Four shovels wrapped in red cloth tied into flowers stirred up the yellow soil, and the village head, He Yonggui, threw the seeds of black potatoes introduced from the country into it with his own hands. Several cameras, as well as a camera with a flash, captured the moment.

Bai Xiaoru took the lead and rushed to conduct a brief interview with Xia Jian. The provincial TV station was not far behind, and quickly pointed the camera at Qin Xiaomin. Anyway, everyone is not idle, and they think it's a very good interview genre.

It was almost twelve o'clock, but everyone had no intention of leaving. At this time, a gray-haired old man stumbled in with a cane in his hand.

He shouted loudly: "Mayor Xia! You have to save me, more than 100 catties of seeds distributed to our family are gone."

The old man's voice was undoubtedly a blockbuster*, and the originally lively atmosphere suddenly solidified. Xia Jian was stunned for a long time before he asked loudly, "Are you He Wang?" Are you saying that the potato seeds that were distributed to your family are gone? ”

"That's right! Last night, it was my neighbor Yu Dongliang who helped me get the seeds. I originally planned to plant with everyone this morning, but my wife was sick last night, and I couldn't do it alone, so I put the seeds in the corridor of the hall, but I didn't expect..."The old man He Wang sobbed when he said this.

More than 100 catties of imported seeds, which is already a lot for He Wang, and besides, these seeds are their hope to get rich, who is so lacking in virtue?

"Alright, that's all for the interview. Something happened in the village, let Mayor Xia help deal with it, everyone can go back," Chun Xiaomin shouted loudly to several reporters.

Secretary Wang walked to Xia Jian's side with a gloomy face, and he said in a cold voice: "This is obviously someone who wants to deliberately do something, so this matter must be dealt with seriously, let the police station investigate!" ”

"In this way, it's not too early, you accompany Mayor Qin and them to go first, let Tong Jie stay and help me" Xia Jian said and glanced at He Yonggui.

He Yonggui's eyes widened angrily, and he roared loudly: "Zhang Yongsheng! You immediately go back to the village to broadcast to me, and whoever takes the potato seeds from He Wang's family will send them back as soon as possible, otherwise the matter will be in big trouble as soon as someone from the police station comes. And this kind of seed cannot be eaten not only by man, but also by livestock, and is poisonous."

He Yonggui's last sentence reminded Xia Jian that this kind of poisonous thing could be explained to him, how could he forget such an important matter?

As soon as Secretary Wang and Qin Xiaomin took a group of reporters away, Xiong Yongqiang and Delin, cadres stationed in the village, ran over from nowhere, they were covered with sweat and mud on their feet.

"Xiong Yongqiang! Where have you been? Xia Jian asked with an unhappy face.

Xiong Yongqiang took a breath and said: "Mayor Liu and I went to Liziwan Village, because the village chief Li Hulin came early in the morning, saying that he couldn't understand the instructions for the next planting, so he had to guide the two of us." As a result, we couldn't understand it when we went, because it was all in English, and then we found an old man in the village who had been a high school teacher, and he reluctantly translated it."

"Good! Then you should hurry up and go to Shangxiagou Village, presumably they will encounter the same problem. The road is not good, be careful when riding a motorcycle" Xia Jian's face was expressionless, and when he said this, he couldn't help but glance at Liu Delin.

Zhao Delin nodded in agreement while wiping the sweat from his forehead. It can be seen that he is still very hard at this work, but Xia Jian always feels that there is something wrong with this person.

Because it was time to eat at noon, the villagers in the fields began to prepare to go home. Xia Jian and Tong Jie went to the village committee under the leadership of He Yonggui.

A village committee of more than 2,000 people has only two adobe houses, which can be said to be extremely shabby. The newly elected women's director Li Liping is also about 30 years old, she looks very handsome, and her work is also very quick.

Just when Xia Jianzheng was talking to He Yonggui, Li Liping had already run to her house, brought a thermos bottle over, and held three cups in her hands. Tong Jie saw it and hurriedly greeted him.

Not to mention, I'm really thirsty after being busy in the fields for a while. Xia Jian was not polite, and took the boiled water poured by Li Liping and drank it, but as soon as the water reached his mouth, Xia Jian's brows wrinkled slightly.

"Village Chief He! Is your water here bitter? Xia Jian asked a little surprised.

He Yonggui smiled and said: "It's good to drink this bitter water often" When He Yonggui said this, he let out a long breath, and it could be seen that his mood was very heavy.

"Hey! That's not right! How is the water I drink in He Shuicheng's house sweet? You can't have several water sources in your village! Xia Jian asked a little puzzled.

Li Liping smiled and hurriedly said: "He Shui's adult family eats well water in his yard, and we drink spring water, so this taste is different."

"His family has money, so he hired someone to come and dig a well in his house, and it is said that the water is still supplied automatically. I heard from the people in the village that his family's well cost at least more than 10,000 yuan, and you said that with the current living standard of our village, who still has this spare money, so they are the ones who can drink sweet water," He Yonggui explained to Xia Jian.

It was at this time that the newly appointed accountant Zhang Yongsheng walked in sweating. This is a tall man who seems to be thirty-four or five years old. What I can't see is that although this person looks a little wild, he has a belly full of ink.

"I just checked a few families, and I didn't see any clues. He Wang is old, and his wife is sick, so they can't be sure when their family's seeds will disappear," Zhang Yongsheng said to Xia Jian with a smile as soon as he came in.

Xia Jian let out a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand and turned on the loudspeaker on the table, he first patted it, and found that a voice came out, so he said loudly: "Villagers of Hejiaping Village, please pay attention." This morning, He Wang's potato seeds were missing. If someone takes it, don't eat it, and don't tell the livestock, otherwise you will be responsible for what happens."

"Also, everyone knows what this more than 100 catties of seeds means to He Wang's family. If the conscience of the person who took the bag of potatoes is discovered, he will send it back as soon as possible. If we can't see this bag of potatoes before two o'clock in the afternoon, we will let the police station intervene, and when the time comes, we will arrest it, and we will not tolerate it" After Xia Jian finished speaking, he turned off the megaphone.

At this time, Tong Jie gently pulled Xia Jian and asked in a low voice: "Xiong Sanqiang and Zhao Delin are cadres stationed in the village, and if something like this happens in the village, they should be responsible for investigating it, why did you separate the two of them?" ”

Xia Jian glanced at Tong Jie, a little mysteriously did not speak, but said to He Yonggui: "You take me to your old accountant's house, and then go to meet Li Dongmei"

"When it's time to eat, let's go to our house to eat first, I've already arranged it in advance," He Yonggui hurriedly said.

Xia Jian shook his head and said, "There's no hurry to eat, let's go visit these two families first."

He Yonggui hesitated, then took Xia Jian and Tong Jie towards the outside of the village committee.

The old accountant Yu Youlin's family looks like an unusual family in the village. The tall and majestic red lacquer gate, as soon as you enter the courtyard, it is a courtyard made of cement, and there are houses on three sides, although they are all adobe houses, but the momentum is not reduced.

"Yo! O village chief! What kind of wind is this blowing you" With the voice, a very good-looking woman came out of the hall. The woman was tall and tall, with a high bulge in her breasts. Under the slender waist, the two legs are evenly slender.

He Yonggui smiled at the woman, did not speak, but turned to Xia Jian and said, "Mayor Xia! This is the old accountant's wife, Niu Guilan."

When Xia Jian heard this, he couldn't help but take a second look at this woman, didn't he say that Niu Guilan was in her forties? It looks like he's in his early thirties. It seems that the wives of village cadres are very knowledgeable about maintenance, such as He Shuicheng's wife Li Dongmei.

When Niu Guilan heard that Xia Jian was the mayor, she hurriedly smiled and said, "It turned out to be the mayor of Xia!" I've heard of the name for a long time, and today I saw it really extraordinary. is really handsome and chic, it is difficult for Li Dongmei to brag everywhere in the village"

As soon as the woman spoke, there was something in her words, and He Yonggui's face couldn't help but change and said, "Which room is Brother Yu in?" Mayor Xia is here to see Brother Yu, and he didn't listen to you fooling around here."

He Yonggui was not polite to Niu Guilan's son at all. However, Niu Guilan still looked a little afraid of him, and said with a smile: "Yu Youlin has a corpse in the West House!" “

"Your mother-in-law! Accumulate some virtue on the lips. If you think he's alive and in the way, go buy a pack of rat poison and give him a drink," He Yonggui replied to Niu Guilan in a cold voice.

When the woman heard this, she became anxious, and she shouted loudly: "What do you mean He Yonggui? Is it possible to bully people casually when you become the village chief? “

"Yonggui! Don't quarrel with this stinky, hurry up and lead Mayor Xia to the house! There was a loud sound in the west room.

The door was wide open, and several people entered. On the big kang, there was a gray-haired man sitting against the wall, who was fifty years old. This man looks good-looking, especially with bright eyes.

"Brother Yu! This is Mayor Xia," He Yonggui said with a laugh.

Yu Youlin laughed and said, "I have long heard that the new mayor of the town is young and promising, and he is really good!" As soon as he came to power, he brought investment projects to our three poor villages, which is really admirable! ”

"Brother Yu has won the award, I heard that you are an old accountant in Hejiaping Village, so I took the time to come and see you today" Xia Jian said, and sat on the edge of the kang very generously.

Tong Jie and He Yonggui each found a chair in the room and sat down. At this time, Niu Guilan twisted her body like a water snake and walked in, this woman is really a bit lethal to men, no wonder He Shuicheng stayed at her house and didn't leave.

"Mayor Xia! Our family Lao Yu has worked as an accountant for Hejiaping Village for most of his life, and he has not taken advantage of a penny, but who would have thought that he would be like this. Your government can't ignore it! In any case, he is also a meritorious person! Niu Guilan said, smiling sweetly at Xia Jian.

No matter how you look at it, this woman doesn't look like a rural person. Although the skin is not very white, it is by no means like Shen who has been exposed to the sun all year round. In particular, his two hands, which are slender and long, appear very white.

Xia Jian looked at this woman and forgot to speak for a while.

"What are you talking about,? Go back to your house! Yu Youlin couldn't help but be furious, he thought that Xia Jian was angry if he didn't speak.