Chapter 99 Zhou Yong fights for the interests of the villagers
Zhou Yong didn't wait for Xing Laoqi to come up to the father-in-law and son-in-law, he went to greet them.
"Something happened?"
Xing Laoqi stood still for a moment: "What happened?"
Zhou Yong frowned: "If nothing happened, why are you walking like you're being chased by a wolf?"
After hearing this, Xing Laoqi laughed, and then he realized that it was a misunderstanding caused by his walking too fast.
In fact, it is not Zhou Yong's fault for being suspicious. In order to gain freedom, Dong Fu confessed everything he should not have confessed. The people from the police station were in the public security brigade, and Xing Laoqi was walking in a hurry. He mistakenly thought that what happened was reasonable and legitimate.
"Nothing happened. I came to ask you, how will the commune arrange food and lodging for the people tonight?"
Zhou Yong glanced at Xing Laoqi, seeing the calculating look on his face, and said in a taunting tone, "Is the Public Security Brigade so poor now? Do you have to use the brigade's money to entertain visitors?"
Xing Laoqi glanced at Li Baotian who was not far away and said, "Don't you know whether the public security brigade is poor or not? We haven't received salaries for three months. What are we going to use to entertain the public security comrades?"
The public security brigade had no money in their account, so if they wanted to entertain the people from the police station, they had to pay out of their own pockets.
The problem is that Cao Biao and Xing Laoqi have no money, and it is not easy to ask other people to pay for it, so they can only come to Zhou Yong to discuss the matter.
Zhou Yong thought for a while and said, "I'll take care of your dinner. You can pay the bill first. You can figure out the accommodation problem yourself."
The Public Security Brigade and the Brigade Finance are under the jurisdiction of two different departments, and the reimbursement process does not follow the same process.
The food problem is easy to solve. You can just use whatever food you have to entertain the visitors. Accommodation is more difficult. The main reason is that neither the public security brigade nor the brigade has accommodation. You can only find someone to stay with.
Xing Laoqi smiled and said, "Thank you."
Zhou Yong smiled and the deal was settled. Xing Laoqi turned around and returned to the public security brigade.
Li Baotian looked at Zhou Yong who came to his side and asked Xing Laoqi what he was doing there.
After learning the whole story, Li Baotian didn't say anything. Zhou Yong looked at the time and asked someone to call Liu Juan over.
Ma San accompanied Liu Juan to the brigade mainly because she didn't know anyone and couldn't find anyone anywhere, so she had to have someone familiar with the environment around her.
The couple went to the canteen first to prepare for the meal. Zhou Yong sent someone to his home to bring some vegetables to the team, and asked Ma San to kill a chicken and a rabbit.
Liu Juan worked very efficiently and served six dishes on the table in two hours.
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The next day, the people from the police station had breakfast and returned to the commune. Zhou Yong found an excuse to go to the county town. The investigation team stayed there for three days, mainly because the old accounts were difficult to verify.
Early in the morning on the 15th, the Huaixi Village Brigade was extremely lively.
Wild game and medicinal herbs were transported to the foot of the mountain by wheelbarrows, and then loaded onto horse-drawn carriages. Led by Zhou Yong, a group of people drove twelve horse-drawn carriages to the County Agricultural Bureau to deliver the goods.
The person who received them was Chen Pingliang. Zhou Yong stood in the shade and chatted with him, while Sun Qing was doing the handover work with the people from the Agriculture Bureau.
Truckloads of dried mountain products were put into the warehouse, followed by various game and medicinal herbs. Finally, when the fresh wild vegetables were being weighed, they were stopped by the quality inspection staff of the Agriculture Bureau.
Zhou Yong saw this scene: "What happened?"
Chen Pingliang didn't know either, and frowned as he said, "Let's go over and take a look.
The two men came up and saw the quality inspectors looking through baskets of wild vegetables.
"What's going on?"
When the quality inspector saw Chen Pingliang coming, he hurriedly stopped his work and said, "Director, most of the wild vegetables are rotten. The reason is poor ventilation..."
When fresh wild vegetables are purchased in the village, they are bundled into small bundles for easier storage.
There were a lot of wild vegetables and the warehouse was airtight. After being stored for more than half a month, the wild vegetables looked wilted on the outside. When the bundles were opened, the wild vegetables inside were found to be rotten beyond recognition.
Zhou Yong looked at Sun Qing, whose face was slightly pale, and couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
Sun Qing was in charge of the storage of mountain products, game, medicinal materials and wild vegetables, but unexpectedly there was a problem of inadequate management. Just thinking about it can give you an idea of how he felt at the moment.
Zhou Yong looked away from Sun Qing's face and did not immediately hold him accountable. The most urgent task was to minimize the losses of the villagers.
He communicated with Chen Pingliang and wanted to pick out the rotten wild vegetables.
Chen Pingliang frowned: "How long will it take to pick three carts of wild vegetables? Besides, we don't have that many staff..."
Zhou Yong glanced at Chen Pingliang, smiled and said: "Director Chen, do you think this will work? We can choose by ourselves and let the staff of the Quality Inspection Department watch us work..."
Chen Pingliang glanced at Zhou Yong and thought for a while: "Captain Zhou, aren't you giving me a hard time? You know, even if we pick out the rotten vegetables, the remaining vegetables can't be stored for long. If all the vegetables rot, how can I explain it to the leaders?"
Zhou Yong responded quickly. He said with a smile, "Director Chen, don't worry about this. We will wipe the wild vegetables that are not rotten..."
Chen Pingliang glanced at Zhou Yong, looking thoughtful.
They had a private cooperation. Publicly he could reject Zhou Yong's request, but privately he had to give Zhou Yong face.
Besides, Chen Pingliang was working for the government, and his work involved the interests of more than 500 households in Huaixi Village. There were some inhumane things he could not do.
Chen Pingliang spoke with some embarrassment: "Well, let's do it as you say, but the quality of other wild vegetables must be guaranteed and sales must not be affected..."
Zhou Yong nodded repeatedly and thanked Chen Pingliang. Sun Qing hurriedly took people to pick out the rotten wild vegetables.
"Captain Zhou, there are enough wild vegetables in three carts for you to pick. I have something else to do so I won't accompany you..."
After Chen Pingliang left, Zhou Yong pursed his lips and went to work with everyone.
Sun Qing glanced at Zhou Yong, looking as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Zhou Yong was in no mood to criticize Sun Qing. He looked at the time and said, "Everyone, work faster. We have to rush back overnight..."
Fortunately, there are more than 20 people. If there were fewer people, all this work would have to be done until tomorrow.
No one had time to eat lunch and everyone was working under the scorching sun.
Zhou Yong raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his face, and then he continued to pick rotten wild vegetables.
Sun Qing looked at Zhou Yong, who worked without any falsehood, and his heart was filled with self-blame and admiration.
They rushed to pick out the rotten wild vegetables before the Agricultural Bureau closed, and only one truckload of wild vegetables was left out of the three truckloads.
After delivering the goods, Zhou Yong trotted to the Finance Department of the Agricultural Bureau with the note issued by Chen Pingliang. He stepped into the office when the accountant got up and prepared to leave work.
The accountant looked at Zhou Yong's sweaty face and admired him very much.
Why?
Because the news of Zhou Yong leading people to pick rotten wild vegetables spread to all departments of the Agricultural Bureau, everyone said that he was a good village official who cared about the villagers.
If Zhou Yong didn't fight for the villagers, no one would be able to say anything about him when he returned.
After all, the responsibility for the rotting of wild vegetables lies with Sun Qing, and the Agricultural Bureau's refusal to accept wild vegetables has nothing to do with Zhou Yong.
Even so, accountants still maintain a formal attitude because people make plans to have dinner with friends after get off work.
Zhou Yong smiled, said flattering words, and stuffed a pack of cigarettes into the accountant's hand.
The accountant raised his eyelids and glanced at Zhou Yong, thinking that he was young but very capable, so he put the cigarette in his trouser pocket, took the note from his hand, slowly sat down, took out the key and opened the drawer...
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