Chapter 78 Regret (Please give me some votes)
"The chief in Qingcheng wouldn't allow anyone to deliver food to County Magistrate Lin."
Yun Qingshui felt goose bumps on every inch of her skin, and a chill crawled up from the back of her neck, making her hair stand on end.
But she still insisted on speaking, and tried to open her eyes wide, making big, watery eyes look aggrieved.
"People, they thought of Lin Junchang's great kindness and insisted on sending him, so they..."
"alright!"
Lin Wen interrupted her in time, and they both breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
"You mean, if you drive away the dog officials in Qingcheng, you can recover."
Yun Qingshui couldn't pretend any longer, so she simply returned to her true self and said coldly, "That's right."
However, she still had a strong doubt in her heart. This corrupt official neither even glanced at her nor cared about what happened to them. Moreover, he was covered in dust and looked like a laborer on a construction site. How could he be as arrogant and extravagant as the rumors said?
"good."
Lin Wen nodded and signaled Fang Dashan to uncuff her.
"You can go now."
Yun Qingshui couldn't believe her ears. She had always been a straightforward person and couldn't keep things to herself.
"You dog officer! What do you mean? If you want to play cat and mouse, I won't let you succeed!"
Before Lin Wen could say anything, Fang Dashan was already yelling, "You ungrateful thing! Drag her away and smash her mouth open first."
Yun Qingshui sneered, and her true face was revealed at once. She was still wearing handcuffs, but she was not afraid at all. She slowly adjusted her breath and stared at the dog official. As soon as she made a move, she would kick the dog official to death first, and then kick the lackey to death. Even if she was beaten to death, she would have made a profit.
However, things did not develop as she expected.
"Fang Dashan!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Wen immediately stopped him, turned his head and looked at him seriously.
"Have you forgotten what I told you? You need to change all the concepts, habits, and practices you've learned so far. Sending women to my room right away, dragging people away, that's pure feudal bureaucracy. How can you be a military leader at all?"
Fang Dashan was stunned: "Chief Lin..."
Lin Wen looked at him extremely sternly. Fang Dashan was now his extremely important assistant and also the bomb with the greatest potential power.
If he cannot establish a people-oriented concept and still retains some old imperial ideas, he will definitely be replaced.
As early as when the disaster victims rioted, he had already demonstrated his terrible destructive power, and the army almost massacred the people.
If this kind of thing happens again, and if Lin Wen fails to stop it in time, the outcome will be unimaginable.
"Go back and copy the new rules for me a hundred times."
"Every time you copy something, think about it carefully and forget all the garbage you learned before."
"Yes, County Magistrate Lin!" Fang Dashan stood at attention and saluted.
A soldier came forward and uncuffed Yun Qingshui.
Lin Wen said coldly, "Go back. Remember not to cause any trouble, or I'll arrest you and kill you if you deserve it. Do you understand?"
After saying that, he turned and left.
Yun Qingshui moved her wrist, looked at Lin Wen and his group who were leaving, and the soldiers who had returned to their posts and ignored her, and felt something shattered in her mind.
She shouted, "Dog... County Chief Lin, you, what are your conditions?"
A cold voice came back to him, and he didn't even turn his head, as if she was just an insignificant thing.
"Resume the vegetable supply as soon as possible. You can grow them locally. If you have this idea, go find Zhao Minggong or Huang Mingxiao."
Yun Qingshui stood there in a daze for a long time, and no one paid any attention to her.
She looked up at the sky and slapped herself with her five fingers.
it hurts.
But she still couldn't believe it.
Just let them go like that?
There was no blackmail or extortion, nor was she asked to take off her clothes to accompany him, and there were no harsh conditions, such as asking them to be cannon fodder, rushing to the front line and fighting with the corrupt officials of Qingcheng.
Is that dog official crazy?
Or are the rumors all false?
Yun Qingshui had never seen such a thing since he was a child, and this kind of cold treatment was extremely rare.
Although she never cared about her appearance, after hearing so much and experiencing so much, her subconscious mind had already believed that she was extremely beautiful. Having fallen into this devil's den, the devil must be extremely coveting her beauty. She had even thought of all the steps.
She evaded responsibility, was reluctant but willing, pretended to agree, lured him into the room, dismissed outsiders, used temptation, murdered her own husband, bah, no, it was murder of the dog official.
But things didn't go according to her plan from the beginning. The official didn't even look at her twice, as if she was just dust on the roadside or something worthless.
This made Yun Qingshui feel very uncomfortable, and she even lost some of her relief at escaping from the tiger's mouth. It seemed as if she had only been wishful thinking.
But this feeling was only fleeting, and her concern for her brothers and sisters soon took over. She desperately wanted to return to her familiar group and not face all this strange, chaotic and incomprehensible thing alone.
However, halfway through, Yun Qingshui met the butcher, rock, red fox and monkey who were anxiously looking for her.
"Why are you here? Are the brothers okay? Is Haiyan okay? How about Hongling and the others?"
Before she could answer, the butcher rushed over and grabbed her, looking her up and down. "Sister Yun, how did you come out so quickly? Is that bastard impotent or a quick-ejaculation guy?"
Bang! Boom!
The butcher was hit hard on the front and back of the head.
The butcher didn't dare to scold Yun Qingshui. He turned around and asked angrily, "Yanshi, why did you hit me?"
The red fox kicked him away and said, "Fool! If you can't speak, don't speak!"
Turning around, she said softly, "Don't listen to him, Sister Yun. You must have tricked that bastard official to get away with this, right?"
Yun Qingshui's face was still red, and she didn't dare to nod. She just hummed vaguely and asked, "Are your brothers and sisters okay?"
The red fox, the rock, and the monkey were all worried when they saw this, but no one said anything and just smiled.
"All good."
The red fox replied:
"Haiyan is still in the emergency room, but the doctor said her condition has stabilized and she should be fine. On the other hand, Hongling is in a bit of a bad state. The doctor said her wound is infected and she needs to be hospitalized for observation. It would be best if she uses AbbVie Johnson & Johnson's premium medication, otherwise it could be dangerous."
"Then use it." Yun Qingshui said, "Red Sparrow's life is more important than any amount of money."
The four of them glanced at each other, and the short monkey stepped forward and said, "Sister Yun, AbbVie and Johnson & Johnson's premium medication is very expensive. We don't have that much money. A week's worth of medication costs 120,000 yuan, and we only have a little over 80,000 yuan in total. We've already used up more than half of it to treat our brothers' injuries."
Yun Qingshui's face darkened. She couldn't think of a solution. In the past, Xingtai was the one who made the decisions on these matters. Now that Xingtai was gone, she realized how heavy the burden he had shouldered.
"Let's go back to the hospital first. Let's discuss with our brothers and decide what to do next."
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On the other side, Lin Wen returned to the County Hall.
Another reason for his return this time was that Zhao Minggong, the Wolong Emperor, recruited many new officials.
Due to Lin Wen's repeated purges, officials at all levels in the county government office have been seriously insufficient. Zhao Minggong has long intended to supplement them. Over the past month, he has promoted many cadres who were previously buried at the grassroots level, but the number is still far from enough.
So he sent a recruitment notice to the imperial headquarters through the state government.
As per convention, the headquarters will show this notice to all appropriate regional departments. If there is a suitable candidate, he or she will be transferred after communication between the two departments.
However, since Changshan County is an extremely poor area and the treatment is not very attractive, there have always been very few people who responded.
Zhao Minggong just did his best and didn't hold out too much hope.
Unexpectedly, after this announcement came out, it received a strong response, and he received a large number of transfer requests in a short period of time.
When I opened it, I found that everyone had a good resume. The message did not mention the salary. They only asked for key training, preparatory cadres, front-line work, and other such empty promises.
Although Zhao Minggong didn't quite understand why this happened, he had a heavy workload and a lot of chores to do. He was responsible for almost all the affairs, big and small, of the entire county government office.
The legitimate county chief went to the construction site to dig the dirt, and the whole mess was thrown to him. He even didn't take over his position as the mayor of Huai Town.
But Zhao Minggong did not have too many complaints. In his opinion, rebuilding homes was indeed the top priority, and there was nothing wrong with County Chief Lin personally visiting the site and taking the lead in the work.
Although he was tired, it was a happy trouble.
The only regret is that it came too late. He had been in the position of mayor of Huaizhen for too long, so long that all his former ambitions and talents had been worn out.
Only now, when I am very old, can I realize my ambitions.
Sometimes, Zhao Minggong even had a strange resentment, resentful of why County Magistrate Lin did not come earlier, and resentful of why they could not meet in the passionate days of their youth.
If that happens, how will these two young heroes shine in the empire? What kind of epic story will they create?
Just thinking about that kind of scene makes people feel relaxed and happy, and yearning for it.
But when he came to his senses, Zhao Minggong also sighed. Perhaps, this was his fate. Perhaps, he was really old. Only old people would often reminisce about the past.
But at the same time, he was also lucky. In the empire, who knew how many people like him there were who were never reused in their entire lives, buried in the dust and died in depression.
At least he can still burn and have the opportunity to emit light and heat, even though he is like a candle in the wind.
But the final glory of life cannot be concealed.
(End of this chapter)
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