15. Lies

The carriage walked slowly on the road, and Wang Wensi sat on the wheel like a defeated rooster, his heart was tumbling over the river: the white face on the carriage was not confiscated at all. Where does this flour go? Return to the grain processing plant, but people will definitely not accept it! How can the that was pulled out be able to sit back again? What can you say about pulling back to the village? As soon as he thought that this was easy to do, he said that there was no need for flour on the reservoir at all, and that Li Minqiang had pretended to pass on the holy decree, and there was no shortage of food on the reservoir. But now the number on the car is not enough, alas, you shouldn't be greedy, and sell those two bags of flour to the restaurant cheaply, and the restaurant owner will definitely not return it, who will take advantage of it and let go? He also remembered the eldest son of the Yang family, who worked in the county seat, and saw me unloading flour from the car after dinner with friends in a restaurant. Tie the donkey's mouth and the horse's mouth can't stop the people's mouth, once this thing is poked out, it will be enough for me to drink a pot. Alas, it's really unlucky to stuff your teeth when you drink cold water, and you hit your heels when you fart. If you don't do it all the time, just sell all the flour, and say that Li Minqiang accepted it. No, it's not him Li Minqiang alone on the construction site, it's hard to cover everyone's mouths with a slap, and the migrant workers all said that the flour sent was not collected as soon as they came back, and it would be even more troublesome to find out! Alas, admit bad luck, you can't ruin a big thing for a small profit. Wang Wensi drove the carriage into the grain processing factory, bought two more bags of flour and loaded them on the cart, although he lost money by buying expensive and selling cheaply, but his heart was a little more steady. Then, he drove the carriage into the county woodworking factory again and knocked on the door of the factory's supply and marketing section.

"Chief Muko, where are you busy?"

"Don't be busy, don't be busy, Secretary Wang sit down." A square-faced, small-eyed, chubby, not tall man stood up and said. He is the head of the supply and marketing section of the timber mill, Zhang Lancui's husband Mu Changsheng.

Mu Changsheng picked up the thermos and poured a cup of tea for Wang Wensi, and said with a smile, "Drink a cup of tea to warm up, why did you come back so soon." ”

Wang Wensi took the teacup and said, "The flour is not collected and pulled back." ”

Mu Changsheng looked out at the flour on the car in the yard through the glass window, turned around and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"People are not short of food, and I am afraid that the impact of harvesting flour will not be good."

"Then why did he ask for white noodles?" Mu Changsheng asked puzzled.

"yes, I don't understand what's going on."

"It's not a toss-up." As he spoke, he took out a pack of cigarettes from the drawer, opened it and handed one to Wang Wensi.

Wang Wensi took the cigarette and lit it, took a puff, and said, "Brother, in this way, the matter we discussed in the morning will not be done." ”

"Why?"

Wang Wensi lowered his voice and said: "If you think about it, if the flour is not sent out, it will have to be returned to the villagers, and the village will not need to use money to buy wheat, and naturally the tree will not be cut down." ”

Mu Changsheng shook his head regretfully and said, "Alas, the duck that is about to arrive has flown again." You'll have to try to get some more! ”

"Since the last time we cut down trees, the village has set up a forest ranger team, which takes turns patrolling at night, and even those stinky girls have gone into battle, which is difficult."

"Can't you think of another way?"

"What can I do? I'll have to wait for the opportunity later. ”

"If you're the leader of the village, it's easy to do." Then he asked, "I heard that Mu Qinglin's body collapsed and he couldn't do it, shouldn't you take office?" ”

"It's hard to say."

"Having trouble?"

"It's not easy, and other people are thinking about this chair."

"It's useless for others to think about it, everyone knows that there are people in the court who are good officials, so let your relatives who are officials in the county say hello to the head of the town, and the matter will be done, and the officials will crush people to death."

"The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the county officials are not as good as the current management, I am afraid that the whip will not be able to reach it."

"So Dong Datian wants to be this secretary?"

"Datian is just a cannon barrel and has no scheming, saying that the white is an old scalper's belly straw bag. I also inquired about it in the town, and there was the possibility of being a leader, but I didn't expect to kill another way to bite the gold halfway, blocking my way. ”

"Who?"

"Li Minqiang, didn't he come back after a few years of being a soldier!"

"I think you're too worried, you can be a secretary when you come back from a few years of soldiers, and there are many people who come back as soldiers, and they don't farm and become farmers in the same way!"

"He was an officer, not an ordinary soldier, and he had made meritorious contributions in the army. The government assigned him to the county public security bureau, but he did not go, and he had to carry out new rural construction in the countryside. No, he actively asked to participate in the construction of the reservoir in the county, and when he became a platoon commander, the town leaders took him very seriously. ”

Mu Changsheng shook his head and said: "He will not let him be the leader, and there is a process of familiarizing himself with the situation in the village, and the villagers may not all buy his account, don't be discouraged, you still have hope." ”

"I also think about it, it is unlikely that Li Minqiang will be the leader. But there's still a democratic election. ”

Mu Changsheng shook his head and said, "What's so difficult about this. What does 'giving' mean? As long as you are willing to spend a little money and spend a little money to pull votes, what will be the problem? ”

"I'm worried that people won't accept it."

"Why don't you take it? Who doesn't see money? What is money? Money is a bone with meat, and the person who receives the money is a dog. As long as he gnaws, he will recognize the person who threw the bone, and as long as you wave your hand, the dog will obediently come with you, and that will be accurate. ”

"Hehe, what you said is quite vivid."

"That's the reason. As long as you have the money in place, it will not be a problem to be the leader with your relatives talking to you. ”

Wang Wensi showed a smile on his face: "Thank you for your auspicious words." ”

"When the time comes, you'll have to invite me to a drink."

"No problem."

Wang Wensi came out of the carpentry factory and stepped into the carriage and went on the road, he slapped the horse's buttocks twice, and the horse ran quickly. He sat on the wheel and began to toss in his heart again: I didn't expect Li Xiaobao, a rabbit cub, to be bought by Li Minqiang so quickly. The monkey on the set was played by people, he did such a happy job on the reservoir, and he screamed a Minqiang brother, my hard work was in vain. The most terrifying thing is Li Minqiang, he is iron-clad, he didn't lie down when he encountered so many things, and the more he worked, the more he worked, the more cheerful he became, and the prestige among the migrant workers who came not only did not be affected, but they all leaned closer to him, and the leaders trusted him more. Am I just going to have to work hard to fill the well with snow? cough, I wanted him to retreat, but I didn't expect this kid to be in. It seems unlikely that he will be squeezed out. Hum! I'm not afraid of being discouraged, I'm afraid of being discouraged, and I must not give up halfway. Li Minqiang, you wait, the show is still to come!

When Wang Wensi drove the carriage back to the compound of the village committee, it was already dark, Dong Datian hurriedly came out of the house, he looked at the carriage and was stunned: "Why did you pull it back again?" ”

Wang Wensi said with a low expression: "If people don't accept it, they will pull it back." ”

"What's going on?"

Wang Wensi threw the whip on the carriage angrily, and said impatiently: "What's the matter, no need!" ”

Dong Datian was confused, he asked for it in a letter, and said that he didn't need to pull it back. Am I mistaken in my belief? Misunderstood the meaning of the letter, he hurriedly ran into the office and opened the drawer to find the letter, but no. He remembered, "Wen Si, where did you leave the letter?" ”

"What letter?"

"It's the letter that Minqiang brought from the reservoir construction site."

"What are you looking for him?"

"I'll see if I've made a mistake about the contents of the letter."

"That's still wrong! It is written clearly in black and white, and it is indeed white. ”

"You can show me the letter again."

"I didn't believe it!"

"Why not? You didn't give it to me again! ”

"Ahem, I used it as a tissue."

"Oh, you it." Dong Datian said dissatisfied.

Wang Wensi asked: "What should I do with the flour in the car?" ”

"What should I do, unload it and return it to everyone!"

"It's flour, not wheat. How can you return the law? ”

"Oh, what's so difficult about this, just fold the number of flour per catty of wheat."

"What's the processing fee?"

"Are you embarrassed to ask everyone for processing fees? Out of the village! I just don't understand what's going on. ”

Wang Wensi took out a cigarette and handed it over, lit one and took a puff, sat on the table and said, "You are in a hurry to get on fire, don't blame us for this, we are doing things according to the letter." ”

"Look at this."

Wang Wensi sat on the stool and said, "Secretary Chen was very angry when he saw that I gave white noodles and gave me a good meal. I said, didn't you instruct us to send flour? He said, 'When am I going to ask you to deliver flour?' I was dumbfounded, what is going on! As soon as Secretary Chen got angry, did Minqiang still dare to accept this flour? That's why I pulled it back. ”

"This people are strong, how bad the impact is."

"Secretary Chen also said the same, and I was quite uncomfortable for the people at that time."

"It's nonsense, you have to talk about him when you come back, how can you do this."

"As the saying goes, a freshly unearthed sapling can't be a pillar. There is no hair on the mouth, and the work is not firm. ”

Dong Datian waved his hand impatiently and said, "Don't say it, unload the car quickly, you are also tired." ”

The two came out of the house, unloaded the flour and moved it to the house, and Wang Wensi shouted at the horse to drive the cart out of the hospital.

The next day, although the flour was returned to everyone, the gossip spread in the village.

Wang Wenzhi was holding his noodle pocket and discussing with Aunt Wang:

"Is it true that I heard that Hadron made a mistake on the reservoir site?" Second Aunt Wang asked uneasily.

Wang Wenzhi looked around and whispered: "This is still fake, Minqiang wrote a fake letter, and the matter of asking us for white noodles from his superiors was discovered by the leaders of the town, and he was given a good meal, and Minqiang cried bitterly for review, which caused a very bad impact on the entire construction site, and it was the town leaders who asked Wensi to pull the flour back." ”

Aunt Wang smacked her lips and said, "This strong son, how can a very shrewd person be confused." ”

"This thing is really not authentic, this is called bullying the leaders to deceive the people, the sin is not small!"

"Will you be punished?"

"That's still running."

"Oh, this kid has just been back for a few days and has committed such a thing, you see this is a trouble." Then he said, "I don't think it's a big deal, he's also for the migrant workers to eat better, not for him personally." Maybe he did something wrong with good intentions. ”

"I heard that ......" Wang Wenzhi was about to say something, and when he saw Yang Xiujuan coming over, he walked away with his noodle pocket.

Aunt Wang said anxiously: "Juanzi, you should hurry up and go to the reservoir construction site to see Qiangzi, how uncomfortable he should be at this time!" I'm so anxious! ”

Yang Xiujuan asked puzzledly: "What's wrong with Minqiang?" ”

"Qiangzi wrote a fake letter to deceive us and was found out by the leader, and he made a big mistake."

"No way, who did you listen to?"

"How can't it! I heard that he ......"

Aunt Wang continued to talk, and when she saw Wang Wenzhi walking over, she looked back at her, so she said, "My grandson is here, and I have to hurry up and cook." He walked away.

The story of Li Minqiang's mistake on the reservoir construction site soon spread throughout the village, and the more it spread, the more evil it became, it really crushed people under the tongue, and finally even the rumor that Li Minqiang made a mistake was isolated and examined.

Yang Xiujuan's heart was pounding, are these rumors true? No, Brother Minqiang wouldn't do such a thing. There is no wind and no waves, where is this wave blowing? She thought of Wang Wensi, because it was he who arrived at the construction site, and the wind may have been blowing from him, and she wanted to get out of the way.

Wang Wensi sat on the hot kang and guarded the small dining table, holding a small black cigarette holder and thinking: Although I lost a few dollars on the construction site this time, I still gained something. Li Minqiang wrote a letter to his family on the grounds of the leader's instructions to ask for white noodles is true or false, it is a dog that chews and tears his jacket, and it is not clear, it is written in black and white, and the accountant Li Jianming personally collected it, and Dong Datian saw it with his own eyes, you Li Minqiang can't tell clearly, Chen Wenjun can't tell either, you can only be dumb and can't say if you eat Coptis chinensis. Harvesting wheat in the village caused public resentment, and the white flour was pulled back, and he made the mistake of stealing the leader's instructions to deceive the masses. With these things, what kind of prestige can Li Minqiang have in Shagang Village. The tiger was skinned and swept away. My own daughter-in-law is also in the soup, hum! Li Minqiang, you hide to the side and cry your nose. With my means, dealing with you Li Minqiang is just a piece of cake for a tiger to eat grasshoppers. He was thinking beautifully when Zhang Guilan came back from outside and entered the house.

Zhang Guilan said proudly: "Hey, I told many people about Li Minqiang's mistake on the construction site. ”

"How's it going?"

Zhang Guilan said with a smile: "Although the tongue has no bones, it is sharper than teeth, and the foaming stars can drown him. Now Li Minqiang has become a stinky shit in Shagang Village, and I don't think he can raise his head anymore. ”

"Maybe there are people who have hope for him."

Zhang Guilan suddenly remembered: "By the way, when you were not at home, Yang Xiujuan, a stinky girl, came angrily." ”

Wang Wensi was stunned: "What is he doing here?" ”

She called the old lady Zhen'er. When I was asked who I heard that Minqiang had written a false letter, I said there was evidence. He said where the evidence was, and I showed her the letter you had in the book. ”

"Where's the letter?"

"She took it."

"Ahh Wang Wensi went up and gave Zhang Guilan an ear scraper, "You stinky girl who has not achieved enough things and has more than enough failures!" ”

Zhang Guilan covered her face and wanted to cry, but she didn't dare to cry, she looked at her husband with straight eyes, not knowing what was wrong with her.