The fifth item of the meeting was a speech by Secretary Li Jianguo.
There was thunderous applause from the audience. Through the work in the past two years, Secretary Li Jianguo has been highly praised by party members, cadres and the masses across the township in terms of his character, official rank, ability, level, and work performance. In particular, the suspension of education surcharge at the meeting just now has reduced the burden on farmers. The village cadres below admire Secretary Li's courage and determination from the bottom of their hearts.
Secretary Li summarized the work of the previous stage. The winter production work of Honghua Township created the longest road repair, the largest investment and the best quality among the 184 townships in the region. It was highly praised by regional and county leaders. Brother townships from various counties came to learn from it. He also gained a full sense of happiness, achievement and honor.
Secretary Li interjected a touching story about Qianhe Food Factory's export-driven foreign exchange earnings during his speech. He explained that the factory's industrial output value exceeded 50 million yuan, generating $10 million in foreign exchange, paying over 3 million yuan in taxes, and donating 100,000 yuan to major transportation projects. Honghua Township is now financially self-sustaining, no longer needing to collect the "Three Raises, Five Unifications" and "Education Annex" from the public. This year's township revenue is projected to exceed 2 million yuan, eight times last year's. These achievements should be attributed to the hard work of Qianhe Food Factory.
There was thunderous applause from the audience. If Qianhe Food Factory contributed more to the fiscal budget, the people wouldn't have to pay any money. We should thank them.
Sun Zongyuan sighed in his heart that only when you are good to the people will the people sincerely applaud and thank you, and he will feel a strong sense of achievement and happiness!
The last item of the conference was a speech by the director of the county people’s congress, which started with congratulations, then thanks, and finally hope!
Mayor Zhao finally put forward some suggestions for implementation and the meeting adjourned.
The entire three-raise and five-unified collection work plan is 20 days. Sun Zongyan followed the village head Wang in charge to contact the Maya work area and the Ermu work area. The former is located in the westernmost part of the township, with 6 administrative villages, 17 natural villages, 651 households and 3,800 people; the latter is located in the northwest, with 7 administrative villages, 24 natural villages, 586 households and 2,408 people. Both are mountainous areas, and half of the villages are located between high mountains and steep cliffs, with dense forests and beautiful scenery. In an era when people need to have enough food and clothing, what people need is the food produced in the farmland and the money earned in their pockets. Their lives are not yet refined enough to travel around. Therefore, this 13th village is the backward area in the west of Honghua Township. Although some laborers have gone out to work in food factories, the mountains are high and the roads are long and it is inconvenient to go back and forth. Most people still make a living by planting fruit trees on the hillside.
The Construction Office focused on the Ermudi work area, with Sun Zongyu and the work area secretary Qiu Guiping taking care of the work, while the other staff members were responsible for one village each.
Sun Zongyuan followed the work area cadre Jiang Zihai to Huohongyu Village. It took them two hours to ride a bicycle to reach the village brigade office. The mountain road leading to the village was difficult to walk on. They had to push the bicycle in some places along the way. When crossing the river, they took off their shoes and carried the bicycle. They arrived exhausted and sweating.
After a brief exchange with the village branch secretary Gao Hongjiang, I gained a preliminary understanding that Huohongyu has more than 5,000 acres of mountain land, about 3,000 acres of ecological forest, 1,500 acres of orchards, and 400 acres of farmland at the foot of the mountain. The village has four natural villages, 128 households, and a population of more than 540 people.
The village's three-increase and five-unified collection work has been mediocre in the past few years, with neither outstanding aspects nor negative impacts.
According to procedure, a meeting of 17 people, including members of the village's two committees, Party group leaders, administrative group leaders, and women's group leaders, was convened to study township documents. Jiang Zihai spoke on behalf of the township. His speech was halting, incoherent, repetitive, and long-winded, making everyone anxious. Branch Secretary Gao Hongjiang divided the participants into four collection groups based on their natural villages. Each group was led by four members of the village branch committee and two committees, including the village director. Gao Hongjiang was responsible for overall management. Finally, Gao Hongjiang asked Sun Zongyuan to speak. After all, he was a cadre sent by the township, and he was two levels higher than Jiang Zihai.
Sun Zongyuan initially didn't want to say much out of a learning attitude, but since he was afraid Gao Hongjiang wouldn't look good if he didn't say a few words, he simply said:
"Director Jiang (Jiang Zihai doesn't hold a title, but to the village he's a township leader, respectfully addressed as director) explained the township's policies to everyone. He made them very clear. When you go back and work with the locals, explain them clearly so you don't get them wrong. This year's policies have new content."
"In addition, the four groups must take their responsibilities seriously. We are all leading cadres in the village, and our relatives must set a good example and not be laughed at. If any relative fails to pay voluntarily within three days, I will criticize him without mercy!" Sun Zongyu continued.
"When you go down there, pay attention to your work methods and approaches. Talk more about policies and avoid rough handling. Don't say rude words or do anything physical. If there are any problems that can't be solved immediately, report back. Director Jiang, Secretary Gao, and I will work together to figure it out. This work must be done well and absolutely nothing must go wrong. Whoever makes a mistake will be held accountable!"
At noon, they had lunch together in the small kitchen opened by Gao Hongjiang's house. They killed a rooster and stewed a pot of pork, tofu and cabbage, fried red peppers and stinky bean pickles, and freshly baked whole wheat pancakes. Sun Zongyuan was sweating on his forehead after eating so much!
Because the journey back home was long and the road conditions were poor, I stayed in the duty room of the village office at night.
After a few drinks with the secretary and director that evening, Jiang Zihai fell asleep drunk. Sun Zongyuan washed up and lay in bed, gazing at the starry sky through the cracks in the window. He wondered if others had romantic encounters in this scene of rebirth, so would he have one tonight? What if a beautiful woman knocked on the door? Should I open it or not? He fell asleep groggily, thinking about it.
No words were spoken that night.
Early in the morning, Sun Zongyu was awakened by the sounds of chickens, birds, pigs and donkeys. These sounds are the sounds of nature and the sounds of down-to-earth life.
Since I woke up anyway, I got up, washed my face briefly, and climbed up a small hill nearby along the path. It was only half past five. Looking towards the east, I saw a rosy glow slowly dispersing the clouds. The pine forest made a humming sound when blown by the mountain breeze. Some early morning roosters and two or three hens were also taking a romantic walk for their feeding parade. A layer of white frost formed on the distant slate roofs, and the bright red persimmons were hanging high on the treetops like New Year's lanterns.
Breakfast was simple: a big bowl of corn grits porridge, pickled stinky beans, scrambled eggs with chili peppers, two pancakes, an egg rolled in a pancake and stuffed with a green onion. It tasted great. I didn't do much work that day, but the food was very appetizing. If I stayed here for half a month, I would probably gain five pounds.
The "three increases and five unified collection" work in Huohongyu is going very smoothly. In the past few days, we gather at 8:30 every morning to arrange work and emphasize precautions, and meet again at 5:30 in the afternoon to discuss the situation. Various situations are studied and dealt with in a unified manner, and the working group works overtime at night to do the work.
The branch secretary Gao Hongjiang is 39 years old and a retired soldier. He used to be a militia company commander in the village. After the previous branch secretary was dismissed, the village director (who is also a branch committee member) was appointed as the secretary. However, the village director refused to do the job on the grounds of age and low education. The organization had no choice but to let Gao Hongjiang, who is also a branch committee member, serve as the secretary. In the past two years, Gao Hongjiang has been able to do general work, but when it comes to important tasks such as the "three increases and five unified collections", he feels inexperienced. Overall, this person is politically conscious, has ideas, and is bold in his work, but what he lacks is training.
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