The Sun family is considered a big family in Shuangshui Village, but it is not wealthy.

Sun Shaoping is a sensible child and does not want to burden his family with tuition fees.

It's just that it's really difficult to get money in rural areas these days. The food in the fields belongs to the commune, and the commune members have no power to deal with it at all.

Besides, Sun Shaoping can't do anything to take advantage of the collective.

So Sun Shaoan and I often went to the fields and ridges after the autumn harvest to dig out vole holes with hoes and shovels.

After an autumn, the vole holes were full of grain. The two of them searched the vole holes one by one and saved dozens of kilograms of grain.

If these grains were carried to the town and converted into money, it would be enough to pay for Sun Shaoping's tuition.

Sun Lanhua also knew this, nodded and said: "I will go back with you now and help you deliver the food to the county town."

In fact, there is a town five miles away from Shuangshui Village. Sun Shaoping goes to school in the town on weekdays. Logically speaking, it is more convenient to send the grain to the town to sell it.

but.

These days, selling food in private is illegal. If you are caught, you may be labeled as a speculator.

The town is relatively small, and the residents in the town are all acquaintances. If Sun Shaoping dares to secretly sell, it won't be long before someone discovers it.

Yuanxi County is a relatively large city, and there is even a pigeon market there. If you go to the pigeon market to sell grain, you will not leave any trouble as long as you are careful.

It's just that the distance from Shuangshui Village to Yuanxi County is fifty miles, and they have to carry dozens of kilograms of grain. It's really difficult for Sun Shaoan and Sun Shaoping.

So Sun Lanhua also decided to help.

Sun Shaoping originally wanted to refuse Sun Lanhua, but when he thought that Sun Lanhua would be able to avoid Wang Manyin by going to the county town with him to sell grain, he agreed.

When the two returned home, after opening the door, Sun Shaoping went to his grandmother's house first, greeted his grandmother, and then told Sun Shao'an what he thought.

Sun Shao'an has always supported Sun Shaoping's schooling. Besides, Sun Shaoping also came up with the method of digging out vole holes, so he agreed without saying a word.

The grain was hidden under Sun Shaoping's fire bed. After taking out the cloth bag sewn with pudding, Sun Shaoping wanted to keep some of the grain.

"Brother, I think it is enough to sell twenty-five kilograms of grain. Now we are running out of food at home, so we will keep the remaining grain at home."

Sun Shaoan couldn't help but snatch the bag from his hand and carry it on his body.

"Even if food is expensive now, the food we pick out from the mouths of mice cannot be sold at a high price in the city. If we want to pay for tuition, we have to sell it all."

Sun Shao'an didn't know how much the grain could be sold for, but in addition to paying tuition, Sun Shaoping had to buy decent clothes, otherwise he would be laughed at by his classmates.

Sun Shaoping frowned: "But our commune is running out of food. This food can save lives."

"Don't worry, the village chief said that the comrades from the capital will send us food soon."

As he spoke, Sun Shaoan was afraid that Sun Shaoping would stop him, so he carried the bag and left the house.

Sun Shaoping and Sun Lanhua could only follow behind.

Since the village chief Sun Yuting led the members to greet Li Weidong at the entrance of the village, the three of them went around the back of the village.

After Wang Manyin was punished by Sun Shaoping, he could only go back to Can Village. Halfway there, he felt that his ribs hurt a little, so he simply lay down in the ditch on the side of the road to rest for a while.

Hearing the footsteps, he opened his eyes slightly, struggled to sit up, and looked outside.

If she was a female co-worker, he would go up and talk a little bit and take advantage of her; if she was a male co-worker, he would go up and get some cigarettes.

When he saw Sun Lanhua and Sun Shaoping, Wang Manyin lay back angrily.

If there was only Sun Lanhua, he could naturally rush up and have a good chat with Sun Lanhua.

But Sun Shaoping and Sun Shaoan were also following behind him, and he was a little scared.

As soon as he lay down again, Wang Manyin seemed to remember something and sat up suddenly, his eyes widening.

When he confirmed that Sun Shaoan was carrying the dough bag on his shoulders, Wang Manyin's heart beat wildly.

"Okay, Sun Shao'an and Sun Shaoping, you two boys have been pretending to be advanced in the village all day long, but you can also do speculative things. I have to send you in today!"

"No, no, even if we send these two guys to prison, we won't get any benefits."

"Perhaps we should take advantage of this opportunity to get Sun Lanhua!"

Wang Manyin rolled his eyes and thought of a vicious idea. He stood up and followed the three of them quietly.

.....

The other side.

On the old locust tree at the head of the village, Tian Haimin, the militia captain in charge of the lookout, suddenly shouted excitedly.

"Here, the comrades from the capital are here. I saw five trucks heading this way."

Upon hearing this, village chief Sun Yuting immediately mobilized the members.

For a moment, the entrance to Shuangshui Village was filled with gongs and drums, colorful flags fluttering (no), and firecrackers blasting (no).

Inside the truck, a comrade wearing a gray Chinese tunic suit pointed to the welcoming crowd in front and introduced to Li Weidong: "Director Li, this is the comrade from Shuangshui Village who is welcoming us."

The man in Mao suit is named Li Dengyun. A few years later, he served as the leader of the original West County. Now he is just a small officer in the propaganda department.

Li Dengyun is a very smart person. When he learned that Li Weidong was about to represent the steel rolling mill to help Shuangshui Village, he realized that this was his opportunity.

As long as you cooperate with Li Weidong and complete the assistance tasks, you will definitely be praised by your superiors, which will be very helpful for future promotions.

Li Weidong knew the plot well, and of course he recognized Li Dengyun, the guy's son Li Xiangqian, who stole Sun Shaoping's lover Tian Xiaoxia in the later stages.

It's just that this matter has nothing to do with Li Weidong, and he has no other opinions about Li Dengyun.

"Really? The comrades in Shuangshui Village seem quite enthusiastic." Li Weidong stretched and said casually.

The journey from Beijing to Yuanxi County was more difficult than Li Weidong imagined. The road was rugged and the old trucks had poor shock absorption.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After running on the road for a few days, even though his body was systematically strengthened, it was almost knocked apart.

No wonder the leaders in the steel rolling mill recoiled when they heard that they were going to the countryside to participate in assistance tasks.

It’s not that my consciousness is low, it’s that my body really can’t bear it.

The truck came roaring with yellow dust, and with a crisp brake sound, it stopped steadily in front of everyone in Shuangshui Village.

Village chief Sun Yuting and the leaders of the village rushed forward to greet him.

When they saw Li Dengyun getting out of the car following a young man, they were a little confused for a moment.

They all know Li Dengyun. He is a comrade from the county. Logically speaking, he must be accompanying a comrade from the capital this time.

But.

What happened to this young man?

According to the information they had obtained before, the comrade from Jingcheng who came to help this time was a workshop director of the Jingcheng Steel Rolling Mill.

The workshop director is considered a middle-level leader in the factory, and he must be in his thirties if he acts like this.

And this young man looked to be in his mid-twenties.

Li Dengyun saw several people standing there stunned, and hurriedly urged in a low voice: "Director Sun, what's going on with you? Director Li is right in front of you, why don't you say hello? Do you want to wait for Director Li to take the initiative to say hello to you?"

Only then did Sun Yuting and others realize that this young man was really a leader from the capital.

He quickly smiled apologetically and extended his hands to meet her: "Director Li, I'm really sorry, you are too young. I am Sun Yuting, director of the Shuangshui Village Poverty Management Committee. Welcome to our beautiful Shuangshu Village."

"Hello, Director Sun, the name Shuangshui Village is quite poetic." Li Weidong shook hands with him and said with a smile.

Sun Yuting said: "A small river flows out from the ditch between Miaoping Mountain and Shenxian Mountain, called Kuiyan River, and it converges with the Dongla River. Because there are Dongla River and Kuiyan River, our place is called Shuangshui Village.

But in recent years, due to successive years of drought, the river water has almost dried up, and our Shuangshui Village has also suffered a great disaster."

Li Dengyun took the opportunity to say: "God has no mercy, but the comrades from the Capital Steel Rolling Mill are here specifically to help your village."

"thanks, thanks....."

After a while of greetings, Sun Yuting invited Li Weidong and his party to the auditorium of the village commune.

After placing the tea, Sun Yuting looked at Li Weidong expectantly: "Director Li, I am not qualified to be a village leader. To be honest, our village is about to run out of food. I don't know how much food you have brought."

Li Weidong didn't say anything. Pengzi next to him stood up and said, "Director Sun, we brought nearly fifty tons of grain this time."

"Yeah, there's so much, it's enough for us to survive this crisis." Sun Yuting stood up excitedly: "When can we distribute the food? The villagers are all hungry."

In Sun Yuting's view, since the food has been delivered, it should be distributed at this time.

Besides, the showmanship he did was enough to give the leaders of the steel rolling mill face.

But he didn't expect that Li Weidong actually waved his hand: "Director Sun, don't worry."

"Aren't you in a hurry?" Sun Yuting suddenly opened his eyes, pointed at the villagers outside the door and said: "Comrades from the city, you may not understand the situation. The big stove in our village commune has not been used for cooking for a week.

The bark of the trees in the grove behind has been stripped off, and if we wait any longer, several people will fall down!"

"Director Sun, what are you doing! Listen to Director Li finish what he said!" Seeing Sun Yuting yelling, Li Dengyun slammed the table and stood up.

Sun Yuting shrank his neck in fright and whispered: "I'm in a hurry." After saying that, he sat down angrily.

If Li Weidong didn't know the inside story, he would have been fooled by Sun Yuting, and he would have thought that this person was the director of the Poverty Management Association who was dedicated to serving the villagers.

but.

You must know that the entire Yuanxi County and more than a dozen communes are affected by the drought. Other communes have also experienced reduced grain production, but nothing like Shuangshui Village.
To be continued...