"Captain, captain!" The man who had returned to the village to report the news rushed into the Zhaojiacun brigade office like a rabbit.
"Why are you howling!" Zhao Antai, the captain of Zhaojiacun, saw him in a hurry and scolded him with a tigerish face, "What does it look like in a panic!"
"No, Captain, over the river..." The man was breathless as he spoke.
"What happened on the other side of the river?" Zhao Antai immediately became anxious and asked hurriedly.
"Someone is here, a big group of people, with guys to do something."
"Someone is coming? What did I think was going on?" Zhao Antai felt relieved again, "Come as soon as you come, why are you panicking? We in Zhaojia Village are still afraid of them. Hurry up and go to the village to call someone. There are a few people nearby. People from the village have also been called, and I want to see which of them dares to run wild on our Zhaojia Village territory!"
"What does Zhao Chenglong do for a living? He can't do this well." Zhao Antai cursed.
"No, Captain!" The man waved his hands frantically, "A group of big shots are coming from Luoshui Village. Brother Long can't deal with them, so he asked me to come to you."
"Big shot?" Zhao Antai was stunned, "What big shot?"
He sneered, "Where did the big shot come from in this nook and cranny of ours? Who are you trying to scare?"
"No, captain, those people really have a lot of background." The man hurriedly repeated what the elder brother from Zhangjiacun said.
After Zhao Antai listened to Su Qingyun's introduction and then listened to the identity introductions of Qi Chu and others, everyone was dumbfounded.
What do you mean by a genius who has appeared in newspapers and been commended by the police? Are there any other university professors and experts from provincial capitals? Where did these people come from? Zhao Antai was confused.
"Su Qingyun?" A person next to him read the name doubtfully, "Su Qingyun from Luoshui Village?"
"Do you know her?" Zhao Antai looked at him immediately.
"Of course I know." The man scratched his head, "There are very few people here who don't know her, right? Captain, have you forgotten? You also know this girl."
"What?" Zhao Antai looked through his memory, but he had no impression.
"Just last year, the child of Deputy Magistrate Chen of our county was abducted. The child was this girl. And later she invented a harvester, which was praised by the province. You go to the meeting and come back to give it to her. Don’t you remember what we said?” the man reminded him.
"And that professor he was talking about, you also said that the superiors were planning to select a few places in our county as some kind of test sites. You seemed to want to fight for it at the time, but there was no news later."
This person's mention of these things brought back Zhao Antai's long-standing memory. He looked stunned. He had not paid attention to the experimental group since it was originally confirmed. As for Su Qingyun, he simply did not remember his name.
"You mean they are all over the river now?" Zhao Antai asked the person who reported the news again.
"Yes, they have people from several villages here. They are all big men. They have to dig rivers to get things done."
Zhao Antai frowned, then this matter would be difficult to handle. If there were only those villagers, he would definitely not be afraid, but with Su Qingyun and the people in the experimental group, it would be different, and it would be difficult for him to handle. In fact, he knew in his heart , if what their village did was really brought to the fore, they would only be the ones to suffer.
After thinking about it, he said: "Let's go and check the situation first."
"Do you still want to call me a person?" The person next to me was a little hesitant.
"Who are you calling? No more calling." Zhao Antai said angrily.
After he finished speaking, he hurried towards the river.
At this moment, on the other side of the river, the two parties are still confronting each other. As the sun gets higher and higher, everyone is agitated and the atmosphere becomes more and more anxious. Everyone stares, no one gives in, but no one dares to stop. When it comes to an action, the person who takes action first will definitely be in the wrong.
"Oh my, there are so many people." The voice of Zhao Antai's arrival broke the stalemate.
With a smile on his face, he walked next to Zhao Chenglong and waved his hand to ask him to step back.
Zhao Chenglong took two steps back slightly, breathed a sigh of relief, and wiped the sweat from his head. If the captain didn't come again, he would almost be unable to bear it.
Zhao Antai looked at Qin Youfu, the leader, with a warm smile on his face, "Captain Qin from Luoshui Village, right? I am Zhao Antai, captain from Zhaojiacun. It's really hard for you to come here in such a hot day."
He glanced at Su Qingyun and Qi Chu beside Qin Youfu, and understood that these were the two people he was talking about.
Qin Youfu looked at him with a half-smile, "It's not hard for us, but it would be harder to ask Captain Zhao to come."
Zhao Antai's smile stiffened for a moment, then quickly returned to normal, "Captain Qin is really good at joking. Why don't we go to our brigade office and sit down and chat? It wouldn't look good with so many people gathering here, right?"
"No, just say it here." Qin Youfu had a tough attitude, "Captain Zhao, no matter what today, we have dug the river channel, so don't even think about perfunctory us."
"Captain Qin's words are somewhat certain." The smile on Zhao Antai's face completely faded, "The current matter of digging the river channel is not decided by our Zhaojiacun alone. Several surrounding villages and us have decided It’s a unanimous opinion, and I can’t make the decision.”
Qin Youfu smiled and said, "I told you, Captain Zhao doesn't need to say such perfunctory words. Who doesn't know that these villages are acting based on the eyes of your Zhaojia Village. You are also the one who took the lead in not allowing us to dig rivers. Pretending It's useless to be confused. No matter whether you agree or not, we are going to dig today. It depends on whether you are determined to stop us."
After he said this, the villagers behind him took two steps forward, feeling extremely oppressive.
I didn't expect Qin Youfu to speak so rudely. A flash of anger flashed across Zhao Antai's dark Chinese face. He was the captain of the same village and was no better than him. Wasn't it too disrespectful to speak like this?
"That means the river must be dug today, right?"
"Yes." Qin Youfu pointed to a large group of people behind him, "We came here with guys today. We can't just go back without doing anything."
"Captain Zhao, this Nanhe River itself is a national resource. Others don't know it, but you must know it, right? You have no right to guard it from us digging." Qin Youfu spoke slowly, but his words were very weighty.
Zhao Antai was silent. Of course he knew that these rivers and everything else belonged to the country, but wasn't this just because the sky was high and the emperor was far away, so no one cared about it? No other village dared to go against them, but this Luoshui village had brought such a large group of people here, and now it was difficult for him to ride a tiger.
"Captain Zhao, I'm not afraid to tell you. If you think no one will take care of these things, you've thought wrong." Qin Youfu continued, "Before coming, we had people go to the county to report this matter to the leaders. ”
"I went in the name of our experimental team." Qi Chu added abruptly.
That's right, the people who went to the county to report this matter were Li Wenjun and several others from the experimental group. They went with secretary Chen Dayu. This was what Qin Youfu and Qi Chu had discussed. The superiors may not pay too much attention to the conflict over water diversion, but if this matter has affected the work progress of their test site, the superiors will definitely pay attention to it, so the three of Li Wenjun went there to act as a commanding officer.
Did they send someone to the county? Zhao Antai's expression changed.
"If the county doesn't care about this matter, we will go to the city. I believe that with Professor Qi and the others here, someone will take it seriously." Qin Youfu had a smile on his face, but his tone was a naked threat.
"And if you want to collect food privately, I don't think anyone will care about it."
Su Qingyun shook his head in his mind. In fact, guarding the river and preventing other villages from digging could be said to be a conflict between villages, but the seriousness of his own desire to harvest grain from other villages was extraordinary. Well, if they really do this, it will be an open challenge, and the consequences will be disastrous.
I don’t know who brought this up? The captain doesn't look stupid, so why do you really dare to say that?
"If necessary, I can also go to the county to chat with Deputy County Magistrate Chen, or I can write a letter to the provincial capital." Su Qingyun also added, his tone was light, but it had the same psychological impact on Zhao Antai Not small.
The people in these counties and provinces are very powerful!
Zhao Antai gritted his teeth. If they really sued, their Zhaojia Village would be finished, and so would he, the captain. Thinking of this, he mentally cursed the person who proposed to collect 20% of the grain from other villages. What a fool! He was also proud for a moment and was fascinated by the ghost.
Zhao Antai was literally being roasted on the fire. He looked hesitant. Although he knew that the only way now was to get out of the way and let them dig the river channel, but thinking about the water that would be diverted away, he was heartbroken. Such pain.
I don’t know when the rain will stop. What if there is no water in the Nanhe River later?
"Have you thought about it? Captain Zhao, it's getting late, we have to start digging." Qin Youfu urged, everyone was hot and tired from being exposed to the sun like this.
The villagers behind him raised hoes and other tools in cooperation.
"What should we do? Captain." The people behind Zhao Antai panicked and asked. If so many people rushed up, they wouldn't be able to stop them.
Facing Qin Youfu's oppressive eyes, Zhao Antai finally gave in. He gritted his teeth and said, "dig."
"Great!" Everyone cheered, with cheerful smiles on their faces.
Qin Youfu also smiled. He waved his hand and raised his voice, "dig!"
As he spoke the word "dig" decisively, the villagers behind him took the tools and rushed up the river. They couldn't wait any longer!
A large group of people started digging enthusiastically. Even if the sun was hot, it could not slow down their actions. After all, the crops in the fields were still waiting, so they could not waste time.
Zhao Antai looked at them hoe after hoe and looked away with heartache.
