"Okay, don't force Lai Lai here, if you don't want to make a big deal out of it, who can take charge of it, let him come out and speak." Wang Zhong said coldly.

"Yes, let him out!"

"Give us an explanation."

The villagers were angry one by one, if Wang Chong hadn't stood in front and didn't speak, they probably wouldn't have done it at this time.

Anger arises from the heart, and evil naturally arises from the side of the heart.

Yang San, who had walked around, ran back to the front door again, and counted the deepest feelings, the greatest resentment, and the most loud shouting.

Yesterday, he was detained in the water station for nearly an hour, and finally had to apologize to the people at the water station, although the person was indeed left with a few nosebleeds from his fists, but Yang San was still unconvinced, and he was holding back the fire in his heart.

It was clear that the people at the water station were the first to scold, and they refused to supply water to Jintan Village, Yang San looked at the water that gave the wheat to renew its life to Chengguan Village, which had already completed spring irrigation and was not short of water, how could he not be angry in his heart.

Later, if it weren't for the sake of that little water to renew the wheat's life, how could Yang San be so wronged, admitting his mistakes and apologizing.

Now it's okay, the money has been paid, the apologies have been made, the mistakes have been admitted, and the water day that has lost the instep has been made of himself.

The anger and anger that Yang San pressed in his heart completely exploded, and it was even stronger and more turbulent than yesterday, like a volcanic eruption, rushing straight to his brain.

"What do you think, this is Yangshui Station, don't be impulsive!"

Several staff members behind the iron gate were so frightened that their faces were almost blue, and their timid legs and stomachs began to tremble, and they said uneasily.

Yesterday it was clear that both sides had said that the water supply was provided today, and yesterday afternoon, Ma Defu made up for the money owed last winter, but today they did it, and in the face of the villagers' questions, it is no wonder that they are weak and afraid.

Wang Chong said in a deep voice into the iron gate: "I know that I am afraid at this time, don't worry, we are all reasonable people, hurry up and call out the person who can be in charge of your work here now, and let him explain to us in person." ”

"It's obvious that it's been said that it's good, why did it end up and change again, isn't this a day to make people play!"

"That's it!"

"Is there anything else to explain this, didn't I say it just now, it was our stationmaster's order, and we are just running errands underneath." Although their hearts are weak, they are still hard-mouthed.

"Since you know you're running errands, what are you doing here?"

Wang Chong's eyes were sharp, and his words were like knives: "If you don't have a weak heart, why do you close the door?" ”

"You are menacing, who knows if you will make trouble!" The man inside defended himself.

"Trouble?" Wang Zhong sneered: "You think we are like you, the villagers of our Jintan Village, they are all law-abiding people." ”

"Have you heard of it, besides, it's you who are to blame for this matter, don't say that we didn't make trouble, even if we really made trouble? Could it be that the police have arrested our whole village? When the time comes, you can ensure that you are not implicated? ”

"We big guys were originally in Xihai to stay well, it was the government cadres who came to do the work one by one, and pulled us to the Gobi Desert where birds don't shit, we responded to the call of the country, cooperated with the government's work, ran hundreds of miles, and came to hang the village with all kinds of hardships, not to mention the hardships and tiredness, but also to suffer from the bird spirit of your dog's day."

"It's a big deal, let's quit, pat our butts and go back to our Xihaigu, and when we see it, the leaders above blame it, whether it's trouble for us or for your trouble."

Wang Chong's words pierced the hearts of several water station staff behind the iron gate like knives, turned their expressions around, and made small calculations one by one.

"That's it! It's a big deal, let's quit and go back to our springs! ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

“·······”

Looking at the villagers who spoke in unison, the staff of the water station were completely panicked.

Wang Chong continued: "When the time comes, the blame from above, you stationmaster will not be able to escape the blame, will you be able to escape?" ”

"Releasing water to you is an order from the stationmaster, we are the ones who obey the orders below, our water station, the stationmaster is the largest, where dare we disobey him, if you want to find it, just look for him, what are we doing here."

The staff of several water stations have begun to soften, and they dare not be tough with Wang Zhong anymore, for fear of causing public anger.

The anger of the people is difficult, but it is not just talking, and the people in the northwest region have always been fierce.

Not to mention the past, just counting back more than ten or twenty years, at that time, there was no project to divert yellow water and irrigation, and in order to grab that little water between the villages, the whole village did not know how many times there were fights, and there were no deaths in the group fights that time.

A few villages grabbing water is no different from fighting.

Gava's fucking illness is the root of the disease when there was a famine in 73 years, in order to grab the wild vegetables on the back slope of Yongquan Village, he fought with the people of Huangjialiang in the back mountain and was beaten on the head with a stick.

At that time, Gawa and her mother were still a yellow flower girl, a big girl.

The staff at the water station are not only young people, but also a few older people who have experienced that time.

"We are all crop men, facing the loess with our backs to the sky, digging in the ground all our lives, the wheat seedlings in the field are our lives, you cut off our water, you want our lives, if the wheat in our fields is killed, we have 80 households in Jintan Village, more than 400 people, if they all come to you desperately, I can't stop it."

As soon as Wang Chong's words came out, the faces of the staff of the water station behind the iron gate turned black.

But that's not all.

"You can pray now that our secretary will go to the scene and get the water supply done, if not, and all the wheat in our field will die, then you better hide behind the iron gate for the rest of your life!"

"What do you mean?" A water station worker with a slightly larger burden asked a little apprehensively.

"What do you mean?" Wang Chong laughed, looked at the young people around him, and finally landed on Yang San, who had hair like messy grass, old and dirty clothes, and a dusty face: "Yang San, what does he mean when he asks me!" ”

Yang San took two steps forward, raised his hand and grabbed the steel bar like a fence on the iron gate, his eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and said: "If you want our lives, we also want your lives!" ”

"Don't mess around, it's against the law!" Several staff members in green uniforms staggered back a few steps, visibly frightened.

The Great Northwest man usually looks honest, but he has never lacked blood in his bones.

"Yang San, what nonsense!" Wang Chong scolded, and in Yang San's stunned expression, the corners of his mouth rose, and he stepped forward: "We are all croppers, all law-abiding people, how can we do those things that violate the law and discipline!" ”

"But!"

Wang Chong's voice changed, and his gaze at the two staff members became more and more cold: "No matter which order we order, we only know that we have paid the money, but the water station still does not give us water, if the wheat in the field is dead." ”

"Huh!"

"Don't say I didn't give you advice in advance, I suggest that you all work at the water station, be careful when you go home in the future, there may be some accidents on the way!"

"Also, be careful when eating, maybe one day there will be more left-side ingredients in the meal!"

"That's right! You also have old people and dolls in your family! ”

Wang Chong looked at them with a cold gaze: "Don't force people to be in a hurry, if you are really in a hurry, you can do anything." ”

Wang Chongfeng said some things that were not related to the wind and horses.

I could hear that the staff of several water stations changed color one after another, and their faces invariably showed fear.

Especially looking at the group of angry men around the door in front of them, staring at them viciously.

"Either open the door and find someone who can take charge of you to come out, and we will solve the problem, or ······"

"Humph!"

Wang Chong stood quietly in front of the iron gate, looking at the staff of the water station behind the door, the calm as usual, the eyes of the ancient well, the few jobs he saw subconsciously retreated, and then sat on the ground with a butt piercing.

"Give you three minutes to think about it!" Wang Zhong lifted three fingers.

"Didn't you say half an hour!" An iron door, an iron pipe as thick as a big toe, and an iron bar the size of a little thumb, lay between the two high brick walls, dividing the two groups of people inside and outside the door into two worlds.

The people in the door are holding iron rice bowls, receiving wages every month, doing easy work, and they also know the importance of the wheat seedlings in the field to the croppers, but they only know it.

The farmers outside the door, in the late autumn and early winter, sprinkled the seeds one by one into the ground, and then waited for the time to pass, the wheat seedlings broke through the soil, under the cover of snow, survived a long winter, and when the new spring came, just waiting for the rain to water, the new green shoots that were about to thrive.

Those people in the door can't understand the feelings of outsiders, because they are completely people from two worlds, and people from two worlds, how can the joys and sorrows be connected.

Naturally, they couldn't understand how the gray-faced, old-dressed, patched croppers outside the door cherished the wheat seedlings in the field.

But at this moment, in this situation, they could see the emotions contained in those eyes full of anger, and the words that Wang Chong had just said appeared inexplicably in their minds, and the bodies of several people trembled in unison.

If it's just themselves, although they are also a little afraid, they are just afraid, and they are still within the range of bearability, and they still have confidence.

But when it comes to family members, parents, wives and children, the defense line in their hearts is completely defeated.

The person behind the door ran into the office, and after a while, a middle-aged man in his forties with sideburns dyed a little white appeared behind the iron door.

The middle-aged man looked at the crowd outside the door, grimaced, gritted his teeth, and finally commanded a young man in his twenties to open the iron door.

"My name is Lei Heng! Our stationmaster Chen is not here, and my position is the highest in the water station at present! ”

Lei Heng walked up to Wang Chong, stretched out his hand, and said very politely.

"Wang Chong! Villagers of Jintan Village! ”

"I know you!" Lei Heng naturally knows Wang Chong, in recent years, Wang Chong's farm irrigation has been completed, but it is all from their Qingtongxia side of the water, in the first few years, Jintan Village is still under the rule of Qingtongxia, and their water station does not collect much money, but since last year, Jintan Village has been drawn out of Qingtongxia and belongs to the rule of Yuquan Camp.

Wang Chong contracted more than 500 acres of land, and last year he paid 60,000 yuan for expensive water for winter irrigation alone, which is almost equivalent to more than 100 yuan per mu, which is almost a sky-high price, and 80 households in the village are also 5 or 600 acres of land, but only 28,000 yuan were collected, and Wang Chong's price is more than double that of the village.

When the winter irrigation last year, many people at the water station also felt that the price was too high, and Wang Chong would definitely not be willing, so he agreed to come down without thinking about it.

"Know, that's easy!"

Wang Chong's face showed a smile like a spring breeze: "You must have heard what I said just now, and I don't mean anything else, just two things." ”

"Two things?"

Lei Heng was puzzled and frightened, puzzled because of the two things Wang Chong's mouth said, and frightened because the person in front of him at this moment was only about thirty, but his reputation had already spread all over the country.

But anyone who has dealt with the people of the Yuquan camp knows that on the Gobi Desert under Helan Mountain, the old mountain man who ran out of the mountain to hang the village, there was a capable man named Wang Chong, who was young, but his ability was admirable, not only that, but also anxious for justice and righteousness, helping the needy, it was simply a modern version of timely rain, and he had a great reputation.

After dealing with him, Lei Heng naturally knows who Wang Chong is, and knows his prestige among immigrants.

And it was clear that just before he came out, Wang Chong was still saying that he was actually full of threats and tastes, but now he could smile so calmly and steadily.

Just this ability to change his face made Lei Heng dare not despise him in the slightest.

"I'm just a small section chief, if it's within my purview, I can promise you, but if it's beyond my purview, I can't do it!" Lei Heng stretched out his hand, looking helpless.

The surrounding villagers were about to surround subconsciously, Wang Chong raised his hand lightly, and everyone's pace forward invariably stopped.

Seeing this scene, Lei Heng's Tong Kong couldn't help but shrink reluctantly.

This is the prestige accumulated among the villagers in the seven or eight years of hard work from the 91 years of immigration.

"Chief Lei, you have a way!"

Wang Chong looked at Lei Heng with a smile and said, "The first condition is to open the gate and release the water immediately." ”

As soon as Wang Chong's words fell, Lei Heng immediately shook his head.

"Comrade Wang Chong, don't embarrass us errands, hasn't your secretary already brought people to the scene! When he got the news and came to order, I immediately opened the sluice gate and released the water, without a moment's delay. Lei Heng said with a bit of pleading.

"It's okay if you don't drink water for a few days, but is our wheat expensive, if you can't water it again, you will all die!" Before Wang Chong could speak, Yang San couldn't wait to shout loudly.

"If you release the water earlier, we will have fewer wheat plants!"

This immediately won the unanimous agreement of the villagers: "That's it, now that a lot of wheat seedlings in the field have died, and if you release water one minute earlier, you can save a few more." ”

"Chief Lei! I'm curious, is this water station a person with his surname Chen, or is it from the state? ”

Chief Lei didn't think about it, and blurted out: "Of course it's the state, the water station was built at the expense of the state." ”

Wang Chongdao: "The state asked you to manage the water station, so that you can help the villagers on both sides of the Yellow River to divert water for irrigation, now our Jintan Village is no longer under the jurisdiction of Qingtongxia, but the three-level water lifting station on the side of Yuquanying has not yet been completed, our Jintan Village wants to irrigate and water, can only from your Qingtongxia side." ”

"The world is big, and the people eat the most, such a simple truth, I believe that Section Chief Lei will not understand." Wang Chong spoke softly, and the staff of the water station behind Lei Heng looked at the scene in front of him with some incredulity.

Lei Heng nodded: "That's the truth." ”

"Our village secretary has now gone to the on-site meeting, and the on-site meeting is with your big leaders of Qingtongxia, do you think that if he goes, will your leaders speak and let you open the gate and release the water?"

Although Lei Heng didn't want to admit it, he still nodded.

"We paid the money, you promised to release the water today, but the little bit of water that can be released, the lake can't get the lake, you delayed the release of water, the wheat seedlings in the field died I don't know how much, and now this matter has reached your top boss, do you think these people in your water station can't get rid of it?"

"The leaders above will investigate it, do you think that your stationmaster Chen will carry this matter down by himself?"

Lei Heng's face had changed, his brows were furrowed, although Wang Chong's words were not good, they were true.

"Do you wait for the leaders above to blame and then take action to make up for your mistakes, or do you take the lead now, correct the things you did wrong, and then tell the truth when the leaders come to be accountable."

"There's a stake, Section Chief Lei won't be confused, right?" Wang Zhong said with a smile on his face.

Lei Heng is also a section chief, how can he not understand Wang Chong's words.

"What I said earlier, I believe that Section Chief Lei must have heard it, how to choose, it all depends on Section Chief Lei himself!"

"Although we abide by the law, we also know what it means to petition and what it means to pretend to be pitiful! When the time comes, our entire village will go to Qingtongxia to find your leaders to explain the law and compensate for it, and Section Chief Lei thinks that will the upper authorities find someone to resist this matter? ”

Section Chief Lei looked at Wang Chong, his eyes kept flickering, his face turned from blue to white, he took a few deep breaths, and asked calmly: "Didn't Comrade Wang Chong say that there are two things!" I don't know what this second piece is? ”

"Last year's winter irrigation, my farm 572 acres of land, you stationmaster Chen asked me to pay 60,000 yuan, more than 100 yuan per acre of land, we prepare the land, one acre of land is only a few dozen yuan at most, our Jintan Village 80 households, a total of 543 acres of land, yesterday to make up the money for last year's winter irrigation, your people counted, is 28,000 yuan."

"I think Chief Lei is also clear about this matter!"

"Clear! Clear! ”

How could such a big thing not be clear.

Seeing Wang Zhong like this, it is obvious that he has already thought about it, and he is waiting for a suitable opportunity to pick out this matter.

"Section Chief Lei is a smart person, I don't think I need to say anything more!"

"Li Shi, Wang Jin, Zhang Yuan, the three of you go over and open the floodgates to Jintan Village to release water!"

"Section Chief, Stationmaster ······" The three young men walked up to Lei Heng, and said hesitantly and tangledly.

The one named Li Shi was slapped in the head by Yang San yesterday, and his nosebleeds were beaten out.

Facing the three of them, Lei Heng grimaced, and reprimanded in a fierce voice full of frost: "Is the stationmaster's order important, or is the wheat in the people's fields important?" We are in charge of the water station for the country and the people, not for anyone, and now the wheat in the fields of the villagers is about to die, do we just watch it? ”

"You three, hurry up and release water for me, if the stationmaster comes back, blame it, no matter what happens, I will bear it alone!"

At this moment, this Lei Heng section chief is like the reincarnation of Bao Hei, upright, and the eight characters of dedication to the people are simply the same as those engraved on his face.

"Chief Lei is really dedicated to the people!"

Wang Zhong said with a smile, and then looked at Yang San next to him: "Third Brother Yang, you take someone to follow our staff and go to see it together." ”

"Okay!" Yang San immediately responded, and called two villagers who usually had a good relationship to follow.

Wang Chongchong handed out a note to Lei Heng and said, "This is my number, if Section Chief Lei needs help, please call at any time." ”

Looking at the note that Wang Zhong handed over, Lei Heng hesitated, thinking that it was just a phone call, and it was not a bribe, so he reached out and took it.

"Then thank you, Chief Lei!" Wang Chong smiled and shook hands with Lei Heng.

"It should, it should!"

Lei Heng said with emotion: "Thanks to Comrade Wang Chong's words, it woke me up, otherwise, I would have forgotten why I came to the water station!" ”

The villagers, who were still angry and indignant just now, looked at the scene in front of them, and they all dared not believe their eyes.

Wang Chong just said a few words, let this section chief put the water?

"Folks, don't stand here and block it, not to mention the daily work of the water station, and delay the watering of your own field."

"Chief Lei has already asked people to release the water, the big guy hurry back and watch in his own field! It should be called a person, and it should be busy, but don't let down the kindness of Section Chief Lei. ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Brother Wang Chong is right, let's go back quickly!"

The villagers immediately reacted and hurriedly beckoned to run back!

"Section Chief Lei, about the water irrigation station that collected 60,000 yuan from me last winter, I have to worry about Section Chief Lei to bother more, and react with the leaders above."

"A winter irrigation is 60,000, and in a year, it doesn't have to be 120,000! Although I, Wang Chong, can afford to pay this money, but I am not a wronged person who can be slaughtered by others, I am responding to the call of the government, and taking the lead in immigrating to Jiaozhuang, if Section Chief Lei can't solve this problem, then I can only ask the leaders of our Yuquan Camp to reflect. ”

"One irrigation, one mu of land costs more than 100 yuan for water, such a high price, not to mention our Yuquan camp, even in the whole of Ningxia, I have heard of it for the first time."

"Please rest assured, Comrade Wang Chong, I will report this matter to the superior leaders immediately, and I will solve this problem for you as soon as possible." Lei Heng almost patted his chest to give Wang Chong a guarantee.

From the moment Lei Heng asked people to open the gate and release water, he and Wang Chong were tied together, no, it should be said that he had already made a choice, choosing to stand on the side of Jintan Village, and choosing to stand on the side of supporting the immigration policy of Jiaozhuang.

chose to stand on the opposite side of the stationmaster Chen.

"Then it's hard work for Chief Lei!" Wang Chong smiled and shook hands with Lei Heng again.

Wang Chong was not in a hurry, said goodbye to Lei Heng, and then rode a bicycle to chase after him.

Seeing Wang Chong and the villagers disappear away, the smile on Lei Heng's face gradually disappeared, and his kind and friendly temperament faded abruptly, with a straight face and hands behind his back.

"Section chief, how do we explain to the stationmaster?" A young man who had no eyesight asked worriedly.

Lei Heng glanced at it coldly, and said in a surging voice: "Confess? Explain what? Isn't it wrong for our water station to provide water to the people and water the land? ”

The young man shook his head, the water lifting station that the country spent so much manpower and material resources to build was originally for the common people to irrigate.

Lei Heng said with a straight face: "Since it's right, then what are you afraid of, just now people are right, although Jintan Village is no longer under the control of our Qingtongxia, but the third-level water lifting on the side of Yuquan Camp has not been repaired, Jintan Village can only divert water from our side to irrigate, the leader asked us to manage the water station, that is, I believe that we can deal with the problem of irrigation of the people, instead of waiting for the villagers to run to the leader to explain the law, waiting for the leader to order." ”

"Since we have accepted money from others and promised them to provide them with water, how can we regret it when it comes to the end?"

"I told the stationmaster in the morning, something is going to happen if you do this!"

"The state handed over the water station to us, is to trust us, is to think that we can do a good job of the water station, in some ways, in the eyes of the people, we represent the country, now people have paid the money, said that the water supply, but we are like this morning to make the people, we damage, not only our image, but also the image of the country in the hearts of the people."

"When the time comes, the leaders will blame it, and you will bear the blame? Or am I carrying it? Lei Heng's eyes swept over the group of colleagues who came over, and calmly analyzed them.