Chapter 392 is simply a steal!

  In the summer of 1986, the temperature was much higher than in previous years. This year, the drought was severe everywhere.

  People living in cities may not feel much, but in some rural areas, large areas of crops have died of drought! —

  Tianshui Village, Qingyang County is located in the Central Plains, and it is also one of the places where the drought occurred.

  This year, in order to keep the crops in the field, the whole village sweated every day, carrying water from the river to irrigate the field.

   But gradually, the water level of the river dropped, and the river bed was gradually exposed.

  The children in the village were so happy when they saw this, they went to fish in the knee-high water every day.

  The adults in the village were all frowning, and the village head even sighed sadly every day.

  In the end, the water in the river dried up, and most of the crops in the village were lost—

   On the mountain behind the village, Lan Dazhuang hired people to carry water to the orchard every day to irrigate the fields.

  Fortunately, fruit trees are more drought-tolerant than crops, and the hotter the weather, the more sunshine time, the sweeter the fruit.

  This year, in the entire Tianshui Village, except for the orchard planted by the Lan family in the back mountain, everyone in the village is worried about whether they will be able to eat next year.

  As time passed day by day, the fruits in the orchard were ripe, and cartloads of fruits were picked from the mountain, and some of them were sent to the fruit processing factory built under the mountain to be made into cans and jams.

  The other part is sent to the city, wholesaled to fruit vendors, and sold to various counties in Linjiang City.

  Lan's happy life is the envy of everyone in the village!

  Under such a strong contrast, some people in the village began to lobby the village chief out of jealousy and hatred, trying to get the village chief to speak up, so that the Lan family could no longer contract the back mountain!

   And planting orchards and raising chickens in the back of the village should be in the interest of everyone in the village—

  The village chief had such thoughts about some villagers at the beginning, saying that the other party was unreasonable.

   Later, as more and more crops in the village dried up and died, the village head gradually changed his mind.

  But his idea was not to take back the back mountain contracted by the Lan family, but to let the Lan family share some of the benefits from the back mountain with the whole village, so that no one in the village would complain.

  On this day, Lan Dazhuang had been busy all day, and was about to go home to take a shower, and then drive a tractor to the county town to meet his wife and son, but saw the village chief squatting at the door of his house, obviously waiting for a long time.

  Lan Dazhuang is honest and has a good personality, so he immediately invites the village head to sit at home.

  But when he learned of the intention of the village chief, Lan Dazhuang's originally honest face suddenly sank—

"Village chief, our brothers and sisters contracted the back mountain a few years ago. Whether it is an orchard or a free-range chicken farm, it is our brothers and sisters' investment and persistent maintenance over the years. .”

   "Now that the village is experiencing a severe drought, we are asked to take out our own things and distribute them to others? There is no such reason in the world!"

  Lan Dazhuang rejected the village chief's request.

  Actually, before coming here, the village chief didn't have much hope for the conditions he proposed.

  But when he made these demands, he subconsciously felt that he had spoken. This was also the opinion of everyone in the village. Even if the Lan family suffered a loss, the wishes of the masses were greater than those of individuals~!

  After he clearly heard Lan Dazhuang's refusal, the village chief suddenly became angry!

   "Lan Dazhuang! You must have a conscience! Ask yourself, how do I treat your family? In the past few years, when did your brother and sister contact each other on my phone? Now that the village is in trouble, don't you even want to help?"

   Hearing what the village chief said, Lan Dazhuang was also annoyed.

"That's right, I didn't have a phone at home before, so I used your phone many times, but every time we used it, it wasn't in vain! Either on the same day or the next day, we would bring eggs or even bacon to supplement it." .”

   "Since the harvest in my orchard two years ago, every year the fruit is ripe, I have brought the fruit to your home in a basket, and I haven't asked you for a penny."

   "At that time, our family had already installed a telephone, and we never used yours again. Therefore, the help you have given to our family, village chief, has already been repaid by our family!"

   "And now, what you call asking our family to help the village is to ask our family to take out the 'money' in our pockets and distribute it to everyone in the village? This is so unreasonable! It's no different from Ming robbery!"

  Although Lan Dazhuang looks honest and honest, he is not stupid, he is even a smart person.

  He thinks clearly and makes sense when encountering things.

  The village head always thought that the second and third children of the Lan family studied well, and the daughter of the Lan family was smart and good at doing business, so Lan Dazhuang was a simple and honest person.

  But now he knows that the brothers and sisters of the Lan family are all human beings~!

  After Lan Dazhuang bluntly stated his plan, the village chief suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

   It can be imagined that he came today not because of personal interests, but because of the livelihood of the whole village, so the village head felt that even if he had a thick skin, he still wanted to ask the Lan family to help the village.

   After all, among all the people in their village, the Lan family has the best life, and the children of the Lan family are the most capable.

  If the Lan family doesn't help, who else can they turn to to help the villagers through this disaster year?

   "Lan Dazhuang, you can't say that! The back mountain contracted by your family originally belonged to the village. Now that the villagers are in trouble, can you just watch and do nothing?"

  The words of the village chief sounded a little more relaxed, but in Lan Dazhuang's view, it still meant the same thing as the previous "bright grab".

   Who wouldn't know how to say a few soft words?

   A few words can make him give away the family's 'money' to others for free. Do you think he is stupid?

   In front of the village chief, Lan Dazhuang rolled his eyes fiercely!

   "Village Chief, you also said that our brothers and sisters contracted the back mountain, and we paid the contract fee on time every year!"

   "People in the village are in trouble. It's caused by the drought. No one thinks about it in a disaster year. As for me watching, you are wrong!"

   "Half of the workers my family recruits in the orchard, fruit factory, free-range chicken farm, and frozen semi-finished fried chicken processing factory in the back mountain are from our village!"

   "Our family has provided these villagers with job opportunities, so that they can earn money every month. This is still watching, and it is not helpful to the village?"

  The village head never knew that Lan Dazhuang was so eloquent!

  Yes, the orchard and chicken farm of the Lan family, as well as the two factories opened later, did bring job opportunities to some people in the village.

   But not every household has such an opportunity, and there are still many villagers who may not be able to survive this year's severe drought!

  When next year they have no food, no food to eat, as the village head, do you want to watch them starve to death?

  So the current mentality of the village chief is that the Lan family can help everyone tide over the difficulties, but they refuse to help!

  (end of this chapter)