Chapter Seventy-Three: Gains Beyond the Farce
Liu He stared straight at Yang Bei for a moment, then looked at Xia Xiang with a flaming eye, and suddenly waved his hand and said to the person behind him: "Secretary Li is here, what are you still doing stupidly, hurry up and say it." ”
The four people behind him bent down together and shouted in unison: "Secretary Li is good!" ”
Xia Xiang almost couldn't help laughing, Liu He didn't learn anything bad, he had to learn the underworld from Hong Kong films. China is not as good as Hong Kong, there is no soil for the growth of the underworld at all, and it looks good, but at a glance, you can see that it is a rabble. The only worry in his heart disappeared, and he waved his hand at Liu He and said, "Liu He, the play is enough, and the face is gone, you can leave...... and glanced at Yang Bei again, "Take all the irrelevant people away, don't hinder our mood for eating." ”
Yang Bei saw that Xia Xiang suddenly changed her indifferent appearance, and her hesitant steps were even more hesitant, she looked at Liu He, and then at Xia Xiang, and the tears in her eyes finally flowed down without a fight: "Xia Xiang, I'm sorry ......"
"You can live happily and be worthy of yourself. We weren't strangers before we met, and when we're done, we'll be strangers again! Today's encounter was a misunderstanding, since it was a misunderstanding, now that it's clear, it's best to pass like this......" Yang Bei didn't explain a word for a long time, she had such a snobbish mother, and found a boyfriend like Liu He, Xia Xiang suddenly became interested, and he couldn't even mention the idea of accusing her, whether the fault was her or not, she didn't even have the courage to face it now, what did he mean by holding on to the past? It's better to let go.
The sunlight dappled on Xia Xiang's face, making his expression look lonely and resolute, and there was a faint depression......
Liu He, Niu Hongmei and Yang Bei walked for a long time, but Li Dingshan still had a bad face and walked around the courtyard with his hands behind his back. Jia He was the most thoughtless, and after a while, he asked Xia Xiang about Yang Bei, but Xia Xiang refused to tell him, so he stubbornly pestered him, making Xia Xiang sigh, who said that gossip is a woman's surname, and older young men also have the potential to gossip.
After waiting for a while, seeing that Li Dingshan slowly calmed down his anger, Xia Xiangcai came over, smiled and said, "Secretary Li, we have only been in Ba County for a few days?" People have been staying for many years, and besides, didn't they just call a few people to say hello to us? ”
Li Dingshan couldn't help laughing, and scolded with a smile: "I know what you want to say, don't hide it from me, I used to be a reporter and have been engaged in writing work, I don't know if you want to persuade me not to be in a hurry to confront them?" If you have anything to say, you just say it, I really don't understand what is going on with you, there is still a girlfriend hidden in Ba County, and I didn't say it earlier, and I was snatched away by Liu He, it's really a nest! ”
Xia Xiang shook his head heartlessly and sighed: "It's going to rain, and my girlfriend is going to run away, who cares?" There are some things in this world that can be done through hard work, and there are some things that can't be bothered anymore, such as women's hearts. I was a college classmate with her for four years, and I fell in love for two years, and I broke up half a year after graduation, and now I have a son with the county magistrate, which is equivalent to climbing a high branch and getting happiness. ”
Having said that, Xia Xiang still felt a faint pain in her heart, from beginning to end, Yang Bei had no intention of explaining to him, could it be that the sweet words she swore in the past were all deceitful lies? In the past, I always saw men being negative, but in fact, women are not much worse than men when they are ruthless.
Li Dingshan saw that Xia Xiang was a little lost, and knew that young people were dealing with emotional matters, and it was understandable that he couldn't think about it for a while, so he jokingly said: "Don't think about it, it's all over." Listen to me Xiao Xia, I know many rich and powerful people in Yan City, many of them have daughters, and some of them are about the same age as you, so let's see which one is suitable to introduce you to one, not better than this one in Ba County? It doesn't matter if you don't want to empathize with a woman who doesn't want to be in love, there's nothing to be nostalgic for. ”
While speaking, Huang Hai finally came back out of breath, it turned out that he had made a bag full of mushrooms and bracken, and the person was so tired that his face turned pale, and he almost collapsed, and said breathlessly: "Don't be too little, I can't dig anymore, I'm tired to death...... It's worth 10 bucks, right? ”
Xia Xiang was speechless, I don't know whether to feel his simplicity and seriousness, or to feel sad that he paid for 10 yuan! He hurriedly took the sack, which was heavy and weighed a hundred and ten catties, and almost didn't catch it steadily, thanks to Jia He's help next to him. Xia Xiang patted Huang Hai on the shoulder, turned out 20 yuan from his body and stuffed it into his hand: "Thank you, brother, for your hard work." ”
Huang Hai was holding 20 yuan, he didn't understand what was going on for a while, he even took a few breaths before he came to his senses, and hurriedly blushed and had a thick neck to return the money to Xia Xiang: "If you say 10 yuan, it's 10 yuan, what's the matter if you give 20 yuan?" I dig less, less than 30 yuan, this is not good, too much. "I don't know what the Yellow Sea is based on, could it be that in his eyes, a sack of mushrooms and bracken is worth 10 yuan?
Xia Xiang didn't say anything polite to him, and slapped his hand vigorously: "I'll take it for you, I'll still find you to work in the future, this is going down, right?" I said Huanghai, don't the villagers know what Liu He asked them to dig mushrooms and bracken for? ”
"I know, I know a little bit, sell it for money!" Huang Hai accepted the money, and was so polite to Xia Xiang that he almost nodded and replied, smiling all over his face.
"Then you're going to work for him for free?"
"Not exactly, Liu He also gave some money, but let the village cadres share it, and it can't reach us. And as long as the people who dig up wild vegetables make efforts, when they take them in, the village will reduce a part of them, which can be regarded as some compensation. What do you say, everyone knows that people use it to sell for money, but we don't have the ability to do it, and we don't know where to sell it, so with this strength, we are idle and idle...... "Maybe it's the role of 20 yuan, Huanghai has a lot of words, and he can't finish talking about it, so that Li Dingshan on the side has an extremely bad impression of Liu Shixuan's father and son, not only arrogant and domineering, but also fake public and private!"
It's not that Xia Xiang doesn't want to give Huanghai a little more money, but it's better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, the so-called emergency is not to help the poor, to fundamentally change their poverty, there are many things that need to be done, not by charity. The consequences of handouts can only lead to lazy thoughts, and the money they get without much effort can turn an honest peasant into a cunning, greedy villain. Later, an earthquake struck a poor mountainous area in Yan Province, and people from all over the country enthusiastically donated money, and the disaster relief funds and various materials far exceeded the local losses by several times, and the peasants not only lived in adobe houses with brick and tile houses provided by the state free of charge, but also looted supplies, hid a large amount of instant noodles at home, causing mold, and did not let the PLA soldiers who were tired and faint from hunger because of the emergency rescue and disaster relief not be allowed to eat a bite. As soon as this incident came out, a person with a very good reputation couldn't help but comment: "Poor mountains and bad waters, shrews and people!" ”
In fact, if we really want to improve the incentive system, formulate rules that everyone should abide by, and arouse the enthusiasm of the peasants, we can still burst out with tremendous productivity. The thoughts in Xia Xiang's heart gradually took shape, and on the way back, Li Dingshan saw Xia Xiang's thoughtful look, and couldn't help but ask him: "Xiao Xia, what ideas are hidden and not said, are you fighting the idea of mushrooms and bracken?" ”