Chapter 222 Fighting Tigers
The next morning, it was cloudy, and Jiang Cheng got up early and took out a high-chassis Land Rover from the group that was suitable for walking on the mountain road. The back of the car was filled with New Year's gifts for the villagers. Jiang Cheng drove to the entrance of Shiguan Village and received Mu Mingcheng's family who had already packed up their things and waited here.
The five people went on the expressway without stopping and went straight to the expressway. Today is the 21st day of the 12th lunar month, and this year is not the 30th, so there are only eight days left for the New Year. There are a lot of traffic on the expressway. Most of them are office workers who drive home for the New Year, as well as minibuses from all over the country, all from coastal areas to the mainland.
The end of the year is approaching, and train tickets are hard to come by. Many people who work by car go home for the New Year. Although the tickets are more than twice as expensive, it is a very happy thing for them who work outside all year round to go home. If you have money or not, you will go home for the New Year. This is the tradition of Chinese people.
On the expressway south, although there are many vehicles on the lane on the side of Jiang Cheng, at least it will not be congested. However, the opposite lane is different. The opposite lane is all from Guangdong, Fujian and other places to the mainland. There are as numerous vehicles as the speed of the car, and the speed cannot be too fast. The expressway is like a busy area in the city, and it is very congested.
Seeing so many cars being blocked on the highway, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but sigh: "What does it look like when the festival comes to the highway? Alas!"
Mu Han, who was sitting behind, said: "This is because of our country's policies. Although reform and opening up has brought development, it has also brought many disadvantages. The economy of the coastal areas is developing rapidly and employment opportunities are great. The inland people will definitely flock to those places. Didn't our Spring Festival travel rush come into being like this? Every year from the end of the year, people working outside will find ways to go home. Hundreds of millions of people are brought back from the coast to the inland. This will definitely require a huge amount of traffic, so every time at this time, highway traffic congestion is normal!"
Jiang Cheng gave a thumbs up and praised: "Mu Han is still knowledgeable, and reading is beneficial. I didn't study as hard as you did back then. I either fought or played all day long. I basically returned all the things I learned in class to the teacher!"
When the people in the car heard Jiang Cheng's words, they couldn't help laughing. After a while, Mu Mingcheng said: "Xiao Jiang, you are a good person. There are not many people like you in society now!"
Jiang Cheng smiled and said nothing. Now the society is full of material desires and money leads the way. This is no longer a social atmosphere that can be reversed by one person and two people, but requires the guidance of the government and the awakening of the people. Now everyone is running for money, even the children who study in school are the same. The purpose of their study has become to study purely for the purpose of living a good life in the future and to study in order to make a lot of money in the future. As for studying like Premier Zhou, who is studying for the rise of China, most of the students nowadays will only smile after listening to it.
Jiang Cheng had no choice but to do this. The people he could influence were the people around him. His ability could only allow the people around him to live a good life, avoid being bullied or looked down upon, that's all.
The anger in the car was quite dull, and if the topic continued, it would only make people speechless. Jiang Cheng turned on the radio and sounded the radio. At this time, the radio reported that a cold air was moving south from the north and was expected to go to the province this afternoon. With the cold air moving south, it will be moderate to heavy snow in the whole province today. The player said that this was a strong convective cold air that was rare in a century. Please take precautions.
When Jiang Cheng heard this, the accelerator under his feet couldn't help but heavier. They had just left the boundary of Jiangnan City, at least a few hundred kilometers away from Shizhou. There was also a large section of mountain road on the way to Mushan Group. If they could not arrive before heavy snow, the mountain road would be difficult to walk. If they were not careful, the vehicle might slip and be trapped in the mountains, which would be difficult to get through at that time.
However, there were too many vehicles on the highway. Jiang Cheng tried his best but couldn't drive very fast. He could only drive at a speed of 12. He arrived in Shizhou city until after 1 noon. When they got off the highway, heavy snow had already started to fall. The clouds in the sky were extremely thick, and it was obvious that there was a sign of a blizzard. Jiang Cheng filled the car with oil in the city and continued to get on the road.
After leaving the city, the heavy snow was getting heavier and heavier. Soon the snow became very thick. Only one outline could be seen on the main road. Jiang Cheng only walked this road once and almost didn't know the road. Fortunately, Mu Mingcheng and his family were there. They were all familiar with this road. Under their command, Jiang Cheng drove his car to the entrance of the mountain area.
When we arrived in Tianjing Township, everyone was stunned. The road entering the mountain had been completely covered by heavy snow. People in the village saw someone driving into the mountain on such a snowy day and came to check who it was.
When he saw that it was Mu Mingcheng's family, someone immediately told him not to enter the mountain. The snow was too heavy. The snow was so thick. If you had a tire in the car and it was difficult to walk, but Mu Mingcheng disagreed. The village called and said that the old man was almost out of reach, how could he not leave when he reached the doorstep? He looked at Jiang Cheng.
Jiang Cheng knew what he meant when he saw Mu Mingcheng's eyes. Without saying a word, he took out a guy's tool from the trunk and installed anti-slip chains on the four wheels of Land Rover. No matter what snow it is, he would walk away without hesitation.
The group got on the bus immediately, preparing to enter the mountain when the snow had not been completely closed. But just when Mu Mingcheng got on the bus, a fellow villager in the village said to him quietly: "Brother Mu, be careful. The old man's affairs are not simple, so don't get involved."
Mu Mingcheng was unclear, but he had an unknown premonition in his heart. Jiang Cheng was also. He had long been feeling that things might not be simple. How could a person with such a tough body say that he was critically ill? There was probably something hidden here.
Several people started the road with great worries. Land Rover equipped with anti-slip chains was walking on flat ground in the mountains, and he was not afraid of slipping at all. Two hours later, Jiang Cheng finally drove into the Mushan Group deep in the mountains. As soon as the car entered the village, a fellow villagers who heard the sound came out of the house. Seeing that Jiang Cheng and Mu Mingcheng were getting off the car, an uncle who was a peer of Mu Mingcheng walked up to everyone and said, "Big nephew, you are here. Go and see the old master, he is almost out of here!"
When everyone heard this, they rushed to the old man's house. When they arrived at the old man's house, they found that their house was full of people. Everyone was in a bad mood and the atmosphere at the scene was very dull.
The old man was born in the 1920s and is now 90 years old. When Jiang Cheng and the others came to see him this summer, the old man was still healthy. I didn’t expect that the old man would fall ill in just a few months.
The villagers were moved to see that the eldest grandson, who came from the city last time, came and cried to him, "Grand grandson, you must be fair to the old man. Those who killed the gods must have the old man go to the road for them in order to kill some tigers. If the old man didn't go, they cut off the electricity from the village and said that when the tiger was called, they would power the village. The old man went to the township government to find the leader to respond, but was scolded by the leader. The old man was so angry that he fell ill when he came back!"
Jiang Cheng was shocked after hearing this. He didn't expect that in this day and age, there were people who dared to beat tigers. They didn't beat them and asked a 90-year-old man to fight them. They were simply a group of scumbags.
Jiang Cheng held the old uncle's hand and asked, "Who are they? Why do you cut your wires short and threaten your uncle to fight the tiger."
"It's still light to cut the wires. Those who are so angry that they have to ask the village to pay for the money, saying that the village needs to build roads, and each household pays for the head of the person, each person costs one thousand. If the money is not paid, in the future, the children go to school and young people go out to work and get their ID cards, and don't think about it. Unless the old man goes to get the tiger, otherwise he won't think about it in the future. The old man is so angry that he goes to the village to argue with them and asks them to power the village. But not only does they not power, they also scold the old man, saying that he is not conscious and does not give face to the big boss in the city, and asks him to help fight the tigers. The old man becomes more and more angry as he thinks about it, and he falls ill." The old uncle cried.
When Jiang Cheng heard this, his bones were so angry that he clattered. He never thought that these so-called public servants would force an old man who was nearly 100 years old to beat a tiger in order to curry favor with the rich people from the city. This was simply outrageous.
But now it is obviously not the time to seek revenge on them. There is no need to think about this kind of thing. It must be that a big boss in the city heard that there was a tiger in the mountain, and then he felt itchy. He wanted to get some tiger bone wine and make a tiger skin to play with it. He greeted the local government and used investment to tempt them.
If someone invests in a remote village like Tianjing Township, the township leaders will probably wake up in a dream. If someone invests, they will naturally have political achievements, and if they have political achievements, they will naturally be promoted. They will let them jump out of this mountain nest. Therefore, these leaders ignore morality and human nature and force a hundred-year-old man to go into the mountains to fight tigers. It is really fucking.
But now it is not the time to consider those things. The most urgent thing is to take the old man to the hospital first. Jiang Cheng walked to the bed and said to the two of you beside him: "You two help me, put my grandfather on my back, I carry him into the car, let's take him to the hospital first."
The two middle-aged people in the village originally wanted the old man to go to the hospital, but the village was too poor and the old man had no offspring, so no one took the old man to the hospital. Now that the eldest nephew in the city has arrived, the old man is saved!
Chapter completed!