Chapter 35: Getting hush money

Yan Bo didn't have a seizure at that time, looked at Xu Erduo, Xu Erduo took two steps back, barely standing firmly, and then he turned to the driver and said to the driver: "Brother, it's such a coincidence today, it's been a long time, ah?" ”

The driver immediately smiled and said: "Big brother, I'm sorry, I'm short of money today, the child has an accident, he is in the hospital, ready, I didn't expect this to happen suddenly, no way, don't believe it, no one wants to talk about their children, if you lie, isn't this a curse for your family?" You let me go this time, and the next time you go to the city, I will ask you to wash your feet, and by the way, I will give you that matter, what do you think? ”

Yan Bo looked at Ji Conan with a smile, waved his hand, and asked the car to take them to the project site, and he said to Ji Conan: "I'm sorry, Mr. Ji, I'm delaying you." There are too many things, you have to deal with them, and your ability is limited, so bear with me. ”

Ji Conan said: "It's okay. ”

He didn't understand what their conversation was talking about, and he guessed that they must be making a deal, could it be that they were collecting protection money? This is a poor rural area, where is the situation? Didn't you scare yourself? Or maybe it's extortion. Because there is no evidence, there is no need to guess, so as not to be tired.

Xu Erduo wanted to get into the car, but was stopped by Yan Bo, Yan Bo glared at Xu Erduo, Xu Erduo flinched, like a mouse suddenly meeting a cat on the road, never expected that this time he retreated to the corner. The car started, and Ji Conan saw through the car window what Yan Bo was saying to Xu Erduo.

Lao Tan talked with several staff members of the project site, saw Ji Conan get out of the car, and immediately stepped forward to settle the bill for the driver, the driver took the money and drove the car away, the rear window of the van was already covered with mud spots, plus thick dust, I don't know who slapped on the dust, leaving five fingers and palm prints, so that people could not see the things in the car, the car rolled up the dust, and slowly fell after being raised, and the exhaust gas from the exhaust pipe blew the grass on the side of the road.

The pickup truck unloaded the water pipes to Yan Bo's home, which took care of them. The village official said: "Yan Bo went to find someone to arrange the excavation of the earth. ”

Ji Conan looked at Lao Yan's big mouth, closed tightly, his eyes looked around slyly, he used to respect him quite much, but since he heard what Xu Erduo said, when he saw Lao Yan, he wanted to vomit for a while.

Xiao Xu has only become the person in charge of the project site for a short time, and he doesn't seem to have much thought, his eyes are firm, and he doesn't wander casually, but when it doesn't involve his personal interests and small collective interests, he still obeys the general trend and doesn't compete too much with Lao Yan. is old and cunning, Xiao Xu is more calm, and he doesn't express his position easily, just bury his head in hard work. Minimize head-on conflicts and avoid them. The purpose of avoiding contradictions is to protect oneself, although it is to get the command of the project, but if Lao Yan secretly destroys it, it will also make people feel like they are stuck in the throat, which is very uncomfortable, just like being bitten by a mosquito, but not being able to find the whereabouts of the mosquito.

Director Yan is still an old high school student in the village, and he belongs to educated cadres.

Lao Yan was not very optimistic about him, but he had to use him, after all, he was an old resident, he had lived in this Ping Village for several generations, his relatives took care of each other, and some distant relatives in some departments in the county were old, so he still took some care of Director Yan.

There are people in the village, there are people in the county, plus I have a little culture, and the age is also suitable, so it is not a problem to be elected as the village director.

Lao Tan finished arranging the affairs of Ping Village, basically starting the project, but when it comes to the details of the implementation, it is still necessary to discuss, where to use the water as the water source, and it has not yet been decided, and the county technicians need to come to test the water, and then decide where to use the source water, and then decide the construction address of the water source pool. It may seem like a bit of a hassle, but it has to be done. The water source is the key, the water quality is not good, doing it is equal to doing it in vain, it cannot be accepted, and the water cannot be drunk. It's really a blind man who lights the lamp, and it's in vain.

In addition, the people in the mountainous areas are basically relatively simple, and there will be no crooked thoughts. Bad people say that they are good people and bad people.

If you can be a person, you will be able to do things, and if you are a good person, you can do good things. This is mutually reinforcing. Some tasks can be done alone, and some things cannot be done independently, and these tasks cannot be completed all at once.

Xu Erduo came, he gave Ji Conan a color, Ji Huiyi, came out immediately, and when he arrived in the school toilet, he said to him: "Yan Bo said to me just now, let me shut up and not talk about him, give 500 yuan for hush money, every household, if anyone says it, whoever will be unlucky." ”

Ji Conan asked, "Then did you collect the money?" ”

He said, "If he doesn't, he will be suspicious and think that I have said it." He must accept it, and he can rest assured if he accepts it, if he doesn't accept it, he will harm people, and every time he harms people, people don't know. This man is very insidious and terrifying. Even Lao Yan didn't dare to be sloppy with him, let alone us? ”

Ji Conan said: "That's right. It seems that what you said is very reasonable, Yan Bo has indeed done illegal things. This person has a bright brain, has seen the world, and is bold and careful, and quickly ascends to the position, has a certain influence here, and can go through several roads, and they all buy it. ”

Xu Erduo said: "Now that it has been reined in, occasionally some old customers look for him, and he only makes one or two transactions, which may be related to 'sweeping away gangsters and eliminating evil'." Ji Conan said, "Yes." ”

Coming out of the toilet, Ji Conan saw Yan Bo coming towards him, and said to him with a smile: "Mr. Ji, you come in person!" ”

Ji Conan said with a smile: "This really can't be replaced by someone." How can you solve the problem without coming in person? Whether it's a big problem or a small problem, I need to come in person, and I must do it myself, so that it can be completely solved and leave no trouble, don't you say? Hehehe. ”

Yan Bo is really good at sycophants.

If the person in charge comes to the toilet, will they meet and say hello: "Boss, have you eaten?" "No? This kid is used to flamboyant tongue, and if he wants to correct it for a while, I'm afraid it's difficult, some people like to listen to good words, no one wants to be disciplined, they all like to be self-righteous, or like to go their own way, let me go, unfettered, how happy it is!

Ji Conan thought to himself, this kid actually gave the villagers hush money, which is very set. Trouble comes from the mouth, yes, hush money does not only appear in movies and television, but often in real life.

Their units do not meddle in local affairs, nor can they meddle, they only do good projects, and they are told that they must not do anything extraordinary.

What Xu Erduo told him, he could only reflect the situation through other channels. These murdered women don't know when they will be able to get out of the pit of suffering and let them reunite with their loved ones.

Lao Tan is very smart, he is only in charge of the project, and he doesn't ask anything else, and the village project site officer and person in charge also save a lot of trouble. As long as everyone is safe, we will definitely cooperate happily and complete the project smoothly, so that the villagers can eat tap water as soon as possible.

Below the office of the project site, above Lao Yan's house, there is a large pool without a lid, and the water in it can only cover the surface of the foot. After a while, it resurfaced and crouched on the water, observing the movement around it. Lao Yan took them to see this big pool, and they were surprised.

This large pool is beyond Ji Conan's imagination, like a basketball court, in the mountains, flat land is very rare, this large pool is located just on flat ground. With such good conditions, it's a shame not to take advantage of them. In fact, if Miss Liu had known about this large pond for a long time, she would not have done a project in this village. There is a car in front and a rut in the back, and it is true that if you want to succeed, you need to put in a lot of effort.

Lao Tan said: "This big pool, if it can hold water, can almost supply more than 100 households with drinking water.

Lao Yan is going to build a new pool here, that is, next to his home. Since the sixties and seventies of the last century, Pingcun has set out to solve the problem of drinking water that has long plagued the production and life of the villagers.

This large pool is proof of this. The big pool occupies a good piece of land, which is convenient for the relevant people to visit and guide, but it is not technically passable, the material is not solid, the pool has no cover, because the cement is not enough, and there is no steel bar, with enthusiasm to do, but unfortunately, it can only be heated for five minutes, and it does not take long for the big pool to become the home of the sun and the moon and stars.

The villagers regard this big pool as a negative teaching material, and they don't say it, they have already scolded Lao Yan's ancestors for eight lifetimes in their hearts, hating him for not dying, only caring about the good of their superiors, and getting some benefits for themselves, regardless of the life or death of the villagers, they just want to make benefits for themselves, and they don't think of others, and they don't want to benefit others.

Over time, he lost his popularity, no one supported him, and the current person in charge of the project site was also inseparable from him, and he was eager to replace him, so that Lao Yan completely withdrew from the historical stage of the village.

It's a pity that the old face who took the overall situation into account at the beginning, the big pool was built behind his house, although it was not loaded with water, it was a technical reason, but also other interference factors, the people at that time, enthusiasm was high, the mood was understandable, I wanted to eat tap water as soon as possible, willingly, regardless of the remuneration to devote myself to the construction of the home, the suggestions of the technical personnel may have been buried by the voice of the masses, the result was not in accordance with the technical requirements to do, a waste of effort. The problem is that the location of the new pool is still here, which is incredible. Lao Yan's words and actions are so incongruous, I don't know how he wants to explain?

Lao Yan said: "This big pool failed to hold water, wasting the best money, the strength of the masses, this is not counting, this land is very good, it has been occupied for a long time, and it is a pity that it has not played a role." It's just that I didn't have the right at that time, I was just a clerk in the village, and it was difficult to do things without power. The meaning of these words couldn't be clearer, and the spearhead was directed at the old secretary.

Yan Bo said: "This is yours or not, the dead man's merits and demerits Mo Duo said." Man is dead, what's the use of saying it. I don't need the water from your pool, I'm just holding on to it. ”

After speaking, his eyes turned to Lao Yan, and Lao Yan was speechless. Lao Yan is obviously more passive in this matter, he has also hurt people, and his conscience has also been tormented, and he does not seem to be happy, but falls into deep self-blame. Lao Yan is not afraid of Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan has no head-on conflict with Lao Yan, but it does not mean that there is no conflict. It's just that Xiao Yan is polite everywhere, he knows very well that as long as he can get by on face, everyone can get by. It is difficult to cultivate a gentleman, but it is easy to create a villain, and it can be created immediately, and it is very powerful, everywhere, all the time.

For Yan Bo's practice, he dared not speak out, although he is still a nominal secretary, but the real power has gradually fallen, to say who has more real power, or who is more promising, he has a mirror in his heart.

He knew that he was going to retire, so he swallowed his anger and let some nobodies, jumping clowns come to the stage, he didn't bother to care, he couldn't take care of it, more things are better than less things, I don't know how tight the limelight is now, although there is no blood, but it is enough to make people difficult to deal with.

Lao Yan is obviously a little out of step with the times, and has changed a lot, including not having so many privileges and no prestige. There is no power to collect all kinds of hold-ups, and there is no money left in the pocket; Even if he temporarily keeps the villagers' passbooks, deliberately delays time, and delays the issuance of direct subsidies, he can earn a little interest, which is also very good, but the idea is very good, and it cannot be done.

Yan Bo's sealing action continues, this work is very arduous, because people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, there is no way to accurately guess everyone's thoughts, they can only calculate a rough idea, and then try to be satisfied, no longer find a way to sue or make a bad complaint behind his back, so that he will be better and not offend too many people.

In the village, he still has some forces, some gangsters, and those brothers, all of whom are still obedient, and from him, they can get some cigarettes and alcohol, and they can eat and drink together, and everyone is happy.

Raising a soldier for a thousand days and using a soldier for a while, he can order others to do things that are inconvenient for him to do, and he does not go out himself, which can produce a sense of mystery and make others feel awe. The gag action was not done by himself. He asked Xu Sanduo to go from house to house, and each family sent money, everyone was happy, and some said bad things, but they just closed the door and said it, not daring to complain in the place where there were many people in the village.

It seems that Yan Bo's approach has worked, and no matter where Ji Conan goes, they hear good things about Yan Bo, and there is no bad news. It's sad and terrible to think about, but it's sad that people are collectively silent and don't dare to tell the truth; The terrible thing is that people like to cover up the truth, reject the truth, and even lie and deceive people with a clear conscience, while their faces are not red and their hearts are not beating, so insensitive, it is indeed terrifying.

The results of the water quality test report came out, and Ji Conan took it and couldn't wait to look at it.