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Chapter 137 Wang Zhong's Attempt

"Uncle! Come on, come on, sit down quickly! Sit down quickly! It's warm on the kang!" Wang Zhong enthusiastically abducted the old branch secretary into the room.

The old branch secretary looked at Wang Zhong's house, which was very different from other houses in the village. In Wang Zhong's house, there were paintings and calligraphy hanging on the surrounding walls.

"My bitch, when did you kid do this?"

"How about it! I wrote it myself in my spare time." While speaking, Wang Zhong had already put the stove on the kang table.

The old branch secretary looked at the big characters hanging on the wall in surprise, some recognized them, some didn't, "I can't tell, you kid can also calligraphy?"

Wang Zhong came in again with a pottery pot, and said jokingly, "Oh, uncle, I didn't see it, you still know calligraphy!"

The old party secretary glared at Wang Zhong, then raised his head slightly, and said proudly, "Your uncle, I was also the village party secretary!"

"That's it!" Wang Zhong smiled and gave a thumbs up, very cooperative.

The old branch secretary looked at the layout of the room with great interest, Wang Zhong quickly put the fried peanuts and two plates of washed cabbage and radish on the table, took out a bottle of white wine, and poured a glass for the old branch secretary.

The old branch secretary closed his eyes, lowered his head and leaned over the cup to smell it, with a natural expression of enjoyment on his face.

"fragrant!"

The old branch secretary shook his head, couldn't resist picking up the bowl and took a sip first.

The wine is strong enough, but not only spicy, but also has a mellow aroma of grains. As soon as the wine enters the throat, the old branch secretary's face shows an uncontrollable expression of enjoyment.

As he was nearly seventy years old, the old party secretary had nothing else to pursue, he just hoped that his children and grandchildren would have a bright future and get married as soon as possible, so that he could have a great-grandson in his arms early, and then there was this sip of wine.

But usually life is difficult, let alone wine, it would be nice to have enough food.

It is also during the holidays that there is a chance to satisfy my greed.

"Uncle, don't patronize drinking, eat a piece of mutton first!"

While speaking, Wang Zhong had already picked two pieces of fat and thin mutton from the pot, and sent them to the old branch secretary's bowl.

"There is meat to eat and wine to drink!" Seeing the mutton rolling in the boiling soup in the pot, and smelling the tempting fragrance, the old branch secretary shook his head and said with emotion: "I have lived most of my life, but I never thought When you are old and you are old, you can still live such a nourishing life."

As he spoke, the old branch secretary's eyes involuntarily moved towards Wang Zhong, and a smile from the heart appeared on his old face that was covered with traces of time.

There was a bit of relief and happiness in his expression.

The aroma of wine came to the nostrils, and the old branch secretary was drunk again. He couldn't help but picked up the bowl, and was about to take another sip. Suddenly, he paused, his expression changed, and he put down the wine bowl in his hand. He frowned and raised his eyes to look at Wang Zhong. : "Boy, it's not like this is how people who drink and eat meat live."

Although the tone was a little harsh, it was full of concern.

"Uncle! You've wronged me!" Wang Zhong said with an innocent face, "I don't want to drink and eat meat. Didn't I have something to discuss with you, so I gritted my teeth and made a meal!"

"I don't know about you yet!" The old branch secretary gave Wang Zhong a glance, and then said earnestly, "Now is not the past. Since you choose to return to Yongquan Village, your life will not be the same as before."

"You don't have a job now, and the land you've been allocated is all wasteland. You haven't started to reorganize it. You must have had no harvest in the first few years. I know you still have money in your pocket, but now you are just sitting on the mountain, no matter how much money you have. , have a day to spend."

"You're right!" Wang nodded and said, "It's really not a long-term solution. I'm already looking for a way."

"Already looking for it?" The old branch secretary asked curiously, "What are you looking for?"

"Wait, just now you said there was something wrong?" The old party secretary suddenly remembered what Wang Zhong said just now, and asked, "Is this the thing?"

"That's it!" Wang Zhong said.

"Then hurry up and say it!" The old branch secretary was a little anxious.

Wang Zhong picked up the wine bowl and said with a smile: "Don't worry, drink first, let's talk while eating."

The two touched each other and took a sip each.

"Okay, if you have something to say, hurry up, don't be so tempting." The old branch secretary urged while eating the mutton, using both hands and chopsticks.

Wang Zhong picked up a piece of mutton, ate it again and said, "Uncle, let me ask you a question first?"

"What's the problem?" The old branch secretary didn't stop talking. The Tan sheep in Yanchi are famous all over the country, and they have been served in state banquets countless times. In addition, Wang Zhong's fourth-level cooking skills, the taste is beyond words.

Wang Zhong asked: "You have been the secretary of the village party committee for so many years. Do you think the life of the villagers can be more and more prosperous just by farming?"

As soon as these words came out, the old party secretary stopped eating meat, his face sank, his eyes became complicated and deep, he sighed, took a big sip from his bowl, and after pondering for a while, he said: "Over the years, not only In our Yongquan Village, the entire Gangou Township, and even the entire Xihaigu, the output of the fields is getting less and less every year, and life is getting more and more difficult! It is still booming there."

"In the past few years, the weather has been smooth and the weather is good. There is nothing to worry about. The situation is good. After a year of hard work, there is barely enough food for the family. But if there is a disaster year or a famine year, we can only rely on government relief."

The old branch secretary didn't hide Wang Zhong's intentions either. The current situation of Yongquan Village can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, and there is no need to deliberately cover up anything.

It has been less than half a year since Wang Zhong came to Yongquan Village, even if he didn't tell, Wang Zhong could tell.

"Hey!"

Speaking of which, the old party secretary sighed again, and his mood became heavy, and he said rather sighingly: "Over the years, people in the village have not dared to have children. It's not because they can't have children, but because they are afraid that they will not be able to support them after they are born!"

Chaosheng only started to catch them in recent years, but Yongquan Village has been there for many years, and many families have only passed them on.

In other places, there are five or six good-looking children, but in Yongquan Village, over the years, there are too many children like Ma Huashui who have three children.

Especially in recent years, there are still fines for overbirth, and the villagers are even living a difficult life. How can they have the spare money to pay the fines.

Like the old branch secretary himself, Li Da has a son, only Shuiwang has a grandson, and the three generations are single-handed. These days are also so-so. When the farming is slack, three tons a day are also yams.

It's not that I don't want to have children, I can't have children, but I dare not have children, and I can't afford to have children.

This alone is enough to explain everything.

In the final analysis, it is a poor word to make trouble.

Wang Zhongdao: "Uncle, there is a saying in the book, if you are poor, you will think, if you think, you will change, and if you change, you will understand!"

"What do you mean?" The old branch secretary hadn't read any books, so he could only know a few words.

Wang Zhong didn't explain directly, but asked instead: "Have you ever thought that the reason why you can't grow food in the field is because the folks are lazy and refuse to work hard? Or is it because the folks don't know how to farm?"

"How is that possible!" said the old branch secretary, "They have been farmers for decades, how could they not know how to farm land? In Yongquan Village, half-sized children like Shuiwang and Debao are all young people who live in the ground. Those who have grown up by struggling in the field are good at business and field work."

Rural people, there is no one who knows how to farm. Even the old branch secretary, who is nearly seventy years old, is still working in the fields every day as long as it is not slack.

"Besides, after packing the production to the household, we paid enough for the country and kept enough for the collective, and the rest belonged to the common people. Which one of the villagers did not work hard, and which one did not care about the crops? But the grain produced in the field is still It's getting younger every year,... oh..."

As he was talking, the old party secretary sighed and sighed helplessly, his face darkened and his expression became more and more gloomy. This matter has become the heart disease of the old party secretary and even the entire Yongquan Village folks.

Seeing this, Wang Zhong was quite moved, and said, "Since the output of the field is not as good as every year, why don't we try to change it?"

"Change? How?" asked the old branch secretary puzzled.

Wang Zhong said: "Since the food grown in the field is not enough to eat, then let's not just live on that one-acre land."

"We peasants don't rely on farming for a living, so what else can we rely on?" The old branch secretary became more and more puzzled.

"Uncle, times are different now."

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "In the past, we had no choice but to farm, but now the economy is getting better and better, our Yongquan Village is poor, but the outside may not be as poor as us, and the output of the land is getting less and less, then Don’t just point at the fields. During the slack season, let the villagers go to work nearby and find ways to earn money. If you earn money, you can buy food, improve your life, and improve the quality of life. With money, the children in our village can also If you can afford to study, you can go to a technical secondary school or a university like Depot’s big brother.”

"It's easy to say!" The old branch secretary sighed, and said with some self-deprecation: "If this money is so easy to earn, then we Xihaigu won't be so poor!"

The entire Gangou Township, and even the entire Xihaigu Village, are almost as poor and backward as Yongquan Village.

"This life is made by people. In the past, life was so difficult, didn't you survive it!"

Wang Zhongdao: "I do have a network, so that the villagers can earn some money during the slack season, but I have just started doing it, and I may not need a few people at the beginning."

"What kind of connection?" The old branch secretary asked impatiently.

"Didn't I make a batch of combination cabinets recently? I just got in touch with a boss surnamed Wang who is doing decoration and selling furniture in the county. I signed a contract with him. I will help him design, draw up drawings, and come up with plans. , the workers under him are responsible for the decoration.”

"What blueprint? What plan?" The old party secretary asked puzzled, these few words were too new for his old man.

Wang Zhongdao: "It's just an idea. He is responsible for looking for work, and I will come up with ideas and tell them how to decorate."

"If you always agree, I can build a bridge in the middle and find some hard-working, hard-working people from the village. It is best to go and learn from them, and when we learn in the future, we can learn from them." Then lead people, and even set up a decoration team by yourself, and pick up the work outside."

"Learn from others? Will they teach you?" The old branch secretary said without confidence, and it is no wonder that the old branch secretary thinks so. Nowadays, many people have relatively outdated ideas. Apprentice, master starved to death.

How many excellent things have been submerged in the long river of history and completely dissipated because of this concept.

How many excellent and special technologies have been completely cut off from inheritance because of this concept of self-preservation.

"Uncle, isn't there me here!" Wang Zhong smiled and filled up the wine in the old party secretary's bowl.

"Think about it, if they do a good job on their own, why should I help them design and come up with ideas? It is impossible for them to let me in and share with them the money they can earn for no reason. Have a cup of soup!"

"Yeah, why?" The old branch secretary didn't even bother to drink wine, and forgot to eat meat, looking at Wang Zhong expectantly, wanting to know his answer.

Wang Zhong didn't answer, instead he pretended to say: "Guess?",

The old branch secretary shook his head and urged, "Say it quickly, you are a coward, what are you doing!"

Wang Zhongdao: "It must be because I have this ability. I have technology that they don't have, and it is more popular in the market than their own."

The old branch secretary shook his head and waved his hands again and again: "I don't understand, I don't understand."

"But I believe you, if you say you can do it, then do it!"

Although the old party secretary didn't understand the way to do this, he believed in Wang Zhong unconditionally, except that Wang Zhong was an old man and a descendant of a martyr.

What's more, what Wang Zhong has done in the past six months. When Wang Zhong first came, he said that he wanted to dig a kiln and burn bricks. Did not stop, and often helped.

Unexpectedly, the brick was actually fired. Not only that, but the tiles will be fired later, pulling his family's Shuiwang and Ma Huashui's Debao and Gawa, one big one, three small ones, From digging the soil and mud to the final firing, it was done bit by bit, and it was still done by him.

But what made the old party secretary choose to believe in Wang Zhong was because Wang Zhong personally guided the villagers who helped to work, built a house with cornices and corners, just looking at it made people feel comfortable, and there was a whole set of Water collection and diversion system for water cellars...
"Actually, at the beginning, I wanted to teach Depot and Shuiwang first. Unfortunately, they are still young and lack strength. Many decoration tasks require strength. Moreover, they still need to study. Money affects their studies."

Although the old branch secretary himself hadn't read any books, he understood the importance of reading, and he deeply believed in Wang Zhong's words.

"You have always had prestige in the village, and you have responded to every call. Let your old man come forward. Let's find Uncle Shui to make a total calculation. We will find seven or eight strong workers from the village who are hard-working, quick-witted, not lazy, and have a more flexible mind. , it must be very easy."

"What about the salary?"

If it was his own child, the old branch secretary would not ask this question, but Li Dayou of his family has such a temper, and the old branch secretary knows better than anyone else that he is a shit-stirring stick. Let him go, this matter must be yellow.

"The salary can be negotiated, but it will definitely not be much higher at the beginning! After all, we are here to learn from others, but as long as we get started, the salary is easy to talk about."

The old branch secretary nodded thoughtfully.

"In this way, you go to Debao's house, call Huashui over, and we'll figure it out together." Although the old branch secretary's prestige in the village is high, Ma Huashui is now the village director of the village, although he is only an agent Yes, but this matter really needs help from the horse, the old party secretary and the new director come forward together, and the villagers have no objections.

"Success! I'll go right away! You eat first!"

Wang Zhong put down his chopsticks, got off the kang to put on his shoes, and immediately ran outside.

After a while, the horse called for water and was pulled over.

"Oh! So much mutton and wine!" Ma Huashui immediately raised his brows, "You little coward, even if you earn some money, you can't do this business!"

"It's alright, alright, baby, I'm so filial, sit down quickly, I'll discuss with you if I need something!" The old branch secretary said, Ma Huashui and Wang Zhong immediately got on the kang.

The three of them ate and chatted, and two large bottles of two catties of liquor went into the stomachs of the three of them.

The next day, Ma Huashui and the old branch secretary went looking for someone everywhere.

That afternoon, Ma Huashui came to tell Wang Zhong that the eight men had already been found.

Four surnamed Li, four surnamed Ma!They are all young people in their 20s, in their prime of life.

This time, Wang Zhong didn't consider that Yongquan Village had two families named Li and Ma, the old Li's family was the original residents of Yongquan Village, and the Ma family moved here later to escape the famine and war. The Li clan at that time took in the ancestors of the Ma family.

After so many years, although there are many intermarriages between the two surnames, they have long been indistinguishable from each other, and they are part of the same family, but we still have to take care of it, so as not to cause any conflicts because of this matter.

Wang Zhong was not in a hurry to let them go to the county seat immediately. After all, it was almost the end of the new year, and everyone had to celebrate the new year. For this reason, Wang Zhong specially redecorated his home and gave them a simple and direct pre-job assault training. , Live teaching.

Don't ask them to be able to get started directly, as long as they have an idea in mind and know what to do.

Specifically, after the beginning of the new year, they will naturally be able to learn more meticulously from the masters under Wang Quanfu.

Wang Zhong made two trips to the county town, discussed the matter with Wang Quanfu, and followed Wang Quanfu to visit two shops and a courtyard, both of which will be renovated in the next year.

Seeing that it was almost New Year's Eve, Ma Defu, who had been studying at the agricultural school, finally returned to Yongquan Village after his winter vacation.

But at this time, a piece of news that surprised Wang Zhong spread throughout Yongquan Village in a very short period of time, and the villagers scrambled to discuss it.

The protagonist of the matter was Shuihua who had been missed by Wang Zhong for several months.

A well-known matchmaker from all over the world went to Li Laoshuan's house.

When a matchmaker comes to the door, it is impossible to tell Li Laoshuan a daughter-in-law.

On the same day, news came out that Ernst and Young Fu from Kushui Village next door had taken a fancy to Li Laoshuan's daughter, Shuihua, and asked someone to be a matchmaker, and wanted to marry Shuihua as his wife.

There was a lot of discussion in the village immediately. At the beginning, Li Laoshuan let go of his words. If he wanted to marry his daughter Shui Hua, he had to exchange it with a water cellar. As for other betrothal gifts, other people's families had them, and his family could not afford to miss them.

At that time, this incident was quite a sensation in Yongquan Village, and it was once spread to other villages.

After all, this year, not to mention Yongquan Village, but the entire Xihaigu, the importance of a water cellar to a family is self-evident, and it is related to the livelihood of the family.

With a water cellar, there will be no shortage of daily water, and there is no need to travel thousands of miles to transport water during winter irrigation and spring irrigation.

Everyone in the village said that Li Laoshuan didn't want to marry his daughter, but wanted to sell his daughter.

Exchanging his daughter for a water cellar was something Li Laoshuan could do alone.

Unexpectedly, there are actually people who are willing to give up their own water cellars. Although it is not confirmed yet, it does not prevent the villagers from discussing this matter.

In the Ma family, Ma Defu, who knew the news, rushed out of the house as if struck by lightning, and wanted to ask Shuihua to ask for clarification, but before he left the hospital, he was stopped by Ma shouting for water.

"What are you going to do?" Ma shouted to Shui with his hands behind his back, his face darkened.

"I'm going to find Shuihua, I want to ask clearly!" Ma Defu looked anxious.

"What are you going to ask?" The horse shouted for water but did not move, like a mountain blocking the door, in front of Ma Defu.

"Ask her if this is true, and if she really wants to marry Ernst Fu!" Ma Defu replied without thinking.

"You bastard!" Ma Huashui reprimanded sharply with a straight face: "What are you asking? What right do you have to ask? Who is Shuihua to you, so you just ask? They say they are close, what does it have to do with you?" relation?"

"Li Laoshuan has already said that if he wants to marry Shuihua, it is not counted as other dowry gifts. First of all, he must have a water cellar. Do you have a water cellar? Does our family have a water cellar?" If there is a water cellar, there is no need to eat yams three times a day, and Depot won't be so obsessed with running out.

"Father!" Ma Defu looked at Ma Yushui unwillingly, his eyes were a little red, "I just wanted to go and have a look, I didn't want to do anything, I just wanted to ask Shuihua myself."

"Hey!" Ma Huashui sighed, and said, "Shuihua is a good girl, smart, brisk, capable, and good-natured! If you can marry Shuihua, your mother and I can wake up laughing even if we fall asleep."

"But it's not like you don't know about our family's situation. Our family doesn't have the conditions to help you marry Shuihua."

"It's all your father's incompetence!" Ma Huashui was in a heavy heart, as Shuihua was such a good girl, and his son liked it.

Ma Huashui raised his hand and patted Ma Defu's shoulder, and said with emotion: "It's dad who is sorry for you! I can't help you!"

"Father!" Ma Defu's eyes were a little red, with water shining in his eyes: "It's my own incompetence, and it has nothing to do with you."

Ma Defu lowered his head, remained silent, clenched his hands into fists, but his heart was filled with an unprecedented sense of powerlessness.

Ma Defu is almost 22, and he is no longer a child. Doesn't he know the truths that Ma Huashui said?
But the more so, the more powerless I feel.

Ma Huashui was also very helpless, so he could only comfort his son and said, "The family has already owed a lot of foreign debts for you to go to the agricultural school, and it has not been paid off until now. You will have to graduate in a year. Depot is as old as Shuihua Still young, still studying, where the family spends money... hey!"

Ma Huashui is also very helpless. He has watched the girl Shuihua grow up since he was a child. As he himself said, if possible, he would like Shuihua to be his daughter-in-law.

But reality is cruel.

The life of Shuihua's family is more difficult than theirs. Li Laoshuan only has a daughter like Shuihua, and the dowry is higher, so Ma Huashui can understand.

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Looking at his eldest son with his head bowed and a slightly sad expression in front of him, Ma Huashui felt more and more uncomfortable.

"Defu, you're an adult, you're not a doll anymore, it's about this time, let's stop making trouble for Shui Hua!"

"If you ask or not, nothing will change."

At this time, Ma Defu ran over, except for causing trouble to the water splash, it had no effect.

"Father! I got it, I'm not going!" Ma Defu understood what his father meant. Shui Hua was still a young girl who hadn't left the court. He was a young guy, so he ran over at this time, what did he say to him?Bad splash reputation?

Ma Defu drooped his head, went back to the house in a depressed mood, and didn't have the heart to think about anything else. He went straight back to lie on the kang, but his nose was sore, and the tears in his eyes slipped silently.

The boy does not cry easily, but it is not when he is sad.

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At the same time, on the other side, Wang Zhong went straight to the old branch secretary's house with a few bottles of wine, a pack of sauced beef, and a pack of braised mutton.

"I knew it, you kid won't be able to sit still!" Looking at Wang Zhong, the old branch secretary looked as he expected, and he was quite happy to see it.

"Hey!" Wang Zhong chuckled, "Your eyes are like torches, but with my little thoughts, I can't hide it from your eyes!"

"Stop it, don't flatter me!"

"I said you kid, you didn't plan it from the beginning, did you?" The old party secretary suddenly remembered the water cellar Wang Chong had built some time ago, and asked Wang Zhong with a playful expression.

"Shuihua is such a good girl. She has a good temper, a good heart, is diligent and capable, and is also handsome. She is a good candidate to marry back home as a wife. Which unmarried man will not be tempted by it."

Wang Zhong said frankly: "Otherwise, that person named An in Kushui Village would be willing to give up such a betrothal gift?"

"You boy!" The old branch secretary pointed at Wang Zhong and shook his head, "I said, how dare you ask someone else to cook for you! You have already made an idea of ​​Splash."

"Didn't you always ask me to find a wife?" Wang Zhong said shyly.

"Shuihua is indeed a good girl!" The old branch secretary took a puff of cigarette and said, "It's her father who is unreliable."

According to seniority, Li Laoshuan is the nephew of the old branch secretary, but the relationship is relatively distant, and he has already passed the fifth service. However, the old branch secretary has stayed in the position of village branch secretary for many years. He doesn't know who is in the village. .

Others may not be able to say this, but no one dared to find fault with the old branch secretary, no matter his seniority or prestige.

"You tell me the truth first, what exactly is your plan." The old branch secretary said, "Li Laoshuan wants a lot of bride price."

Wang Zhongdao: "Brides are easy to talk about, water cellars, chickens and ducks, money, etc., and I am the only one in my family now. If I marry Shui Hua in the future, wouldn't Shui Hua's father be my father?"

"Broken boy!" The old branch secretary also laughed, shook his head, took another puff, stood up, raised his foot and knocked the head of the pipe on the sole of his shoe, "Okay, I know what you said !"

Water cellar!Wang Zhong just got one a while ago, as for the other betrothal gifts, it may be a bit much for other families, but to Wang Zhong, the old branch secretary knows that it is nothing at all.

"Put things down, I know you're in a hurry, I'll go later, talk to Shuihua's father about it, go back and wait for the letter!"

"That's it!" Wang Zhong showed a bright smile on his face: "You have worked hard!"

(End of this chapter)