Chapter 20 Chapter Twenty

When the engines of six large trucks stopped suddenly at the intersection and Dai Huazhang stepped out of the cab, the first thing he saw were two male corpses lying on the side of the street. He put the cover of his mouth near his mouth; the second thing he saw was a young woman with a swollen, yellow and shiny body, carrying a small bamboo basket with a sickle in it, staggering out from a threshold, obviously going to Gouging out some wild vegetables; the third thing I saw was a swollen boy defecating on the side of the street. He obviously ate something like bran and bark. The stool was so dry that he couldn’t pull it off. He cried With a sound of mother, a middle-aged woman came out, holding a chopstick with a sharpened end in her hand, and slowly poking it into the child's anus.The rest is silence, a kind of complete silence, not only is there no singing, laughing, cursing or talking, there is not even chickens crowing, ducks crowing, dogs barking and pigs humming, the town is completely dead.

Dai Huazhang stood there blankly. The day before yesterday, after he heard that there was a serious starvation incident in Liuzhen Commune, he hurriedly came out of the hospital sick and returned to the office. First, he asked the office to quickly allocate relief food to Liuzhen, but the director of the office After taking out the form and showing it to him, he realized that all the relief food in the special area had been distributed to the counties, and the large amount of relief food allocated by the central government had not yet arrived, and food was needed everywhere.Helpless, he hurriedly hung up a long-distance call to a comrade in arms who was the director of the provincial food department, begging him to find a way to allocate some food. After all, he was a comrade who shared safety and security on the battlefield. I managed to call a grain depot for troops located near Yuancheng by the Food Department, and dialed 50,000 catties of wheat.Dai Huazhang immediately ordered six four-ton trucks from the regional transportation company, and rushed to Liuzhen overnight.On the way, he still thought that when the car arrived in the town, people would come up to him with cheers. Only now did he know that people were so hungry that they didn't even have the strength to come up and speak.

Go, call the cadres of all brigades to come!He said to Huaibao and other commune cadres standing by with a sullen face.Dai Huazhang called Huaibao when he was leaving the precinct and asked him to come to Liuzhen as well.Dai Huazhang wanted to find out why the famine in Liuzhen was so serious this time. Huaibao was the county magistrate, so he should participate. Not long after, the cadres of various brigades came one after another. Dai Huazhang stood in front of them, stared at their faces one by one for a while, and then said coldly: "I don't think any of you are swollen. The main body directly grasps the objects in the flow. and fully integrated with it. , This proves that you people can still eat food, but I tell you, if anyone dares to embezzle a grain of these relief food, I, Dai Huazhang, will never spare him!You should know that my surname Dai means what I say!Now, you get in the car and go to the team to distribute the food. You will still come here after the food distribution is over!Also, by the way, please tell the folks that a large amount of relief food allocated by the central government is coming soon, so that everyone should not despair and find a way to persevere!

The six trucks headed towards several convoys separately. Dai Huazhang watched the cars go far away, then walked into a nearby yard without a word, and Huai Bao silently followed behind.A ten-year-old girl was holding a corn cob that had been plucked out long ago, chewing and chewing. When she chewed and swallowed, the rough corn cob made her shed a few tears.Dai Huazhang stood there watching silently, tears slowly overflowing from his eyes and down his cheeks... When the six cars returned to the intersection one after another to bring the cadres of the brigade, Dai Huazhang walked slowly in front of everyone and asked in a hoarse voice: Why is this happening here?Didn't you have a huge corn harvest last fall?What is the reason?

The crowd was silent. you say!Dai Huazhang pointed to the secretary of the commune. We are not doing a good job.The secretary of the commune groaned. fart!Dai Huazhang stomped his feet angrily. Of course you didn't do a good job. I'm not asking you for this now, I'm asking the specific reason!you say!He pointed to a brigade cadre standing nearby. Last year's autumn grain in our area...the yield per mu...was not high...that is to say...high.The brigade cadre hesitated to speak. How do you call it too high?Dai Huazhang's eyes widened. It is a false report of the yield per mu... Our corn yield is only a few hundred catties per mu, but it is said to be five thousand and seven...

Oh?Dai Huazhang took two steps back in shock.what about you?The same is true for you, Dai Huazhang's increasingly cold eyes swept over the faces of other brigade cadres one by one. The cadres of the brigade nodded their heads one after another. Did your commune cadres tell you to do it?Dai Huazhang turned around and grabbed the commune secretary by the collar. No... no, we followed the instructions of the County Magistrate Liao—— Dai Huazhang's hand trembled, and he let go, then turned around very slowly, fixed his eyes on Huaibao, and there was a little confusion in his cold eyes: you? !

Wow.Huaibao clearly felt his heart being hoisted up by something like Luhu.From the moment Dai Huazhang first got off the car, from the moment he saw the furious and distressed look on his face, Huaibao was worried that he would investigate the cause of the hunger, and finally, there was something to worry about. What else do you have to say?Dai Huazhang's voice became extremely fierce. I—Huaibao forgot how to say the words of defense for a moment. Tied me up!Dai Huazhang suddenly yelled at the two cadres who followed behind him.The two cadres were taken aback for a moment, then stepped forward and tied Huaibao's hands behind his back with a piece of rope tied to the sack on the car.

Huaibao was stunned by the scene in front of him, this was the first time he saw this side of Dai Huazhang's character.Being criticized, scolded, and demoted, he had thought of all these consequences just now, but he only imagined that he would be tied up.He was completely shocked by Dai Huazhang's cruel treatment, and was dragged into the car without saying a word of excuse. Get in the car and go to the county seat!Dai Huazhang waved his hand violently...