The boat of time swayed gently, and before we knew it, it was December 30th.
Time passes by in the mountains, one reason being because it is isolated, and two, there is no need to know, because every day is the same anyway.
Originally, for most villagers in Hushan Village, whether it was 2006 or 2007, life was no different except that they had to go to the town to buy laundry detergent or some other opportunity to ask for a free calendar to put on their door.
But now it’s different. Most of the villagers, especially those in the cooperative, are actually getting excited.
Because entering 2007 means that we are closer to the harvest time, which also means that we are closer to the good days promised by Cadre Huo.
With their level of education, they may not know that this is called hope.
It is one of the most precious things in the world. No matter how hard or difficult life is, as long as you still hold on to hope, you can tear a crack in the heavy haze of life and let the light shine through.
But for Huo Qianli, Liu Xiaoyu and others, the habit of celebrating the New Year has been established long ago.
Because for them, life always has hope.
What's more, this year there is an excuse of moving into a new house.
Yes, with a construction team working day and night, the four bungalows have been basically completed in 20 days. The final cleaning was done yesterday and the furniture has been moved in. If they are impatient, everyone will be able to move in tonight.
But after everyone discussed it, they decided to wait until tomorrow and celebrate the New Year's Eve inside in the evening.
The reason why we have to wait one more day is because of the New Year’s Eve, but the main reason is that the “financial sponsor” will come to inspect today.
"Brother Qianli! Here he comes!"
A yellow whirlwind blew up, and the qualified "scout" Gu Haitao came running over. Huo Qianli quickly threw away the weapon in his hand and took a few steps forward.
Well, at this moment he was not in the village committee, but on the side of the road where the road was being repaired.
Soon, two vans drove up and a group of town leaders got off one after another.
It’s not that the town government is so poor that it has no other cars, but it is unrealistic to conquer this level of bad roads with just a Santana.
"Secretary Zheng! Mayor Zhang! All leaders!"
Huo Qianli went up to him with a smile and greeted him warmly.
Zheng Qiang was wearing a blue jacket commonly used in official circles, paired with a sweetheart-neck sweater commonly worn by grassroots cadres. He smiled and walked up to shake hands with Huo Qianli, "Xiao Huo! You are making it too complicated! We never engage in formalism!"
"Of course I know that!" Huo Qianli also said quickly: "I'm not being formalistic, it's just that the leader said he wanted to see the road construction situation, and I thought where is a better place to report than on site!"
In fact, the inspection points had already been determined privately, and this was only said for the two cameras to hear.
"That's a good idea!" Zheng Qiang turned around and said to his team members with a smile, "It's better to listen to reports in the office than to see them on the spot!"
Naturally, everyone nodded in agreement.
Then a group of town leaders, accompanied by Huo Qianli and Gu Daqiang, walked while listening to Gu Daqiang talk about how to build the road, how long it would take, what it would look like, and how much it would cost.
Huo Qianli was very thoughtful in handling these details.
"This is a good idea! There's no need to do it all at once. It's also very meaningful to improve the road traffic conditions first!" A deputy mayor said approvingly, rubbing his forehead.
He was just in the car and there was a huge bump. He flew off his seat and was hit hard on the forehead and the roof of the car. It still hurts!
Zheng Qiang also nodded in agreement, "Spending little money to accomplish great things is worth our careful study when we return!"
After hearing this, Zheng Qiang asked about the villagers’ well-being while they were still working hard, and even picked up a chisel and a hammer in his right hand to try to repair a roadbed stone.
After finally finishing one side, Zheng Qiang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Ah, I used to be good at doing some work, but now I sit in the office every day, and my health has really deteriorated! You can also try it. Let's come here to help reduce the workload of the villagers!"
Everyone laughed and took over the work from the villagers and started working.
Wang Wei naturally would not miss these scenes. He kept pressing the shutter of the camera in his hand and moved quickly and seductively.
The villagers nearby stood there at a loss, staring blankly.
In their impression, these town officials had never been so close to them before, and seeing them busying themselves with their butts sticking out, it felt a bit funny!
Zheng Qiang took out a pack of cigarettes from his bag and passed them around to the idle villagers. He also took the initiative to light up a cigarette for a man next to him. The man was so excited that his hands were shaking.
After a brief chat, Zheng Qiang was very satisfied when he learned that everyone could receive eight yuan in wages every day. Then, he got excited and announced immediately that eight yuan was a little too little, so he would give everyone two more yuan to make it perfect and treat it as a New Year's gift to everyone!
A group of villagers immediately cheered and praised them for meeting a good official!
After hearing this, the other town leaders who were still smashing stones and weeding couldn't help but work harder.
After finishing the work here, Zheng Qiang led everyone slowly to the next inspection point.
He pulled Huo Qianli to his side and whispered, "Pay the two dollars yourself, don't ask me for it again."
Huo Qianli smiled and nodded, "It's something we've already agreed on, don't worry, leader!"
Zheng Qiang nodded and patted Huo Qianli's shoulder affectionately.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
