"Chief Qin, this road must be repaired. If it is not repaired, the people of Niujiaoshan Village will be trapped here forever."
"Yeah, why are we so poor? It's because of this road that we can't get in from outside, and we can't sell what we grow. Last year, my family contracted several acres of land from the next door family and had a good harvest, but the food couldn't be sold because
If the car can’t get in, no one will come to collect it.”
"The most important thing is safety. My children have to walk on this mountain trail every day to go to school. The grandson of Lao Li's family next door slipped down a cliff and fell on his way to school last year..."
"As well as Jianjun from the Wang family and Dabao from the east of the village, they both fell to death while riding their bicycles. This road must be repaired. If it is not repaired, the people of Niujiaoshan Village will never survive. Sooner or later, they will die in this mountain..."
"..."
Qin Feng sat there and listened to the village cadres and the people complaining. As they talked, many people shed tears and became more and more excited. The more Qin Feng listened, the more surprised he became, and the more he listened, the more panicked he became.
At the end, Qin Feng was smoking heavily. In one morning, he smoked out a pack of cigarettes.
Qin Feng was in a very heavy mood when he came out of Niujiaoshan Village. After get off work in the afternoon, he rode his motorcycle to the street to buy a roast chicken and went directly to Li Dejun's house carrying two kilograms of braised beef.
"Sister-in-law, here comes the autumn breeze." Qin Feng said to Li Dejun's wife who opened the door with a smile.
"He guessed that you would come today. The wine has been poured. Just wait a moment and the food will be fried soon." Li Dejun's wife said with a smile. She is a virtuous and kind woman.
When Qin Feng walked to the dining table, Li Dejun had already poured the wine and was waiting for Qin Feng.
Qin Feng was not polite and put the food on the table. The two of them drank the food cooked by Li Dejun's wife without waiting.
"How did you know I would come tonight?"
"I went to call for a taxi in the morning, and the office told me that you called for a taxi to Niujiao Mountain. I guessed that you would definitely come to me for a drink in the evening." Li Dejun said with a smile.
"The people in Niujiaoshan Village are so miserable. I have been there many times before, but I have never cared much about this road. But today I was shocked. Lao Li, I feel a little uncomfortable." Qin Feng clinked a drink with Li Dejun.
Then he drank heavily.
Li Dejun didn't say anything, sighed, and drank with Qin Feng.
"The main reason why the people in Niujiaoshan Village are suffering so much is because of this impassable road. They have not been able to build such a road for so many years, and they have been indifferent and pushed back whenever possible. Our government is guilty, and we are all guilty." Qin
Feng gritted his teeth and said.
"Do you want to build this road?" Li Dejun handed Qin Feng a cigarette.
"It's not about thinking, it's about cultivating." Qin Feng said firmly.
"Ten years ago I had the same idea as you, and I was the one who proposed the road construction plan in Niujiaoshan Village. But now I no longer have this idea, because I am already desperate. Brother, you will be as desperate as me in the future.
"Li Dejun helped Qin Feng fill up the wine glass.
"Why? Is it so difficult to build a road? So many highways and cross-sea bridges have been built, why can't we build such a village road?" Qin Feng was puzzled.
"You are really right. The cross-sea bridge is easy to build, but the road in Niujiaoshan Village is difficult to build."
"Why?"
"Money is just a word. I have already made a plan for the road to Niujiao Mountain Village. Although the road is not long, it is a mountain road. There is no one who can't get down without 1.23 million yuan. This is still the lowest standard.
, and it was the standard I used when I made plans ten years ago.”
"Calculated based on 1.2 million, who will pay for this money? Niujiaoshan Village is already so poor. Do they have the ability to raise funds to build a road? So this road can only be built with money from the government."
"You also know what Bishan Township is like. As long as there is a penny in the account, Wang Yunfei will immediately take advantage of him, or try every possible means to get the money into his own pocket."
"When the previous team was here, because I proposed this matter, the township government agreed and prepared 300,000 yuan for road construction in Niujiaoshan Village. As a result, the first thing Wang Yunfei did after he came here was to use the 300,000 yuan to renovate government dormitories.
I spent the 300,000 yuan in less than a month. It’s really my fault..." Li Dejun cursed.
Qin Feng frowned and asked: "Then why didn't this road be built during the previous government?" Qin Feng knew very well what kind of bird Wang Yunfei was.
"We want to repair it, but we don't have the ability. The township government worked hard to raise 300,000 yuan, but can 300,000 yuan repair the road? We can't even repair the road. The road construction mainly depends on the county transportation bureau, which depends on the county.
The transportation bureau establishes the project, the county government approves it, and the financial allocation is made. It is easy to say, but it is more difficult to achieve it than to reach the sky."
"Shannan County is a poor county. It doesn't have much money to begin with. The county government that has money has invested it all in Shannan County's economic development zone and several Chengguan towns. Look at the roads there. They are getting newer every year.
, getting wider every year.”
"This cannot be blamed on the leaders above. If we want to develop the economy, have political achievements, and have GDP, we can only invest money in those places. If we invest money in places like Niujiaoshan Village, will there be much economic effect? Will there be political achievements?"
"But this is about human lives and the survival of ordinary people. Isn't it more important than political achievements?" Qin Feng disagreed and asked.
"You think so, but it doesn't mean that the leaders above also think so. Moreover, the leaders above sit too high. We can see the difficulties of the people in Niujiaoshan Village, but they may not be able to see them. They also have their difficulties. From the entire Shannan
Looking at the overall situation of the county, what they did was not wrong." Li Dejun said while drinking.
"Shannan County has only a small amount of fiscal revenue in total. It is not enough to invest in those places. How can the money be used in these places? In order to build roads, I squatted in the county for half a month, begging my grandfather and grandma, and finally the county
Even the leaders were offended without causing any splash. The matter was delayed until finally all 300,000 from the village was misappropriated by Wang Yunfei and I gave up completely." After Li Dejun finished speaking, he took another sip of wine.
"This road in Niujiaoshan Village is an unsolvable situation. You'd better not touch it. If you insist on it, you will definitely end up like me in the end. The road has not been repaired, but it has caused a lot of trouble. The leaders at the top will be offended, and the bottom will be punished.
The common people blame him, and he is not a human being inside and out." Li Dejun was full of sadness when he said this.
"Wang Yunfei had no good intentions in forcing this matter on you." Li Dejun added.
Qin Feng didn't speak, and drank one glass after another with Li Dejun. Finally, Qin Feng put down his glass and said to Li Dejun: "Old Li, I still want to give it a try. No matter whether it succeeds or not, at least I tried my best, and I feel at ease."