Chapter 186186

Jiang Hongjun and his three brothers also came together. It was Mayor Jiang who called and specifically asked the three Jiang brothers and some young people who had nothing to do at home because of the flood to come together. He emphasized that Jiang Xi knew that his hometown was hit by the disaster, and he used the money earned from his scholarship to buy disaster relief supplies and give back to his hometown elders. He asked people to sail three boats over.

They were actually a little unhappy.

Even though they heard that it was Jiang Xi who donated the supplies, they thought, how much supplies can a little girl have, and she specifically called to ask them to use a boat to move them. They thought that the TV station might use this matter for publicity.

It is true that it is not as easy as sailing from Linhe Brigade to Wucheng. It can even be said to be full of dangers.

Originally, the waterway from Shuibu Town to Wucheng was impassable, but after the flood, the water was flooded everywhere. Because of the flood problem, boats can also sail in places that were originally impassable, but this still requires people who are very familiar with the waterway from Shuibu Town to Wucheng.

The waterway from Linhe Brigade to Shuibu Town was not bad, because they were used to it and knew where to watch out for electric wires on the river. They just had to pay a little attention. But the originally different waterway from Shuibu Town to Wucheng was very unfamiliar. They had to slow down on the road and use bamboo poles to explore the way from time to time. When they encountered places blocked by embankments, they had to use bamboo poles to push the boat through with manpower. Along the way, the few people on the boat kept their eyes and ears open, always paying attention to whether an electric wire suddenly appeared on the water. If they encountered an electric wire very close to the water surface, two strong men had to use very long bamboo poles to lift the electric wire in advance. Like a relay, the bamboo poles lifted the electric wire high, and the boat passed under the electric wire.

This process is very dangerous. The two strong men who use bamboo poles to pick up the electric wires must be more careful. They must not pick up the electric wires and let them fall and hit the boat, which would kill people.

Therefore, such boating can only be done during the day. At night, the river is dark and the electric wires cannot be seen clearly, so boating is absolutely impossible.

The new brigade secretary is really unlucky. He just took office and encountered such a big flood.

Compared with his misfortune, Jiang Hehua's father is lucky.

Until now, he is still thankful that he did not run for the position of brigade secretary this year, otherwise this mess would be his. He has already resigned as the brigade secretary and plans to take his family to live in the place where his son is studying in college and stay in that city in the future.

However, fortune and misfortune always go hand in hand. He was lucky to have avoided the disaster of the severe flood, but he had originally agreed with Mayor Jiang that he would use his connections to allow Jiang Hehua to come out early in May or June this year depending on the situation. However, due to this year's flood, everyone, including Mayor Jiang and county officials, were all preparing for the front-line flood control. They were so busy that they had no time, no mood, and no intention to do this for him.

In addition, during the Chinese New Year this year, Mayor Jiang saw Jiang Wu's intelligence, extraordinary vision and ability, and he was closer to Jiang's father's family. Psychologically, he was inclined to Jiang Wu, and he didn't want to get involved in this matter. Originally, he and the brigade secretary were the only two people in the village who were doing well. He wanted to transfer the brigade secretary to the township so that he would have a helper in the future. This year, the brigade secretary resigned from the position of brigade secretary.

Mayor Jiang simply ignored the brigade secretary.

The brigade secretary also felt what it meant to leave the tea cold, and the matter of taking Jiang Hehua out in advance was left unresolved.

He was not angry, nor did he hate her, but who could he hate? Hate Jiang Wu?

He only hated that his girl was bad and stupid, and at the same time, she was unlucky.

Jiang Hehua was imprisoned at the age of 18. Now she is 20 years old. In two years, the proud and innocent girl has become inferior, sensitive and afraid. She doesn't even dare to believe what she will do when she gets out. The strange looks people give her when they know she has been in prison make her afraid.

She has regretted it. She regrets it very much. She could have studied hard under her parents' plan, got into college, and worked as a civil servant. She didn't know how comfortable her life would be. She and Jiang Xi were worlds apart. She was the cloud in the sky, and Jiang Xi was the rotten mud under her feet. She couldn't understand why she had to care about a rotten mud.

She obviously had a bright future.

In the past two years, she recalled what she had done countless times, and the more she thought about it, the more she regretted it. She never thought that a casual remark would bring her to jail. The beautiful life she had always thought about and planned in the future was ruined.

She now felt that the world was bleak, she could not see the future, she could not see hope, and she even dared not see anyone.

She could not imagine how embarrassed she would be if her friends and classmates saw her now.

In order to comfort her, her mother told her early that her father had found a connection for her so that she could be released early, and asked her to wait, wait, and when she got out, she would change her name, change her place, and go back to school.

But Jiang Hehua's spirit has completely gone. She just listens to whatever her mother says. She waits day by day, counting the days. She finally made it to the end of May this year. She was told that she would be able to go out in June.

But now she heard her father say that there was a flood outside and no one was willing to help her with her affairs. She broke down and cried loudly. Her eyes, which were originally small, were swollen from crying until only a slit remained.

Her chubby cheeks were now completely thin, and her sturdy figure was also thin as she had imagined. She was not tall, and the prison uniform on her short and thin body made her look pitiful.

Seeing his daughter like this, the brigade secretary was angry, sad, and helpless. He said to Jiang Hehua, "I thought you would be released this year. Who knew there would be a flood? Everyone went to fight the flood and rescue the disaster. Who had time to take care of you?" He comforted Jiang Hehua, "It's only been a year. You have made it through these two years. Don't worry. Your mother and I are going to buy a house near your brother's university. When you are released, you will not return to the village. People outside don't know us. When the time comes, you can find a school, change your age to a younger age, and continue to study. It's the same."

But you can't take the civil service exam.

What can Jiang Hehua do? She can only cry and continue to regret. She really regretted it, especially when she saw her father's hair was mostly white and her mother's hair was white.

In fact, the brigade secretary was worried not only about Jiang Hehua's one-year sentence, but also because he had no other skills after he resigned from the job. After he was released, he had no idea what to do.

He was already over 40 years old and had been in the village for more than ten years. He started as a small scorekeeper and worked his way up to brigade secretary. He had been in Linhe Brigade all his life and had never been out. He

had lived in a stable life for a long time and was used to being flattered. In the past six months, he and Hehua's mother went out to look for a job, but they were completely unable to adapt.

Hehua's mother had never worked since she married him. She played cards all day long and had completely lost the ability to work. She could only rely on him. He was the pillar of the family. His son would graduate from college in a year, so he was completely responsible for everything at home.

He wanted to find a clerical job, but where can he find a job now? Especially since he was already over 40 years old. Although the brigade secretary was not a high-ranking official, he was still the head of a brigade and was respected wherever he went. Now that he had left Linhe Brigade and was looking for a new job, he was not welcomed wherever he went.

Lotus's father could not bear such a gap.

He had saved some money to buy a house, but after half a year, he could not find a job and was living off his savings. How could he dare to take out a loan to buy a house and let himself take on so much debt? Didn't you see how the big guy was in those years? How high-spirited he was when he was young, but he was crushed by all those debts?

The two had no choice but to rent a house near their son's school and set up a small stall to sell breakfast like others.

He had no idea how to do this, so he could only rely on Mother Lotus to do it. But Mother Lotus had never suffered such hardships in all these years. Father Lotus was completely unable to help. She was too tired to do it after two days, so Father Lotus had to learn it by himself.

This was also a very difficult process for Father Lotus, who had lived a smooth life. For this daughter, his dignity and face were trampled into the mud. The gap in social status made him feel resentful towards his daughter while he was re-adapting to this society.

If this daughter hadn't been so stupid and had made up rumors about her cousin, he would still be the glorious brigade secretary. He wouldn't be like this now, smiling everywhere, reading people's faces, and not even daring to go home.

In fact, it was not just him who had a hard time. All the disaster victims had a hard time.

Uncle Jiang’s family used to make a living by taking on jobs as a bricklayer. This year, it rained all the time and they didn’t get any work. Even if they did get work, they had to stop because of the rain. They didn’t make much money in the first place, and because of the flood, all the paddy fields at home were flooded. This meant that in the first half of this year, they had no income from bricklayers and no harvest from the fields.

Fortunately, his family didn’t sell last year’s grain, and they also contracted the fields of Jiang’s father, so the family didn’t have to go without food.

His family is considered good, with the skill of bricklaying, making some money throughout the year. For those who are unwilling to leave their hometown and go out to work, they rely on the little harvest from the fields all year round. For those who live entirely on the land, floods are a huge disaster.

Many families sold the extra food last year and only kept some food. Now these food can only last until this year's autumn harvest. In this situation, let alone the autumn harvest, the rain is like a leak in the sky, and it is still falling. I don’t know if the water will recede in August or September.

Thinking of the materials donated by Jiang Gui to his hometown, although I don’t know how much, even if he donated 3,000 to 5,000 yuan, it would be enough for the villagers to eat for a long time in exchange for food.

Considering that they might have to appear on TV and be interviewed, they combed their hair neatly before leaving, and put on their good clothes without patches one by one. For example, the three Jiang Hongjun brothers were bricklayers, dealing with bricks and cement all year round. Due to their profession, no matter how good their clothes were, they would become gray and old clothes. So the three of them wore tattered clothes that were washed white and patched all year round.

The new brigade secretary of Linhe Brigade was also dressed in new clothes. When his father-in-law saw them like this, he immediately scolded them and made them change into the most tattered and worst clothes, scolding them: "You are going to receive donations and disaster relief food. How can you take disaster relief food when you are dressed so well? Do you have a tiger in your brain?"

After this scolding, several young people hurried back to change into their own tattered clothes. The new brigade secretary was only 30 years old this year. He searched for a long time but couldn't find any tattered clothes, so he had to wear his father-in-law's old clothes.

He had just taken office this year when he encountered such a big flood. If his father-in-law hadn't given him guidance, his family in Xujia Village also had some power, and he would have been in a mess. But even so, he was also overwhelmed.

When they set out, they all combed their hair back neatly with water, and it didn't matter if their clothes were old, as long as their faces looked good.

But when they arrived in Wucheng, the river wind blew them all, revealing their true colors, all of them were pure and primitive rural men.

Because they took a long detour, it was already noon when they arrived in Wucheng.

When they arrived at the pier, the first thing they saw was seven or eight large ships protected by many policemen.

The boats they drove over were considered big boats in their brigade. They were used to pick up students from school and go home on weekends and for daily gatherings. The cabins could hold a lot of cargo, but compared to these big boats, they were really small boats.

Looking at those big boats that were as big as hills, the brigade secretary and the village head were dumbfounded.

Jiang Hongjun said excitedly, "This is the first time I've seen such a big boat. Is it a big cargo ship? This boat can only sail in the river. In the river, some ditches are too narrow for this boat to pass through."

"Could this be the donated materials?" Jiang Jun's face flushed with excitement, and his face was full of an expression of honor.

The village chief scolded him, "Don't even think about it. You're just a little girl. You can't get so many supplies and so many ships without hundreds of thousands of dollars." After thinking for a while, he said, "The supplies that Xing Xing donated to her hometown were probably sent along with these ships. I don't know where the supplies that Xing Xing donated are."

There were several cargo ships, big and small. He looked at the smaller ones. He didn't know how much of these supplies could be donated to their Linhe Brigade. He didn't know if he could ask Xing Xing to talk to them and give some from those big ships to their village.

The village chief only thought about Jiangjia Village, but the brigade secretary thought about the entire Linhe Brigade.

He had just become the brigade secretary at this time, and had no idea of ​​using his position to save money. He only thought about how to do his job as the brigade secretary well.

Their ship could not get close to the disaster relief supplies, just like many other ships that were transferred, it was parked under the pier.