As soon as Li Lin's car drove into the courtyard of the village committee, the village party secretary Wang Shengli and other members of the three-committee team, who had been waiting there for a long time, immediately came to greet him.

They had also received the inspection notice. When they heard that a senior leader from the province was coming, they were all anxious and at a loss.

Li Lin's arrival gave them a lifeline and they immediately felt confident.

"Village head Li, our Shangshui Village is backward compared to other villages. What should we do if the provincial leaders are unhappy after visiting us?" After entering the meeting room, the village party secretary Wang Shengli asked first with a worried look on his face.

"Yes, Mayor Li, poverty alleviation costs money, and our village is a poor one, with less than 20,000 yuan of working funds a year. Now the provincial leaders are coming to inspect, what do you think we should do?"

"Village Chief Li, you are the leader of the village after all, can't you think of a way to apply for some funds... Ever since you subcontracted our Shangshui Village, you haven't been able to get a single cent of poverty alleviation funds..."

Before the meeting even started, the village committee cadres began to complain collectively. Among them, the one who was most resentful was Gao Yalan, a member of the village committee and director of the Women's Department.

She is in her early thirties, with a pretty face and a silver tongue. She is very good at speaking. I don't know how many men have fled in panic after hearing her words...

She pinched her lips and frowned, "Village Chief Li... after all, you are a big shot from the city. Even if you don't get along with Secretary Lu, it shouldn't be difficult to get tens of thousands of yuan from other channels? The village yangko team is still short of a few musical instruments, and the fitness equipment in the small square at the east end is broken! As a leader, shouldn't you also solve some practical difficulties for our people?"

When talking about poverty alleviation, she mentioned the yangko team. Of course, the enrichment of spiritual and cultural aspects also falls within the scope of poverty alleviation work.

"Tell me, how much money do you want me to fight for?" Li Lin asked with a smile.

"Fifty or sixty thousand? No, twenty or thirty thousand will do!"

Gao Yalan didn't dare to say more, for fear of embarrassing the young and handsome village chief.

Other members also said that whatever they had was good enough and that something was better than nothing, but they obviously did not hold out much hope.

At this time, Li Lin took out a note from his briefcase and handed it to the branch secretary Wang Shengli. "This is 200,000 yuan. Secretary Lu personally approved it this morning. You should immediately ask the accountant to go to the finance office to transfer this money to the village account."

Two hundred thousand? Everyone present was stunned and looked at the note in Wang Shengli's hand in disbelief.

Wang Shengli wiped his eyes and confirmed again, exclaiming, "It's really two hundred thousand! Oh my God, I have been the branch secretary for so many years, and I have never seen so much work funds at one time!"

Gao Yalan stood up excitedly and ran to Li Lin, hugged his arm enthusiastically, and praised him, "Village Chief Li, you are really capable..."

"Yalan, you haven't had sex with Mayor Li, so how do you know he's capable?"

Gao Yalan smiled without any shame and said, "Of course, Mayor Li is handsome and young, he must be capable!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

Gao Yalan didn't feel embarrassed at all when she heard others teasing her. Instead, she felt a little complacent because she was related to Li Lin.

After some chatting and laughing, the meeting officially began.

In order to deal with the inspection from higher authorities, Li Lin and the village committee cadres made detailed arrangements.

First of all, in terms of the appearance of the village, the previous method of hanging white walls over large areas was completely abandoned. This is because this kind of face-saving project consumes a lot of financial and material resources, and is neither beautiful nor practical!

This is why Li Lin resolutely refused to sign for Gu Datong's construction team. The township would send Gu Datong's construction team to paint and spray whitewash the buildings on both sides of the main street of Shangshui Village almost every quarter. Such face-saving projects were always very expensive.

Moreover, this whitewashing project covers more than 50 villages in the entire township, and costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. It allows people with connections like Gu Datong to make a fortune, but the common people get no benefit at all!

After full discussion, Li Lin finally decided to mobilize the enthusiasm of the masses, to "sweep the snow in front of each door" approach, and then temporarily hire ten cleaners from the poor households in the village for a fee to increase the number of roadside trash cans by one to two times.

When everyone pays attention to the village's hygiene, no one will litter, and there will be no foul smells in every corner.

In this way, the village's sanitation is guaranteed, and the village's appearance will naturally improve, with immediate results.

When discussing how to help poor households, Li Lin shared his ideas.

First of all, we must treat each case specifically and provide targeted assistance. We cannot just give each household a few hundred yuan and be done with it.

For example, the five-guarantee elderly people who live alone will be sent to the township nursing home for centralized care, and the village can subsidize the part of the cost that is insufficient.

Groups that have lost their ability to work due to illness or disability, in addition to enjoying basic protection, must also have special assistance measures formulated based on their family circumstances.

For example, if there is a student in the family, they can apply for a student loan for him or her, and the village will provide additional subsidies to ensure that they do not drop out of school due to poverty.

You can also invest in large-scale breeding households in the village in the name of the village collective, distribute dividends every six months or a year, and subsidize the particularly poor families in the village with the dividends.

Although there are difficulties in financial supervision once investing in an enterprise, as long as the village committee is responsible enough, this is still a safe way to get out of poverty.

After arranging the work, it was already noon.

Right at the village committee, Gao Yalan took the lead and cooked a big pot of noodles.

Everyone slurped up a big bowl and sweated all over.

Without even taking a break at noon, Wang Shengli notified the party members' and villagers' representatives to vote by raising their hands on how to use the huge sum of 200,000 yuan.

After the unanimous approval, the village committee members dispersed to each household and informed each household of the purpose of today's meeting. At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the villagers of Shangshui Village took their own brooms and went to the streets to clean up.

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