In the summer of '86, the temperature was much higher than usual, and this year, there was a severe drought in various places.

People living in the cities may not feel much of it, but in some rural areas, crops are dying of drought in large areas! ——

Tianshui Village in Qingyang County is located in the Central Plains and is also one of the places where drought occurs.

This year, in order to keep the crops in the field, the whole village sweated every day and carried water from the river to water the ground.

Gradually, however, the water level of the river dropped, and the riverbed gradually became bare.

The children of the village were so happy to see this that they went to fish in the knee-high water every day.

And the adults in the village have sad faces one by one, and the village chief even sighs sadly every day.

Eventually, the river dried up, and most of the crops in the village were not saved—

On the hill behind the village, Lan Dazhuang hired people to carry water to the orchard every day to water the land.

Fortunately, fruit trees are more drought tolerant than crops, and the hotter the weather and the more hours of sunlight, the sweeter the fruit becomes.

This year, in the entire Tianshui Village, except for the orchard planted by the Lan family on the contracted land in the back mountain, everyone else in the village was worried about whether they would be able to eat next year.

As the days passed, the fruit in the orchard was ripe, and truckloads of fruit were picked from the mountain, and some of them were sent to the fruit processing factory built at the bottom of the mountain to make canned food and jam.

The other part is sent to the city, wholesaled to fruit vendors, and sold to various counties in Linjiang City.

The good life of the Lan family is the envy of everyone in the village!

In such a strong contrast, some people in the village began to lobby the village chief because of jealousy and hatred, trying to get the village chief to speak, saying that the Lan family could no longer contract the back mountain!

And planting orchards and raising chickens in the mountains behind the village should be in the interests of everyone in the village-

At first, the village chief had such thoughts about some villagers, saying that the other party was unreasonable.

Later, as more and more crops in the village drought and died, the village chief gradually moved his mind.

But his idea is not to take back the back mountain contracted by the Lan family, but to let the Lan family share some of the benefits from the back mountain to the whole village, so that everyone in the village will no longer have complaints.

On this day, Lan Dazhuang was busy all day, and was about to go home to take a shower, and then drove a tractor to the county seat to see his daughter-in-law and son, but saw the village chief squatting at the door of his house, obviously waiting for a long time.

Lan Dazhuang is honest and sincere, and his personality is good, so he immediately beckoned the village chief to sit at home.

But when he learned of the village chief's intention, Lan Dazhuang's originally generous face suddenly sank-

"Village chief, our brothers and sisters started contracting the matter of Houshan a few years ago, whether it is an orchard or a free-range chicken farm, it is the input of our brothers and sisters, as well as the unremitting maintenance over the years."

"Now because there is a big drought in the village, let us take out our own things and share them with others? There is no such thing in the world! ”

Lan Dazhuang refused the village chief's request.

In fact, before he came, the village chief did not have much hope for the conditions he proposed.

But when he made these requests, he already subconsciously felt that he had spoken, which was also the idea of everyone in the village, even if the Lan family had a loss, but the will of the masses was greater than that of individuals~!

After he clearly heard Lan Dazhuang's refusal, the village chief suddenly became a little angry!

"Lan Da Zhuang! Be a man with a conscience! Ask yourself, how am I doing to your family? A few years ago, when did your brother and sister contact me that was not on my home phone? Now that the village is in trouble, don't you even want to help? ”

Hearing the village chief say this, Lan Dazhuang was also annoyed.

"That's right, I didn't have a phone at home before, and I used your phone many times, but every time we used it, it wasn't in vain! Either on the same day or the next day, eggs or even bacon will be brought in to make up for it. ”

"Since the harvest in my orchard two years ago, the fruit is ripe every year, and I have brought the fruit to your house with a basket, and I have not asked you for a penny."

"At that time, our family had already installed our own telephone, and we never used your home again, so the village chief, your help to our family, our family has already returned!"

"And now, what you mean by letting our family help the village is asking our family to take out the 'money' in their own pockets and distribute it to everyone in the village? This makes so much sense! It's just the same as Ming robbery! ”

Although Lan Dazhuang seems to be honest and honest, he is not stupid, and he is even a smart person.

When encountering things, he thinks clearly and makes sense.

The village chief used to think that the second and third elders of the Lan family studied well, and the daughter of the Lan family was shrewd and could do business.

But now he knows that there are several brothers and sisters in the Lan family, and each of them is a human spirit~!

was bluntly told by Lan Dazhuang about his plan, and the village chief suddenly felt a little embarrassed on his face.

But thinking that he came today, it was not because of personal interests, but because it was related to the livelihood of the whole village, so the village chief felt that even if he was cheeky, he had to let the Lan family help the village.

After all, all the people in their village have the best life in the Lan family, and the children of the Lan family are the most capable.

If the Lan family didn't help, who else could they find to help the villagers survive this disaster year?

"Lan Dazhuang, you can't say that! The back mountain contracted by your family originally belonged to the village, but now that the people in the village are in difficulty, can you just watch and help nothing? ”

The village chief's words sounded like a little softened, but in Lan Dazhuang's opinion, it still meant the same thing as the previous 'Ming robbery'.

Who wouldn't say a few soft words?

A few words can make him give away the family's 'money' to others for nothing, is he really stupid?

In front of the village chief, Lan Dazhuang rolled his eyes fiercely!

"Village chief, you also said that several of our brothers and sisters have contracted the back mountain, and we have paid the contract fee on time every year!"

"The people in the village are in difficulty, it is caused by drought, and no one wants to meet the disaster year, as for me watching, you are wrong!"

"Half of the workers recruited by my family's orchards, fruit factories and free-range chicken farms in the back mountains, as well as the frozen semi-finished fried chicken processing factory, are from our village!"

"Our family has provided these villagers with job opportunities so that they can earn money every month, which is still watching and not helping the village?"

The village chief never knew that Lan Dazhuang was so eloquent!

That's right, the Lan family's orchard and chicken farm, as well as the two factories that opened later, did bring jobs to some people in the village.

But such an opportunity is not available to every family, and there are still many villagers who are likely to not survive because of this year's drought!

When they have no food or food to eat next year, will he, as the village chief, watch them starve to death?

Therefore, the village chief's current mentality is that the Lan family can help everyone tide over the difficulties, but they refuse to help!

(End of chapter)