"Oh no, no, Zhang Cripple from the east of the village drank pesticides at home."

There are many people standing at the entrance of Xiaoquanzi Village, looking at the road ahead with their necks tilted up, led by Zhang Shouye, the 60-year-old village chief of the village, who is the old village head of the village for several terms and has been serving as the village party secretary.

They were waiting for the first secretary of the village to be sent by the town.

The first secretary of the village is different from the village party secretary, who is directly appointed from the higher level to implement various policies that benefit the people and help the village fight the battle of poverty alleviation.

It was at this time that Qian Xifeng, the women's director, rushed over on a bicycle, because it had just entered Futian, it had rained several times in a row, the road was muddy, and she fell when she got off the bus.

"What? Did Zhang lame drink medicine? How are people now? Zhang Shouye shouted in surprise, and then scolded: "This lame man is really good at finding time, but he arranges for people to drink medicine when they come down, isn't this to send our Xiaoquanzi Village to the fire?" ”

Xiaoquanzi Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the traffic is inconvenient, and there is only one potholed mud road connected to the outside world, and it is more than 20 kilometers away from the town, which also leads to Xiaoquanzi Village becoming a well-known poor village.

"People may not be able to do it, and they are already foaming at the mouth." Qian Xifeng sighed, "Just this way from our village, I should want to send it to the hospital, but it's too late." ”

Everyone was stunned, and then they got on their bikes and hurried back to the village.

There were a lot of people in the courtyard of Zhang Cripple, and when they saw that the village chief Zhang Shouye was coming, they all got out of the way. I saw that it was Zhang Cripple lying in the middle of the yard, and there was a bottle of dichlorvos thrown on the ground, and the remaining pesticides were flowing on the ground, and there was a pungent smell everywhere.

At this time, Zhang Cripple was already dead, and his eyes were staring at the sky unwillingly.

He was only in his forties, because he had broken a leg while working in the mines, and he didn't get married until he was in his thirties, but within a few years, his wife left because of the hardships, and now he has a five-year-old daughter and a seventy-year-old wrinkled mother.

The old and the young all stayed in place a little dumbfounded, as if they were frightened by the people in the yard, and the little girl raised her head, "Grandma, Dad said that he would have a subsistence allowance if he died, but when will Dad come back!" ”

The old woman's lips squirmed a few times, and she hugged the little girl tightly in a trembling manner, "When the girl grows up, Dad will come back." ”

When the people around heard the conversation between the two, they couldn't help but look different, especially the village chief Zhang Shouye's face changed, and he scolded and said: "This Zhang cripple is really ruthless, this is our army!" I said that this year's subsistence allowance quota is enough, let him wait, and he will definitely apply for a subsistence allowance next year, why can't he think about it so much! ”

There are a total of 200 households in Xiaoquanzi Village, and there are more than 40 families who rely on subsistence allowances. Although the new census of low-income households has begun, Zhang Shouye does not want to report a large number of reports in order to protect the village and the face of the village head.

Now he is worried, Zhang Cripple is dead, the main labor force in the family is gone, and he must go to a low-income family. But he has already decided on the quota of the subsistence allowance, and a total of five have been decided, which one must be taken down in order to move a position for Zhang Lame's family.

"Since you meet the requirements of low-income households, why don't you report it?"

Just when Zhang Shouye was still weighing, a young girl with a backpack walked out of the crowd, she was wearing a red plaid short-sleeved shirt, jeans, and a ponytail hanging from the back of her head, she looked like she could be twenty-four or five years old, and her whole person was full of youth.

"Who are you?" Zhang Shouye looked at it strangely, and then looked at the people around him, "Whose girl's piece is this, hurry up and take it back, Mao wants to discuss the affairs of the village committee before he grows up." ”

Everyone looked at it and shook their heads in confusion.

Women's Director Qian Xifeng looked at the girl a few times, and said curiously: "Girl, you shouldn't be from our village, right?" From the town? Are you here to find relatives? ”

"This is Koquanzi Village, right?" The girl swept around coldly, and her eyes fell on the house in front of her, the dilapidated gray tile house, and the surrounding earthen walls were beaten by the wind and rain all year round, and they all collapsed to half a person's height.

Qian Xifeng nodded subconsciously, and the girl took out a stack of blank paper documents from her bag, "My name is Qiao Xi, and I am from Xiaoquanzi Village from today onwards, and I am also the first secretary of the village sent here by the town!" ”

This sentence shocked everyone, and they all knew that the town was going to send the first secretary of the village to take them out of poverty, but no one was the girl in front of them.

Qiao Xi just graduated from the bachelor's degree, in response to the call of national college students to go to the grassroots, submitted his resume to the official website of the government after leaving the school, and after an interview and written examination, he was finally selected to be in charge of work in Xiaoquanzi Village.

Zhang Shouye was even more surprised and took the document in Qiao Xi's hand, looking at the government seal covered on the document, people were stunned for a moment, and then they were full of unwillingness. The first secretary of the village has to manage the party members of the whole village, including him, the part-time village party secretary of the village head, and he is very upset about letting a female doll ride on his head.

He once refused to send village cadres to the town, but in the end, the town government still rejected his proposal, saying that the candidate had been decided, but he didn't expect that a female doll would be sent.

"Are there any village committee cadres here?" Qiao Xi took back the document in Zhang Shouye's hand and frowned slightly.

Zhang Shouye had a gloomy face, "I am Zhang Shouye, the village chief here, and I am also the village party secretary elected by the village party committee. ”

Qian Xifeng also took a few steps forward and said with a smile: "Secretary Qiao, I am the women's director and accountant of the village. ”

"You can call me by my name in the future, my name is Qiao Xi." Qiao Xi looked at Zhang Shouye, "Village Chief Zhang Shouye, I need you to bring me the new poverty alleviation list in the village immediately, I want to see what the poverty alleviation standard of your village is, why can't this family be evaluated?" ”

Zhang Shouye snorted coldly, squatted on the ground and took out a dry tobacco stick, loaded it with tobacco and smoked it.

Qian Xifeng glanced at Zhang Shouye, and then said to Qiao Xi with a smile: "Secretary Qiao, our village chief was waiting for you at the intersection for a long time just now, and his leg must be numb, you wait, I'll get it, I'll get it." ”

Qian Xifeng was afraid that this matter would be known to the town, so he arranged for the village secretary to pick all of them, which would definitely be scolded, so he hurriedly ran to the village committee.

Qiao Xi arrived in front of the old and young of the Zhang family, half-squatted on the ground, touched her face lightly, looked at those innocent and ignorant eyes, and felt a little sour in her heart.

Maybe she didn't know the meaning of death, Qiao Xi sighed and said to Zhang's lame old mother: "Auntie, people can't be resurrected after death, please mourn." The most important thing now is to arrange your son's funeral, is there anyone else in your family? ”

The old mother shook her head, followed by a long sigh.

Qiao Xi looked at the people standing behind him, and some people also wanted to come over, but they were glared at by Zhang Shouye and walked back.

Everyone felt that Zhang Shouye didn't like this village secretary who had just taken office, and this was deliberately embarrassing her.

Zhang Cripple died on the ground, but no one took care of the aftermath for him, which was also embarrassing Qiao Xi, who had just taken office, but Qiao Xi didn't think about it so much, but looked at Zhang Cripple's old mother distressedly, "Auntie, have you ever heard of cremation?" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhang Shouye raised his head and snorted coldly, "Our Xiaoquanzi Village has always been buried, this is an old tradition. The town has also issued documents about cremation, what's the use, you ask the big guy, who wants to be burned to a pile of ashes after death? ”

Sure enough, the crowd around shouted angrily, "What cremation?" We don't listen to this, we only know that we are safe in the ground, and when we die, we have to put them in a coffin and bury them in the ground. ”

"No, it costs money to go to the crematorium, so it's better to make a good coffin......"

Qiao Xi sighed secretly, it seems that this village secretary is really not easy to be, but she expressed her determination before she came, not only to take Xiaoquanzi Village to fight this battle against poverty, but also to get rid of these old customs and old ideas.

"Auntie, the central government has just issued a policy recently, as long as it is cremation, there are no other funeral ceremonies that cost people and money, not only are the funeral expenses free, but the government will also subsidize 1,000 yuan."

When the words fell, the eyes of everyone present widened in surprise, even Zhang Shouye was no exception.

1,000 yuan is not a small amount for this impoverished village!

Zhang's lame old mother also raised her head, and asked Qiao Xi a little distractedly: "Girl, you said that if you burn someone, you will have a thousand yuan?" ”