Chapter 260

On the soft and comfortable bed, the little boy Huang Jing rubbed the pillow, smacked his mouth a few times, then slowly opened his eyes, and saw Chen Hongmei sitting by the bed.

"wake up?"

"Yeah." The little boy huddled under the quilt and didn't remember that in the southwestern countryside in winter, it really takes a lot of courage to get up.

Chen Hongmei smiled, "Look, where did you sleep?"

The little boy shrank his neck and pulled the quilt around his neck tighter, "Sleeping on the bed."

"Which bed?"

The little boy looked down suspiciously, then sat up suddenly, his little face was first surprised, then puzzled, and finally turned pale with fright, "Mom, I didn't mean to you"

"Okay! Lie down first." Chen Hongmei pushed him back on the bed, picked up the quilt and covered him.

Feeling the warm and comfortable touch of the palm, and the light weight, she couldn't help but touch it a few more times, thinking that if she was rich in the future, she would buy a quilt like this, and she would be satisfied in winter.

Distracting thoughts disappeared in a flash, she smiled and picked up the little boy's clothes from the side, and while helping him put them on, she said, "Expert Xu said, you can sleep if you want, it's fine."

The little boy snorted, "I won't sleep with him!"

Chen Hongmei smiled narrowly, "Then how did you climb up last night?"

The little boy blushed, "I was looking for you."

Chen Hongmei scratched his nose, "Okay, wake up, mom will boil water for you to take a bath today, don't dirty the bed for Expert Xu."

Layers of "onion skin" wrapped around his body brought warmth and bloat at the same time. The little boy was led out by his mother, "Where's the old man?"

Chen Hongmei smiled and said, "Your old man went to the town to sell oranges, and Expert Xu went to the village committee to handle errands."

The little boy pouted, "I didn't ask him!"

Chen Hongmei brought porridge and kimchi, and took an egg, "Okay, let's eat. Men, don't be so stingy! Didn't Expert Xu even send you a gift to apologize!"

The little boy turned his head to look, and the exquisite box was still on the cabinet intact.

He pursed his lips and silently planed his meal.

Xu Jiyuan sat in the office of the Niujiao Village Committee.

This is an office exclusive to him, which is the treatment only given to the village director and the village party secretary.

No matter how Niujiao Village understands experts and science and technology, since Secretary Huo invited them here, and since he came to help them get rid of poverty and become rich, the village committee headed by Huang Youquan still respected him enough .

At [-]:[-], a staff member of the village committee knocked on the door, "Expert Xu, Commissioner Fan is here, and the village chief called me to invite you to a meeting."

"okay!"

Xu Jiyuan stood up in response, and went to the meeting room with a stack of materials and work notebooks.

In the conference room, Fan Fusheng, the organization member of Qianfu Town, led a town staff, and was sitting and chatting with a group of cadres from the Niujiao Village Committee. Without any explanation, Xu Jiyuan was pushed to the main seat and sat down.

"Captain Huang, let's start!" Fan Fusheng glanced at Huang Youquan.

Huang Youquan nodded, "First of all, I would like to thank the town committee and town government for their great efforts."

Fan Fusheng interrupted directly: "Don't talk nonsense, everyone here is our own, let's get down to business."

Xu Jiyuan glanced at him, and thought to himself: The staff in Qianfu town are all pretty good, much better than those fat-headed people who only know how to talk and eat.

He was originally a young man, and he lived in this age of cockroaches and spiders. He had a subconscious prejudice against people and things in the system. After contacting the cadres of Qianfu Town these few times, his perception improved a lot.

Huang Youquan smiled awkwardly, "Commissioner Fan is right, then let's get down to business. According to the communication meeting held in the town the day before yesterday and the plan provided by the expert group, we are now going to discuss the land acquisition and transplanting plan for a fruit garden .”

"Leaders and experts don't need to worry about land acquisition. Our Murakami promises to do it well. We need leaders and experts to give us advice on the transplanting plan!"

"En." Fan Fusheng nodded, looked at Xu Jiyuan, "Expert Xu, I need your advice on this transplanting plan."

Xu Jiyuan said modestly: "It's not about teaching, let's study and discuss together."

In these verbal exchanges, Xu Jiyuan's coping was not to say how good it was, at least it lived up to his family's education and was stable.

Fan Fusheng smiled slightly, took out a cigarette and distributed it to everyone, and said with a smile: "Before I came, I reported to Secretary Huo and the mayor of Qingfeng. What Secretary Huo meant was that there are two core points in this transplanting plan. , How to protect the interests of the villagers, improve cooperation and execution; and, how to rationalize the layout, try not to go back and make long-term plans. What does Expert Xu think?"

"It's really well said." Xu Jiyuan nodded and said: "Secretary Huo is worthy of being an expert in rural work. These two points are also two points that our expert group recommends that Niujiao Village must do well. According to our experience, the specific In other words, transplanting subsidies, coping methods for various situations, and income distribution methods must be well designed, and then the layout of the planting area must be properly planned. If there is a large demand for irrigation water, more irrigation culverts should be built; soil fertility requirements Higher ones should be deep plowed and fertilized in advance; those with requirements for soil porosity and light, all of these must be set up in advance according to the situation. In addition, road traffic conditions should also be taken into consideration. Otherwise, it will take much more effort to wait until the future park is formed to make adjustments.”

Everyone nodded repeatedly, don't look at other young people, this expert is indeed an expert!
Fan Fusheng also nodded approvingly, "In this case, let's discuss each item one by one! Let's start with this transplant."

The basic logic of this question is that the original fruit trees in the village (mostly grapefruit and red orange trees) belonged to the individual villagers, but now they have to be gathered together and become the village’s own. The original owner compensated, otherwise who would be happy!
However, from Murakami's point of view, the amount of this compensation, how to define it, and in what way are all worthy of careful study.

In the past two days, the entire plan was basically discussed and formed.

Fan Fusheng only came here on the morning of the first day, but he left a staff member here, and he was given all kinds of support. No one said anything. He was the leader of the town, not just the cadres of Niujiao Village.

The next night, Xu Jiyuan stayed up late with the staff of the village committee, finally finalized the plan and reported it to the town.

After tidying up his things briefly, Xu Jiyuan got up and stretched, and walked out of the office, only to see Huang Yuanfa waiting at the door trembling with a cigarette in his mouth and a flashlight.

He hurriedly said: "Brother Huang, why are you standing outside, come in quickly!"

Huang Yuanfa grinned, "It's nothing to worry about, I'll come in to disturb you as you are busy with business."

Xu Jiyuan turned around and walked into the room, poured a cup of hot water from the kettle, took it out and handed it to Huang Yuanfa, "Brother Huang, come and drink some water."

Huang Yuanfa was not polite, picked it up and poured it into his mouth. Before Xu Jiyuan could say "careful scalding", Huang Yuanfa was trembling from the heat, and it was difficult to spit it out. He could only inhale in his mouth, and finally swallowed it. Now, with an embarrassed smile, "Oh, it will be hot after a while (it will be warm after a while)!"

Xu Jiyuan smiled, "Let's go! We're going back!"

A night passed quietly, and when the morning light came again, Xu Jiyuan got up from the bed, looked at the specially reserved empty pillow, and smiled wryly.

For three nights in a row, the little boy didn't come back.

It seems that my little psychological construction also has a bit of self-satisfaction.

After a brief wash, Xu Jiyuan and Huang Yuanfa went out together after eating a bowl of ordinary porridge with some kimchi.

According to the agreement with the village chief, today we will conduct a field investigation in the concentrated grapefruit tree planting area, measure the land, determine the planting quantity, planting interval, location of irrigation culverts, etc.

When the two arrived at the appointed location, several old farmers who had been notified had already arrived and waited there.

Some are holding cigarette sticks, some are holding cigarettes, sitting on the bluestone by the roadside, chatting slowly.

Xu Jiyuan and Huang Yuanfa approached slowly, and before they could say hello, they heard an old farmer's words.

"You don't take what that expert said too seriously. Qinggouzi (described as young) has no hair at all, so you can count on what you say!"

Huang Yuanfa's complexion changed, and he was about to speak when Xu Jiyuan stopped him.

Another old farmer also nodded and said: "Damn, the village chief is serious. Let's just yell and let it go."

"Let me see, the village head doesn't necessarily take it seriously. Didn't the officials in the town invite him to do it! You have to give the officials face!"

"Okay, you guys, it's the same thing whether you listen or not, don't run all the way, you should respect it!"

"Respect, no one can say no to disrespect! But there is no problem if you don't listen!"

"Cough cough." At this time, Huang Yuanfa coughed heavily, causing everyone to turn around, and then his expression changed instantly.

"Oh, Expert Xu, here we come!" Someone greeted embarrassingly.

Xu Jiyuan nodded lightly, and on the other side, the village chief also walked over quickly with someone.

Huang Yuanfa looked at Xu Jiyuan a little bit, saw that he was calm, and discussed the matter with the village chief as usual, he was a little relieved, and looked at those old men with somewhat complaining eyes, you people like to say bad things behind their backs If you complain a little, everyone can't help you, but don't let others encounter it!This cantaloupe is up (this is an idiot)!

According to previous measurements, the pomelo park now has nearly [-] mu, which is mainly used for transplanting existing pomelo plants.

Another [-] mu of land is in the process of promoting transfer procedures and leveling the land. After preparation, it will be mainly used to cultivate seedlings.

At that time, the entire Niujiao Village will have [-] acres of pomelo orchards. Whether there will be more in the future will be adjusted according to the situation.

Then everyone determined the location of the irrigation culverts and the technical requirements for planting.

Huang Youquan nodded without hesitation to Xu Jiyuan's suggestion of planting 50 meters apart and row spacing 60 meters, and planting [-]-[-] plants per mu, "Yes! No problem, we will follow the scientific method."

"Village chief! I'm afraid it's not going to happen!"

"Damn, you only need to plant a little bit of land per acre, how can you make money!"

"I don't think it's necessary to believe everything the experts say. We've been growing grapefruits for decades, so we still know which ones to grow!"

Xu Jiyuan didn't refute, but just looked at the land in front of him calmly.

Huang Youquan remembered Secretary Huo's reminder to him on the phone last night, and couldn't help admiring Secretary Huo's foresight.

He looked stern, stared at these old men, "Which one in Murakami has been planting grapefruit for decades, the problem is that there is nothing to grow! A lot of money has been planted! Continue to be the same as before." Whoa, earn money, earn money? Earn a poker! If you are so capable, it is my turn to worry about these things?"

These words choked several old men speechless, and the matter was settled like this.

After a busy day, I made an appointment to check the existing grapefruit trees in the village one by one tomorrow, and everyone dispersed.

Huang Youquan took the initiative to follow Xu Jiyuan all the way, smiled and handed over a cigarette, "Expert Xu, don't go, worry, they are not targeting you."

Huang Yuanfa hesitated for a moment, and said, "Village Chief, you are wrong, they are targeting Expert Xu!"

After speaking, he told what he had heard before. After hearing this, Huang Youquan was taken aback, stomped his feet, and gritted his teeth, "These old bastards, open their mouths to talk nonsense! Lao Tzu Le Haer (now) go find them! Call them to apologize to Expert Xu!"

"Village head!" Xu Jiyuan stopped him and waved his hand, "It's really all right. In fact, I can understand what the old people said. I am indeed young, and all such big things are under my arrangement. To be honest, if it weren't for There are my teachers behind me, and I have no confidence, let alone them."

As he spoke, he laughed at himself, and then said: "As for other things, it's easier to understand. If those things that have been done for half a lifetime are denied, these old people will feel that the whole person has been denied, and they will lose face. Resistance is inevitable. But since the village head has convinced everyone, let’s work hard and make achievements, and the old people will naturally accept it.”

He looked at the two of them and smiled, "So, don't worry about me, I'm fine."

Huang Yuan made a fortune. Outside the dam in front of the gate, there is a low fort ridge. Below the fort ridge is a bamboo forest and farmland. Looking from a high position, the scenery is not bad.

These days Xu Jiyuan would occasionally sit here and smoke a cigarette, watching the scenery or something.

But after returning home today, looking at Xu Jiyuan who was still sitting there with a stool, the uneducated Huang Yuanfa suddenly felt inexplicably that Expert Xu looked a little lonely.

The little boy who was dressed less sloppily these days was standing not far away, holding a "big brother" made of mud in his hand, looking over there, his big eyes were full of curiosity.

After dinner, Xu Jiyuan looked at the little boy playing around with Huang Yuanfa, and said with a smile, "Is there any more sugar? Give me one?"

The little boy hesitated and ran away.

Xu Jiyuan shook his head and smiled, exhaling a lonely smoke ring.

It was another morning, Xu Jiyuan and Huang Yuanfa arrived at a pomelo grove according to yesterday's agreement.

With the lesson from yesterday, Huang Youquan arrived very early today, and when Xu Jiyuan and Huang Yuanfa arrived, he immediately pulled everyone to start working.

Today's work task is not complicated. It is to sort out and register the pomelo trees in the village one by one, how many trees are there in each household, where are they, and the quality is good, etc.

Because it's about subsidies, it's not a trivial matter in the village, so it can't be done by just one or two people, and you have to convince the crowd, so you pulled a team of about ten people and set off together, following the established route, to one plant and one plant. Look at the plant, and then make statistics and book.

Regarding this matter, some people in the village really thought carefully and planted some seedlings secretly in order to subsidize it, but they were directly exposed by Huang Youquan and everyone who had been prepared for a long time.

These people dare to fight against the officials, but they usually don't dare to fight with the village cadres, especially this team includes not only the village cadres, but also many old people with good prestige in the same village.

After walking for a while, everyone came to a field and counted the trees as usual, when Xu Jiyuan suddenly called out, "Wait a minute!"

Under the surprised eyes of everyone, he walked up to two grapefruit trees next to each other, looked at the misty irregular yellowing area on the leaves, and carefully looked at the veins of the leaves, and finally squatted down to look at the roots of the grapefruit trees. He raised his head and said, "These two trees are sick, so we can't take them."

An old man's expression changed immediately, "Why can't you want it!"

He is the owner of this piece of grapefruit tree, registered at his house, so he naturally followed to see, but unexpectedly heard Xu Jiyuan say that.

Xu Jiyuan stood up and said calmly: "These two trees have Huanglongbing disease, and the Huanglongbing disease will spread and spread, so they must not be transplanted in the garden. Moreover, it is best to dig out the roots of these two trees, burn them or destroy."

The old man became anxious immediately. The two trees are the subsidy of the two trees. When it comes to money, he doesn't care about respect or disrespect, and cursed: "Fuck your mother! My tree is very good!"

Huang Youquan yelled and cursed: "Be careful when talking to experts!"

Xu Jiyuan said coldly: "You know better than me whether these two trees are sick or not. Their flowering period is earlier than other trees, and they have a lot of flowers, and the fruits they bear are smaller than normal fruits. They mature early and have less water and skin. Thick and bland. Don’t you know these things?”

"I know a hammer! Don't talk nonsense over there! The grapefruit in my house is delicious! You green hook child can't understand the ball, so don't speak yellow accents there."

The old man's emotions became more and more agitated, and his speech gradually became difficult to sound.

Speaking of excitement, he even picked up a clod of mud from the ground and pinched it in his hand, making a gesture to hit him.

Huang Yuan made a dodge in front of Xu Jiyuan, "Fifth Lord, don't act recklessly!"

Huang You looked ugly all over the place, "Old Wu, you dare to do something! Don't blame me for lighting a fire for you today!"

The old man took a sip, "If you want to burn the fire, hit the fire, whoever is afraid of who! You don't think you are the village chief, I am afraid! If you want to burn my tree, there is no way!"

Xu Jiyuan said: "I just said that this tree can't be moved into the park, but I can't control whether Murakami wants to accept it and give you subsidies, so it's useless for you to argue with me."

The old man was taken aback, what is it?Still get subsidies?

He turned his head to look at Huang Youquan whose complexion was colder than the weather, and squeezed out a smile that was uglier than bitter, "Village Chief, if the subsidy is returned, you can do whatever you want!"

Huang Youquan rolled his eyes and remained silent.

The old man rolled his eyes and looked at Xu Jiyuan, "Expert Xu, you are right, you are so good at predicting things, my two trees are indeed sick, this year's grapefruits are sparse (poor), I just gave You're kidding."

In the end, the matter was finally revealed, but Huang Youquan didn't promise anything in person. He just focused on registering the two trees and this grapefruit tree. The specific method will be reported to the town after a thorough investigation.

After all, it was the town that paid for it.

There are so many trees in the whole village, of course one day is not enough. When it was five o'clock and dusk was looming in the sky, everyone finished their work for the day and went back to their respective homes.

Huang Youquan walked home with Xu Jiyuan and Huang Yuanfa as usual.

"Expert Xu, you've worked hard today. Some people in the village are uneducated and don't understand the rules. Don't mind! Don't affect your work status."

Xu Jiyuan waved his hand, "It's okay."

He turned his head to look at the two worried faces, and smiled, "It's really fine, why would I care about them!"

Huang Youquan and Huang Yuanfa looked at each other and sighed.

Back home, Huang Yuanfa saw Xu Jiyuan sitting on the edge of the courtyard dam again, staring at the distance in a daze, shaking his head and pursing his mouth, and sighed softly.

Chen Hongmei bumped into him, and whispered: "What's wrong with Expert Xu? I think he's been in a bad mood these two days? He only eats a little."

Huang Yuanfa spoke in a few words, and then said: "I used to think that Expert Xu was not good, but this time it is obviously different from before. They are sincerely helping the village. Those people really went too far! They almost did it! "

"What did the village chief say?"

"Of course the village chief is standing on his side, otherwise Expert Xu would not have moved the ball!" Huang Yuanfa sighed again, "But I feel uncomfortable! Putting a hot face on a cold butt, kindly treat it as a donkey's liver and lungs, and it doesn't matter what else it is So good!"

Chen Hongmei nodded, "Go and comfort me! I'm going in to make dinner!"

"mom!"

Chen Hongmei, who was about to go back to the kitchen, was pulled by a small hand, "Mom! I want candy!"

"What to eat!" Chen Hongmei said with a straight face, "I agreed to take one for three days, but you only ate one the day before yesterday, and you can eat it the day after tomorrow!"

"Wow"

The little boy cried unreasonably.

Chen Hongmei glanced at Xu Jiyuan who was not far away, stomped his feet, and dragged him in helplessly to get candies, while cursing in a low voice: "I'll clean you up tomorrow!"

Xu Jiyuan stared blankly ahead, the scenery was in his eyes, but not in his heart.

He is indeed a little uncomfortable.

When he came here this time, he was fully prepared mentally, and he didn't treat himself as a son of a bitch.

Because with his heart, he knew that what Professor Qi and his father told him was correct.

In the first few days after arriving here, although he was a little uncomfortable, he felt good. The kindness everyone treated him and the cruel reality of the countryside moved him a lot, and he secretly made up his mind. To do this time well for them, inherit the banner of the father's generation, and not waste my life.

However, after these two days, he discovered that he was still an outsider.

These people respected him, cared for him, and even flattered him, all because of their interests.

They will sneer and ridicule behind their backs, saying things that are completely different from what they said in person.

When their interests conflict, they will ruthlessly tear off the veil of warmth, revealing a ferocious and ugly face.

This is only what he saw temporarily, and there are more things he doesn't know or see.

Even Huang Youquan, the village head, gave him firm support, but he was worried that his emotions would affect the future of the village.

The real purest one, the little boy in this family, no matter how he showed his favor, didn't he keep alienating and rejecting himself from beginning to end.

Perhaps this is their true attitude!
Xu Jiyuan laughed at himself, he thought of the people here too badly before, but now he thinks of them too well.

Just as he was thinking, a small hand patted his shoulder lightly.

Xu Jiyuan turned his head in surprise, and saw the little boy standing beside him.

"Is something wrong?"

The little boy didn't answer, but stretched out his hand, his five fingers spread out, and on his palm lay an ordinary and cheap candy quietly.

He opened a pair of big black and clear eyes, and his small face was full of seriousness.

"When I'm unhappy, just eat a candy. Why don't you eat one!"

Xu Jiyuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly an inexplicable feeling rose in his heart.

He hesitated and reached out, and took the candy.

He could see that the little boy was very reluctant, but he still tried his best not to take back his hand.

He slowly peeled off the sugar coating and put it in his mouth.

A hint of sweetness smeared in his mouth, it tasted very bad, but he frowned, "It's very sweet."

The little boy's throat rolled and he swallowed.

"Expert Xu!"

At one end of the yard, the village chief's familiar voice sounded.

Xu Jiyuan stood up, and the village chief smiled and shook the two plastic bags in his hand, "I just went to the town to cut some braised vegetables, and I'm here to have a drink with you."

Xu Jiyuan suddenly smiled, very happily.

At the dinner table, Xu Jiyuan found that Chen Hongmei had not only cooked one more dish, but it was all his favorite food these days.

He raised his head, Chen Hongmei smiled, "I don't know what you like to eat, I just see what you cook."

Huang Yuanfa said: "Eat more if you like it, you haven't eaten well in the past two days!"

Xu Jiyuan nodded, picked up his chopsticks, and said with a smile, "Okay!"

In the middle of the moon, a small black figure silently climbed onto the stool placed at the foot of the bed, and got into Xu Jiyuan's bed.

Xu Jiyuan smiled slightly, and gently tucked the quilt for him.

Life isn't that good, but it's not that bad either.

worth it.

 Big chapter, change first and then change.

  
 
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