Chapter five hundred and fifty second extreme accident one
As he walked along the road, Lei Hong frowned more and more. Although there were some crops growing on the ground, they were already covered with dust.
"Sister, be careful, this is our drinking water for several days, don't spill it."
At this moment, in the distance, a little boy who looked about twelve or three years old was leading a little girl of seven or eight years old. Each of them was holding a small bucket in his hand, with a look of great difficulty on his face.
The little girl replied, "I know. Last time I spilled the water accidentally, which made me feel distressed for several days. I will be careful this time."
When Lei Hong heard the conversation between the two, he felt sad and walked towards the two children.
"Little brother, little sister, where do you get this water from?"
Lei Hong asked. At the same time, Lei Hong saw that the water in the bucket was also chaotic.
The little boy said, "Brother, we got it from a water hole over there. These two buckets of water are distributed to our family according to the amount."
"Why are you asked to carry water? Where are the adults in your family?"
Lei Hong asked very strangely.
"My father passed away, and my mother went to other places because of poverty here. There is only one grandfather in the family, and he has limited legs and feet, so only my brother and I come to collect water."
The little girl is there to answer this question.
"Come on, big brother, can you help you carry water? I'll help you take it back." Lei Hong stepped forward and took the bucket from the little boy's hand. He wanted to take the bucket from the little girl again, but was interrupted by the secretary on the side.
Ce took it over.
"Have you gone to school?" Lei Hong asked very concernedly.
The little boy shook his head and said with a frustrated look, "I only finished the first grade of elementary school and haven't gone to school since. Now we basically don't have a school here. Even if I want to go to school, there is no place to go."
Alas, Song Nengbing also sighed and said, "Life is very sad now. How can the family have money to send them to school?"
In fact, judging from the current situation, there is no need to ask at all? The sand inhaled from the air made Lei Hong feel very uncomfortable.
"Grandpa, grandpa, we are back"
Outside a house that still looked like it was made of mud, a little boy shouted toward the house.
An old man with a hunched back and a cane walked out of the room with great difficulty and said, "Xiao Dongdong and Xiao Lili are back. Didn't you have any wrestling today?"
The little girl should be called Xiao Lili, and the little boy should be called Xiao Dongdong.
Little Lili said, "Grandpa, I won't fall again today. I'm afraid we won't have enough water to drink by then."
Xiao Dongdong pointed at Lei Hong and the others and said, "Grandpa, it was Big Brother and the others who helped us carry the long way back."
In fact, the old man had already discovered Lei Hong, Ge Ce and Song Nengbing.
"Chief Song, who are these two?" It seems that the old man must know Song Nengbing, so he asked in confusion.
Just when Song Nengbing was about to answer this, Lei Hong responded first, "Old man, when we were passing by, we met two children carrying water, so we helped out."
The old man didn't say anything. He turned to little Dongdong and said, "Dongdong, go and take out some small stools for some guests to sit on."
Lei Hong said, "No need, we can just sit here."
After saying that, Lei Hong took the lead and sat down on the steps. Ge Ce and Song Nengbing looked at each other and sat down immediately.
"Old man, what do you mainly rely on for the harvest here now? I see that the environment here is so bad, especially since it is very difficult to draw water. There should be very little rain here all year round."
After Lei Hong sat down, he asked the old man directly.
The old man looked at the gray sky and said, "What else can we rely on? Just plant some corn and sorghum. There is basically no harvest from anything else."
"Can it be eaten? You can only grow so much in a year?" Lei Hong asked.
The old man shook his head, "How can you eat it? Most of the time, you still look for wild vegetables to satisfy your hunger?"
"Wild vegetables to satisfy hunger?" Lei Hong was shocked. He did not expect that the situation was like this. Even if the Xinhua Town he went to was poor, it would not be this poor, right? Lei Hong looked at Song Nengbing aside.
Song Nengbing just sighed and said nothing.
The old man said, "Yes, many villagers are like this now? Well, because it is too poor here, many young and strong young people have gone out to work. This is better, otherwise it will be more troublesome. But?"
When the old man said this, he looked at Xiao Dongdong and Xiao Lili who were playing with wet eyes, and said, "It's just that they are considered a vulnerable group when they go out. If something happens, no one will help them. Their dad also went out to look for them."
We paid some money and dug coal in a coal mine, but once the coal mine collapsed, we never came out, and we didn't get any compensation."
"What? No compensation? Didn't the relevant departments handle it?" Lei Hong asked angrily.
"Compensation?" The old man sneered and said, "Now the officials are protecting us, why should we compensate? The news has been blocked."
Lei Hong asked angrily, "What is the name of this coal mine? Where is it?"
"Just within the borders of Pingxi City, there is a place where the two counties meet, called Rongjin Coal Kiln. However, there are many coal mines like this there. Accidents often occur, but the mine owners are rarely dealt with."
The old man said there.
"Rongjin Coal Kiln?" While Lei Hong was reading there, he looked at Gece who was standing aside.
When Lei Hong saw Gotze recording it in his notebook, he stopped mentioning it and instead asked, "Old man, I think there is very little water here. Has this happened since ancient times? In that case, there is very little water here."
Isn’t it suitable for survival at all?”
The old man shook his head and said, "This situation only appeared a few decades ago. At that time, I was less than thirty years old, right? There was still an oasis everywhere, which was not the situation now. But as those years passed,
In the early 1990s, many people cut down trees indiscriminately and destroyed the vegetation here. At that time, the desert was still a long way away for us. Because of these environmental damages, the speed of sandstorms was astonishing. If it were not for the country in the past few years,
Partial investment has been made here, and it is estimated that there is no human habitation here now.”
Alas, the old man sighed and continued, "I heard that the state has invested a lot of money, but the amount actually used to prevent sandstorms is extremely small. Although it is said that it has an effect, it can only be said that it is effective.
Slowing down the erosion of wind and sand.”
When Lei Hong heard this, he felt heavy. He knew that although the money invested by the state was earmarked, very little money was actually used to control sandstorms in the end.
The old man continued, "There used to be a very wide river passing through here. I don't know where the source of the river comes from. But I know that this river must have come through the desert."
"Come across the desert?" Lei Hong was a little confused. If there was water in the desert, wouldn't it be easy to manage the desert?
The old man nodded firmly and said, "Yes, it passed through the desert. It came from an underground river very deep in the desert. This has also been inspected by geography experts."
Underground river? Geography expert? Lei Hong was thinking silently there.
"But as time went by, the river water became less and less, and the wind and sand became stronger and stronger. Finally, the river slowly turned into the dry land it is now. This is how it is now." The old man continued there.
He said in a serious tone.
Lei Hong's expression was also heavy, he didn't expect the situation to be so bad.
"Since there are underground rivers in the desert, I believe there should be underground rivers here too, right? Doesn't the county organize manpower and material resources to dig water wells for everyone? At least this way you won't be short of water. This water is indispensable for human beings.
"There are few"
Lei Hong raised his question.
At this time, Song Nengbing, who had been silent on the side, spoke up, "Hey, it's not that the county hasn't mentioned it before and had a plan, but just when it was about to be implemented, after the new county party secretary was appointed, he was
If it is shelved, it will be nothing in the end.”
As soon as the old man heard the word "county party secretary", he became angry and said angrily, "That county party secretary is a bastard. He only spends his time on enjoyment and has no regard for the life and death of the people. He also built the White House. I heard that he spent a lot of money on it."
They have paid a lot of money and owed a lot of debts, and in the end they want to make up for it on our heads. Isn’t this costing lives?”
The old man was probably a little angry when he said this. He paused and continued, "I really don't know who allowed such a person to be the secretary of the county party committee. If all leaders are like him and take care of themselves, then what hope does China have?"
, What is the difference between this and the old society before? If it hadn’t been for everyone’s resistance this time, it is estimated that the county party committee secretary would still be in office, and then everyone would only have a dead end.”
It seems that the old man hates his ex very much.
"If that happens, I will start fighting for the people's rights just like I did with Wang Bingshuang, the old squad leader from the same village."
This was the old man's angry words, but it was not surprising. If a person is forced to a corner, anything could happen. However, these words shocked Lei Hong.
Lei Hong stared straight at the old man and asked, "Wang Bingshuang? Which Wang Bingshuang?"
At this time, the old man showed a bright look and said, "Who else? It's the Wang Bingshuang that everyone in China knows, the one who finally abdicated as the Vice Chairman of the Military Commission."
Lei Hong was indeed shocked, but he didn't show any expression on his face and asked, "Old man, what do you call me?"
The old man said with a smile, "Everyone calls me Manniu. My surname is Zhao. You can also call me Zhao Manniu."
Zhao Manniu, this name is indeed interesting.
Lei Hong asked curiously, "It seems that Mr. Wang joined the revolution very early. You call him the old squad leader. Did you also join the army very early?"
The memory of the original was probably one of pride. The old man was glowing red at this time and said, "Haha, to tell you the truth, Wang Bingshuang and I are not only fellow villagers, but also from the same village. We went to the army together because of his quick mind.
He had some ideas for fighting, so he quickly became the squad leader, and I was also working under him."