The village committee of Hushan Village is quite consistent with the characteristics of a provincial-level poverty-stricken village. It is composed of several simple earthen houses surrounding a large dam, which is used for village meetings, stages for operas, dragon and lion dances, and grain drying and threshing. It is a veritable "multi-functional hall."
On the outer wall of the mud house, there were waist-high slogans painted in white.
【Resolutely implement family planning】
【Fewer and better births, a happy life】
【Education is the foundation of a century-long plan】
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Gu Daqiang and Huo Qianli sat in the large earthen house in the middle, in front of them was a conference table made up of six large square tables.
The sound of the motorcycle came from far away, then suddenly disappeared.
"Village Chief, what's the good news?"
He had a round face and a beard, thick lips that were greasy but not wiped clean, messy hair, a half-burned cigarette in his mouth, and a T-shirt that he got from somewhere, with eight big words printed on it: [Experience the taste of youth for yourself].
The first to arrive was the leader of Group 2, Zhan Baoxing.
"Hey, Officer Huo is here too!"
Zhan Baoxing took out a five-dollar bottle of Mingpin Tianxiaxiu from his pocket and generously handed one to each of them.
Gu Daqiang was a smoker, so he naturally took it. Unexpectedly, Huo Qianli also took the cigarette with a smile.
Zhan Baoxing was also a little surprised. He was just being polite, but he didn't expect Huo Qianli to really give him face. This made him feel a sense of identity with this arrogant college student. He quickly took out his lighter and was about to help light it. Gu Daqiang frowned and said, "Take a few less puffs. The room is so smoky that it doesn't look like a meeting at all."
Zhan Baoxing smiled indifferently and put away his lighter, "You are acting weird again. If you don't smoke or drink, how can you still be called a man?"
People came into the room one after another, shouting, greeting each other, and lighting cigarettes for each other. Those who came early held cigarettes in their hands, pinned to their ears, or placed in front of them.
Soon, the small room was almost full.
Although some people were wearing vests, slippers, and smoking cigarettes, and it didn't look like a serious meeting, at least the village party branch secretary and village committee director Gu Daqiang, village branch secretary assistant Huo Qianli, as well as the village committee team and party representatives were basically all there.
Gu Daqiang looked around, "Where's Zhan Siwa?"
"The pigs dug a hole in the pigpen, and I chased the pigs all over the mountain."
Amidst the laughter, Gu Daqiang knocked on the table and said, "Okay, let's start the meeting now!"
"I called everyone here today mainly because I have something good to tell you."
Good thing?
The noisy house suddenly became quiet.
Gu Daqiang said calmly: "Everyone knows that two guests came to my house yesterday."
Many people present nodded. There might be only one telephone in the village, but there were never any secrets.
"These two guests are quite famous." Gu Daqiang pointed at Huo Qianli and smiled. "Everyone knows that Brother Huo is a top student at Shuzhou University in the provincial capital. One of these two guests is a famous professor at Shuzhou University. How famous is he?"
Gu Daqiang raised his right hand and said, "I shook hands with the professor last night, and I haven't washed them yet. Because he has met a big leader in Beijing!"
"Then you definitely didn't get any dirt on your hands when you were in the toilet this morning, village chief!"
"Nonsense! The village chief's family uses paper. Do you think they are as poor as yours and have to use bamboo strips to scrape?"
As the saying goes, the emperor is far away and the sky is high. Some people were shocked, but there were also people who made fun of it without hesitation.
"Okay! Listen to me!"
Gu Daqiang knocked on the table and forcibly brought the topic back. "No matter how great this professor is, it has nothing to do with us. At most, I would buy him a couple of drinks and a couple of cigarettes so that I can brag to you guys."
"But!" Amid the knowing smiles of the crowd, Gu Daqiang leaned forward and lowered his voice, "This professor brought a piece of news that has something to do with us! A lot to do with us!"
Everyone subconsciously moved forward, their voices unconsciously lowered, "What's the connection?"
"The professor said that the province is planning to launch a policy called land transfer concentration, and is going to select a few villages for pilot projects. Originally, this kind of thing would not be the case for a small place like ours, but the professor said that the policy has just been decided and has not been announced yet. If we sign up first, we will most likely be selected. What do you think? Should we do it?"
After saying that, he added, "If you are selected, you will get subsidies!"
"Do it! Of course I have to do it if there is a subsidy!"
The first response was without hesitation!
"That's right, never mind, just report it first, it won't hurt you anyway."
"If you are chosen, you will make money. If you are not chosen, you will not lose money."
In the excited crowd, someone finally asked a crucial question, "What are these land cows and chickens of the village chief?"
Gu Daqiang rolled his eyes at him unhappily, "That's called land transfer and concentration. It's like, we all have one or two dollars in our pockets, and we can't buy anything in town, but if we pool our money together, we can have one or two hundred dollars, and we can buy meat or chicken! After that, we can divide it up according to how much we contributed. What we mean is, we can pool the scattered pieces of land in our hands, make them into one big piece of land, and then we can work together as a whole."
“That seems like a good idea!”
"Yes, indeed. I offered two dollars to the chicken seller to sell me a chicken foot, but he refused to do it!"
"Fuck, I'll just buy you a chicken butt!"
Everyone burst into laughter. Gu Daqiang and Huo Qianli looked at each other secretly and breathed a sigh of relief.
Amid the joyful scene, a voice suddenly said coldly, "What do you mean by change or whole money? Do you want to take our land?"
Huo Qianli looked in the direction of the voice and saw an old man with a white beard speaking coldly.
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