"Have you considered these things? The more perfect our policies are, the better. The more people will feel we are doing good. I can't bear to see people cry. It makes me feel sour and uncomfortable. If we forcibly collect taxes, won't we be the same as the Kuomintang?"
"What nonsense! We serve the people. Chiang Kai-shek of the Kuomintang represents the bourgeoisie and oppresses the people. We are completely different."
"Secretary, you are right. I am not mature politically yet. Please don't be angry if I am wrong." Sun Zongyuan apologized hurriedly. Yes, politics must always be correct and cannot deviate from the direction.
"But what you said is also correct. I'll go back and think about it, and then communicate with the higher-ups to make sure we don't make any mistakes. You handled these last-minute households very well. I see you're very experienced in handling rural affairs. I placed you in Huohongyu Village as a test. It seems you're going to take first place again with Huohongyu."
Sun Zongyuan praised Gao Hongjiang objectively and fairly again. Secretary Li shook Gao Hongjiang's hand before leaving and told him to work hard, saying that the organization has sharp eyes. Gao Hongjiang was so moved that he smiled every time he saw Sun Zongyuan the whole afternoon.
At 6:30 in the afternoon, the three improvements and five unifications work of the whole village was successfully completed. Huohongyu Village was the first village to complete it in the entire work area and also the first village in the entire township.
That night, all the participating cadres had a group dinner. Sun Zongyuan also drank half a catty of white wine and had a crazy night. He didn't sober up until 8:30 the next day and ate something.
Zhang Qiaoyun had asked her husband to push the cart to the village committee early. Sun Zongyuan put down his bowl, apologized, and then began to teach her how to make silk flowers. He explained how to use the right color of fabric, the right glue, and the right frame. He explained how to fold, form, and glue the flowers. He also explained how to organize people, purchase materials, and sell the flowers. His explanations were brief, but they inspired Zhang Qiaoyun to think more and come up with more ideas. He also suggested that she buy relevant materials from the Xinhua Bookstore when she had the chance.
It was an unintentional offer of help, but who would have thought that Zhang Qiaoyun would use her brains and, despite her disability, carve out a path to wealth? More than a decade later, when she became a world-renowned female entrepreneur, she expressed her gratitude in a television interview: "Without Secretary Sun Zongyuan, I wouldn't be where I am today!"
At half past eleven, Sun Zongyuan and Jiang Zihai went to a nearby village to find Mayor Wang. Gao Hongjiang went there with a cooked rooster, pork head and two bottles of white wine. When they saw Mayor Wang, he and the secretary of the work area had just convened a meeting of the thirteen village secretaries and directors who had not yet completed their tasks. Some of the cadres were squatting, some were sitting on stools, and some were sitting on the doorstep. They all had sad faces. The small meeting room was not big, and it was filled with smoke from low-quality cigarettes. Mayor Wang was furious.
No rush? The two work areas he was in charge of were the most remote and poorest places, with the greatest challenges and the slowest progress.
Sun Zongyuan poked his head out of the door and was about to retreat to avoid this bad luck, but he was seen by the village chief Wang, who waved and said:
"You kid, come here."
Sun Zongyuan stepped over the threshold sheepishly and prepared to squat as well, but he said to the work area secretary who was sitting on a stool, "Give Sun Zongyuan a seat first!"
After some hesitation, Sun Zongyuan saw that Township Chief Wang was in a bad mood, so he had to sit opposite him, with his buttocks forming half of the stool, and the other half was for the work area secretary to sit on.
"Huohongyu Village finished it yesterday. Not only did they finish this year's debt, but they also collected all the arrears from previous years. The secretary is still Gao Hongjiang, and the cadre in charge is still Jiang Zihai. But Sun Zongyuan came and solved everything. We won't talk about how they did it. Now that Sun Zongyuan is here, whoever has a problem, let him find a solution. But I have to make it clear that whoever solves it must treat Sun Zongyuan to a bottle of good wine. I and the work area secretary will accompany him!"
Everyone suddenly became optimistic, and wrinkles appeared on their faces.
Sun Zongyuan stood up and saluted quickly. With a bang, the work area secretary fell to the ground on the other end of the stool, and everyone burst into laughter.
"Director Sun, there's a scoundrel in our village who refuses to pay his taxes and is even preventing his father, brother, and several others from paying. Is there anything we can do?"
"Has this person done anything bad this year?" Sun Zongyuan asked.
"Nothing serious. In the spring, he hid a child after school and asked his family for five dollars. In the summer, he watched an old woman bathe and was caught by her husband, so he beat her up. He usually curses and swears all day long in the village."
"If what you said is true, Mayor Wang, I think it would be best to let the police station intervene. Solving it won't be a problem."
"Zongyuan, there's an elderly couple in our village who are over seventy years old and paralyzed in bed. They have only one son, a daughter-in-law who is mentally ill, and four or five grandchildren. They're too poor to pay the bill. What do you think we should do?"
"How poor are you?"
"Several children are still wearing thin clothes. There are mats on the kang (kang) but no mattresses. In previous years, they used to sleep on wild grass."
"If it's true, I suggest the township exempt them, and the Civil Affairs Office should also step in to provide relief so that their family can have enough food and clothing."
Sun Zongyuan added, "I can temporarily advance the money. I'll give it to you when the village and the township settle their accounts. But if relief comes, you have to pay me back. Of course, your village can also advance the money first!"
"Don't bother Zongyuan. My village will pay for it first. We'll really want to provide some relief later!"
"Director Sun, a family in our village went to Guangzhou to work last year. They said they would not come back and would not pay the three increases and five unifications. Do you have any solutions?" asked another village secretary.
“Who will farm his land?”
"His cousin planted it for him."
"Whoever cultivates his land must pay the three levies and five unifications. This year, the land will be returned to the village collective and announced on a notice board. Not only must they pay the three levies and five unifications, but they must also pay a contracting fee to the village."
"That's a good idea, let's do it when we get back!"
…
Village head Wang was in a good mood and had two drinks at lunch. At around three or four o'clock in the afternoon, news came that three villages had completed their tasks.
The solution only addresses one problem, but it opened up a whole new way of thinking!
The next morning, Sun Zongyuan accompanied the village chief Wang to inspect several villages. The village chief Wang threw all the problems of the last-generation households to Sun Zongyuan. Sun Zongyuan took the pulse like an old Chinese doctor, and prescribed the right medicine after observing, smelling, asking and palpating. Within two or three days, a village was completed every day. On the eleventh day, all the thirteen villages that the village chief Wang was responsible for completed the task.
The whole township held a meeting to tighten the belt and backward villages. At the meeting, Sun Zongyuan shared his experience. On the 16th day, the whole township exceeded the task, not only collecting all the arrears for this year, but also all the arrears for previous years.
Honghua Township’s “Three Improvements and Five Unifications” work was completed quickly, effectively, harmoniously and stably!
In the county's "Three Improvements and Five Unifications" collection work, Honghua Township has quietly taken the lead. Leading cadres from various townships have come to learn from the work experience. For a time, the work in Anyang County has shown a positive and good situation.
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