Chapter 21 Settlement and Help
Chen Xiaoqi was agitated after hearing this, fearing that something might happen to Qin Jiang, Xu Qiao and his family, he suppressed his childhood fear and called his soldiers: "Come, follow me to the west of the village to have a look. ”
But after a while, Grandpa Qin and the others arrived.
According to Qin Xiaomi's explanation, Grandpa Qin yawned and rolled his eyelids to explain: "Chen Xiaoqi, forgive me, we listened to wild cats meowing all night last night and were very sleepy, so we came late."
Xiaomi said that if you want the girls in your family to sleep peacefully at night, you must take the initiative to spread the rumors that the west of the village is haunted.
"Is there a wild cat meowing? Why didn't we hear it?!"
"Is it a real wild cat? You won't encounter that thing, right?"
The victims were scared to death and hurriedly looked around Bye-Bye.
Chen Xiaoqi was also afraid, and asked quickly: "Is there really a wild cat meowing all night?"
"Yes." Grandpa Qin nodded and said: "Chen Xiaoqi, don't worry, we will go look for it today. Wild cat nests, kill them, and they will be quiet at night.”
The victims hurriedly said: "You must not provoke them. If they are like that, they will take revenge on the whole village!"
Don't hurt us even if you want to die.
The victims who failed to grab a good house yesterday began to ridicule: "Who told you to covet the good houses in the west of the village? Now you are entangled, move quickly, or your life will be lost if you wait too late."
< br>Grandpa Qin had a dark face: "It's just a few wild cats, what's there to be afraid of... The west side of the village is not haunted!"
"Hahaha, old man Qin, just be stubborn. When your lives are taken away from you, you will know you regret it. .”
The goal has been achieved. Grandpa Qin ignored them and asked Chen Xiaoqi: "Chen Xiaoqi called us here today, but what big thing do you want to talk about?"
Chen Xiaoqi nodded: "You were originally assigned to the fourth village. Now I have settled in a deserted village, so you, the head of the household, must go with me to the county government and explain clearly the situation of the villagers blocking the road in the four villages, and then go to the household house to register and officially settle in the deserted village. "
The victims naturally have no objection.
However, Jiang Dalang said: "Chen Xiaoqi, the villagers in the four villages are very cruel. What if they come into the village to bully people while you are away? We are disaster victims and have no identity, so we can't stop them."
Sheng Ting didn’t want Susu to be troubled by those unruly people while he was away.
Chen Xiaoqi: "You're right to remind me...Ahu, you lead five brothers to guard the entrance of the village. If the Zhou family dares to break into the village and cause trouble, they will move my old uncle from Fucheng out."
"Yes!" Fang Hu patted his chest and promised : "Don't worry, Chief Xiaoqi, we will definitely get this job done."
"Every household head, set off for the county office!" Chen Xiaoqi immediately took the victims' household heads out of the village, and when they reached the three-way intersection, they met Team leader Zhou.
Team leader Zhou looked at him and smiled: "Chen Xiaoqi, you really dare to place all the victims in a ghost village. If the county magistrate knew about this, he would praise you for your ability."
Chen Xiaoqi fired back: "Team leader Zhou, you should take care of yourself first. If your Zhou family wants to turn the victims into slaves, I will definitely report it to the county captain!"
"Oh, idiot." Team leader Zhou didn't care about this kind of raw melon and egg, and led the government servants to the county town in a mule cart.
Chen Xiaoqi was afraid that Team Leader Zhou would take the lead. After arriving in the town, he spent money to rent three donkey carts: "The county is too far away. Let's go by car so that we can get to the county government office early."
Such a stupid person with a lot of money, the head of the household with a daughter looked at Chen Xiaoqi and his eyes changed.
Especially Village Chief Huang, who insisted on squeezing into a donkey cart with Chen Xiaoqi and greeted him with greetings on the way, which annoyed Chen Xiaoqi.
The donkey cart was very fast, and they arrived at the county seat before half of the afternoon.
Because there were not many heads of households affected by the disaster, Chen Xiaoqi was able to bring them into the county town by relying on his relationship with his old uncle in Fucheng.
But the victims failed to enter the county government office and were stopped outside.
"You guys wait here, I'll go find the county captain." Chen Xiaoqi entered the county government office and saw Yang County Lieutenant. He blocked the road with Zhou Bantou and the villagers from the four villages, and wanted to turn the victims into slaves. I talked about my membership.
"Lord County Lieutenant, the Zhou family has gone too far this time, and must be killed. Do not encourage their cruel behavior!" Akagi's heart for justice is unparalleled.
However, County Lieutenant Yang grimaced: "Even if the Zhou family goes too far, you can't take all the victims to the deserted village for resettlement!"
Chen Xiaoqi is puzzled: "The deserted village has been vacant for many years, and the villagers in the four villages dislike the victims. "Placing the victims in deserted villages is the best way."
Why is the county captain still angry?
If he hadn't been worried about his old uncle in Fucheng, County Lieutenant Yang would have killed him now: "Do you know why adults want to distribute the victims to various villages?"
Chen Xiaoqi shook his head. : "I don't know my humble position, please clarify my doubts."
County Lieutenant Yang: "We are afraid that the victims will be difficult to control, so we have to place them separately. It's better for you to put them into a village. If one day they work together to cause trouble, our entire Baofu County government will suffer." Fall!”
You think that placing the victims together is a good thing to save time and effort, but you don’t know that this is laying the root of the disaster, which is what adults least want to see.
This is why Team Leader Zhou is confident and dares to laugh at Chen Xiaoqi's stupidity.
"My lord, please forgive me. I didn't think of this in my humble position." Chen Xiaoqi was startled and asked cautiously: "My lord, what should I do now? The heads of households affected by the disaster are still waiting outside."
Yang County Wei frowned: "Take them back and settle down in whichever village they are assigned to."
Chen Xiaoqi: "But the villagers in the fourth village said that they have to sign a ten-year living contract before they can enter the village and settle down."
Bang, Yang County Lieutenant slammed the table angrily: "They are disaster victims to begin with, and they are lucky to survive. , you don’t care whether they are citizens or slaves!”
This?
Chen Xiaoqi was shocked. He did not expect that County Lieutenant Yang could say such words.
"Take them back to the fourth village quickly, otherwise you will not be able to explain to the county magistrate." Yang County Lieutenant did not want to waste time on this matter anymore, so he asked his soldiers to drive Chen Xiaoqi out of the office yard. .
Chen Xiaoqi was very frustrated and didn't know how to face the victims.
Secretary Guan saw him passing by and called him: "Chen Xiaoqi, why are you standing here in a daze?"
"Uncle Guan." Seeing that they were an acquaintance, Chen Xiaoqi told him the matter.
Guan Shuli frowned when he heard this: "The Zhou family has indeed gone too far... But the world is in chaos now, and you are just a small flag. You have to protect yourself first, and then you can help them when you are able. That’s it.”
After Guan Shuli comforted Chen Xiaoqi, he said, “Let me accompany you to tell the victims that they can understand.”
"Thank you, Uncle Guan." Chen Xiaoqi followed Secretary Guan out of the county office.
"Chen Xiaoqi, you finally came out. Can we go in and register and settle in?" The victims surrounded him and asked happily.
Chen Xiaoqi lowered his head and was silent for a while, unable to say anything.
Guan Shuli said for him: "For safety reasons, you have to go back to the village you were assigned before, and then the village chief will bring it to the county government to verify your identity before you can register and settle down."
< br>This can be regarded as a kind of mutual protection, and it can also be regarded as a means of co-operation. Once the victims commit crimes, they will be held accountable by the village chief. In order to protect themselves, the village chief will keep a close eye on the victims and strictly prevent them from committing crimes.
"What do you mean, sir? Do you want us to go back to the fourth village? But the people in the fourth village want us to sign a living contract and become slaves!" Grandpa Qin, who had always been calm, was also a little excited.
They came here with a lot of difficulties and dangers, and finally settled in, but they were stumped by the matter of settling down.
"Don't get excited, old man..." Secretary Guan paused, his eyes fell on the armor plate held in Grandpa Qin's hand, he changed the topic and asked: "Can you show me your household registration, old man? Look.”
Grandpa Qin was stunned and quickly handed him the household registration.
The official took away the household registration paper and the armor plate.
Guan Annong touched the soldier's armor with his fingertips for a while, and after confirming that it was genuine, he looked at Grandpa Qin, who had a weathered face, struggled for a moment, and said: "You guys wait, I'll go find the county magistrate."
He Originally he didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but when his old friend in the family was having such a hard time, and he happened to meet him, he had to help, otherwise his conscience would be uneasy.
(End of this chapter)