Chapter 314 The Thought of Obtaining Food

Chapter 314 The Thought of Obtaining Food

Chapter 314 The Thought of Obtaining Food
Li Kailang went to other workshops, not knowing that the steel rolling mill almost suffered an unexpected disaster because of him.

However, even if he didn't care, the steel mill's punishment for him was at most to expel him from night college, and he would not be able to improve his academic qualifications.

His current junior high school education is enough for him to use for a long time. After all, not everyone can graduate from junior high school.

Many families, especially those in rural areas, only let their children read for a few years and stop them from reading once they can recognize a few words.

There are 100 students enrolled in the first grade, but there may be 20 fewer students in the third grade, and there may be only 50 students in the fifth grade.

At this grade, children are around 13 or 14 years old, and are able to work. As time goes by, fewer and fewer people study.

At this time, although the requirement is to start school at the age of 7, some children may start at the age of 10.

Before even taking the entrance exam, it’s already like a huge crowd trying to cross a single-plank bridge.

It is no wonder that students from technical secondary schools, junior colleges and undergraduate programs are so valuable. People are precious because they are rare.

Back to topic.

Li Kailang drove to the countryside with ease, and the first village he arrived at was naturally Qinjia Village.

The car stopped steadily at the entrance of the village. As soon as Li Kailang got out of the car, Village Chief Qin came up to greet him warmly.

He held Li Kailang's hand tightly, his eyes full of gratitude.

"Master Li, you are really a timely help to our village. The farm tools in the village have been worn out a lot, and the iron materials you sent this time really solved everyone's urgent needs."

Although some iron materials were sent back last year, they still could not keep up with the rate of loss.

Li Kailang smiled and waved his hand: "Village Chief Qin, you are too polite. Delivering iron materials is my job."

"Hurry up and arrange for someone to move the iron down, so as not to delay your work."

"Yes, yes." Village Chief Qin asked a few people to unload the iron materials, and then looked at Li Kailang, "Master Li, come over here and talk."

The two of them came to the side, and Village Chief Qin was a little embarrassed, "Master Li, can you send us some more iron materials?"

"You know the situation in our village. Farm tools wear out quickly. If we have more iron materials, everyone will be able to work more smoothly."

Just like last time, Village Chief Qin wanted a little more.

Li Kailang nodded: "I understand, but the iron materials I brought this time are indeed not as much as last time. You know, other villages also need these iron materials, I have to leave some for them."

"Of course." Village Chief Qin nodded. "Wait a moment, I'll get it for you."

Village chief Qin brought a bag of wild goods, all of which were wild vegetables and other worthless things.

Although they were all worthless wild vegetables, he really couldn't come up with anything better.

He explained awkwardly: "Master Li, I'm really sorry, the harvest this year was not good, and there is not much grain in the village. Please accept this little bit first, and I will make up for it next time."

The overall environment is not good. There is not much grain stored in the village, and the crops in the fields have not been harvested yet. No one is willing to take out the grain, so we can only give these things.

Li Kailang waved his hand and said, "Village Chief Qin, you are too polite. These wild goods are also very good. I like them very much."

Seeing this, Village Chief Qin felt relieved. He was glad that Li Kailang could accept it.

Li Kailang suddenly asked: "By the way, how is the farmland? Can we have a good harvest today?"

Hearing this, Village Chief Qin sighed and shook his head helplessly.

"What else can we do? Let's just leave it at that. It's good enough if we can guarantee a good harvest. We can't even hope for a bumper harvest. We will have to collect grain when the time comes. Life is really hard!"

Li Kailang saw that there was no one around, so he whispered:
"Village Chief Qin, since the harvest is not good this year, why don't we report less grain? This will not only reduce everyone's burden, but also allow everyone to have more food."

Village Chief Qin's face changed when he heard this, and he waved his hands repeatedly: "You can't do this, Master Li. The higher-ups have set targets for us, how can we miss this?"

Although he said so, Village Chief Qin's eyes were flickering, and he was obviously attracted by the proposal.

Li Kailang said: "Village Chief Qin, do you think we can meet the target given the grain situation in the fields?"

Hearing this, Village Chief Qin nodded decisively, then shook his head helplessly.

It is possible to complete it if you insist on doing so, but this will mean deducting everyone's food rations, so that there will be less food for everyone.

Li Kailang advised: "Look, you yourself don't believe you can complete it, why don't you pay less food? It's less anyway, so paying a little less or paying a little more is the same."

"Leave some more food for everyone to eat, so they can have the strength to work."

Li Kailang's words were tantamount to stealing the country's money. The harvest was already in jeopardy due to the disaster, and they had to pay less grain.

But Li Kailang was thinking about the suffering in the countryside. It was not a big deal if a village paid less grain. On the contrary, it could save many lives.

During the three years of disaster, the people who died the most were rural people. Most of their grain had to be handed over, so they were not able to get enough food and starved to death.

After all, life in cities is guaranteed. Although people may not have enough to eat, they will not starve to death. In rural areas, people will really starve to death.

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Village Chief Qin hesitated for a moment and finally sighed.

"Master Li, what you said makes sense. But doing this is against the rules after all. What if the higher-ups find out..."

Village Chief Qin shook his head repeatedly, but his slightly lowered head could not hide the twinkle in his eyes.

Li Kailang patted Village Chief Qin on the shoulder and said, "Village Chief Qin, don't worry. We are all doing this for the good of the villagers. As long as no one tells anyone, no one will know."

"Besides, this is just a temporary stopgap measure. We will make up the difference when the harvest is good next year."

Obviously, Village Chief Qin was very pleased with this proposal, but he did not have the courage to make this decision.

Seeing this, the words had been made clear, and Li Kailang stopped persuading him, "Village Chief Qin, I have something else to do, so I won't bother you anymore."

"You go about your business."

Li Kailang left some iron materials and drove away.

"Boom!" The truck went farther and farther away, leaving the villagers with envious eyes.

"It's good for city people. We can eat commercial grains. We don't have to work from dawn to dusk every day like we do and still go hungry."

"Yes, I heard that after the fourth brother's daughter married into the city, her life became very comfortable. She has food to eat every day and she can eat her fill."

"Ah, so, women still have to be beautiful and marry well to be happy, unlike us, who have to dig for food in the fields all their lives."

Everyone talked about their sufferings and their longing for life in the city.

Village chief Qin felt mixed emotions as he listened to the villagers' discussions.

"Alright, alright, stop watching. We still need people in the fields. Go and work."

Hearing this, everyone went to work on the farm.

Village Chief Qin watched the truck disappear at the end of his sight, and his eyes gradually became firm.

"For the sake of the village and everyone, I, as the village chief, should have done this a long time ago."

Village chief Qin made up his mind and knew he could not hesitate any longer.

In fact, Li Kailang didn't need to say it, Village Chief Qin had already made the decision to embezzle the food, he just lacked a fuse.

And Li Kailang’s words might be the fuse.

After delivering to Qinjia Village, Li Kailang continued to deliver to other villages without stopping.

Everyone watched the truck drive away, and like Qinjiacun, they all looked at it with envy.

"It's good for city people. They don't have to do farm work but have food to eat. They can get a stable income regardless of drought or flood. It's not like us. We work hard all day but can't earn a few cents." "Yeah, why didn't I go to the city before? If I had, I would be no worse off than Master Li now."

"There's not enough food in the village to begin with, and a lot of people have returned to compete with us for food. How can we still have enough to eat?"

Li Kailang paid no attention to everyone's envy.

He briefly mentioned his suggestions to the heads of each village, but whether they would be implemented depended on their own decision.

Under the general environment, each village can only embezzle a small amount of food, only about a few thousand yuan.

But for the villagers living on the poverty line, this food is enough to get them through a difficult time.

In the blink of an eye, we arrived at the last village of this mission.

"After delivering this village, today's mission will be completed."

Meanwhile, in the office in the center of the village.

"Bang!" With a loud bang, the enamel cup was smashed to the ground.
"Damn it, how could I be so unlucky to end up in a village like this? I have nothing and I'm so poor!"

A middle-aged man was roaring, his face was red, his eyes were as big as copper bells, and he threw everything he saw.

After venting his anger, the middle-aged man panted and sat on the chair, his face full of dissatisfaction and regret.

After a pause, the middle-aged man picked up the things that had fallen unconvincedly, put them in order and put them on the table.

"I should have known I would not have moved up here. Who would have known it was so barren here, with nothing here and nothing to do here? It's always this or that."

The middle-aged man talked to himself, and suddenly he slapped himself twice.

"How did I agree to this in the first place? I thought I could have a future by coming to Sijiu City, but now, nothing!"

"It's so poor, I might as well go back and work. It's much better than here. If I had known, I wouldn't have come here. Isn't it good to be a local emperor?"

The middle-aged man thought that being promoted to the position of secretary of a village near the old city would be a good and popular job.

But I didn't expect that this village was so bad. It was not just a little bit worse, but hugely different. It was like a natural chasm and there was nothing there.

The ambition he had to build a village when he first came here has now been extinguished and he can't realize it at all.

In his original village, whatever he said would be done, it was just a matter of words. But now, no matter what he said, it was useless, and he could do nothing.

After complaining, the secretary continued to work. After all, these tasks had to be done sooner or later, and it would be even more difficult to do them if he was late.

"Rumble--"

The secretary immediately put down the work at hand and went out to check. He knew that a truck would come to deliver iron materials today.

This batch of iron materials is like timely help, as the village is in urgent need of iron materials to make farm tools.

"Master, you come just in time. The village is in urgent need of these iron materials." The secretary held Li Kailang's hand and said gratefully.

"No, no, this is what I should do. Who are you?" It was the first time that Li Kailang met this person.

The person he met when he came to this village before was not him.

"Hello, I am Du Dazhi, the new secretary of this village. The old secretary has retired, and now I will take over."

"Hello, Secretary Du." Li Kailang said politely, "Secretary, let's quickly unload the iron."

"Yes, yes." Du Dazhi nodded repeatedly and called a few people to come over to unload the iron materials.

Du Dazhi noticed two pieces of iron material, one large and one small, on the carriage. It was obvious that the large one was from their village, and the small one was redundant.

The village was in urgent need of iron, and that small piece of extra iron meant a lot to him, but he had nothing to exchange for it.

The village was extremely poor and food was scarce, let alone other things.

But he couldn't just watch the iron being taken away.

Du Dazhi asked knowingly, "Master, what else can you do with this extra iron?"

Li Kailang responded: "Oh, you mean these iron materials? They are all extra and useless. Why do you want them?"

"Take them all if you want. You don't have to keep them for me. This happens to be your last village."

There was no meaning in Li Kailang's words. He knew that the village was poor, so he didn't intend to ask for any benefits and just gave it directly.

But for some reason, the tone of his words sounded to Du Dazhi, who was angry, as if he was giving alms to a beggar.

How could Du Dazhi, a secretary, endure such injustice?

"Master, thank you, thank you. The village is really short of iron." Du Dazhi held Li Kailang's hand tightly and said gratefully.

Although Du Dazhi was unhappy, he chose to accept it after thinking about the actual situation in the village.

He held Li Kailang's hand tightly. Although he looked grateful on the surface, his heart was filled with resentment and grievance.

"It's just that the village is poor, it really is..." Du Dazhi was a little embarrassed, he couldn't give any benefits.

Li Kailang waved his hand nonchalantly: "It's okay, it's okay. These iron materials were originally given to you. How can you just collect things randomly?"

Du Dazhi looked at Li Kailang's sincere expression, and any normal person would think that he really didn't want anything.

But in Du Dazhi's opinion, Li Kailang despised their village and could not give them any benefits. Du Dazhi felt even more disgusted with the village.

"Secretary Du, the iron materials have been unloaded, and it's time for me to go back and report." Li Kailang said goodbye.

"Hey, Master, you go and do your thing."

As he watched the truck going further and further away, Du Dazhi's heart was filled with waves.

He looked at the dazed villagers, their patched clothes and the barren land, and a strong idea surged in his heart.

"What are you looking at? Have you finished the work? Why don't you send the iron to the blacksmith shop?"

"After delivering the goods, I quickly went to help in the fields. I was always slow in doing things."

He shouted at the villagers, trying to hide his inner turmoil in this way.

After scolding, Du Dazhi left angrily.

"Tsk, why are you so cocky? It's just a secretary, right? Who do you think you are?"

"Bah, if you weren't sent by the higher-ups, I'd beat you to death. You've been here for so long and haven't done anything, but you're good at bossing people around."

"Bah! When the leader comes, I will sue him in person. Our village doesn't even want a secretary who just wants to eat and wait for death."

Everyone also has complaints about Du Dazhi.

In their opinion, Du Dazhi has not done anything practical since he came to the village, just like the previous secretary.

But at least the previous secretary worked with them. After Du Dazhi worked for a while, he stayed in the office all day and didn't come out.

They came out to work under the scorching sun, while Du Dazhi sat in the office drinking tea.

Du Dazhi didn't care about what everyone was thinking at all, or even if he did, it wouldn't matter.

"Wait, have to wait, have to wait for a good time to leave. Anyway, I don't want to stay in this village for even a day."

He muttered to himself, having already made up his mind to leave.

But he also knew that he couldn't just walk away like that, and he had to find a suitable time and reason.

(End of this chapter)