Chapter 187 187
This time, the Linhe Brigade came with three boats, one from Jiangjia Village and two from Xujia Village. The three boats were parked side by side. At this time, there were already many diesel wooden boats of medium size like theirs parked here.
After several people parked the boat, they took several prestigious men from Xujia Village with them, and pulled the ropes to embed the four-corner hooks into the mud to fix it to prevent the boat from running away, while looking at the large cargo ships on the river. With
so many police officers on duty, they naturally didn't have the courage to steal or rob. In this regard, the atmosphere in Jiangjia Village was still good. Except for very few exceptions, there were rarely any bad habits of stealing and robbing. But Xujia Village was different.
Xujia Village was famous for its belligerence and barbarity.
Jiangjia Village is a well-known large village in the whole area. More than 400 households refused to join. Next to it is Xiaojiang Village. With one ancestor, they helped each other. That’s why Xujia Village, which is not as big as Jiangjia Village, is more feared than Jiangjia Village in terms of reputation because of the tough and aggressive folk customs of their village.
They looked at the supplies on the boat with greed in their eyes, thinking that if they could get a boat, the brothers would be rich. How much money would this boat of supplies cost!
As soon as the brigade secretary Xu Changjiang saw the looks in these people's eyes, he knew what they were thinking. He immediately frowned, looked at them and said, "Think about how many people were shot last year."
These words made the six or seven big men in Xujia Village stunned. They reluctantly withdrew their gazes from the big ship, and muttered, "Those people from other places are really rich. They donated these big ships of supplies!"
He said to the village chief of Jiangjia Village, "Third Master, didn't Jiang Qing from your village ask us to come and collect the disaster relief supplies? She must know those people. Can you ask her to intercede for us and give our Linhe Brigade more supplies?"
"That's right. It's a pity that we only have two boats in Xujia Village, otherwise we could send more boats over." The person who spoke licked his lips and turned to look at the big ships parked on the river.
Village Chief Jiang really looked down on these barbaric Xujiacun people, but still said: "Xingxi is from our Linhe Brigade. If she didn't think about the elders and folks in our hometown, she wouldn't have risked the flood to donate supplies. She will definitely help if she can."
A group of people were reluctant to take a tricycle, so they rented an open tricycle that was usually used to transport pigs, and drove a car full of people to Wucheng.
In the past two days, because many boats below were transferred to Wucheng, there were tricycles and tricycles guarding here every day. In half an hour, they took them to the county/government compound to register the list of villagers in Linhe Brigade, including students in each village.
When Mayor Jiang called them, he warned them repeatedly that this was a matter that Jiang Xi, the head of their village, had brought back to give back to his hometown, so they must not play tricks on him. If they dared to play tricks on Jiang Xi, they would be punished by him.
Mayor Jiang was not only very prestigious in Jiangjia Village, but also in Xujia Village, the entire Linhe Brigade, and even many nearby townships, including Shijian Township where he had served. He also knew all the mayors and township heads of other townships in Wucheng.
This matter was related to Secretary Song's son. It was his son and Jiang Wu who personally brought back so many supplies. All the evil spirits who wanted to get their hands on the supplies were suppressed and did not dare to do anything. Some even wanted to return to their own territory and withhold these things. Who knew that the procedures were very strict. Even the distribution of supplies was supervised by someone and had to be distributed to every disaster victim. Only then did they give up their thoughts and go to register obediently.
There were too many people registered. Mayor Jiang, who was very familiar with Wucheng and had climbed up from the grassroots, knew something was wrong when he saw the number on the list. He started scolding on the spot and told them to go back and count again. He stood on the table and shouted at them: "Most of these supplies were donated by Jiang Gui from our village to our fellow villagers in order to help them survive this flood. You know me. If you dare to take advantage of us, the local people of the Jiang family, don't blame me for not giving you face!" If
there were a few dozen extra people, it might be difficult to notice, but there were too many extra people at once, and they were all from Wucheng. Who wouldn't know who?
Village Chief Jiang and Jiang Hongjun, who were standing in line in the crowd, were stunned after hearing this. Jiang Jun, who was a bit jumpy, asked his eldest brother in disbelief: "Brother, what did I just hear Fourth Uncle say? Are the supplies donated to our hometown?"
Jiang Hongjun rolled his eyes at his younger brother: "Fourth Uncle said that he brought a rescue supply team back to our hometown to help our fellow countrymen!"
The second brother Jiang Hongbing said: "No, brother, why did I hear Fourth Uncle say that most of the supplies were donated back to our hometown?" "Where are you coming?"
Village Chief Jiang said impatiently, "Why don't you go and ask your fourth uncle?" After thinking for a while, he said, "Your fourth uncle is busy now and may not have time to take care of you. You can go and see if there is anything you can do to help."
Several people in Xujia Village also heard what Chief Jiang said and discussed together, "Is it true? So many supplies were donated by Jiang Xi?"
Jiang Xi was very famous in their Xujia Village, more famous than her eldest brother Jiang Song. Jiang
Song became famous in his early years because he led the children of Jiangjia Village to fight with the children of Xujia Village since he was a child. From childhood to adulthood, he beat all the boys of his generation, so he was very famous.
Now when people mention Jiang Xi and Jiang Bai, they no longer call them Jiang Song's younger brother or sister, but Jiang Bai and Jiang Xi, because Jiang Bai made movies and gg. How many people have not seen "White Snake" now? Those who have not seen it in the cinema have rented the disc and watched it on DVD.
Jiang Xi is even more so, the pride of the entire Wucheng, and even Wujiang City.
The brigade secretary Xu Changjiang rolled his eyes at them. He looked gentle and clean, but his words carried a bit of the banditry unique to Xujia Village: "You can figure it out with your heels, so many supplies, where can one person get so much money?" He wanted to knock these people on the head directly, and whispered with gritted teeth: "Can you please control your stupidity outside?"
"Hey, third brother, we were just joking!" Xu Changjiang is now the boss of their entire Linhe Brigade. They dare not act arrogantly in front of Xu Changjiang.
Xu Changjiang then put away the expression on his face and said politely, "Be more reserved in public and don't embarrass us Xiaoxiao."
As Xu Changjiang was the son-in-law of Jiangjia Village, he had always been very popular in Jiangjia Village. He was obviously from Xujia Village, but because of his identity as the son-in-law of Jiangjia Village, he was not at all shy. He followed the people of Jiangjia Village and called them "Xingxiao" all the time. If you didn't know, you would think he and Jiang Xiao were very close.
Jiang Hongjun and his two companions followed the crowd and squeezed to the innermost part. They shouted to Town Chief Jiang, "Fourth Uncle! Fourth Uncle! Is there anything we can help you with?"
Town Chief Jiang was short of manpower. He looked up and saw Jiang Hongjun and his two companions and said, "Are you here? Are Chang Jiang and the village chief here?"
"They are all here. We are queuing at the back. The village chief asked us to come and see if there is anything we can help with."
Mayor Jiang was short of manpower, and when he saw the three of them, he quickly waved them over and said, "We are registering the number of disaster victims in the various brigades and villages in Wucheng. Come and watch over it, and don't let anyone falsify it. Half of these supplies are donated by us with our own money. Giving back to our hometown is what we care about. Come and watch over it, and don't let anyone take the opportunity to play tricks on us."
The three of them widened their eyes when they heard this, especially Jiang Hongjun. His eyes were so big that his eyelids deepened a little. He said in disbelief, "Fourth Uncle, are you talking about the supplies from the eight large cargo ships at the dock, or the supplies donated only to our Linhe Brigade? "Did they donate?"
Town Chief Jiang pretended to be serious, but his eyes were full of smiles and pride. He said loudly: "Of course, half of the eight large cargo ships were donated by Jiang Li from Jiangjia Village to our fellow villagers! How can it be considered helping our fellow villagers if we only donate to our Linhe Brigade?"
Many people were still queuing, not understanding where the disaster relief supplies came from. Like the village chief of Jiangjia Village, they only thought that they were donated by the society. When they heard Town Chief Jiang's words, it was like a huge rock hitting the water. The water ripples suddenly fluctuated and spread outward at a very fast speed. Even Xu Changjiang, who had just scolded several people from Xujia Village, heard this and his jaws dropped to the ground.
A strong young man from Xujia Village scratched his ears and asked Xu Changjiang: "Third brother, why do I seem to hear Uncle Jiang say that Jiang Xi donated it himself?"
Someone who knew the Linhe Brigade nearby said to Xu Changjiang and his friends in shock: "My goodness, the supplies for those large ships were all donated by Jiang Xi from your brigade?"
"I saw her on TV last year. She was only about 17 or 18 years old, right?"
"College students are amazing. They have only been admitted to college for a short time, but they have already made so much money and donated several large ships of materials to their hometown. How much money does this cost? At least hundreds of thousands, right?"
When everyone heard hundreds of thousands, they all took a deep breath. Many people's family savings are only a few thousand yuan. They use the money they earn to build and repair houses. If they have less money, they will build the first floor first, and then build the second floor when they earn money next year. Then they will slowly decorate and lay the wall tiles. Sometimes it takes four or five years to build a house.
All the money earned throughout the year is invested in building houses. The actual savings at home are good to have two or three thousand.
In their minds, this hundreds of thousands of yuan was a huge sum of money that they would never dare to think about in their lifetime. Jiang Xi from Linhe Brigade actually donated hundreds of thousands of supplies back at once.
It really shocked my third uncle! How can you
make so much money just by studying at a university?
Many town heads, township heads, brigade secretaries and village heads who used to not care about the girls in their townships, brigades, or even villages studying, suddenly had an idea in their minds: study! To help the girls in the village study! To go to university!
The ability of this college student to make money really opened their eyes.
If Jiang Xi hadn't brought back so many supplies and donated them to his hometown, they would not have known that college students could make so much money!