was a little confused, listening to the live commentary of the sparrows, while making up the scene over there.
A sparrow with its neck stretched out gloated and laughed, and almost planted a branch. "Beaten, beaten!"
"Poof, how can you be beaten? Orion just dragged Erhei up and carried it away! ”
"Maomao was stunned! I thought it was envious, and it looked at Orion's back with a blank look, and it didn't move-"
Tang Tang's heart moved slightly when he heard this, and when he finished work in the evening, he deliberately went around to the stables to take a look, and sure enough, the little milk cat was quietly curled up beside the old dog. She walked over lightly, but she didn't expect the footsteps to wake it up in an instant.
"Tang Tang?" It jumped up in surprise and jumped up to her shoulder in two steps along her trouser leg.
"Wow, the scenery up there is really different!" The little milk cat couldn't help but admire, and her fluffy tail flicked happily, rubbing her cheeks and making people a little itchy.
Tang Tang couldn't help but smile. I thought that this baby was sad that she didn't have the love of her family, so she envied Erhei being carried, but I didn't expect it to just want to stand on a high place and watch the scenery, and it was really big.
After pacifying the little milk cat, Tang Tang turned around and wanted to walk towards the village, but found that the quiet night was particularly unquiet today. Many families actually lit oil lamps for the first time, and gathered together to wait for news, thinking about the return of the old captain.
Even Xu Changlin was not in a hurry to return to the mountain, and temporarily lived in Niujian country. He is a party who has personally experienced the incident of wild dogs hurting people, and if someone from above asks him, he can be a witness and help clear the innocence of the old captain.
The night passed extremely anxious and long, and just when the fog was thick in the middle of the night, and everyone couldn't bear the sleepiness and was ready to wash and sleep, a cry of surprise suddenly broke the silence of the village.
"The old captain is back—"
In an instant, everyone lifted the quilt and got up, hurriedly stepped on their shoes and rushed out of the house.
"Old Captain!"
"It's good to come back, are you okay?"
"Haha, what's the matter with all the back? There is nothing wrong with our Niujiatun! ”
The old captain got out of the carriage, his face frozen. Although the summer night is not cold, the night style of the Northland is extraordinarily cold, blowing the brains numb. The old captain grinned vigorously, looked around comfortingly at the villagers who rushed over after hearing the sound, and said with a smile: "What are you doing here?" Go back and rest. ”
"Hey!" When everyone saw that he had returned safely, the heart that had been carrying him was finally put down, and they immediately hugged him back to the courtyard with joy, and then scattered from east to west, north and south to return to their home.
However, the next day, everyone belatedly realized that things were not as simple as they thought. Because the field department sent people down again, and this time it turned out to be a faction and not leaving!
Cao Liqiang was in good spirits, and his glasses shone in the sun, making it impossible to see his eyes, but anyone could detect the implied pride and arrogance in his tone.
"Listen up, everybody! Last night, after a unanimous vote by the leaders of the field department, it was decided to give Comrade Niu Hangen the punishment of having a serious demerit recorded in his memory, and to send me, on behalf of the field department, to supervise the work in our village. Everyone must show their merits, make up for their mistakes, make achievements, and live up to the expectations of the leaders and comrades of the field! Do you have faith? ”
The crowd fell silent.
Cao Liqiang twisted his eyebrows and glanced around, seeing that everyone was avoiding his gaze and not wanting to respond to his words, the anger in his heart immediately burst out irrepressibly. He shouted again in a deep voice, "Do you have faith?" ”
This time, however, only his own voice hung alone above the crowd, poignant and sharp.
Just as he was about to lash out, he suddenly and sensitively caught a sneer from the crowd, and the mockery was self-evident, like a slap in the face.
"Whew!"
"Who? Whoever laughs stands up for me! Cao Liqiang suddenly became angry, and he jumped to the front of the crowd with staggered steps, and roared loudly towards the place where the laughter came out just now.
And the man didn't seem to hide his intentions. The corners of his mouth curled slightly, and a mocking smile still hung on his face, standing out in the middle of the dull crowd.
Cao Liqiang didn't even have to make any effort to recognize him at a glance. "Is that you? You did it! ”
Lu Xiangyang glanced at him noncommittally, casually lifted the hoe beside him, turned around and walked out. "After a morning's work, I'm on work!"
As soon as he moved, Pang Yingwu on the side immediately came to his senses, snorted proudly, and walked out with his pace, but he didn't take Cao Liqiang in his eyes.
This arrogant action almost made his lungs almost explode!
"Y-What do you want to do? Who let you go? Hold it! Stop me! Cao Liqiang roared angrily.
However, Lu Xiangyang didn't hear it, Pang Yingwu turned his back to him and plucked his ears defiantly, and said to himself in a voice that everyone could hear: "It's so annoying, where are the flies?" ”
This kind of arrogant posture can't help but make Cao Liqiang immediately turn iron and blue, and his face is black and turned into the bottom of the pot, which is very ugly. Seeing that he couldn't do anything with them, he turned his head and asked the old captain coldly, "This is the person you brought out?" Deliberately trying to do something against me? ”
The old captain straightened his back, shook off the dirt from the soles of his shoes, and did not answer his words, but said to the other onlookers: "Don't look at it, let's all go to work." ”
Listening to his words, the crowd slowly dispersed.
Seeing this scene, Cao Liqiang's face became even more cold and gloomy, and he suddenly realized that it was not a good thing for the field to send him down, let him fight alone without a helper, how could he control so many villagers?
He calmed his eyes and thought for a moment, and suddenly remembered that the person who wrote the denunciation letter earlier was not a helper who was naturally on his side? His eyes lit up, and he immediately shouted loudly, "Wait a minute! ”
The crowd slowed down as they walked out, and they all looked back at him. I saw Cao Liqiang with a warm smile on his face, sweeping everyone's faces and asking, "Which one is Comrade Wang Min?" The organization has entrusted me to thank you, can you please come out for a while? ”
As soon as his words came out, the silent crowd suddenly stirred.
All the people around Wang Min took a few steps back in unison, separated a vacant lot, and surrounded her in the middle. Wang Min's face couldn't help but turn pale, and he looked at Sun Shuping, who was far away from him, uneasily, and clenched his fingers tightly in confusion.
"Oh, it's this lesbian, isn't it? Come here, come to me! Cao Liqiang called out with a warm smile, "Don't be embarrassed, you did a particularly correct thing, and you reported and exposed the illegal behavior in a righteous manner." I'll ask the field department for your commendation! ”
Wang Min looked at the disgusted eyes of the people around him, and his heart tightened. She knew that the matter was irreparable, so she could only go on with it. Under Cao Liqiang's continuous urging, she had to drag her steps to his side little by little.
"Comrade Wang Min, well done! Today, I will grant you a new task, cooperate with me to preside over the work of Niujiatun, completely change the face of Tunli, unify thinking, and help everyone grow into a good comrade like you! At that moment, Cao Liqiang enthusiastically assigned her a new job, and waved his hand, saying that she did not need to work in the field, but only needed to patrol the field and report the situation to himself in time.
As soon as this order was issued, everyone was secretly scolding their mother behind their backs.
Some people say that Wang Min is not kind, the little girl likes to engage in some intrigues and tricks at a young age, and she is not an honest and serious person. There are also comments that Cao Liqiang is insidious and cunning, vainly trying to fight for power and profit in the village, and he doesn't look at what kind of people they are in Niujiatun, no way!
Although these words were not said in person, Wang Minmo didn't feel the pinprick-like eyes staring at her back all the time, and some gossip was always directed at her, and the whole person immediately twisted like a mess.
She was completely isolated!
Although she still had food to eat, a place to live, and no need to work to save effort, no one in the village was willing to talk to her from then on, and even her eyes avoided her from afar, for fear of coming into contact with her. This idler's appearance of not entering obviously regards her as a flood beast!
Wang Min sat alone in the corner of the cafeteria with a cold face, quietly eating dinner, but he could still feel the low laughter and whispers of several tables behind him. She had heard a lot of them these days, and at this time she could only show a sneer sarcastically and ignore it.
However, there is one person who does not want her to be happy.
"Hey, isn't this our overseer? How can a person eat bread here, how cold! Why, Lao Cao didn't take you to open a small stove with you? Pang Yingwu sat down beside her with a smile on his face and asked in surprise.
And Wang Min just pursed his lips and ate a bite of sweet potato flour cake viciously.
Pang Yingwu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows at the crowd watching the excitement, and continued with a smile: "Don't ignore me!" How does that sentence say, if you want a horse to run fast, you have to feed the horse more grass! You used him as a cow and a horse, why didn't Lao Cao even give up this bite of food? ”
Hearing him say this, Wang Min's chest couldn't help but rise and fall a few times, and he scolded him urgently, "Who do you say is a cow and who is a horse!" ”
"Hehe, it's not me anyway!" Pang Yingwu replied quickly with a smile, and got up in a good mood and wanted to eat his own food.
However, Wang Min was completely provoked, how could he just let him go? She grabbed his shirt tightly, and just when she wanted to argue about the merits, a person suddenly ran in at the door of the cafeteria, and said with a gloating face: "Oh, go and have a look, it's a great fun!" The dining table in the 'Black-Hearted Cao' house was lifted, and the whole table was gone! ”
Tang Tang, who was eating, suddenly choked, couldn't help but recall the great resume of a certain bear baby, and hurriedly stood up. Unexpectedly, there was a person who was faster than her.
Outside the door, a black dog suddenly jumped in, ran in with an excited face and ran in with a big bone of sauce burning, and put it in front of Xu Changlin happily, and then Wang Wang was a wild howl.
Erhei raised his head proudly and said, "Master is in a good mood today, reward you, eat!" ”
Tang Tang: "......"
She really wanted to ask, are there any other accomplices?