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Chapter 54 Take off your pants when you see your boss

"Secretary Han, well, didn't our team already..." When Ma Laowu heard what Han Laogou said, he opened his mouth to argue that his team had already received county cadres last time.

Han Laogou glared at him:

"Why did Leader Yang specifically ask to visit your team? Don't you have any idea? What? Have you forgotten about the time you cheated him out of his manure? I've taken good care of you. I'm telling you, otherwise the leader of the Health Bureau would also like to visit your team three, just to meet you!"

"You went to the county town under someone else's name and cheated so many people out of their shit. It's really unfair for you to be asked to entertain them. Why didn't you feel wronged when you cheated them out of their shit?"

Hearing Ma Laowu being criticized by Han Laogou, the production team leaders nearby laughed out loud. Ma Laowu, with a red face, nodded repeatedly, walked out of the crowd, and reached out to help the other person push the bicycle:

"Yes, yes, it's my duty. I don't feel wronged. Well, Leader Yang, follow me. Let's go."

Yang Limin exchanged a few words with Han Laogou, then pushed his bicycle and followed Ma Laowu back to the third team. When they entered the third team headquarters, Ma Laowu asked the other party to sit down, smiled at the young man, rubbed his hands and said, "Leader Yang..."

"Captain Ma, my name is Yang Liming. You can call me Xiao Yang or Liming. I have to follow your arrangements on the specific work I'm doing here. To be honest, you've been my leader during this period of time." Yang Liming said to Ma Laowu.

These words made Ma Laowu feel comfortable. On the surface, the specific work of the cadres on the ground during this period was indeed arranged by the captains of each team.

But they were all city cadres, and although they were polite, our production team didn't dare to assign them any work.

"Well, just call me Ma Laowu or Uncle Wu. Then Xiao Yang will be the political team leader of our team three during this period?" Ma Laowu said according to the previous arrangement for receiving cadres stationed on the spot.

After listening to Ma Laowu, Yang Liming smiled and nodded without refusing. In fact, he knew that although the position of political team leader, the second-in-command of the production team, had not been officially abolished, after 76, it was basically held concurrently by the production team leader in the rural areas of Bingyang County. Later, it developed into a special arrangement for cadres to hold the position in name only while they were stationed in the production team.

F4 is gone, and we can concentrate on production. Why do we need a political team leader to go against the production team leader and make trouble for him every day?

"Then Xiao Yang, I think you should stay at my house for the rest of your stay. My house isn't very well-off, but..."

Yang Limin smiled at Ma Laowu and asked, "Uncle Wu, is there a guy named Xie Hushan in our team? He is the young member who came to the city to help our team cheat people?"

"Yes! This guy... I said it's shameful. His name has spread throughout the county? The reputation of the third team is completely ruined!" When Ma Laowu heard Yang Liming mention Xie Hushan's name, he was stunned at first, and then asked with a face full of regret.

Seeing Ma Laowu's expression, Yang Limin waved his hands quickly: "Uncle Wu, no, no, it hasn't spread in the county. I know that he was the one who collected the manure. It has nothing to do with you, Uncle Wu. I want to say..."

"The county leaders are so wise!" Ma Laowu excitedly shook Yang Limin's hand before he could finish speaking:
"I said that this bastard did it, but no one in Zhongping Brigade believed me. They all thought I planned it and said Xie Hushan was just a fool. The county leaders saw it clearly and had to restore my reputation. I didn't lie to Dafen... But I was wronged! It's not pleasant to have people pointing fingers at you wherever you go!"

"The county didn't know about this, and I just happened to know about it because I was the one who received them at that time. Uncle Wu, I mean, if it is convenient for his family, can I stay at his house for the time being?" Yang Liming was amused by the way Ma Laowu held his hands and defended himself aggrievedly, which made him want to laugh.

"It is convenient. His parents died in the earthquake, and he lives with his grandmother. But his family conditions are not very good, and there are few laborers. It does not meet the standards set by the commune and the brigade for receiving leaders who are stationed on the spot..." Ma Laowu said somewhat embarrassedly.

Rural people are honest. Although there are no specific regulations on food and accommodation for the county cadres who are arranged to work at the grassroots level, the communes and brigades generally have their own standards. After all, people come down to help with the autumn harvest. When arranging the reception families, they generally consider members with more labor, more work points, and good meals at home to be responsible for the reception. They ensure that the leaders can at least eat scrambled eggs or stewed tofu every day.

It's impossible to really arrange for you to live and eat in a poor household, where the leaders spend money and food coupons, but in the end you only have cold water and steamed corn bread for every meal.

Yang Limin said openly:

"Uncle Wu, I came to the grassroots to learn agricultural knowledge, not to improve my food. If I wanted to eat well, why would I apply to stay here? To be honest, no matter how bad the food in the county party committee canteen is, it is better than the food in the production team, right?"

Ma Laowu hesitated for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up: "Alright, if you live in his house, the team will give you a bowl of stewed pork every day. Stewed pork is affordable and has a lot of oil, better than eggs."

"Then where is Comrade Xie Hushan?" "Accountant! Accountant! Ride your bike and catch Hu Saner back. Don't let him show up everywhere!" Ma Laowu shouted to Accountant Zhao who was busy counting sacks in the yard.

Not long after, Xie Hushan came back on his bicycle with Accountant Zhao on his back. Before he even entered the door, he spoke impatiently:
"Old Five, you should be polite when you beg me, don't always take...Fuck!"

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Yang Liming, whom he had deceived with meal tickets and manure, standing in the team headquarters, looking at him with a smile.

Xie Hushan looked at Ma Laowu, then at Yang Limin, and asked uncertainly:
"Leader, I just ate a few steamed buns at the county party committee. You don't have to come here to settle the score, right?"

Ma Laowu glared at Xie Hushan from the side:
"What nonsense are you talking about? This is Comrade Yang Limin, who came from the county to our third team to do an investigation. He is currently the political leader of our team. After our discussion, we decided to arrange for Xiao Yang's food and lodging at your house."

"Hello, Comrade Xie Hushan." Yang Liming extended his hand.

Xie Hushan shook hands with the other party, but his eyes kept glancing at Ma Laowu, and he said perfunctorily:
"Hello, leader, welcome, welcome. My home is so poor. There is no glass in the room I live in. The window paper is full of holes. There are mosquitoes everywhere at night..."

"The team has decided to allocate five yuan to you to improve Xiao Yang's living standards during this period of time." Ma Laowu said from the side.

When Xie Hushan heard that the team had allocated funds, his expression immediately became cautious and his tone was full of awe: "Leader, I can tell at a glance that you are not a local, right? Do you have parents who are officials?"

"I am a local. My mother is a teacher and my father is a deputy director in a factory workshop." Yang Liming wondered why Xie Hushan suddenly asked about his family, but he still told the truth.

Xie Hushan looked at Ma Laowu and again humbly asked Yang Limin, "Grandpa, grandma, uncle, or other person, are there any officials?"

"No, if you want to talk about state cadres, I am the only one in my family who can barely be considered one. The others are all workers."

"I was so scared, I thought there was someone upstairs in your house!" Xie Hushan breathed a sigh of relief and pulled back his hand:
"What? I just ate a few of your steamed buns, and you're trying to blackmail me? I'm penniless, and my family is poor. I'm keeping my kang for my wife, so how can I have a man lying on it before my wife..."

"Comrade Xie Hushan's living conditions are a bit difficult, it doesn't matter, I have money..." Yang Liming didn't feel strange at all when he saw the other party's unruly behavior. In his perception, this guy's true character should be like this.

When Xie Hushan heard that the other party was rich, his eyes lit up and he said loudly:
"You came here with money? Leader, you don't know, I'm really poor. Let me show you, I'm not someone who likes to fool you, I'm really poor!"

"Wait a minute, what are you going to do, Hu San'er? Who has ever seen a leader taking off his pants like a gangster? Xiao Yang is a man!" Ma Laowu shouted quickly when he saw Xie Hushan suddenly taking off his pants.

Xie Hushan untied his belt and said:
"Nonsense, he's a woman, how can I take off my clothes? Isn't that a hooligan? I just want him to see how poor I am. I can't even afford to wear pants."

His outer trousers were untied, revealing a pair of large shorts made from the nylon lining of a fertilizer bag.

There was a big black word printed on each of the left and right buttocks, which read together: Urea.

There is a line of small words on the crotch of the pants: "Mixed nitrogen content 46%, net weight 40 kilograms."

"Leader, how much money did you bring to the countryside? The villagers are poor and are looking forward to your coming, especially me. I'm short of money recently. I'm not doing this for myself, I'm doing it for the team!" Xie Hushan's eyes were full of desire.

Yang Limin looked at the other party, who was eager to snatch him away on the spot, and said with a smile: "Eight yuan... including the five yuan subsidy from the team, is thirteen yuan enough?"

"Shua~" Xie Hushan pulled up his pants, turned his head to look at Ma Laowu and wanted to scold him, but he finally held back and smiled reluctantly at Yang Limin and nodded:
"Enough, mosquito meat is still meat."

(End of this chapter)