Chapter 24 Guilty Face Hot
"My sister-in-law is here too? Why didn't you let her in?"
Only after coming out did Xu Jianmin see Li Caiyun.
Zhou Yong's eyes gently moved away from his young wife's face. He smiled and said, "It's hard to carry the big and small bags, so Xiaoyun will stay to look after the things..."
After meeting up with Li Caiyun, the three of them rode their bicycles towards Huaixi Village.
Li Caiyun didn't know Secretary Zhang, and asked in confusion: "Is Brother Xu coming back to the village too?"
Xu Jianmin is very busy and rarely returns to the village throughout the year.
Zhou Yong said happily: "The man in the gray Zhongshan suit is Secretary Zhang. My senior brother brought Secretary Zhang to our village for a field investigation and prepared to flatten the table mountain for us..."
Li Caiyun's mouth opened in surprise and couldn't close. Zhou Yong pedaled hard on the bicycle to move forward.
It took Li Caiyun a while to come back to her senses. She asked with some excitement: "Is this true?"
Zhou Yong pursed his lips, a smile on his face: "There is an 80% chance of this happening."
How does Li Caiyun feel?
She didn't think too much about it, she just thought that removing the mountain would make it more convenient for her to come to the commune in the future.
Zhou Yong listened to his young wife's words, smiled and looked forward, thinking back to what Secretary Zhang said: "Yes, it is not only convenient for you to come to the commune, but also for others to come to the commune..."
What he didn't say was that if the table mountain was leveled, life would gradually get better for every household.
The flat road soon came to an end, and Zhou Yong got off the bicycle with a thoughtful look on his face.
"Do you need me to go back and report first?"
Zhou Yong looked at Li Caiyun. Not only did she have to go back to report the news, but she also had to do a very important thing.
Although Secretary Zhang's words sounded high-sounding, Zhou Yong knew clearly how an official behaved.
There are many leaders who say one thing and do another, and he doesn't want to work in vain.
He glanced at Secretary Zhang and Xu Jianmin who were pushing their bicycles up the mountain, and lowered his voice to say to Li Caiyun, "Xiaoyun, you need to go back to find Dad as quickly as possible and have him use the radio to inform the villagers that Secretary Zhang is here to conduct an actual inspection of the matter of moving the mountain for the village..."
Li Caiyun took note of what Zhou Yong had told her: "Then I'll push the bike back?"
Pushing the bicycle back would only waste time. Zhou Yong shook his head: "No, I'll push it. You hurry back..."
Li Caiyun glanced at Zhou Yong and said, "Okay."
"Slow down and be safe."
Li Caiyun smiled and nodded, then jogged forward.
Zhou Yong watched his young wife go away, then pushed his bicycle to Secretary Zhang and Xu Jianmin.
Xu Jianmin and Secretary Zhang did not ask Li Caiyun why she left. They mistakenly thought that she was probably going to find a place to relieve herself, so they slowed down their pace at the same time.
Secretary Zhang didn't feel anything when he first went up the mountain, but as he walked, he frowned.
"Secretary Zhang, why don't we sit down and take a rest!"
Secretary Zhang looked around and raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead: "It's not hot, but this road is difficult to travel."
Not only were there potholes, but the road was also covered with stones of varying sizes, which hurt Secretary Zhang's soles.
Secretary Zhang stopped pushing his bicycle to stretch his legs. Zhou Yong saw everything and said, "Secretary Zhang, this section of the road is pretty good. If we go further ahead, the road will be really difficult!"
"Knowing that the road is difficult to travel on because of the stones, why doesn't the village send people to clean up the road?"
Cleaning the road?
Zhou Yong smiled bitterly and said, "Secretary Zhang, if there were no stones, the road would be smooth and slippery when it rains or snows, which would make traveling very dangerous, so we can only pave the road with stones..."
Secretary Zhang parked his bicycle, squatted down, moved aside a piece of stone, and looked at the ground.
The ground was made of smooth stones. Secretary Zhang thought for a few seconds, restored the ground to its original state, stood up, clapped his hands and continued moving forward.
When they reached the most dangerous section of the winding mountain road, Secretary Zhang looked at the road that was less than two meters wide and asked: "Why is this section of the mountain road so narrow? How do you transport the grain you handed in?"
The reason why this section of mountain road is narrow is because of the Anti-Japanese War decades ago. In order to protect everyone's safety, the road had to be blown up.
How is it transported?
Zhou Yong looked at the road and said, "Use horses or cattle to transport food. If it is foggy, we can only rely on manpower to carry it..."
There is heavy fog in the mountains in autumn, which usually dissipates in the afternoon. In order not to delay the delivery of grain, the only way to transport grain is by manpower.
Secretary Zhang was feeling extremely complicated at this moment. He learned from Zhou Yong and Xu Jianmin that it was difficult for the villagers of Huaixi Village to travel, but he did not expect it to be so difficult.
Secretary Zhang took a deep breath and said, "Your village has a special geographical location. You can apply to your superiors to delay the payment of grain for a few days."
Apply?
Li Baotian had applied for it, but not only did it not pass the review, he was also criticized by his superiors.
The leader said that if there are difficulties, we should find ways to overcome them, and this is not a reason for them to deliver the grain late.
Secretary Zhang frowned after hearing Zhou Yong's words: "There is such a thing?"
Xu Jianmin echoed: "Secretary Zhang, we are all here for work, and everyone has their own frustrations..."
There is a set time for paying grain, and if the village fails to pay the public grain, it will face a fine.
After all, the commune had to pay grain to the county, and it was a chain of things that had to be linked together, so no one dared to open this back door.
Secretary Zhang narrowed his eyes and said, "As a cadre, we should help the people solve their problems. The road conditions in Huaixi Village are so bad that we have to be careful. What should we do if an accident occurs?"
Zhou Yong licked his lips and said, "To be honest, Secretary Zhang, my uncle broke his leg while delivering grain a few years ago, and he still walks with a limp..."
For the sake of those few work points, everyone rushes to do the work, and the team won't care about you if something unexpected happens.
Secretary Zhang was speechless. He glanced at Zhou Yong and his mood became extremely heavy.
Xu Jianmin was very sad: "Secretary Zhang, you don't know that there are thirty or forty disabled people in Huaixi Village. Each of them has lost their labor force because of this road..."
Secretary Zhang tightened his grip on the bicycle handlebars. At this moment he didn't know what to say.
The road ahead is long. Secretary Zhang walked, stopped and talked with Zhou Yong and Xu Jianmin, and gained a deep understanding of Huaixi Village.
Without waiting for them to reach the foot of the mountain, Li Baotian led the villagers up the mountain beating gongs and drums.
Secretary Zhang looked at the villagers of Huaixi Village who were making so much noise, and his face turned red with guilt.
Li Baotian excitedly came to Secretary Zhang and quickly stretched out his hand: "Secretary Zhang, I've finally got you here..."
Secretary Zhang parked his bicycle and shook hands with Li Baotian: "Comrade Li Baotian, you have worked hard."
Li Baotian's eyes were filled with tears, and the villagers beat the gongs and drums vigorously: "Secretary Zhang, I am not suffering, but the villagers are. Knowing that you are here for a field investigation of moving mountains, everyone came to greet you spontaneously..."
Secretary Zhang: “…?”
At this moment, Secretary Zhang felt like he was being roasted on a stove, let alone his inner feelings.
After all, when Secretary Zhang came here, he wanted to make a decision after a field investigation. Now the incident has become known to everyone in Huaixi Village. If he doesn't put the matter into place, how can he, as the secretary, have the face to face the villagers of Huaixi Village?
Thinking of this, Secretary Zhang couldn't help but glance at Zhou Yong, secretly cursing him for being cunning.
Why does Secretary Zhang think of Zhou Yong like this?
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