Chapter Fourteen New Officials Take Three Fires 11
Chapter 14 Three things to do when a new official takes office
Although Cai Gaoli is the real leader of the village, the Chinese people always pay attention to the fact that if the name is not correct, the words will not go smoothly. In the village, no one dares to call him Vice Captain Cai, but when he goes to the commune for a meeting, no one dares to call him Vice Captain Cai.
The captain of the production brigade always had to wear this subtitle. It made Cai Gaoli sick and had a toothache when he heard the commune meeting.
In the past two years, Cai Gaoli went to communes, districts, and counties countless times just to get rid of this subtitle. Ordinarily, he was sleeping in front of someone, so he removed the subtitle in front of the captain of a mere district production brigade.
, it’s not like he has a handle in his hand. But who would have thought that he just couldn’t get past this final step.
This time, when Cai Gaoli heard the news that a new captain might be sent down from above, he immediately became furious and rushed straight to the residence of his brother-in-law, Director of the Revolutionary Committee of the County, Guo Minjia, demanding that his brother-in-law give him the title no matter what.
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Cai Gaoli has been away for more than a week. Just as Xue Xiang was reporting to Chengtian County, he was intercepted by Geng Fulin and Chen Guangming on the way and went straight to the Happy Shop. Cai Gaoli probably didn't know the news at this time. If he knew that he
Not to mention that the position he had been pursuing for many years was taken away, it turned out that a big hole had been poked in the world of his Cai family, which made his nose crooked with anger...
Because there were so many twists and turns, and when Xue Xiang first arrived, he defeated Cai Guoqing, the most vicious backer in the village, and because Xue Xiang was from the capital, everyone knew that he had an extraordinary background. Therefore, Li and Han soy sauce
The party then made the determination to move closer to Xue Xiang.
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"Come on, come on, let's find a place to chat slowly. Zhong Yuan, go and tell everyone to take a rest today. We'll talk about the burning of the mountain tomorrow. In addition, we can't give up on those members who need education. You can
Work harder and wait until they drink the ginger soup.
I just asked the militiamen to go to the south slope to repair the canal. The farm work is not far away, so we can't delay this." Xue Xiang said as he led everyone towards the old locust tree, because the land under the locust tree is the flattest, and
There is a stone roller that has mostly collapsed and can be used as a lecture table.
After Zhong Yuan took the order, Xue Xiang led everyone to sit under the locust tree, took out a bag of jade, and then dispersed. When he went to the countryside this time, he packed a box with a few shirts, military trousers, and other items.
All he had was five cartons of cigarettes, three thousand banknotes, various receipts, a bunch of batteries and a radio cassette player, plus a box of ammunition and the m20.
This group of cadres are all smokers, but their stomachs are not full on weekdays. Wherever they have spare money to buy cigarettes, they mostly roll leaves in tissue paper and make homemade cigarettes to satisfy their cravings. At this moment, the brigade leader took out the pack of cigarettes they
The cigarette I had been craving for for a long time started to smoke away. No one spoke politely, but they all hurriedly took it.
The snow-white slender cigarette body, the exquisite filter tip, and the thin golden thread wrapped around the junction of the cigarette body and the filter tip all made everyone's eyes widen. After everyone took it, none of them lit it. Each of them cherished it.
Put it in your jacket pocket.
Xue Xiang felt sad when he saw it, so he pinched out the half-burned jade, stuffed it back into his pocket, and named Han Donglin, the most talented man in the backing village, and asked him to speak. Unexpectedly, before Han Donglin could speak, Li Yongjun stopped him.
Cut it off.
"Captain, don't think I, Old Li, am a rough man, but I know better than Han Xiucai when it comes to taking care of the evil bastard in Jinniu Mountain. In 1958, Han Xiucai was studying outside. At that time, I, Old Li,
It was less than a year after I returned home from demobilization. At that time, I organized an organization to go to the mountains for logging, and I was the group leader.
So, captain, you are still a little tired, listen to me. Although our old Li is not as eloquent as Han Xiucai, we can talk about it as if you can see it with your own eyes." Li Yongjun said nothing to Han Donglin.
He became a soy sauce gangster, causing Han Donglin to stare at him, but he turned a blind eye.
Without waiting for Xue Xiang to speak, Li Yongjun moved his buttocks, leaned his back against the collapsed stone roller, and started talking: "It was July 1958, when the county had just launched a large-scale steelmaking project.
Notice, the black iron pot with half of its crescent hole in my house has been taken away by the production team, and the other iron locks, spatulas, and even keys have been taken away..."
At this point, Han Donglin cut off Li Yongjun's words: "Old Li, let's get to the point. No one will listen to you. If you don't say it, I will start talking."
It was a rare opportunity for Li Yongjun to show off his eloquence in front of everyone, especially in front of the captain from the capital. He took the opportunity to show off, and was fully prepared to tell this magical and mysterious story.
Complete. Just as he was about to explain the background of the era and the origin of the story, he was interrupted by Han Donglin.
Li Yongjun was extremely dissatisfied. He glared at Han Donglin fiercely and continued to talk. He didn't go on to explain those nonsense things that were thousands of miles away from the topic. "I remember the time very clearly. July 15th was my family's birthday. At that time,
The brigade arranged four groups to go into the mountains to cut down trees. Each group had ten people. I happened to be in the second group.
Chang. The moon was very round that night, and the Jinniu Mountain was also illuminated brightly. They had been cutting for a day, and everyone was tired. They went to find a place, lit the wormwood and prepared to sleep. At this time, Cai Gaoli
I found him and found that he was not the captain at that time. Sitting here was his son who is now, oh no, the former militia company commander."
"As soon as Captain Cai arrived, he urged everyone to work hard and strive to reach the top. Taking advantage of the beautiful moonlight, they should work overtime. He also said that several other groups had already started working and asked us to keep up with the progress. Qidaoling's high
There was no firewood in the stove, so we were waiting. At that time, we were all honest and organized the tasks assigned to us. If anyone dared to neglect, just get up and get on with it. I had just swung the ax twice when I heard, the third person in the northwest direction
Group
There was a shrill howl over there. The howl was so sharp and sharp that it stung my spine. Tell me how scary things must have happened for the old man to make such a sound.
The bright moon at that time
Even when we saw it, we saw it was pale and pale. Now I think about it and it still makes me panic." When Li Yongjun said this, he stopped. A gust of wind blew down a few leaves, and he tightened them intentionally or unintentionally.
clothing.
Even though Xue Xiang had always been brave, he was also worried. The other people were not much better. The circle that was originally quite loose was now crowded into a ball.
Li Yongjun hugged his arms, coughed, and continued: "The howling from the third group just started, and it disappeared in a few breaths. Then there was a burst of chaotic roars, and I could only hear the continuous shouting of "Mr. Zhao" over there.
Where are the three?', 'Laosan', and 'Sanyaozi'. After hearing this, we knew something was wrong, so we each picked up our
Guy, we ran towards the third group. When we arrived, everyone from the first and fourth groups also arrived. A group of us asked repeatedly what happened to the second group, where were Zhao Lao and the other three, and the second group
No one in the group can give an answer. You think about a group of people working together, but hearing a scream and disappearing out of thin air, how evil this must be."
Speaking of this, Li Yongjun didn't know if he was wearing less clothes. He shivered and took out the jade he had been reluctant to smoke from the jacket pocket of his torn coat. He took out a flint from his pocket and prepared to start a fire. Xue
Xiang Quedang first took out a silver lighter from his pocket and lit it for him. Li Yongjun smiled gratefully and took a deep puff, looking intoxicated and seemingly relaxed.
Seeing that Li Hongjun was smoking happily, everyone felt itchy in their hearts and gritted their teeth. They each took out their cigarettes, lit them with Xue Xiang's lighter, and smoked happily. There was a puff of smoke, and the terrifying atmosphere dissipated a lot.
Li Yongjun carefully flicked the ashes from his cigarette and continued:
"At that time, our four team leaders plus Cai Gaoli, the militia company commander, gathered together for a meeting and planned to go separately to find Zhao Laosan who had disappeared. At that time, everyone had not thought about the evil. In addition,
At that time, thirty or forty of us young men gathered together
The children were so courageous that they decided not to disperse and gathered together to search around. Unexpectedly, before the meeting ended, there was another scream from behind. This time it was much shorter, and the word "ah" seemed to be muffled.
Only half of it comes out of the cavity. This period of misery
When we shouted together, the nest immediately exploded. Thirty or forty of us immediately cried for father and mother and ran towards the mountain. Some of us even shouted "there is a ghost" with our mouths open. Just tell us about the zz climate at that time, we were all scared.
This word is used, so what is it if it’s not frightening and confusing?”
"What were you shouting at that time?" This time it was Xue Xiang who interrupted the story.
He saw that Han Donglin's face was pale and his forehead was covered with thin beads of sweat, like fish scales. When the sun shone, it shone brightly, and the other people were not much better. He hugged his arms and shivered. He knew
Everyone was frightened, so they deliberately adjusted the atmosphere.
Speaking of which, please don’t think that these mountain people are inherently less timid than city dwellers. You must know that such a mysterious thing actually happens around you, in the mountains and forests where you face each other every day, and the sense of immersion is probably better than any horror story.
They are more than ten times stronger. How many people can keep their minds calm? Only Xue Xiang, who is a complex of contradictions and has experienced the baptism of various ideological trends and strange stories on the Internet, can be so calm.
Li Yongjun smiled naively and said: "Since the captain asked, we, Old Li, will not hide it. To tell the truth, the one who said there is a ghost is me, Old Li." After that, he smiled sheepishly again.
, took a deep drag on the cigarette, burned out the smoke column, and then reluctantly spit out the cigarette butt. Just as he was about to continue talking, Xue Xiang took out another unopened pack of cigarettes.
This time, Xue Xiang did not let everyone help themselves, but gave each person two sticks, just enough to split a box of jade. Everyone smoked with Xue Xiang and listened to stories together, and they did not feel that the shouts of "Beat me to death, I resisted"
"The captain was now as scary as before, and suddenly he became a lot closer.
Li Yongjun did not light it this time, but put it into his jacket pocket as before. The jadeite he just had brought him back to heaven. He only felt in his heart: This is the smell of cigarettes. Smoking was not smoking before.
He was just burning leaves.
Fortunately, this feeling was just a flash of thought, and he did not forget the main business: "Forty people went, and thirty-eight came back. This time, when we counted them, Guo Dazui of the seventh team was missing. At that time, again
No one dared to say that they wanted to go in and take a look. They were all scared to death.
In the middle of the night, several of our group leaders reported this strange incident to the old team leader at the time. Unluckily enough, Secretary Sun from the district happened to be staying at the old team leader’s house at that time, and he was here to urge me to chop wood.
. As soon as he heard what we said, it came out of thin air
Two people were missing, and they became angry at that time. They criticized us for engaging in feudal superstition. We were stunned for a while with loud words and shouts. Fortunately, the old captain was so righteous that he actually quarreled with the man named Sun in person, saying that he no longer deserved to be the captain.
Can't let anyone back me either
The people in the village lost their lives for no reason. After all, the man named Sun did not bother the old captain, and went to the nearby Hongmiao Village overnight. The next day, news came again that the people from Hongmiao Village who went to the mountains to cut firewood also
Two people were lost. Now, the whole commune was shocked."