Chapter 26: Last Vote
Night falls.
Ye Rong did not complete the tasks assigned to himself today.
It's not how difficult the task itself is, but how difficult it is to complete it.
First, asking the villagers for directions failed. I don't know what's going on, the villagers all avoided Ye Rong, whispering secretly, but they didn't answer Ye Rong's questions at all.
There was no way, Ye Rong went to Xie Dazui from the village commissary again, and finally asked the home addresses of the second child of the Qin family, the deputy village head, and Uncle Wang, the accountant, at the cost of buying a pack of spicy noodles.
But the door of the second family of the Qin family was locked, and there was no one at home. went to look for Uncle Wang again, but I only saw Uncle Wang's wife taking his little granddaughter at home, but I didn't see Uncle Wang himself. It takes Uncle Wang himself to fight for the last vote, so Ye Rong didn't communicate much with his wife and little granddaughter, and left Uncle Wang's house.
The Wei family's Wei Guo is forgotten, and he doesn't want to deal with him.
In this way, after a whole day of inaction, it was dark......
Day and night in the countryside are like two different worlds! During the day, the villagers either work in the fields, go up to the mountains to pick walnuts, or go out to work for short jobs and other things. The whole village is empty, there are few people, the people who want to find it can't be found, and occasionally a figure floats past and doesn't care about Ye Rong, like a barren mountain**.
At night, it was completely different, and the villagers returned from all directions. There are those who come back from the mountain on motorcycles, those who come back from the mountain on tricycles, and those who carry pickaxes and bundles of firewood...... Coming back from all directions, such as from the ground and the bottom of the ditch......
The village suddenly became lively.
On the main road in the village, there are greetings from time to time.
"Uncle Wang, carrying a pickaxe and beside the cliff in front of the door, digging up the treasure that your grandfather buried back then?"
"I heard that the old Wang family was a landlord and an old fortune back then, and when the People's Liberation Army liberated us, they had to fight local tyrants, fight landlords, divide land, and divide property. When Uncle Wang's grandfather was robbed of his family property, he left something privately, got up overnight, and buried a lot of bottles and cans of antiques at home, as well as horse money, a large number of silver dollars, and other good treasures in front of the ditch in front of the door. β
"Uncle Wang, haven't you dug it up after so many years?"
In the face of the villagers' inquiries, Uncle Wang, the old accountant in the village, responded with an embarrassed face, "It's okay to be idle, dig and play, dig and play...... What kind of treasure has been poached a long time ago...... I have something to do, you can talk. β
Old Uncle Wang hurried home with a pickaxe.
"Uncle Wang, let's talk about it again? Why are you in a hurry to get home? β
"Don't talk about it, the village chief will convene the village committee in a while, and I don't know what is going on, I have to go and see."
"Convening a village council? We're going to sit in on it too? β
"Good!"
The villagers continued to chat.
Ye Rong, who was idle and squatting not far away, heard these words and quietly kept up with the pace of Old Uncle Wang.
After looking for a day, I finally found Uncle Wang!
It's really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.
Listen to the villagers...... Uncle Wang carried a pickaxe, next to the cliff in front of the door, digging up the treasure buried in the soil by the ancestors of the Wang family?
Ye Rong also knows this!
When the People's Liberation Army liberated here, Ye Rong was still the big boss of the Ye family army on Zhongtiao Mountain. Of course, at that time, he was no longer a pure bandit, during the Anti-Japanese War, a guerrilla deputy captain was wounded, and he happened to be met by Ye Rong, and it was Ye Rong who saved him. Since then, Ye Rong has had secret contacts with the guerrillas, but the other bandits in the stockade do not know. Later, Ye Rong, as the big boss, announced to the bandits that he would join the Eighth Route Army, and the jaws of the group of younger brothers dropped one by one!
When the People's Liberation Army came over, the guerrillas took Ye Rong and joined the People's Liberation Army, and the troops were pulled out, so they left their homeland and went to the frontline battlefield.
So when he liberated his hometown, Ye Rong was still in his hometown.
The deeds of the ancestors of the Wang family, Ye Rong has not only heard of them, but also experienced them personally!
Back then, the ancestor of the Wang family was indeed a landlord and a wealthy man, and his generation was a generation older than Ye Rong, so he called him "Uncle Wang". When the People's Liberation Army (PLA) drove over, the ancestors of the Wang family heard that they would fight local tyrants, landlords, divide land, divide property, proletarian workers' and peasants' revolution, and land reform......
So I did bury a lot of family property overnight!
It's right next to the cliff in front of the door.
At that time, it seems that this matter was reported by an anonymous villager who had a particularly strong revolutionary purity......
After the report, of course, it was terrible, and many people ran to dig next to the cliff, hoping to divide the property after the dug up.
However, because of the heavy rain in the past few days, there were some landslides and landslides at the cliff...... It seems that I can't find the specific location, and I haven't dug it out for a long time......
What happened later, Ye Rong is not clear, because he left his hometown with the People's Liberation Army.
After the end of the civil war, Ye Rongrong returned to his hometown, and in front of the cave at the head of the village, he also said a few words to the ancestor of the Wang family. At that time, the ancestor of the Wang family had been divided into fields and wealth, and the family seemed to be poor, becoming a proletariat and an ordinary peasant man.
Why have all these years passed, and the things that were buried in the soil haven't been dug up yet?
The old Uncle Wang in front of him, in his 60s, Ye Rong didn't seem to be born before he crossed, he should be the grandchildren of the old ancestors of the Wang family, and he went to dig treasures by the cliff in front of the door today?
What's going on?
If it is poached, the ancestors of the Wang family will definitely know it, and they will definitely leave a secret last word to prevent future generations from digging it again......
But the old Uncle Wang in front of him is still digging, what does it mean?
It shows that the treasure that was buried there back then has not been found until now!
After so many years, the landform at the cliff has been absolutely exposed to the wind and rain, and after several changes, I can't find the specific location of the year, maybe it hasn't been dug up!
Ye Rong thought thoughtfully......
And after so many years, it was originally divided among the toiling people, so it should belong to the state property, or belong to the common property of the villagers, but the other villagers did not dig it. Probably due to the vicissitudes of life in 66 years, the villagers' concepts have also changed, and they only think that it was left to the Wang family by the ancestors of the Wang family, so they are embarrassed to dig and rob it. Or because they really couldn't dig it, the other villagers gave up......
It stands to reason that Ye Rong can also dig it! Ye Rong can also share a part of the property that was dug up!
"Huh? Lao Wangβ"
Seeing that the old Uncle Wang was gone, Ye Rong hurriedly regained his mind and shouted to stop him.
Old Uncle Wang turned around, looked around, and made sure that there was no one else here, so he wondered: "Young man, you call me?" Hey? You're Ye Rong, a homeless man who recently came to our village, right? I've heard of you. β
"Well......" Ye Rong replied embarrassedly, a homeless man or something, he really didn't want to admit it.
Old Uncle Wang asked, "Do you have something to do with me?" β
"That's the case...... Ye Rong explained slightly, "You still don't know the content of today's village committee?" β
Old Uncle Wang nodded, "I don't know." I was about to take the hammer to my house, so I went to the village chief's house to attend a meeting. How, do you know what the content is? β
"The content is very simple, that is, I need to vote on the matter of contracting Sangzhuang Hope Primary School, and I hope to win your support." Ye Rong got straight to the point, went straight to the point, and did not hide it at all.
"Contracting Hope Elementary School?"
Uncle Wang's eyes lit up, like an old money fan, and hurriedly asked the key point, "How much is contracted?" β
"Negotiate the price, that's the second stage......" Ye Rong collapsed a little, this old Uncle Wang is worthy of being a descendant of the landlord, and he is open when he sees the money. But this situation made Ye Rong secretly happy in his heart, Uncle Wang is the village accountant, if he sees the money, in order to let the abandoned 3,000 Hope Primary School bring income to the accounts of the village committee, maybe it will be much easier to fight for his last vote.
He, perhaps, will vote for it to a large extent!
The corners of Ye Rong's mouth showed a sly arc, "Let's not talk about money first, even if the two of us negotiate the contract amount no matter how high, the first stage does not seek the consent of the village committee, I hope that the primary school will not contract to me at all, and it is useless for us to negotiate more money, right?" β
"Also to ......"
Old Uncle Wang nodded, his eyes were rolling around, as if he was thinking, and he was a little excited.
Ye Rong took advantage of the victory to pursue, "Lao Wang, how about voting for me?" You must know that after the first stage and the second stage of the contracting fee, you are the village accountant who has to be handed over to you! Hehe. β
"Haha."
Old Uncle Wang smiled very boldly, as if he had been moved by Ye Rong's words, but he couldn't act too much, he had to be reserved, at least a little reserved, "Ye Rong, wait a minute, I'll throw the hammer into the yard, let's go to the village chief's house and talk while walking." β
"Okay."
Later, Uncle Wang came out of the house, walked side by side with Ye Rong, and didn't bother with the first stage of voting at all, it seemed that the vote had been passed, and he directly began to study the contract price.
Old Uncle Wang smiled and said, "Ye Rong, how much do you plan to contract for a year?" β
"This ......"
Ye Rong is not a vain person, he knows that this kind of price is not scored, he must not offer the price first, he must test the other party's details first.
Ye Rong asked rhetorically, "Lao Wang, how much do you think the price is appropriate?" Before Uncle Wang could figure out the price, Ye Rong took advantage of the conditions of all parties and directly began to suppress the price, "Lao Wang, to tell you the truth, although Sangzhuang Hope Primary School is good, it is not a city after all. Abandoned in an old village deep in the mountains for three years, it can be said that it is of little value! You can't ask too much and scare me away. β
"Well, it can't be too high, it can't be too high...... old Uncle Wang nodded again and again, "I can't scare you away......
But Uncle Wang is old after all. It's not so easy to fall into the trap.
He looked Ye Rong up and down, and he was also speculating about Ye Rong's bottom line......
But!
It's better not to look at Ye Rong, this look, something went wrong...... This kid looks poor jingle, he has become a homeless man, how much oil and water can he fish?
Uncle Wang originally wanted a high price, but after staring at Ye Rong for a few moments, he couldn't say the high price...... Not to mention the high contracting cost of 10,000 or 20,000 yuan a year, let's say 35,000 a year, I'm afraid this kid can't afford it, right?
A little lower, one or two thousand a year looks like it is quite hanging!
But!
Couldn't go any lower!
If it is lower, it will be three or five hundred...... Although the previous three years, it was wasted for three years, 0 income. But with a contract fee of three to five hundred a year, it still feels too cold to contract such a large piece of land for Sangzhuang Hope Primary School.
It really couldn't be lower!
Uncle Wang hesitated and stretched out two fingers, which means 2000!
After Ye Rong saw it, he didn't say a word, and asked: "20? Well...... 20 years of contracting costs, the account income of the village committee has made great progress! I had zero income in the previous three years, but I can earn at least 20 yuan this year. β
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