Da Sheng's father had aged a lot in the past two years. His head of gray hair contrasted with the deep wrinkles on his forehead. It was as if he was telling the bitter story behind his imprisonment in town, but that was already in the past, and no one wanted to mention it anymore.
However, Da Sheng's father was really great. Although he had suffered a lot for the village last time, he was worried about another matter in the village. In fact, this matter was related to the land acquisition last time.
The situation was like this: After the government took over the land, the construction teams entered one after another. This refinery was a big project for the town. It was said that the profits after the completion were very high and would bring a lot of tax benefits to the town. Therefore, the construction progress was very fast. It was completed in only about a year. On the day of the ribbon-cutting ceremony, many leaders of the town came. To be honest, the villagers were also very proud of this big enterprise. The transportation of workers in and out of the factory, the purchase of daily food and daily necessities, really made the small business in the village prosperous.
But soon, a problem arose. " A lot of sewage is discharged from the refinery every day. Maybe because of the incident with the town police, the leaders of the refinery think that our village is not to be trifled with. Or maybe they want to please the villagers so as not to ruin the relationship between the villagers around the refinery. Therefore, the sewage pipe of the refinery is not pulled to the Longtou Creek of our village to discharge sewage. Instead, it is pulled across the stream and is pulled more than 200 meters away to enter the Fengwei Creek.
In fact, both Dragon Head Stream and Phoenix Tail Stream originated from Sand Stream upstream and only branched off at Oxhorn Bay. Dragon Head Stream became the main irrigation water source of our village, while Phoenix Tail Stream was an important water source for the neighboring village, Li Village.
It had only been three months since the start of the refinery, but there were frequent livestock deaths in Li Village. Many ducks and geese died, and even a buffalo died. Not long after, the Li family found the reason: Phoenix Tail Creek was polluted. One did not even need to look. One only needed to sniff to know that the stream water was seriously polluted. There was a strong chemical smell that was very choking. Not to mention drinking, even irrigation was a problem.
Li Zibo, the village chief of Li Village, immediately negotiated with the leader of the refinery, asking the refinery to immediately stop the discharge of sewage. However, the refinery took out an official document, pointing out that the sewage discharged by their factory had been tested by the relevant departments and completely met the national safety standards. There was no pollution to the environment at all. They rejected Li Zibo's request and coaxed him out of the factory.
The people of the Li family were so angry that they sent people to smash a big hole in the sewage pipe that passed through Longtou Creek. Now, all the sewage flowed into Longtou Creek.
The people in our village found that the sewage pipe was destroyed and quickly informed the petrification plant to send people to repair it. However, before they could repair it for two days, the pipe was smashed again. This time, the villagers were extremely angry. After mending the big hole again, they sent a few villagers to lie in ambush and see if that bold person dared to cause trouble again.
Ha, it was only the second day, and the perpetrator was captured alive. It turned out to be the two brothers of the Li family. The villagers beat the two guys up and warned them that if they dared to cause trouble again, they would be beaten to death next time.
Not long after the two brothers were released, the Li family village was in an uproar. It did not take long for them to organize an army of more than a hundred people to attack. They just happened to encounter the sewage protection army that my village had just organized. There were only about ten people in the sewage protection army, and they were not a match at all. They were quickly chased back to the village to call for reinforcements.
The entire Li family was surnamed Li. It was said that a high-ranking official surnamed Li was demoted in the Song Dynasty, so his family moved to the south to take refuge. The entire village was almost the same ancestor, so they were especially united. " Compared to our village of mixed surnames, although the folk customs are fierce, everyone has their own plans. Especially this sewage pipe incident. Those who live upstream are not polluted, so they don't care much about this matter and don't want to contribute. In addition, since the land acquisition, many laborers had gone to work in the city. There were few young and strong people left in the village. In addition, after the last attack on the town police station, the village chief was warned not to hold large-scale gatherings in the future. If something happened again, he would have to settle the old and new accounts together.
Due to various reasons, the villagers beat drums and gongs for a long time before they managed to gather 60 to 70 people. However, for the sake of their own interests, they could only brace themselves and fight with the Li family. The result was obvious. After a round of bloody battle, most of the people who were beaten and injured were villagers from our village. Some of the villagers ran away, some were injured, and those who were caught were taught a lesson by Li Zibo. He warned that if they dared to repair the sewage pipe again, and another drop of sewage flowed into Phoenix Tail Creek, they would flatten our village.
Everyone was angry but did not dare to speak up about this injustice. They could only swallow their anger and endure the sewage for a few weeks. Fortunately, it was the new year and the factory was closed. Everyone could finally breathe a sigh of relief. However, the villagers of the Lower Reaches, led by Uncle Cheng, were still unwilling. They had always wanted to regroup and fight the Li family.
Uncle Zhu knew that with the current strength of the village, fighting with the Li family was like throwing an egg at a rock. He was worried that something would happen, but he had no good idea.
"Uncle Zhu, don't worry. I'll talk to Uncle Cheng about this tomorrow and I'll think of a way.”
Uncle Zhu looked at me with a trusting gaze. He nodded and didn't say anything, but he gave me an indescribable pressure. Looks like I have to do this.
The next day, I talked to Uncle Cheng in detail to understand the strength of both sides. There are not many residents in the Li family village. The registered population is less than half of our village. In the past, they would never dare to provoke our village. However, in recent years, most of the young and middle-aged people in our village have gone out to work. Only women and children are left at home. The remaining young and strong people are less than 200. Moreover, they are not very united. At most, they can only organize dozens of people. In contrast, the Li family could easily gather hundreds of people, and they were brave and united in battle. With their current strength, this battle would be difficult to fight.
However, although it was difficult to fight, Uncle Cheng was still unwilling to give in just like that. In the first few weeks of the new year, the few families did not dare to let the ducks go. If they continued to live, they would not even be able to plant the land. If they did not repair the sewage pipe, it would be equivalent to having no home. Dozens of villagers downstream hoped that Uncle Cheng would stand up for them and think of a way.
Of course, Uncle Cheng didn't expect me to be like last time, to call upon the 'central officials' to solve the problem, but his eager eyes revealed his expectation for me, making it difficult for me to refuse.
"Uncle Cheng, you watched me grow up. Your business is my business. Don't worry, I'll think of a way.”
After saying goodbye to Uncle Cheng, I went to Old Seven to discuss. Both of us felt that it would be difficult to defeat the Li family village with just the strength of the village. It seemed that we could only move our troops.
Da Sheng actually has quite a number of capable men in our village, but they are busy with the hotel project. I am too embarrassed to ask them to put down their urgent work and come back to join the battle. There are more than 50 people in the aquatic products company, but it's the government's holiday now, and it's also the peak season for second-hand machine heads. I don't want my ship to stop. The more they go, the more money I get. This is also very important to me.
It seemed that he could only move the soldiers under the black bear. I called Black Bear and asked him to organize at least 50 people for me within this week. They rented a bus to our village and were prepared to participate in a fight. They might have to stay in our village for two to three nights. After the matter was done, they would be given 200 dayuan each and all travel expenses would be paid by me.
Black Bear was always quick to do things. Three days later, a bus drove into the village with thirty-eight people. However, Uncle Cheng shook his head when he saw it."Xiaohu, why do you look like a child soldier?”
I looked at it and had no choice but to pull the black bear to the side."Black bear, why are there so many child soldiers? This is a war. Can these children fight?”
"Brother Hu, the Spring Festival has just passed. Our brothers are having fun and traveling. It's hard to find people. Only these students haven't started school yet. If it weren't for the 200 yuan, we wouldn't have been able to recruit people. When they heard that they were going to spend the night, many brothers gave up. Dad and Mom are so strict that they can't go out. It's already not bad to recruit more than 30 people.”
I thought to myself that this was also the truth. The New Year had just passed and I had just felt comfortable. Who would be willing to come all the way here to work hard? It was not easy to recruit such a group of people.
After settling the group of child soldiers, at night, Old Seven, Black Bear, and a few villagers gathered at Uncle Cheng's house for a meeting to discuss how to fight the battle with the Li family.
In terms of numbers, we only have a hundred or so people, so we definitely don't have the advantage. In terms of combat strength, half of us are loose villagers, and the other half are child soldiers. On the other hand, the Li family's Qing Yise is a young farmer, so we are even more disadvantaged. Everyone discussed for a long time and felt that this battle was really difficult to win.
After thinking for a long time, I finally had a clue. When they quieted down, I said,"We basically can't win this battle. We can only use our wits.”
"Use your wits?" Everyone present rubbed their heads and cast doubtful looks.
"Yes, we can't fight with our strength. We can only win with our wits.”So, I told them my thoughts. Everyone nodded and prepared themselves.
A day later, Uncle Cheng reported that he had contacted the people of the Li village. Tomorrow afternoon, the two villages would have a duel at Niujiao Bay. Whoever was beaten would have to admit their defeat. The winner of the sewage matter would have the final say.
Uncle Cheng and I chose the location of Oxhorn Bay. It's near the fork of Shaxi. There are cane fields there. One side belongs to Uncle Huang of our village, and the other side belongs to Li's village. There is a four to five meter wide road between the cane fields that runs from east to west, becoming one of the main passages connecting the two villages.
Early the next morning, we divided our work according to the plan and made proper preparations. I had a well-thought-out plan for this battle.
At noon, the Li stockade arrived on time. There were more than a hundred people, each holding a farming tool and a wooden stick, and they were filled with killing intent. Compared to our side, Uncle Cheng and I are leading sixty to seventy villagers. The number of people is thin, and the morale is much lower than theirs.
Li Zibo personally led the team. When he saw that we only had a few people, he laughed disdainfully."Dacheng, you have to keep your word. This time, whoever is beaten up will have to admit it. If you're afraid, you can bring the team home now, but we have the final say in the matter of sewage disposal.”
"What are you afraid of? Bring it on if you have the guts. Who's afraid of who? If I don't beat you into submission today, I won't be Li Weicheng.”
"Hehe, good, you have guts. Everyone, go, fight for me, don't show mercy!”Li Zibo roared and waved his hand, and the Li clan's people surged forward like a flood…
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