Chapter 119 The Captain Who Pampers the Unruly People
The door of the captain's office was silent for a long time. Just when Lin Qingqing was getting impatient and Jiang Haixia couldn't help but want to hit someone, it opened!
Only a tiny crack opened.
A cloudy eye appeared from the crack in the door, and when it saw that it was Lin Qingqing and her group, the door was mostly opened.
A thin middle-aged man timidly poked his head out from inside the door, waved quickly, and whispered to the three people: "Come in quickly, come in quickly..."
As soon as Lin Qingqing stepped one foot into the door, she felt a strong push on her back.
She was supported by a strong hand and walked into the door steadily.
As soon as Jiang Haixia came in behind him, Zhao Xiaobao quickly closed the door and locked Zhao Lihai, who was a step slower, outside.
Zhao Lihai: “…”
Then there was violent knocking on the door. In just a few seconds, the person outside the door became irritable and the sound of "knock knock knock" turned into "bang bang bang".
Then people started crying and shouting, mostly non-aggressive elderly people and women.
"Captain, please come out and give us an explanation. My grandson is starving to death."
"I beg you, Captain, please give me two kilograms of food."
Shouts like these continued one after another...
Zhao Lihai was the one who felt it the most. Now he was caught up in the crowd. At first he was terrified. How did these people change from watching the fun to speaking harshly and then to looking ferocious and vicious?
The men were banging on the door, the old women were shouting, and in the end both sides looked like they wanted to eat each other.
He pulled a young woman over and asked, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing Zhao Lihai in his military uniform, the young woman wiped away the tears from her eyes and said in a sobbing voice, "Last year... the day before our commune paid the public grain, the public grain that had been calculated... was piled together... I don't know who the hell... started a fire or... something, but all the grain... was... burned."
The young woman spoke incoherently. She took a breath and spoke more normally.
"The team leader said that if we didn't pay the public grain, our commune would have to go to labor reform. We all gathered our stored grain and paid another portion. The team leader said he would find a way, and we had to pay another batch of public grain this year. He still hasn't said anything. He has been hiding in the team office for more than ten days. At first, he coaxed us into saying that he was going to a meeting in the county. We only found out from his mother yesterday that he was hiding here. Damn it, he is so heartless. Look, my child is only one year old and he is starving to death."
The young woman explained the whole story with words and curses.
Zhao Lihai looked at the skinny child in her arms, with thin arms and legs, and it was obvious that he was suffering from long-term malnutrition.
He also has children at home, and it is really unbearable for him to see this.
He cursed the captain in his heart. At this moment, he was more worried about Lin Qingqing and Jiang Haixia in the office.
Both of them are weak women. What if the captain is a bad guy?
He glared and joined the pounding on the door.
"Captain Gou, let our troops out."
There were two weak women in the door. One of them twisted Zhao Xiaobao's hands and forced him to squat down; the other sat on a chair and interrogated him in a soft voice.
The two people understood the situation almost at the same time as Zhao Lihai, and what they heard more was the evil side of human nature.
It turned out that Zhao Xiaobao was afraid of taking responsibility, so he used the villagers' grain to pay for it. Later, other communes were unwilling to lend grain to the Liu Tangbao Commune, which was so poor that it could barely afford to pay. Zhao Xiaobao did not dare to tell the higher-ups.
He kept delaying the payment until the next time he had to pay the grain tax. He couldn't fool the villagers anymore, so he lied to his family and hid in the office.
Zhao Xiaobao is not a bad person at heart, he is just unlucky and cowardly, and he does not take responsibility when encountering things, which has led to the situation today where good citizens have become unruly ones, and he has allowed unruly people to cause chaos in the village.
As soon as Lin Qingqing entered the village, she discovered that not only were all the villagers skinny as sticks, but 80% of them were malnourished.
"Your commune has so many mountains, how could it be that people are almost starving to death? They hunt wild animals and eat wild game, how did they manage to survive?"
Zhao Xiaobao looked up at Lin Qingqing, whose face was so thin that only bones were left.
"Our commune has always been poor. Even after paying the public grain tax, we still had to tighten our belts to make ends meet. So, although these nearby mountains are large, over time, there isn't much left."
"There were some who were not afraid of death and went into the mountains, but they all came out injured, so no one dared to go in anymore."
Lin Qingqing frowned: "No wild vegetables either?"
Zhao Xiaobao said with a bitter face, "Our mountain isn't very prosperous. The grass doesn't grow well, and there aren't many wild animals. The wild vegetables grow just like those in other places, but if we eat them here, people have to eat them! We rarely go up the mountain because there's nothing to eat there."
After hearing this, Lin Qingqing felt that something was increasingly wrong. When she came here, she saw that the vegetation on that mountain was not as abundant as in other places, but it was still dense.
Seeing that Zhao Xiaobao didn't seem to be lying, Lin Qingqing sighed and said, "The county asked me to teach you about herbal medicine. I'll go to the mountain to take a look. You can deal with the people outside by yourself."
Having said this, Zhao Xiaobao fell silent again.
If he went out, his head would be smashed. He lowered his head, looking as if he would never go out.
He is really a quail in reincarnation. How can he be the team leader? Lin Qingqing is angry!
She gave Jiang Haixia a look, signaling her to let go of Zhao Xiaobao.
As soon as Jiang Haixia loosened her grip, Zhao Xiaobao felt the heavy pressure on his back disappear. He staggered to his feet and held onto the table to steady himself.
He hasn't eaten for two days. Ever since someone came to make trouble, his family hasn't been able to bring in food.
Lin Qingqing stood up, took three or two steps to the door, unlatched it and opened it.
Zhao Xiaobao's eyes widened, and before he could even shout, the door opened.
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