After the meeting, everyone seemed to have nothing else to do. Two female comrades, Mu Ping and Chu Yanhong, had already taken out the cane chairs and were knitting in the courtyard. Secretary Lamu greeted the mayor of Ke, as well as Zhang Gang and Xu Yingxiong.

They carried tables and wicker chairs and set up "mahjong" in the courtyard. The other people went back to their respective rooms, wondering what they were busy with.

Mu Yi was very surprised. This was not the same "concept" as the "work" he imagined. He was a little confused and confused.

The "work" he imagined should be in an office building, with a secretary, a township head, the chairman of the National People's Congress, a deputy secretary, a deputy township head... and other leaders' separate offices, clerks, statisticians, family planning

Professionals, etc., either work independently or work in a shared office. In short, it is a "9 to 5" work pattern, working normally from Monday to Friday, having normal rest on Saturdays and Sundays, and working overtime in case of emergencies.

The "work" he imagined was when the leaders held a "regular meeting" early on Monday morning to summarize the work of the previous week, arrange and deploy the work tasks for this week, coordinate the study of complex and difficult problems, encourage the advanced, and spur the backward. It has a refreshing fragrance.

Tea, even fragrant coffee...

"Mu Yi." A loud shouting voice brought Mu Yi back to reality from his imagination.

Mu Yi followed the sound and felt a little thump in his heart. He secretly shouted: Not good.

It turned out to be the chef Ma Buqi that Xu Yingxiong talked about - "Buqi" was calling Mu Yi.

Mu Yi didn't dare to neglect him. He quickly agreed: "Hey."

Ma Buqi: "Muyi, are you busy now?"

Mu Yi: "Nothing."

Ma Buqi: "If you have nothing to do, follow me to fetch water."

Mu Yiyi heard that Ma Buqi actually took the initiative to take him to fetch water, which was a good thing. He was worried about how to find the "well". Secretary Lamu only said at the meeting that he would see other people go.

You can figure it out by carrying water. I am also observing secretly here. When I see the comrade go to carry water, I follow him. That's great. Someone takes the initiative to lead me there. It's great.

Mu Yi kept saying: "Great, great." He ran towards the door of Ma Buqi's house. When he passed the mahjong table, he stopped to ask for some leave from the leader.

"Secretary Lamu, the township head of Ke, I went to Mabuqi to fetch water."

Secretary Lamu: “I understand.”

Ke’s township head: “Can you fetch some water?”

Mu Yi returned confidently: "No problem. There is a Liujia well in our village. I often carry water there to eat."

Suddenly, Zhang just played a card, and Secretary Lamu shouted "Kang". Then the four of them fell silent. Secretary Lamu slowly picked up a card, and then kept using his thumb.

Touch and touch there.

The mayor of Ke said: "What good card did you get? It took you a long time to play it out for everyone to see." Zhang Gang and Xu Yingxiong also looked at Secretary Lamu with smiles.

Secretary Lamu raised the card he touched and slapped it on the table with force. "Hahaha, hahaha. There are five flowers on the bar. Touch money, touch money."

The mayor of Ke shook his head and said, "It's just bad luck."

Zhang Gang and Xu Yingxiong hurriedly touched the money.

"Mu Yi, are you still going?"

Mu Yi turned around and saw that Ma Buqi had already picked up the bucket and walked to the government gate. He quickly ran over and followed Ma Buqi to pick up water.

They walked out of the government gate and walked along the cement road for more than 20 meters, then turned right and walked up the hillside. After walking for about ten meters, Muyi was surprised to find that there were several stone rooms on the side of the hillside.

The house. There is an open space at the door of the house. There are shallow wild grasses growing in the open space. Black pigs of various sizes are digging in the soil for food there. There are a few chickens running around there. There is a Yi young man wearing slippers sitting there.

Basking in the sun on a rock.

It seemed that he knew Ma Buqi, because Muyi heard him saying hello to Ma Buqi.

Young man: "Master Ma, are you going to fetch water?"

Ma Buqi: "Teacher Amu, are you here?"

Mu Yi thought that this young man was actually a teacher? It didn't look like it, because Teacher Amu looked very slovenly. Although he was wearing a white shirt, it was already very gray. Although he was wearing a pair of trousers, one of his trouser legs was rolled up.

, the other one was not rolled up. The key was that he was still wearing a pair of slippers. More importantly, his hair was messy, and it felt like his face had not been washed.

However, his smile looked particularly sincere and sunny. Mu Yiye smiled and nodded at this strange teacher Amu to show respect and say hello.

After passing the stone house, Mu Yi followed Ma Buqi and continued walking along the dirt road on the hillside to look up the mountain.

Mu Yi couldn't help but asked curiously: "Brother Ma, what are those stone houses used for?"

Ma Buqi said with disdain: "That's school."

Mu Yi's soul was deeply shocked again.

"School?"

"Yeah. School."

Mu Yi had never seen such a school since he was a child. It was just a row of dilapidated stone houses. There were about four rooms. There was an open space at the door. There was no cement courtyard dam or playground flag stand. How could this be?

A school? How can it be a school? How many teachers are there, how many students are there, and how many grades are there?

The questions in Mu Yi's heart were like throwing a big stone on a calm lake, causing countless ripples. No, it should be countless question marks.

Soon they came to a fork in the road.

Ma Buqi: "Going up from this intersection is the way to Erhakou Village and Niuniu Dam in Megu County, but it's a bit far. Go down and you'll reach the end of the ditch. The well is right next to the ditch.

Let’s go downstairs.”

Walking along the road below, Mu Yi saw a large courtyard surrounded by a wall. Below the courtyard were the township government's house and the courtyard dam.

Mu Yi couldn't help but ask again: "Brother Ma, whose yard does this belong to? It's really big. I'm afraid it's several acres?"

Ma Buqi: "Have you seen the fence in this yard?"

Mu Yi: "I saw it."

Ma Buqi: "What difference does the wall make?"

Mu Yi: "There is no difference. They are all red brick walls."

Ma Buqi: "I didn't observe carefully. Why don't you look at other places?"

After his reminder, Mu Yi took a serious look again. This time he could see some clues.

It turns out that this wall is integrated with the township government wall. And only the wall here is a red brick wall. The other places either have no walls or have low earthen walls. It seems that this large yard should be the township government wall.

Yes.

"The yard belongs to the township government, right?" Mu Yi asked.

"You are wrong." Ma Buqi replied.

Mu Yi didn't believe that his judgment was wrong and continued to ask: "Whose family does it belong to?"

Ma Buqi smiled and did not answer Mu Yi's question because they had already reached the edge of the ravine.

Mu Yi stood on the edge of the ravine and felt a chill. The ravine flowed down from here, and then merged into the big river on the roadside below. He looked down at the river.

The loud sound of running water is because the drop from here is too big, almost tens of meters. The huge sound of running water heard when I went to the toilet was caused by the water flowing down this ravine.

"Mu Yi, come here." Ma Buqi called Mu Yi.

Mu Yi looked back and saw Ma Buqi squatting by the ditch to scoop out water. Mu Yi quickly retracted his gaze from the distance along the stream, came to Ma Buqi's side, and squatted down too.

I saw that this "well" turned out to be the shape of a circle picked up by stones on the edge of the ravine. It looked a little like a well. The clever thing is that the upper part of the well is a flat boulder, which is just right.

Acts as a manhole cover.

"Here, take a sip and have a taste." Ma Buqi asked Mu Yi to take a sip of well water and drink it.

Mu Yi quickly washed his hands in the water next to him. Wow! As soon as his hands entered the water, although there was still the sun in the sky, it was actually freezing cold. After washing his hands, Mu Yi quickly took a sip of water from the well and drank it. The entrance was cold and refreshing.

The aftertaste is sweet.
Chapter completed!