"Secretary Qiao, take the money back, we are panicking with this money!"

All the chicken farmers stood at the door of Qiao Xi's house, in the rain and fog, their eyes were sincere and bright, and they all gathered around Qiao Xi, and in the rough palms, they were holding the money that Qiao Xi had just paid them last night.

Qiao Xi was stunned by this scene, and hurriedly waved his hand, "What are you doing here?" Get the money back, it's the chicken money that was lost to you. Everyone's chicken is dead, I have an unshirkable responsibility, and please give me a chance to make amends. ”

"Secretary Qiao, I figured it out, the death of my chicken has nothing to do with you, it's because I didn't do a good job of hygiene, so that the chicken got chicken plague." Xiaobao's mother came over a little embarrassed, and stuffed the money in her hand directly into Qiao Xi's hand.

Qiao Xi excused herself several times, but Xiaobao's mother just refused to take the money back, and the people around her also handed over the money one after another.

Qian Xifeng squeezed out from the side and said to everyone: "Everyone give me all the money, and I will make a record." ”

It was still raining in the sky, Qiao Xi was worried that everyone would get sick from the rain, so he hurriedly went to open the door, but there were not so many people in the house, and even everyone was afraid of soiling Qiao Xi's house, so they handed over the money to Qian Xifeng one by one in the yard.

Qiao Xi took the receipts of each household that he had recorded in the diary last night to Qian Xifeng, and as the names were crossed out, Qiao Xi's money was sent back intact.

The people in the courtyard dispersed, and Qiao Xi's gaze became more and more complicated.

Zhang Shouye said on the side: "Secretary Qiao, put the money away quickly, it is Xiaoquanzi Village that owes you, not you who owe Xiaoquanzi Village." ”

Qiao Xi didn't say much, just keep some words in her heart, everyone gave her a touch this morning, people's hearts can finally be exchanged for people's hearts, she will try her best to make the village rich, and every family will no longer worry about the two thousand yuan.

"Old village chief, when the rain stops, you can arrange for people to write slogans on the streets of the village, so that everyone can improve environmental protection and take care of the green waters and green mountains here."

"Okay, I'll arrange Chen Feng to do this matter, and he still has those two strokes." Zhang Shouye laughed.

Protecting the environment is beneficial to the present and the future.

Who pollutes, who cleans, who develops, who protects.

Slogans appeared on the walls of Xiaoquanzi Village, and Chen Feng also posted a special broadcast to promote the importance of the environment.

After several autumn rains, the corn in the village grew very well, and it was already one person tall, taking advantage of the free rain, the villagers fed fertilizer, and the corn began to produce delicate corn cobs.

Qiao Xi finished eating at home at noon and was just about to take a break, when Qian Xifeng knocked on the door and walked in.

"Secretary Qiao, this is an invitation, and the old village chief asked me to give it to you."

Qiao Xi moved a chair for Qian Xifeng, looked at the invitation card and said with a smile: "Whose family is this going to do good things?" ”

"The old village chief and his nephew, just three days later." Qian Xifeng put a lot of invitations in the plastic bag in his hand, wiped his sweat and said: "By the way, the old village chief doesn't mean anything else, just say that you can go over empty-handed when the time comes, but don't give any gifts." ”

Qiao Xi opened the invitation and saw that the groom's name was Zhang Xile, and he had a little impression of him, a twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old young man, who looked very solid, and would grin honestly every time he met.

The bride is a girl named Wang Xiaoyan, listening to Qian Xifeng's explanation that she is from Wangjia Village next door, the two have been talking for two years, and finally came to this step to get married.

"Sister Qian, why is the place to eat on this invitation empty?" Qiao Xi raised her head suspiciously.

Qian Xifeng smiled bitterly: "At first, I wanted to put the banquet in the village, but the woman's family did not agree and insisted on letting the banquet be placed in the town restaurant." The restaurant in the town costs 1,800 yuan for a table, and the bride has to hire a wedding car to come to the door, and the woman said that it will cost at least eight cars. Hey, where did this kid get so much money, his mother is long gone, and his father just does odd jobs on the ground. The joy of getting married depends on the old village chief, Zhang Luo, who is an uncle, and is now contacting slightly cheaper restaurants everywhere, and will send a radio announcement to everyone when the contact is done. ”

Qiao Xi was silent, the countryside has become more and more pompous about marriage over the years, not to mention the loss of labor and money, and a lot of troubles. Now getting married is like having your family robbed, and some even need to borrow money to get married, making the happy event a difficult event for the family.

In fact, the state has long issued policies requiring local governments to restrict bad habits such as large-scale marriage and comparison and wealth, so that families cannot owe famine because of face.

After Qian Xifeng finished speaking, he continued to send invitations, and Qiao Xi also went out with a heavy heart, and went directly to Zhang Shouye's house.

Zhang Shouye's wife had just gone out from home to visit the door, smiled and was subtle, and let Qiao Xi enter the door to find Zhang Shouye.

Zhang Shouye stood at the table, irrivably calling out the phone again and again, and the notebook on the table wrote the prices of the banquets in the restaurants in the town, and he wanted to choose the most moderate price.

"Hey, how much does it cost for you to hold a table of banquets there, not including the three major pieces of sea cucumbers, prawns, abalone."

At the wedding banquet, these three plates of seafood are generally indispensable, but Zhang Shouye knows the conditions of his nephew's family, if these three dishes are served, this table will cost two or three hundred yuan more.

After getting an exact answer, Zhang Shouye wrote down the money in his notebook, and then called again.

At this moment, Qiao Xi walked in, sighed and directly pressed Zhang Shouye's phone.

"Old village chief, you're not right, the government clearly stipulates that marriages are not allowed to be done in a big way, and you still help your nephew book a banquet against the wind?"

Zhang Shouye sighed heavily and sat on the chair, he was also annoyed by these etiquettes for marriage, the wedding car had not been contacted, and the emcee camera and so on.

Qiao Xi picked up Zhang Shouye's diary and looked at it a few times, shook his head and said: "Old village chief, this banquet is placed in the village, everyone is lively and lively, as for the others, save a little." Marriage is just a matter of one day, and you have to live in the future! ”

Zhang Shouye sullenly smoked the cigarette pouch and pot, "Do you think I don't know this reason?" But the woman's family doesn't agree, and she has a baby girl, who doesn't want to marry off in a beautiful way. If you don't listen to them, the marriage will be yellow. My nephew is almost thirty years old, and he finally found someone who doesn't pick his family conditions, and if he doesn't marry a daughter-in-law, he will be single. ”

Qiao Xi thought for a while and said, "Old village chief, don't worry, don't make this call." I went to talk to Joy and asked what the woman's attitude was. ”

Zhang Xile built three large tiled houses a few years ago, but the new house did not find him, so Qiao Xi went to their old house.

knocked on the door, Zhang Xile's old father Zhang Shouhai walked out of it, he looked a little similar to Zhang Shouye, old-fashioned buckled gray gown, although he was a few years younger than Zhang Shouye, but his hair was a lot whiter, slightly bent waist, his black and thin face was gloomy, and there were several deep wrinkles on his forehead.

"Uncle, I'm here to ask about the happy marriage." Qiao Xi took the initiative to say.

Zhang Shouhai sighed, and led Qiao Xi into the back room with his hands behind his back.

Zhang Xile sat on the chair with his bare back, not half of the joy of being a groom, and was sighing sadly. Seeing Qiao Xi coming, he quickly got up from his chair.

Zhang Shouhai took a maza and handed it to Qiao Xi, then squatted on the ground and smoked his cigarette in one sip.

Qiao Xi looked around the house, there was a cabinet with a patent leather peel standing on the wall, the leftovers from lunch on the stove, and a large black water tank on the other side.

Judging from the furnishings at home, I know that the conditions are not too good, and it is not easy to build a new house by myself.

The heavy marriage financing made the Zhang family father and son fall into a long sigh, and they were both frowning.

Qiao Xi hesitated: "Joy, how much did you give as a bride price?" ”

"Forty-eight thousand." Zhang Xile was a little embarrassed, "My target family is actually very good, it was originally 68,000, but I really couldn't take it out, so I dropped the money." ”

"How much did you go out and borrow?" Qiao Xi twisted her eyebrows.

Zhang Xile lowered his head, and after a while, "The money is all taken from my uncle, and the family's money is used to build a house." ”

Qiao Xi's heart sank suddenly, if you add the banquet and other expenses, the family will be crushed.

There are no longer a few marriageable young men in Xiaoquanzi Village, most of them can only be beaten because they can't afford the bride price or can't buy a house in the town.

They also yearn for the warmth of the family, for their lovers, and they are also flesh and blood people.

But reality forced them to retreat!