Li Dongliang felt a chill run through him, a sense that he was doomed, especially after the group followed Lu Yuan to the educated youth settlement and saw the miserable state of the two injured educated youths.
At this moment, He Shenghua and He Hongxia's faces were covered in medicine so much that their original features were almost unrecognizable. They looked both miserable and frightening.
He Shenghua's left arm was in a cast and his neck was in a sling. One of his eyes was so swollen that it was only a slit, and the wound at the corner of his mouth was covered with gauze. Anyone who saw his miserable state would shake their head.
But no one questioned anything, after all, the person who treated the injury was the director of the provincial military hospital, whose medical skills were renowned far and wide.
Previously, everyone thought Lu Yuan was exaggerating the extent of their injuries, but now it seems he was being rather conservative.
The county leaders looked at Li Dongliang with serious and dissatisfied eyes, and Luo Yaoguo immediately ordered his secretary to handle the matter.
Secretary Feng stayed behind to ask questions, while the others offered their condolences to the two injured men, leaving them some money in ten or five yuan increments before following Lu Yuan to their home.
At Lu Yuan's house, Xu Dong and Sun Maodou helped borrow two square tables and several benches and moved them over, placing them in the middle of the main room. The three tables were put together to resemble a conference table.
At this moment, each table was set with peanuts, melon seeds, black peaches, chestnuts, pine nuts, fruit candies, White Rabbit milk candies, and tangerines.
When everyone arrived, they were secretly amazed to see so many nice treats laid out on the table. No wonder they were leaders from the provincial capital.
No one believed that Lu Yuan had prepared these things; they all thought that Gao Weishan had brought them from the provincial capital.
Lu Yuan invited the leaders to sit down, Wen Gang, Xu Dong, and Sun Maodou poured tea for everyone, and Wen Moxue and Xiao Biyun greeted everyone before going into the kitchen to get busy.
These people are definitely staying for dinner today, so Wen Moxue also called Lu Xiaoqin and Wang Hongmei over to help with the cooking.
After the meal was prepared, Lu Yuan and his team also finalized the specific details of the sanatorium construction. Lu Yuan had already made plans, and he was the one who did most of the talking, while the others just listened and nodded in agreement.
The village allocated a large area of wasteland on the mountainside to build a sanatorium, which was about ten acres in size.
No one expected it to be so big. Lu Yuan showed everyone the design plan, and looking at the divided areas, he seemed to think that this area was not enough.
The sanatorium was funded by the provincial military district, and local leaders had no objections to starting construction immediately. However, other things also need to be done, such as road construction, which still requires going through procedures and cannot be finalized today, but all have been assured that it will be done as soon as possible.
Lu Yuan also requested that the village install telephones and lay electrical wires.
"The phone call is fine, we'll arrange it right away," Luo Yaoguo said.
With a high-ranking leader like Gao Weishan here, a telephone is definitely a must.
"It will probably take some time before they can install the electrical wires."
"There's no rush. The sanatorium can't be repaired in a short time, but we need to make sure it has electricity when it's completed."
"Of course."
The leaders of the various brigades, upon hearing about road repairs, telephone installations, and power line laying, excitedly grinned and rubbed their hands together.
Their village is about to become rich!
After discussing several important matters, the kitchen staff announced that dinner was ready. The food on the table was cleared away, and three tables were moved directly to the courtyard. Several cadres from the county, commune, and production brigade, along with Xu Dongsun, Maodou, and several female comrades including Wen Moxue, filled the three tables.
The meal was still plentiful, with meat, pheasant, rabbit, and various fruits and vegetables.
Of course, this only seemed very lavish to outsiders; for Lu Yuan and his group, it was just an ordinary meal, something they usually ate like this.
Everyone praised the food, assuming it was cooked by Lu Yuan's wife. But when they asked, they found out it was Lu Xiaoqin who was in charge of cooking.
This wasn't the first time Lu Xiaoqin had heard people praise her cooking skills, but this time it was so many leaders praising her that her face flushed red with excitement.
Lu Guoan, Zhang Yong'an, and several other brigade cadres were also very excited. They felt that they could brag about having dinner with so many high-ranking leaders for the rest of their lives.
After the meal, the group of leaders followed Lu Yuan to see the site where the sanatorium was being built, and also visited the rabbit farm.
Luo Yaoguo was very interested in the farm, asked about some details, and even looked at the notebooks that He Shenghua and Hong Xia had kept.
However, when he saw a page that described special requirements for the vegetables used to feed rabbits, his expression became very strange.
He asked, "Why do rabbits like to eat vegetables that are watered with boys' urine?"
"Um?"
Lu Yuan's mind went blank for a moment, not understanding why the county magistrate would suddenly ask such a question.
Luo Yaoguo showed the notebook to Lu Yuan, and there it was recorded:
On a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, it was observed that rabbits were also picky eaters when it came to the same vegetables. They would only eat vegetables watered with children's urine, and would not touch vegetables watered with other human urine.
Lu Yuan: ...
He recalled the words he had said to He Shenghua on a certain day in a certain month of a certain year, and was surprised that He Shenghua had actually taken them seriously. He was speechless.
Lu Yuan didn't know how to explain, so he could only laugh it off.
"Perhaps vegetables irrigated with boy's urine taste better to rabbits."
Everyone: ......
After visiting the rabbit farm and discussing some other side businesses, the group of leaders finally got into their cars and left.
After everyone left, Lu Yuan almost collapsed from exhaustion. Damn, this reception work was really tiring. He'd have to train two young ladies specifically for reception work later.
Lu Guoan and his group, on the other hand, were still full of energy and in excellent spirits.
"Ah Yuan, this is for you."
Lu Guoan pulled the man aside and handed him a wad of banknotes.
"What's going on?" Lu Yuan asked, puzzled.
"The money for the meals was given by people from the county and the commune. They said they had a rule that they wouldn't take a single needle or thread from the masses, and that everyone had to pay for meals with ration coupons. The expenses were reimbursed by the work unit."
"Understood, Uncle."
Lu Yuan accepted it all without hesitation. It totaled more than ten yuan. He should have kept five mao to one yuan for each person, plus two liang or half jin of grain coupons.
In the afternoon, Lu Yuan also took some time to visit the brick and tile factory. Building a sanatorium can't be done like the houses built by educated youth using adobe bricks; it has to be all bricks and tiles, and good bricks and tiles at that.
When Jiang Haishan heard that such a large sanatorium was to be built, he immediately perked up. How many bricks and tiles would that take? This was a huge order!
"Xiao Lu, are you telling the truth? Can you make this decision?"
Why does he sound so unreliable?
Lu Yuan showed him his work ID, "Uncle Jiang, don't worry, I'll take full responsibility for this."
Jiang Haishan stared at the work ID for a long time, unable to come to his senses. "Little Lu, I knew I hadn't misjudged you. You are this guy."
As she spoke, she gave him a thumbs up.
It's only been a short time since we last met, and he's already become the special assistant to the president of some provincial military region. Just hearing the word "special assistant" sounds incredibly impressive.
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