Chapter 119

This matter was decided by Qiao Wei and the village party secretary.

As for Yan Lei's parents and elder brother... they had no right to express their opinions, and could only listen to the arrangements.

The village party secretary told them: "Leave in the afternoon, bring two or three sets of clothes, and ask Zhuzi's wife to bake more cakes for you to eat on the road."

After thinking for a while, he said: "Bring towels and toilet paper."

Because it was August, summer, clothes and other things were light

. The party secretary had been to the provincial capital when he was young, but that was ten years ago. He was not very sure in his heart, and asked Qiao Wei again: "What else do you think you need to bring? Do you want to bring bedding and mats?"

"No, we have them in the guesthouse." Qiao Wei said, "That's enough. If you have a prescription for the medicine you took before, bring it with you."

The secretary slapped his thigh and said, "Yes, yes!"

He said to the three people, "What are you doing? Zhuzi, go pack your things."

"Zhuzi's mother, ask your wives to prepare lunch."

"Qiao Wei, let's talk about what you just said in detail?"

The village secretary's words were final in the village and no one dared to disobey him. He made the arrangements, and Yan Lei's mother and Yan Zhu hurried away.

Yan Lei's father was still sitting there, not knowing what to do. He looked left and right, picked up the bowl to drink water, but was afraid that it would hurt to pee, so he held it in and put it down.

Qiao Wei then said, "The current situation started from the 11th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee last May..."

At that time, due to the lack of information, many people were actually in a state of confusion. Many people knew that something was wrong here and there, but they were very confused about the situation in the country.

Many people just followed the crowd. If the province was like this, the city would follow, and if the city was like this, the county would follow.

If Beijing and Shanghai were like this, the whole country would follow.

Qiao Wei had already won the support of the village party secretary, so she no longer used words that sounded profound but difficult to understand. She used language that was as simple and easy to understand as possible to objectively describe the national situation that she understood.

At this time, many people only saw the tip of the iceberg. However, several village cadres in the small place of Yanzhuang were fortunate to see the whole picture from the time traveler.

Many of the puzzling things seen in the county this year were explained by Qiao Wei.

The village party secretary was also an old revolutionary for many years. He had carried a gun in the past, but now he felt a sense of insignificance that he could not resist the torrent.

He sighed deeply.

Someone wanted to speak, but Qiao Wei waved her hand: "We don't discuss this. It's enough for everyone to know what's going on. The direction of progress is not decided by us. Anyway, everyone remembers that we just follow our superiors, and the superiors follow their superiors, that's all."

She didn't make any comments. She just sorted out the causes, directions and major events of the entire movement, and strung together the timeline to let everyone know why the county town suddenly became like this.

It was just a summary of information. The village

party secretary nodded: "Okay."

Qiao Wei said again: "Second uncle, while everyone is here, let's talk about that matter?"

The village party secretary was excited: "Okay!"

Qiao Wei took out an envelope from her military bag.

"Yan Lei left home at the age of fourteen, and it has been more than ten years now. He has worked hard outside, but has never forgotten our Yanzhuang. Although he is no longer in Yanzhuang, his roots are in Yanzhuang." "

I heard from you that the farm tools of our brigade are already old and damaged, but because the brigade's production efficiency is not good, it has no ability to replace new ones, and dare not accept the procurement targets given by the commune. He can't sleep well."

"Here is one hundred yuan, and every penny was earned by Yan Lei after risking his life on the battlefield. He asked me to give the money to my second uncle, and the money will be donated to our brigade to purchase farm tools."

Qiao Wei stepped forward and handed the envelope to the branch secretary with both hands.

The secretary of the village branch was also a man who had carried a gun before. He felt the same way when he heard about the life and death. It was not easy for a man to be a soldier outside. He could lose his life at any minute on the battlefield. Some people in the village only envied Yan Lei for being an officer outside, but they didn't think that he had risked his life to become an officer.

The person who lied about his age in the introduction letter had his stamp on it.

The secretary's eyes moistened. He took it and assured: "Don't worry, Leizi. Not a penny will be wasted. It will definitely be used for the production of the brigade!"

He took it and handed it to another person: "Accountant, keep it."

The accountant opened it on the spot, took out ten ten-yuan RMB notes, and confirmed: "It's one hundred yuan. I will deposit it into the account later."

Yan Lei's father looked at the one hundred yuan flowing from his daughter-in-law's hand to the village committee's hand, and his lips couldn't help moving.

But it seemed that he had no room to comment on this matter.

It seemed that none of the three people, son, daughter-in-law, and secretary, thought that such a large sum of money should be asked about his opinion as a father. With his son away, he didn't even

dare to speak to the branch secretary. This daughter-in-law was even more arrogant than the branch secretary, and the branch secretary could only nod in front of her. Yan Lei's father moved his lips, but finally didn't dare to say anything. A bunch of people who were watching the excitement were crowded at the door and in the yard and cheered. One hundred yuan! Such a large sum of money! The countryside is very different from the city. Everyone with a town hukou has a unit and a job, so they get a salary every month. There is no such thing in the countryside. You have to work hard on the farm for a year and get paid at the end of the year. The money they get is simply incomparable to that of people in the city. A poor family may not even have a hundred yuan in savings. Yan Lei donated so much money just by saying so. Qiao Wei picked up the bowl and drank a sip of water. Donating money is not just for this occasion. This is actually something Yan Lei has wanted to do for a long time. Almost all men who come out of rural China have this dream - to return home with wealth and wealth, build roads and bridges, erect monuments to record their names, and worship in ancestral temples. Men who come out of the countryside and don't do these things are definitely not capable of doing it, not unwilling to do it. The depth of rural men's rural complex is unimaginable for city people. The news soon spread to the kitchen. Qiao Wei's three sisters-in-law were all confused: "What? One hundred yuan? She donated it just because she said so?"

Yan Zhu's wife felt her heart ached.

One hundred yuan!

"Sister-in-law, how could she do this!"

"Sister-in-law, you are the eldest sister-in-law! You have to say something!"

The two younger sisters-in-law urged Yan Zhu's wife. After all, she is the eldest sister-in-law.

But Yan Zhu's wife is not a fool. She just went to deliver some water to the main hall. Her second younger sister-in-law was talking about something she couldn't understand at all, but the branch secretary and the director were listening attentively.

There was no place for her to interrupt.

She held back her anger and said, "We will settle the score with her after she finishes treating Dad!"

The lunch was actually not bad.

It must be said that if there is anything better than the city in the countryside, it is food. Compared with the current limited rationing and planned supply in the city, the food of rural people is self-sufficient.

Qiao Wei was the only woman at the table.

She asked, "My mother..."

Yan Lei's father said first, "Don't worry about her, she's eating in the kitchen."

The sisters-in-law couldn't see them at all, they should all be eating in the kitchen.

Even Qiao Lei's two younger brothers didn't get a seat. Only Yan Lei's father and Yan Zhu had seats at the table.

Qiao Wei was the host, and the others were represented by the village party secretary, all of whom were well-known figures in the village.

At the table, Yan Xiang's eating manners and politeness impressed them.

"I've never seen such a clean kid."

"So particular."

A sister-in-law came over with a smile on her face and wanted to take Yan Xiang to the kitchen to eat: "Come on, join your brothers and sisters."

Qiao Wei didn't need to say anything, the men at the table waved their hands: "Go, go, leave him here, leave him here!"

The sister-in-law could only leave with a stiff smile.

Qiao Wei touched Yan Xiang's head.

The branch secretary was arranging it, so Qiao Wei didn't have to worry about anything here.

After dinner, the car was ready and a strong mule was replaced.

Qiao Wei was very lucky that Yan Lei's father could still walk freely. If he couldn't walk, it would be a big trouble.

She remembered watching movies of this era before, where patients who could not walk had to be carried on the shoulders of a dozen strong young men in the village, who would take turns carrying them for dozens of miles to the county for medical treatment.

Those were still those who were willing to see a doctor.

There were many more who simply waited to die without seeing a doctor.

Yan Lei's father, Yan Lei's mother, and Yan Zhu all got on the bus.

Yan Lei's mother was particularly anxious: "Do I have to go, too? Do I have to go?"

When she heard about going to the provincial capital, she was very nervous. The farthest she had been in her life was to the county.

It was also to treat her old man. The county prescribed some medicine, but it didn't work after taking it, and the money was wasted.

Going to the provincial capital was never even thought of.

She had hoped that Yan Lei would come back and take her old man to the city.

Unexpectedly, this daughter-in-law came back with such a grand manner. The branch secretary and the director were all ordered and arranged by her, and she would talk about the provincial capital

as soon as she opened her mouth. Not to mention her, the old man and the eldest son did not dare to speak out and let her arrange it.

The branch secretary wanted to go with him, but Qiao Wei said

, "Don't worry, I and my eldest brother are here. You don't have to run back and forth, it's too tiring. I will accept the second uncle's kindness on behalf of Yan Lei." The branch secretary instructed, "Take good care of your parents, and keep the money and the letter of introduction."

She also shouted to Yan Zhu, "You have to be more diligent. You are the one who carries things and runs errands. Don't tire Qiao Wei."

Yan Zhu hurriedly said, "I understand."

Yan Lei's mother raised her eyes and suddenly saw the eldest daughter-in-law winking at her from a distance through the elders behind her. She knew what she meant.

At noon, several daughters-in-law told her to ask for Leizi's son to stay.

Yan Lei's mother hesitated and glanced at Yan Xiang.

Yan Xiang looked up and smiled at her. Her eyes were crooked, her face was like an apple, and her white shirt was so clean that there was not even a speck of oil.

Yan Lei's mother's heart melted.

How could several daughters-in-law at home take care of such a delicate child. It would take who knows how many days to go to the provincial capital. If she found that she was bruised and hurt when she came back, she would not be able to explain to Qiao Wei.

She avoided the eyes of the daughters-in-law and said nothing.

The car set off with the crowd sending it off.

Many children ran after it for a long way, making a lot of noise.

Some people sighed: "The Eighth Family of Yan is so lucky. They have to go to the provincial capital for treatment when they are sick." What

everyone talked about with great relish was the one hundred yuan donated by Yan Lei and Qiao Wei.

"Now, we can buy two new millstones."

"Great!"

"One hundred yuan is donated as soon as it is said. How generous!"

Because the one hundred yuan shocked everyone, and also because Qiao Wei was always surrounded by the village leaders to talk about Yan Suo's things, and others could not get close to her, some neglected things were discovered after everyone dispersed.

After everyone dispersed, the sisters-in-law of the Yan family discovered that Qiao Wei took away the boxes and bags she brought with her.

"What? She didn't leave anything behind?"

The three women were all confused.

Nothing was left behind, how did she bring it, how did she take it away.

Cigarettes, wine, candy, snacks, new clothes, new shoes, all kinds of gifts that relatives from afar would bring back for their families or even villagers when they return home in splendor... None of them were seen.

But Yan Lei asked his wife to go back to his hometown for him, so it was impossible for her not to prepare these things.

Summer clothes are so thin, so it is not necessary to use a box and a handbag. She must have brought something back.

But how did she bring it, and how did she take it away?

Qiao Wei didn't even leave a piece of candy.