Of course Zhang Guoquan wanted to continue schooling, but his family was poor and he had no choice. To the young Zhang Guoquan at that time, he did not understand what my mother said. It was just an excuse that my mother deliberately made because of her poor family.

There is nothing he can do no matter how hard he understands. As a young boy, he can only think more and study more as my mother said. If he doesn’t have books, he will borrow his friends’ little books. What other children read are stories and illustrations.

He was different. He would think about a simple story, even a sentence, seriously for a long time.

Because of this, when several friends talked about the characters in the little book, Zhang Guoquan often couldn't chat with them.

The way he absorbed nutrients was already quite strange at the time.

Thinking about it now, what his mother said had a really great impact on him, but it was just not enough.

"I also said that no matter what time, you must be a good person and never do anything harmful to God. God is watching from above, and you will be punished sooner or later."

My mother has always asked him to be a good person, and he has always done so, but now he realizes that it is harder to be a good person than a bad person. The pressure on his heart makes him miserable.

Now, he was standing in the pit, just pretending to be relaxed. He missed my mother a little. When he was a child, he could do anything without restraint, because there was my mother supporting him behind his back.

He knew Yang Lei's worries well, and sure enough, Yang Lei did not give up and continued to persuade: "Guoquan, even if you are not afraid, you can fight against the people behind you with your own flesh and blood, but have you ever thought about it?

Where's the pigeon? The white pigeon should be so worried about you. While you are in deep danger, you also lead the white pigeon into the pit of fire."

"The white dove is in favor of me."

When he said these words, Zhang Guoquan stood in the pit, which was almost as deep as his knees. He looked at the cornfield with new sprouts in the distance, and a feeling of new life mixed with sadness spread in his heart.

He was really fortunate that Bai Ge always supported him silently behind his back during every difficult period. Although she could not do anything, the spiritual support she gave was the key to keeping Zhang Guoquan full of strength.

In this short half year, he lost many important people. What happened this year?

What an unusual year.

Yang Lei was pacing back and forth beside the long pit, walking quickly, tapping his hands, and muttering: "Madman, madman, what a madman... If you offend such a person, those people behind will

He will also go crazy, and then everyone will become a lunatic and no one will be able to reap the benefits."

"Yang Lei, have you forgotten your original oath? You are going to lead Yangjiazhuang to a path of development. Have you forgotten all this?"

"I haven't forgotten, of course I haven't forgotten." Yang Lei suddenly stood up and raised his voice: "You don't know, these things involve too many things. Once exposed, Pingshan County will be turned upside down for many years.

You haven't experienced this, and you can't do it alone?"

Yang Lei is telling the truth. Although Zhang Guoquan is very smart, human nature is so complicated, especially in a huge network of relationships, that he may not be able to do it as easily as he said.

Zhang Guoquan immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The fact that Yang Lei could say this meant that he had begun to relax. This kind of Yang Lei was the person he knew.

"Yang Party Secretary, come back, let's fight side by side like before." Zhang Guoquan looked at Yang Lei expectantly. Of course he hoped that Yang Lei could change his previous wrong ideas. He also knew how difficult it was to do this. If

Yang Lei is willing to join in, which will get twice the result with half the effort.

Otherwise? There is no other way. He will walk through the thorns and face the enemy's gun.

Yang Lei shook his head, and in the end he just suggested that Zhang Guoquan find someone.

In fact, when I thought about it later, Yang Lei's behavior today was very abnormal. Everything he said and did seemed so reasonable. He showed worry and fear about exposing these people's crimes, which is normal.

But in the end, the only help he could give Zhang Guoquan was to ask Zhang Guoquan to find someone.

This abnormal behavior made Zhang Guoquan suddenly realize the deeper meaning of Yaoyao's words to be careful about Yang Lei.

Yang Lei asked the person he was looking for to go out to study and would come back in about half a month.

During the few days that Zhang Guoquan was waiting, when he got up in the morning and opened the courtyard door to take a look in the fields, he saw a bloody kitchen knife at the courtyard door.

Zhang Guoquan picked up the kitchen knife, looked at the dried blood on it, put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it. It was chicken blood.

Zhang Guoquan knew clearly that this was definitely not the result of a villager killing a chicken and leaving it here. The villagers would not be willing to kill the chicken if it was out of season.

The only explanation is that someone was demonstrating against him. He shook his head helplessly, walked to the river beach with a kitchen knife, and threw the bloody kitchen knife into the river.

He didn't want Bai Ge to worry. Bai Ge would be frightened if he saw the bloody kitchen knife.

Zhang Guoquan thought that everything seemed to be caused by this small river, so this bloody kitchen knife should return to dust and return to where it should go.

In this peaceful era, Zhang Guoquan really couldn't figure out, would anyone really kill someone for huge benefits?

But the threat in front of us is really before our eyes. It turns out that darkness has always existed.

But he would never choose to remain silent like Widow Ma.

It was the slack season for farming, and the village was much quieter than before. He knew that a storm was brewing behind him, so he just let the storm become more violent.

Although Zhang Guoquan said nothing and Bai Ge was not having an easy time, the pressure in her heart was no less than that of Zhang Guoquan.

It seemed that the whole world had abandoned Zhang Guoquan, and even Party Secretary Yang Lei, whom she had always respected, fell silent. All she could do was stand with Zhang Guoquan.

The village was only quiet for a few days, and the matter of electrifying the village was still progressing steadily.

When it's time to install electricity meters, several households choose a wall and put the electricity meters of several households together in one place. When these things are almost completed, they just need to wait quietly for the day when the electricity is turned on.

Some villagers asked, when can they get electricity?

The worker who installed the meter said, it's coming soon, it's coming soon, don't worry.

The workers were not in a hurry, but the villagers were, and they were all looking forward to the day when the lights would shine brightly. While they were waiting, the villagers mentioned Zhao Chunniu. This Party Secretary Zhao was quite good, and he had taken care of the electricity supply in an orderly manner.

It is their blessing to have such a village party secretary in the village.

Zhao Chunniu came to see Zhang Guoquan once and said something meaningful: "The advantages of the peaceful era are that there is less hatred of the destruction of the country and the destruction of the family, and everyone only has to take care of themselves."

His meaning is very obvious. In peacetime, if it is not for yourself, you will not be able to survive.

Zhang Guoquan did not agree with his point of view: "My mother said that you must be a good person at all times."

My mother's encouragement to him since childhood is the key to keeping him true to his original intention.

Zhao Chunniu also disagreed with his point of view: "The word "good person" is relative. I ask you to be a good person just because your family is poor and you can't afford to cause trouble."

Zhang Guoquan shook his head: "I am still poor now, but I am still willing to cause trouble, just because I still want to be a good person."

Having said this, Zhao Chunniu said nothing more.

There was a breeze blowing on the river beach, but it couldn't drive away the heat around it. It was stuffy and made people breathless.

The corn in the field has grown to a height, and even the beans are lying on the ground with their pointed tips exposed. The sorghum is also trying to break through the ground. Only the watermelon has no reaction, as if it is dead. Is it because the watermelon was planted a few days late?

, it is not ready to come out.

The first time he met the person Yang Lei asked him to find was ten days later.

I came back a few days early from studying abroad. According to that person, he came back early specifically for Zhang Guoquan.

When he first met that man, Zhang Guoquan was really unsure because he looked gentle and elegant, with a bookish air about him.

He is fair-skinned, has a slow-tempered personality, and looks very quiet. Just like his appearance, his name is also gentle and elegant. His name is Su Jincheng.

It was such a gentle and elegant person who was brewing a storm with Zhang Guoquan.
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