Chapter 87 Box Village Ganban Xianchen

The village is located about 10 kilometers southwest of Weinan Township, bordering Tangwang Mountain in the south, Weijiazhuang in the north, Huailin Ridge in the east, and Tunyuluyuan and Mopanling in the west.

The reason why the box village is called the box village is that it is famous for the coffin in the neighboring eight counties, so it is named. The history of making coffins in the village can be traced back to the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is said that several emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty used coffins made by carpenters in the village after their deaths.

The coffins made in the village still continue the ancient customs, using a double-layer structure, with a set of coffins inside to hold the corpses, and a large coffin on the outside. The whole coffin is much larger than the square-headed coffin that evolved into the folk later. And it can also make triple, or even quadruple coffins of the Son of Heaven according to the different needs of merchants, the purpose is also to cater to the mentality of some people pursuing "posthumous fame". This practice is also unique in the country.

A few years ago, in order to respond to the call of the country to change customs and save funeral costs, the county once forbade the box village to make coffins, and could only make traditional folk square-headed coffins. However, time has passed, and in addition, most people have always been unable to understand the "posthumous name" after death. It didn't take long for the ban to be banned, and some people who had money and nowhere to spend it began to secretly customize again, and gradually let go.

Because of the boom in the coffin business, more than half of the farmers in the village take coffins as a sideline, and the other half take coffins as their main business. For this reason, when you walk into the box, you can feel the smell of death everywhere, and all kinds of coffins can be seen everywhere. In order to reflect the coffin culture of the box, in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, there was a businessman who made a fortune as a coffin, carved a large coffin sample with white marble at the head of the village, eight meters high, eight meters wide, sixteen meters long, eight coffins and eight coffins, a total of 16 sets, the exquisite handiwork, the exquisite design, can be called a coffin. There was a wealthy overseas businessman who wanted to buy it at a high price, but had to give it up because he couldn't transport it. Now this coffin has become the symbol of the box village, as soon as you enter the village, this large coffin will immediately jump in front of you, giving people a feeling of wanting to die.

When he came back from Box Village last night, Yuan Xiaosheng gave Zhao Xuedong a brief report on the situation. Zhao Xuedong may be excited to catch Nan Zhenhai's line, or maybe he feels that Wang Qinghua is about to become Nan Zhenhai's son-in-law, so he didn't think about it, so he said: "Xiaosheng, I will hand over this matter to you, I hope you can give the party committee a satisfactory result." ”

Zhao Xuedong's words are very subtle, not talking about the process, only talking about the results, which means that no matter what means Yuan Xiaosheng takes, as long as the results are satisfactory to the party committee. Of course, Zhao Xuedong has another plan, he has decided to let Yuan Xiaosheng participate in the cadre training class held in the city, and Yuan Xiaosheng himself has to make some achievements that everyone can see, and he can speak for Yuan Xiaosheng at the party committee.

After entering the village, Yuan Xiaosheng did not greet the cadres of the village committee, let alone go to Fan Lijun, but directly began to visit the farmers. The first household chose the one that Fan Lijun knocked on the door last night. Judging from the expression of the middle-aged man last night, he should have some prejudices against Fan Lijun, and if he dares to contradict the village chief's master, he must have a bit of a blood surname, and he will naturally dare to tell the truth more than those who are timid.

Standing outside the door and knocking on the door, it was still the middle-aged man from last night who came out. At this time, Yuan Xiaosheng could see the man's appearance clearly, with a black and red face in the shape of a national character, a pair of eyes like copper bells, a square mouth and a big nose, close to one meter eight, and a voice like a bell.

"Who are you looking for?" The middle-aged man stood in front of Yuan Xiaosheng and asked unceremoniously.

Yuan Xiaosheng smiled, stretched out his right hand and said politely: "I am a staff member of the township political axe, and I want to talk to you about the general election in our village." ”

Yuan Xiaosheng also knew that dealing with the peasant brothers was not a matter of beating around the bush, and talking too much would make the peasant brothers disgusted.

As soon as the middle-aged man heard that Yuan Xiaosheng was a cadre of the township political axe, he didn't shake hands with Yuan Xiaosheng, and he was even more polite, he retracted directly into the door, and was about to close the door with his backhand: "What is there to talk about, I don't know anything." I don't care about this nonsense. You ask someone else. ”

Yuan Xiaosheng took a step forward and pressed the street door that was about to be closed, he had already used dark energy in his hand, but he continued to smile and said: "Uncle, the general election is a major event in rural political life, and it is related to everyone's vital interests in the village in the future, how can you not care about it." ”

In fact, the middle-aged man's reaction had already made Yuan Xiaosheng interested. If Yuan Xiaosheng said that he was a staff member of the township political axe, the middle-aged man would immediately greet him warmly, but it would make Yuan Xiaosheng feel disappointed. Because enthusiasm means that middle-aged men are likely to have a haha with Yuan Xiaosheng, and they won't say anything useful. The middle-aged man's unwelcome made Yuan Xiaosheng realize that he had found the right person.

The middle-aged man was obviously moved by Yuan Xiaosheng's words, bowed his head and was silent for a moment, let go of the street door, looked left and right on the street, and found that there was no one, before he spoke: "You come in." ”

The middle-aged man's expression told Yuan Xiaosheng that the middle-aged man was afraid that someone would see him enter his house. It seems that the water of the election in this box village is really not shallow.

After entering the door, the middle-aged man seemed much more enthusiastic, guiding Yuan Xiaosheng to go home, and at the same time shouting at his wife to come out to pick up guests. Yuan Xiaosheng sounded a little awkward, as if he had entered Lichun Courtyard by himself.

Immediately from the door curtain came out of the house, a white and pure woman, and when she saw Yuan Xiaosheng, she looked at her man with a puzzled face. The man introduced it. The middle-aged woman immediately smiled and stretched out a hand. Yuan Xiaosheng was stunned for a moment, then reached over and shook it. I wondered in my heart, I couldn't imagine that a rural woman would be so polite. The middle-aged man introduced it, and the original Xiaosheng realized that the middle-aged woman was originally a teacher in the junior high school in the township, so he didn't think it was strange.

After chatting a few words, Yuan Xiaosheng took the initiative to lead the topic to the election of Jiaozi Village. The middle-aged man looked at his mother-in-law for a while, and the mother-in-law looked at his man again, and the two made eye contact for a long time before the woman smiled and said vaguely: "Actually, we don't care who is the village chief." But ......" the woman stopped halfway and looked at her man again.

The man crushed the cigarette in his mouth on the ground and said, "Just say it, I'm afraid of him as a ball." Glancing at Yuan Xiaosheng, Yuan Xiaosheng immediately encouraged: "Uncle, if you have anything to say, I promise you with my personality that I will not pass on a word of what you say today." You can rest assured. ”

The middle-aged man continued: "Actually, the people in our village are nothing, although Fan Lijun is not doing well, he can make do with it." Now that the national policy is good, the village chief doesn't care about it, as long as he is not as corrupt as Wei Lin. The key is that there is a ghost. ”

This Wei Linyuan Xiaosheng knows a little bit, he is the village chief of the previous term, and he covers the sky in the village with one hand, and treats the agricultural subsidies issued by the state to the people as his own money, and gives it to whoever he wants. As a result, when the election was held, he was taken down by the people.

Yuan Xiaosheng immediately understood a little, but he didn't say it, but continued to ask, "What kind of ghost?" ”

The middle-aged man no longer covered it up, and said directly: "Except for the old ghost of Wei Xianchen, who else can there be." ”

Yuan Xiaosheng nodded expressionlessly, but in his heart, this old fox had moved his hand below. From this point of view, the situation reported by Fan Lijun last night was by no means groundless, and then asked: "Then ...... about the bribery last night" Yuan Xiaosheng deliberately left a handle for the middle-aged man to add.

The middle-aged man said indignantly: "Needless to say, it must be the truth." But Fan Lijun was too angry, everyone rode to his neck to and pee, and he still had the heart to go to the township to complain. He didn't want to think about it, since people dared to blatantly come here, they understood that it was the township government axe that had a backstage, and he had a fart to complain. In the end, it's not over. ”

Yuan Xiaosheng thought for a while and continued to ask, "What do you mean by ordinary people?" ”

The middle-aged man shook his head and said with a wry smile: "What can the common people mean, it's not that whoever gives benefits will choose whom." After a pause, he continued: "Yu Xiaohei actually has no mass base in the village, and a few years ago, he was sentenced for stealing trees on Tangwang Mountain. It's only been a few years since he came out, and he may have a little money in his hand, so he was valued by Wei Xianchen. Wei Xiaohei also wants to be the village chief for a few years, turn over in front of the villagers, and erase the bad effects of his imprisonment. In addition, whether you are still thinking about the trees of Tangwang Mountain, you may not know. The two hit it off, and then they joined forces to get Fan Lijun down. ”

It seems that the middle-aged man does not have a prejudice against Fan Lijun, but hates iron and steel.

While the two were talking, the man's mother-in-law came from the kitchen with a girl. The mother-in-law held an enamel teapot with a rag in one hand and the handle of the pot in the other, while the girl held an iron plate with two elaborate teacups on it.