Chapter 61
The soil test results will definitely not come out immediately, and no one knows what kind of response the government will give everyone regarding the soil issue.
But no matter how difficult it is for the leaders, everyone still has to live their lives as normal.
The news that the community had discovered soil problems eventually got out, and because it concerned everyone's vital interests, the news spread very quickly.
The people in the courtyard are no longer ostracized in the town. When they hear that they are from the community, people will come to them from time to time to ask them something.
Want to know what the hell is going on with that soil?
I want to know if the people who went for the test left any messages?
Everyone in the community was instructed by Shi Lei and his colleagues not to say anything irresponsible about the matter, let alone say anything suspicious.
So when people asked them about this, they just told the truth: when the seedlings failed to grow, some people suspected it was a problem with the soil, and reported it to the town, which then sent experts to take samples.
As for the sampling results, or whether there is anything wrong with the soil, they don't know.
If it were a normal time, if something spread so widely and caused public unrest, the government would have spoken out long ago, either to clarify or to appease.
But until now, almost a week has passed, and the leaders have not said anything.
Not to mention coming out to explain, even if we asked them, they would just say that the soil samples had been sent to the city and we should wait for news from the city.
As for the rest, just like what the residents in the community said, they knew nothing about anything.
But just like the situation in the community, many places have also found that the seedlings they planted are not growing.
What is different from other places and communities is that they did not ask Chen Cong for advice, and the entire community adopted the method of planting in small plots.
Most of the other gathering points are honestly following the normal way, first reclaiming the land and then planting it, and they actually plant by the acre.
This means that it is easy to have several acres of land without a single seedling growing.
The anxiety and fear caused by this are many times stronger than what the community felt at the beginning!
Everyone in Yingshui Village retreated back to the village.
They worked hard day and night to open up a large piece of land not far from the community, and even used the underage children in the village. In the end, the rapeseed they planted did not sprout.
For several days in a row, people broke down and cried in makeshift sheds on the roadside, but what could crying solve?
Finally, Xu Xingxue came again, and then the villagers quietly packed up their things and returned to the village early in the morning.
The people closest to them were the people in the community. Although they had some conflicts before, they saw how hard the people of Yingshui Village worked and how much effort they put in.
Now seeing that they have given up the fields they have cultivated for so long, the people in the community feel sad for them and have been upset for a long time.
Finally, news came from the town that the soil test results came out and the land was indeed contaminated.
This pollution is not only caused by disinfectant powder, but also has a certain relationship with the earthquake.
The general meaning is that in addition to the large-scale collapse of residential areas, the earthquake also destroyed some mines, gas stations, and even sewage treatment plants.
Before the biggest earthquake, it rained for several days in a row in Bac Ninh, and there was even a strong wind in the middle. The slag and sewage had already spread with the strong wind and heavy rain, and then were brought into the soil by the rain.
Then large doses of pesticides were used, so the soil pollution was indeed very serious at this time.
After the news was released, the town immediately sent people to various gathering points to begin the appeasement work.
He has repeatedly promised that his superiors are now aware of the situation and are actively preparing remedial measures.
Don’t worry, the country will definitely give an explanation and will not ignore people’s lives.
But this time no one believed it.
Because most of the people living in this area are farmers, they may not know much about other things, but they know a lot about farming.
The young people who came to comfort them didn't know as much as a fingernail in this regard.
How can a layman appease an expert with his professional knowledge?
Knowing that the land was polluted, people in many places were completely devastated!
People no longer believed what the government said and began to govern themselves based on their own experience.
After all, for so long, the government didn’t give a clear answer to how many people should be treated. Now they are trying to find a way to remedy the situation…
How to remedy this? No telling!
Who can believe this?
It's already November and the weather is still very hot.
It seemed like the sun had grown in the sky forever, never moving. It shone fiercely on the earth every day, making the land dry and cracked, and making people sweat profusely after walking a few steps.
But at this very moment, the flow of the small river at the entrance of the community, on which everyone depends for survival, was getting smaller and smaller, and was about to dry up.
The panic this causes is even more frightening than land pollution.
Although the land is polluted, at least the town is still recruiting workers, waste can still be sold, and people can still maintain their normal lives.
If the water is cut off, it will be fatal!
The leaders of the community immediately made a decision and sent two teams to search upstream along the river to see where the problem was.
Is it because of drought?
Or is there a human factor?
Everyone was extremely worried and restless. From the moment the small team left, almost everyone was nervous, fearing that they would bring back news that would be unbearable.
But unfortunately - the opposite happened.
The team returned quickly, and before they even had time to separate, they discovered the reason why the river had dried up.
Yingshui Village built a simple dam upstream to block the river.
Of course, they probably feared causing public outrage, so they didn't dare block it completely, but the small opening left behind could not even reach one-third of the usual water flow!
The weather is getting drier day by day. If it continues for a long time, the water will probably evaporate before it reaches the community, and it is possible that the water will stop flowing immediately.
Of course, what is more important is that Yingshui Village’s approach is really unfair. They are trying to hold the lifeblood of the community in their hands!
As soon as the news spread, everyone in the community was angry!
Some impulsive young people immediately grabbed their weapons and prepared to rush to the other side of the mountain to have a good fight with those bastards!
Fortunately, Shi Lei and Cao Hongmin remained calm.
They restrained the impulsive people and asked the leaders of the two teams: "Why are they blocking the water? There must be a reason, right?"
Although there were some minor unpleasantness between the two sides due to the land reclamation issue before, they were able to talk it out later.
Moreover, when they were farming at the doorstep, they also borrowed transportation from the community, and later came to the yard to talk to everyone about some common sense about farming.
The two sides have cooperated before.
How can they just turn against each other without even saying hello? It doesn't make any sense at all!
One of the team leaders wiped his sweat and said, "They didn't want to quarrel with us. They even didn't dare to build the dike close to us for fear that we would find out that the river was blocked. Instead, they secretly built the dike in front of their village.
If we hadn’t planned to follow the river all the way up, we wouldn’t have been able to find it just by going up the mountain.”
"Then why are they doing that?"
"They're going to rush the ground."
"Rush to the ground?"
"Yes. When we went there, the villagers were carrying buckets of water to the fields, probably to soak out the dirt in the soil and then clean it out.
They must have been working for quite a long time. When we went there, we saw that many of them were exhausted. Many children were also carrying basins with half a basin of water.
The captain's words made people feel heavy.
The young men who had previously clamored to have a big fight with the people from Yingshui Village remained silent.
Land pollution is the biggest concern of everyone. The people of Yingshui Village are trying to find a solution through self-reliance, and no one can say they are wrong.
But--
"They blocked the water, what should we do? Should we just stop using it? That's too selfish!"
"Yeah, if they want to charge our land, why don't we charge? Isn't our land the land?"
"Let's not even talk about flushing the ground. We need water, right? The water is about to dry up. We can't even guarantee water to drink!"
"There are still people downstream who rely on this river for their livelihood! If this is blocked, people downstream will die!"
"Yes, we should not be too selfish!"
Everyone was talking about it.
What Yingshui Village did is understandable from an emotional point of view, but it is indeed too selfish.
It is different now than at other times. That is the river that many gathering places upstream and downstream depend on for survival, and it does not belong to their Yingshui Village.
This kind of interception is excessive.
"You all go back first and do what you need to do. Don't gather here. Lao Cao and I will go over there to take a look." Shi Lei said.
The squad leader stopped him.
"Captain Shi, you can't go. We have argued with them before, but it was useless. It's like they had it all planned out. They won't respond to anything we say. If we talk to them nicely, they will just play the victim. If we get angry, we will say they are pretending not to see anything.
The embankment is just a small pile of dirt and some wooden boards. We just took people to destroy it! They can rebuild it after we leave.
If we don't come back, they can rebuild it.
If we don’t think of a way to control them, this matter will not be resolved.”
After hearing the captain's words, people became angry again.
"This is not just our business, and we can't just take the lead. Let's contact people from other gathering points to discuss it together. We can always think of a way to deal with them!"
Someone suggested.
Shi Lei and Lao Cao nodded.
"Should we talk to the town about this? Ask the leaders to come forward?"
"It's useless. They're not fighting with us. When the leader arrives, they tear down the dam, and when the leader leaves, they put it back up. What good is that? What can the leader do to deal with such dishonest people?"
"Then just fight back with blame." Chen Cong, who also came to listen, said quietly.
She spoke very quietly, so only Gu Kai and her sister Chen Xi, who were sitting next to her, heard it.
Gu Kai looked at her, smiled, and pretended he heard nothing.
But Shen Xi couldn't do that. She leaned close to Shen Cong's ear and asked curiously, "How do you fight blaming blaming?"
Chen Cong did not explain to her, but pushed her hot body aside and said, "Keep listening, someone will definitely say it."
Sure enough, before she finished her words, someone started shouting, "They're playing dirty tricks, but we can't? Who's afraid of who?!"
"What does it mean and how do we play it?" Lao Cao asked first.
He didn't think there was anything wrong with cheating.
“They can intercept our water, but we can’t intercept their roads, right? All their laborers have to go to the town to work, and to get to the town they have to pass by the gate of our community.
We can also set up a roadblock and not charge tolls. We can just block the road and not let anyone pass! Anyway, we have already agreed that this community is ours now and has nothing to do with Yingshui Village. It is up to us to decide who can pass through our road or not, right? "
"Yes! Let's talk to the people at the other gathering points. Even if they go around our door, can they go around all the points? Then let them go around and see how far they can go in a day.
If they can persist in making such a big circle every day, I will be impressed too! "
"Yes, this is a good idea. Let's go find a few other gathering points to discuss it together. If it doesn't work, we can unite and fight them!
The main thing is that this is too immoral, it's going to trap all of us!"
…
People said a lot more, but Chen Xi didn't listen carefully. She just stared at her sister with bright eyes.
Finally, he couldn't help but stretched out a finger and poked Shen Cong's head: "How come your brain works so fast? I didn't think you were so smart when I was a child?"
Chen Cong smiled and said nothing, but he was thinking about what to do next.
If people from several gathering points unite to negotiate with Yingshui Village, then this problem will not be difficult to solve.
To put it bluntly, what the people of Yingshui Village did was just a clever move, and they are not right in any way.
That so-called small dam won't last long and will probably have to be demolished in one or two days.
But what happens after this matter is over?
According to Chen Cong's memory, this drought will continue for a long time, and there will be more and more conflicts caused by water in the future.
If the river water becomes less and less in the future, or if it really stops flowing one day, what will happen to the people in the community?
All relying on the government’s water trucks?
You have to know that the passage is still not accessible to vehicles, so it is still a problem how water trucks will get through in the future.
The best solution is to dig a well, and start as soon as possible.
As water becomes increasingly scarce, more and more places will come up with this idea. By then, well-drilling teams will surely be extremely popular and difficult to hire.
The most important thing is - the price will become more and more expensive.
But even if we want to hire one now, where can we find a drilling team?
Also, where will the expenses for hiring a well-drilling team come from?
The more Chen Cong thought about it, the more headache he got.
She hit her head, sighed silently, and felt that she was sick.
No one pays her a penny, so why does she have to worry about things every day that even her leaders don't have to worry about?
Things developed just as Chen Cong had expected. Yingshui Village did not hold out for long this time.
After people from several gathering points organized themselves together to look for them and made some stern remarks, the water in the stream returned to normal.
However, the uneasiness left by this incident was not something that could be forgotten immediately. Before Chen Cong could remind them, the people in the community had already spontaneously started discussing finding someone to dig a well.
However, digging a well would certainly cost money, and this expense is definitely something people cannot afford at this time.
So many people discussed it, but in the end the topic was left unresolved.
After all, it's no use just talking. Everyone is still worried about tomorrow's breakfast and can't take care of more distant things for the time being.
What the government said before was not wrong. They are indeed very concerned about the issue of land pollution. They have since sent several groups of people to conduct field investigations in many places.
It's just an investigation, but we have no way of knowing what the result will be.
When those people came, they just collected some soil again and then left.
There has never been a real explanation for everyone.
Compared to other places, the atmosphere in the community is pretty good.
Although the little bit of soil given by the Shen family is not of much use, it is still helpful in relieving anxiety.
Some people in the community have already started digging deep in the yard.
Everyone felt that their community was quite far away from gas stations and sewage treatment plants, and even if there were leaks in those places, it seemed that the water would not reach their area.
The Shen family is an example!
Everyone lives in the same courtyard. The only difference between their house and other families is that they wrapped the entire house during disinfection. Apart from that, they didn't do anything else.
His land is not polluted, which means that the biggest source of pollution in the community’s land is still medicines, not other pollutants as rumored.
There are more and more discussions like this, and more and more families are participating in digging deep into the land and taking soil from deep inside.
People have abandoned the wasteland that was previously reclaimed in the yard and have converted it all to the three-dimensional vegetable growing method that Chen Cong first suggested, using containers.
Some careful people not only dug deep into the land and took new soil for planting, but also specially recorded the growth of vegetables grown from soil taken from different depths underground.
For subsequent reference.
There were also some smart people who found the Shen family privately and again proposed to exchange jade and gems for their soil.
Of course, this time the soil people exchanged is no longer simply used to grow vegetables. Many people will mix that soil with the soil they dug out from deep inside in different proportions and use the mixed soil for planting.
Anyway, everyone is doing their best to survive.
After more than half a month, vegetables have grown in many families in the community, and quite a few families' vegetables are growing extremely well!
It even looks no worse than those grown by the Shen family themselves.
After all, the Shen family is now planting too many different kinds of vegetables and seedlings, and their limited energy cannot be allocated to each vegetable, but it is different for others.
Others would like to spend all their remaining energy besides making a living on these dishes.
You can see where the effort is put in, and the seedlings have given people the rewards they deserve.
The community has really gotten back on its feet this time, with special people going to the purchasing points in the town every day to deliver vegetables.
Once, twice, and after so many times, it attracted everyone's attention again.
Because now, let alone other places, even the seed company in the town and the experimental fields set up by the town’s special research team cannot grow such juicy vegetables!
The community and the Shen family once again became the focus of everyone's attention.
However, this time, Chen Cong and his whole family were quite calm and were not worried about the situation.
After all, the soil at home has been sampled several times by the expert group, but they haven't come up with any results.
If the vitality contained in the soil could be measured, someone would have come here long ago.
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