"What now?" Sun Wen asked.

"Don't do anything, just walk around, there will always be a harvest." Li Jiatao smiled, "With so many people dead, it is impossible for Shuanghu Town to be undisturbed." ”

Sun Wen tilted her delicate head and thought about it: "That's right." ”

So, Sun Wen sent two of her subordinates back, leaving only one hitchhiker. The two of them stayed in a small hotel in Shuanghu Town, and when they had nothing to do, they went to hang out and inquire about the news.

On this day, two people drove a small car to a small village called Wangjiawan, but they were stopped from afar. Looking at the clothes of these people, Li Jiatao judged that they were cadres at the village level.

"What for?" A person who looked like a township cadre walked over with his hands behind his back, "Your car can't go any further." ”

Sun Wen raised her eyebrows and was about to lose her temper, but was stopped by Li Jiatao's eyes. Sun Wen found that she was getting more and more out of temper in front of Li Jiatao, and sometimes she felt like a bird!

"My girlfriend and I came to the countryside to experience life, and when we heard that the sugar dates here are delicious, we wanted to come and buy something fresh." Li Jiatao took out a pack of Zhonghua brand cigarettes from his pocket and saluted them one by one.

For high-end cigarettes of the Zhonghua brand, cadres at the two levels in the countryside generally do not refuse. Li Jiatao also diligently helped the people who looked like township cadres to light the fire, and the vigilance in the eyes of the township cadres dropped a lot.

"Hmm." The township cadre nodded and softened his tone, "Wangjiawan's sugar dates taste really good, and they can't be bought in the city." However, you should come back after a while, there has been a funeral in the village recently, and it is inconvenient to make dates. ”

Sun Wen suddenly interjected: "This leader, let's buy some sugar dates, and don't go into the village." Where is the jujube tree over there, can you help tell him, we will buy it at a high price. ”

"How much do you pay a pound?" As soon as he heard the word high price, the eyes of a middle-aged man who looked like a village cadre lit up.

Li Jiatao smiled, took out a hundred-yuan bill from his pocket, and put it in the hands of this village cadre: "Don't talk about the price by the catty, you can just give a bag, okay?" ”

The village cadres quickly put the banknotes into their pockets, and said, "If you want it, you want it." I'll take you to my house, I'll ask my boss to fetch dates for you, it won't be long. ”

The township cadres frowned, but when they looked at the too young faces of Li Jiatao and Sun Wen, they didn't stop them.

The hands of the taker are short, and the mouth of the eater is soft. This sentence is not wrong at all, the township cadres just smoked Li Jiatao's Zhonghua brand cigarettes, but they are a little soft-mouthed!

When he arrived at the village cadre's home, Li Jiatao saw from the award certificate hanging on the wall that the village cadre's name was Wang Bin, who was the branch secretary of Wangjiawan Village. In this era, the village cadre was actually a slightly educated peasant, and the economic conditions of his family were not much better than those of ordinary peasants, so it is no wonder that Wang Bin refused to let go as soon as he accepted Li Jiatao's 100 yuan bill.

Wang Bin's mother-in-law is a very nagging woman who likes to talk very much.

"Big sister, you look so smart." As soon as she saw Sun Wen, the mother-in-law of the Wang family smiled and said, "Big brother, you are blessed to have found such a beautiful little daughter-in-law." ”

Sun Wen's face immediately turned red, like a shy little daughter-in-law, and she lowered her head and glanced at Li Jiatao.

"Auntie, what kind of happy event is going on in this village, so nervous?" Li Jiatao knew that there was not much time to stay in Wangjiawan Village, so he quickly asked tentatively.

"It's not the hoopoe army who killed a thousand knives." The mother-in-law of the Wang family's face immediately changed, and said hatefully, "All he earns is the money that gives birth to a son without an asshole and cuts off his children and grandchildren." ”

"What are you talking nonsense about with guests?" Wang Bin scolded, "How many times have I told you to be happy, don't be short of the east and the west, it's easy to get into trouble." ”

Li Jiatao saw that Wang Bin's vigilance was quite high, so he smiled and said: "Uncle, we are just here to buy some sugar dates, and after buying sugar dates, we will go back to the city, and we won't talk too much." ”

"That is, people in the city will not care about these idle things in our township." The mother-in-law of the Wang family echoed, "Besides, if someone really takes care of the affairs of this hoopoe army, we won't have so many widows in Wangjiawan." Poor Xiuju girl, she has just married into our Wangjiawan, and she is going to be widowed. ”

Wang Bin sighed and went out to ask his eldest son to make sugar dates.

In a short period of time, Sun Wen took out the details of the hoopoe army from the mouth of the Wang family's mother-in-law.

In Wangjiawan, the Hoopoe Army is a capable man, this guy has opened a coal kiln, and then the coal kiln has an accident and killed three people.

The hoopoe army learned from the experience of opening a coal kiln, and his contractor team drove a high salary, but the work he did was also risky, and all the work that other contractor teams did not dare to do or could not do, the hoopoe army took it, and then looked for people everywhere after taking the job.

This world headquarters is poor, as long as you give money, even if it is a ghost gate, there are people who are willing to break in. As a result, the Hopoe Army put forward a harsh condition, all migrant workers who joined his contractor team must first sign a life and death contract with him. In other words, he is only responsible for paying his wages and not for safety.

According to Wang Jiawan's words, life and death are determined by life and wealth, and others cannot be blamed. If you die in vain, you will pay extra for the coffin at most.

It is said that no one has signed such a contract, but the people in Wangjiawan are too poor, and many of the children are too poor to marry a daughter-in-law, coupled with the high salary given by the hoopoe army, they can get two days' wages elsewhere for one day's work, and they are still paid every day, never in arrears, so naturally some people are willing to gamble their lives.

After the Wanjiashan tunnel collapse accident, many people who worked in the vicinity of Wangjiawan went to see whose son died, and the scene was too chaotic to inquire at all. Later, they met the hoopoe army, and the hoopoe army asked them to leave in a car immediately, saying that someone was in charge of this matter, and if anyone dared to stay at the scene and not leave, not only would they not get a penny, but they would not even see the corpse.

Everyone in Wangjiawan knows who the hoopoe army is, this person has no way to take him, no one in the village is not afraid of him, but they all like his money.

So, that afternoon, the villagers obediently took a car away and returned to a dilapidated courtyard in the town of Sanhu.

There, the hoopoe army first said that the deceased's family had a coffin, plus 10,000 yuan, and the 500 yuan for the dead was also regarded as hush money.

Naturally, some people were unwilling, bargaining, and shouting that they were going to sue.

But this notice has not yet landed, and the speaker has already made several young people mess with sticks and scream. The young man in the lead even threatened: "We are the people of the political axe, this time we are dealing with it on the orders of the superiors, Nian is a poor village in Wangjiawan, so many young and middle-aged people are gone at one time, and the political axe is willing to compensate." But there is a premise, that is, you must sign the compensation contract, take the money and leave. First, you can't see the corpse, and second, you can't talk about it, and whoever says it will be arrested and sent to prison. ”

After nearly half a night of bargaining, in the end, the family of the dead person paid 100,000 yuan, and each person who did not die gave 1,000.

In the face of intimidation and inducement, the villagers all bowed their heads. When people die, what can they do, there are many people who don't give money and don't give explanations, who makes them peasants?

"Auntie, have you ever seen a corpse?" Sun Wen pretended to be curious and asked, "I heard that people are dead, and their eyes are open, is it true?" ”

The mother-in-law of the Wang family shook her head: "Except for Dai Shengli, who killed a thousand knives, none of us in Wangjiawan know where the body is. ”

Soon, Wang Bin came back with a bag of sugar dates. Li Jiatao didn't stop long, and got into the car with sugar dates.

"Auntie, if the sugar dates are delicious, I'll call you and ask you to send some to Yandu, okay?" Li Jiatao suddenly said to the mother-in-law of the Wang family as if he suddenly remembered.

Before the mother-in-law of the Wang family could speak, Wang Bin smiled and said, "That's a certainty, as long as it's still at this price." However, you'll have to pay for the fare. ”

Li Jiatao naturally agreed, and he left a backhand.

Sun Wen took out five hundred yuan from her pocket and handed it to the mother-in-law of the Wang family: "I sympathize with Xiuju's sister-in-law, they are all women, I understand her difficulties." This money is a little bit of my care, please help me transfer it to her. Also, this is my phone number, if she is in a panic in Wangjiawan, let her come to Yandu to find me, I can help her find a suitable job. ”

Li Jiatao glanced at Sun Wen with great appreciation, and felt that this little girl was really emotional, and her compassion overflowed. Of course, if Xiuju can go to Yandu, it will be very helpful for Li Jiatao to understand the truth of the facts.

―――――――― dividing line ―――――――― in Liusha City, the provincial capital of Chunan Province, in the small conference room of the provincial political axe.

The meeting was convened at the suggestion of a deputy director of the State Administration of Work Safety, and was chaired by Xie Maolin, governor of Chunan Province.

Although Li Jiatao's rescue and death squad rescued 26 besieged migrant workers, the collapse still caused the death of three migrant workers, who were standing at the outermost end of the tunnel and were crushed to death by the collapse on the spot.

Therefore, immediately after the accident, the State Administration of Work Safety sent an investigation team, led by a deputy director of the State Administration of Work Safety. But this deputy director obviously lacks self-confidence, is not very effective in his work, and does not dare to "make mistakes" in front of Xie Maolin.

It is no wonder that the deputy director is only at the level of the deputy department, and compared with Xie Maolin, a person who holds a lot of power at the ministerial level, there is a huge disparity in strength. Whatever Xie Maolin said, the deputy director will report to the top. Xie Maolin said what the cause of the accident was, and he nodded and admitted what it was.

As a result, for several days, the State Administration of Work Safety has not been able to hear the real voice, and the accident investigation has also been suspended.

(To be continued)