Meeting room.
All the officers gathered together.
Qin Fang stood on the podium and began to announce the news, "As soon as the news of reform and opening up came out, our station became a disaster area."
“Other places…the garrison…the commune…have all proposed plans to improve people’s lives. But the ten scattered villages not far from our garrison have a small population and it’s difficult for them to develop. The higher-ups have dumped this thorny problem on our garrison.”
"Everyone, open your minds...think about how to bring these dozen or so scattered village chiefs together and lead them to prosperity and poverty alleviation."
The officers were all very troubled by this. The first priority for the village was to increase its population. The dozen or so scattered villages in the garrison area were like a pile of loose sand. How could they concentrate their efforts on development?
With over a dozen villages and over a dozen hearts, doing ideological work in this area is quite a difficult task.
And they only focused on working hard to grow crops to fill their stomachs, and had nothing else to do.
However, the biggest problem is poverty... everyone is having a hard time.
Moreover, the villages are too scattered and difficult to manage. How could they leave such a thorny problem to their garrison? The higher-ups have really thought this through.
All the difficult tasks were dumped on their base, but this couldn't be blamed on their superiors; after all, their base was indeed the closest one on the map...
It's quite normal to assign them management responsibilities.
But they couldn't do anything about this troublesome situation. The whole village was of one mind... What could they do? Nobody wanted to get involved in this mess.
Although it is a political achievement and can greatly help with future promotions, it is also really difficult to do.
Everyone shook their heads, looking helpless. "This is difficult to manage. Besides, these villages are so far apart, how can they be managed in a centralized manner? Why not have one officer in charge of one village?"
As soon as the plan was proposed, Qin Fang shook his head, saying, "This method won't work."
"We have so many things to do at our post. It's already a huge concession to spare someone to manage this matter. Letting an officer manage a village is too much of a waste of manpower and resources. No way, absolutely not."
Gu Sinian sat to the side with his brows furrowed. He was also in a dilemma. This was an impossible task, and they were just leaving it to the garrison to be in charge of it.
These dozen or so villages are just an estimate; in fact, after careful verification, there are probably more than twenty households. The number of dozen or so is just a figure of speech.
This task would be incredibly difficult for anyone to handle, and he certainly didn't want to take on such a thankless and exhausting job.
Although handling this matter well would greatly help his political achievements and might even lead to a promotion, he was powerless to do so.
The commander rejected the plan, and the officers looked at each other, then lowered their heads, afraid of being entangled in such a thorny task.
If it's done well, all is well; if it's done poorly, you'll just get a bad reputation. And this fool is still going for it.
Qin Fang watched as everyone fell silent, their initial free-flowing conversation completely gone...
He wanted to point to someone at random, but everyone bowed their heads, which put Qin Fang in a difficult position.
“I know this matter…is not so easy to handle…and no one will take on this mess. Let’s draw lots, and whoever is unlucky will be the unlucky one.”
The officers collectively breathed a sigh of relief. This was good; it was fair. In any case, when such unfortunate events occurred at the garrison, the unlucky ones were always decided by drawing lots.
It all depends on who's unlucky.
Gu Sinian was the first to withdraw, saying, "This happened during my vacation, so I won't participate in the lottery."
As soon as Gu Sinian made this decision, all the officers shook their heads. "That won't do. The more people participate, the better our chances of not being the unlucky ones."
Gu Sinian was thus helplessly drawn into the trap, while Su Ying watched with great interest from the sidelines.
It turns out their way of holding meetings is quite interesting.
She wanted to know which one was the unlucky one.
When Su Ying saw that Gu Sinian had drawn the card, she was slightly taken aback. So the unlucky guy was her man.
These scattered villages are not so easy to manage.
This man is usually very busy, and if he gets involved in something like this, will he still have time to spend with his children?
Fortunately, the children are all grown up, and she can come back whenever she has a holiday, so that the children have someone to take care of them.
Wang Ma is a good person; she not only cooks for the family but also takes good care of her five children.
This time, we've decided to give Zhang Ma a raise.
When Qin Fang saw that Gu Sinian drew the word "management," he felt deeply saddened for him.
He drew that number fairly, so there was nothing he could do about it.
"Since it was Commander Gu who drew the lot... I'll entrust the affairs of the scattered villages to you. I'll gradually reduce your workload so you can have more time to manage the affairs of the scattered villages."
"If this succeeds, you'll be able to get promoted."
Gu Sinian curled his lip, not taking Qin Fang's words seriously at all. The scattered villages were not so easy to manage.
Either the village lacks labor, or the population is too diverse, or there are more elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people. How can they lead each other to prosperity?
Is this a joke?
It's not that he's boasting, but it's already quite an achievement to be able to feed the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled in these scattered villages. What other way could he possibly have to break the deadlock?
Once you get involved in this arduous task, you can't get rid of it.
Especially now with the reform and opening up, most able-bodied men have gone out to earn money, leaving behind only the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled.
Just thinking about these things makes Gu Sinian's head throb with pain.
"If the leader has nothing else to do, we'll go shopping."
"Forget shopping, let's go to the site and write a report to submit. This is a task assigned to the garrison by the higher-ups."
"Since Yingying is on vacation anyway, you can take her out for a walk. I'll take care of the kids at home for you."
The couple were forced to work and were pushed into a military green jeep.
"You promised to spend today with me, but who knew you'd have such bad luck and win the lottery? Now you're forced to work. Who can you complain to?"
Gu Sinian was also helpless. He had such bad luck that he won the lottery. "Actually, my father-in-law is quite right. This can be considered a world for just the two of us."
Su Ying rolled her eyes, speechless. Should she just keep quiet and let being forced to go on a field trip count as some alone time for the two of them?
Stop joking.
"You'd better shut up, it's making me really angry. You should think about how to manage these dozen or so scattered villages."
Speaking of this, Gu Sinian was quite bitter. "Actually, there are more than a dozen scattered villages, or more accurately, more than twenty villages."
Su Ying was shocked. "Isn't this just faking it?"
"It can't be called falsification. After all, there are only a few people in a village. The commune can't say that there are only a few people in a village. Sometimes, in order to make the data look better, several villages are combined into one village."
"I see. Have you figured out a way to make them self-sufficient?"
"I have absolutely no clue about this right now. Do you have any suggestions?"
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