After sitting in the car for another half an hour, I listened to people in the car bragging about their own great achievements all the way, and finally I heard someone talking about leaving An County.
Xie Wan pricked up his ears.
Then I heard the old lady talking to the old man in front of her: "If County Magistrate Xie wants to leave, our village is going to the county government to persuade him to stay. Does your village have any ideas?"
The old man shook his head and said, "I heard that County Magistrate Xie is not very old. He has made great achievements and wants to be promoted. Can we ordinary people stop him?"
The middle-aged man across the aisle seemed more knowledgeable and said, "County Magistrate Xie is only the executive deputy county magistrate of An County. Why not let her take over Pang Haochigouzi?
I heard that the delicious dog is going to retire."
The people of Sichuan love to gossip, and ordinary people dare not openly talk about a serious county magistrate.
But in the past year or so, because An County has changed so much, people have talked about Xie Wan a lot and have begun to compare her with other county governors.
Pang Ming's reputation for loving food and drink had long spread throughout An County. He was a fairly easy-going person, but somehow he got the nickname "Gourmet Dog".
This word, in the local dialect here, is actually not insulting. It is usually used by elders at home when they scold their children for being greedy.
Xie Wan was afraid that if someone recognized her, there would be misunderstanding, so she hurriedly helped Pang Ming explain: "County Magistrate Pang is a good person. Without his support, County Magistrate Xie might not be able to do so many practical things."
Now she is in trouble again.
Pang Ming had been the local official in An County for nearly a decade. The people were too familiar with him, and their hostility towards him was already somewhat deep-rooted. He looked at Xie Wan as if he were a spy:
"Are you a relative of County Magistrate Pang?"
Xie Wan was really afraid of being kicked off the bus and kept shaking his head.
Fortunately, the bus was not far from the county town at that time and stopped at the platform. Several people got off and several got on.
Li Jiangmin from the Highway Division of the Transportation Bureau accompanied his wife to the bus. He saw Xie Wan and shouted, "Chief Xie, why are you taking the minibus by yourself?"
Xie Wan had just returned to South City, mainly for personal matters. She was embarrassed to use the public bus for personal purposes, so she took a minibus.
Seeing Li Jiangmin, he explained, "I went back to my father's house."
Li Jiangmin was suddenly grabbed by the old man in front of him, which scared him.
The old man pointed at Xie Wan and asked Li Jiangmin excitedly: "Comrade, what did you call her?"
Xie Wan's heart skipped a beat and he thought to himself that something bad was going to happen. He quickly stood up and tried to run to the back door.
The minibus can stop at any time, so she asked the driver to stop the car after she escaped to the back door.
Unexpectedly, the lady sitting next to her blocked her way and refused to let her go.
Xie Wan tried desperately to wink at Li Jiangmin.
Unfortunately, Li Jiangmin was looking at the old man and didn't see her expression.
Li Jiangmin felt strange and said naturally, "What's wrong with me calling her County Magistrate Xie? She is our county magistrate, isn't she?"
Xie Wan knew it was over.
She begged the lady next to her: "Auntie, please let me out."
The old lady held Xie Wan tightly, her eyes heatedly: "He said you are County Magistrate Xie? How come you are so young?"
Xie Wan quickly agreed with the old lady and said, "His eyesight is not good, and he recognized the wrong person."
Li Jiangmin wanted to argue, but his wife pulled him back. He then realized what was happening and quickly changed his words, "I recognized the wrong person, I recognized the wrong person."
The old man was very majestic and still refused to let go of Li Jiangmin. He looked him over and said, "You have two pens in your pocket, so you must be a cadre. How could you mistake County Magistrate Xie for you?"
He turned back to look at Xie Wan, and just as the old lady heard that it was not County Magistrate Xie, she had already moved her legs aside. Xie Wan squeezed into the aisle, with his back to the old man.
The old man slapped his thigh and shouted, "I recognize this figure, she is County Magistrate Xie!
Catch him quickly. The last time she came to Xiaohe Village, our villagers wanted to treat her to a meal, but she ran away. "
The carriage suddenly became noisy, with people trying to intercept Xie Wan in a hurry. If you didn't know better, you would think they were catching a thief.
Xie Wan tried hard to escape through the back door.
Along the way, several people stopped her and asked her if she was County Magistrate Xie, but Xie Wan always shook her head.
The driver shouted at the top of his voice: "I know County Magistrate Xie. I met her once when our transportation company opened for business and cut the ribbon.
Wait for me to kill you."
The driver actually drove the car to the side of the road and stopped.
Xie Wan quickly held up her handbag to cover her head.
A passenger stood up and stopped her.
The driver stood up and rushed to the back to see. Xie Wan couldn't stand it anymore, so he turned his head and glared at the driver: "Why did you stop halfway when you weren't driving properly?"
The driver was stunned, recognized her, and said ecstatically: "Xie County Magistrate, it's really you! I want to thank you. Without you, how could I have a formal job?
I am from the town and could not get any land. When the educated youth returned to the city, I stayed at home doing nothing.
If you hadn't set up a transportation company, how would I have been able to attend classes?
Not only do I thank you, my whole family thanks you..."
This was unbearable. Xie Wan was immediately surrounded by people, and everyone was saying thank you to her.
The middle-aged man who had previously asked her to replace Pang Ming also stood up and bowed to her: "Thank you, County Magistrate. I am a teacher at the County No. 1 Middle School.
Thank you for not only paying us the wages that were owed to us over the years, but also for making sure that all the children in the county can go to school.”
The lady who had just sat with Xie Wan was the most surprised.
She jumped up from her seat and tried desperately to squeeze to the back, "Get out of the way, get out of the way. If you don't let me say sorry to County Magistrate Xie, I will not live any longer."
Everyone remembered that the old lady had just scolded County Magistrate Xie, and they kindly gave her way.
The old lady held Xie Wan's hand, tears streaming down her face, and she shouted emotionally, "County Magistrate Xie, I am a worthless old woman who can't recognize a great man. You treat me as a piece of shit for what I said just now, and don't take it to heart.
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