They carefully descended to the bottom of the valley, and then started walking from the bottom of the valley to a new ridge. As they walked, the sky gradually began to get brighter. Ma Buqi and Mu Yi quickly turned off the flashlights.

As the sky became brighter and brighter, the two of them walked faster and faster. After finally reaching the top of the second ridge, Mu Yi felt that his feet were so sore that he unknowingly slowed down.

Because he really wanted to take a rest.

Ma Buqi: "Go faster. Don't slow down."

Mu Yi: "Brother Ma, I really can't walk anymore. Can you let me rest?"

Ma Buqi: "You have to walk even if you can't afford it, and you can't rest. Once you rest, you will want to rest more and more, and your feet will hurt more and more. Only by walking continuously and breaking through the pain threshold can you

It doesn’t hurt anymore.”

Mu Yi: "How far is it still?"

Ma Buqi: "I can only tell you that it's not far away. It's just ahead. Hurry up. When the sun comes out later, it will be even more annoying to walk in the sun."

There was no other way. In this desolate place with no village in front and no store in the back, Mu Yi was still a little scared to be left alone. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and follow Ma Buqi to continue walking to higher mountain ridges.

I don’t know how many mountain ridges they walked up and how many valley bottoms they descended. Finally, when the sun was at its peak, they reached the halfway point of a large hillside. Looking up from a distance, they saw a huge tree near the top of the slope.

tree.

Ma Buqi: "Did you see that tree?"

Mu Yi: "I saw it."

Ma Buqi: "This tree is a 'signal tree'."

Muyi: "Signal tree?"

Ma Buqi: "Yes. When we get here, if we see this tree, it means we are on the right track. It means we are on the right route and in the right direction. If we don't see this tree, it means we are going in the wrong direction. That's it.

Probably lost. Must go back and find the tree."

Mu Yi: "How to judge?"

Ma Buqi: "According to the normal traveling speed, we will come out at a little after seven o'clock. Do you think it is just after twelve o'clock now?"

Mu Yi looked at his watch: "It's twelve thirty-seven."

Ma Buqi: "The main reason is that you walked a little slower today. The normal speed is five hours, and the error is no more than ten minutes. You should reach here. When you get here, you are almost halfway. From here it is basically going up.

There is a relatively steep mountain road up, and in some places you have to cross mountain streams to get over, so be very careful. The water is extremely cold and biting, the current is very fast, and there are moss on the rocks, making it slippery and dangerous."

The two of them walked slowly to the foot of the tree while talking.

If you look closely at this tree, you will see that it is so huge that it would take two people to hug it.

Mu Yi: "Brother Ma, let's take a rest under the tree."

Ma Buqi: "Okay. This is indeed a place to rest. Take a rest here, eat some tsampa noodles, drink some water, and then continue walking. You won't rest in the middle, otherwise you won't be able to walk even if it gets dark.

Close."

After these few hours on the mountain road, Mu Yi and Ma Buqi have become closer.

Mu Yi: "Brother Ma, where are you from?"

Ma Buqi: "You and I are from the same hometown."

Mu Yi: "From Datang?"

Ma Buqi: "Now there are four people from Datang in the countryside. Kang Hongtai and I are from Beipo Village, you and Xu Yingxiong are from Watang Village. Most of the other people are from Chengguan, Eunuch Yun is from Huayang, and Wang

Dar is from Qiaoban, Secretary Lamu is from Dexi County, and the township head of Ke is from Zhongpu."

Mu Yi: "Oh. The one in Chengguan is a bit more. So what does 'package' mean?"

Ma Buqi: "Principal assignment is a common method of township work, which means all villages in the township are assigned to leaders and ordinary cadres, and they are responsible for the tax collection and other general tasks in their respective villages. However, there are no specific details.

Work. The main work in the countryside is to collect taxes, collect withdrawals and retention money, and collect superannuation money."

Mu Yi: "Then how are Xiangshangbao Village divided?"

Ma Buqi: "Let me tell you, the nearest is Ermu Village, the point leader is Secretary Lamu, and the point officer is Kang Hongtai. The farthest is Erhakou Village, which is the village we are going to now, and the point leader is

Xu Yingxiong, the pointer is me, and now you are added. Valado Village is below the township government, the point leader is the mayor of Ke, and the point person is the village chief of Lak. The point above Ermu Village is Zhuzhuiga Village,

The point leader is Zhang Gang, and the point officer is Wen Gengzhi. This Zhang Gang is the godson of Secretary Lamu. You have to be careful about what you say and do. If you are not careful, what you say will soon reach the ears of the leaders.

, will even spread throughout the township. Zhang Gang’s family also has a karaoke room, the kind with a "cat". Below Valado Village is Duoxia Village, the point leader is Deputy Secretary Hao Xinqin, and the point officer is

Mu Ping. Across the Zhahuo River is Xihe Village. The point leader is Hailai Iron and Steel, Chairman of the National People's Congress. He is originally from Xihe Village and lives in Xihe Village. The point leader is Pan Jianguo. Next to Xihe Village is Mo

In Luo Village, the point chief is Lagu Qumu, the deputy head of the township, and the point officer is Chu Yanhong. In addition, there is a small village between Zhuzhuiga Village and Erhakou Village called Jiyi Village, the point chief is Wang Dal, and the point officer is Yunda

Jian. This Wang Dal used to be the deputy head of Livajue Township. He made some mistakes and was removed from the position of deputy head and was transferred here. However, he still retained the treatment of deputy section level. The situation in the entire township is roughly

That’s it.”

Mu Yi: "Didn't you say that leaders are the best? It seems that Xu Yingxiong and Zhang Gang are not leaders yet, right?"

Ma Buqi: "You don't understand this. Although Zhang Gang and Xu Yingxiong are not leading cadres yet, why should the countryside let them be senior officials according to the "standard" of leading cadres? This is because now Wala

The positions of deputy mayor and minister of armed forces in Duoxiang are still vacant. They are both competing for the position of deputy mayor, and both families have some connections. It is difficult for the township to offend either party."

Mu Yi: "Oh. Wouldn't it be enough for one to be the deputy mayor and the other to be the armed forces minister?"

Ma Buqi: "You think simply. You don't know that only the deputy township chief is a deputy section-level cadre. Although the armed forces minister is treated as a leader, he is not a deputy section-level cadre."

Mu Yi: "Oh. So which one do you think will win?"

Ma Buqi: "It's hard to say. The deputy township chief has to be elected, and during the election, most of these village cadres or township cadres who are elected as township people's congress deputies still listen to the secretary, and Zhang Gang is

The secretary’s godson, the secretary wanted to help him up. Many leaders in the village had gone to Zhang Gang’s karaoke bar. But I heard that the relationship between Xu Yingxiong’s family was also very tough, so Secretary Lamu wanted to help him out.

Zhang Gang, after all, he still has to listen to the words of his superiors. Therefore, it is hard to say who will win. But, no matter whether Zhang San, Li Si or Wang Mazi is the leader, I am just a chef, and I just make my own meals."

The two of them chatted and seemed to be no longer tired from walking. The strange thing was that although the sun was shining brightly in the sky, Mu Yi, who was wearing a coat, didn't feel hot at all.

As they walked and walked, they saw that the sun in the sky seemed to be heading west. It was already five o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, they had reached the edge of a relatively large ravine. There seemed to be a small house with earthen walls on the ravine.

Mu Yi: "Brother Ma, see why there is a small house there?"

Ma Buqi: "That's the water mill. Climbing further up is Erhakou Village. The villagers' buckwheat tsampa noodles are ground in this water mill."

Mu Yiyi was very excited when he heard that he was coming soon. He walked quickly and even walked in front of Ma Buqi.

Ma Buqi: "You walk slower."

Mu Yi: "Brother Ma, didn't you always tell me to go faster? Why are you telling me to go slower now?"

Ma Buqi smiled and said nothing.

After they passed the relatively gentle part of the water mill, they began to enter the very steep mountain road. In some places, there was even no road at all. They needed to climb with both hands and feet, or hold on to rocks or pull small shrubs.

I kept climbing, kept climbing, until the sky gradually darkened, and I could hardly see the time on my watch.

Ma Buqi: "Come on! Just climb over this bridge and we'll be there."

Mu Yi: "Brother Ma, please don't lie to me. It's almost crawling from morning to night."
Chapter completed!