A forty-year-old man with a beard didn't listen to persuasion at all, bypassed Qiao Xi, and picked up an axe towards the plane tree.

Qiao Xi was frightened, grabbed his arm, and shouted: "If you dare to cut down trees indiscriminately, I will call the Forestry Bureau now and sue you for indiscriminate logging!" ”

The people here hesitated and looked at Zhang Shouye.

Zhang Shouye's thick face became more and more gloomy, his lips were tightly pursed, and his forehead was wrinkled with deep wrinkles.

"Old village chief, I see that there is still a small river flowing on the other side of the mountain, this place must have been beautiful before, right?" Qiao Xi was silent for a while, and walked over slowly, "Isn't it okay to leave a little green for this mountain and a little miss for the whole village?" ”

Zhang Shouye squatted on a stone under the tree, lit the cigarette pouch with a muffled sound, and smoked hard.

Qiao Xi squatted in front of Zhang Shouye and said with a smile: "You have been the village chief of our village for several terms, and you want to watch the green mountains in our village turn into bare stone mountains?" This piece of tree is cut down, it can be sold for a little money, but the once green waters and green mountains are gone, are you really willing to do it? ”

Zhang Shouye suddenly jumped up angrily and yelled at Qiao Xi: "What can I do? The trees on this mountain are cut down, do you think I don't feel distressed? You go and ask the people in the village, have I Zhang Shouye ever taken a cent of the money from selling trees over the years? You think I'm willing? It's not that there is no way, the old and young masters of the whole village want to eat, if they don't sell those trees, the current Xiaoquanzi Village may be long gone! ”

As he spoke, tears flashed in Zhang Shouye's cloudy eyes, which made Qiao Xi's nose sour.

If it weren't for the real difficulties, who would want to turn the mountain that has accompanied them all their lives like this.

"Old village chief, that was before, our country was still developing, and we didn't have enough ability to take care of everyone. But now it is different, our country is stronger, it has the strength to protect us, and it has seen the suffering of our village. Please trust our government, please trust me, everything will be fine. ”

Zhang Shouye glanced at Qiao Xi a few times, turned his head suddenly, and shouted to a few men not far away: "Go, find a car to buy girders in the town, this tree will not be cut down!" ”

A dark and strong man came over and muttered, "Old village chief, what are you doing with that useless money if you don't cut down a good tree?" ”

Zhang Shouye angrily slapped a cigarette pouch pot at him, "Get out of your mother's ass, you want to be scolded by future generations, I don't want to!" ”

Zhang Shouye led everyone away, and no one wanted to say a word to Qiao Xi.

Qiao Xi looked at the backs of everyone coming down the mountain, was silent, and said to himself, "Give me time, please give me some time, I will give you a beautiful Xiaoquanzi Village, a place with green waters and green mountains." ”

Qiao Xi went down the mountain, Chen Feng had been waiting for her at the foot of the mountain, he seriously lacked self-confidence, he knew that cutting down trees was not good, and he didn't dare to follow Qiao Xi up the mountain to stop it.

"Come with me to see if the people from the agricultural technology station are here?" Qiao Xi walked on the way to the wheat field.

Chen Feng followed without saying a word, Qiao Xi turned his head to look at it and asked, "Chen Feng, has there been a large number of collapses in the wheat fields in your house?" ”

"I didn't farm." Chen Feng smiled helplessly, "The land in my village was given to someone else. ”

He always felt indebted to the people in the village, and he didn't ask the village for half an acre of food ration land for each person.

"Then you live on this little salary from the village committee?" Qiao Xi asked curiously.

Chen Feng lowered his head and was silent for a while, scratched his head and said, "I occasionally write some articles to the magazine, and I can also get some manuscript fees." ”

Qiao Xi nodded secretly, in this way, Chen Feng really has a little ink in his stomach, and his writing is okay. Judging by what happened today, there is also a big picture.

The only thing lacking is self-confidence.

When they arrived at the hillside in front of the wheat field, two staff members of the agricultural technology station also arrived on motorcycles, and they inspected the wheat fields one by one, and the people in the village also came forward to ask.

The two people from the agricultural technology station studied for a while and came to the conclusion that the wheat was suffering from a disease, and the wheat stalks were soft and fell down when the wind blew them.

"The wheat that is about to mature is poured, don't help it, and you can contact our agricultural technology station if you have any questions in the future."

While instructing the crowd, they returned to the motorcycle, took out a few bottles of pesticides from the back of the box, and carefully told them what ratio to spray.

"Does this pesticide cost money?" Someone asked.

The relatively old middle-aged man in the agricultural technology station waved his hand, "Everyone can use it with confidence, these are all provided to you for free to help you cure the disease of wheat." ”

As she spoke, she looked at Qiao Xi, who was taking notes, and said with a hearty smile: "You have a good village secretary, before we came, the stationmaster told us that when your secretary Qiao took office, he went to all departments in the town." I hope to take special care of you Xiaoquanzi if the policy allows. ”

Qiao Xi always had a pampered and unfazed expression on his face, and seriously recorded the illnesses that occurred in the wheat field in his notebook, and then walked on the way back to the village committee.

She needs to use the village loudspeaker to notify the whole village to receive the medicine, and apply pesticides to the wheat in the field, so that the wheat will not be ripe for a long time, and the loss will be minimized.

No one knows how much pressure she is carrying, and her weak body is carrying the battle of poverty alleviation of a village, and she must also be strong.

After broadcasting three or four times in a row, Qiao Xi returned to the wheat field and helped everyone distribute pesticides, and it was dark for this time.

Qian Xifeng, the women's director, found her and led her to the accommodation that had been arranged a long time ago.

She came to Xiaoquanzi Village in the morning, almost without a drop of water, and bought two packs of instant noodles when she passed by the village commissary, and she didn't have the strength to cook at night, so she just dealt with it casually.

"Secretary Qiao, this house used to belong to my niece, she married in the city a few years ago, and this house is empty, you can live here in the future!" Qian Xifeng handed a bunch of keys to Qiao Xi and said with a smile: "Water and electricity are connected here, and liquefied gas is also available, which is very convenient." ”

Qiao Xi thanked him again and sent Qian Xifeng away. It is a half-old old house with green tile earthen walls and a small yard.

Walked into the back room, turned on the light by the door, the area was not large, the door was a kitchen, there was an old cupboard standing, and an earthen stove was built on the wall. Turning the corner, inside was the bedroom, a make-up table with paint off, an old-fashioned grandfather clock, and next to it was a small earthen kang with freshly washed mattresses and the smell of laundry detergent.

Qiao Xi turned on the gas stove and boiled a pot of hot water, soaked the instant noodles, returned to the table in the bedroom, opened the diary, and wrote down a summary of today's work.

The phone rang, and it was her mother calling. Her parents are intellectuals, and they also wanted to find a stable job for Qiao Xi, but she didn't expect her to choose to go to the countryside to be the resident secretary of a poor village.

This is something that her parents can't understand, and they also have a lot of temper tantrums with Qiao Xi, they have also experienced poor years, and they don't want their daughter to suffer again, and they have to carry the livelihood of a village on their shoulders.

But no matter what, Qiao Xi is their daughter, and they feel sorry for this stubborn child.

"Xixi, are you okay there? Is it bitter or not, tired or not? Qiao's mother's loving voice came out of the phone, "Tell Mom what you eat at night?" ”

Qiao Xi's eyes turned red inexplicably, she took a deep breath, and said with a mischievous smile: "Mom, don't worry, I'm fine here." I also ate very well at night, it was a meal at the aunt's house next door, and I was so full! ”

"Oh, that's the case, then mom is relieved." Mother Qiao's voice was kind and gentle, "What about your village?" How's it going with your colleagues? ”

Qiao's mother seems to have 100,000 whys, and between the lines is her concern for Qiao Xi.

Qiao Xi hurriedly interrupted: "My mother, don't worry, you are so long-winded!" It's so late, you hurry up and pull my dad to sleep! ”

"How do you know your dad is around?" Mama Joe let out a cry of surprise.

Qiao Xi was silent, "Mom, tell Dad that I shouldn't have quarreled with him that day...... Let him also believe in his daughter's choice, and I will do well. ”

She quickly added, "Goodbye Mom and Dad, I'm going to sleep." With that, he hung up the phone.

She is not good at expressing feelings with her parents, she looked at the phone in a daze for a long time, and moved her lips in distraction, "Dad, Mom, my daughter loves you." ”

The instant noodles were already soaked, Qiao Xi took a bite and continued to write a work diary.