The villagers kept talking, but the speed of their hands did not slow down.
"In the past, we were very lazy and mixed up. We were jealous of Village Chief Li, who was still an ordinary villager, and his family had become rich. What we said was unpleasant..."
"Team Leader Tian, who is also Village Chief Li's wife, will stop selling seedlings to us when she gets angry..."
"Later, Village Chief Li was directly appointed as the village chief by County Chief Ji..."
"...Haha, our laziness was cured by Village Chief Li. Actually, we were punished by Village Chief Li."
"He punishes us for every little thing. We are afraid of punishment, so we can only do it honestly."
"You see, we are quite busy and tired, right? But we are happy. Have you seen the small western-style houses in the village? There are two buildings for each house. They were all built for us by Village Chief Li. We will build more in the future."
"The old courtyard was said to be demolished in the future, but after Team Leader Tian led his men to do so, we still can't bear to demolish it."
"In there, there are the experiences of our generations and the memories of our childhood."
The man was curious, "Listening to what you are saying, it sounds like you are quite educated?"
"Hahaha."
The villager smiled and wiped the tears from his eyes, "Speaking of this, let's talk about Chief Li's punishment system."
"You've heard of literacy classes in the village, but haven't you heard of law classes? We have them in our village."
"Before Village Chief Li became the village chief, he and his wife sent five villagers in. Three were eating free prison meals and two had been shot."
"As soon as he became the village chief, he immediately started a legal class and said that we cannot be blind and waste our good time in prison..."
"...We who don't know a single Chinese character have to memorize by rote with our notebooks in hand. If we don't memorize, it won't work. If we fail, we will be punished."
"...Village Chief Li said that if you memorize things by rote, you can apply them flexibly over time."
"Look at how we speak various vocabulary and idioms very smoothly now, right? It's all the result of being punished by Village Chief Li."
"In the past two months, he has been preparing to welcome you, but because there are outsiders in the back mountain investigating the case, he gave up using the loudspeaker to lecture us."
"Every night, he personally came to our home and took the trouble to praise the soldiers for their pride."
"So, in our eyes, your differences are the same as ours. You are just missing some non-main parts."
"Then a bicycle can still be ridden without a back seat, right? A tractor can still plow without a carriage."
"As long as you find the right direction, no matter who you are, you can find your own golden path."
"So, you don't have to think too much, and you don't have to worry about the missing parts. You are just normal people, heroes who have protected our safety."
"We welcome you to come, and we welcome you to move in."
When the villagers pointed out their physical disabilities so bluntly, the man did not feel a trace of disgust. Instead, he felt that this was how we should get along with each other.
However, they had doubts again.
"You and the children are all trying to persuade us to move, but something doesn't sound right to me?"
"Hey hey hey."
The villagers laughed dryly, glanced outside the greenhouse, and whispered: "Village Chief Li is excellent at his work. Before he was announced as the village chief, he booked 68 households for us from County Chief Ji."
"Hey, we know the reason, because the former village chief, who is also the current deputy village chief Ou, always advised us to separate households, but we don't."
"In Kushan, there have been only sixty-eight households for hundreds of years. Village Chief Li decided to kill us with one stroke and settled on sixty-eight households."
"The longer the time goes by, the greater the gap between the per capita income of each household will be."
"Large households with a large population are looking forward to the next household division, and small households with a small population are also looking forward to the next household division. Because welfare is divided according to households."
"If you move here, the fixed sixty-eight households will no longer exist, and there is hope for household division."
The men laughed, and then carefully recalled what the villagers said about Village Chief Li.
"Then what are your feelings and opinions about Village Chief Li?"
"Hahaha."
The villagers laughed, "You don't think we are afraid of him, do you? In fact, he is just a paper tiger. He punished him, but in the end, he was recorded in the village's public accounts for us."
"Accountant Zhou told us this secretly, please don't tell us."
"At first, we were afraid and hated him. Later, we loved and hated him. Now, we love and respect him."
"He is really working hard for the development of the village. If he had done it alone, he would have made a fortune long ago."
The villager squinted outside the plastic sheet and waved to the man, "Shhhh, no more chatting, you will know later."
As she said that, she raised her head and said, "Team Leader Osmanthus."
Guihua's sister-in-law wrote in her notebook, "From Huang Laosan's family, I heard your loud voice from afar. Are you talking nonsense to the new comrades?"
"No, no, absolutely not."
Huang Laosan's family shook their heads repeatedly, "The ideological and political lessons taught by Village Chief Li and Party Secretary Yang make people have headaches and sleepiness. I would never dare to do that."
"Don't you dare?"
With a stroke of her pen, Sister-in-law Osmanthus said, "What you said is just bad words about Village Chief Li and Party Secretary Yang. I'll mark it down for you."
"Remember, you have already been booked twice. If you ask me to catch you one more time, you will be on the village committee's blacklist."
Sister-in-law Guihua turned to leave, then turned to the man and said, "By the way, this new comrade, you should listen to her words carefully."
"She can't keep her words to herself, so don't say too much to her. Be careful if she spreads the word to you."
Facing the back of Sister-in-law Osmanthus with her head held high, Huang Laosan was so angry that he almost broke the vine on his hand.
"New comrade, don't listen to Team Leader Guihua. She uses chicken feathers as arrows and catches people's pigtails all day long."
The man was a little embarrassed and said, "It's my fault. You were trying to explain my confusion."
"It's okay, it's okay."
Huang Laosan's family waved their hands, "Didn't I tell you that even if you are fined, it will be quietly put into the public account? We all know it secretly."
"But we still maintain the same respect as before. Not only respect for Village Chief Li, but also respect for the team leaders and team members who are busy at both ends. They are all voluntary workers."
The men finished walking around all the greenhouses and returned to the dormitory.
The temporary dormitory directors of the two dormitories called together forty people and held a discussion meeting.
First, gather together the information everyone has received.
Then set a goal for future work.
Of course, when it comes to taking care of family members, it will take some time before making a decision.
While they were talking, the voices of children came from outside the door.
"Uncle, we have brought you water."
water?
The man with good legs and feet was fast. He hurriedly walked out of the door and saw the children's small buckets on their scooters.
That small bucket probably only contains more water than a washbasin.
Using a scooter is effortless.
Even so, men are reluctant to let their children suffer.
They have to follow the baby to fetch water.
Wa'er didn't want to, "The uncles from the security team at the bridge will help. We just push the cart here, so we won't be tired."
The men don't want to sit back and enjoy the benefits, using their big scooters and the big buckets in the kitchen to fetch water.