"Eat more sesame biscuits!" Ever since he knew that Wang Zhong liked to eat sesame biscuits, Shui Hua started to study in different ways to make sesame biscuits whenever he had free time.
Wang Zhong likes to eat something lighter and less greasy. In addition to sesame cakes, it is corn porridge and mutton buns.
"I've already eaten six of them!" Wang Zhong said with a smile, "I'll be full if I eat more!"
The appetite follows the various functions of the body. Now Wang Zhong's physical fitness is more than four times that of the average adult, and his appetite is naturally far higher than that of ordinary people.
For breakfast alone, Wang Zhong could eat more than a dozen sesame pancakes the size of his palm and mutton buns the size of his fist, and he also had to drink four or five bowls of corn porridge.
As for lunch and dinner, eat more.
"Dad! How could you eat so much?" Ping An ate two sesame seed cakes, drank a few mouthfuls of porridge, and then rubbed his big belly and shouted that he couldn't eat any more. On the contrary, Ping Shun, the little one, who was obviously only over three years old, could He can eat a bowl of porridge and three sesame seed cakes in one meal, and he is stronger than Ping An, his elder brother.
"Because dad is an adult!" Wang Zhong smiled and pinched his son's fat face.
"Dad, why don't mom and grandpa eat so much? Aren't they adults?" A three-year-old baby is curious about everything.
Shui Hua and Li Laoshuan also looked at Wang Zhong with smiles, wanting to hear his answer.
"That's because your father and I are a man, your mother is a woman, and your grandpa is an old man!"
"Is that so?" Ping An turned to look at his mother, then at his grandfather, and finally turned back to his father, tilting his head, doubtful.
"Brother is so stupid!" Pingshun, who was still grabbing sesame seed cakes and chewing on them, said vaguely.
"Hmph!" Ping An's smile immediately changed when he heard this. He turned around and hummed at Pingshun, "You're stupid!"
The two brothers are only over three years old, but there is already a difference in height. Pingshun eats more and his muscles and bones grow faster. He is already half a head taller than Ping'an. Ping'an looks fair and chubby.
"Okay, let me have a good meal!" Wang Zhong said in a cold voice with a straight face.
The two little ones immediately didn't dare to speak anymore. Even though Wang Zhong was talking softly to them, if he kept a straight face, he would look like a cold-faced Rakshasa. Moreover, Wang Zhong was the kind of person who would beat him even if he asked for it. The kind who would beat them up, even if Shui Hua and Li Laoshuan persuaded them, it would be useless.
"Dad! I'm full!" Ping An lowered his head and said cautiously. When he spoke, he thought he was very secretive and looked up at Wang Zhong. His clumsy little move made the three adults laugh.
"What are you going to do when you're full?"
Ping An immediately wiped his hands and mouth clean with a handkerchief, and then ran to Wang Zhong like a treasure, saying that he had packed everything. Wang Zhong rubbed his head, and the boy immediately ran out happily.
After breakfast, Li Laoshuan helped Shui Hua clear the table. Wang Zhong didn't take the key, so he put on his army green liberation shoes and said to Shui Hua: "We agreed to release the water today. I'll go to the irrigation canal to have a look. I'll pick up the truck." I’ll keep it for you, hang the key on the shelf behind the door!”
"I got it, go ahead and I'll go find Mai Miao myself later."
Although the finance department has been organized now, there are only seven or eight people there. Shuihua is still the actual person in charge of the finance department, and he still has to visit from time to time.
Mai Miao now works as a temporary person in charge of the finance department of a construction company.
There is no way, it's not that Wang Zhong doesn't want to use talents, but that Yuquanying can't find any highly educated talents. Local people with slightly higher education have all entered government units. Those from other places think that this place is too poor and are unwilling to do so. Coming here, Wang Zhong didn't have many choices left.
Although there are not highly educated people, there are still many high school and junior high school students.
The finance department is now composed of all women. The oldest one is Shui Hua herself. The others are basically the same age as Mai Miao. In Wang Zhong’s words, young people have bright minds, whether it is their ability to learn or accept new things. Be stronger.
Moreover, every girl in the finance department will undergo a one-week surprise training after joining the company, and they will learn the rest slowly on the job.
Finance is not just as simple as calculating accounts, but also filing taxes, paying taxes, etc. There is a lot of work.
Shui Hua was pushed to the shelves at the beginning, and he studied with Wang Zhong for more than a year before he figured out the tricks inside. Mai Miao has been following Shui Hua for more than a year. Although he is not able to take charge of himself now, he can barely take charge of some things.
The road was not far away, and Wang Zhong rode his bicycle out. At this time, many villagers were already guarding the entrance of the irrigation canal.
"Brother Yang San, have you released the water?" Yang San had a conflict with the people at the water station yesterday. He took action and beat the staff at the water station. He was then detained as one of the two people at the Chengguan water station. Fortunately, he himself was not injured, and the person who was beaten was fine.
"It hasn't been released yet!" Yang San squatted beside the irrigation canal, staring straight at the dry irrigation canal.
"Let the water go!"
"Let the water go!"
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Several loud chants came from far and near, and the villagers standing by the irrigation canal rushed to sing them.
"Let the water go!"
Yang San immediately became energetic and stood up quickly.
After a short while, the villagers were standing on the edge of the irrigation canal, looking at the turbid water in the main irrigation canal that reached up to their feet. The surprise on their faces turned into shock and disbelief.
Li Dayou stood at the mouth of his canal with his eyes wide open, staring blankly at the drops of water in the canal, and shouted in disbelief: "Is this called releasing water?"
Just this little water, which is the same as a broken baby's urine, can't even flow into the fields, let alone irrigate.
Ma Defu's expression changed as he went out early in the morning and waited beside the irrigation canal with the villagers.
"Folks, the stupid water station people are doing this to us!" Li Dayou spat out the fragrance directly.
Every one of the villagers was filled with indignation.
"What a fool, we paid all the money, and this is how they let us off the hook."
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Everyone said vulgar and ugly things to each other, but in just a few moments, everyone's emotions were aroused to the highest level, and they all shouted and wanted to go to the water station to ask for an explanation.
Seeing the angry villagers, Ma Defu was also very angry. It was clearly agreed yesterday and the money was paid. It was 28,000 yuan, which the whole village had to collect with great difficulty.
This is only the money that was poured in last winter. After the money is poured in this spring, it will be another 28,000.
All the villagers gathered around Ma Defu, talking all over the place, making as much noise as if they were going to a market.
"Okay!" Li Dayou raised his arms and shouted, drowning out all the sounds, and the villagers suddenly stopped making noise.
Although Li Dayou was a little confused, he still had some prestige in the village, and he could speak well in front of the villagers. When he shouted, everyone fell silent instantly.
Li Dayou then turned to look at Ma Defu: "Defuwa, just tell us what to do about this matter! If you don't handle it well, then we will go to the water station to settle the score with them!"
"Yes! Dayou is right. Our wheat is all waiting for water to save our lives. Defu, you asked everyone to pay the money. If you can't solve this problem, then we will do it in our own way!" Wu Kou immediately jumped out, gritted his teeth and spoke loudly.
"That's right! The wheat in my house is almost dry! If I can't water it anymore, the wheat will all turn yellow!"
"We have worked hard for a year just for that little wheat. If they don't give us water, the wheat will dry up. Wouldn't that cost our lives!"
"Why did we come here so hard to Diaozhuang? Isn't it just that we can pour water from the Yellow River here!"
"You were right when you called us here. Now it's fine. We've all paid and they still don't provide us with water. Aren't we being treated like fools?"
Suddenly, the crowd was furious.
The villagers also expressed their support for Li Dayou and Wuquan. They even got a little irritable and directly said that we should all go to the water station to find the stupid stationmaster.
When Ma Defu saw this, he was almost shocked. If this caused any trouble, he would be guilty of a big crime. He quickly comforted everyone: "Uncle Dayou, Uncle Wuquan, and fellow villagers, please be quiet for a moment." Quiet! Listen to me!"
Ma Defu's reputation in the village has been growing in recent years. The villagers knew that he was sincerely doing practical things for everyone. After scolding him for a few times, they calmed down. The main reason was to hear what Ma Defu had to say. Look at his attitude.
Ma Defu stood on a high place, glanced at the strong laborers in the village, and said loudly: "Folks, please don't worry, there is no way to escape from this. We owed the money we irrigated last winter, and the water station is over there." If they insist on this and refuse to let us go, then we are in the wrong, and we admit it, but now that we have made up the money, and they still do this, then they are in the wrong."
"I, Ma Defu, am here to promise you that we will solve this matter and let the villagers water their fields."
"Defuwa, it's not that we don't believe you!" Li Dayou said with an aggrieved look: "It's obviously the stupid county magistrate at the water station who is messing with us! We agreed to release the water, but now it's like a broken baby peeing. Even the instep of the foot can't pass, he obviously doesn't want to give us water!"
But more of it is anger, anger after being deceived, anger after being fooled.
"Uncle Dayou!" Seeing Li Dayou's few words, everyone's emotions were aroused. Ma Defu quickly said: "Don't worry, I will go to the water station to argue with them!"
"If the theory is valid, the water they provide today will not be like this." Li Dayou beat his chest and was about to explode.
When Wang Zhong saw this, he quickly stepped forward to support him: "Uncle Dayou, don't get excited."
When Li Day saw Wang Zhong, he felt like he was seeing a savior. He grabbed Wang Zhong's arm and said, "Chong Wazi! You are here! You have to make the decision for your Uncle Dayou!"
"Uncle Dayou, ok, ok, your fields are not watered, and mine is the same. Everyone's fields are not watered either!"
When Wuguan saw Wang Zhong coming, it was as if he had met his backbone, and he quickly said: "Wang Zhong, now that the people at the water station have collected money, they are just supplying water to us every day. What do you think we should do? If you just say a word, we will all Listen to you."
"Yes, yes! Brother Wang Chong, we all listen to you!" Especially the few young men who are about the same age as Wang Chong and Ma Defu, the first few stood up and expressed their opinions.
The villagers all followed suit and asked Wang Zhong to make up his mind.
"Let me tell you, let's all go to the water station together and ask for an explanation from that stupid stationmaster! If he doesn't release water for us today, then we will never be done with him!" After Wang Zhong said this, the villagers started talking. response.
"Yes, I'm not done with him!"
"He doesn't make it easy for us, and we don't make it easy for him."
"But you don't even need to bring him with you. There are so many of us, and we don't even need to touch him. One punch per person can knock the shit out of that bastard webmaster."
"Yes! Chongwazi is right!"
"There are so many of us, why are we still afraid of a small webmaster like him?"
Ignoring the villagers' agreement, Wang Zhong looked at Ma Defu and said, "Blessed, if we stay here just a moment longer, the wheat in the fields will be dry for a moment longer!"
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go quickly!" Li Dayou immediately urged him impatiently.
Ma Defu no longer hesitated and waved his hand: "Let's go to the water station together!"
"Chongwazi, where is your car?"
"It's at home! I guess the water flowers have bloomed now! The water flowers are taking Mai Miao to the county tax bureau today to do some work!"
"Hey!" After hearing Wang Zhong's words, Li Dayou sighed helplessly and slapped his thigh.
Ma Defu and Wang Zhong rode bicycles in front, followed by the villagers. A group of dozens of people, most of them young and strong, rushed to the water station in a hurry.
When we arrived at the water station, the staff at the water station saw that something was wrong from a distance and quickly locked the iron door from the inside.
Ma Defu came forward to negotiate and found out that today's water release was Station Master Chen's idea, but now Station Master Chen is not at the water station, saying that he went to attend an on-site meeting.
When the villagers heard this, they couldn't bear it anymore. Their wheat was still drying in the ground and might dry up at any time. If they watered it earlier, they could save a few more wheat seedlings.
Okay, at this time, just saying that the webmaster is not here is like sending the big guy away. There is no such thing in the world.
Knowing that there were also senior leaders of Qingtongxia City attending the on-site meeting, Ma Defu immediately said that he would go directly to the senior leaders to seek justice. He patted his chest and promised the villagers that everyone would be doused in water.
Everyone was quite moved, not only because of their trust in Ma Defu, but also because they thought this was a good idea. Since this webmaster is disgusting, they should find a big leader who can control him.
Just when Ma Defu called on everyone to prepare for the on-site meeting.
Wang Zhong, however, remained motionless, standing at the door like a sculpture, looking coldly at the water station staff behind the iron gate.
"Wang Zhong, what's wrong with you? You don't want to go to the on-site meeting?" Ma Defu felt his heart pounding inexplicably when he saw Wang Zhong's expression.
Wang Zhong said loudly: "We have to go to the on-site meeting, but the wheat in the field can't wait! First of all, if the on-site meeting can't be done, what will happen to the wheat in the field? Do we have to watch those wheat seedlings die of drought one by one? ?"
Wang Zhong turned around and looked at everyone and said loudly: "Folks, if we compromise like this today, then if something happens again in the future, these idiots will blame everything on that idiotic webmaster. Come on, if there is no on-site meeting then, what will we do?"
Wang Zhong's words were like a huge stone weighing on the hearts of the villagers.
yes! This kind of thing happens once and for all. If the stupid webmaster can do this this time, what about next time? Today they can go to the on-site meeting and ask the big leaders for help, but what about next time?
Is it really the station manager’s problem that the water station releases water so much and treats them every day?
Yang San immediately jumped out and stared at the water station staff behind the iron gate fiercely: "Wang Zhong is right, that stationmaster is not a thing, these bastards are not good birds, yesterday I was Why fight with them? It’s not because they look down on us who come to Diaozhuang from the ravines and ravines, and call us old peasants who live in Diaozhuang.”
"What do you mean?" Ma Defu looked at Wang Zhong and asked worriedly. If others made trouble, he was still confident that he would be able to comfort him. However, Wang Zhong's prestige among the villagers was much higher than his. In one word, Wang Zhong said, Ma Defu believed that the villagers could rush directly into the water station and release the water violently.
"What do I mean!" Wang Zhong glanced at Ma Defu and pointed at the water station staff behind the iron gate: "Ma Defu, Secretary Ma, why don't you ask them what these idiots mean?"
"We agreed to release the water today. Yang San apologized to them yesterday, and we should also pay the money! But what about them? What did they do to us!"
"Put that little bit of water in, you're going to be a ghost!"
"Let's go to the on-site meeting, talk to the mayor, and talk to the big leaders. We will definitely be able to solve the problem, but we can't be impulsive!" Ma Defu was worried, for fear that something would happen.
"But you must not take action, otherwise the nature of this matter will change!"
"Tian Tian's nature is such that it can make the wheat in the field watered?"
Wang Zhong said coldly: "We will be fine if we don't drink water for a day or two, but the wheat seedlings in the fields are valuable. If we can't water them anymore, many wheat seedlings may dry up to death."
"That's right, what's happened to the wheat? It's just waiting to be watered to survive!" Li Dayou said with a distressed look on his face, still holding a few dead wheat seedlings in his hand.
Ma Defu wanted to say something else.
But Wang Zhong was the first to say: "You take Uncle Dayou and the others to the on-site meeting and find the leader to solve the problem. The young man stays with me. We will guard here. If you still can't solve it after half an hour, Then we have to use our own methods to solve the problem.”
"Wang Zhong, you..." Ma Defu excitedly went to grab Wang Zhong, but before he could say anything, Wang Zhong grabbed his wrist as soon as he stretched his hand out in the air.
"Ma Defu, I respect you as our acting secretary, who thinks of us wholeheartedly, but I ask you to consider our feelings, and I ask you to consider the wheat seedlings in our fields!"
"After all, you went to an agricultural school. Do you still want me to teach you why eggs cannot be put in the same basket? If you go to the scene and you can't solve the problem, what will happen to the wheat seedlings in the field? Do you want us to Are you going to watch those wheat seedlings being killed?"
Ma Defu said anxiously: "Don't worry, I will go to the scene and ensure that this matter is taken care of..."
"What guarantee do you have? If all the wheat seedlings in the fields die of drought, will you compensate the villagers? Or will the government compensate the villagers? Or will the villagers swallow their knocked-out teeth? Will you tolerate this? Just Forget it?"
"No!" As soon as Wang Zhong finished speaking, the young men in the 20s and 30s all stood behind Wang Zhong and firmly expressed their attitude.
"We can't just let it go!"
"Brother Wang Chong is right, we can't just point the finger at those leaders! If they are unreliable, the wheat seedlings in the fields will die of drought!"
"That's right. If all those leaders were as virtuous as that stupid webmaster, our wheat seedlings wouldn't all die of drought!"
"Defu! What Chongwazi said makes sense. We can't put our eggs in one basket!" When it comes to his own vital interests, Li Dayou is worried. Is the wheat in the field the life of farmers like them? !
"Wuquan and I will take thirty people to follow you to the on-site meeting, and the rest will stay here with Wang Zhong."
"Uncle Dayou..." Ma Defu wanted to say something more, but he saw that the villagers had automatically divided into teams. The young and strong ones stood behind Wang Chong one after another, including those who had just fought with the people at the water station yesterday. Then Yang San was detained.
"Defu, if you don't want anything to happen here, go to the on-site meeting and get things done!"
"It's only half an hour's journey from here to the on-site meeting. You walk faster, you can get there in more than 20 minutes. Once the matter is done, just call the water station directly. If it can't be done, then we will do it ourselves. Got it!"
"Brother Wang Chong is right, we can do it ourselves!" Among the villagers, Yang San was the loudest.
Yesterday, Yang San was detained at the water station for an hour, and he had to apologize to others in the end. It was obvious that the people at the water station didn't release the water, and they were the first to curse. If they released the water today, Yang San would forget about it.
But what the water station did today was clearly treating the people of Jintan Village like monkeys!
New and old grudges, how could Yang San still swallow this breath.
Wang Zhong raised his wrist, revealed his watch, and said, "Three minutes have passed!"
"Go, go, go! Go, go!"
"If you delay for one more minute, one more wheat plant in the field may be killed!" Li Dayou and Wu Quan, one on the left and one on the right, hurriedly pushed Ma Defu towards the direction of the on-site meeting.
Ma Defu also knew that now he could not stop Wang Zhong and the others at all. He was anxious and looked back every time. Finally, he gritted his teeth and made up his mind to push the bicycle to speed up.
Watching Ma Defu and others gradually go away.
"Brother Wang Zhong, what should we do now?" Forty or fifty people gathered around Wang Zhong.
"Yang San, take someone to see if there is a back door." Wang Zhong calmly gave the order.
"I'm going right now!" Yang San led several fellow villagers and ran along the wall.
"Everyone, spread out and surround the water station. Don't let those idiots inside climb over the wall and escape!" Wang Zhong had already led several tall and strong young men to stand in front of the iron gate: "Every half an hour Come on, if Defu hasn’t solved it yet, we’ll do it ourselves!”
"Let's do it ourselves!" Those who stayed were mostly young, strong and vigorous young people, led by Wang Zhong. They were also looking at the people working in the iron gate for the sake of the wheat seedlings that they regarded as their lives. They all became fierce and fierce.
"What do you want to do!" Behind the iron gate, the staff looked at the angry people and said with a trembling tone.
Wang Zhong said loudly: "If your webmaster is not here, there must be someone in charge! Let him come out and tell us clearly! Don't leave everything to that stupid webmaster."
"Yes! Let him come out and speak clearly!" The villagers cheered for Wang Zhong.
"Whatever you say, whether or not the stationmaster is there or not, these are all the frightened orders of the stationmaster. It doesn't matter whoever you look for!" There are only a few dozen people outside through a large iron door, and they are really not afraid.
"What do you mean?" Before Wang Zhong could say anything, the villagers stopped working. Looking at the attitude of the people at the water station, he had no intention of explaining to them.
"What else do you mean! If you need anything, go to the station manager. We are just staff who follow orders."
Hearing this excuse, Wang Zhong was angry.
"The resettlement project to Diaozhuang has been difficult to begin with. Now there are still some of you who are specifically trying to make things difficult for us Diaozhuang households. You act recklessly just because you are managing the water station. You say that we are old idiots from Diaozhuang households. It's okay to look down on us. We are generous. , I don’t care about you, but you took the money and didn’t do anything, so if you put in a little water, what will you do to us in the future?”
"We didn't say that, it's up to you what you think!" Although he didn't say that, both his tone and attitude conveyed this meaning, and he also felt a little guilty.
Wang Zhong shook his head, sneered, and said angrily: "What do we think? Why don't you see how you do it."
Several staff members behind the door were silent.
Wang Zhong turned to the villagers and said angrily: "Folks, they are in charge of the water pumping station now. They have the final say whether to open the gate and how much water to release. Now it is our wheat seedlings that are going to die." Yes, we have to beg them with a shameful face, and the wheat seedlings are not from other people’s houses. Our wheat seedlings are dead, so it has nothing to do with them.”
Wang Zhong's words were the last straw that broke the camel's back. In an instant, the dozens of people standing outside the iron gate turned red when they looked at the two idiots behind the iron gate.
The anger suppressed in the hearts of the villagers was aroused. They all gnashed their teeth and were filled with righteous indignation. They ran to the iron gate and shook the door hard, trying to open it.
"You bastards, if you don't give us water and let the wheat seedlings in the fields dry up, you will kill us!"
The almost red eyes were staring at the two young men in uniform behind the iron gate.
"Open the door for me! Open the door for me!"
The expressions of the two staff members behind the iron gate changed instantly. They were outraged by the public anger. The red-eyed villagers outside the iron gate looked at the drawing of lots, looking at the ferocious expressions that they wanted to eat them alive and swallow them whole. , the confidence in my heart was completely gone.
"Folks, don't get excited, don't get excited!"
"The station manager has the final say on how to release water and how much water to release. We are just a few part-time workers. How can we be in charge of the station manager!"
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