马得福被举报以权谋私，纪检委的人来调查他让亲弟弟得宝承包工程的事。按照程序，得福暂时被停掉了镇长职务，得宝终于理解了得福的难处。三级扬水工程因为承包商欠薪影响了进度，承包商正是水利局干部的亲戚，张树成了解情况后，追讨了欠薪，中止了承包商合同。整村搬迁工程遇到了瓶颈，张树成让得福回涌泉村去攻坚。马喊水替得福四处摸底试探，李大有坦言老人们不走，他们的儿孙就不会抛下他们走。马喊水在村里开整村搬迁的动员大会，众人皆是反对质疑，就连之前支持过吊庄移民工作的水旺爷爷，也不表态支持，强调这是要斩断村根的大事。年纪最长的李老太爷带着村民们离开会场，表明了态度。几个年轻人私下找到得福，表示想搬走，他们都是姓马的年轻人，可村里另一大姓氏李姓中没有支持者。
Ma Defu was reported for abusing his power for personal gain, and the Commission for Discipline Inspection came to investigate his letting his younger brother Debao contract the project. According to the procedure, Defu was temporarily suspended from his position as town mayor, and Debao finally understood Defu's difficulties. The progress of the three-level pumping project was affected by the contractor's arrears of wages. The contractor was a relative of the cadres of the Water Conservancy Bureau. After Zhang Shucheng learned about the situation, he recovered the arrears and terminated the contractor's contract. The whole village relocation project encountered a bottleneck, and Zhang Shucheng asked Defu to return to Yongquan Village to tackle the problem. Ma Hanshui went around to explore for Defu, and Li Dayou frankly said that if the elderly did not leave, their children and grandchildren would not abandon them.
