Seeing that Song Chu was unhappy, the captain couldn't help but become nervous.
I wonder if this incident will affect the impression of the inspection team on the village? "Comrade Song is right. I have never seen a few brats bullying that child before. If I saw it, I would definitely take care of it."
He felt that Song Chu was a little girl, and it was normal for her to feel sympathy when she saw a child being beaten by several people.
"I will go to their homes later and talk to them. I will definitely not let them bully others anymore, even the children of reformatory prisoners." He emphasized that he would deal with it.
He had indeed never seen these things before, but had only heard about them twice and thought they were just children playing around.
Another village official said, "In fact, we can't blame the children in the village entirely. The child of the prisoner in reform would go digging in the fields. This is not a good behavior. The children in the village are not used to it, so they are probably educating him."
They all disliked the prisoners who were sent down to reform.
Song Chu could tell that this man had a bad impression of the people who were demoted, and it seemed that he would not treat them well under normal circumstances.
"Let's go and take a look at the farm." Song Chu said coldly and walked forward.
The captain and others followed and led the group into the farm.
The total area of the farm is not small, and it raises more than a dozen pigs, two cows, and dozens of chickens.
It looks like it's in good condition, probably because the person taking care of it is very attentive.
"Who raises these?" Song Chu asked.
The captain was about to speak when the man who had spoken earlier smiled and said, "They are all raised by people in our village."
Song Chu discovered that the village leader had a weak presence, while the other village cadres were much stronger.
"Your farm is quite large, but there are not enough animals." Song Chu looked around.
The man immediately began to complain, "Ah, this is because our village is too poor and we can't afford to support too many."
"But if we have the support of a few comrades, we can definitely raise more."
Song Chu didn't respond to him and walked towards a more remote shed.
When she got closer, she saw several beds in the shed. There was a person lying on one of the beds. The child was sitting next to the person, holding his hand, with an expression of discomfort, worry and fear.
A few people were working not far away. When they saw a group of people coming, they looked nervous and seemed to be on guard.
"Who are they?" Song Chu asked casually.
The captain replied, "They are all prisoners sent to our village for reform. They usually live on the farm and work here."
The man who spoke earlier looked at the person lying there, his face not looking good, "These bad guys are just so careless, they are lazy and sleeping in the broad daylight, it's simply outrageous."
Several other people also echoed this, and their words were full of unhappiness.
When they took the inspection team to visit the farm, they actually saw the prisoners slacking off. Doesn't this leave a very bad impression on people?
If you don’t know, you might think they are very nice to these prisoners.
"Today is definitely an exception. Normally our village is very strict with these bad elements, and we conduct criticism and denunciation sessions on a regular basis. We will never let them feel comfortable." Someone explained to Song Chu and others.
It seems that we need to find someone to supervise these people in their work, otherwise they will just want to be lazy all day long.
Song Chu listened to these people talking and found that Gu Yue's mood was a little wrong. He exuded a kind of coldness and hidden anger.
She turned her head and saw him staring at the person lying in the shed.
"It's not time to sleep at this time. Let's go and take a look." She walked over first.
Others followed.
Song Chu walked to the bed and saw a man who looked to be in his thirties or forties lying on it. His face was flushed and he was having difficulty breathing.
The captain took a look and said, "Really? No wonder he didn't work. It turns out he was sick."
"Ask the village doctor to come over and help him." He said to a villager who followed him.
The villager nodded and went to call the village doctor.
"How can these bad guys be qualified to see a doctor?" A man behind the captain muttered softly.
The others all looked like they agreed. Obviously in their eyes, these were bad elements in prison and had no right to do anything.
Gu Yue clenched his fists, wishing he could knock these people down one by one, but the great changes his family had experienced in the past few years had allowed him to restrain himself.
Song Chu roughly guessed that the person lying there should be Gu Yue's elder brother, but he had a very hard life here, so at the age of thirty, he looked like he was close to forty.
The people in these remote villages must have been brainwashed, so they are more hostile to those who have been sent down.
She glanced sharply at the person who spoke, "No matter what, this is a human life. If you don't call a doctor when he has a fever, will he burn to death?"
The man shrank his neck, and although he didn't say anything back, his eyes revealed his dissatisfaction.
Song Chu was too lazy to talk to them any more. These people were so deeply ignorant that trying to reason with them was like talking to a cow.
Soon, the village doctor was brought over by the villager.
He glanced at the person lying there and fed him a pill. "I've already given him the medicine. He should be fine."
"The level of your village doctor is really high. He can tell that the patient is fine just by giving him a medicine." Song Chu felt that this was too irresponsible and started to make sarcastic remarks.
The color of the medicine she was given showed it to be oxytetracycline, and it would not reduce her fever at all if she took it.
The village doctor thought Song Chu was really praising him, and said complacently: "Our family is a hereditary village doctor."
Xu Ting and the others were speechless. Couldn't they tell that Song Chu was speaking in a sarcastic way? How could he be so stupid?
Song Chu felt that it was a complete waste of time to talk to these people. "It's getting late now, let's stop here today."
The captain and others took them out of the farm again.
It was almost five o'clock, and the mountain road was particularly difficult to walk on at night, so the team leader took the initiative to suggest that they stay in the village for one night.
Xu Ting and his friends were originally planning to stay here, so they naturally agreed.
The team leader arranged for several well-off families in the village to provide accommodation for them.
Xu Ting and his friends did not treat these people badly. They took out biscuits and other things they had brought from the car and gave some to each family, which made these people very happy.
The captain also invited the group to his home for dinner, preparing to entertain the inspection team well.
Xu Ting and the others didn't object, after all, they still had to eat dinner.
Song Chu held his forehead and said, "I might have been carsick before. I feel so uncomfortable now. I want to sleep in the car. You guys eat."
Xu Ting saw Song Chu winking at him. Although he didn't know what she was going to do, he immediately cooperated and said, "The mountain road is too winding. You female comrades are most likely to get carsick. So you should go to the car and take a nap."
"Yeah." Song Chu nodded. Song Ping was also carsick, so she took the initiative to go over and help Song Chu go back to the car to rest.
Song Chu stood next to Gu Yue, and when no one was paying attention, he reached out and pinched his arm, then gave him a reassuring look.
Gu Yue roughly guessed what she was going to do, and was very touched, so he nodded slightly to her.
Song Chu and Song Ping walked out of the village and went to the car at the entrance of the village to rest.
Continue at 17:30~ (End of this chapter)