Chapter Thirty-Seven: No Teeth to Bite Out
The days are in May, the spring sowing is the spring sowing, the work is going to work, the food is better, and the villagers are very busy.
Chang Youli is also happy on the surface, but his heart is becoming more and more bottomless and suspicious.
A lot of work has been done on the foundation of the Fengjiao Highway, which is gratifying, but as the project progresses, the cost will become larger and larger, not only using a lot of cement, but also using more stones and labor. Where does the money for cement come from? I haven't heard of any money at the moment. It is said that the expenses of these days are all personal, first the salaries lent by the members of the working group, and then the money taken by Ge Yuqing and Li Guanglei.
In this case, can this road be built? Can it still be cultivated? If you can't fix it, what can you do? Like many people and village cadres in Fengjiao, Chang Youli also hopes that the road in front of the village will be flattened. In addition, he longs for the construction of the highway more than others, because it carries his own hopes.
For this hope, Chang Youyou is a treat, and a good benefit, mobilizing the strong laborers in the village to volunteer. Other villages were also influenced by him, and increased manpower, and many village cadres also asked him about the inside situation, but he was also noncommittal and deliberately made it mysterious.
If this road is not completed, it means that hope is dashed, and you will have a lot of money in vain. Not only that, but it will also attract curses from the villagers, and it will also attract ridicule from neighboring village cadres. In this case, can the village director still be the director?
No, this road must be built, and I must not only be a village cadre, but also a town cadre. But is the news of the appointment in the town accurate? Could it be that I heard it wrong? Could it be fake news?
No, I have to find Li Guanglei to verify, and I have to find this kid to finalize. With a stomach full of doubts and uneasiness, Chang Youli arrived at the working group on a moonlit night when the stars were sparse. In order to prevent the other party from hearing the sound of the motorcycle and prepare in advance, Chang Youli deliberately put the motorcycle outside the compound of the working group and walked into the courtyard. I don't know, he is often polite and clever but is mistaken by cleverness, but he doesn't know it.
Try to slow down as much as possible, and often Lilly is outside the deputy team leader, raising his hand and knocking on the door.
"Tuk tuk", after two sounds, no one in the room echoed.
He looked through the gap in the curtains, and the lights were on in the office, but no one was in sight. After a closer look, there was indeed no one in the outhouse, and the lights were on in the back room.
Either in the back room or out. Thinking like this, Chang Youli gently pushed the door of the house, and the door slowly opened.
Stepping into the house, he closed the door casually, and often thought about whether to knock on the back room.
Suddenly, a small voice was heard.
I often listened politely, it was Li Guanglei's voice, but I couldn't hear the content of the speech clearly.
"Whoa", the sound of running water, and then the sound of the door.
With the two footsteps, the voice inside was much clearer: "I can tell you, this matter is only told to you, you must not talk to others,...... It's true, support is coming right away, the cost of building the road is coming soon, and you absolutely have to keep it a secret. If the town and village knew in advance, they should have pounced on this matter, it would be a great achievement. Now it's already a wolf with more meat and less meat, and I'm worried about how to get it, if only someone took the initiative to quit. ”
Hearing these words, Chang Youli's heart was shocked: Really? What am I going to do?
With a roll of his eyes, Chang Youli got up and walked out of the room and walked briskly.
When he was still a few steps away from the gate of the compound, Chang Youli stopped his steps, hesitated, and walked backwards. He felt that since he came, he must listen more, and he couldn't just return in vain, the key is that he still has a lot of doubts.
When he came to the deputy team leader's room again, Chang Youli was just about to push the door, but it was changed to a gentle knock.
"Tuk Tuk",
"Tuk Tuk",
After a pause, footsteps sounded inside, followed by a question: "Who?" ”
"I, Birch Treeback." Always be courteous.
There was an "oh" in the room: "Director Chang, is there something wrong?" ”
"It's okay, it's okay." Chang Youli said politely, pushed the door in.
"Sit down." Li Guanglei raised his hand and took the lead in sitting behind the desk.
"Okay, okay." Chang Youli hesitated for a moment, and instead of taking a seat in the chair opposite, he sat down on the sofa.
"What's the matter at night?" Li Guanglei said, yawning loudly.
"Yes, yes, I want to report back to you." Chang Youyu organized the language politely, "Team Leader Li, in recent days, the villagers have been repairing roads while sowing in the spring, which is really fulfilling. ”
"While planting the land, we also have to take care of building roads, which is really busy enough for people, especially the birch back people." After a pause, Li Guanglei asked, "Isn't it too busy?" It's okay, say in time if there is any difficulty. ”
After a pause, Chang Youli immediately waved his hand: "No, no, people are busy and happy, and they are all looking forward to the early completion of the road." People say that the project will be tighter in the future, and it is estimated that more manpower will be needed. I wonder how the working group will arrange it, and what are the requirements for the village? ”
"That's the next step." Li Guanglei said lightly, and said, "Director Chang, are you personally in difficulty?" Indeed, you were the first to participate in the project, and you have been following it all the time, which is really tiring. If time or health doesn't allow it, just say it, the working group won't be so impersonal, thank you very much. ”
"No, no, no, I can do it, I can do it, I am in good health, and I can spare * time to not disturb Team Leader Li." Chang Youli said, stood up, and walked out.
Li Guanglei got up and followed, chattering: "Don't be embarrassed, if you are really tired or have something at home, the working group will not hold on to people." ”
"Don't be embarrassed, don't be embarrassed." Chang Youli opened the door and walked out.
Coming to the door, Li Guanglei asked, "How did you come?" ”
"Ride a motorcycle, and the motorcycle is left at the door." For fear that the other party would ask again, Chang Youli quickened his pace and ran towards the gate of the compound.
Looking at the figure that left in a hurry, Li Guanglei was in a very complicated mood, both complacent and unapologetic. Then I thought: some people have to deal with them by special means, otherwise they will not be able to command at all.
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Yu Dajiang really said what he said, and that day, under Ge Yuqing's sincere pleading, he really gritted his teeth and insisted, did not remove people and equipment, nor asked the working group to refuel the machinery, but also increased the vehicles transporting miscellaneous soil.
As Li Guanglei expected, the villagers still ensured the employment of the construction site in the case of setting aside manpower for spring sowing, especially Chang Youyou, who sent all the people who could be dispatched at home.
In this case, the working group is even more inextricably linked to the chain, not only day and night, not only on weekends, but also in terms of food to make people eat better and more hygienic.
All of a sudden, the whole construction site was in full swing, the fighting spirit was high, and the project was progressing rapidly.
Everything in front of them was very gratifying, but Li Guanglei and Ge Yuqing were not happy, but even more anxious. After seeing a loophole, the two got into the car and summed it up.
"It's not easy to hold on until now, but what next?" Ge Yuqing was the first to speak.
Li Guanglei sighed and said slowly: "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain." ”
"Where is the road? I have thought about all the things I should think, 40,000 yuan has lasted for half a month, it is not easy, what else can I do? Ge Yuqing's tone was anxious, and his face was sad.
Just then, there was a knock on the glass outside the car.
Seeing that it was Da Dagang, Ge Yuqing nodded his hand.
As soon as he got into the car, he said, "The stone has stopped, what should I do?" ”
"Let's discuss with the stone yard again, in the near future, we can pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, so they can't owe some credit?" Ge Yuqing said.
Da Dagang smiled bitterly: "Which is a hand of money and a hand of goods?" In the first two days, I owed a little more, and now I owe a lot, plus what I owed before, and people don't give anything to them. ”
"Not now? Do the work again. Is it in stock? ”
"I haven't been offering since this morning, I've been working there. But people can't be accommodating at all, and they say it very deadly, saying that if there is no money, no one can go, and even the two team leaders will not give face. We basically don't have stock right now, and at most we will stick to today and tomorrow. ”
"Let them grit their teeth and persevere, persistence is victory."
"I also said 'grit your teeth and persevere', but people say, 'The back molars are all gone, and there is no tooth to bite at all.'"
Hearing this kind of rhetoric, Ge Yuqing was speechless, and Li Guanglei also had nothing to say.
Seeing the embarrassed expressions of the two leaders, Da Dagang didn't ask any more questions, but sighed and got out of the car.
What to do? Ge and Li glanced at each other, their faces full of anxiety. Once the stone factory does not supply stone, how to do the construction site, it can't be leveled every day. Besides, there are several pieces of equipment there, several cars are waiting, and even if it is sponsored by the Transportation Bureau, there is a cost. The key is that if there is no stone, those equipment will be waiting for work, and the equipment will not be able to wait all the time.
Before Ge and Li could figure out a way, Qi Zuren also got into the car.
Seeing the other party's expression, Li Guanglei knew that there was absolutely nothing good.
Sure enough, Qi Zuren opened his mouth and spit bitter water: "The rice, flour, grain and oil store has stopped supplying, and it doesn't work for me to beg my grandfather to sue my grandmother." Secretary, look ......"
Ge Yuqing interrupted in a deep voice: "How many times have I told you, I am the leader of the working group." ”
Qi Zuren's face was slightly red, and he said, "Okay, book...... Team leader, what should I do? ”
"What to do? What to do? You've got to figure out something, you can't just look for us for everything. Ge Yuqing reprimanded.
"I've tried a lot of things, but it doesn't work. These days, we have been using the strategy of 'giving less and using more', and I owe more than 20,000 yuan in the past half month alone, plus those who owed before, it is more than 100,000 yuan earlier. In fact, the day before yesterday, people didn't give offerings, and I took 5,000 yuan from home, and I barely managed to cope for a few days. Qi Zuren's face was full of helplessness.
Hearing the other party say this, Ge Yuqing couldn't reprimand him anymore, and his tone softened a little: "Lao Qi, you have a good talk with the grain and oil store." Although we owe them some now, we also take care of their business and let them grit their teeth and persevere. ”
Qi Zuren sighed: "Alas...... I gritted my teeth and insisted. As soon as I said that, people replied that I had no teeth to bite. ”
It's "no teeth to bite" again, Li and Ge glanced at each other, their eyes were full of bitterness, and Ge Yuqing even brought out a look of despair.