"It is very difficult, but as long as you work hard, you will definitely get rewards." Ma Xiaoyao said calmly: "Now Xiaoqiao Township has an opportunity to get rid of poverty and become rich. If Wulitun Village cannot reach the scale of the copper mine discovered,
If it is big, then Xiaoqiao Township will have the capital to get rid of poverty and become rich."
"I hope God can favor Xiaoqiao Township once." Bu Yong nodded.
After nearly an hour of jolting, Ma Xiaoyao finally arrived at Wulitun Village. As soon as he got out of the car, Ma Xiaoyao frowned. Under his feet was a piece of yellow land, surrounded by some dilapidated and old houses. Most of the houses
They were all built with stones and the workmanship was very rough. A group of men, women and children wearing dirty old clothes stood in front of the house, quietly looking at Ma Xiaoyao, Bu Yong and others.
"This is Wulitun Village?" Ma Xiaoyao asked in a deep voice.
"Yes, this is Wulitun Village." Bu Yong nodded.
Ma Xiaoyao stretched out his hand and pointed at the men, women, and children standing in front of the dilapidated houses: "Are they all villagers from Wulitun Village?"
"Yes." Bu Yong nodded again.
Ma Xiaoyao frowned more and more: "There are still such backward and poor villages in Dongcheng County!"
"Wulitun Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides and is located in a very remote location. The water we usually drink is salty. Because the water is salty, we cannot irrigate crops. If the weather is good, the villagers can harvest more food and live a better life.
The situation is better, but if there is a drought, the harvested food will be very little, and sometimes even food and clothing cannot be provided. Because they are too poor, many villagers have moved away from Wulitun Village, and the remaining villagers have
Those who are older, in poor health, and unable to do hard work can only stay in Wulitun Village and continue to suffer poverty..." Bu Yong said helplessly.
"How many poor villages are there in Xiaoqiao Township like Wulitun Village?" Ma Xiaoyao asked.
"The situation in other villages is better. Only Wulitun Village is so poor because of its remote location..." Bu Yong replied.
"The lives of the villagers in Wulitun Village are so difficult. Why don't you, the Xiaoqiao Township Party Committee and Township Government, take care of them? Just watch these villagers live a miserable life?" Ma Xiaoyao's face became gloomy. Ma Xiaoyao couldn't bear to see the suffering of the people the most.
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"Forget it, every year we allocate funds to Wulitun Village for assistance..." Bu Yong said hurriedly: "It's just that Xiaoqiao Township is not rich either. There are several villages in need of relief, and we simply can't take care of them..."
"Since you can't take care of it, why don't you ask the county for help?" Ma Xiaoyao asked with a stern face.
"Why haven't you asked for help?" Bu Yong said with a bitter smile: "I ask the county for help every year, but the county has never given a reply."
Ma Xiaoyao raised his eyebrows: "The county didn't give you a reply? Who did you ask for help?"
"I will directly write an application for help and submit it to the county magistrate," Bu Yong said.
"Li Ming?" Ma Xiaoyao narrowed his eyes: "The rescue application was handed over to County Magistrate Li Ming?"
"This year's application for help was handed over to County Magistrate Li, and the applications for help in previous years were handed over to the previous county magistrate Du Haiming." Bu Yong explained: "After so many years, I have never received a reply."
Ma Xiaoyao's face twitched: "Since you can't get a reply, then you won't go to the county magistrate and ask?"
"I asked Du Haiming, the previous county magistrate, and he said he was studying it and asked me to go back and wait for a letter... I have been waiting for several years and still haven't received a reply... Now that the county magistrate has been changed, I thought there was a chance.
I submitted an application for help again, but several months have passed and there is still no reply..." Bu Yong said helplessly.
"Damn it!" Ma Xiaoyao said angrily: "As a county magistrate, you are so procrastinating in doing things. You are not responsible at all!"
Hearing Ma Xiaoyao's criticism of the county magistrate, Bu Yong's expression suddenly became embarrassed and he didn't know what to say. Ma Xiaoyao might not care about the county magistrate and could criticize the county magistrate's inaction in front of everyone, but Bu Yong did not dare
In doing so, he is just a small township party committee secretary with a slight reputation. How can he dare to speak ill of the county magistrate?
"Leave this matter to me." Ma Xiaoyao calmed down his anger and said: "I will give you an answer as soon as possible. If you encounter similar things in the future, you can come to me directly instead of going to Li
The county magistrate is here."
"Yes, yes." Bu Yong was overjoyed when he heard that Ma Xiaoyao took the initiative to take charge of Wulitun Village. With Ma Xiaoyao's words, Wulitun Village finally saw hope.
At this time, a man in his fifties ran over from the opposite side. This man had gray hair. He was wearing a large mantle on his upper body, a pair of washed white linen trousers on his lower body, and a pair of worn-out cloth shoes on his feet. He ran out panting.
Ma Xiaoyao and Bu Yong were in front of them.
"Deputy County Chief Ma, he is Lei Yunshan, the village party secretary of Wulitun Village. Oh, he also serves as the village chief." Bu Yong introduced from the side: "Lei Party Secretary, this is Deputy County Chief Ma."
"Ah, Deputy County Magistrate Ma, hello, hello." Lei Yunshan greeted Ma Xiaoyao respectfully.
"Hello, Party Secretary Lei." Ma Xiaoyao held Lei Yunshan's rough hand and shook it slightly: "I have seen the situation in Wulitun Village. Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to help Wulitun Village get rid of poverty and become rich.
, so that the villagers can live a comfortable and prosperous life."
"Thank you, Deputy County Magistrate Ma. On behalf of all the villagers in Wulitun Village, I would like to thank Deputy County Magistrate Ma..." Lei Yunshan said excitedly. After looking forward to it for so many years, he finally saw hope, which made Lei Yunshan extremely excited.
The other villagers in Wulitun Village also looked excited. Their lives have been really hard these years.
"Secretary Lei, could you please take me to see the newly discovered copper mine?" Ma Xiaoyao said.
"Okay, I'll take you there." Lei Yunshan nodded and led Ma Xiaoyao towards the top of the mountain where the copper mine is located.
Ten minutes later, Ma Xiaoyao climbed up a hill and saw the discovered copper mine. It was an irregular deep pit. It was dark inside and could not see the bottom. Ma Xiaoyao looked carefully.
Then someone asked him to find a rope, and he wanted to go down and see for himself.
"Deputy County Magistrate Ma, there is some danger down there, so let others go down..." Bu Yong hurriedly persuaded.
"Yes, Deputy County Magistrate Ma, it's really dangerous down there." Zhao Qi also persuaded him.
No matter what Bu Yong and Zhao Qi tried to persuade, Ma Xiaoyao was determined to go down and take a look. In the end, Bu Yong and Zhao Qi could only accompany Ma Xiaoyao into the deep pit. Half an hour later, Ma Xiaoyao and Bu Yong
, Zhao Qi came up from the pit. The faces and clothes of the three of them were covered with dust.
"Yes, there are indeed a lot of copper nuggets down there... There is no doubt that this is a copper mine. As for how much copper there is down there, we need to find professionals to investigate." An undeveloped copper mine was discovered in Dongcheng County.
Ma Xiaoyao is in a good mood.
At noon, Ma Xiaoyao accepted Lei Yunshan's invitation and stayed in Wulitun Village for dinner.
The meal was very simple, including fried eggplant, cold cucumber, green onions with dipping sauce, steamed tofu... I also made a pot of soup. Although the meal was simple and plain, Ma Xiaoyao ate it with relish and praised it full of praise.
Originally, Lei Yunshan was worried that Ma Xiaoyao wouldn't be able to get used to these rough meals, but now that he saw Ma Xiaoyao eating with gusto, Lei Yunshan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded secretly in his heart: This Deputy County Magistrate Ma is different from other cadres.
Gives people a sense of intimacy!
While everyone was eating, there was a sudden muffled sound in the yard outside, and then a man's voice sounded: "Dad, I'm back! Today's harvest was good, I caught a wild boar... This wild boar is really fat.
Ah, enough for us to eat for half a month... Hehe... There are not many wild boars in the mountains now. I didn't expect that I encountered one. I'm really lucky..."
"It's my son who's back." Lei Yunshan said embarrassedly: "My son went hunting in the mountains early in the morning... I didn't expect that this boy was lucky enough to catch a wild boar... Wild boars have become more and more popular these years.
They come less and less, and you can’t touch them easily.”
"Wild boar?" Ma Xiaoyao became interested: "It is said that wild boars grow fat and strong, and are several times stronger than pigs raised at home. I wonder if the rumors are true." As he spoke, Ma Xiaoyao stood up and
He walked towards the door, apparently wanting to see what the wild boar looked like.
Bu Yong, Zhao Qi and Lei Yunshan hurriedly got up and followed Ma Xiaoyao out of the house.
"It's really strong!" Ma Xiaoyao came out of the house and saw a strong pig lying in the yard at a glance. It had a long body, a big head, a big mouth, a bigger nose, and a layer of black hair on its body.
Strong and powerful, the pig was lying motionless on the ground at this moment. It was unclear whether it was dead or fainted.
"Dad, are there guests at home?" Standing next to the wild boar was a young man with a tiger-like head. This young man looked so strong, with a round head, big eyes, a high nose, and an open mouth showing a set of white teeth.
Very wide, the buttons of his shirt were unbuttoned, revealing a layer of dark chest hair. He was holding an iron rod more than one meter long in his left hand and a ball of rope in his right hand. He was wearing a pair of blue trousers with high trouser legs underneath.
He rolled it up, revealing two thick and powerful calves, covered with dense hair. He was wearing a pair of leaky cloth shoes. He was not short, probably about 1.8 meters tall.
What a strong young man! Ma Xiaoyao's eyes lit up. From the first moment he saw it, he had a good impression of this tough-headed young man. Some people are very pleasing to the eye at first sight, and some people are disgusted. This is
A visual experience that cannot be explained in words.
"Da Zhuang, these are all county and township leaders. Why don't you come over and say hello?" Lei Yunshan greeted.
Da Zhuang? So the young man in front of him is called Da Zhuang? Ma Xiaoyao nodded secretly, he is just as his name suggests, the young man in front of him is indeed very strong.
The young man known as Da Zhuang threw away the iron rod and rope in his hand, strode over, and said to Ma Xiaoyao and others: "Hello, leaders, my name is Lei Dazhuang, you can call me Da Zhuang."
