Seeing the shack made of sorghum stalks and corn stalks covered with a layer of snow, Zhuang Jiaxiong was speechless. Even though he had not been outside the customs for a long time, he understood how cold it was outside the customs. What kind of steel and iron would be needed to live in a place like this?

Bones will do.

Militia captain Li Zhengqing, as a local, opened the 'door' made of uraku grass and corn stalks and walked into the shack.

Zhuang Jiaxiong followed in and saw several wooden poles erected as pillars in the house. From a hypothetical point of view, it also complied with the principles of engineering to a certain extent. There was a broken bed in the shack, and the bed was also made of thick urethane straw mats.

, and a tattered bedding.

There was a family of three living in the house. When Li Zhengqing came in, the hostess dragged her frail body to get up, held the child in her arms, and wrapped it tightly with a tattered quilt.

There was actually a brazier in the room, and it was not as cold as Zhuang Jiaxiong thought. Li Zhengqing persuaded him: "Brother Zhang, the government has said that people like you can go work on state-owned farms, and you will have a place to live after you go."

"I'm not going, I'm not going." Brother Zhang immediately refused, "Captain Li, you've said it several times that when you go to that government farm, you are working as a long-term laborer for the government. Now that the government has allocated land to me, I just want to stay.

Come down and plant your own land.”

Li Zhengqing said: "Then move to the shabby house."

The male owner of the house actually had a good temper, "I won't go. This is my land, and I will live here."

Here, Li Zhengqing saw that he could not be persuaded, so he came out. After Zhuang Jiaxiong heard the conversation, he didn't know what to say for a moment. He followed Li Zhengqing and continued walking, even visiting several poorer farmers. No matter what Li Zhengqing said,

Farmers don't want to go to state-owned farms and want to farm their own land.

Back to the village chief Zhang Qingshan's house. Several people got on the kang, and Zhang Qingshan talked about the things in front of him. It could be seen that everyone in the village wanted to live a good life first, and did not want to do anything extra. The cadres in the village

It was quite difficult for them all.

That night, Zhuang Jiaxiong thought about it. Many things had been clarified, and many things were even more confusing. There were still some things that he had not realized before, but they suddenly popped up at this time. Thousands of threads, in his dizziness

, Zhuang Jiaxiong fell asleep.

After dawn, the work team prepared to return to the town as planned, but was stopped by militia captain Li Zhengqing, asking everyone to wait a little longer.

Not long after lunch, everyone in the village gathered together. Li Zhengqing's wife brought a basket of ready-made collar badges to the village chief Zhang Qingshan and asked cheerfully: "Brother Zhang, come and see if these are okay."

Zhuang Jiaxiong was very surprised, so he came over to take a look. He picked up a few collar badges and saw that the collar badges were exactly the same as the samples. Zhang Qingshan also looked at them for a while, turned around and asked Zhuang Jiaxiong in a low voice, "Comrade Zhuang, what are you doing?"

How is it?"

It was the first time Zhuang Jiaxiong did this kind of review, so he didn't dare to answer immediately. He made some comparisons and took out some comparisons from under the basket. He found that there was really nothing to say. He nodded and replied: "It's done well."

After hearing what Zhuang Jiaxiong said, the Li family's sister-in-law said loudly and cheerfully: "We want another thousand and give them food."

Zhuang Jiaxiong felt a little embarrassed when he heard this number. When they went to the village this time, they brought a total of 500 lapel badge fabrics. They thought they would all be taken away, but they didn't expect that only 300 were given out the first time.

However, the sister-in-law of the Li family had finished 300 pieces in two days. Where could there be 1,000 more for her to do now? However, she had already completed the work. Zhuang Jiaxiong saw other cadres retreating and could only say with a smile: "Sister-in-law,

There are not 1,000, only 200. I will give you these 200 first, and when I return to town, I will send the next ones to you immediately."

The working group was talking about this all the way. It turned out that the Li family's sister-in-law directed the women in the village to do it together when the women were listening to the literacy class. The fast ones did a dozen a day, and the slow ones did three or two a day. Although the speed

They are all different, so there are too many people. There are twenty or thirty women, three of you and ten of them, and 300 lapel badges were completed in less than two days.

"It seems that the sister-in-law of the Li family is quite popular." Zhuang Jiaxiong praised.

"It should be that the food distribution is fair." A cadre from other work teams replied.

Zhuang Jiaxiong nodded repeatedly, feeling that his view of things was still not accurate enough. People want to be admired. If the distribution of rewards is unfair, there will be no hope.

When Zhuang Jiaxiong returned to town, he asked Han Haitao to quickly release horses and grain. After Han Haitao agreed, he told Zhuang Jiaxiong and asked him to return to Siping immediately.

As we hurried back to Siping, it was already dark. Wu Youping immediately ordered: "Go to the Statistics Department, where you will be questioned. Be sure to tell the truth and don't hide anything."

"It's so late, is there anyone in the statistics department?" Zhuang Jiaxiong was a little surprised.

"You'll know if you go there. If there's no one around, wait until tomorrow."

When they arrived at the Statistics Section, they saw that there was no movement in the office building. The guard at the door was standing in a wooden sentry post with a rifle on his back. He came out and asked Zhuang Jiaxiong about his purpose, and after reading the documents, he replied: "Please follow me."

The office building of the Statistics Department was very quiet. When they arrived at an office, the door opened and two candles were lit inside, making the room very bright. The two people who were writing stood up and one of them laughed and said: "It's so late.

Please come over, Comrade Zhuang, thank you for your hard work."

Zhuang Jiaxiong was quite moved, "You two have worked hard for waiting for me."

In the Statistics Section, the interviewers took their time and chatted. Zhuang Jiaxiong talked about some of his feelings about working at the grassroots level this time. The staff of the Statistics Section also asked Zhuang Jiaxiong to talk in detail. After the discussion, the Statistics Section turned around.

Still not satisfied, he prepared pen and paper in the room for Zhuang Jiaxiong and asked him to write a report.

Walking on the vast snow, he had enough time to think about the problem. Zhuang Jiaxiong wrote quickly, writing down what he saw, what he heard, what he thought, and all kinds of confusion.

This trip to the countryside didn't last long, only a few days. But for Zhuang Jiaxiong, it did open up a whole new world. The relationship between the government and the grassroots was something he had never thought about or experienced before.

After finishing writing, Zhuang Jiaxiong left, and saw that the two staff members had no intention of leaving. When the guards escorted Zhuang Jiaxiong out, he turned around and saw that the candlelight was bright on the window of the room, and the two of them were still working. Zhuang Jiaxiong was already worried about Siping.

I was quite fond of him, and now I was even more determined to stay in Siping.

The next morning, he went to see Wu Youping and found that Wu Youping had been called to a meeting. Zhuang Jiaxiong took the newspaper and read it, and saw that the headline of "Siping Daily" was that on December 25, the southern generals Tang Jiyao, Cai E, Li Liejun and others called the whole country because

He opposed Yuan Shikai's restoration of the imperial system, declared independence in Yunnan, and sent troops to fight against Yuan.

He didn't expect that such a big thing would happen during his few days in the countryside. The grassroots work could no longer attract Zhuang Jiaxiong's attention. He quickly flipped through the entire newspaper and found that there was no other content about the war. He flipped through the newspaper in disappointment.
Chapter completed!