Chapter 2168

The young farmer nodded and said, "We eat very well every day, with meat and fish at every meal, better than what we eat at home. Yesterday noon was braised pork with white rice, evening was shredded pork noodles, the day before yesterday was braised beef brisket. Anyway, every meal is different, and there is enough. When we change shifts, we can sleep in tents. The conditions are very good."

Ke Zhifang nodded. He randomly asked a few more farmers, and their statements were about the same. Ke Zhifang was very satisfied.

Ke Zhifang asked Su Xinghui, "Comrade Xinghui, you have made the food so good, is there any problem with the funds?"

Su Xinghui said, "Those investors not only donated supplies but also donated money. These donations, except for a part used for disaster relief, the rest were allocated to various towns and villages to improve the food of flood control personnel. If the lives of flood control personnel cannot be guaranteed, how can they carry out such a large amount of work?"

Ke Zhifang nodded and laughed, "It seems that your funds are very abundant. I originally wanted to ask if you need assistance from the province, but it seems there is no need to ask."

Su Xinghui quickly said, "Provincial Governor Ke, our funds are not abundant either. When flood control and disaster relief is needed, where can the funds be abundant? Our Chongjin County was originally a poor county, and now it has suffered such a big disaster. I fear that this year's rice will have no harvest at all. We really need assistance from the province!"

Ke Zhifang laughed out loud, "You are so energetic as soon as you talk about money."

The people around also accompanied him with laughter.

Ke Zhifang stopped laughing and said, "Fine, then I will go with you to see the disaster situation in your county."

Yuan Yifu and Su Xinghui followed Ke Zhifang to the disaster-stricken areas. Because Ke Zhifang's time was tight, Su Xinghui took him to Gangdong Village in Chengguan Town, which is closer to the county seat.

The main crop of Gangdong Village is also rice. If it weren't for the heavy rain in the previous period, it would have been harvested in less than twenty days. But now the rice fields are a mess, and many rice plants have fallen in the fields because they were submerged in water for too long. Even those that have not fallen are on their last legs and look listless.

Almost all the strong laborers in Gangdong Village have gone to the embankment. Now only some elderly people over sixty and women and children are left in the village. Ke Zhifang saw that some elderly women were working hard in the fields, trying to lift up the fallen rice plants.

Obviously, such efforts are not very useful, but seeing the rice that is about to be harvested become like this, how can they be reconciled without doing their best?

Ke Zhifang no longer needs to ask anything. He walked on the ridge of the field, saying nothing, very silent. He didn't speak, and others naturally wouldn't speak either. They all followed Ke Zhifang silently.

Wherever Ke Zhifang passed, there was such a tragic scene everywhere, and the disaster situation was clear at a glance.

Ke Zhifang also started from the grassroots and is no stranger to agriculture. At a glance, he could see that the harvest of such early rice would not exceed 100 jin per mu, and even in some places where the disaster was serious, I fear there would be no harvest at all.

Ke Zhifang suddenly stopped, and everyone else stopped too.