"Sanhu, you are wrong. I went to the Water Conservancy Bureau with Mayor Ouyang today. The director of the Water Conservancy Bureau personally told us that only the water from Laoye Bay in Xiping Village is drinkable. This is proven by the test results. No one dares to say nonsense.

Therefore, if Xiping Village wants to divert water into the village, it can only divert water from Laoye Bay," Xia Jian said with a serious face.

Xia Sanhu let out a sigh of relief and said, "How to do it? This is the graveyard of our ancestors. No one has touched it for many years. Could it be..." Xia Sanhu hesitated.

"It's true to respect our ancestors, but without water to eat, it means that we can't survive in the first place. Everyone should understand this truth, so the water will be diverted soon, and it can only be introduced from Laoye Bay," Xia Jian said very decisively,

As he spoke, he patted the table.

Xia Sanhu glanced at Xia Jian and said: "I have no objection to diverting water from here, but I will not participate in this work. I will go all out to complete the expansion of the greenhouse."

"No, not only do you have to participate in this work, but you are also responsible for Xia Sanye's ideological work. You will go right away. I must hear the results tomorrow." Xia Jian stared at Xia Sanhu and continued talking.

There is no room for negotiation.

Xia Sanhu snorted coldly, stood up and left. As he was about to go out, he muttered: "I have to do this digging of ancestral graves, why don't you go by yourself?"

Several people in the room looked at each other and smiled, but no one dared to say anything. This Xia Sanhu worked like a cow, but his temper was even worse than that of a cow. In the entire Xiping Village, only Xia Jian

, he can still hear a little bit.

After Xia Sanhu left, Zhao Hong smiled and said to Xia Jian: "In your Xia family, the only ones who can keep their word are Xia Sanye and your dad. Sanhu went to find the third master, who will do your dad's job?"

Do?"

"Of course I will do my dad's job. Erniu will go to Uncle Xia Jiushu's house as soon as possible. Song Fang will stay with Mo Yan. He will go to Xia Sanwa's house. Zhao Hong will go to your neighbor Xia's house to start a family. All we need to do is bring these people together.

It makes sense, the other people don't have much of a problem, they should act immediately." As soon as Xia Jian finished speaking, he stood up and left.

Zhao Hong took two steps after him and warned Xia Jiandao: "Your father has a strong temper. You should pay attention to the way you speak. Don't fight between father and son." Zhao Hong's words amused other people in the room.

Xia Zecheng, who was washing his feet and getting ready to sleep on the kang, heard Xia Jian say that the village was diverting water to pass by the Xia family's ancestral graves. He was so angry that he kicked the basin over and poured the foot-washing water all over the floor.

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"Get out of here. From now on, I don't have a son like you. You can think of digging up my ancestor's grave. In a few days, you will cut off my head too." Xia Zecheng was furious.

Cursing loudly, he hit Xia Jian with the footcloth in his hand.

Sun Yuejuan couldn't sit still anymore, she jumped down from the kang, pointed at Xia Zecheng and cursed: "You old fool, why are you so angry? Are you tired of living a good life? Okay! You are awesome, we bitches

I can’t afford to offend you and I can afford to hide, so let’s go back to Jian! Let’s go back to the Beifang.”

Sun Yuejuan cursed, grabbed Xia Jian's hand and left.

"You old lady, what do you know? If you break ground on the Xia family's ancestral grave, it will arouse public outrage. If not, our family will be driven out of Xiping Village." Xia Zecheng argued hard and showed no weakness.

Xia Jian sat on the edge of the bed in his room with a worried look on his face. What should he do? He knew that his father would definitely object to this, but he never thought that his father would be so emotional.

"Son, don't be anxious. This matter needs to be done slowly. No one has dared to touch the Xia family's ancestral graves for decades. As soon as you become the village chief, you will operate on your own family first. Even if we both agree, Xia

No one else in the family knows how to do it, even the year before last! Wang Degui often quarreled with your father over this matter, but in the end, he still didn't dare to move." Sun Yuejuan comforted Xia Jian in a low voice.

Xia Jian took a deep breath and said, "Mom! I understand this, but you have also seen that people in our village will soon have no water to eat. The problem is very serious. There is water in other places, but it does not meet drinking standards. This will

There is a problem with eating. We made this decision out of helplessness."

"Mom, I understand. Don't think too much about it. Go to bed early! I'll explain it to your dad." Sun Yuejuan said, got up and went back to the room. Looking at her mother's thin back under the light, Xia Jian felt extremely sad.

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Early the next morning, Xia Jian went to the village committee without even eating breakfast. How could he sleep in such a hurry? In fact, Zhao Hong came earlier than him and had already tidied up the office.

"How is it?" Xia Jian asked Zhao Hong straight to the point.

Zhao Hong chuckled and said, "The task you gave me is light. The couple said it, so they just don't express their opinions when the time comes. I guess your task is quite heavy."

"I was so choked that Mr. Xia used a cane to beat him out of the house." Xia Sanhu said, walking in with a look of disappointment on his face.

Xia Jian couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. At this moment, Chen Erniu, Song Fang and Mo Yan walked in, chatting and laughing.

"We've got everything done, and everyone has told us not to say anything until then, or just go out and take shelter in advance," Chen Erniu said with a smile.

Song Fang wanted to say a few words, but when she saw Xia Jian's sullen face, she had no choice but to agree with Chen Erniu and nodded, meaning that what they said was the same as what Chen Erniu said.

At this time, I heard someone shouting: "Third Master, please slow down."

When Xia Jian heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he thought, why is Mr. Xia going to the village committee so early?

"Xia Jian! Get out of here, you little bastard. Your wings are stiff, right? You want to dig up the ancestral graves of our Xia family. I want to ask you, where did you come from?"

Xia Jian shook his head helplessly and led everyone out of the office. In the courtyard of the village committee, Mr. Xia was leaning on a cane with both hands, eyes wide open, and his silver hair trembling slightly in the breeze.

"Third Master! What's wrong with you? If you have something to say in the house," Zhao Hong rushed over, stretched out her hand to support Mr. Xia, and helped him into the office.

Mr. Xia fell and broke away from Zhao Hong's hand. He shook his head and said, "Don't go in. I'm just a commoner. Why would I go to your office? I just came here to ask Xia Zecheng's son why he wanted to dig up his own house."

Ancestral graves?”

What the hell are you talking about? What kind of common people are you? Xia Jian secretly smiled in his heart, walked over, and said to Mr.

Which one do you care about?"

Mr. Xia suddenly raised the crutch in his hand and slashed it at Xia Jian's head, cursing: "I'll beat you to death, you bastard." Fortunately, Xia Jian was agile. He hurriedly dodged, and the crutch grazed

His back fell.

Mr. Xia stumbled and almost fell to the ground. Mo Yan quickly moved a chair for him from the house and helped Mr. Xia sit down.

There were more and more people watching the excitement. Xia Jian saw that most of them were from the Wang family. He originally wanted everyone to leave, but then he thought about it and shouted towards the door, "Come in and listen! Don't crowd in the door."

"Come on," Xia Jian said, and with a roar, half the courtyard was filled with people.

When Zhao Hong saw that Xia Jian was going to fight a protracted war, he moved a chair for him.

"Third Master, you are the oldest and most reasonable person in our village. Today, the two of us are going to argue in front of everyone. If this diversion of water is my fault, I will kowtow to you.

It's a crime, but if you're wrong, then please show your respect and let us introduce the water first, how about it?" Xia Jian said to Mr. Xia very sincerely.

Mr. Xia was still angry and shook his head and said: "Our Xia family supports you to be the village chief in order to bring honor to our Xia family. But it would be better for you to operate on our Xia family first. A good dog protects Sanye."

Street, haven’t you heard of this sentence?”

"I know, I, Xia Jian, am very grateful for everyone's trust in me, but I would like to ask Third Master, our village is about to face the crisis of water shortage. Do you think we as cadres should take care of this matter?" Xia Jian changed the topic.

, kicked the question away.

Mr. Xia took a sip of the water that Zhao Hong poured for him, and said with a trembling voice: "It should be taken care of! If you don't care, what do you want to do? The Xiping Village Committee doesn't want to put up any decorations."

"Okay, since the third master has said that we should take care of this matter, let me ask you, how should we take care of this matter? Drinkable water cannot be introduced into the village. Seeing that the whole village will be without water, should we let everyone

Can't you drink the water from Xichuan River?" Xia Jian was a little excited when he said this.

Mr. Xia poked his crutch on the ground and shouted angrily: "Asshole! There are so many water sources in the upper reaches of the Xichuan River. Which water source is not good to divert? Do you have to divert it from our cemetery?"

"San Ye is right. There are indeed several water sources in the upper reaches of the Xichuan River. However, the test results show that the water has problems and cannot meet the standards of drinking water. If we force the introduction, the consequences will be for our descendants and even the current generation.

, there will be people who develop large bones due to calcium deficiency, that is, lameness, I think no one wants to see this!" As soon as Xia Jian finished speaking, the people watching the excitement in the yard exploded.

Mr. Xia was leaning on a cane, looking into the distance without saying a word, which left Xia Jian helpless.

After a while, Xia Jian finally couldn't help but asked: "Third Master, you are highly respected and we will listen to everything you say, but this matter is related to the survival of the whole village. Can't we pay for a cemetery for our ancestors?"

, and let the living suffer, is the dead more important than the living?"

"Ouch! Why am I so dizzy?" Mr. Xia shouted.

Chen Erniu and Xia Sanhu looked at each other and smiled. They ran over, helped Xia Sanye up and walked toward his home.

The spectators then dispersed.

Mo Yan adjusted her glasses, lowered her voice and asked, "Mr. Xia, did you win just now or did Mr. Xia win? Why didn't I understand?"

"It's okay if you don't understand. Go slowly and think about it!" Xia Jian said this and turned back to the office.
Chapter completed!