C2 Pay off Your Debt

Song Min told Liu Zhenhua about the current situation in the Luoshan Village. "I will also tell you the situation now. Our Luoshan Village is different from other villages. It is very difficult to get out of poverty. Even if the officers in the county try their best, it will not work."

"Even if you become the village director, you may not be able to get the Luoshan Village out of poverty. You should think about it again. As the woman said, it is not too late for you to regret it now. I do not want to harm you for the rest of your life."

Although Song Min said so, he still placed his hopes on Liu Zhenhua.

Liu Zhenhua graduated from a famous university. His vision should be different from the provincial poverty alleviation officers. Song Min thought, but more than three-quarters of the mountain village is mountainous. It is not suitable to develop arable land, and there is no harvest from planting fruit trees and tea trees. This gave everyone a headache.

Unless Liu Zhenhua had the ability to turn stones into gold, he could not let the villagers become wealthy.

Liu Zhenhua firmly said, "Uncle Song, I will think of a way. There will always be a road ahead of us. Besides, when I was in school, I had already researched some national policies. The country will not let our Luoshan Village continue to be poor. You must have confidence in our country."

When they were eating, Song Min also told Liu Zhenhua about the details of the Luoshan Village.

The current Luoshan Village was even poorer than before because the price of goods was getting higher and higher. In the past, the villagers could buy 10 pounds of pork with 100 dollars, but now they could only buy a few pounds.

Because they were poor, the Fallen Mountain Village people only bought some meat for a few days. Such a life was really sad.

"I am an old member of the party. How can I not have confidence in the country?" Song Min shouted loudly.

Liu Zhenhua took the bag that Yang Sishi threw over and went home. Song Lifang seemed to be grateful to Niu Zhifeng and smiled. Then, she helped Song Min back.

"Oh my God, Lifang smiled at me. She really likes me." Niu Zhifeng walked home excitedly.

In the afternoon, Liu Zhenhua learned some things about the village.

When he was studying in university, he often read some books related to the countryside. He wanted to serve the countryside after graduation.

However, there were also many gossips in the village. "Zhenhua is really stupid. He stays in the provincial office. When he becomes a senior official in the future, he can just give us a few hundred thousand each. Isn't that enough?"

"You want Zhenhua to commit a crime? That won't do."

"Sigh, we thought that it would be difficult for a college student in the village to go out and take care of him. It seems that it is all in vain now." "Then, wouldn't he be unable to return the money we lent Zhenhua to study?"

"Of course. What is there to be successful about being a village director? It seems like it will take a long time before he can return our money. "

At the village entrance, Liu Zhenhua was stopped by Niu Zhefeng's father, Niu Sha Zhu. "Zhenhua, you have also graduated. When did you borrow 1,000 yuan from my family when you were in college?"

Niu Sha Zhu was not fat. He was thin and tall, like a bamboo pole.

"Uncle Niu, I will return the money to you as soon as possible." Liu Zhenhua said in embarrassment, "I will be choosing the village director tomorrow. If I get elected successfully, I will get paid next month."

"The salary of the village director?" Niu Sha and Zhu sneered.

In the past, Liu Zhenhua was still studying in university and might work in the provincial capital. Niu Sha Zhu still had some respect for him. Now, Liu Zhenhua had returned to the Fallen Mountain Village to be a useless village director. In Niu Zhanxue's eyes, other than looking down on him, he also looked down on him.

"Didn't Old Song tell you? Because he did not do a good job in poverty alleviation, he had not received his salary last year. If he didn't rely on his wife's family's family's wine to sell for some money, his family would still be poor. "

Liu Zhenhua said embarrassingly," Uncle Song didn't tell me. Uncle Niu, I will pay you back as soon as possible. "

It was only right and proper to pay back debts.

Furthermore, when Liu Zhenhua was in such a difficult situation, the villagers had lent him money to study. This loan had lasted for a few years. This kind of friendship was truly hard to come by.

Liu Zhenhua might as well find the villagers who had lent him money back then and tell them that he had graduated now and would return their money as soon as possible.

He would remember when and how much money they lent him. He would also write it down in the notebook that he always carried with him.

There were a total of 132 villagers who had lent him money, a total of 35,600 yuan. The one who borrowed the most was the village director, Song Min. It was 5,000 yuan, and the one who borrowed the least was 100 yuan.

When they arrived at the village director's house, Song Lifang was pouring wine in the living room.

Song Min's legs were not nimble. Most of the work of making wine in the Song family was done by Song Lifang and Song Min's wife, Li Shuilian.

"Brother Zhenhua, you're here." When Song Lifang saw Liu Zhenhua come over, her face revealed a happy expression.

"Yes, is Uncle Song here?" Liu Zhenhua felt that Song Lifang was very good-looking and was not inferior to Yang Sishi. If Yang Sishi was like a bright and charming rose, then Song Lifang was like an elegant and pure lily. Both of them had their own merits.

"He's in the house. Go and find him." Li Shuilian seemed to not be very enthusiastic about Liu Zhenhua. "Lifang, hurry up and help me pour the wine."

"Oh, he's here." When Song Lifang heard Li Shuilian calling her, she could only go over to help.

When Liu Zhenhua entered the house, Song Min heard the sound outside and sat up. "Zhenhua, what do you want from me?"

"Uncle Song, I owe your family 5000 yuan. I will return it later." Liu Zhenhua lowered his head in embarrassment.

"Zhenhua, you don't have to be polite with me. We are not in a hurry to return the money. But for the other villagers, you should think of a way. Everyone's been having a hard time these past two years. It's not easy for them either." Song Min thought of his incompetence as the village director and felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

At this moment, Li Shuilian walked into the house. "Zhenhua, it's not easy for our family. If you have money, you should return it to us as soon as possible."

"Yes, yes, I will do it as soon as possible." Liu Zhenhua left in a sorry state.

Song Min looked at Li Shuilian unhappily. "What's wrong with you? Do you have a problem with Zhenhua?"

"I don't have a problem with that. We have already lent him the 5000 yuan for four years. If it was in the bank, who knows how much interest there would be? Don't you think so?" And your leg. It will be treated at the county hospital in two days. You also need money. "

"Mom, I don't think you used to treat Brother Zhenhua like this." Song Lifang also entered the house.

Li Shuilian sneered and said, "Now it's different from before. In the past, Liu Zhenhua might work in a unit in the provincial capital and have a promising future. But now, when he goes back to the village to be a useless village director, he will not have any prospects."

"You mean to say that I am also useless?" Song Min glared at Li Shuilian angrily.

"Isn't your use here?" Li Shuilian was also a fierce woman. She immediately put her hands on her hips and glared back at Song Min. " If it wasn't for the method of brewing wine passed down in my family, your Song Family would have been starving to death long ago. We are also poor. "

"Why don't you take a look? Who would be willing to marry into the Fallen Mountain Village now? Hmph, Liu Zhenhua wants to chase our Li Fang. No way."

Song Lifang blushed and asked softly, "Mom, in the past, you asked me to contact Brother Zhenhua more and see if we can be a couple."

At that time, Li Shuilian often urged Song Lifang and Liu Zhenhua to be a couple, asking her to be bold and take the initiative.

Li Shuilian rolled her eyes at her daughter. "Didn't I say just now? That was in the past. If he works in the provincial capital and is a citizen of the city, I am willing to marry you to him. But now that he has returned to be a farmer, I won't let you follow him. "

" Mom - "Song Lifang pouted her cute little mouth.

Song Min said to Song Lifang, "Lifang, don't listen to your mom. You can be with whoever you like. Dad supports you."

It was already evening when Liu Zhenhua paid a visit to the villagers who had lent him money.

Liu Zhenhua's heart was very heavy now. Just as Song Min had said, the villagers' family situation was not good either.

Especially the Fifth Guardian, Uncle Wu. He received 200 yuan from the Civil Affairs Department every month and could only barely maintain his life.

Uncle Wu was eating just now. There was only a small plate of dried radish and a bowl of porridge on the worn-out table. There were no other meat dishes.

Last year, Liu Zhenhua even borrowed 500 yuan from Sir Wu to pay his tuition fees. He did not know how Sir Wu saved that 500 yuan.

"I must think of a way." Liu Zhenhua clenched his fists tightly.

After the visit just now, he was even more determined to stay in the Falling Mountain Village.

"Sishi, wait for me to help the Luoshan Village get rid of poverty and make the villagers rich. If you don't have a boyfriend at that time, I will go and find you. " Liu Zhenhua looked up at the moon in the sky and thought to himself.

"Zhenhua, have you had dinner?" Niu Zhifeng rushed over again.

"I was about to cook." Liu Zhenhua looked at the rice in his rice tank that had suddenly gained a few pounds of rice. He could not help but feel grateful.

Only the Song Family had their keys. It was probably Song Min who had asked Song Lifang to send them over.

However, there were only rice and no vegetables. In a while, he still had to go to the Little Merchandize Shop to buy two packets of pickled vegetables to make do with it.

Liu Zhenhua thought about how the village director's salary could not be paid on time, and his head hurt.

However, he had hands and feet. He planted some vegetables in the open space behind the house and raised a few chickens. He could still live. The most important thing now was not how to eat, but how to get the villagers out of poverty.

Currently, the standard for the poor in the city was that each person's annual income was less than 4,000 yuan. If each family had five people, their annual income would be less than 20,000 yuan.

If it was another village with many paddy fields, it would be easy to solve it.

However, the average number of paddy fields in the Falling Mountain Village was less than an acre. The rest were all hills. It was really not easy to make everyone rich.

However, according to Song Min, other than the town leaders, Qiu Guanjun from the Luoshan Village would be coming tomorrow. Liu Zhenhua wanted to talk to him.

"Zhenhua, do you think I'm handsome?" Niu Zhifeng suddenly said. "Pfft." Liu Zhenhua almost fell to the ground.

Niu Zhifeng was short and fat, and his skin was dark. No matter how one looked at him, he was not handsome.

However, Liu Zhenhua was a cultured man, so he didn't want to hit Niu Zhifeng in the face.

"Oh." Liu Zhenhua vaguely responded.

Niu Zhifeng thought Liu Zhenhua said he was handsome and laughed happily, "Hahaha, I knew it. A person as handsome as me, Li Fang will definitely like me."

"Lifang likes you?" Liu Zhenhua looked at Niu Zhifeng in surprise.

"Yeah, everyone in the village says so. Think about it, my family's economic situation is one of the best in the village. I'm handsome too. Who does she like if I don't? Right now, there are only about ten households in the village who are not poor, except for handsome men like me who are rich. She has no choice." Niu Zhifeng excitedly patted his chest loudly.