Liu Qingyu has never seen such a severe drought!

Sitting in the car, looking out the window, there are cracked land everywhere, yellowed and dry crops everywhere, and even corn seedlings dying in patches on some land! In the fields, you can occasionally see one or two old farmers standing in the fields with vicissitudes of life, but they are all full of despair, helplessness, and bitterness.

Less than 5 kilometers away from the county seat, Liu Qingyu took Li Cailin out of the car, and walked step by step towards a group of people not far from the side who were carrying buckets in the direction of the south gate.

When Liu Qingyu and Li Cailin walked off the road and really stepped into the farmland road, Liu Qingyu's eyes were a little stunned.

At this moment, the land in the field has long been no longer cracked, and it is a little too inappropriate to describe it like that. At this moment, the field is full of huge cracks that can fit the palm of a hand or even a fist, and the soil has completely loosened when you step on it. Take a step, sink in, and the soil gushes into the shoes of the two from time to time.

Li Cailin stretched out his hand and folded a wooden stick from a withered yellow poplar tree next to the road, and inserted it deeply into the loose soil particles, until it reached the handle, it was estimated that it was at least 60 centimeters, but when he pulled it out, the head of the wooden stick was not even wet!

Li Cailin took the wooden stick in front of Liu Qingyu, and his face looked very solemn: "Mayor Liu, it's more than 60 centimeters, and there is not a drop of water." This has been very rare for decades! This is not just a drought, but a loss of moisture! If we do not replenish water in time for irrigation, I am afraid that this land will be lost!"

"Lost moisture! Harvested!" Hearing these four words, Liu Qingyu's face suddenly became extremely serious.

Although he is not a farmer or an agricultural expert, he is very clear about the weight of the words "lost moisture" and "no harvest", which means that the farmers' hard work for more than half a year will be fruitless!

These are two thrilling words!

Liu Qingyu followed the group of farmers as he walked forward, chatting with the old farmer who walked last.

"Uncle, where are you going to get water? Can there still be water in this situation?" asked Liu Qingyu.

This is an old farmer with dark skin and a wrinkled face like orange peel, who looks to be sixty or seventy years old, and the old farmer grinned, revealing three or two sparse black and yellow teeth: "There is a small river not far ahead, and there is still a little water there. ”

"Is it spring water?" asked Liu Qingyu with some shock.

The old farmer shook his head, but there was a bit of expectation on his face: "It's the river." ”

"River water, there is still river water?" Hearing the old farmer's words, Liu Qingyu was really a little surprised. How can there be river water in such a drought situation?

However, when Liu Qingyu followed the old farmer and everyone all the way to the old farmer's so-called ditch, Liu Qingyu was completely stunned. He couldn't believe his eyes.

It was a ditch that had once been, but the sides of the ditch had long since cracked like the rest of the land, and only in the middle of the ditch was a narrow stream about two feet wide that bubbled forward, and the black water reeked of rancidity.

What kind of river is this? This is just sewage!

However, Liu Qingyu was shocked to see that these people who came saw the flowing river, but their faces all showed excitement, but everyone lined up in a very orderly manner, and no one fought for the water, especially which one was particularly difficult, and everyone would automatically let the family plug in the front. What shocked Liu Qingyu even more was that in these people carrying water, there were almost no young people at all, either women or old people, even women were only talking about three or four people, and most of the others were old people in their fifties and sixties or even seventy or eighty years old.

Liu Qingyu walked up to an old farmer in his sixties who was fetching water from the river and said, "Fellow, this river water is too dirty, this kind of water can't be eaten at all!"

The old farmer said with a wry smile while fetching water: "This water is the sewage discharged from the factory in the county, and it is dirty, but you can eat it with some bleaching powder." ”

"Sewage in the factory?" Hearing the old farmer's explanation, Liu Qingyu's eyes widened suddenly, and his mood became a little anxious: "Fellow, since you know that this is sewage, why do you still eat it? You will get sick if you eat this! You are not far from the county seat, isn't there anyone in the county town who organizes water trucks to deliver water to you?"

When the old farmer heard Liu Qingyu's question, he glanced at Liu Qingyu with some suspicion, and was sure that he didn't know Liu Qingyu, but he still replied: "Hey, if there is clear water, who wants to eat this sewage! We also expect the county to send us some water, but ......."

Saying this, the old farmer let out a long sigh, then stopped talking and continued to fetch water.

Liu Qingyu was a little anxious at this moment, and asked, "Fellow, what's the matter?" Can you tell me? Maybe I can solve this problem." ”

The old peasant glanced at Liu Qingyu, who looked smaller than his doll, how could he solve the problem of water?

Seeing this situation, Liu Qingyu knew that the old farmer didn't believe him at all, so he reached out and took the bucket from the villager and said, "Fellow, I'll help you fight! I'm relatively young, I don't think your legs and feet are very good." ”

As he spoke, Liu Qingyu directly took the old farmer's bucket and slowly poured the sewage flowing from the river into the poke.

Seeing Liu Qingyu wearing a suit and leather shoes, but he was not dirty at all, and after a while, his suit and leather shoes were all stained with sewage, but he still meticulously helped himself get water, the old farmer was a little moved, and said: "Young man, are you a reporter?"

Liu Qingyu said with a smile: "No, but it's about the same, fellow, can you tell me about the situation on your side? Can you not eat this sewage? Doesn't the county care about the life and death of the people on our side?"

The old farmer said with a wry smile: "Baby, think about it, we are not stupid, but as long as there is a glimmer of possibility, we are not willing to eat this sewage! But this year, the whole county is full of drought, and the crops have basically been harvested without water, but after all, we still have grain storage at home, but there is no water, we can't live, if we don't eat water, everyone will definitely die, although these sewage are not clean, but after all, we can still live after eating!"

Liu Qingyu asked again: "Doesn't the county send the car down?"

At that time, the county leaders came down with them, and they brought a lot of reporters with them, and it is said that our village was on television that day, but since then, no water trucks have been delivered. ”

"Haven't you looked for the county leaders?"

It is said that the county promised to dig a well for us, but so far there has been no movement! Hey! There is no way! According to the county leaders, this year there is a severe drought not only in the whole county, but also in the whole city! Moreover, there are places that are even more serious than ours! The county cannot take care of it!

The old peasant sighed again! Although there was a trace of dissatisfaction on his honest face, there was a little tolerance!

Suffering has become a habit for peasants, and they are enduring it with tenacity!

Even in the face of such a predicament, they chose to trust the explanation of the county leaders!

However, Liu Qingyu had a little more doubts in his heart!

The city's drought is true, but other places are not as serious as those in Huanghai County, and although Huanghai County has suffered a large-scale drought, it has specially asked for 5 million yuan in special funds for drought control in Huanghai County, and even if it takes 50,000 yuan to build a well, how can 500 wells be able to drill 100 wells? There are only 10 towns in Huanghai County, and there are more than a dozen villages in each town, so that at least two villages can drill a well. As long as Huanghai County can implement this drought-fighting fund, even if it cannot ensure agricultural irrigation, it should not be a problem to ensure that the people have water, right?

Why do you want people to eat this sewage?

But what really made Liu Qingyu feel extremely dissatisfied was what the old farmer said just now that the county leaders followed the water truck and brought a large number of reporters down, and after delivering the water, they could no longer see people.

Since we know that the people here are short of water, and we also know that we are bringing the reporters down, why can't we insist on it more? Why can't we really do something for the people?

At this moment, Liu Qingyu looked at these people, who could almost be regarded as old and weak, women and children, carefully and carefully caring for the water that was scooped up, for fear that the sewage would be spilled, and his eyes were moist at that time!

He was seriously dissatisfied with the efficiency and effectiveness of his work!

As the deputy mayor in charge of water conservancy, he actually let the people not even eat anyone, which is his own dereliction of duty!

No, the problem of drinking water for the common people must be solved immediately!

Thinking of this, Liu Qingyu was about to stand up, but suddenly saw an old lady in her 60s who suddenly fell to the ground on her back, unconscious, the corners of her mouth, black sewage was still dripping outward, and her hands were also black.

Liu Qingyu immediately walked over, anxiously squatting down to rescue, but when he put his hand under the old man's nose, he couldn't feel the old man's snort, and then, Liu Qingyu didn't care about the black stain on the corner of the old lady's mouth, and started first aid work.

However, at this time, the old farmer next to him sighed and said: "Young man, you don't have to work hard, she can't live anymore, this is already the fourth! ”

Speaking of this, the old farmer's eyes revealed a strong sense of sadness, and the eyes of others also flashed with sadness and helplessness of the dead rabbit and fox! It seems that everyone is used to this set of processes!

When Liu Qingyu saw this situation, a strong anger and a strong sense of sadness arose!

Seeing the situation in front of him, Liu Qingyu felt a deep apology, and at the same time, there was also an anger rising from the bottom of his heart!