28 Chapter 28
◎The mayor's decision◎
Chapter 28
With his worldview shattered, the mayor found his subordinates who had already left the village, and the group returned.
They just walked through one village and encountered so many things. The mayor was a little tired.
However, when he thought about the smaller village behind Daxi Village, which also followed Daxi Village's example and didn't want to go down the mountain, he felt that it was necessary to go up the mountain and persuade them.
Just like now, he left Daxi Village yesterday, went home to rest for a day, and started his journey again.
The question is, why don’t you call the rural areas below from the town as you did before to convey the message, ask the village heads to come to the town for a meeting, and then find out from them in person why they don’t want to go down the mountain?
I have tried this before, but what answers did I get?
The old village chief of Daxi Village deceived him. The village chief of the upstream village responded to him on the surface, but treated his words as nonsense behind his back. He didn't even know whether the other party conveyed his words to the villagers after returning to the village on the mountain.
However, the mayor guessed that the villagers probably didn't know about it.
The question is, the only people left in the village are old people, and the total number of teeth of all the elderly in the village does not exceed fifty. What else can you say!
That's why the mayor wanted to go to the village in person to see what it looked like.
But today, the more he walked, the more he felt that something was wrong with the people around him.
Before, when there were a few more people walking around them, it could be understood that they were on their way, but now they were almost at the foot of the mountain, and these people were still following them.
"Ask?"
The secretary saw the mayor frowning, moved closer and asked softly.
"Well, let's ask. It would be bad if so many people went up the mountain and something happened."
The mayor nodded, then continued walking forward seriously.
Instead, the secretary next to him started to get busy.
But the final result surprised even the mayor.
These people were all villagers from Shangyou Village. Long before he sent a document asking Shangyou Village to move down the mountain, the village chief agreed on the surface, but secretly began to recall the younger generation who had left the village.
After receiving the message from the village chief, these young people who had struggled to get out of the mountains did not become nostalgic for city life as the mayor had expected. Instead, they quickly responded to the village chief's words and rushed towards their hometown, Shangyou Village.
The rest who have not returned are all in the troops outside and cannot come back in a short time.
After getting the information, the mayor could more or less guess what the village chief of the upstream village was thinking.
Instead of leaving the village to survive, it is better to stay in a familiar place.
The people of Daxi Village didn't leave because they had the locust tree as a shelter, but what made the people of Shangyou Village so confident?
The mayor walked and thought.
But the answer he could think of in the end was that either Shangyou Village was like Daxi Village, and there was also a tree that could shelter them.
Or there is someone capable among them.
This idea reached its peak when he saw the old man with only five teeth left in his mouth sitting at the village entrance waiting.
If it weren't for these reasons, how could Shangyou Village be so confident? It wasn't enough to just call everyone back; even the elderly man with only five teeth left was called out to help.
The mayor had these speculations, but after meeting the village chief of the upstream village in the village, he became a little uncertain again.
Looking at the old man in front of him who was obviously much older than before, the mayor swallowed the doubts he wanted to express before coming here and decided to be more tactful.
As if he knew what he was here for, the head of the Shangyou Village did not beat around the bush. He took the mayor into the house and told him his situation.
He has a special ability. He can see people fortune-telling in his dreams. The hexagrams may be from this world or from other worlds. The only thing that remains the same is that after waking up, when he compares the hexagrams in the dream with the reality, they are all correct!
It's just that he needs to judge the corresponding place himself.
At first he couldn't figure out what matched his dream, and only after it happened did he react and suddenly realize it.
As time went by, he was able to infer the similarities in reality based on the patterns in his dreams.
He saw an unusual hexagram in a dream. After waking up, he felt very upset. He guessed that something might have happened to his youngest son. He even contacted his youngest son in the army and asked him to be careful.
As expected, something went wrong with his youngest son.
If it weren't for his reminder, the younger son might have fallen flat on his face if he hadn't been mentally prepared.
With these events as evidence, he couldn't help but believe the hexagrams he saw in his dreams.
The reason why he chose not to move this time like the people in Daxi Village did was because the hexagram in his dream showed that as long as their village stayed where it was, it would be auspicious!
Although they were not sure about the future world that might face more dangers, Gua Xiang still asked the people of their village not to leave the village, but to stay where they were like the Daxi Village below.
To be on the safe side, he called back all the younger generations in the village.
One reason is that he believed in the divination in his dream, and staying in the village might be a more convenient way to go.
One reason is that he wanted to be prepared for any eventuality. What if the world outside becomes worse than the one in the mountains? At that time, these children will not be able to come back.
Even if there is chaos in the mountains, at least you can find some food. If you are in the city, you will really starve if there is nothing to eat, and you won’t even have a chance to chew on tree bark.
The mayor just sat there, waiting for the village chief of the upstream village to finish speaking, his entire face wrinkled.
"Trouble..."
If he had heard the words of the village chief from the upstream village before going to Daxi Village, he would still have doubts.
After all, although some animals and plants in the city have mutated recently, he has never encountered human mutation, so doubts are inevitable.
But just yesterday, he heard with his own ears the village chief of Daxi Village mention the tree that had been effective for a hundred years, and saw with his own eyes the locust flowers that the locust tree gave him.
Oh, yes, he always felt that the locust flowers given by the locust tree were useful, and now he carries them with him like a treasure.
"You're not in good spirits at all. You're already old, and if you keep getting older, you'll die before you can even arrange everything."
As the mayor spoke, he carefully took out the bunch of small locust flowers from his small leather bag, and reluctantly picked two from the top and handed them to the village chief of the upstream village.
He listened to the village chief's words. The village chief didn't know why the hexagram in his dream told them not to leave the mountains. He only found out yesterday and had met Ying Huai.
He was sure that the reason why the village chief of Shangyou Village did not leave was definitely the locust tree in Daxi Village!
If you calculate the straight-line distance between the two villages, they are very close.
It’s just separated by two mountains. The upstream village is located at a higher position, so it looks far away as you go around.
If in the future, the locust tree in Daxi Village becomes stronger, it is not impossible for it to shelter the people in the upstream villages.
After running for two days, the people from both villages expressed their unwillingness to go down the mountain, and the inside story made it impossible for them to refuse.
Right now, whether it is the locust tree in Daxi Village or the ability of the village chief of Shangyou Village to read fortunes in dreams, they will definitely be very useful in the future. In the end, he really has no choice but to help cover it up and follow their ideas.
The only good thing is that with the ability of the village chief of Shangyou Village, he can know a little about this ever-changing world because of the hexagrams in his dreams, so he will not be confused about the future.
As for the locust tree in Daxi Village, it was his last guarantee.
Thinking of this, the mayor felt fortunate that he was lucky enough.
When he took office in such a remote place, faced with the sudden changes in the world and saw that he had no ability to resist at all, there were two people who looked extraordinary who appeared in the area he governed and became his helpers.
These two villages would definitely not move down for the time being. After he returned, he thought of a way to contact his family and fool some of the people there.
His family must have contributed to his ability to become the mayor at such an age.
In addition, the young people who were brought here to fill in the numbers and gain experience when Village Chief Wu wanted to introduce Tang Tang to someone were all brought here by him.
Those people were the remnants of his family members’ connections for him, and they were the children of those connected families.
Those who can follow him are basically those who follow the same policy as their family, and they can be trusted.
But if they were asked to follow his wishes, give up their already lowly grassroots status, and go to a rural village to become village officials, they would definitely not be happy.
Thinking about it, the mayor began to consider that since the allies he could trust might not be willing, then he could only use his confidants whom he had promoted.
Thinking of this, he turned his gaze to the secretary who was organizing documents for him.
Any normal person would not give up his current glamorous and high-level job and go down to the lowest level to become a village official just because of the leader's judgment.
But he felt a little unwilling to give up without asking.
It is not easy for him to move to the cadre position in Daxi Village. If he does, Mr. Wu will definitely glare at him, which will be detrimental to the future relationship. However, Shangyou Village does not have this concern.
He knew the temperament of the village chief Dai from Shangyou Village. Far from thinking that he was trying to place something in the village, the other party would be very happy. This was a sign that he, as the mayor, trusted and valued Shangyou Village.
"Xiao Liu, come and sit down."
The mayor thought about it and decided to ask his secretary what he thought.
"Are you aware of some of the unusual things that have happened recently?"
Facing the mayor's question, Secretary Liu was very calm. He reached out to push his glasses and nodded.
"Well, I followed you throughout the whole process. I sorted out a lot of the information here, so I have a pretty good understanding of it."
"That's good. We'll go up the mountain to Daxi Village and Shangyou Village these past two days. Some things have happened there, but they're slightly more important than what's happening in town right now."
As the mayor spoke, he raised his eyes and fixed his gaze on Xiao Liu.
Faced with the mayor's somewhat serious expression, and recalling the threat the mayor had made to Village Chief Wu in Daxi Village when the village chief's trickery was not satisfactory, Xiao Liu had a guess in his mind.
"You mean, Daxi Village?"
Xiao Liu asked softly.
"No, that village is xenophobic. Even if we let you go, they'll get angry and affect our work."
The mayor shook his head when he heard Xiao Liu's guess.
"It's Shangyou Village. They're short of a village official. I'd like you to go. Would you consider it?"
When he said this, the mayor himself felt a little embarrassed. No one would be willing to be demoted from a high-ranking official in the town to a low-level cadre in a lower-level village.
His position has been downgraded instead of promoted as his seniority has increased. Just thinking about it makes me feel that he is not a good leader.
"good."
Contrary to his usual behavior, after listening to the mayor's words, Xiao Liu thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement.
He had worked with the mayor for such a long time that he had some understanding of him.
Although the other party looks young, his judgment on some things is definitely not something that someone like him who has climbed up from the bottom can understand.
His background gave him a natural halo, allowing him to know, understand, and be better educated.
Compared with the rules and judgments that are gradually learned after joining the system, what is learned from childhood is just a basic training for children from families like the mayor's.
The mayor, who grew up in such an environment, set his sights on the two villages on the mountain and finally attached great importance to them. Secretary Xiao Liu knew that this was his second chance.
His last chance was to use his connections to get close to this young leader who was not favored by others. In the end, he became the secretary who was transferred with him and his rank was promoted.
So what kind of outcome would this opportunity ultimately produce? Thinking of the possible future, Secretary Liu's eyes lit up with anticipation.
He is like a gambler who is constantly looking for forks in his life and opening the gambling table. Every step he takes carries risks.
The mayor didn't know what Xiao Liu was thinking, nor did he need to know. He just smiled with satisfaction when he saw that he agreed.
"Okay! Xiao Liu, don't worry, your decision will definitely not be wrong. Trust my judgment."
As the mayor spoke, he reached out and patted Secretary Liu on the shoulder.
Of course, there was one more thing he didn't say.
Even if his judgment is wrong, he has a way to save himself. He has someone behind him, and he has the confidence that someone will cover him if he fails.
Xiao Liu had nothing, but he still trusted him so much and followed his decisions. This made the mayor's trust in Xiao Liu increase again.
"When you leave later, take the second file in my drawer with you. Put it away after you've read it and don't let anyone know."
The mayor said this and turned to do his own thing.
Part of this document is about the affairs of Daxi Village and Shangyou Village that he sorted out in the past two days, and the rest is what he asked his family for. Now it is only known to the people above and has not been circulated downwards.
For example, the mutant plants and animals in the laboratory have increased in strength, and the attacks they produce are comparable to the most common mechanical attacks.
The official upper echelons are secretly searching for unusual people who are absorbing...
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