After the breakup, I joined the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection

"Hey, hey! Villagers, pay attention. Gather at the east entrance of the village immediately. Men bring shovels, women bring baskets, and warriors bring ropes and lie on carts. We are going to the dam to dig taro..."

Early in the morning, Lu An was awakened by the village radio.

I walked out of the room with sleepy eyes, only to see that my parents and younger brother were already active in the yard.

Lu An reacted immediately, ran back to his room, changed into a set of coarse work clothes, then carried a shovel and followed the large group of villagers to dig taro.

Digging taro is a traditional activity in Pingjiang rural areas.

Although the household contract responsibility system has been implemented for more than ten years, collective farms and production brigades are still retained in Pingjiang rural areas. In addition, taro is a crop that is easy to grow and has a high yield. Therefore, every time the taro matures, the village will organize people to rush to harvest the taro.

In addition, organizing such a large number of people to harvest can effectively prevent the crops that one has worked hard to grow for a year from being snatched away by people from other teams.

This is how it is in the countryside. Even after 20 or 30 years, there are still families, young and old, going to other people's fields in groups to "pick up" things, let alone this day and age. If you go alone and can bring back a basket of taro, it is considered a kindness from your next-door neighbor.

What did you mean call the police?

This is a rural area. By the time the police arrive, it will be too late to make a living!

Moreover, the relationships in rural areas are complicated. Who knows, the person who robbed the things might be someone's uncle. How can you let the police handle it? Don't you recognize your relatives?

In the fields on the dam, Lu An followed his parents and sweated profusely, full of energy.

Although Lu An broke a lot of things in the beginning, after all, he hadn't done farm work for twenty years, but as time went by and he learned from his parents, Lu An slowly got back to his normal state.

With a strong dig and turn of the shovel, you can bring out a bunch of round taro.

"Wow! Brother Lu An is so amazing! He dug out so much in one go!"

Su Qinglian jumped over and originally wanted to help Lu An, but when she saw how many things were in the basket, she exclaimed in surprise.

Lu An scratched his head in embarrassment. Just as he was about to say something polite, he heard a sarcastic voice: "Hey! Isn't this the Wenquxing college student from our village? Why are you here to do farm work?"

Lu An turned around and saw a very bright young man standing by the field.

He was bright in all aspects. First, his head was covered with thick mousse, which made people think it would be prickly to touch. Then he wore a shiny black suit and a pair of leather shoes that were almost reflective.

I have to say that wearing this outfit to come to the field shows that he is really in a good mood.

With Lu An's twenty years of experience, he could tell at a glance that this guy had a crush on Su Qinglian. He came here today in all this outfit just to show off in front of Su Qinglian, but when he saw Su Qinglian following Lu An, he immediately became jealous.

Seeing Lu An looking at him, he widened his eyes and glared back at him fiercely.

This person's name is Xia Donglai, and he has a certain degree of relationship with Lu An's family.

Lu An shook his head helplessly: He is so childish, just like a kid!

Lu An was already in his forties or fifties, so of course he was too lazy to argue with him. But Su Qinglian was not happy. She put her hands on her waist and asked him, "Xia Donglai, have you finished your work? Why are you running to our side?"

Su Qinglian spoke, and Xia Dongzi stroked his hair, which was as hard as a helmet, thinking he was very handsome, and raised his head proudly and said, "I am a cadre, what kind of work do I need to do? Qinglian, come and follow me, a cadre. I am not like some college students who study hard for several years, but in the end they can't even get the status of a cadre and have to go back to work in the fields."

Xia Donglai emphasized his cadre status all the time, and was very arrogant. He even targeted Lu An.

Speaking of this, Lu An was even more amused and helpless.

It was during this time that Lu An found out that the day he returned to the village was also the day Xia Donglai joined the town government.

Right! The so-called cadres that Xia Donglai has always emphasized are actually small clerks with no rank at all.

The reason why the secretary and the village chief were carrying ducks and good wine that day was actually to deliver them to Xia Donglai's home, so that Xia Donglai would work hard in the town and find ways to take care of the village more in the future.

As it happened, I happened to be returning to the village. After thinking it over, the secretary and the village chief felt that college students had more prospects, so they turned around and came here first.

Later, Lu An explained that college students are not guaranteed jobs now and he is not a cadre, so they went out, turned left, and went to Xia Donglai's house as a last resort.

Even though Lu An replaced the ducks in their hands with chickens, in Xia Donglai's eyes they were just spare tires!

Everyone knows the feeling of being a spare tire, and a double spare tire in terms of career and emotions... Oh, no, with Su Qinglian's attitude towards him, I'm afraid he doesn't even qualify as a spare tire.

"Yes, yes, yes. Xia Donglai, you are a cadre, so could you please stand further away and not disturb us while we are working?" Lu An said.

If possible, Lu An really has no interest in arguing with this kind of kid.

But Xia Donglai got excited, and he puffed out his chest: "I will stand here. I am a cadre and have the right to supervise your work. Now I will see that you, Lu An, are not working well and are doing a mess of your work. You are like a tuberculosis ghost who can't carry anything with his shoulders or hands!"

Su Qinglian was angry: "Xia Donglai, that's enough. What did my brother Lu An do to you? Why are you targeting him like this?"

Xia Donglai laughed mockingly: "I am targeting him? I am a cadre in the town. Who is he to be targeted by me? I am exercising my authority as a cadre to supervise the work of this stinking old ninth and prevent him from being lazy!"

Even a clay man still has some temper, and Lu An is not someone to be trifled with.

Lu An didn't want to argue with a kid, but provoking him again and again was too much.

I can only say that you are shameless!

Lu An raised his head and deliberately looked Xia Donglai up and down: "Your clothes and shoes are not cheap, right?"

Xia Donglai couldn't hear the chill in Lu An's tone, and proudly pulled his clothes to show the brand: "Of course, this is my brand, Luo Dannu! Only cadres are qualified to wear it, do you understand?"

What is Rodano doing?

Lu Ansi thought about it and realized that he had never heard of this brand. He guessed it was a fake brand after Giordano became popular in China. Xia Donglai didn't understand the ins and outs of it and thought it was some high-end foreign brand.

"That's why you, comrade, should be careful and stay away. If you get mud on your body, you may not be able to return to the unit!"

As Lu An spoke, he quickened his pace in turning the soil, and deliberately sprinkled the wet mud from the ditch onto Xia Donglai.

Xia Donglai's eyes suddenly turned red: "Ah! You bastard, you dare to dirty my clothes, I will kill you!"

As he said that, Xia Donglai pounced towards Lu An, his face ferocious, as if he wanted to skin Lu An alive.

Lu An seemed to raise the shovel subconsciously, and Xia Donglai grabbed the shovel tightly. Then Lu An and Xia Donglai twisted left and right. Suddenly, Xia Donglai exerted force and swung the shovel, knocking over the cart loaded with taro next to him.

Lu An immediately shouted: "Xia Donglai, what are you doing? If you have any complaints about me, just come to me. These are all the taro from the village! Come and see, Xia Donglai has knocked over the taro from our village!"

"I don't care what you say, I'm going to kill you!"

Xia Donglai was obviously angry now. He suddenly reacted after he finished shouting, and then he saw the villagers from the nearby Lugang Village looking at him with anger in their eyes.

"No... this isn't me!"

Xia Donglai was frightened at this moment. He immediately pointed at Lu An and said, "It's all Lu An's fault. He overturned the cart. He..."

Before he could finish his words, Su Qinglian interrupted him angrily: "You are lying! It is obvious that you are the one who caused trouble for Brother Lu An for no reason. It was you who knocked it over!"

The villagers also stood on Su Qinglian's side: "That's right, we all saw that it was you who overturned the cart just now! Now you are still trying to argue and falsely accuse others of being a college student. You are so young and you know how to lie. It's disgusting!"

"These are the taro we worked so hard to dig. It would be fine if you, a useless person, didn't help, but you even knocked it over. Are you deliberately trying to make things difficult for the whole village?"

"You bastard, I want you to lick all these taro clean!"

Faced with the murderous aura of these villagers, Xia Donglai was really scared. He also grew up in the countryside and knew how simple the people in rural areas are now. If a real war breaks out, they will definitely not hesitate to blow a hole in your head.

He stepped back step by step, his hands and feet trembling, and his voice couldn't help but tremble: "You...what are you going to do? I am a cadre in the town, I am a cadre!"

Xia Donglai repeatedly emphasized his cadre status, which was his last straw.

But the villagers became even angrier after hearing this.

"What the hell are you talking about cadres? I've been hearing you talk about it all the time. Are cadres so great? I'm a cadre!"

"People like you will be a nuisance even if you become a cadre. It's better to bury you as soon as possible!"

"Surround him, don't let him get away!"

puff!

Xia Donglai couldn't bear it any longer and sat down on the ground. He collapsed and begged for mercy: "Ah! I'm sorry, I was wrong, please forgive me, we are all from the same village, please spare my life, my father is a senior committee member!"

"Everyone stop it!"

Suddenly a voice was heard. It was the village secretary Lu Maocai.

Xia Donglai felt as if these words were from heaven. He quickly crawled behind Lu Maocai and said, "Secretary Lu, you must save me!"

Lu Maocai sighed: "Anyway, you knocked it over. You are responsible for washing the taro in the mud and loading it back onto the cart."

Xia Donglai was reluctant at first, thinking that as a cadre, how could he do this job?

But looking at the murderous looks around him, Xia Donglai had no choice but to compromise.

I saw him bending over, picking up taro one by one, but he was pouting and mumbling something, but no one could hear clearly.

"It's normal for the heroes to fight and quarrel. Why are you so fierce? Do you really want to kill someone? Go back to work!"

Lu Maocai had a very high prestige in Lugang Village. With just one shout, the villagers who had been ferocious just now immediately became dejected and went back to work obediently.

Lu Maocai then glanced at Lu An.

Lu An gave Lu Maocai an apologetic smile in return...