PFC Chapter 497 The Orphan Abandoned by the Times 34
Chapter 497 The Orphan Abandoned by the Times 34
After a week of rushing to work, we finally managed to plant the winter wheat.
After the winter wheat is planted, there is nothing left to do.
This person just can't be idle. If he is idle, something bad will happen easily.
So, a few idle old men came to the door.
"Cheng Deyi, you were able to be elected village chief because of my vote. Now that you are the village chief, have you forgotten what you said?"
"That's right, Cheng Deyi, you just dumped me after you used me. You said something nice when you asked us to vote for you. Now that you're the village chief, you should keep your promise, right?"
"Cheng Deyi, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, tell me how we should celebrate it."
"Let's not talk about chicken, duck, fish, meat, etc., you have to find a way to solve the food problem. You can't go without a full meal during the New Year."
Cheng Deyi had expected that someone would come to him to talk about this matter, and he had already thought of this excuse in his mind.
"Hey, you are all my brothers, Cheng Deyi. How can a brother forget you?"
Cheng Deyi pulled a few people to sit down, and said with a gentle smile: "Don't worry, brothers, sit down first. Of course, I also want everyone to have enough food during the New Year. Didn't I apply for it to the commune a long time ago?"
"You said you applied, but why hasn't the food been distributed yet? The food at home has been almost used up during the rush to work. If the food doesn't come down soon, we'll have nothing to eat."
"That's right, you want us to work but don't give us food. If the food doesn't come, I will bring my whole family to live in your house."
Cheng Deyi paused with a smile on his face: "Before the rush to plant, I told you to arrange the food properly..."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Someone interrupted Cheng Deyi, "We work so hard every day. How can we have the energy to work if we don't eat? You keep urging us to work faster and faster. We don't have much food in our stomachs. If we don't eat, we will starve to death."
"Yes, we didn't starve to death when we were fleeing the famine, but we are going to starve to death after settling down? Cheng Deyi, if you don't give me a solution, I will live in your house with the Zhao family."
"My family is included. Cheng Deyi, you promised us that we would have enough to eat every day."
Others also responded, saying that they wanted to live in Cheng Deyi's house and ask him to provide them with food and accommodation.
The smile on Cheng Deyi's face completely disappeared, and he said with a straight face: "I have always kept my promise to you in mind, and I have tried my best to apply for relief food. The food has not yet arrived. Where can I get food for you?"
"I have gone to the commune several times to urge them to deliver the goods, but every time they tell me that they haven't delivered the goods yet. I have no choice. The commune leaders are getting annoyed by me now."
"There are too many places to apply for relief food. The higher-ups have to take turns helping. Everyone, hold on a little longer. I'll go to the commune and ask for help."
"I have just been appointed as the village chief. You have seen the situation in the village. If you think I am useless as the village chief, you can go to the commune and ask the leaders to remove me. I will not say a word if you choose a new village chief." Cheng Deyi felt very aggrieved. Who wants to be the village chief who cleans up the mess? There is no benefit in this situation.
When those people heard Cheng Deyi's words, they looked at each other and their tone changed immediately.
"Oh, Lao Cheng, this is serious, isn't it? We never thought of getting rid of you."
"We are worried as we see the food supply at home decreasing day by day. Can you help us go to the commune and urge them to help us?"
"My child at home is so hungry that he can only drink water to fill his stomach. As a father, I feel really sad when I see this."
"It's good enough that we can drink enough water now. When we were fleeing from the famine, we couldn't even get water." Cheng Deyi said, thinking that he would be able to relax when the wheat in the field matured.
He waved his hand again and said, "I will go to the commune to urge them now. You can go home too. Have you prepared the firewood at home? It is very cold here in winter. I have reminded you."
Those people immediately stood up and said, "Please go ahead and do your work. We will go collect firewood."
Cheng Deyi's wife saw that those people had finally left, so she came out from the inner room and said unhappily, "Who are these people? They want to stay at our house. Every family is tightening their belts now. Are they the only ones having a hard time?"
"You should stop talking too much," Cheng Deyi sighed, "When we went to their doorsteps to ask them to vote for us, they actually voted."
Cheng Deyi's wife shut up, thought about it and still felt very angry, and said again: "They are all anonymous, who knows who voted for you?"
"Okay, stop talking." Cheng Deyi waved his hand: "I have said it, so I must do it. Otherwise, what if they bring up the past after things are sorted out? I am just waiting for others to take advantage of me. I am going to the commune now."
Now that he has become the village chief, it is impossible for him to let others reap the benefits. The difficulty lies in the beginning, and he will be fine as long as he can get through it.
The head of the commune office was also overwhelmed when he saw Cheng Deyi smiling.
"Why are you here again? Do you think this is your home?"
Cheng Deyi's mouth didn't even curl up: "Leader, I really have no choice. The villagers blocked my house today. If I didn't say I came to see you, I couldn't leave the house."
"I'm not here to rush you, just let me hide here for a while."
The head of the commune office pointed at the bench helplessly and said: "You sit by yourself. You know everything here. Just pour yourself some water."
Cheng Deyi sat there for a while before he saw the head of another village walking in with a smile.
"Okay, here comes another one, you go sit down too," the head of the commune office said, pointing at the bench without even raising his head.
The head of another village smiled helplessly: "I don't want to go out in this cold weather, but I have no choice but to come here to hide my ears."
"You all come here to hide from my ears, where can I hide?"
Cheng Deyi smiled and said: "Hey~~ Leader, we didn't bother you."
The head of the commune office said angrily: "It didn't bother my ears, but it bothered my eyes."
The two village chiefs looked at each other and shrugged helplessly. They had no other choice.
The two village heads sat in the office, not saying anything or doing anything.
It's time for lunch
The two of them took out a piece of black flour steamed bread that was no bigger than their palms and chewed it slowly with water.
The head of the commune office looked at them speechlessly and gave them half of a portion of cabbage from the canteen.
"Eat and leave. It's not that I won't give you food. It's that the higher-ups haven't approved it."
Cheng Deyi picked up a piece of cabbage with chopsticks and put it into his mouth: "No, leader, it's too early for us to go back. Won't it seem like we have done nothing?"
Another village chief said: "Yes, it's cold outside. We really don't want to be outside in the cold wind. Don't worry, leader, we will be back before dark."