Chapter 8 Sand Control Grass
On such a hot day, Gao Baosheng originally wanted to walk around the county town for a while and go back when it cooled down a bit.
But he still has to go to the Mengjiawan Township Government to ask about the situation of sand control grass and saplings in his village.
In future generations, Gao Baosheng would never ride a bicycle so hard in such hot weather, but in this era, there were many people working in the fields at noon, and no one worried about heat stroke.
On the way back, Gao Baosheng rode very fast, and the slight cool breeze swept away from him, making him no longer feel so hot. Perhaps because his eighteen-year-old body was at the best time in his life, he did not feel tired at all.
, Gao Baosheng had returned to Mengjiawan Township at around four o'clock in the afternoon. When he came to the township government gatekeeper, he recognized him at a glance.
"Isn't this the child of Guoliang's family? I heard that you got the first place in the county in the college entrance examination this year. The leaders of the township said that you have given us Mengjiawan a face. Who are you looking for when you come to the village today?" The gatekeeper will leave it to future generations.
It’s nothing, but how can it be simple if you can show the township government the gate at this time? If you are not allowed to enter the gate, you will not be allowed in. What can you do?
"Hello, uncle, this sandstorm season has passed, and the sand-proof grass from the countryside has still not been delivered to the village. It is not an option to delay it any longer. I am passing by the county town today, and I would like to ask when the sand-proof grass will be delivered!
Gao Baosheng said.
"I'm asking about sand control again. Today, including you, we are the seventh person! In the third office on the west side of the first floor, Deputy Township Chief Li is in charge of sand control and tree planting in our township." The old man said.
"Thank you, uncle!" Gao Baosheng replied politely.
Gao Guoliang is a somewhat famous person in the entire Mengjiawan. The entire Mengjiawan Township has less than a thousand people, and even the population of many administrative villages in later generations is lower than that of many administrative villages in later generations. Aunt Zhang, a matchmaker in the township, can know Mengjiawan Township.
Everyone over ten years old.
Gao Baosheng came to the door of Deputy Township Mayor Li's office and knocked three times, and a voice came from inside.
"Come in!" The voice sounded slightly younger.
"Hello! I'm from Gaojiawan Village. Are you Township Chief Li?" Gao Baosheng asked.
"I'm not, Mayor Li isn't here!" The young man, about twenty years old, was reading a martial arts novel when Gao Baosheng came in without even raising his head.
"Excuse me, when will Mayor Li come back? I have something important to ask him!" Gao Baosheng continued to ask.
"How do I know this! You'd better come tomorrow morning! All the leaders have gone to the countryside in the afternoon!" The young man still didn't look up.
When Gao Baosheng couldn't get anything out of the question, he was about to turn around and leave when a thin man in his forties walked in. Judging from his posture, he should be a leader.
"Hello! Are you Mayor Li? I'm from Gaojiawan Village. I came here today to ask when the anti-sand grass in our village will be..." Gao Baosheng was talking, and the young man who was reading the novel instantly put away his book.
, interrupted Gao Baosheng.
"Mr. Li, this is from Gaojiawan, and I'm also asking about sand control!" The young man saw that Chief Li suddenly changed his attitude, and his expressionless face suddenly became enthusiastic.
"We need to prevent sand and weeds again! I remember that the chief of Mengjiawan Village is Gao Guoliang. Who are you?" Township Chief Li looked at Gao Baosheng and asked.
"Township Chief Li, I am Gao Baosheng, the son of Gao Guoliang. Our village is at the mouth of Green Sea, which is one of the largest wind outlets in the north of Yuyang County. If the sand-proof grass cannot be reached and the sand is not stabilized, the saplings will be planted more quickly.
The survival rate will get lower next year, and if the windbreak at Green Haikou is gone, our entire Mengjiawan Township will be sad!" Gao Baosheng said.
"Gao Baosheng? I know, the top scorer in our county's college entrance examination this year.
I know what you are saying, and I also want to distribute this year's anti-sand grass and saplings to all villages as soon as possible, but the procedures have not been completed, and there is nothing I can do here!" said Township Chief Li.
"Chief Li, this sand control is a big deal for our Mengjiawan Township, and the sand control grass cannot be delayed. Since the township has no way, I can only go to the county to ask tomorrow. There is no windbreak at Luhaikou.
"We can't stay in our village any longer!" Gao Baosheng couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw the calm look on Deputy Township Chief Li's face.
Mayor Li watched Gao Baosheng leave and thought that Gao Baosheng's father, Gao Guoliang, was an expert in sand control in the county, and Gao Baosheng was the top scorer in this year's college entrance examination, so he might actually be able to meet the county leaders.
Gao Baosheng is well-spoken and neither humble nor arrogant, which is not what a child of this young age can have. If he really makes things big, many people may be in trouble. By then, as the deputy mayor in charge of afforestation in Mengjiawan
, how could the leaders let him go?
"Gao Baosheng, wait a minute!" Gao Baosheng had already left Deputy Township Mayor Li's office when he suddenly heard a voice coming from behind him.
"Is there anything else? Mayor Li?" Gao Baosheng was naturally polite.
"This desertification control is a major matter, and there can be no delay. The county has issued the indicators half a month ago, but... this year, the county has pushed many things to the township, and things are difficult to handle!" Township Chief Li said with a frown.
Gao Baosheng guessed that Mayor Li had nothing good to say, but he still listened patiently.
"I don't know how I can help. Now we just want to get the sand control grass and saplings quickly!" Gao Baosheng said.
"What's the problem...it's not that big actually. Xiao Zhang went and got the county's sand control grass distribution plan!" Township Chief Li motioned Gao Baosheng to sit down. Gao Baosheng was a man of culture, and he would definitely not be able to do it forcefully.
"Baosheng, can I call you that? This is this year's target. Your village has forty square meters of sand control grass. In the past, the county directly allocated funds. This year, the county changed the method and issued tickets. You can use the tickets to go to the pagoda.
I'll go pull the grass myself.
Originally, these were nothing, and the county also paid for the toll, which was 20 yuan per square foot. We had already negotiated with the transportation company in the county, but suddenly the transportation company had other things and couldn't transport them. This made me anxious.
!" Deputy Township Chief Li said anxiously.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Gao Baosheng remembers that in the past, his village did not have more than 24 square meters of grass. Now that the county directly issues purchase tickets, this grass cannot be bought?
The freight is only 20 yuan. Normally, it only costs 200 yuan to haul a ten-ton truck to Pagoda City and back and forth in two days.
Gao Baosheng doesn't want to know how many tricks there are in this, but even at this stage, Deputy Township Chief Li still looks like he's not in a hurry. There must be a reason.
"This is bad luck. I have no choice but to go to the city transportation company to call a taxi. We can't delay the sand prevention time of each village!" Gao Baosheng also knows how to talk. In his previous life, he was promoted to deputy director of the workshop after four years of work.
I still have the ability to interact with people.
"Really? I think so too, but if you need to hire a car from the city, the transportation fee may be a bit owed. Then apply for funds from the county! It's not appropriate! If your village is really in a hurry, get 40 sand-proof sheets.
Go back and go to Baota City to pull straw, and the county will pay you the transportation fee!" Mayor Li said with a smile.
"We're afraid we won't be able to hire a car for 20 yuan per party!" Gao Baosheng replied in surprise.
"The township also has its own difficulties! Now that we are encountering difficulties, we cannot let the township bear everything. You should also think of a solution.
If you think it's okay, take this back and have your dad sign it, and your village can receive 40 tickets and an additional 800 yuan!" said Township Chief Li.
Gao Baosheng looked at the agreement, and it said that Gao Guoliang of Gaojiawan requested to take away 40 sand control tickets and transportation fees in Gaojiawan Village. Gao Guoliang would be responsible for any accidents in the process.
"Mr. Li, I'm afraid my dad can't afford this! It doesn't clearly state how much the transportation cost is?" Gao Baosheng said.
"Otherwise, there is no need to say that the village is in trouble! There is no need to write down the transportation fee clearly, and no one will care about it even if there are a few square meters of grass left!" Mayor Li said with a smile.
"Since Mayor Li said so, then... thirty yuan, the transportation fee for a square grass is thirty yuan, I asked my dad to sign it!" Gao Baosheng said.
"There's no bargaining here. The county gave me twenty yuan... how about twenty-two... twenty-four, twenty-five at most!" Township Chief Li said hurriedly when he saw Gao Baosheng leaving.
"Okay, just twenty-five!" Gao Baosheng had already left Deputy Township Mayor Li's office, turned around and walked back.
"Okay, ask your dad to sign this and come tomorrow to collect the tickets and money!" Deputy Township Head Li said.
"Goodbye then!" Gao Baosheng said with a smile.
After coming out of the township government, Gao Baosheng never had a smile on his face. If the village hadn't been really anxious for the anti-sand grass to come back, he would never have taken this matter up.
Helping bad people is equivalent to committing evil yourself. Gao Baosheng naturally knows that, but if this matter is allowed to drag on, it will affect Gaojiawan Village and Mengjiawan Township. Then Deputy Township Chief Li may have changed places and gone again.
After becoming an official, it was the local people who suffered.
Everyone knows that rich officials come from poor rural areas, but Gao Baosheng knows that it is not easy to change the status quo. The key is not in the county, let alone the city or higher, but because the local people's education level is too low, and some officials are
You can be so unscrupulous.
Gao Baosheng felt a sense of intimacy as he rode closer to home. Although the road home became increasingly difficult, Gao Baosheng did not feel how tired he was from riding the bike. He felt much better than when he came out in the morning.
Maybe his body is slowly adapting to this place!
After riding back to Gaojiawan, three miles north of Gaojiawan, Gao Baosheng saw that the school children had just finished school. He found a deserted corner, put out all the things he bought today in the space [warehouse], and then used ropes to Everything is strapped to the bike.
As a result, there were so many things that it was difficult for Gao Baosheng to push them. If he had to carry them back from the county town, he would be exhausted and couldn't do it. He pushed the bicycle towards the village slowly and tremblingly.
Several students going home on the way saw Gao Baosheng pushing a bicycle and pulling a lot of things, and they helped him push it behind him. Gao Baosheng was sweating just by holding on to the bicycle. When they reached the school gate, the students had almost left.
"Thank you all. This bag of melon seeds is for you. You can take it and eat it!" Gao Baosheng took out half of the melon seeds from the plastic bag on the front of the car. These melon seeds cost 50 cents a pack. Several children saw that they helped. There was something delicious to eat, so I ran away happily with the melon seeds!
"What are you doing? Bringing so many things?"
Gao Baosheng pushed the bicycle into the school with great difficulty. At this time, Shen Ruobing heard Gao Baosheng's bicycle bell and came out.
"Didn't you say yesterday that we would buy desks and chairs for the students and repair the classroom? It will take a few days to buy the desks and chairs. This is the material for repairing the roof of the classroom. We still need straw curtains. Then let each family in the village provide some, and the construction can start at the end of this week. "It's gone." Gao Baosheng said, trying to prop up the bicycle and move everything off the bicycle, but after two attempts, there were too many things on the bicycle and he couldn't lift it. Shen Ruobing came up to help the bicycle before it got up.
"Why so fast? As I said yesterday, you would buy the things today. This will cost a lot of money! My monthly salary is one hundred and twenty, but I can't afford to pay you now!" Shen Ruobing looked at Gao Baosheng. said.
"You are a teacher, and the school belongs to our village. How can I ask you to pay! I will put the things in the warehouse first...Here, here are the snacks I bought for you!" Gao Baosheng moved everything into Shen Ruobing's dormitory. In the nearby warehouse, he picked up the big snack bag on the head of the bicycle and said to her.
"Snacks? For me?" Shen Ruobing asked in surprise.
"If I don't give it to you, who else can I give it to? We only have these things in our county. We can't compare with your big cities. Just grind your teeth when you have nothing to do!" Gao Baosheng handed a large bag of snacks to Shen Ruobing.
"I'm not a child, and I'm still eating snacks. You've already spent a lot of money buying materials to repair the roof. You'd better take it back!" Shen Ruobing didn't answer.
"I'll leave it here for you. I'm going back. The sand wolf has been most active recently when the sandstorm has stopped. Remember to close the doors and windows at night!" After Gao Baosheng finished speaking, he was about to ride away.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "You...you should take the snacks away! I can't have this!" Shen Ruobing said aloud.
"Okay, then you go to bed early!" Gao Baosheng retrieved the snacks, hung them on the head of his bicycle and walked out of the school gate.
Seeing that there was no one around, Gao Baosheng put all the snacks into the space [warehouse]. When he got home, his parents had returned, his grandma had cooked dinner at home, and his family was waiting for him in the yard.
"Is everything going well today?" Gao Guoliang asked, looking at his son.
Gao Baosheng put his bicycle in the woodshed. His mother had already filled him with water. He washed his face and sat at the dining table to pay.
"Everything is fine. I went to the township today and met with Deputy Township Chief Li. There are a lot of tricks in the township when it comes to planting trees for sand control. This year, the county has issued straw tickets for sand control. The transportation fee for sand control is not enough, so we have been
Delayed until now.
Dad, look at this!" Gao Baosheng took out the contract given by Deputy Township Chief Li from his pocket.
"What is this?" Gao Guoliang looked at it and asked.
"I plan to bring the anti-sand grass back by ourselves! The villagers will pay 25 yuan for shipping!" Gao Baosheng picked up a steamed potato and ate it.
"Hiring a ten-ton truck in the county costs at least 600 yuan a day. It takes two days to go to Baota City to pull sand control grass. Even if you run non-stop at night, it will take at least four and a half days to complete.
, this thousand yuan is definitely not enough, what are you going to do?" Gao Guoliang looked at his son and asked.
"One of my classmates has a truck at home. I told him that he only needs to pay for the gas. If you sign this, not only will we not lose money, but we will also make a lot of money," Gao Baosheng said.
"Can such a good thing happen?" Gao Guoliang didn't believe it.
"My son can still trick you. If you sign, we will receive the sand grass ticket. You don't have to worry about anything. I will send back all the sand control grass within a week. This year, the township approved only forty square meters of sand grass. Now we don't have to worry about anything."
Chapter completed!