Chapter 137

Lin Lan pushes Cao Guangrong out to block Qiu Aihua, while she calls an officer surnamed Wang to accompany him to understand the environment here.

Han Qingsong said that he found the blue stone in a ditch called Yuqing River in the commune. This river is actually some tributaries of Changqing River, which is similar to the largest river in Shanshui commune. Generally, this kind of river will be built into a reservoir to store water. It is said that when there was a lot of water decades ago, it could run boats. It is called xiaojiangnan in the north.

At this time, Han Qingsong had already taken people to xiaojiacun, but Director Tan didn't go, accompanied by Minister Tan Zhaomin and security director Wang Aiguo.

Lin Lan gets on Han Qingsong's bike, and asks Cao Guangrong to communicate with Qiu Aihua. She takes the director Wang to go there with her.

If you want to know the publicity work of the commune, you can't see anything in the commune. You have to go to the countryside brigade to see how the members look.

As a result, all the way down, Lin Lan found that this place... Looks like it's several years behind Shanshui commune.

In summer, the crops in the field should be very luxuriant, but their fields are actually... Sparse, which makes people angry.

As long as the environment is not too bad, there is no water, windy sand, bad soil and other reasons, at this time there is water in the river, the land is OK, and the local area is not like Lankao and other places where there is strong wind and sand from the northwest. So good, the environment is good. How did the crops grow like this?

In Han Yongfang's words, "I'm too lazy to beat you!"

Lin Lan's impression of this area of people is not good.

Although it's the collective labor of the production team now, and the members have no enthusiasm, anyway, if you want to eat, you have to rely on the big team to share the food. How can you ignore your stomach? No one can do it, just let others do it, and then divide the food by themselves?

"Third brother, their commune has a big problem."

Han Qingsong let out a sound, but didn't say anything. This is his habit. He seldom expresses his subjective evaluation on anything.

When I arrived at xiaojiacun, I was received by the Secretary and captain of the brigade.

The Secretary of the brigade was in his forties, but his hair was gray and his face was wrinkled. He looked like he was in his fifties.

As soon as he saw the commune cadres, he went forward to entertain them and handed them cigarettes.

Tan Zhaomin and Wang Aiguo both took over. They had a natural sense of superiority over the cadres and members of the brigade, because the commune guided everything, and the production, harvest and other things of the brigade were decided by the commune.

During the Anti Japanese War, he handed Han Qingsong a cigarette, "Sir, have a cigarette."

He saw that Han Qingsong was wearing a police uniform, and his address had some old social customs.

Han Qingsong frowned slightly, "no, Han Qingsong, deputy director of the County Public Security Bureau."

Yu, a county cadre, bent even harder and nodded, "disrespectful, disrespectful, director Han, welcome."

Han Qingsong looked down at him. His eyes were so sharp that he could see that he was slowly straightening his waist.

"Director Han, you must help us catch the grain thieves." Talking about the stolen grain in the Anti Japanese War, he is as old as ten years old, and his face is about to get wrinkled.

Han Qingsong did not answer, but first took people to their warehouse survey, in his view, there is nothing difficult to grasp.

Lin Lan gave him a wink and said that he wanted to know about the propaganda.

Han Qingsong looked, in addition to Director Wang of Qingshi commune, he also assigned a public security officer to stay here, "you are responsible for protecting the forest."

The police thought about the danger here, but he went obediently.

Lin Lan passed through the village several times, and the more she walked, the worse she was: the village was too poor, shabby, and full of low thatched cottages and yellow mud walls. Many people's walls still collapsed, and the figure of naked people was looming inside. It was estimated that they were old people or children who could not go out.

She even saw men chatting under the trees.

This is the time when we are busy with summer management, weeding, fertilizing, watering, tending cotton, corn and other crops.

It is said that the local old farmers have no leisure time at all except cat winter. Even in winter, the brigade will organize sidelines to let members make baskets, seats or whatever. Anyway, there is always something to do.

But this village is really hard to say.

When Lin Lan saw that there were women and children, she wanted to go and interview them. Who knew they would hide when they saw her. After a long tour, Lin Lan didn't find one who could ask questions. It was a little hot, so she said to wash her face in the river.

She saw that there were stones under the river bed. She ran down happily. She took off her shoes and went into the shallow water to test. The bottom of the river was covered with pebbles, so the river was clearer and cleaner than the muddy bottom.

It's a pity that they are all ordinary stones, and there is no little blue stone that she thinks of.

At this time, several children with ragged clothes, good looks and thin bodies came to wash the grass.

Lin Lan looks at them curiously. It's strange that children go out to work, but adults are idle at home.

These children are too thin. They are all skin and bones. Their ribs are clear and their eyes are very big. While washing grass in the river, they also picked grass roots or edible wild vegetables and stuffed them into their mouths, chewing black green juice.

One of them was a girl whose old vest could only cover her chest. The girl was thin, her hair was in a mess, and she was so dirty that she could hardly be seen as a girl. Boys are more casual, one wearing a pair of underpants, a few Bare Butt, so do not care about walking around. It's just that they are not interested to see her as a clean and beautiful villager.

The girl reprimanded several boys, "eat so ugly, turn to eat."

Lin Lan toward that girl smile, "the river is so cool."

The girl looked at her one eye, although the eyes of outsiders alert, but the girl see beautiful similar, always curious, even a little inferiority.

"You..." the girl hesitated.

Lin Lan took out a small blue stone from his pocket and said with a smile, "I found this by the river. It's so beautiful." She squinted at the sun. It was beautiful.

The girl looked at this beautiful female cadre, just like a child, and felt friendly, not as alert to others. She grinned, with wild vegetables sticking on her teeth. "We picked them up, too."

Lin Lan eyes a bright, "where?"

The girl pointed to the river, "the big one has been thrown down."

Lin Lan was so distressed that she wanted to jump down and pick it up. She looked at the river and sighed.

The girl said, "this stone is useless. It's not as good-looking as glass. I used to get several pieces and throw them away. There are still four blue ones left. If you like, I'll give you two. "

When Lin Lan heard that she wanted to give it to her, she was happy and a little embarrassed. After all, other girls didn't know the future value of stones.

"Sorry, I'll give you the money."

"I don't want money, or... You can give me something to eat." The girl swallowed a mouthful of saliva and stared at Lin Lan eagerly. For hungry children, there is nothing better than dry food. She has no money, and she can't buy food with money. She has to ask for food stamps. So it's the best for you to eat.

Secretary Wang said with a smile: "secretary Lin, what are you doing with this stone? It's not for food. It's not as good-looking as glass beads. It's hard for children to catch stones and stick their hands together. " He was afraid that Lin Lan would be cheated by the little girl.

Lin Lan smiles: "I think it's a good look."

But Wang Ganshi thinks that her child's temperament is really different from the image of the publicity expert, "how much gold and silver have been lost in the past two years, and it's too bad to throw stones on the road."

I am very hungry. Some things in my family have been taken out for food. Gold and silver are inferior to iron, not to mention this kind of stone. What's the use except to look good? Pu Yong road? What stone is not easy to lay? I really can't live!

Lin Lan: "that's what I like. I'll trade it with him."

Director Wang thinks that Lin Lan is a common fault of beautiful women. She likes to play a small temper. He also thinks that she is a real loser. She even trades her wowowotou for a stone to make it look good? Is it stupid? How did director Han find such a daughter-in-law? If you are your daughter-in-law, you have to fan her with big ears and melon seeds.

But he didn't say anything to avoid offending Lin Lan.

A few children see Lin Lan with wowowotou change, said to change. They will go down to the river to look for it, and the girl will go home to find out some small stones that she used as toys.

Soon the girl held a few small stones over, there are blue, green and purple, are very good-looking. She is a girl, big, not good-looking, basic also won't want, just keep their own like.

Lin Lan made a psychological contribution to himself. The one who collects antiques is to pick up the leak, relying on the fact that the seller doesn't know how to buy at a low price. She doesn't bully children, and she doesn't buy it back to make money or lose money, so she doesn't have a black heart.

When she hesitated, the girl thought she didn't want to change. She was very anxious, "sister, sister, you have to keep your word."

Lin Lan then gave her a few nest head, take down a few small stones.

The girl happily immediately put a nest into her mouth, "sister, I call Yu Kucai, I'll come back later." She held a few nests and rushed home.

One of the boys who went down the river touched a piece and held it up to her happily. "You see, I also found a nest!"

Lin Lan: "come up, give you a nest."

Several children think that she is the kind of fairy that adults tell stories to save poor children. Otherwise, where would anyone trade a nest for a stone? It's not stupid.

Wang Ganshi thinks that Lin Lan is a fool. I'm afraid that he is not ill. Where can he really use Wowotou for stone? Why don't you just coax the kids and go there?

He and Chen Gongan, who were responsible for protecting Lin Lan, make complaints about the fact that "Lin Gan Shi also..." It's easy to cheat. "

Chen gong'an said: "we are so smart as secretary Lin, how can we cheat? She's kind. "

A fool can't see that she is a poor child. She is clearly helping them. Moreover, director Lin is smart enough to know that he can't give it casually. If you give something for free, in the end, people will not be grateful for what you give. Let them use their own labor in exchange for unexpected things, but they feel very grateful to find a big bargain.

If you use ordinary stones, it's the same as baigei. You can use this kind of less blue stones. They are happy with stones. What they don't have can't blame Lin Lan for not giving them. They can only regret that they don't have stones.

So, where is Mr. Lin stupid? It's kind and smart, OK.

Chen gong'an also kept telling director Wang about all kinds of publicity Lin Lan had done in Shanshui commune. He said seriously, "director Lin, we are kind and smart. We do things for members. Old people and children like her."

Wang Ganshi smiles and says nothing more. Fortunately, he doesn't say Lin Lan is stupid, otherwise he will be beaten.

Several children were afraid that others would know, so they went home and quietly told their family that if they knew that there was a blue flint in a good relationship, they would let them change the nest, so as not to be replaced by others first.

At this time, Han Qingsong also took people in the village door-to-door investigation, heard the adults in the village mutter that there was a fool who used his nest head for a stone, his already serious expression became colder and colder, scared those members to see him and quickly entertained him for those days.

Like Yu Kucai, the children think that Lin Lan is a fairy and the one who saves them. Naturally, like Mr. Wang, the first reaction is that this woman is a fool.

Lin Lan collected more than a dozen big and small blue stones, green stones, a bag of nests also scattered, there are people who did not change to extremely lost.

Lin Lan can't bear to disappoint them, "Wo Wo Tou is gone, you can get five cents a piece." Some people have changed it back, and others don't want money for food stamps. Anyway, as long as someone takes it, Lin Lan will change it.

Someone fooled her with a stone picked up by the roadside, thinking that she wanted a stone anyway. As a result, Lin Lan refused. Who wants the stones on the side of the road? She is not full.

Someone muttered, "isn't she a fool? How can you tell? "

Some people also muttered: "it's not that she wants to send everyone to eat when she does good deeds. What stone is not a stone? Why are you so picky! "

Some people come to Lin Lan for food or food stamps with their other rags. Lin Lan says she doesn't want to collect antiques. Even if she has them, she will give them to the museum. Moreover, the village is so poor that even if there are some good things, they were all replaced when they starved to death a few years ago. Now they can't get any good things at all.

So she only wanted stones and nothing else. Of course, Lin Lan doesn't just want to exchange stones. She takes the opportunity to get closer to the villagers and find a breakthrough to chat with them.

Han Qingsong investigated them as public security cadres, and the members were wary and afraid of them. It was not so easy for them to open their hearts.

But as soon as she changed the stone, Yu Kucai and several children became familiar with her immediately. She was embarrassed to call her one by one.

She repeatedly said that they should call themselves aunts or aunts, but they didn't listen and insisted on calling her sister.

She avoided the adults and took some children to chat with them while playing with the water, telling them stories and telling them what they said.

Yu Kucai likes her very much. Yu Kucai is 10 years old, malnourished and looks like a child of seven or eight years old.

"Kucai, the grain in your village has been stolen."

In bitter dish pie mouth, indifferent, "steal good."

Lin Lan a Leng, "how steal good?"

Seeing that there was no adult in Kucai, he whispered, "sister, I'll tell you. Don't tell others."

Lin Lan nodded: "don't tell."

Yu Kucai: "anyway, they don't give us any food. They are all taken away. Stealing is not stealing from us. Isn't stealing deserved?"

Lin Lan looked at her. The girl's eyes were black and white, but she didn't hide her hatred. When it comes to village cadres, commune cadres and the like, she is full of contempt and anger. "They will take care of what we want, the crops we have worked so hard to grow, and when the last grain is not left for us, they will take it away. Sister, do you think it's bad? "

Lin Lan nodded: "what do you eat?"

"Every few days, every family in the brigade will share two catties of grain. We will boil a pot of rice bran with vegetables and drink a small bowl. Anyway, we will not die of hunger. My parents are too hungry to go down to the ground. "

This is food for sale.

Lin Lan saw that she was about the same age as Sanwang, but she didn't even have xiaowanggao. She couldn't help feeling sour.

She took a handkerchief and dipped it in water to wipe Yu Kucai's dirty face. She wandered by the river every day. Why is her face still so dirty? Maybe they don't have the concept of hygiene at all. Maybe it's not enough to eat. I don't have the heart to wash my face.

She knows that children don't understand the policy, but Yu Kucai can let her know the most direct thing - today, the members of their village still can't afford to eat, and they are still implementing the old system ten years ago. Their village did not even divide the ration, but handed in all the grain, and then bought the grain for sale!

She must find out what's going on in this village, so that the members of the village can share their rations, and they can no longer suffer as much as selling them back.

Lin Lan: "I'm in charge of publicity by Shanshui commune. I'm specialized in publicizing cultural knowledge and policies. When I get to know it, I'll keep up with the leaders and improve it for you."

On hearing this, Yu Kucai happily grasped Lin Lan's hand and realized that he was dirty. He quickly let go and pursed his mouth in embarrassment.

Lin Lan smiles, "it's nothing. I can help you reflect, but you have to tell me the truth, otherwise if I make a mistake, the leader will withdraw my position and arrest me. "

Yu Kucai shook his head in a hurry. "I didn't lie. What I said is true. You see, we are so hungry that we can't carry our hoes. "

Lin Lan looked around, there is no adult, "then I see some men under the tree wandering blindly also don't work?"

Yu Kucai said in a low voice: "those are those who are arranged by the cadres of the brigade to stare at us. We are not allowed to go out at will, and we are not allowed to go out of the village for fear that we will go begging."

Lin Lan: "yes

At this time, a man in shabby clothes on the bank strode down the bank and came to them, "what are you doing?"

At once, Yu Kucai said, "sister, I'm going to trade the wowowotou for a stone."

The man looks at Lin Lan fiercely.

Lin Lan immediately up, ready to run at any time, "you want to change now no, can be five cents a piece."

The man suddenly became angry and scolded: "we can't afford to eat, and you still take money to buy stones from wowowotou. What you eat is our food

Lin Lan immediately ran ashore and called Chen gong'an, who was not far away talking to Director Wang, "there's a madman here. Catch him!"

Yu Kucai is also shouting to the man: "my sister is a good man, give us a nest to eat."

Chen gong'an immediately ran over, "who is it?"

Yu Kucai waved his hand, "sister, it's OK. This is my father, not a bad man."

With Chen gong'an's protection, Lin Lan was not afraid. She said to the man, "what do you want me to eat your food? I'm from Shanshui commune. We grow our own food. We can't eat you a grain of sorghum!"

Sorghum rice is coarse grain. She is afraid that wheat will stimulate the man.

Men also calm down, but still look bad, full of hatred for them, "cadres do not have a good thing."

Lin Lan said to him, "that's because you are not a cadre."

Sure enough, the man was furious with her and wanted to come up with a theory.

Lin Lan winks at Chen gong'an and asks him to arrest him.

Chen gong'an said, "I think you want to steal grain. Follow me to the brigade."

The man was about to run, but he was blocked by Chen gong'an and twisted his arm.

Men don't have much strength, so they don't need two rounds to be held and handcuffed back.

In Kucai urgent, "sister, don't catch my father, he didn't steal food."

Lin Lan said with a smile: "don't worry, I'm afraid he will beat people and take them back to ask. It's OK." She stretched out her hand toward Yu Kucai and said, "go, you can rest assured."

Yu Kucai hesitated for a moment, but still didn't mean to pull Lin Lan's hand. Her elder sister's hand was thin and white, which was as black and rough as her own.

Lin Lan took people to find Han Qingsong, they have inspected the warehouse, also went to the village investigation, but there is no obvious harvest.

Those villager's houses are rotten. They can't hide anything at first sight. In addition, even if the yard is big, if you look carefully to see if there is any new soil recently planed, you can still see it.

Han Qingsong sees her coming back and asks others to continue. He goes to Lin Lan and looks at the man and Yu Kucai.

Lin Lan pulls him to one side and tells him all the information he inquires about.

Han Qingsong takes a look at Yu Kucai, who is scared to hide behind Lin Lan.

Lin Lan: "third brother, don't scare the children."

Han Qingsong

Lin Lan said in a low voice: "third brother, no matter who stole the grain, you see these members, one by one dry and thin, how to look abnormal."

When she first came to the village, she thought it was a famous lazy village. Men didn't work, so they were waiting for government relief. However, she found that there were very few children in this village, almost as few as bitter vegetables. In addition, she did not see any children under one or two years old, and could not hear their crying.

She asked too much bitter dishes. There were no children in the village for several years, and some of them didn't support them.

Moreover, the members of this village are all dry and thin. They are the kind of people who suffer from chronic malnutrition. Let alone work, they will gasp for breath if they walk a little.

So she corrected her understanding that there are indeed people who are lazy, slow down and take advantage of collective labor, but it is impossible for the whole village to do so. She suspected that it was the party secretary and the team leader who conspired to bully the members.

Therefore, she hopes that even if the villagers steal food, he will be able to get rid of them for a while instead of catching them directly. Once caught, it will be a felony, and if you don't die, it will be an indefinite reform through labor, which is unfair to these members.

Han Qingsong naturally has a judgment. He has a feeling when he is in Dawangzhuang, and it is even more obvious when he is smaller than his family village. The commune is more respectable than Shanshui commune because of its complete repair of bricks and tiles. However, the members of the lower group live in thatched cottages. When they go down to investigate, they look alert and panicked. They can see what's going on at a glance.

"There's a problem." Naturally, he thought more deeply.

Lin Lan looked at him, "what?"

"If he makes trouble in the Anti Japanese War, he will certainly resist US entering the village." If yu Anti Japanese really sent people to watch the members not to go out of the village, for example, he was afraid that the working group would go into the village to investigate. However, he welcomed them and did not prevent them from going into the village to investigate.

Lin Lan: "he lost more than 20000 Jin of public grain. What should he do if he doesn't let the public security come? Is he going to pay at least? Let's first make him guilty of doing things badly. "

Lin Lan suspected that the members had stolen the grain and hid it together, so he just needed to find the breakthrough of the members and let them hand over the grain.

After solving this case, we can solve the problem that the villagers have no food to eat.

Han Qingsong said he understood, looked at her, looked at her schoolbag, "found the stone?"

Lin Lan complacent way: "that is, wowowotou change."

Seeing that she can be happy when she is like this, Han Qingsong shows a smile in her eyes, "take a break."

He asked Chen gong'an to take the man and Yu Kucai.

Lin Lan went to squat down and said to Kucai, "don't be afraid. This is the deputy director of the County Public Security Bureau, who is specialized in helping the people fight bad people. If you have something to tell him, he will help you."

Yu Kucai nodded and followed Han Qingsong.

Around 4 pm, Han Qingsong is impatient and wants to take Lin Lan home.

He directly drove everyone out, sat in the room by himself, and then asked people to call Yu in.

Yu thinks that Han Qingsong wants to ask questions with him. When he enters the house, he has to sit down beside Han Qingsong.

Han Qingsong looked at him and pointed to the stool opposite.

In Anti Japanese Leng for a while, "Han bureau?"

Han Qingsong looks cold: "sit down."

Yu anxiously sat down and said with a smile, "Han Ju, why do you ask me?"

Han Qingsong said coldly: "in the Anti Japanese War, be honest. What are you going to do when you yell to catch a thief?"