Chapter 142 I Sign Up

On New Year's Eve, Wang Zhong and Shuihua respectfully invited Li Laoshuan back to their home.

In the morning, it is porridge made from stick noodles, sometimes with pancakes, sometimes with steamed buns, sometimes with steamed buns, but without exception, they eat refined grains.

Noodles are usually served at noon and night, cut noodles made of water splash, mutton, potatoes and radish stir-fried simmered meat, the broth is rich and delicious, the noodles are smooth and chewy, and each meal is accompanied by two or two small wines. I forget myself, I feel that this kind of life, even if it is given to him, he would not be willing to change it.

During the New Year, the couple approached Li Laoshuan again and discussed with him, letting him move to Wang Zhong's house.

After the year, Wang Zhong planned to take Shui Hua to the county seat, personally supervise and concentrate on the decoration team's affairs, so as to completely open up the situation, and not only limited to the decoration, Wang Zhong also thought about pulling up the construction team, if he stayed in the company all year round Yongquan Village has no information, so it must be very difficult to make this happen.

Li Laoshuan couldn't resist the couple, so he agreed.

But he refused to sleep in the main room anyway, so Wang Zhong packed up the only guest room in the west wing and asked Li Laoshuan to move in.

Just after the New Year, Ma Defu ran back to school.

Debao led Shuiwang and Gawa, and followed Wang Zhong and Shuihua to the county seat.

The three of Debao are only fourteen or fifteen years old, and they are not very old, but they don't want to study, and they only want to make money and live a good life.

The adults in the house also let them go.

Mai Miao also wanted to earn money with Depot, but Teacher Bai refused, insisting that she stay in school and continue her studies.

Mai Miao cried and quarreled several times because of this matter, and dragged Debao to let Debao take her away. It was still Shuihua, earnestly speaking, and spent a lot of time trying to persuade him to come down.

But now Mai Miao is also studying in the county, and even if she wants to live on campus, Debao also said that if she goes to the county, she will visit her whenever she is free.

Wang Zhong took Shuihua busy with the decoration team. The financial aspect was naturally handed over to Shuihua. Although Shuihua had no experience in finance, he had studied. Although he didn't finish junior high school, his grades But they are very good, and they are smart, and now the decoration team has just started, and the financial affairs are also very simple.

Shuihua got started very quickly, and figured everything out on the same day.

Li Laoshuan still stayed in the village, busy with the affairs in the field.

Wang Zhong and Shuihua would go back to Yongquan Village almost every weekend to cook a few delicious meals for Li Laoshuan. Now that the family is well-off, Shuihua also followed Wang Zhong to the county seat, and Li Laoshuan was alone and had no companions. , I don’t know where I got two little dogs, one person and two dogs, and they get along pretty well.

Li Laoshuan is a lazy person. In the past, he used to cook and dig weeds all by himself, and kept the house in order, so he could lie on the kang every day and scold others.

This time, Shui Hua followed Wang Zhong to the county and only came back once a week. Li Laoshuan had to do the work in the field by himself.

Although Li Laoshuan is a bit lazy, he is still willing to go to the field at least.

If there is too much work in the field, and Li Laoshuan can't handle it alone, Wang Zhong and Shui Hua will also help.

But Shui Hua is a restless person. In the county, she followed Wang Zhong to do finances, and there was not much work at all. This girl couldn't be free, and had no choice, so Wang Zhong asked her to cook for everyone.

It's easier to work around the stove than to go to the ground and dig grass.

As for Li Laoshuan, Wang Zhong didn't let her idle.

Under Wang Zhong's suggestion, Li Laoshuan tried to plant corn and yams in the few pieces of land allocated by Wang Zhong.

The land that Wang Zhong got was not good, it was barren and remote, and Li Laoshuan was a bit disgusted at first, but he couldn't hold back the water, so he had to plant it.

Although Li Laoshuan was a little lazy, after the land was established, he planted corn and yams, and he was not idle. He carried water to the ground. After all, for farmers, the land is their lifeblood. Right now After Li Laoshuan's daughter got married, he suddenly had more than ten acres of livelihood, so he worked harder than before.

In particular, Wang Zhong also has a water cellar, although it is not too big, it has a volume of about twelve cubic meters.

In spring and summer, Wang Zhong connected the roof, the courtyard, and the system designed to collect surface water on the slope behind the house. The effect is very remarkable. When the spring irrigation is late, the water for winter irrigation can be stored.

In April 90, Wang Zhong entrusted Wang Quanfu to help him buy a motorcycle. He spent more than 7000 yuan. It was not that Wang Zhong didn’t want to buy a car, but that the price of a car was too expensive now, and Yongquan Village was not open to traffic. Instead, it was not as good as a motorcycle. The car is convenient, although it hurts, but with the motorcycle, it will be more convenient for Wang Zhong and his wife to go back to Yongquan Village.

Time came to 91 just like that.

The district issued a document to establish the Yuquanying Diaozhuang immigration area, and assigned quotas. The county was assigned to the township, and the township was assigned to the village.

Yongquan Village was assigned seven targets.

There were not too many people who signed up. Just like the original book, seven people from Li Dayou finally snatched it up.

After only staying there for a few months, all seven of them ran back.

For this matter, Director Zhang of the Poverty Alleviation Office, who was in charge of Diaozhuang immigrants, was caught by his immediate boss and severely criticized.

On this day, it happened to be Friday, Wang Zhong and Shuihua took a pair of ribs and ten catties of mutton, and rode a motorcycle back to Yongquan Village to visit Li Laoshuan and the old branch secretary.

On the way, I met two people with other bicycles.

"Isn't that Defu?" Shuihua has good eyes, and grew up with Ma Defu when he was young, so he can recognize people just by looking at their backs.

Accompanied by a roar, Wang Zhong drove up.

Ma Defu and Director Zhang, who heard the sound of the motorcycle, also turned their heads and looked back.

"Defu!" Shui Hua put one arm around Wang Zhong's waist, raised one hand high, and shouted at Ma Defu.

"Defu, from your village?"

The two pulled over and stopped their bicycles, Director Zhang asked.

Ma Defu's expression changed slightly, and his eyes became less natural. Even now, he still couldn't let it go.

"It belongs to our village!" Ma Defu forced a smile.

"Blessed!"

The speed of the motorcycle also slowed down slowly, and when it stopped in front of the two, Shui Hua and Wang Zhong greeted Ma Defu.

"Wang Zhong, Splash! Are you going back to visit your father?" Looking at the motorcycle Wang Zhong was riding, this guy was at least 8000 to [-] yuan.

"Yes! Go back and see Shui Hua's father and the old branch secretary, and you're going back to the village too?" Wang Zhong asked with a smile.

"Yes! Go back to the village!"

Wang Zhong didn't have any grudges against Ma Defu. As for him and Shui Hua's childhood sweethearts, that was all in the past. Wang Zhong had confidence in himself and Shui Hua's character.

"I heard Uncle Shui said that you graduated this year, which unit did you work in?"

"just graduated!"

While introducing the two people, Ma Defu explained: "I was originally assigned to the Dao Agricultural Technology Station, but it happened that the Diaozhuang Office was short of manpower, so I was seconded."

"This is Director Zhang of our Diaozhuang Office, my immediate leader!"

Then he introduced the two to Director Zhang: "Director Zhang, this is Wang Zhong from our village and his wife Li Shuihua."

"You are Wang Zhong?" Director Zhang was a little surprised, with a happy expression on his face, he quickly stopped the bicycle, walked forward, and stretched out his hand: "I have long admired your name!"

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, the mere name, but it can still be heard in the ears of Director Zhang!" Wang Zhong and Shuihua also got out of the car, and Wang Zhong reached out to shake Director Zhang's hand: "Director Zhang is run by Diaozhuang! That Diaozhuang Director Zhang is in charge of immigration?"

"Brother Wang Zhong also knows about immigrants from Diaozhuang?"

"How can I not know that Shuihua and I both belong to Yongquan Village!"

"At the beginning, the head of my house said that I would sign up, but I didn't snatch Uncle Dayou and the others!" Shui Hua also added.

"You also want to go to Diaozhuang?" Director Zhang looked at the two in surprise, his eyes full of disbelief.

"Director Zhang, shall we talk as we walk?" Wang Zhong gestured with his hand.

"Okay! Talk while walking!"

The two were pushing bicycles, Wang Zhong was pushing a motorcycle, and Shuihua walked beside Wang Zhong, heading towards Yongquanchu side by side.

"Do you really want to go to Diaozhuang?" Director Zhang asked again, looking at his expression and tone, he still couldn't believe it.

Shuihua smiled and said: "I definitely want to go! In this valley, not to mention the inconvenient transportation, there is no water, and there is no electricity! The population of the village is also increasing, but there is only so much land. The number of outings is getting less and less every year, if you don’t think about it, the days to come will become more and more difficult!”

"The government also took this into consideration, so they came up with the Diaozhuang immigration policy. They spared no effort to build so much infrastructure in Yuquanying, just to make our villagers rich." Director Zhang felt. And made a point.

Shui Hua nodded and said: "When we said we were going to Diao Zhuang, didn't we mean it was on the Gobi Desert under Helan Mountain? Next to it is the West Main Canal of the Yellow River, a flat sandy and gravel land. If we clean it up, dig a canal and water it, Doesn’t that mean there’s one who’s stuck in the south of the Yangtze River?”

Shui Hua said with longing.

Director Zhang and Ma Defu looked at the splash in disbelief.

Director Zhang was a little excited and couldn't wait to ask: "Then why didn't you sign up?"

Shuihua looked at Wang Zhong next to him, and said, "We wanted to sign up at the beginning, but Uncle Dayou and the others rushed to go. I told you that our family's life is easier than that of the villagers. It has only been a few years since I returned to the village, so there is no need to compete with the villagers for this bowl of rice, let Uncle Dayou and the others go first, and we will sign up again when we have a chance next time."

"Hey!" Director Zhang sighed, and said, "If only Li Dayou and the others had the awareness of you two!"

"What's wrong with Uncle Dayou?" Wang Zhongming asked knowingly.

"Hey!" Speaking of this, Director Zhang went to court: "In the first few days, that Li Dayou from your village drove back all the seven householders in your village, and I stopped them no matter what. Can't stop!"

"It seems that Uncle Dayou is capable of doing this." Wang Zhong said with a light smile.

Seeing Wang Zhong's expected appearance, Director Zhang's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help asking, "Why do you say that?"

Wang Chongdao: "Where is Yuquanying? In the Gobi Desert, there is wind all day long, from spring to winter, and I have a uncle like him, a master who does not see rabbits or scatter eagles. You see the sky and tell him about the future, but in front of you Just let him suffer, it's strange if he doesn't come back!"

Director Zhang was really surprised by Wang Zhong, "Do you know what Li Dayou said when we were with them?"

"What did you say?" Ma Defu asked curiously.

Director Zhang said: "He said, your government is honest about the future, this future is good, the future is that good, but what is the future? The future is not here yet! When will it come?"

"What you said is almost the same as what you said, Wang Zhong."

"You know Li Dayou so well, do you know of any way to persuade him to go back?" Director Zhang asked.

Ma Defu and Shuihua also looked at Wang Zhong.

"Then you are overestimating me. If you understand, you understand. I have a big uncle. To put it bluntly, he is a jerk. I am a junior, what can I do with him!"

"Then what should we do?" Director Zhang didn't know much about Yongquan Village, like a headless chicken.

"Look for my father!" At this time, Ma Defu suddenly said: "My father is the acting village director and a good person in the village. If you find him, you will definitely be able to handle this matter well!"

"your dad?"

Wang Zhong shook his head: "If he plays tricks and refuses to go, can your father put a knife on their necks and force them to go?"

Ma Defu's voice froze, his mouth opened, and he didn't know how to refute.

"Then what should we do?" Director Zhang frowned anxiously.

"That's enough! Don't be fooled!" Shuihua gave Wang Zhong a blank look, pushed him, and said, "This is a major issue that affects the future of our Yongquan Village. If you have a solution, you should hurry up and talk about it!"

"Listening to Comrade Shuihua's meaning, Comrade Wang Zhong has a solution?" Director Zhang immediately changed his face and asked expectantly.

Wang Zhongdao: "Is this a good saying, one thing falls one thing! It's true that Uncle Dayou is a bastard, but it's not that there are people in the village who can cure him. Director Zhang, go to the village and follow Defu to find water. Uncle, let Uncle Huashui take you to find my uncle, who is the old party secretary in our village, there is a uncle and his father, as long as you explain this matter clearly to him, and if my uncle comes forward, the matter will be settled!"

"That's right! Why didn't I think of it!" Ma Defu suddenly realized, "The old party secretary is an old party member. He walked the Long March with the Red Army back then. He has high awareness, insight, and prestige in the village. As long as he is persuaded, this matter It's easy to handle!"

The old party secretary ruled Li Dayou, that is, one rule is accurate, and if Li Dayou dared not go, the old party secretary had to drive him over.

"Okay! We've said the matter, let's go first, Shuihua's father is still waiting at home!" Wang Zhong and Shuihua got on the motorcycle and said goodbye to them.

The roar of the motor sounded, and with a slam of the accelerator, the motorcycle galloped out like a wild horse, stirring up countless flying dust.

"Defu, are you familiar with Wang Zhong and the others?" Director Zhang asked as he watched the motorcycle go away.

Defu's gaze was also on the motorcycle, "Wang Zhong came back to our village the summer before last. I was studying in an agricultural school at that time, so I didn't know him well, and I didn't see him much, but his wife, Shui Hua, was my classmate. "

"This Wang Zhong in your village is a capable man!" Director Zhang nodded, pushed on the bicycle, and said.

"He is really good. I heard from my father and Debao that for more than a year, he has led more than [-] young people from our village to do renovations in the county, build houses for others, and earn a lot of money!"

Director Zhang nodded: "His motorcycle costs at least seven or eight thousand!"

"Comrade Shuihua just said that the couple also wanted to go to Diaozhuang! You said that their conditions are not bad now, they even bought motorcycles, and they still have ways to make money in the county. What are they going to do in Diaozhuang?"

Director Zhang couldn't help but think about it, Diao Zhuang was originally for pacification, for the villagers in the valleys like Xihaigu to take off their poverty hats and live a better life, but now Wang Zhong and his wife are living a good life , even big things like motorcycles, doesn't it have anything to do with poverty!
"I don't know!" Ma Defu didn't know Wang Zhong well, so he couldn't guess what Wang Zhong was thinking.

"Forget it, don't think so much, let's go to your village first, get the business done, and then talk about other things!"

"Let's go!"

The two rode on their bicycles and rushed to Yongquan Village.

"Father! We're back!"

Outside the courtyard, Shuihua got out of the car first, pushed open the fence door, and greeted the house!
"Shuihua, you're back!" The door of the main room was locked, and the door of the room where Li Laoshuan slept in the west room was open. Li Laoshuan happily ran out of the room with a cigarette stick in his hand. .

"father!"

Water Flower is holding the rattan frame that was removed from the back seat of the motorcycle, and the frame contains lamb and lamb ribs.

"Hey! Lamb ribs!" Seeing the mutton in the box, Li Laoshuan's eyes lit up, he licked his chapped lips, and swallowed.

Wang Zhong drove the motorcycle into the courtyard and parked it under the shed on the east side.

"How long will you stay this time?" Li Laoshuan happily took the rattan frame from Shuihua, and asked as he walked to the kitchen.

"I've lived there for a while, isn't this the summer harvest soon!"

"That's a good feeling!"

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On the other side, in the village department, Ma Defu led Director Zhang to appear in front of Ma Huashui, happy for Ma Huashui, and pulled Director Zhang to greet him for a while.

Director Zhang has a fiery temper, and his immediate superior only gave him three days, so he hurriedly told Ma Huan what Wang Zhong said.

Defu was on the side to persuade him, Ma Huashui followed and led the two to find the old branch secretary.

That afternoon, Ma Huashui yelled through the loudspeaker, and at least one person from each household held a meeting.

After Shuihua finished cooking at home, Li Laoshuan and Wang Zhong went to join in the fun, just to hang out with the village.

The seven families, including Li Dayou, refused to go despite Director Zhang's extravagant remarks, and showed their traces of being blown by the wind in front of the villagers.

In the end, as in the original book, the old party secretary stood up and spoke, re-registered, and those who are willing to go will go until the quota of seven families is filled. make up for it.

The old branch secretary has a high prestige in the village, and his words can be used more than a horse calling a water pipe.

As soon as he spoke, no one in the village dared to disobey him, even Li Dayou, the most scumbag, did not dare to continue bluffing.

"I regestrated!"

As soon as the old branch secretary finished speaking, Wang Zhong was the first to stand up and say that he wanted to sign up.

The old branch secretary looked at Wang Zhong with a gratified smile on his face.

"Chongwazi, you have to think about it. Yuquanying is the Gobi Desert! The conditions are much more difficult than our Yongquan Village. The wind blows all year round, and there are sandstorms from time to time. When the wind blows, it's just a mouthful of sand. !"

If it wasn't for Wang Zhong being kind to his father, Li Dayou wouldn't be bothered to talk much.

"Uncle Dayou, I think Director Zhang and Uncle are very reasonable. Now Yuquanying is suffering a little bit, but since the country is willing to spend so much effort on immigration and infrastructure construction, the future development prospects It must be better than our mountain valley.”

"As for the wind, it doesn't matter if he blows it all year round. The irrigation project of diverting the Yellow River has already started. Now we go there, and we just suffer a few years. Well, it will take a few years to build the house, and life will definitely be better than in the ravine!"

"You have money, you can build a house, you have money to prepare the land, what about us? Where did we get the money to prepare the land? Where did we get the money to build the house?" Li Dayou was still not convinced.

"Director Zhang has said many times that you can go to the state-owned farm nearby to work, or go to the city to work!" Ma Defu said impatiently.

"You speak lightly, working part-time to earn money..." Before the words fell, he was kicked out by the old branch secretary.

"You are a coward, but you have the guts to argue with others, you know that you are too lazy to do it, you are afraid of this, and you are afraid of that, if you talk too much, I will beat you to death!"

Speaking of bending over and wanting slippers, Li Dayou hurriedly slipped away.

Anyway, his name has already been reported, and the old branch secretary has gone to Diaozhuang. As a son, he dare not follow him.

In the end, naturally no one signed up, except for Wang Zhong, Ma Huashui and Li Dayou's three households, the remaining four households could only draw lots from the few households who ran over.

Although a little reluctant, but the old party secretary had spoken, they didn't dare not go.

When writing Wang Zhong's name, Ma Huashui also specially reminded: "Wang Zhong, the business of your decoration team has just started to pick up. If you go to Yuquan Camp hundreds of miles away, then your decoration team What are you going to do about it?"

But Wang Zhong said with a smile: "Uncle Shui, our Yongquan Village can't get rich just by working for money. Although we can make money doing decorations for people, we can only barely make ends meet. The family eats, Dressing, seeing a doctor, and going to school for the baby don’t cost money, if the folks really want to live a good life, they have to find another way!”

It's not like the real world now. Although people's lives are a little better than in previous years, they are not much better. The ordinary people in the city don't have a lot of spare money.

"No matter what happens in the future, but now is at least an attempt!"

"As for the decoration team, it's almost on the right track now. As long as the folks are willing to do it, it doesn't matter if I'm here or not."

What Wang Zhong came up with was an idea, a plan, not a contractor, and Wang Quanfu was actually responsible for the construction.

Fatty Wang, now leaves the furniture store to his wife to take care of, and puts all his attention on the decoration team and construction team. This fat man is a bit of a northerner, and has a close relationship with the construction company in the county, and he is never short of work.

This time, the 20 people that Wang Zhong took out had all been familiar with it for more than a year, and they followed Wang Zhong's high standards from the beginning, so they had already gotten started.

And Wang Zhong didn't intend to throw Fatty Wang down. This guy has some background, connections, and he's smart, and the two of them have been cooperating well for more than a year.

"Just figure it out for yourself!" Ma shouted and said nothing.

(End of this chapter)

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