Chapter 222 No Money, Give Me a Piece of Land

The area along the river is cloudy and rainy, but the sun in my hometown is always bright and hot. Mei Qiuping used to describe this kind of sun as making people peel.

Except for the old cattle on the hillside, which are still sweeping their tails and grazing leisurely in the sun, domestic animals such as chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs also know to find a shady place to lie down.

There happened to be a small spring behind the house of the fourth uncle’s house. The local dialect called it Qinshuidang, and there was only one pool of water that came out every day. This was the sanctuary for fat pigs to cool off in summer.

After lunch, when the fourth uncle went out, the big white pig at home was covered in wet mud, lying in the pool, humming comfortably.

On such days, no matter how hardworking the folks are, they will not work in the field at noon. They will go up the mountain before dawn, go home when the sun is almost in the middle, and go to the field after three or four in the afternoon. Going home in the dark at night, just to avoid the sun when it is at its strongest.

So he didn't meet anyone at all along the way. He walked along the road from Feng Yiping to his grandfather's house, and on the road in front of Meijiawan. After waiting for a long time, there was a tricycle "Dong Dong Dong" drive over.

The car was already full of people, and he didn't have time to wait for the next trip, so he grabbed the iron bars under the tarpaulin and stood bent over in the middle of the car. Fortunately, there was wind blowing in ahead, so he didn't feel too stuffy .

The two rubber trees in front of the town government were also slumped by the sun, and their thick leaves were not as smooth as before.

The old man in the concierge, wearing a pair of reading glasses with a rope tied to his leg, was reading a newspaper, while an electric fan beside him was whistling. The research newspaper of the old gods.

The main body of the town government is a three-story old building, which is well maintained. There is a big locust tree in the yard, and there are a few roses blooming in the front corner. There are several dwarf hollies planted in the tiled flower bed.

Fourth Uncle went straight up to the third floor, walked to the door of the office on the left with the mayor's card, took out a Maza from his purse, sat at the door and waited.

After a while, Xiao Su, the mayor's driver and secretary, came up with an enamel basin of water, "Village Chief Feng, you're here to guard again! These days you come every day, the mayor sleeps really well."

The fourth uncle listened and ignored him.

Xiaosu opened the door, and a gust of cool air came out. The mayor's office was equipped with an air conditioner.

After a while, the mayor, who was wearing a black T-shirt with a gray plaid collar, wiped his face with a towel in one hand, and came to open the door, "Old Feng, come in and sit down."

The mayor handed the towel and basin to Xiaosu, took a pack of cigarettes from the table, took out one and threw it to the fourth uncle, lit one himself, opened the window, and a gust of hot air came in immediately, "This Damn weather."

"Mayor," the fourth uncle just said, the mayor stopped him, "Old Feng, you don't need to say anything, you have been coming to my mill for so many days, I know you really want to do a job for the village. As a matter of fact, I have met Secretary Liu and the others several times in the past few days. There is really no way out. I can’t squeeze out a penny. The county doesn’t have to count on it. This year is also very difficult. So I thought, would you go back to the village and say Said, let the villagers overcome it again, wait a few more years, and when the town is more prosperous, we must allocate some money to build roads in your village."

The fourth uncle has been here for more than ten days in a row. It turned out that he came in the morning, but the mayor usually didn’t go to work until after nine o’clock. After several hours, it was time to get off work again, so he changed his strategy two days later and came to block people in the afternoon, because the office was equipped with air conditioning, and the mayor always took a nap in the office.

"Mayor, after waiting for so many years, I really can't wait now. Now it's not like before. Young people go out to work, and there are not many people who stay in the village even younger than me. If you want to sell something or buy something, you have to choose someone. We old fellows really can't bear the mountain road of tens of miles."

"Yes, I understand that the situation in each village is similar, and the strong laborers are all working outside." The mayor flicked the cigarette ash, and stared out the window without looking at Fourth Uncle.

"How many towns can allocate some of it? Let's find a way to raise some of it ourselves. In this way, during the slack season in the second half of the year, we can roughly repair the embryo. Maybe it will be open to traffic at the end of the year. When you go to inspect the work, it will be fine." convenient."

"Old Feng, Mr. Feng, it's true. You used to be in school, and you should know that in the past two years, which year can you pay your teacher's salary without delaying for a month? This year, the town The maintenance funds for the dams of several hydropower stations were only made up by moving a little here and there.”

"Then can the town invite the design institute to help us design it?"

"You need money too, Mr. Feng."

"What about equipment, such as excavators, can they be produced in the town?"

"Cut!" Xiao Su, who came back, laughed, "There is no excavator in the town, so if you ask the town to go out, it will cost money?"

The fourth uncle sucked the cigarette to the end, threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it with his feet, "Since we can't count on the money, we can find a way by ourselves, but there is one condition, I hope the town is in the south By the river, grant dozens of acres of land to our village."

This turning point is a bit big. There are hundreds of acres of barren beach on the south side of the town. Over the years, it seems to have become a garbage collection and distribution center.

"What does your village want to do?"

"We want to use that piece of land to become a shareholder and start a business with others, so that the village will have money for road construction."

The mayor's eyes lit up when he heard this, let alone, this idea is quite novel.

"Is this your personal idea or the village committee's idea?" the mayor asked.

"It means all the villagers!"

"Then you go back and hold a meeting with the village committee to form a document, and we'll study it."

"I brought it today." Under the astonished eyes of the mayor, the fourth uncle handed over a stack of papers. The front one was their application for approval of 30 mu of land from the town, and the back was the signatures and fingerprints of all the villagers.

"Hehe, Lao Feng, you have prepared well enough. I think these signatures were not written in a day or two." The mayor flipped through the thick stack of signatures at the back and said to the fourth uncle with a smile.

"It was also forced. In order to build this road, we have tried everything we can."

Xiao Su went over to add water to the mayor's quilt, "Mr. Feng, you are really smart. No wonder I heard that your third brother made a lot of money doing business in the provincial capital. Your family is really not simple."

"It's not shrewdness. It's doing things with your heart. Also, the reason why you are not good at it must be because you didn't read well when you were young." Although the fourth uncle is not a teacher now, he still has a bit of a smug air.

"Okay, old Feng, don't argue with him. I understand what you mean, but this matter is too big. We must have a meeting. You should go back first. I will let you know the result."

"Mayor, the barren beach is still deserted. Giving us dozens of acres is equivalent to allocating the hundreds of thousands of road construction to our village. We will then partner with others to set up factories, which will increase the number of people in the town. Not to mention employment and taxation, but it is equivalent to attracting investment, so there is nothing to consider for such a multi-purpose thing.”

"Well, there is one more thing you didn't say, your village will have a hen that lays golden eggs in the future, right?" After a while, the mayor also figured out the tricks inside, "I will remember what you said , you bring up such an idea, let us think about it, I will arrange a meeting as soon as possible, you go back and wait for the news."