The Sun family is a big family in Shuangshui Village, but they are not wealthy.

Sun Shaoping is a sensible child, and he is unwilling to drag down his family for these tuition fees.

It's just that in these days, it was too difficult to symbolize money in the countryside, and the grain in the fields belonged to the commune, and the members had no power to dispose of it at all.

Besides, Sun Shaoping can't do that kind of thing to take advantage of the collective.

So I often went to the ridges of the field with Sun Shao'an after the autumn harvest and took a hoe and shovel to dig a vole hole.

After an autumn, the vole hole was full of grain, and the two of them searched for the vole hole one by one, saving dozens of catties of food.

If these grains are carried to the town and exchanged for money, it will be enough to pay for Sun Shaoping's tuition.

Sun Lanhua also knew this, nodded and said, "I'll go back with you now and help you deliver the grain to the county seat." ”

In fact, it is five miles away from Shuangshui Village, which is the town, and Sun Shaoping goes to school in the town on weekdays, so it stands to reason that it is more convenient to send grain to the town and sell it.

But.

In these days, it is also illegal to sell grain privately, and if someone is caught, it may be condemned as speculation.

The town is relatively small, and the residents of the town are all acquaintances, if Sun Shaoping dares to sell secretly, it won't be long before he will be discovered.

The original west county town is a relatively large city, there is even a pigeon market, to sell grain in the pigeon market, as long as you are cautious, you will not leave trouble.

It's just that there are fifty miles from Shuangshui Village to the original West County Town, and they have to carry dozens of catties of grain, which is really a bit embarrassing for Sun Shaoan and Sun Shaoping.

So Sun Lanhua also decided to help.

Sun Shaoping originally wanted to refuse Sun Lanhua, but when he thought that Sun Lanhua would be able to avoid Wang Manyin by going to the county seat with him to sell grain, he agreed.

The two returned home, and after pushing the door open, Sun Shaoping first went to the grandmother's house and greeted the grandmother, and then told Sun Shaoan his thoughts.

Sun Shaoan has always supported Sun Shaoping's schooling, and the method of digging a vole hole was also thought up by Sun Shaoping, so he agreed without saying a word.

The grain was hidden under Sun Shaoping's kang, and after taking out the cloth bag sewn with pudding, Sun Shaoping wanted to leave some of the grain.

"Big brother, I think it's enough to sell twenty-five catties of grain, and now we can't open the pot at home, and the rest of the grain will be left at home."

Sun Shaoan couldn't help but say, snatched the cloth bag from his hand and carried it on his body.

"Even if the food is expensive now, our kind of food pulled out of the mouths of rats can't be sold at a price in the city, and if we want to exchange it for enough tuition, we have to sell it all."

Sun Shaoan didn't know how much money the grain could sell, but in addition to paying tuition, Sun Shaoping had to buy a decent set of clothes, otherwise he would be laughed at by his classmates.

Sun Shaoping frowned: "But we will run out of food in our commune, and these grains can save lives." ”

"Don't worry, the village chief said that the comrades in the capital will send us food soon."

As he spoke, Sun Shaoan was afraid that Sun Shaoping would stop him, so he walked out of the house with a cloth bag.

Sun Shaoping and Sun Lanhua could only follow behind.

Since the village chief Sun Yuting led the members to greet Li Weidong at the entrance of the village, the three of them went around from the back of the village.

After Wang Manyin was cleaned up by Sun Shaoping, he could only go back to the tank village in a sneering manner, walked halfway up, felt that his ribs hurt a little, and simply lay down in the ditch on the side of the road to rest for a while.

Hearing footsteps, he opened his eyes slightly, struggled to sit up, and looked outside.

If it's a female member, he will go up and play some tricks and take advantage of it, and if it is a male member, he will go and order tobacco leaves.

When he saw Sun Lanhua and Sun Shaoping, Wang Manyin lay back stupidly.

If there was only Sun Lanhua, he could naturally rush up and have a good chat with Sun Lanhua.

But he was still followed by Sun Shaoping and Sun Shaoan, and he was a little scared.

As soon as he lay down again, Wang Manyin seemed to remember something, and sat up suddenly, his eyes wide and round.

When it was determined that Sun Shaoan was carrying the noodle bag on his shoulder, Wang Manyin's heart jumped wildly.

"Okay, Sun Shao'an, Sun Shaoping, you two boys pretend to be advanced in the village all day long, and you can even do speculative things, I have to send you in today!"

"No, no, even if we send these two guys to prison, we won't get any benefit."

"Maybe you should take this opportunity to get Sun Lanhua!"

Wang Manyin's eyes rolled, he thought of a vicious idea, stood up with his support, and quietly followed behind the three of them.

The other side.

On the old locust tree at the head of the village, Tian Haimin, the militia captain in charge of the lookout, suddenly shouted excitedly.

"Here, the comrades from the capital are coming, and I saw five trucks coming this way."

Hearing this, Sun Yuting, the village head, immediately mobilized the members.

For a time, the gongs and drums at the entrance of Shuangshui Village shook the sky, colorful flags fluttered (no), and firecrackers rang out in unison (no).

Inside the truck, a comrade in a gray tunic pointed to the welcoming crowd in front of him and introduced to Li Weidong: "Director Li, this is the comrades from Shuangshui Village welcoming us. ”

A few years later, he served as the leader of the former western county town, and now he is only a small officer in the propaganda department.

Li Dengyun is a very intelligent person, and when he learned that Li Weidong was about to represent the rolling mill to help Shuangshui Village, he realized that this was an opportunity for him.

As long as you cooperate with Li Weidong and complete the task of helping, you will inevitably be praised by your superiors, which will be very helpful for future promotion.

Li Weidong knows the plot, and of course he also recognizes Li Dengyun, who is the son of this goods, Li Xiangqian, who snatched Sun Shaoping's lover Tian Xiaoxia in the later stage.

It's just that this matter has nothing to do with Li Weidong, and he has no other views on Li Dengyun.

"Really? The comrades in Shuangshui Village seem to be quite enthusiastic. Li Weidong stretched his waist and said casually.

The journey from the capital to Yuanxi County was even more difficult than Li Weidong imagined, with rough roads and poor shock absorption of old-fashioned trucks.

After running on the road for a few days, even if his body was systematically strengthened, he was almost knocked apart.

It is no wonder that the leaders in the rolling mill heard that they were going to the countryside to participate in the task of helping, and they all retreated.

It's not that the consciousness is not high, it's that the body really can't stand it.

The truck roared with yellow dust, accompanied by a crisp brake sound, and stopped steadily in front of everyone in Shuangshui Village.

Sun Yuting, the village head, took the leaders of the village and hurriedly greeted him.

When they saw Lee Teng-yun following behind a young man and getting out of the car, they were a little dazed for a while.

They all know Li Dengyun, and this person is a comrade from the county, so it stands to reason that he must be a comrade accompanying the capital this time.

But.

What's going on with this young man?

According to the information they had obtained before, the comrade in Beijing who came to help this time was a workshop director of the Beijing Rolling Mill.

The workshop director is a middle-level leader in the factory, and he should be in his thirties.

And this young man looks like he is only twenty-five or sixteen years old.

Li Dengyun saw that several people were stunned in place, and hurriedly whispered: "Director Sun, what's going on with you?" Director Li is right in front of you, why don't you say hello yet, do you have to wait for Director Li to take the initiative to greet you? ”

Only then did Sun Yuting and the others react, feeling that this young man was really a leader from the capital.

He hurriedly smiled apologetically, and stretched out his hands: "Director Li, I'm really sorry, you are too young, I am Sun Yuting, director of the Shuangshui Village Poverty Management Committee, and welcome to our beautiful Shuangshu Village." ”

"Director Sun, hello, the name Shuangshui Village is very poetic." Li Weidong shook his hand and said with a smile.

Sun Yuting said: "From the ditch between Miaoping Mountain and Shenxian Mountain, a small river flows, called the Wailing River, and the Dongla River converges together, because there are Dongla River and Wailing River, so we call it Shuangshui Village here."

It's just that in recent years, the river has almost dried up due to successive droughts, and our Shuangshui Village has also suffered a great disaster. ”

Li Dengyun took the opportunity to say: "God is ruthless, and the comrades of the Beijing Rolling Mill have come to help your village this time. ”

"Thank you, thank you"

After a period of greetings, Sun Yuting invited Li Weidong and his party to the large hall of the village commune.

After putting the tea on the table, Sun Yuting looked at Li Weidong with expectation: "Director Li, I'm not qualified as the village head, I can't hide it, our village is about to run out of food, I don't know how much food you have brought." ”

Li Weidong didn't say anything, Pengzi next to him stood up and said, "Director Sun, we brought nearly fifty tons of grain this time. ”

"Ah, that's enough for us to get through this crisis." Sun Yuting stood up excitedly: "When can the food be divided, the villagers are hungry." ”

In Sun Yuting's opinion, since the food has been delivered, it should be distributed at this time.

Besides, the scenes he did were enough to save face for the leaders of the rolling mill.

It's just that he didn't expect that Li Weidong would wave his hand: "Director Sun, don't worry." ”

"Not in a hurry?" Sun Yuting's eyes widened suddenly, and he pointed to the villagers outside the door and said: "Comrades from the city, you may not know the situation, the big stove in our village commune has not been cooked for a week, and the bark in the grove at the back of the village has been stripped naked. ”

"Director Sun, what are you doing here! Listen to Director Li's speech! Seeing Sun Yuting screaming, Li Dengyun slammed the table and stood up.

Sun Yuting shrank his neck in fright and whispered, "I'm not in a hurry." After speaking, he sat down stupidly.

If Li Weidong didn't know the inside story, he would really be fooled by Sun Yuting, and he would think that this person was the director of the Poverty Management Committee who was dedicated to the villagers.

But.

You must know that the drought is affected by the entire former West County Town, more than a dozen communes, and other communes have also reduced their grain production, but there is no such thing as Shuangshui Village.

In the final analysis, it is still on Tian Futang and Sun Yuting.

It was they who neglected the management of the commune and failed to organize the members of the commune to fight drought and provide disaster relief in a timely manner.

If we distribute all the grain this time, we can indeed solve the difficulties of Shuangshui Village in a short period of time.

But

With a director of the Poverty Management Committee like Sun Yuting, Shuangshui Village will return to poverty sooner or later.

Thinking of this, Li Weidong straightened up and said slowly: "Director Sun, you are too worried, the workers and peasants are a family, and we have come all the way to help you, so naturally we will not watch the peasant brothers fall."

It's just that I haven't figured out how to distribute the food.

In order to avoid waste, now I decided to distribute a thousand catties of grain to the commune first. ”

Food is a weapon in Li Weidong's hands, and naturally it cannot be handed over easily at this time.

"A thousand pounds is so little?" Sun Yuting was a little dissatisfied.

Li Dengyun saw that Li Weidong's face was a little displeased, and glared at Sun Yuting fiercely: "Old Sun, didn't you listen to Director Li, the distribution of grain must have a charter, and now this thousand catties of grain is life-saving food, if you don't want it, I will take it back to the county seat and distribute it to the commune in need." ”

Hearing this, Sun Yuting didn't dare to be dissatisfied anymore, and quickly stood up and licked his face and smiled: "Yes, yes, why don't I want it!" ”

Considering that the situation of the villagers is indeed urgent, Li Weidong did not delay the matter, and asked Pengzi to take Tian Haimin, the militia company commander of Shuangshou Village, and several villagers to pick up food by the truck together.

Tian Haimin saw that there were security officers from the rolling mill next to the truck, and they were all fully armed.

He was a little unhappy in his heart: "Comrade Yu, are you too careful, this is our Shuangshui Village, with me, the militia captain, no one dares to come here to steal food." ”

Pengzi smiled and didn't say anything, where are these security officers guarding against thieves, they are clearly guarding against you.

When he was in the capital, Pengzi also felt a little incomprehensible about Li Weidong's arrangement.

In his impression, the members of the rural community are simple, how can they make trouble.

When he really came to Shuangshui Village, especially when he saw the performance of the village chief Sun Yuting, Pengzi immediately admired Li Weidong.

Without these security officers, this food might have been gone tonight.

1,000 catties of grain is not much, but it is not a lot, enough for the villagers of Shuangshui Village to eat for a few days.

Because people are in a state of extreme hunger, they eat too much at one time and are prone to illness, so Li Weidong also specially reminded Sun Yuting to limit the amount of food when distributing it.

Sun Yuting felt that the young man in the city was a little verbose, so he casually agreed, and went out to make arrangements behind his back.

Even Li Dengyun felt that Sun Yuting's approach was a bit excessive.

The comrades in the rolling mill are here to help you, and you have this attitude.

"This old grandson, he has a good relationship with Tian Futang, the director of the village committee, you may not know Tian Futang, he is the director of the village committee, and even the mayor of the town doesn't pay attention to him on weekdays." Li Dengyun laughed twice, looked at Li Weidong and said, "Director Li, it seems that you need to stay here for a while, I will go back to the county seat immediately and help you arrange accommodation." ”

Li Weidong waved his hand: "No need, I think it's good here." ”

The commune of Shuangshui Village was the mansion of the big landlord Jin family before liberation, and there were more than a dozen rooms in the courtyard.

Under the coordination of Li Dengyun, Sun Yuting, the village head, found a few eldest ladies and cleaned up a few rooms for Li Weidong and his family.

Night gradually falls, and darkness envelops the entire Shuangshui Village.

In order to save kerosene, the members lay down on the bed early, and there was silence all around. (End of chapter)