Two days later, Friday.

At around 3 pm, Qiao Liang and He Qingqing finished their research in the western part of the county and drove back to the county town.

After this period of time, Qiao Liang has basically transferred all the county in Liangbei and has initially grasped the situation at the grassroots level in the county.

Although the familiarity of the situation is still happening for the purpose of hiding Qiao Liang, Qiao Liang thinks this is very beneficial to him.

Thinking of his experience of going to the grassroots level during this period, Qiao Liang felt quite emotional, and at the same time thanked He Qingqing from the bottom of his heart.

"Director He, you have worked hard during this period, thank you." Qiao Liang said to He Qingqing while driving.

"Mr. Qiao is polite. I feel honored to be able to serve you." He Qingqing smiled and then said, "Mr. Qiao, you are the first county leader to travel all corners of Liangbei. To be honest, in the county, if you want to be familiar with and understand the grassroots level, you deserve to be the first."

"Haha, I can't say that, after all, I'm just taking a quick look now and just knowing some of the fur." ​​Although Qiao Liang smiled modestly, he agreed with He Qingqing's statement in his heart.

"As a member of the county ***, it is already very good to be able to make such a broad range of quick-witted things. Moreover, County Mayor Qiao is not making a quick-witted things when he goes down to understand the situation. All you have is the real situation at the front line of the grassroots level." He Qingqing said.

Qiao Liang smiled again and then said, "Director He, your task was to accompany me to get along with you to get to know the situation. Now I've finished transferring, so, next step..."

Qiao Liang didn't continue to say anything, and turned around and looked at He Qingqing.

He Qingqing understood what Qiao Liang said, and suddenly felt a little reluctant, a little melancholy and confused, and murmured: "The next step, I may not be able to follow County Mayor Qiao every day..."

Qiao Liang felt a little reluctant, but he could not clearly express what to say to He Qingqing at this time, because he understood that as the deputy director of the county government office, He Qingqing had his own responsibility, and not to mention how to arrange his next work, the decision-making power lies in Shang Ke's hands, and he was in a passive situation.

Then Qiao Liang thought of Ding Xiaoyun's decision to let him be in charge of the assistance and docking tasks, as well as the ongoing cooperation between himself and He Qingqing for his own and common interests, and thought about it: "Director He, although you can't be with me every day in the future, after all, we are touching the spoon in the same pot, and we have something we are interested in, so I think we will still deal with it frequently in the future."

He Qingqing immediately understood what Qiao Liang said, felt comforted in his heart, and nodded.

In fact, when Qiao Liang said this, he had other plans that He Qingqing didn't expect, but in his current situation, he did not intend to say it now. His plans should be adjusted at any time according to the development of the situation and take one step at a time.

Up to now, based on her own observations and judgments, Qiao Liang thinks that He Qingqing is a good young female cadre, knowledgeable and capable, dedicated, diligent, responsible, and familiar with the grassroots. If there are suitable opportunities, she can take on more important tasks.

Of course, Qiao Liang is unable to determine when this suitable opportunity will appear.

But although it is impossible to be sure, Qiao Liang already had this idea in his mind.

Thinking of this, Qiao Liang looked at He Qingqing while driving, and He Qingqing was also turning to look at him.

Qiao Liang smiled slightly when he looked at each other, and He Qingqing smiled too. For some reason, a blush appeared on his face.

Seeing He Qingqing's expression, Qiao Liang let out a light sigh: "Director He, do you still have shadows and burdens in your heart that happened a few days ago?"

He Qingqing was silent for a moment: "It is fake to say that nothing is fake, but I'm not afraid."

"Why?" Qiao Liang said.

"Because I know County Mayor Qiao is not afraid either." He Qingqing looked at Qiao Liang with bright eyes.

Qiao Liang looked ahead and laughed: "How do you know I'm not afraid?"

"Because although we were..." He Qingqing pursed his lips and continued, "But nothing really happened between us. Also, with my understanding of County Mayor Qiao's current quality and personality, I think you are very brave. You will definitely not be afraid of such things that are made out of nothing."

"Wrong, I'm not very brave." Qiao Liang corrected, "If I'm really brave, I might take you that night in the Gobi No Man's Land..."

He Qingqing couldn't help but be beating when he heard Qiao Liang's words so bluntly, and then murmured: "If you are not brave, how dare you beat County Mayor Shang?"

"That's because I didn't know his identity at that time." Qiao Liang said simply.

"Then, what you mean is, if you knew County Mayor Shang's identity at that time and would not care about the kind of actions that County Mayor Shang had to do to me?" He Qingqing stared at Qiao Liang in a daze.

Qiao Liang smiled and said, "Of course, it's certain, but he shouldn't take that violent approach."

He Qingqing nodded silently: "I understand what County Magistrate Qiao means..."

Qiao Liang continued: "Director He, since struggle is inevitable, we must face it bravely, but bravery does not mean recklessness. As our identities, we may need to learn to fight resiliently."

"Resilient battle?" He Qingqing looked at Qiao Liang.

"Yes, a resilient battle!" Qiao Liang nodded, "It is better to have a shocking sacrifice than a deep resilient battle. This resilient battle is not about compromise and admitting defeat, nor is it about surrender, but about perseverance, insisting on what you must stick to, talking about methods and strategies, advancing when you should advance, and retreating when you should retreat. You must achieve your goals and protect yourself as much as possible..."

After hearing Qiao Liang's words, He Qingqing couldn't help but look admiring and said sincerely: "County Magistrate Qiao, you are a brave and wise person."

"I am still a long way from true courage and wisdom." Qiao Liang said, and couldn't help but think of An Zhe, Li Youwei and Zhang Haitao...

The car drove to the gate of the county courtyard. Qiao Liang saw a bunch of people surrounding the door. Noisy sounds came from the crowd, and the door was blocked.

Hum? What happened? Qiao Liang pulled over and stopped the car and was about to go down to take a look, but He Qingqing said, "County Magistrate Qiao, I'll go and take a look first."

Qiao Liang nodded, then He Qingqing got out of the car and walked over.

Qiao Liang sat in the car, lit a cigarette and took two puffs.

Soon He Qingqing came back and got in the car and closed the door: "It was an old man below who came to petition. He sat at the gate and refused to leave. He insisted on meeting County Mayor Shang. The security section chief was taking the security guard to pull him away, and everyone around was watching..."

"Oh, where is this old man from? Why do you have to meet County Mayor Shang?" Qiao Liang asked.

"I haven't heard what the herdsmen around the mining area are doing yet," He Qingqing said.

"Mine area? Which mining area?" Qiao Liang looked at He Qingqing.

"The iron ore mine area introduced by County Mayor Shang." He Qingqing said.

Qiao Liang's heart moved, and then looked up at the courtyard. He didn't see Shangke's Lu Xun, so he obviously went out.

Qiao Liang thought for a while, then turned off the cigarette, opened the car door and got out, and said to He Qingqing: "You can drive the car in later..."

"County Magistrate Qiao, you..." He Qingqing said worriedly.

Qiao Liang smiled slightly: "I will bring the petitioned old man in to chat. You can put the car in and go to my office."

As he said that, Qiao Liang strode over, He Qingqing hurriedly got out of the car and took the driver's seat.

Qiao Liang walked over and separated the crowd: "Everyone let me give it..."

The crowd moved aside, and then Qiao Liang saw an old man in his 60s sitting cross-legged in the place, full of anger, and his gray beard was raised. The security section chief was directing the two security guards to take him away.

"What's going on?" Qiao Liang said.

The security section chief saw Qiao Liang and hurriedly said, "County Magistrate Qiao, nothing big is going on. A herder below disrupts work order here. I'll let someone drag him away..."

"I won't leave. I want to ask County Mayor Shang for an explanation. You can't bully people like this..." The old man said excitedly.

"Trag him away, hurry, hurry--" The security section chief urged the security guard impatiently.

Two security guards raised the old man from left to right and dragged him hard to the side.

"Stop—" Qiao Liang said loudly.

When he heard Qiao Liang's words, the security guard stopped, looked at Qiao Liang, and then looked at the security section chief.

The security section chief looked at Qiao Liang with confusion: "County Magistrate Qiao, you..."

Qiao Liang did not look at the security section chief, but looked directly at the two security guards and said in an orderly tone: "Let go of this old man!"

The two security guards did not dare to disobey and hurriedly let go of the old man.

Qiao Liang then helped the old man up, patted the soil on his body, and said angrily: "Uncle, County Magistrate Shang is not here. I am the deputy county magistrate of Liangbei County. If you have any problems, please go in and tell me."

The old man looked at Qiao Liang and nodded.

Qiao Liang was about to take the old man in, but the security section chief was anxious and stopped him: "County Magistrate Qiao, no way to do it."

Qiao Liang glared at the security section chief: "If there is any situation in the masses, why don't you let me in and say it? Since County Mayor Shang is not here, I will take him in, why can't I use it?"

"This..." The security section chief said nothing.

"Get out of the way--" Qiao Liang reached out and pushed the security section chief suddenly. The security section chief didn't expect that Qiao Liang was so strong and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Qiao Liang then helped the old man into the county courtyard. The crowd dispersed and He Qingqing drove behind.

Watching Qiao Liang and the old man enter the yard, the security chief was stunned and then took out his cell phone...

Qiao Liang brought the old man into his office and asked him to sit on the sofa. At this time, He Qingqing came in and made a cup of tea for the old man and placed it in front of him. If you want to see more, please search the official account "Tianyi Yiyi Yike" and remove the "one" in the middle of the four words.

"Uncle, have a cup of tea." Qiao Liang sat opposite the old man and said with a smile.

The old man picked up the cup and drank a sip of tea, then looked at Qiao Liang directly.

"Uncle, what do you call you?" Qiao Liang said gently.

"My name is Batchte, and I am a herdsman around the iron ore." said the old man.

He Qingqing whispered to Qiao Liang: "The uncle's name means happiness."

Qiao Liang nodded, then looked at him and said, "Hello, Mr. Buckt, you are here today to find County Mayor Shang. Are there anything you need to report?"

Mr. Buckt was excited, his gray beard was raised again and again: "Yes, I want to ask County Mayor Shang for an explanation. You can't force us herders into a dead end..."

Qiao Liang said calmly: "Mr. Buckt, County Magistrate Shang is not here. If you have any requests, you can tell me..."
Chapter completed!