Xu Qihu has only been in office for four days, and the Senior Society has been established. This is first of all due to the general trend of cooperation, but also because of his soft and hard coercion and temptation, and his means are far from comparable to those of his predecessors.

On the day of the listing of the senior society, the village community jointly held a celebration meeting. Rows of trees are placed in the playground of the primary school as stools, enough for more than 400 households to sit; Twenty ploughing oxen were tied to the railing in one corner of the playground, cleanly brushed, with a red cloth belt tied around their necks and a big red flower coiled on their foreheads. They followed their master to the meeting hall and shouted with joy.

The rostrum was temporarily set up with reed mats on the leading platform. A wooden plaque covered with a red cloth was erected in front of the stage, like a bride with a hijab. On the stage sat Secretary Lu and Township Chief Gou, and Xu Qihu who made a comeback.

The first row of benches under the stage is the guest seat for congratulating the guests. Each person hangs a red paper flower on their chest. Since the bench was much higher than the tree, it was really indecent to slip his butt in front of everyone, so he had to sit down on the bench with a grievance.

At the beginning of the celebration, Secretary Lv and Township Mayor Gou unveiled the "Pailou Village Senior Agricultural Production Cooperative". Suddenly, gongs, drums, and firecrackers rang out in unison, and thunderous applause and cheers rang out. Twenty cows screamed in alarm, and a few of them had their tails under them like unscrewed faucets, and their urine was pouring down.

Secretary Lu first spoke, congratulating the establishment of the eighth senior society in the township, and announcing that Xu Qihu would also serve as the president.

Xu Qihu is wearing a new military hat today, and his knife face is shaved blue. He reviewed the slow progress of the cooperation of Pailou Village, dragging the whole township back to live up to the expectations of his superiors, which was tantamount to slandering the former female party secretary and establishing a glorious image for himself again. Then he said some words of thanking the township leaders for their concern and learning from the brother society. At the end, he praised Wang Huaibing and other ten activists of the movement, and called on all members to love the society as a family and strive to be a model.

The celebration party** is an entertainment performance.

The allegro poem "Praise Our President Xu" is a program that Xu Qihu instructed He Shun, the principal of the primary school, to create and praise for himself. The faces of the eight primary school students were dyed red, and they knocked on the bamboo board and sighed three times, the left voice of the beloved President Xu, the right voice of the beloved President Xu, Secretary Lu frowned when he heard it, and Gou Cunwang scolded the stupid pig in his heart, but he grinned proudly.

Gou Xiaofeng guessed that Secretary Lu was allowed to come to the meeting, remembering his promise that "there will be a period later", and he deliberately dressed up again today. Principal He Shun was accompanied by the flute, and her solo songs "Come in February" and "Pulling Out the Reed Firewood" won bursts of applause. Principal Ge Bi He proposed: Now please ask President Xu and Gou Xiaofeng and his wife to sing a duet, okay?

Xu Qihu said that he was a donkey and could not sing. Gou Xiaofeng blushed and said that she wanted to sing "Husband and Wife Literacy" with Secretary Lu. Secretary Lu did not hesitate and readily agreed.

So He Shun announced: President Xu has been working too hard these days, and his voice is tired, so please ask the beloved Secretary Lu and Gou Xiaofeng to sing "Husband and Wife Literacy", everyone is welcome!

After He Shun finished playing the prelude, a couple of men and women sang very devotedly:

The stars come out of the sky of the black dragon winter,

Writing on the blackboard is bright......

Since then, Secretary Lu has become a frequent visitor to Xu Qihu's house. Gou Xiaofeng's predecessors and predecessors always put Secretary Lu on their lips, pulling the banner to be a tiger skin fox and fake tiger power. Xu Qihu opened his eyes and closed his eyes, pretending to be deaf and dumb.

He knows very well that being a cadre must have a backer. Without Secretary Lu's permission, he would not have been able to reinstate, and he would not be able to become a high-ranking and powerful senior president, and he would have to face the loess and dig with his back to the sky. At the beginning, Lu was invited into the house by discussing with the Gou brothers and sisters, but now it is worth it even if he lures the wolf into the house, but he often warns his wife "Don't go too far". Gou Xiaofeng asked how not to be excessive, and he didn't say anything.

Xu Qihu promoted Wang Huaibing to be his assistant as vice president. Wang Huaibing called Secretary Lu every three or five times, reported that President Xu was out, and asked the secretary to come to guide the work quickly. Secretary Lu understood that the call was made by Gou Xiaofeng, and Xiaofeng said that Huaibing was her reliable younger brother. At that time, there were no mobile phones, and how much was delayed in the transmission of lovers' messages.

Wang Huaibing, who is in charge of liaison, is extremely smart. always covets his handsome sister who is five years older than him, and the so-called praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches behind. Once, Secretary Lu didn't come to mess around for a long time, saying that there was something in the township and left in a hurry. As soon as he left, Wang Huaibing leaned close to the window and called the door, saying that he was hungry and asked for something to eat. As soon as Gou Xiaofeng opened the door, Wang Huaibing pounced and gnawed, shouting Sister, I'm starving to death! This sturdy little bull is extremely ferocious, and she is even more drunk than the godbrother who pretends to be Sven. Since then, every time Wang Huaibing asks Secretary Lu to guide, his younger brother has enjoyed his godsister once. Gou Xiaofeng wandered among the three men, smiling all day long, humming a little song when he walked.

Xu Qihu appointed the captains and accountants of ten production teams, which was the foundation of his power. The captain of the first team is Wang Huaibing, vice president, and Gou Xiaofeng is the accountant.

As the saying goes, it's not that enemies don't get together.

Xu Qihu was transferred away, and Ma Xiangrui, vice minister of agriculture and industry, took over as the head of the township. At that time, it was this wrongdoer who led the working group to investigate and deal with the suicide case of Lu Scaryan, which led to his dismissal and resignation.

At the beginning of the year, Ma Xiangrui reported to the county party committee that there had been many changes in the relations of production after the collectivization of the rural areas, and as a graduate of the Agricultural University majoring in agricultural economics, he was interested in working at the grassroots level to study and solve problems.

The interpersonal relationship between the county party committee organs is complex. Ma Xiangrui is a foreigner, low-key and cautious, but because of his straightforward temperament, he does not tell lies, and he is not good at observing his face and color, and he is not favored for his work. The anti-rightist struggle that has just ended has given him an inexplicable fear, and yesterday's close colleagues and colleagues could fall into the well in the blink of an eye in order to escape disaster or seek promotion. He was tired of this kind of environment where he worked three parts of energy and seven parts of energy to prevent people.

The organization minister introduced to Secretary Lu that Comrade Xiangrui has rich professional knowledge and good quality, and it is your luck to partner with him! Last year, the distribution plans of three senior societies were overturned and restarted, and some production teams sent representatives to petition for the township leaders, demanding that the township leaders "make decisions for the members". He was reluctant to let Gou Cunwang go, that benevolent brother was a snake, and his heart and eyes were full of social experience. Besides, if he is gone, it will be better to have a better relationship with Gou Xiaofeng.

In the first half month of his tenure, Township Chief Ma did not want to be accompanied by anyone to run all over the ten senior societies in the township alone.

Early one Sunday morning, he came to the big canopy of the first team of the archway.

The canopy is a large irrigation farm tool in this area, with a diameter of more than three zhang, and the roof of the canopy is thatched like a huge mushroom. In summer, the shade and wind are cool here, the horizontal turntable can accommodate more than 10 people sitting or lying, children play games, women take the soles of their shoes to pull homely, and men play cards and chess. Jump into the pond to take a bath, plunge into the deep water and pour a fierce man, and be lucky to catch a live fish, that is called happy as a fairy! Most of the research activities of the head of the horse township were completed in the big car.

Early in the morning, there was no one in the canopy. Township Chief Ma walked in a hurry, sweating slightly, he took off the yellow schoolbag on his shoulder, opened his shirt and took out a paper fan, and sat on the turntable to fan leisurely. Not far from him, a short, skinny, barefoot boy in shorts faced the pond and was reading a book in his hand:

I saw him wearing a black cloth hat, a black cloth coat, and a dark blue cotton robe, staggering to the side of the railway, and slowly leaning down...... When I saw his back, my tears quickly flowed......

After the short and thin boy finished reading, he turned around to find that the stranger behind him was staring at him, a little cramped and uneasy. He looked him up and down with childish eyes, and said, "You are—"

Early in the morning, I was curious when I met a young man who was reading, and the head of Ma Township looked at him with polite appearance, full of emotion and clear speech, and the pleasant children's voice gave him a little favor. He smiled and asked, "What's your name?" Read Zhu Ziqing's "Back"? Jiang Lesheng, his home lives in this team. Uncle, do you also know "Back"?

The two cultural people, one big and one young, quickly became friends. Listening to Jiang Lesheng say that he had just been admitted to Jiang'an High School, the township mayor encouraged with a happy face: Work hard, you will be the first college student in Pailou Township in three years!

Township Chief Ma asked Wang Huaibing and Gou Xiaofeng to learn from the grassroots cadres the lessons learned since the establishment of the society and what problems need to be solved urgently. The two reported that last year's harvest was good, and the members of the club got more grain and grass than the second team. Later, Gou Xiaofeng learned that the person who came was the new township chief, and recognized that he had investigated and dealt with the Lu Scar Eye case, and he couldn't stop panicking, speaking incoherently, and his eyes were not as lively as they were at first meeting.

Township Chief Ma selected eight people (five poor peasants, two middle peasants, and one rich man) from the roster, and notified them to come to Dachepeng to hold a forum. There is no better place for the production team to meet.

At the beginning of the meeting, Mayor Ma explained his intentions and asked everyone to dispel their worries and speak freely. The participants looked at each other and did not speak, and they couldn't hold back their thoughts before they talked about some opinions, but the bits and pieces were unfocused. In the end, Jiang Qingyu didn't squeak, and the township chief said Old Jiang, let's deal with it for the second time, right? What are your comments and suggestions, let's talk about it.

Jiang Qingyu glanced at this special venue and thought to himself, what kind of meeting is this? The cadres of the social team did not participate, the head of the new township personally presided over it, and the participants had all the ingredients, so let me speak is auspicious or evil?

After the establishment of the senior society, Jiang Qingyu also got the "Handbook of Labor Division for Members", and he was full of joy, thinking that he would no longer be regarded as a bad person, and he would earn labor by labor, and live the life of an ordinary member by distributing food and firewood. But the facts shattered his dreams: the hats of the four types of elements were still worn, the lectures were held twice a month, and the mantra of "only the rules and distances were not allowed to talk and move around" was recited every day. Today, the township chief asked him to hold a meeting with people with good ingredients, and called him "Lao Jiang" in public and asked him to speak, which flattered him, and it was the first time in eight years of liberation!

Jiang Qingyu seems to have woken up from a dream, the opportunity is rare, I can't live up to the good intentions of Mayor Ma! Therefore, he put forward four suggestions for things and people: formulate agricultural work quotas and work score standards, and insist on recording work according to the standards; Record the work points at the end of the day and publish the sub-accounts of each household on a monthly basis for verification and supervision; The year-end accounts must be discussed and approved by the members; The subsidy for the work of the social team cadres should be rated alive at the death level.

These suggestions are to the point, and the head of Ma Township listened to them and took them down, nodding his head from time to time to praise the reasonableness.

On the basis of full investigation and research, Township Mayor Ma formulated and issued two documents - "Quota Recording Standards" and "Internal Management Regulations (Draft)", aiming to promote the democratic management of senior societies and protect the enthusiasm of the members.

The two documents that embody Ma Xiangrui's painstaking efforts are widely welcomed and praised as rare "good scriptures". Secretary Lu praised his partner for "showing talent is showing talent".

Good scriptures must be read by good monks. The situation of the cadres of the social team conscientiously implementing the documents began to improve, the relationship between the cadres and the masses eased somewhat, and the production situation became more and more upward; However, some social teams are in violation of the yang and yin, and the black-box operation of private fraud is still the same, and the members of the club have come to the head of Ma Township to complain. To his embarrassment, someone slammed the file on the table and asked if you counted? It seems that the mayor of Ma Township has caused a lot of trouble.

If there are rules and regulations, there are orders that cannot be followed, and the decisive factor lies in the cadres. Ma Xiangrui set about rectifying the team and initially completed the re-election within a month, with a re-election rate of 50 percent. The work involving people is more complicated than the formulation of charters, and it is not easy to remove the "Tai Sui" on the heads of the people! In the face of human beings' innate selfish desires and greed, the chronic disease of the collective big pot of rice is cured by two documents? Even if Ma Xiangrui has the courage of Don Quixote, how can he completely change the chaos?

At the beginning of Ma Xiangrui's tenure as the township head, Xu Qihu was uneasy about the former "nemesis" becoming his top boss. Or does Gou Xiaofeng have an idea, saying that it is better to take the initiative to come to the door than to hide, the relationship is getting closer and closer, are we not familiar with Secretary Lu in the past?

One drizzly evening, the couple came to the Ma Township Chief's dormitory with an enamel thermos bucket and a simmering old hen inside. Ma Xiangrui was both surprised and moved when he saw the two of them visiting in the rain and dark, so he hurriedly put down his book and made tea. Xu Qihu first welcomed the arrival of the head of the township according to his wife's training, and then expressed repentance for the mistakes made in the past, and finally said with a pious face: Township Chief Ma, I am a rough person with little culture, and the progress of the revolution for 20 years is not fast, and I will rely on you to help me in the future!

Gou Xiaofeng opened the thermos bucket, and a breath of heat brought out the fragrant smell of chicken. She said softly: Township Chief Ma, you have been working day and night, I feel distressed! Specially simmered chicken to replenish your body. Your family is not here, I will wash the bedding, sheets, cotton clothes or something in the back! The husband and wife cooperated tacitly and naturally ironed, and Ma Xiangrui couldn't help but be enthusiastic in his heart. He said sincerely: I lack grassroots work experience, and I still need to rely on a lot of help from comrades. I won't have to trouble sewing, dismantling, and washing. Now that the chicken has been brought, I have a bottle of wine, and we will destroy it together. That's it, and I won't be happy like this in the future.

The three of them drank a small half bottle. Township Chief Ma saw that Gou Xiaofeng's eyes were sweeping around, and he remembered the rumors and rumors in the outside world, so he smiled and said: When I was in the county, I hated pulling and pulling to eat and drink, and people said that I was a nerd, and I accompanied the two of you to solve an example today. It's not too early to rain outside, so let's end it. It is not hard or soft, and the eviction order was issued.

Ma Xiangrui reads late every day and goes to bed late, accompanied by a clump of green bamboo whispering outside the window. He likes to paint Chinese paintings, and there is a study "Listening to Bamboo Pictures" pasted in the dormitory: a scholar wears a scarf on his head, holds a book and must read at night with candles, and the bamboo shadow in front of the window is swaying, and there are crickets singing. The upper corner is inscribed with Zheng Banqiao's poem: Yazhai lies down and listens to Xiao Xiaozhu / suspected to be the voice of the people's suffering / some small Caozhou county officials / a branch and a leaf are always concerned