Although he was mentally prepared, the scene in front of him still shocked Zhao Changfeng, the crescent-shaped beach was full of black smoke, and the eyes of the sand grains were the same as the sand in the large iron pot of sugar-fried chestnuts common in the north. More than a dozen huge sewage outlets are lined up along the coast, and the smoky and yellowed sewage is discharged from the huge sewage pipes, rushing out of three or four meters wide ditches on the beach, and flowing to the sea more than 100 meters away. The pungent smell emanates from these sewage outlets.

The beach is divided by more than a dozen sewage ditches, and the shore is full of all kinds of domestic garbage, which looks like an authentic garbage treatment plant. The sea was also stained with sewage, and the waves rushed to the beach with a loud noise. When the waves reced, piles of white foam and lumps of floating debris were left on the edge of the beach.

"Changfeng, I really didn't expect it, this Silver Moon Bay looks even more polluted than the Bohai Bay!" Out of the sensitivity of the journalist's profession, Jiang Wenjing raised her camera and took a few photos.

Zhao Changfeng shook his head and walked along the coast for a while, the more he walked, the more angry he became. What's wrong with today's society? Does economic development have to come at the expense of the environment?

Suddenly, Fang Zhonghai took two steps, caught up with Zhao Changfeng, and said in a low voice: "Boss, a few people over there are a little wrong, they have been staring at us. ”

Zhao Changfeng turned his head to take a look, and saw that fifty or sixty meters away, there were three or four people talking and looking this way. Zhao Changfeng was not too surprised, he said to Fang Zhonghai: "Maybe it's a tourist who came here, right?" Definitely as disappointed as we were. ”

He turned his head and looked at the sea in the distance again, there was still a touch of blue in the sky, he shook his head slightly, and the other party Zhonghai said: "Let's go, call the Shangjiang reporter, and go to the town to have a look." ”

Fang Zhonghai ran over a few steps and said to Jiang Wenjing, who was concentrating on taking pictures: "Sister Wenjing, the boss said to go, go to the town to have a look." ”

Jiang Wenjing then remembered the purpose of her coming this time, so she put away the camera, turned back, and the three of them walked towards the road together. When passing by the three or four people, the three or four people stared at Jiang Wenjing unscrupulously, and one of the flat-headed young men whistled lightly.

A cold light flashed in Fang Zhonghai's eyes, his two fists were already clenched, his eyes looked at Zhao Changfeng, and he just waited for Zhao Changfeng to speak. Zhao Changfeng looked calm, ignored the provocations of those people, and walked side by side with Jiang Wenjing calmly. Fang Zhonghai had no choice but to let go of his fist and follow behind Zhao Changfeng.

When he arrived at the parking lot and got into the car, Zhao Changfeng said meaningfully: "Xiaofang, we are here to travel, understand?" ”

"Yes! I understand! Fang Zhonghai replied very simply.

Zhao Changfeng smiled apologetically at Jiang Wenjing again, and just as he was about to speak, Jiang Wenjing smiled and said, "Changfeng, there is no need to explain anything." I've been out and about all day, what haven't I ever seen? There's no kung fu and those rotten lives that idleness. ”

Walk back along the road you came from, reach the intersection, and drive towards Housha Town. Housha Town is really a shoe city, and the shops on both sides are mainly engaged in shoe-making machinery and shoe-making raw materials, and there are few other stores.

"Xiaofang, find a place to stop, let's walk around the town."

After listening to Zhao Changfeng's explanation, Fang Zhonghai found a place and parked the car. After getting out of the car, Fang Zhonghai grabbed a handbag for Zhao Changfeng and took two bottles of mineral water in the trunk. Only then did he follow Zhao Changfeng and Jiang Wenjing and walk forward.

Jiang Wenjing walked beside Zhao Changfeng, her eyes kept looking at both sides of the street, ready to find a relatively large shoe factory and squat outside. Suddenly, I saw four or five sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers in front of me, squatting on the side of the road and crying, with some simple luggage piled up beside them. As soon as Zhao Changfeng pulled Jiang Wenjing, he came to these teenagers, bent down and asked, "Young man, why are you crying?" What's the trouble? ”

Several teenagers raised their heads and glanced at Zhao Changfeng in horror, their bodies shrank in, they didn't dare to speak, they just shed tears.

Zhao Changfeng and Jiang Wenjing exchanged a look, feeling that there was something wrong here. So Zhao Changfeng squatted down and said to these teenagers with a smile: "Don't be afraid, we are also tourists from other places, and when we see you crying sadly, I want to ask why." Tell me about it, maybe we can help you. ”

Several teenagers looked at each other a few times, and one of them, a little older, asked, "Where are you from?" ”

"Central Plains people." Zhao Changfeng said.

"Central Plains people, really?" Several teenagers were beaming.

"Boy, do I have to lie to you?" Zhao Changfeng asked rhetorically in a standard original accent.

"Big brother, you are really from the Central Plains." The older boy also said in the Central Plains dialect, "Where are you from the Central Plains?" ”

"Sanyo's." Zhao Changfeng reported the location of his hometown according to the habits of Central Plains Province, "What about you?" ”

"We are plainsmen." The older boy said.

"It's not far away! Neighboring city, only a few dozen kilometers! Zhao Changfeng smiled, "What's wrong with a few of you, in the summer, why are you squatting on the side of the road crying?" ”

As soon as they heard this question, the teenagers became sad again, and the older teenager said: "Big brother, we are students of Pingyuan Chemical Technical School, and we were deceived into coming here to work in the shoe factory in March this year. However, we worked hard in the factory for five months, and we did not receive a penny of wages, and each of us owed more than 1,000 yuan for food to the factory. We didn't want to do it, so we told them that we wanted to go home, but they didn't give us a penny, kicked us out, and deprived us of our ID cards, saying that they would not give us them until we had settled the food bills. We don't have a penny on us, how can we go home? We tried to find the manager of the factory and ask him to give us a little money to go home, but the security guards beat us and didn't let us in. Now we've been kicked out for three days, we haven't eaten a single meal, we don't know how to get home, we really don't know what to do......"

As he spoke, the boy began to cry, and several other teenagers followed suit.

"There is such a thing? Which factory is it? I'll take you to his manager. Jiang Wenjing was filled with righteous indignation and exerted her instinct as a reporter.

"No, you can't go, you can't go. Those security guards are amazing. The teenagers cried in horror, "Last time, a few Jiangxi people went to help their fellow villagers ask for wages, and they were almost beaten to death by the security guards. ”

"So arrogant!" Jiang Wenjing sneered, she reached out and took out her press card for these teenagers to see, "Don't be afraid, I'm a reporter, they don't dare to do anything." And this big brother, he's ......"

Zhao Changfeng hurriedly interrupted Jiang Wenjing's words and said, "I'm also a reporter, don't be afraid." ”

"You can't even be journalists. They don't dare touch you, and when you're gone, they'll clean up us. We didn't dare to go ......."

Zhao Changfeng sighed and said with a pleasant face: "Okay, if you don't go, you won't go, we won't cause trouble for you." By the way, there's one more thing I don't understand, how old are you? Look very young, are you eighteen years old? ”

The teenagers looked at each other again, and the older one said, "I'm eighteen years old, and they're not even there." ”

"Isn't that child labor? The local labor department doesn't care? Zhao Changfeng asked.

"Regardless, they don't care about anything. Because the factory told them that we were from a technical school, and we came here for internship, not officially working. The people from the labor bureau also said that it was good if the internship did not pay the factory internship fee, so how could it be possible to ask the factory for wages in turn? ”

"I see!" Zhao Changfeng nodded. He groaned for a while, and the other party Zhonghai said, "Xiao Fang, you lead these little brothers to have a meal." Then find a train ticket agency and buy them a train ticket back to Pingyuan City. In addition, give them some money for pocket money on the road. ”

"Okay, boss, I'll do it right away!" Fang Zhonghai agreed. Sure enough, I didn't follow the wrong boss, and I was angry, which was interesting enough!

"Thank you, thank you!" When several teenagers heard that they had food to eat and the money to go home, their eyes flashed with excitement, and the leading teenager was about to take them to kowtow to Zhao Changfeng and Jiang Wenjing. Zhao Changfeng hurriedly stopped and said: "Don't don't, don't don't, what age is it, kowtow from time to time." You go to eat first, eat boldly and boldly, and you will definitely be full. ”

Several teenagers gratefully wiped away their tears, stood up with their luggage on their backs, and they bowed neatly to Zhao Changfeng and Jiang Wenjing, and said, "Big brother, sister-in-law, thank you." You leave the address, and we'll send you the money when we get home. ”

Jiang Wenjing's face was crimson, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Zhao Changfeng, but explained to the teenagers: "You have misunderstood, we are not, not ......"

Zhao Changfeng smiled secretly in his heart, but said seriously: "You can ask Brother Xiaofang for the address in a while." Now your task is to eat, so go quickly. Of course, Zhao Changfeng didn't expect the teenagers to repay him this amount of food and travel expenses, but Zhao Changfeng still wanted Fang Zhonghai to give the address to these teenagers. As long as some of these teenagers can send the money back to Zhao Changfeng as they said, then Zhao Changfeng will definitely find a way to arrange a safe job for the teenager who repays the money in the future. In today's society, there are too few people who talk about integrity, and even if they are weak, they may not necessarily talk about integrity. Zhao Changfeng just felt that since he met these little fellows here, it could be regarded as fate, and whether they could grasp this fate or not depended on their creation.

Zhao Changfeng called Fang Zhonghai over again, and explained to Fang Zhonghai in a low voice, he must let Fang Zhonghai find a way to find out what factory they worked in from these teenagers. Of course Zhao Changfeng won't deal with it now, but after Zhao Changfeng officially takes office, he will definitely rectify these black sheep!

Fang Zhonghai led the teenagers to eat. Zhao Changfeng accompanied Jiang Wenjing to continue walking, and his mood became heavier and heavier. It seems that this place in Yuehai County is far from being as glamorous as it looks on the surface. Zhao Changfeng still remembers the attractive economic data of Yuehai County, which ranks fifth in the county economy of eastern Guangdong Province, and although the population is more than 100,000 less than that of Pibei City, the gross national product and fiscal revenue are equivalent to four or five times that of Pibei City. But it now appears that these attractive economic figures in Yuehai County are at least partly based on excessive environmental damage and a desperate squeeze on the hard-earned money of migrant workers. Such economic data is disgraceful!

When I crossed a street corner, I suddenly saw a large number of people gathered in front of me, making a lot of noise.

What's going on again? Zhao Changfeng and Jiang Wenjing glanced at each other and walked forward quickly. I saw a magnificent factory on the left side of the road, and there were several huge copper characters inlaid on the roof: Xingyue Shoes Co., Ltd. At the gate of Xingyue Shoe Company, dozens of workers gathered, pulling a huge banner that read: No compensation for work-related injuries, the boss is unconscionable! On closer inspection, these workers are somewhat disabled, some have only a few fingers left, and some simply have no entire palm, only bare wrists.

In front of the workers, dozens of heavily armed security guards stood in a row, batons in their hands, staring at the workers.

Just a dozen meters away from the two sides of the confrontation, there were still a few policemen standing, with relaxed faces, muttering something to each other.

Zhao Changfeng pulled a motorcycle kid next to him who was watching the excitement and asked, "What's going on?" ”

"Oh, this, the workers of the shoemaking company came to ask for workers' compensation." "Xing said that there are often work-related accidents in the shoe company, but the boss is too smoky, and sends the workers who have had accidents to the hospital, pays the medical bills, and then doesn't care about anything." When workers are discharged from the hospital, not only do they not receive workers' compensation, but they also lose their jobs. No, these disabled workers gathered together and went to their bosses to claim workers' compensation. ”

Zhao Changfeng listened here, and Jiang Wenjing over there had already taken out his camera and started taking pictures. Two people walked to the side of several policemen, pointed in the direction of Jiang Wenjing, and whispered something.

(To be continued)

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