Xia Dahai became the village chief again, but he was not majestic, now unlike when he was in the production team, everyone had to listen to the captain's command, if you want to be majestic, you have to open up a little road to make a fortune, which made Xia Dahai difficult, the only way is to go to Thirty Mile Town to find the leader to try his luck, to see if the leaders above give support, but he knows that the chance of success is very small, he just took office to ask for funds, the leader who knows him Xia Dahai, besides, Thirty Mile Town is a famous poor county, even if there are funds, There are also holes that cannot be filled.

Xia Dahai didn't sleep well for two nights, he smoked pot after pot of dry tobacco, and he even thought of going to the school to borrow some money from the principal to engage in production, but he immediately rejected this idea, the school is a holy place for education, how can it be possible to use the students' tuition fees to invest in the construction of the countryside. After thinking about it, there is only one way, and that is to go to the town leaders to ask for it.

When I went to school, my father wanted to go with me, and he set up the carriage and told me to move quickly and not delay his business.

The motorcycle is still in the woods. I said, "Don't catch the car, I have transportation." ”

My dad stood in the courtyard and looked at my legs and said, "You two legs? ”

I didn't answer, went straight to the woods, and rode my motorcycle home. Xia Dahai asked, "Where did you come from?" ”

"Classmate, don't ask so much, I didn't catch the car when I went home, so I borrowed it from my classmate."

My dad was sitting in the back, and I took him to Thirty Mile Town, and he asked me in the back: "It's okay, don't borrow things from your classmates, this thing costs 8,000 yuan, and we can't afford to pay for it." ”

I wanted to laugh, but I didn't laugh, the motorcycle was fast, and after a while, I arrived at the town office building in Thirty Mile Town, don't look at the poor town of Thirty Mile Town, but the town office building is not poor.

I was waiting for him downstairs, and he himself entered the large glass door of the office building with a broken bag.

A security guard stopped him and said, "Hey, hey, where are you going?" ”

Xia Dahai stood up and said, "I'm here to find the leader and do something." ”

"Oh, then you have to register, come on, here!" The security guard looked at Xia Dahai and said.

After registering, Xia Dahai inquired all the way to find the office of the relevant leader.

A fat leader was sitting in his office smoking a cigarette while his driver was sitting across from him.

"Hello leader, I am Xia Dahai, the newly appointed village head of XX Village."

The fat leader lifted his heavy eyelids, which would open too often in the past few days, and his eyes were almost sticky.

"Oh? Xiao Wang, you can check it. ”

The driver, Xiao Wang, flipped through the file records and said, "Well, it's Xia Dahai, the village chief of XX Village." ”

Xia Dahai's face was happy, he was really afraid that there would be no such person, and his name was now registered in these files, and the sesame official was also an official.

"Do you have something to do? Oh yes, your village, isn't it Cui Bawan's village head? Why was Cui Bawan not re-elected? This person is also quite motivated, what's going on? ”

The fat leader's words seemed to be questioning Xia Dahai.

The driver, Xiao Wang, said: "Leader, this is the result of the election of the villagers. ”

The fat leader flicked off the cigarette ash and said, "Oh, since it was elected by the villagers, then there is nothing wrong, let's say, what is the matter with you?" ”

Xia Dahai has no experience in officialdom, he doesn't know how to talk routinely, he just wants to express what he thinks in his heart: "I want to lead the villagers to make a fortune." ”

"Very good, it's good to have this idea, we need a village leader like you."

"We have good exploitable resources in our village."

The fat leader spread his hands and said, "Then go ahead and develop!" ”

"I hope the town can give us support."

"Yes, yes."

"Can the leader approve some funds, nothing can be done without money!"

As soon as he heard the word money, the leader showed displeasure, he leaned back, as if he wanted to rely on others for the burden on his body, he said: "Alas, it's not that we don't want to support you in terms of money, but there are too many poor villages in our town, and all the funds allocated above have been relieved this year, and there are still many problems to be solved, and the financial deficit!" ”

Xia Dahai didn't know what a financial deficit was, but he understood that the leader meant that there was no money, and it was definitely no problem to shout two slogans of support, but it was absolutely impossible to take money, and if he gave the money to this village, that village would also have to make trouble.

"Can you get some money from the bank?" Xia Dahai asked tentatively.

"Alas, Lao Xia, your idea is too naïve, the bank is not opened by us, people have the rules of their own family, this is not to open the floodgates, I said that the gates can be opened."

Xia Dahai was speechless, he wanted to take out a cigarette pot and smoke dry tobacco, but this was not the place for him to squat on the ground and smoke dry tobacco, he said in a sullen voice: "Leaders, think of a way!" ”

The fat leader sat in the chair and said, "Lao Xia, if I have a way, will I still sit here and smoke?" ”

Xia Dahai was a little embarrassed, the atmosphere suddenly became different, the fat leader narrowed his eyes, Xia Dahai had to whisper: "Okay, the leader is busy, I'm leaving." ”

The fat leader raised his chin and said, "Go slowly, Lao Xia." ”

Xia Dahai's heart is like sinking a piece of iron, his legs are filled with lead, it is really difficult to approve a few children, I think when I was in the production team, how easy it was to meet with the town leaders and discuss a few agricultural production issues, at that time, everyone was in full swing to actively engage in production, and now what happened to these leaders? Like people now, they have lost interest in agricultural production? Xia Dahai couldn't figure it out, he walked out of the office building unhappily, he raised his head and looked at the sky, there were no birds in the sky, not a single cloud, yes, the sky now, I can't even see a few birds, let alone people!

I was lying on my motorcycle, scratching at the metal cover, and I had expected this to happen, and my dad came with a feeling of unfulfilled ambition.

I smiled and said, "Touched a nose of ash? ”

He said: "Give Lao Tzu a smile back, Lao Tzu's three fires can't be burned, send Lao Tzu home." ”

I sent him home, bought two bottles of soju on the way, he carried the wine directly to the village, the old captain marinated a few soybean peanuts, and the two of them sat on the stone mill plate in the courtyard with soybean peanuts and drank wine.

I stood and didn't leave, and my father scolded, "Turtle son, why don't you go to school and stand here?" ”

I threw my helmet on the ground and said, "I want to take two sips too." ”

My father raised his hand and was about to cut me, but the old captain stopped him and said, "What did you do with him, the sea?" When you were so old, you were already sitting with me in the breeding yard of the production team and drinking. ”

My father's eyes were a little red, and he remembered that he and the old captain were so hungry that he couldn't eat sake lees.

"Xiaohai, come, sit down, grandpa will call the shots for you, don't go to school today, drink a few sips with grandpa, look at this kid grows strong, put it in the past, this is a good hand in the production team, how many little daughters-in-law have to look at you in the wheat field."

"This ...... Don't teach bad boys. ”

"Kid? He's an adult, come, Xiaohai, fill it for grandpa. ”

I didn't really go to school that day, even though I used to secretly drink beer at school with Dog Er, but it was just a matter of one or two bottles.

The three of them drank this soju from morning to evening until late at night!

I sat on the millstone and listened to them talk about the past, about my father's young pig herding, it was really a burning of passion, my father looked at me, and remembered him when he was young. I lit a fire in the yard, and the light of the fire reflected in our faces, and my father seemed to be back to thirty years ago, and the old captain seemed to be back to twenty years old.

The old captain asked: "The sea, can you lead us to make a fortune and become an agricultural demonstration village in the whole town?" ”

My father pinched the wine cup and said, "Yes, even if you smash the pot and sell iron, you have to engage in production." ”

The old captain turned his face away, he believed, believed that my father had this ability, and believed that my father would cut thorns and make this village appear in a big newspaper in black and white.

In the firelight, the old captain and my father sang.

The wheat fields on the hillside, dragging heavy ears of wheat, sang in the wind......