Xiao Chen has his own plans for doing things. He wants to inspect the village and find the village chief directly. This will not only save a lot of unnecessary trouble, but also allow him to see the real side more directly. It can be said that except for the old man, this village , the child thought, there were very few young people left.
"Village Chief, if you have time now, please take me to take a look. Just leave the verification to other village cadres," Xiao Chen said softly. He didn't want to waste time on such doubts. I want to know more about what is going on in the village.
"Okay, okay," the village chief nodded and said. Now there is an opportunity in front of him. If he dare not take action because of doubts in his heart, when the opportunity is gone, it will be too late to regret. So the village chief He gave his business card to other village cadres.
"Since Mr. Xiao wants to know the situation in our village so much, I will take you to take a look," the village chief said solemnly, with a trace of worry on his face.
Xiao Chen nodded, turned around and said to Zhou Wei: "If you can't leave, then you can stay here to rest. I, Guotao and the village chief will go to the village to have a look. Then we will Come find you again,"
Zhou Wei shook her head. As Xiao Chen's secretary, she couldn't rest at this time. After all, this was the first step to improve the company's image, so she had to persevere, even if her legs ached a little at this time, she said in a deep voice: "Xiao Dong, don’t worry, I can still hold on, but as a member of the expedition team, I can’t stay here.”
Xiao Chen looked at Zhou Wei's determined expression and said nothing, so the three of them went to the village for a walk with the village chief. Along the way, except for Xiao Chen's exchange with the village chief, Zhou Wei and Zhong Guotao said nothing. Said that both of them were shocked by the poverty here.
"To tell you the truth, the situation here is indeed very poor. There are more than 200 households in the village, but the per capita income is very low. This place has no advantages, so it is difficult to develop. Over time, many young people have left The village has to work hard outside," the village chief said with a worried look on his face. The development of the village has become a worry for him.
Ten minutes later, Xiao Chen and others arrived at the room where the villagers lived. What appeared in front of them were rows of mud rooms. There were cracks of various sizes on the mud walls. If placed in the city, this would already be If a dilapidated building comes, it will definitely be demolished.
"Village Chief, these houses are simply dangerous. It's okay if it's sunny. But if it rains, or even rains heavily, these houses are likely to collapse, and people will be killed by then," Zhou Wei said solemnly, The expression on his face was very heavy.
"Hey, I know what you said. Everyone wants to live in a safe house, but we don't have any good solutions. As you just saw, the people here are very poor. Let alone building houses, everyone basically It’s all about food and clothing,” the village chief said with a bitter look on his face, his eyebrows furrowed.
He has been the village chief for five years. Over the past five years, he has been trying to change the situation of the village chief. Although he does not say that he wants to achieve a well-off level, he can at least be a little above the food and clothing line. Unfortunately, although the ideal is good, the reality is too cruel. The village chief has been reporting the situation here to the town, but nothing has been heard from him.
"So more than two hundred households in the village live in such dilapidated houses," Xiao Chen said with a frown, obviously feeling very heavy at this time.
At this moment, Xiao Chen saw a five-year-old girl picking up something that had fallen on the ground and putting it into her mouth. The moment he saw this scene, Xiao Chen's heart suddenly beat violently. He seemed to be watching When I reached my childhood self.
"Don't eat it, it's very dirty." Xiao Chen immediately ran up and patted the things out of the little girl's hands. When the little girl saw that the things in her hands were patted away, she burst into tears. She was obviously taken seriously by Xiao Chen. The expression was frightened.
"Mom, Mom..." The little girl cried and called her mother. She cried very wrongedly. Xiao Chen saw the fear in the little girl's eyes. At this time, he realized that his behavior just now scared the little girl. Then the heavy expression gradually disappeared.
Xiao Chen reached out and touched the little girl's forehead, looked at the little girl with a smile, and said warmly: "Don't cry, it was my fault just now. I will apologize to you. If you keep crying, you won't be beautiful." , and will be captured by the big bad wolf,"
As soon as she heard the words "big bad wolf", the little girl immediately stopped crying, but she was still a little afraid of Xiao Chen. At this time, the little girl's mother also rushed over and protected her daughter behind her. , said in a cold voice: "Who are you, and why do you want to bully my Niuniu?"
"Just now, Mr. Xiao saw Niu Niu picking up things on the ground to eat, so he ran over and knocked the things out of Niu Niu's hands. Maybe Niu Niu cried because she was frightened, but no matter what, Mr. Xiao still did it for Niu Niu's best," Village The chief came over and said, touching Niu Niu's head with a kind face.
"Niuniu, is the village chief right?" Niuniu's mother said solemnly, obviously she was very unhappy with her daughter picking up food from the ground and eating it.
Niu Niu nodded with some fear, which made her mother even more angry. Without saying anything, she raised her hand and hit Niu Niu. Fortunately, Xiao Chen reacted quickly enough and stopped him in time. Xiao Chen frowned. Brow said: "She is still a child, so she doesn't understand many things. If you continue to beat her like this, it will leave a shadow on her,"
"Humph, how many times have I told you not to pick up things on the ground to eat? Why don't you listen?" Niu Niu's mother said angrily, but she put down her raised hand. In fact, she didn't want to hit her. My own daughter.
"Mom, dad's health has been bad. I want dad to eat more good food, so I..." Niu Niu said with aggrieved face, tears streaming from her eyes. Such words came from a five-year-old girl. Saying it from his mouth made everyone present feel uncomfortable.
Zhou Wei felt that her heart was very heavy. Ever since she came here, she had been shocked by the situation in the village, and now she heard such heartbreaking words, coming from the mouth of a five-year-old girl.
The anger on Niuniu's mother's face gradually disappeared, replaced by a sad look, and she said guiltily: "Niuniu, mom is sorry for you. She can't let you go to school, buy you new clothes, and can't let you eat delicious food. "Food, mom, I'm sorry for you,"
"Alas," the village chief sighed deeply. He had encountered this situation many times. He hated himself for being incompetent and unable to develop the village. He was only in his thirties, but because he worked too hard, I feel so guilty that my hair has turned a little white.