This is the case in the countryside. No matter whose house the police come to, a lot of rumors will spread.
Some people even rumored that it was because of me that Cheng Xiaohu and his sister were also implicated.
This makes sense. Before I came to Yulin Village, they lived a good life for more than 20 years.
But as soon as I arrived, so many things happened, including the fact that they saw me getting into the police car with them in the afternoon, so they naturally had these bad thoughts.
I didn't solve so much immediately, because sometimes explanation is just a cover-up, and I didn't need to explain.
After the truth is revealed, they will naturally not frame me.
That night I moved to a small wooden house in the field at the entrance of the village. When I was about to cook a bowl of noodles, Lao Deng brought me a bowl of rice with meat and vegetables in it.
Lao Deng was really good to me. Even if others thought I had done something wrong, Lao Deng still stood by me.
While I was eating the meal he brought me, I asked him: "Old Deng, people in the village now think that I have committed a crime and have implicated the two brothers and sisters Cheng Xiaohu. What do you think?"
Old Deng smiled honestly and said: "Da Shan, I am definitely on your side in this matter. I don't believe you have committed anything. We were all together yesterday. We saw the police car going to Cheng Xiaohu's house to look for Cheng Xiaohu and his wife.
Brother and sister, what does it have to do with you?"
"But the villagers all think so."
"That's them. I don't think so. What happened to the two siblings, Cheng Xiaohu? This is the first time the police have come to our village."
I sighed softly and said, "It's a long story. You'll know when the truth comes out."
Lao Deng nodded, then suddenly remembered something, and said to me hurriedly: "By the way, Dashan, after you left with the police in the afternoon, Patriarch Liu came to the village."
I was stunned and then asked: "What did he do here?"
"I didn't do anything. I just asked what happened. At first, the villagers said they didn't know. Then I saw the police going to Cheng Xiaohu's house, and then you followed them."
After a pause, he continued: "At first, the villagers didn't talk about you. They were all talking about Cheng Xiaohu. It wasn't until Patriarch Liu said something that they started talking."
I was stunned and asked, "Do you know what Patriarch Liu said?"
Old Deng was silent for a moment and then said: "He said that the village was peaceful when you didn't come, but so many things happened as soon as you came, and now the police have come to the door. Just like this, the villagers think what he said is right.
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Although Lao Deng is a stupid person, he never tells lies.
It seems that these rumors in the village were deliberately created by Patriarch Liu. He really wanted to take any opportunity to drive me away!
I sneered and said, "Old Deng, what do you think of Patriarch Liu?"
Lao Deng fell silent again, curled his lips and said, "I don't know what to say. Anyway, the villagers are quite afraid of Patriarch Liu."
"Why are you afraid of him? Just because he is the mayor of the township?"
"That's not entirely true. In our clan leaders, only very powerful people can be appointed. Basically, we do whatever the clan leader says."
I laughed bitterly again and said: "It's too feudal, it's really too feudal. This kind of rule must be changed!"
"How to change it? This has been like this for decades or hundreds of years here, and it can't be changed."
"There is nothing that cannot be changed. When our country was completely feudal, it was not reform and opening up. It depends on whether everyone can work together."
Lao Deng sighed and said, "I don't know about others, but I, Lao Deng, am firmly on your side."
I smiled and said: "Old Deng, it's difficult for me to rely on my own strength! This matter requires all of us to resist together. Let's break the old society's thinking. Only in this way can everyone truly stand up and do what we do."
My own master."
Lao Deng looked at me with admiration and said with a smile: "Da Shan, I am not very educated and I can't say such nice things as you, but I think you are right and we should do this."
I sighed: "If everyone thought like you, this job wouldn't be difficult."
"There will be such a day." Lao Deng said hopefully.
In fact, I have been here for three months, and I can feel that most of the villagers want to change, so although they may not understand every decision I make, most of them support it.
Just like what Lao Deng said, there will be a new day, there will be a new day.
I can't give up, none of us can give up.
After Lao Deng left, I lay in the cabin and thought a lot. I was wondering how to change everything in the future.
If you really want to develop well, you must break this old traditional thinking!
I think the first step should be to let the villagers see the outside society.
We must open our own doors, just like we opened our own doors to foreign countries during the reform and opening up.
Only in this way can outside cultural input be allowed in.
The second is to build our own schools so that children can learn about the nature of this society through learning.
The last thing is to benefit the villagers. If the villagers do not get corresponding benefits from these changes, then it is all in vain.
Based on this, I have a good idea, which is to merge our two townships into one, and then advertise the situation here through various channels.
When the time comes, people will naturally come to visit us, and the benefits will undoubtedly be considerable.
Yes, developing tourism has become my next plan.
The scenery here is very good. Although there are no scenic spots, the pure natural scenery here, coupled with the unique customs and villages with ethnic minority styles, can attract the preferences of countless travelers.
After thinking about it, I fell asleep.
At about ten o'clock the next morning, I received a call from Jiang Tao. He told me on the phone that the person who manufactured fake honey in Mingyue County had been found.
After receiving the news, I rushed to the county police station without stopping.
At this moment, the person who made fake honey has been controlled by the police, and he will naturally be tried by the law.
At the same time, I also met Cheng Xiaohu, a brother and sister, who had been detained all night in the police station. They both looked like they had not slept a wink all night, especially Cheng Xiaohu, who was unkempt and looked very decadent.
Cheng Lu also looked haggard. After all, they all knew that this was not a glorious thing.
After Jiang Tao came forward to mediate, I signed an agreement with the police station, requiring the brother and sister Cheng Xiaohu to publish an apology statement on the Duan Video platform and pay double the amount of sales proceeds.
This result is already very good. The person who made the fake honey will bear most of the compensation. We only need to apologize to the public and pay the commission of 5,000 yuan and the compensation of 5,000 yuan.
But when I told Cheng Xiaohu about this situation, he told me that the money had been used up and now the family could not get any money at all.