Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

Chapter 121: Second Hand Dealer, Fighting Flood

"Hey, you're quite arrogant. Let me tell you, we're performing our duties. Don't you agree? Do you want me to call the police station over?"

The man was too embarrassed to give way.

A colleague tugged at his sleeve, signaling him to let it go and not make things more complicated.

Unexpectedly, the man became even more excited and became more and more excited as he spoke.

"Then go call the police station and let them judge the situation."

Fang Wei didn't want to directly conflict with this person, so he followed up with a sentence.

"Okay! You guys wait. Someone go get Li Gongan over here. I don't believe we can't handle these guys."

It was nothing at first, but because of his attitude, things got bigger and bigger.

Seeing that things had developed to this point, his colleagues had no choice but to call for help.

This place was not far from the commune police station. Soon, Fang Wei and others saw "Public Security Officer Li" in uniform.

"What's going on? You guys come down first and tell me your identities."

Of course, Public Security Li knew several people from the "Da Ba Ban" group, but he did not know Fang Wei and the others, so he went straight forward to verify their identities.

Both sides began to recount what had happened, one after another, and Li An'an frowned as he listened.

Fang Wei and his friends came out today to hand in the live pigs, so they naturally brought letters of introduction, so there was no problem with their identities.

"I don't think it's a big deal. There's just a misunderstanding between you two. How about just let it go?"

Li Gongan figured out the whole story and felt a little amused and helpless.

These people from Yaoling Commune came out to hand in the pig task and came to the market at the same time, so there was nothing wrong with that.

The few people from the "Da Ba Ban" were indeed performing their official duties when they caught speculators, but they didn't catch anyone. What does it have to do with them?
People have told you not to pay attention, what else can you do?

So he started to smooth things over, trying to persuade both sides to calm down and get on with their business.

"How can we just let it go? Public Security Li, they're obstructing us from performing our duties. They might even know the guy who ran away. They're just covering up for illegal activities."

The person who caused the trouble no longer cared and directly put the blame on Fang Wei and others.

Now Fang Wei was unwilling to do so. He didn't want to cause trouble, but that didn't mean he was afraid of it.

"You're just using chicken feathers as a token of authority to do whatever you want. You asked me if I saw anyone running over, and I said I didn't notice. But you kept going to look for them. Why are you trying to compete with us?

Which eye of yours saw that the person I was talking about knew you? Don't think that just because you have this status, you can wrongly accuse people. Let's go to the commune now. If the commune can't solve the problem, we will go to the county."

Fang Wei didn't plan to indulge this guy. He didn't do anything today, but ended up running into such an idiot.

If he wanted to make a fuss, he would make it a big one, even to the commune or the county. He was not afraid at all.

At this time, several people came over. Li Gongan was the first to see them and hurried over.

Secretary Yan

"What's going on? Why's all the noise?"

"What's going on?"

The visitor was Secretary Yan Zian of Qianjin Commune. Today was the big market day, and he planned to walk around and get to know some of the situation.

As a result, I encountered such a thing as soon as I went out.

He then walked forward with Li Gongan and only then could he see Fang Wei's appearance clearly.

"Captain Fang? You're a rare guest, and you don't even come sit with me. Yu Fugui, do you know who he is? He's Fang Wei, the inventor of the [Nanguang No. 1] rice seed, and a big shot in Yaoling Commune and the county.

I say, did you take the right medicine this morning? Why pick on him when you could pick on anyone else? He has nothing to do with you, don't make a fuss, just apologize and leave.

Of course, I can't control you, so it's up to you if you don't want to listen to my advice."

Yan Zian and Fang Wei have no conflicts, but they don't like each other either.

But in today's matter, it was obvious that Yu Fugui, who was in charge, was not in the right. If this were to be brought to the county, this guy would probably be skinned alive.

Many commune leaders dislike Fang Wei simply because of collective interests, not because of any personal grudges.

Now this problem has been preliminarily solved. In the future, they will only deal with other production teams in Xiatang Brigade. The cost of exchanging seeds has been reduced by half, and the previous conflicts have also faded.

It would have been fine if Yan Zian hadn't encountered this incident today, but now that he had, he couldn't let Fang Wei suffer any loss, otherwise, the two big bosses Xue Yumin and Tang Ze would have eaten him up, right?

The "Dababan" is a county agency, and nominally he has no control over it, but he still has some things to say.

The troublemaker's face flushed red. He said that Secretary Yan had no power over him, but with just one word from him, he could get rid of his job.

Does he dare to resist?
"I'm sorry, it's my fault. I apologize."

In the end, the desire to survive prevailed, and no one cared about face.

He lowered his head and apologized with difficulty, then he and his colleagues ran away.

"Secretary Yan, thank you! We'll be leaving first. If you have the chance to visit the team later, I'll treat you to a drink."

Fang Wei and Yan Zian were not familiar with each other, but since the other party stood up for him today, he still had to say some polite words to him.

"Okay, I really want to visit your team later."

"Welcome Secretary Yan to guide our work! It's getting late, and we have to hurry back. Secretary Yan, Public Security Li, goodbye."

Fang Wei immediately said goodbye, and Deng Yuanen drove the tractor back to the village.

When he entered the house, Fang Ping saw that he was carrying a sack and asked, "What did you buy?"

"Oh, forget it! I just bought some vegetable seeds and this is what happened."

Fang Wei went into the house and put down the sack. The sack of soybean seeds was not large, weighing about fifty or sixty kilograms.
He took a sip of tea and then recounted what happened today at Qianjinwei from beginning to end.

"Some people in the gang are just like that. Ignore them. But that middleman must know you, otherwise why would he throw something on the tractor?"

The Fang brothers had dealt with that unknown middleman before, but there was nothing to worry about.

Even if others know my background, times have changed and I am not afraid of what others say.

He just talks about things.

"That's probably the case. These seeds aren't cheap, they cost several hundred yuan. I think he'll come knocking on my door later. Brother, I'm just curious where he got these seeds from."

Fang Wei didn't expect that there were people dealing in the seeds of [Yaoling Soybean].

The price of soybeans this year is much lower than in the previous two years. The price has dropped a lot, but high-yield soybean seeds are still in short supply.

This provides profit margin for middlemen, but this kind of soybean seeds is difficult to obtain, and he suspects that they leaked from Wei Guanghua.

But the truth soon slapped him in the face.

evening.

The Fang family had just sat down to have dinner when Tian Bingyi suddenly walked in.

"Brother-in-law, you haven't eaten yet? Come and have something to eat with us."

Fang Wei greeted him with a smile, and Tian Bingyi didn't hesitate and walked straight to the table and sat down.

Tian Guihua went to serve him some rice, but it was definitely not enough. Who knew he would come so suddenly? But it didn't matter. There were still steamed sweet potatoes at home, so I could just heat up a few. Fang Ping poured a bowl of wine for his brother-in-law and asked, "What's the matter with you rushing over here in such a hurry?"

"What else could it be? Wang Baogang's brother-in-law threw a bag of soybean seeds on my third brother's tractor and asked me to come and plead for mercy.

Third brother, even though that guy is not worth much, for Wang Baogang's sake, give him back."

After Tian Bingyi finished speaking, the Fang brothers couldn't help but look at each other.

Now we know how the soybean seeds flowed out. It was 100% certain that they flowed out of Wang Baogang's hands.

Wang Baogang was the team leader of Tian Bingyi's production team. The Fang brothers were not familiar with him, but they had a good relationship with Tian Bingyi.

"Bingyi, I sold the soybean seeds to your team, and you're just going to resell them? Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"

Fang Ping was a little unhappy and retorted directly.

"Brother, Third Brother, it's not what you think. The team has expanded the soybean planting area this year, and we don't have enough seeds, so the team leader asked his brother-in-law to help buy some outside."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? If you had, why couldn't I have left some for you?"

"We didn't plan to plant that much, but the purchasing station came to our door and placed an order a few days ago, so the captain decided to plant some more."

After all, it’s all because of the seed shortage.

In fact, it was useful for Tian Bingyi to come to Fang Wei. There must be a way to solve the problem of the 180 kilograms of soybean seeds.

"Okay, take this sack of seeds back after dinner, and avoid dealing with middlemen in the future."

Fang Ping didn't want to ask any more questions, so everyone drank and ate, and the battle was quickly over.

Fang Wei didn't take this matter seriously and immediately put it behind him.

at night.

It was raining heavily outside. Fang Wei got up to check on the chickens, ducks and two hunting dogs. There was actually water in the yard.

When I woke up in the morning, the rain was still falling with no sign of abating.

He and Fang Ping put on their straw raincoats and went to the fields to take a look. There shouldn't be any major problems. The drainage was smooth. Zheng Hu had already taken some members to deal with it.

The rain lasted for three days and three nights. The water level of the small river not far from the village rose sharply, and the county town was flooded.

The county and the commune issued an emergency notice, requiring all production teams to be prepared for "flood control and disaster relief", especially to be wary of flash floods and river bursting.

The second team's large pump roared continuously. The pumping effect was good, but it probably wouldn't last long.

The water level in the river has exceeded the warning line. If it continues like this, where will the pumped water be discharged?
Zheng Xianfa convened a meeting at the brigade headquarters and required each production team to protect the part of the river embankment under their management.

After Fang Wei returned, he led his men to guard the riverside strictly. He arranged a patrol every few meters, and if he found any danger, he would report it immediately and he would send reinforcements.

Fortunately, the riverbed of this river is deep, and the water level did not continue to rise after reaching the warning line.

The section under the responsibility of Xiatang Brigade was not very stressful, but the members still fought hard on the river bank for three days and three nights.

The rain began to weaken and there was no significant increase in water flow from upstream.

"Huzi, withdraw some of the men. The rest of you will take turns on duty. Keep a close eye on them and don't let your guard down."

Fang Wei was still worried, so he waited a few days before withdrawing everyone.

It rained a few more times intermittently, but the rainfall was not heavy and did not pose any threat.

"Third brother, I've counted the losses, and the team hasn't suffered much. Luckily, we've built a new drainage ditch and a pump, otherwise we really wouldn't be able to handle it this time."

The rainy season is coming to an end, and Zheng Hu tells Fang Wei that the situation in the team is pretty good.

After the weather cleared up, Fang Wei went into the mountains.

When he arrived at the valley, everything in front of him became unfamiliar.

It was obvious that there had been a flash flood here. The acre of land that he and his elder brother had reclaimed had disappeared without a trace.

The valley was littered with large and small stones, wood, and debris, and it looked messy.

If crops were planted here this year, there would definitely be nothing left.

But after the mountain torrents, a large amount of soil was also washed down, making the valley more suitable for land reclamation and planting.

Fang Wei didn't have the mood for this now, so he just turned around and left.

Then I went to the hunting area and rearranged the traps. This was purely a matter of luck, but it was worth it even if I got something occasionally.

"gone."

After finishing his work, he shouted and two hunting dogs came running from a distance.

He started his journey home with his two dogs and even managed to catch lunch.

Before the Dragon Boat Festival, the team slaughtered two more pigs.

The members are no longer surprised by this, but they are still very happy. In the eyes of most people, whether they can eat enough and whether they can eat meat is the hard indicator to measure the quality of life.

The early submission of the live pig task reduced the number of fat pigs by 7, and there were 80 pigs left in the [pig farm] at that time.

In addition to 39 piglets, there are 4 sows, 1 fat pig and 36 adult pigs that meet the standards for slaughter.

Uncle Wu picked out the big fat pig, and then randomly pulled up an adult pig, weighing a total of 476 kilograms.

[Pigs are produced, points +476, total points: 34232 points.]

[Pig Farm] There are 78 pigs left. Fang Wei plans to raise them for a while longer and then sell some of them.

After the pig was slaughtered, the meat was distributed and every member got a share.

Each person got an average of two and a half kilograms of pork, which was enough for the holiday.

In the past two days, Tian Guihua started making rice dumplings at home. The local rice dumplings are typical "alkaline rice dumplings" because wood ash is used when cooking.

The process is relatively complicated. The wood ash made from burning straw needs to be soaked, precipitated, filtered and other processes before the wood ash water can be poured into the pot.

In the past two years, everyone has more or less grown some glutinous rice on their own, which is more than enough for making rice dumplings.

"Little brother, I made some extra zongba. Can you send some to Grandpa and Sister Lianhua?"

Tian Guihua asked Fang Wei to go to the mountain village, and Fang Wei was naturally happy to do so.

So he took almost a basket of rice dumplings and took a shortcut to the Yao village.

Now, ordinary mountainous terrain cannot stop him at all, and poisonous insects, snakes and even ferocious beasts are no match for him.

However, he would definitely be fully armed and carry weapons when he went into the mountains.

This matter is not to be taken lightly. No matter how good his physical fitness is, he will not fight a beast with his bare hands.

"Third brother, you've worked hard. Is this the zongba my sister-in-law made? It looks delicious."

Pan Lianhua was very happy, and Grandpa was also very pleased that Fang Wei had arrived.

The marriage of the two young people has been decided, and they are actually a family now.

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)