Seeing that he is about to face a new round of rural general elections, in the past few days before the election, Qin Dachuan has been thinking about how to regain the position of village director from Fu Lanhua's hands? And how to pull out this thorn in the flesh? He did not allow different voices in his leadership team, let alone the phenomenon of mixing sand.

In the decades that he became the secretary of the village branch, most of the members of the two committees were promoted and appointed by him, and he was also very handy in using them, and no one had ever put forward any opinions and objections to him on any matter he decided, including the main leaders of the party committees at all levels at the county and township levels, who were also very supportive and helpful to his work, and praised and commended him for his vigorous and resolute work style. He was smooth sailing and unstoppable.

In Qin Dachuan's view, he has two most proud generals under his command, one is Qin Shitong, the current deputy secretary of the party branch, speaking of this person, he is recognized by the whole village as a resourceful, cunning and cunning "big golden loach" who can't be grasped with his hands, and is Qin Dachuan's right-hand man and staff officer; Although he is only two or three years younger than Qin Dachuan, if you want to talk about seniority, he is Qin Dachuan's distant nephew, and he should call Qin Dachuan "uncle". The other is Song Zifeng, deputy director of the village committee, who is also the director of public security in the village, he speaks cheerfully and magnificently, and is the "big propaganda speaker" in the village, but he relies on Qin Dachuan as the backing, and he does things with five horses and three guns, rampage, and recklessness. People say that he is like a black whirlwind Li Kui, but he does not have the chivalry and morality of Li Kui, and some people say that he is like Zhang Fei, but he does not have the courage and courage of Zhang Fei; To say that he is a half-stupid two hundred and five, but he sometimes knows how to be lazy and slippery, and often chooses good words to flatter Qin Dachuan and those superior leaders and officials who are higher than him.

It's just these two people, Qin Dachuan leaves all his daily life and work to them, according to his words: "I don't worry about them doing things." ”

But then again, it's not easy to bring down Fu Orchid, although there are people on Qin Dachuan, but the people in the village don't care about those, when they vote for the election, people look at who is satisfied, who does things for the people, no matter what you do, people should vote for whoever they should vote for, the people are so realistic, it is so affordable.

In the past few years, especially in the past two years, Fu Lanhua has indeed done a lot of things for the village that have won the hearts of the people, not long after she returned to her hometown, the original people's household registration and organizational relations were placed in the city, it is said that the above will be arranged to work in the tax bureau, the tax bureau is a fat poor, but she has not been working for long, just catching up with all walks of life to allow staff to "go to the sea" trend, rural reform is also in full swing, she always feels that the prospects of rural development are very broad, so there is often a thought in her heart, go back to the countryside, where you can have your real dreams.

One of the most important reasons why she decided to go back to the village was that on the days when she was working at the tax office, she rode her bicycle back and forth between the village and the city. Because, this road is really muddy and difficult to walk, let alone cycling, even on foot is difficult to find a road to pass, in the end it is still full of muddy water, the whole village is sarcastic and complaining: how good is the road outside the village in our village, a smooth "cement" road.

Then there is the small bridge at the edge of the village, the beams of which are rotten so badly that two of the pillars are crooked and almost collapsed; The bridge deck has been damaged by large potholes and small holes, and in some places it is so exposed that you can see the bottom of the river from above, and it is very likely that you will fall down if you are not careful.

Every time Fu Lanhua walks on such a road and bridge, she always feels bad in her heart, and always has a feeling of lament or impulsiveness.

She went home and asked her father Fu Liguo: "Now that people have built roads in other places, look at our side, can the roads outside the village pass and leave?" Why don't the village cadres think about building roads? ”

Fu Liguo said: "Alas, several of our party members put forward a lot of suggestions and opinions to the village, but people just don't listen, especially the branch secretary Qin Dachuan, now he has the final say in the big and small affairs of the village, he can patronize his own factory and engage in his side business, relying on the little power in his hand, everywhere to participate in shares to make money, where is the heart to care about the affairs of the people?" Not to mention these public utilities. ”

Fu Lanhua said: "I have been back for so long, now the country's policy is so powerful to our rural areas, people are shouting all day long to make a fortune and run to a well-off, people are active in other places, but our village is still so lifeless, I walked around the village when I was free, and saw the streets, ponds, garbage piles in front of and behind the village in our village, dirty and messy, broken wolves and tigers, there are few new houses, there are broken walls and tiles everywhere, there are no new changes at all, it is really sad." ”

"So, who has what to do? Alas, people are old, not so energetic, a few years ago at the beginning of the reform and opening up, your father-in-law and I and a few old party members went to the township and county to reflect the situation in our village, we are not very demanding, even to help the village repair bridges, pave roads, right? But after a few times, the officials said very nicely, and kept saying to a few of us: 'We must negotiate with the village to solve it.' A few years have passed, and the officials above have changed in waves, but none of the things in the village have been done, do you say that people are angry? Fu Liguo frowned, and said a little out of breath.

"Yes, it is often said that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. This road cannot be taken, and it is useless to say anything. Fu Lanhua looked at her father, who was over seventy years old, and suddenly remembered something, she said: "Dad, didn't you go to find your old leaders and old comrades-in-arms?" Let them give ideas, or think of ways to ask someone to solve the practical difficulties in our village. ”

"My old chiefs and those old comrades-in-arms, the dead are dead, the retired are retired, they are all old like me, even if they are alive, they are all sick and disabled, they are useless, they can't take care of themselves, how can they be in the mood to care about this?" Fu Liguo thought for a while and said, "However, three years ago, I went to the province to find Wang Yanzhong. ”

Fu Lanhua interjected and asked, "Is it that Uncle Wang?" Later, I heard you say that he was transferred to the Provincial People's Congress, right?

"Isn't he who he is? What is the deputy director of the provincial advisory board now? It is said that you should have seen it, when he was first transferred to our province, he went to inspect the work somewhere, and he also came to our house to see it. ”

Yes, this Wang Yanzhong did come to Fu Liguo's house more than once, when the old company commander Yang Jiwei led the reconnaissance detachment to escort the chiefs and students from the south during the Anti-Japanese War, Wang Yanzhong was the leader of the reconnaissance squad of the detachment, and they arrived at Fu Liguo's house that night, and took Fu Liguo to join the Eighth Route Army. Later, Wang Yanzhong's younger brother* was the same age as Fu Liguo, and together he joined the martial arts team and returned to Liyang County, where he started guerrilla and local work.

Fu Lanhua often heard her father talking about this, she thought for a while and said, "I don't seem to have seen it, I wasn't at home at that time, I just heard you say it." ”

"Oh, you see I'm a fool."

"Found him? What happened? ”

Fu Liguo coughed dryly, sighed and said: "At that time, he was also relegated, and his 'deputy director of the advisory committee' was just a false name, but through the relationship, he found someone to approve a part of the money, but there are regulations on the people, this must be transferred by the bank, pulled down by the county finance, and then received by the village committee, and it must be a special fund." When I found Qin Dachuan and told him about the situation, guess what he said? ”

"Such a good thing, he can't die happy?"

Fu Liguo said angrily: "Hmph, a person like him can kill people when he speaks." When he heard this, instead of saying thank you, he sarcastically said, 'It's a good thing to be able to ask for money, your ability is great, no wonder people call you rich daddy.' In this way, since you have someone, you can directly receive the money, let you dispose of it, and do whatever you want, there is no need for the village to handle it anymore. 'Listen, is this the money I want for myself?' ”

How could he say that? The affairs of the village are the affairs of the whole village, and the village committee should take the lead in handling them. ”

He didn't think so. He has always been a small-bellied chicken intestine, and later someone explained to me that I have thoroughly seen through Qin Dachuan's thoughts, according to his ideas, if he uses the money I want from above to build bridges and pave roads in the village, this is not good to say, his face is gloomy! What kind of cadre is this? ”

"What about this money? Does he accept it? ”

Fu Liguo said: "Later, he said that it was okay for the village committee to come forward to receive it, and the village would set up a woolen factory in partnership, and after the money arrived, a part of it must be used as the village committee's share capital." ”

"How can that work, does he know that it is illegal to do so? Dad, you have a responsibility too. ”

"Who's to say no, it's because of this that I didn't dare to agree. Later, he asked Qin Shitong to come to talk to me, he said a lot of things, and finally I finally understood what they meant, if I agreed to them to do this, after the factory was built, there would be profits, and I could get a part of the dividends. At that time, I thought, this is indeed a good opportunity for myself, according to them, now the construction of this kind of factory is quite profitable, the annual net income can reach millions of yuan, then a year, I can also share the benefits of 80,000 or 90,000 yuan......"

When Fu Lanhua heard this, she couldn't help but shout: "Dad, we can't think like that, no matter how generous the dividends are, you can't do this, you have to stick to your principles." ”

Fu Liguo pouted and smiled and said, "Look at you, you think I'm really confused?" I also know what party spirit is and what party discipline and principles are. The situation at that time, don't say that your father disagreed, as soon as your mother heard this, she was even more angry than me, she immediately scolded Qin Shitong and told him to get out. ”

"Well deserved! It seems that my mother is not less conscious than my father. ”

"That is, after all, your mother is also an old model of supporting the army during the May Day period, and your mother's name is recorded in the county annals."

"I've known this for a long time." Fu Lanhua was complacent about her father, and she asked, "What happened later?" ”

Fu Liguo sighed and said: "Alas, of course I can't do this without agreeing, this village committee will not accept it, and it will not be done until now." ”

Fu Lanhua also felt that it was a pity, she said angrily: "Building bridges and paving roads, this is cultivating good and accumulating virtues, and it is a good and harmless thing for the people of the whole village, how can they be so irresponsible?" Dad, I have something I want to discuss with you, I don't know if you agree? ”

"What's the matter?"

"I want to resign and go to the sea, and go back to our village to do something real for the villagers and the village, do you think it's okay?"

"What are you going to do?"

Fu Lanhua said firmly: "Go back to the village and lead everyone to work together, completely change the appearance of our village, and let the villagers go to a well-off life together." ”

Fu Liguo was not surprised by his daughter's idea, but he was still a little worried, he said: "The wish is very good, but you must consider the matter of going to the sea and returning to your hometown." ”