Chapter 171 How dare you entertain county leaders like this?
Sun Qing shook his head: "The more she insisted on coming out to work, the more I refused to let her come out..."
When spring came, rumors about Shao Wenjing and Zhou Wenfeng were rampant in the village. Although they were all groundless rumours, she remained quiet for several months, and Sun Qing also had a good life for several months.
Now that no one in the village mentioned their affairs, Shao Wenjing began to think about going out to work again.
After hearing what Sun Qing said, Zhou Yong shook his head and said, "It's up to you!"
Sun Qing went to work, and Zhou Yong entered the office.
When Qi Shurong saw Zhou Yong coming, she greeted him with a smile.
"Captain, what did you say about my nephew?"
Qi Shurong's nephew wanted to work in a brick factory, but she did not meet the requirements, so she had to settle for the next best option and let her nephew come to work in the brigade.
Zhou Yong glanced at Qi Shurong, who was all smiles, and said, "The team is not short of people now, so wait until we need more!"
Qi Shurong's smile froze on her face: "Captain, whether the acquisition team has one more or one less person, isn't it just a matter of your words?"
That is indeed the case, but why did Zhou Yong do Qi Shurong a favor?
Zhou Yong was amused by Qi Shurong's words: "Do you think Huaixi Village Brigade is my backyard? I can do whatever I want?"
When Qi Shurong heard this, her heart skipped a beat. She realized she had said the wrong thing, and she apologized repeatedly.
Zhou Yong glanced at Qi Shurong with a half-smile, walked to his desk and sat down, took out his key, opened the drawer and pretended to be busy.
Qi Shurong looked at Zhou Yong, gritted her teeth and left the office.
After she left, a sarcastic look appeared on Zhou Yong's face.
Was the letter of accusation written by Qi Shurong? Through observation over the years, Zhou Yong believed that it was her masterpiece.
Because there was no evidence and Qi Shurong worked in a law-abiding manner, Zhou Yong allowed her to stay in the position of director of women's affairs for so many years.
Thinking about these things, Zhou Yong smiled, but the smile did not reach his eyes.
The days passed in an uneventful manner until the end of August. Zhou Yong led a team to the Agricultural Bureau to deliver mountain products. On the way back, he went to the commune.
Regarding the reimbursement of meal expenses for county leaders' inspections, Secretary Zhang's original words were to let the Huaixi Village Brigade be responsible for it, but Xu Jianmin fought for it again. Finally, Secretary Zhang decided that the commune would only reimburse 100 yuan for food expenses, and the Huaixi Village Brigade would subsidize the rest of the money.
Having a hundred dollars is better than having no money at all, what else can Zhou Yong say?
After thanking Xu Jianmin, he returned to Huaixi Village.
The next day, accompanied by Secretary Zhang and Xu Jianmin, the county leaders arrived at Huaixi Village with about a hundred people.
The county leaders originally thought that the villagers would cheer enthusiastically and line the streets to welcome them, but they didn't expect that apart from the village cadres, the rest were children, disabled people and the elderly.
Secretary Zhang glanced at Xu Jianmin and asked him what was going on with his eyes.
Xu Jianmin was sweating profusely and was confused. He had told Zhou Yong how to receive county leaders and to present the good side so that the leaders could see how Huaixi Village was developing.
The county leader looked unhappy, and Li Baotian greeted him with a smile.
Secretary Zhang introduced the county leaders, and many children playedfully shuttled back and forth among them.
The county leader smiled amiably and asked, "Don't these little kids go to school?"
There were children of all ages, which made the county leaders smile but feel confused in their hearts.
Li Baotian grabbed a child who was walking among the crowd and introduced him to the leader.
Most of these children have reached school age, but due to their poor families, they simply cannot afford to go to school.
The county leader looked quite surprised. It was obvious that he didn't know about this situation, otherwise he wouldn't have asked such a question.
"Education is a big deal. If you have any difficulties, report them to your superiors in a timely manner..."
When the county leader said this, he looked at Secretary Zhang, obviously thinking that he had not done his job well.
But the county leaders don’t know that this situation is not unique to Huaixi Village, but exists in most villages.
Officials sit in their offices all year round, and even when they go to the grassroots level, they only see the good side, but they cannot see the real life of ordinary people.
However, Zhou Yong did not do as Xu Jianmin instructed. He wanted the county leaders to see the real situation in Huaixi Village and let them know what kind of life the people are living now.
Li Baotian noticed the county leaders' dissatisfaction with Secretary Zhang, and he hurried to speak well of Secretary Zhang. After all, Secretary Zhang had helped Huaixi Village a lot over the years.
The county leader's expression softened a bit, and his eyes fell on the disabled people, which made him frown.
“Why are there so many disabled people in Huaixi Village?”
Speaking of this issue, Li Baotian looked around at all the disabled people and recounted their experiences in their early years with an unconcealed sadness in his tone.
Some people became disabled after falling down from Dongshan Mountain in rainy and snowy weather, and some people became disabled after being injured by wild animals while hunting...
After hearing Li Baotian's words, the county leaders looked heavy-hearted. Only at this moment did he realize that Huaixi Village was not at all as rumored by the outside world.
How can the people live and work in peace and contentment, and every household have more than enough food to eat? If that were true, would the current situation occur?
And then there are those old people, all hunched over, their clothes are patched up, the original colors of most people's clothes can't be seen, and some people's toes even show out of their shoes.
Li Baotian vividly described the experiences of some people, which made many people sigh with emotion.
The county leaders came to the disabled people, shook hands with them, and talked with them to show their concern.
Zhou Yong, who was standing in front of Li Baotian, raised his wrist to check the time. He lowered his voice and said to his father-in-law, "Dad, it's almost time."
If I don't take them on a tour, these people probably won't leave until the evening, and then I'll have to provide them with a meal.
After Zhou Yong's reminder, Li Baotian had a few words with Secretary Zhang, who then negotiated with the county leaders. The group then went to visit the Nanshan breeding farm and brick factory.
The current manager of the farm is Zhao Chunhua. When the leaders arrive, she leads everyone on a tour.
In fact, there is nothing much to visit in the farm. After a look around, since the county leaders are here, they naturally want to give some advice on the work.
After leaving the farm and walking for about half an hour, they came to the brick factory to inspect work and learn.
There were about a hundred people. The brick factory was not very big to begin with, and their arrival seriously affected the workers' work.
Seeing this, the county leader didn’t want to stay any longer. He praised everyone and then took everyone back to the village.
Li Baotian took everyone to visit the school and then took them to visit the brigade.
After a round, everyone was hungry, so they set up a banquet in the courtyard of the brigade. There were thirteen tables, and each table had four dishes.
Secretary Zhang stared at the plates of materials on the table with his eyes wide open.
Xu Jianmin wiped his sweat frequently and pulled Zhou Yong aside: "Junior brother, what are you doing? The county leader finally came once, and you give him this to eat?"
Zhou Yong wanted to slaughter pigs and sheep, but the problem was that the Huaixi Village Brigade did not have the financial strength to do so.
Besides, the commune only reimburses 100 yuan for food expenses, so what else do these people want to eat?
According to Zhou Yong's suggestion, there should be only two dishes and one rice, but Li Baotian and Accountant Sun felt that was inappropriate, so they finally decided on four dishes.
The four dishes include stewed potatoes with green beans, eggplant in sauce, home-cooked cold dishes, and cold-mixed ferns.
After hearing what his junior brother said, Xu Jianmin stamped his feet in anger: "Are you crazy? How dare you entertain the county leaders like this?"
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