Yan Xingguo was stunned for a moment, then stood up and changed seats with He Tiancai.
Li Mingqing found He Tiancai much more pleasing to the eye.
He was a new face and almost everyone would take a look at him when they had a chance.
As the county magistrate entered the room, Li Mingqing felt a sense of familiarity. He looked about 70% similar to Qian Kai, the manager of the supply and marketing cooperative.
They are truly brothers.
The county magistrate looked around and his eyes fell on Li Mingqing.
"You must be Li Mingqing from Li Village, right? I've heard your name before, and seeing you today, I'm convinced you're a talented young man."
"You are so kind, County Magistrate."
Many people looked at him with admiration.
It's really great that he has such advanced ideas at such a young age. There are almost no young people around him who are so far-sighted.
After all the mayors had reported, it was Li Mingqing and three people from the commune's turn to report.
Li Mingqing spoke eloquently without any stage fright. Seeing him like this, Mayor Zhao smiled with satisfaction.
He explained the reasons, opportunities and follow-up measures for his idea.
Especially perfect, like a highly educated university graduate.
The county magistrate nodded with satisfaction. He was indeed an indispensable talent.
Yan Xingguo didn't expect that his report would be so casual, without even a draft.
When it was Yan Xingguo's turn, he spoke stumblingly for ten minutes.
The difference is immediately apparent after a comparison.
After the meeting, the county chief came over and said, "Do a good job."
Li Mingqing nodded modestly, showing integrity and determination, and everyone praised him.
Yan Xingguo whispered beside him, "Just pretending."
Cao Zhengping pulled him out and said, "Let's go back. We still have a lot of things to do."
"You guys go back first, I have something to do."
Cao Zhengping almost cursed, what the hell could happen to you? Are you looking for trouble?
He Tiancai saw Cao Zhengping's uncontrollable anger and said, "Zhengping, let's go back first."
The two of them left and Yan Xingguo waited at the door for Li Mingqing to come out.
"Hey, you finally came out. Do you know how long I've been waiting for you?"
Li Mingqing ignored him and said to the mayor: "Mayor, please go back first. I have something to do."
The mayor glanced at Yan Xingguo behind him and left, telling the young man to solve his own problems.
"If I talk to you again, do your eyes have to be in the back of your head?"
"You, come out with me."
Li Mingqing didn't have that much time to talk nonsense with him.
"Who do you think you are? Do you really think I'm afraid of you?"
Li Mingqing and Yan Xingguo left the county government office and came to the corner.
Yan Xingguo looked around and asked without panicking, "Why, do you still want to take action?"
"I guessed it right, but unfortunately there is no prize."
Before he could react, Li Mingqing pressed him against the wall.
"Did I dig up your family's ancestral graves? You're looking for trouble with me as soon as we meet."
"A gentleman uses his words, not his fists!"
"Why do you care about me? You can't reason with people like you. Every failure makes you wiser. You have to learn this lesson."
Yan Xingguo was so scared that he couldn't help but fight.
Seeing him trembling all over, Li Mingqing said with disgust, "We haven't even started yet, why are you trembling? Why haven't you been so cowardly when we were just trying to win over someone with a sharp tongue?"
"I thought you were a civilized person, but you turned out to be a barbarian."
"You're looking for trouble and you think you're right. I was going to let you go, but you really deserve a beating for what you said."
Before Yan Xingguo could finish his words, his body had already made close contact with the earth.
The internal organs are about to be displaced.
"Don't mess with me next time, or I'll beat you up every time I see you."
Li Mingqing shook his hands, brushed off the dust on his body, and returned to the county government to push his bicycle.
It was almost noon, so he went to a restaurant and ordered a bowl of clear soup noodles to fill his stomach.
I didn't expect the mayor to be here too.
After he finished eating, he saw the mayor sitting in the corner with a bowl of noodle soup in front of him.
"Mayor, what a coincidence?"
"I saw it when you came in."
He was waiting here specifically for Li Mingqing. Although he had not known Li Mingqing for long, he knew that he was not the kind of person who would make himself suffer, so he was waiting here specifically.
"Are you and Yan Xingguo okay?"
"It's nothing, just a friendly exchange."
The mayor didn't believe it. How could they be friendly if they started fighting over a disagreement?
"You didn't hit anyone, did you?"
Li Mingqing laughed out loud: "No, how could I hit someone? Don't worry, Mayor, I know what I'm doing."
The two returned to town together.
When Li Mingqing arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, he unexpectedly met Sun Jiaxue.
"Wife, why are you here?"
"I'm here to bring you food." She originally wanted to try her luck but she didn't expect to actually run into him.
Zhou Yingzi almost died of jealousy when she saw the young couple being so affectionate with each other.
"Can you two restrain yourself a little!"
"We are a legitimate couple, so why should we be so restrained?"
Li Mingqing was very shameless, but Sun Jiaxue quietly stepped back a little.
"Brother Mingqing, I'm going to work."
After she finished speaking, she put her things down and ran away immediately. It was the first time that Li Mingqing saw her run so fast.
Seeing her leave, Zhou Yingzi came over and asked, "What's delicious? It smells so good."
"This is something my wife brought specially for me. Don't even think about it."
"How stingy."
Li Mingqing opened it and saw two meat patties, fried until crispy and smelled delicious.
Although he had already had lunch, he couldn't let his wife down.
"Your family lives too well these days, with meat and oil all around. You don't look like a village person at all."
"I'm jealous. Who said that villagers have to eat Guanyin soil?"
"You can't eat Guanyin soil, but you can eat the bark."
As soon as Zhao Xiaoling came in, she heard the sound of tree bark and Guanyin soil.
"You two are just reminiscing about the past. During the two years of the Great Famine, we ate a lot of Guanyin soil. Even tree bark was hard to find."
"I heard that in some places people even eat people," Zhou Yingzi shouted excitedly.
"Don't talk nonsense. What are you shouting about? Keep your voice down."
Li Mingqing had read about that tragic past from the original owner's memory.
Batches of people starved to death in the village.
There is not even a blade of grass in the back mountain. All the edible tree barks have been peeled off, and we can only eat Guanyin soil.
Guanyin soil, clay containing a variety of minerals.
It cannot be digested and absorbed. Eating a small amount will not be fatal, but eating it for a long time can be life-threatening.
The three began to reminisce about the past.
Zhou Yingzi and Li Mingqing had similar experiences, searching for food all over the mountains.
But Zhao Xiaoling was different. Fortunately, her family was wealthy and they spent a lot of money to buy food and had one meal a day.
Her life is an unattainable good life for poor rural people.
People starved to death one after another.
At that time, I didn’t ask for enough food to eat, I just wanted to survive.
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