At four o'clock in the afternoon, the township chief Bai Baibao finally returned, holding his stomach and a belt tightly binding his waist. Viewed from the side, his figure resembles an obtuse triangle laid vertically. The village chief's face was flushed, his mouth was full of wine, he walked without shaking, and it seemed that he had just returned from eating at the restaurant, and he was not yet drunk. The township chief came to the office, took out the key from the belt buckle, opened the office, made a cup of tea, took out a newspaper, and slowly tasted the tea.

It is estimated that the township chief has already cleaned up, and Hu Kehao gently knocked on the door of the township chief's office. "Please come in!" The township chief said.

Hu Kehao and Wang Haozi entered in turn. The township chief warmly shook hands with Hu Kehao, and wanted to shake hands with Wang Haozi. Wang Haozi stretched out his hand and retracted it, he didn't dare to shake hands with the township chief. In his eyes, the township chief is a big official, an official master, how dare he shake hands with him?

After they sat down, the township chief personally made tea for them. Wang Haozi was shocked, and the township chief actually poured him tea! Hu Kehao took the teapot and did it himself, feeling less restrained.

"Who are you? What's the matter with coming to the township government? Our township government adheres to the purpose of serving the people and welcomes you at any time! Township Mayor Bai Bai Bao said.

"This is Uncle Wang, a poor household in our village!" Hu Kehao pointed to Wang Haozi and said to the township chief.

"Our township is on the road to poverty alleviation. Poor households are to be elected, not that you say that they are poor households, they are poor households. The township chief said.

Hu Kehao reported to the township chief the situation of Wang Haozi's family and his application for poor households and his unsuccessful election, and asked the township chief to give Wang Haozi the indicators of poor households.

"It's not as simple as you think. Our township government has conducted a visit to the situation of each village and each community, and the situation of each household has been basically figured out. The township chief said. He took out some investigative materials and allowed Hu Kehao to view them.

The township chief did not agree with Wang Haozi's intention to be a poor household, Hu Kehao couldn't help but be a little angry, and said: "I don't look at your information!" Surely a lot of the information is fake! It's all made up by you! In order to cope with the inspection of your superiors, you are engaging in some formalism! The real poor are right in front of your eyes, and you can't see them! ”

"Comrade! This is the township government, don't talk nonsense if you don't have a basis. The township chief said.

Hu Kehao tried his best to restrain his anger and said to the township chief: "I have a few questions I would like to consult with you. ”

"Speak. What we know must be patiently explained to the masses of the people. The township chief said. Hu Kehao's tone of voice just now was a bit excessive, and the township chief didn't take it to heart. Could it be that he really has a lot of energy, and the prime minister can hold the boat in his belly?

"May I ask how much net income can we make in a year when farmers in Baishi Township make crops?" Hu Kehao asked.

"If you make crops, seeds, pesticides, and fertilizers all cost money, and the price of food is not high, and you have to rely on the weather for food. At the end of the year, a person's net income from cropping can be 2,000 yuan, which is equivalent to about 5 yuan per day. And even at a loss, the income is negative, and this does not take into account labor costs. "The township chief often goes deep into the grassroots to investigate, so he naturally knows these facts.

There was an old peasant in the township, who used to be a long-term worker in the landlord's family, and was given land after liberation. He has a great love for the land and works hard in the field every day. He never used pesticides and fertilizers for farming, only used farm fertilizers, and picked manure to drench crops at a young age. Later, he found that the more he cropped, the poorer he became, so he abandoned the land and went out to work. The people in the village said that the people who loved the land the most had gone out, and they would follow in their footsteps.

"If you only make crops and there is no one outside to work to supplement your family, will the farmers be able to support themselves?" Hu Kehao asked.

"At most, I can only make ends meet! Although you can't make money from crops, you can be self-sufficient, and you don't have to buy rice and vegetables every day. As long as there is land, you will not starve to death, and this is the only place that is better than the city. The township chief said.

"Pure crops, 5 yuan a day. If I go out to work, such as on a construction site, how much do I earn in a day? Hu Kehao asked.

"According to my investigation, the current market is that you can earn 100 yuan a day by moving bricks at a construction site." The township chief said. This was the market at that time, and the wages of migrant workers rose even higher, which was a later thing.

"How much can you earn if you work as a contractor?" Hu Kehao asked.

"If you work a lot, it's easy to earn more than 100,000 or 200,000 a year!" The township chief said.

"In this case, according to your algorithm of the township chief, the contractor can earn 200,000 yuan a year, the migrant worker can earn at least 4 to 50,000 yuan a year by moving bricks, and he can only earn 2,000 yuan or even 0 yuan or even negative a year by purely doing crops. Or are the elderly and frail eligible to be poor households? Hu Kehao asked the township chief emotionally.

Seeing that Hu Kehao was unreasonable to the township chief, Wang Haozi was afraid that something would happen and he would be locked up, so he hurriedly touched him with his elbow, and said to the township chief: "We are just here to understand the situation, not to make trouble." Township Chief, you have a lot of adults, and you have a lot of forbearance. ”

"Hahaha......" the township chief smiled, "Comrade Xiaohu, as soon as you asked these questions, I knew what you meant!" Let me tell you the truth! ”

The township chief said that Yang Xingyuan was working as a contractor outside, and he had set up a team, and many people in nearby villages were following him, and he had earned some money a few years ago. In the past two years, the projects on the construction site have been subcontracted layer by layer, the geese have been plucked, and a lot of triangular debts have been owed, Yang Xingyuan has led the villagers to work, and his direct boss Boss Liu has no money to send to him. Boss Liu's superior boss has no money, where can Wang Xingyuan get money? During the Chinese New Year last year, the villagers wanted to go home, and Yang Xingyuan couldn't watch them go back empty-handed, so he used his savings to pay their wages first. Who knew that Boss Liu had run away this year, where did Yang Xingyuan go to ask for the villagers' salaries? Yang Xingyuan gave his savings to his workers, where did he have to get them back? Even if he wants to get it back, where can he bear to ask for the hard-earned money of migrant workers? This money is equivalent to a loss! Yang Xingyuan is now in debt! The migrant workers in the village have had a good year, and Yang Xingyuan feels that it is worth it! Yang Xingyuan has been looking for Boss Liu all along, preparing to file a lawsuit. Yes, the township chief and Yang Xingyuan's family are relatives. It is precisely because they are relatives that they understand these situations, so they temporarily gave Yang Xingyuan's family the qualification of poor households this year. The township chief knew that there must be people who were dissatisfied and wanted to make trouble, so he had to explain to them slowly.

Listening to the township chief talk about Yang Xingyuan, Wang Haozi felt embarrassed, it seems that he really caused trouble to the township government? Hu Kehao was originally angry, but now he sighed, it was hard to say anything, and he said goodbye to the township chief.