Another gust of wind came, the wind and clouds changed, sand and rocks flew, a big tree by the playground was uprooted by the wind, and fell on a section of the wall that had not yet collapsed. The brick wall collapsed, and crushed a section of the wall outside the wall.
A telephone pole...
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The cadres shouted loudly: "Protect the county magistrate!" A group of people immediately pounced on Zhou Wen and pinned him down, but Zhou Wen struggled to get out and shouted: "Leave me alone, protect the students!"
At this time, there were still more than a dozen students on the campus who had not been evacuated. The cadres and parents hugged and escorted the crying children to the rural agricultural machinery station not far from the central primary school. This is a brick-concrete structure.
The two-story building can withstand strong winds.
After closing the door and bolting the windows, everyone was in shock. Zhou Wen wiped the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief and said, "Check the students to see if any are missing."
"They are all here, not a few." Principal Wang replied after scanning for a week. As the principal of the Central Primary School, he knows the situation of each student very well, including who has been sent to the hospital, who has gone home, and who is no longer here.
, he knew it very well.
The wind roared outside, and the sound was like the roar of a giant beast. The crowns of street trees were blown around, and even cars parked on the road were overturned. The students shivered with fear and began to cry again. Mayor Huang held the
The phone kept flapping the hook and shouted into the receiver: "Hey, hey, hey!" But there wasn't even a busy signal on the receiver.
"County Magistrate Zhou, the wind is too strong, the mobile phone signal is gone, the phone line was cut by the wind, and we can't contact the county fire brigade." Huang Jinsong put down the phone and reported.
"Forget it, even if the fire brigade comes, there will be nothing. The power of nature is too powerful, alas..." Zhou Wen stood at the window and felt sad. Natural disasters are frequent in Nantai County. Floods and wind disasters are all factors that restrict the development of the local economy. The county
There is no money in the local finance, and even the salaries of primary and secondary school teachers cannot be paid on time, let alone the funds to repair school buildings.
However, since Lao Chengtou from Yezhuyu Valley donated a huge sum of money, the school building problem has been solved. Zhou Wen approved 500,000 yuan from this special fund to repair dilapidated buildings in primary and secondary schools in the county. The funds had already been
Already in place, but this kind of thing still happened in Zhuwangzhuang Central Primary School, which is puzzling and angry.
Zhou Wen suddenly turned around, walked up to Principal Wang and asked, "The county's specially approved maintenance fund arrived last month. Why wasn't the school building repaired in time and the students were allowed to attend class in a dilapidated building?"
Principal Wang opened his mouth, but finally said nothing. He squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, tearing his hair in agony.
Zhou Wen knew what was going on, and turned to Mayor Huang, who was looking left and right, and asked, "Old Huang, where did the special maintenance fund allocated by the county go?"
Township Chief Huang avoided Zhou Wen's eyes, lowered his head and murmured: "The township's finances are tight..."
"I asked you where did you use it? Huang Jinsong, stand up straight and speak loudly!" Zhou Wen was completely angry. As expected, the school building maintenance fund was spent by these grassroots cadres in a wasteful way. If the investigation is true, he
We will never tolerate it, and the relevant personnel must be severely punished by law.
Township Chief Huang straightened his back and trembled his lips: "County Chief Zhou, don't be angry. This money was not eaten and drank by us. It was used to buy cement, yellow sand, bricks and stones. We originally planned to renovate the school building.
, but the county suddenly issued an emergency task to build roads and build conference venues for inspection by leaders. I thought that attracting investment was more important, so I misappropriated the building materials of the Central Primary School. County Magistrate Zhou, if you want to punish me, punish me.
Bar!"
As he spoke, Huang Jinsong knelt down and burst into tears. Three students and a teacher died. Someone must bear this responsibility. As the top leader of the township government, he could not escape the blame.
Now Zhou Wen thought about it. A few days ago, he had put pressure on Huang Jinsong, asking him to build a viewing platform outside Xiamapo Village as quickly as possible at any cost. He also had to level the land, pull up walls, and build
A flat dirt road costs money. The township's finances are stretched thin, and the county won't provide any money. No wonder Huang Jinsong turned his brains to the school building maintenance fund.
Township Chief Huang cried bitterly and felt extremely regretful. Being the mayor of a poor township is not a good job. He is less than fifty years old and has completely bald hair. He looks like a sixty-year-old man. Zhou Wen sighed and took a photo.
He patted Huang Jinsong on the shoulder and said, "Old Huang, get up and talk. Your son graduated last year, right?"
Huang Jinsong was stunned for a moment, not understanding why County Magistrate Zhou suddenly mentioned this matter, but he soon understood, stood up and whispered: "My son graduated from the normal school last year and has not found a formal job yet. He is now helping at the township animal husbandry station.
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"I will find a way to deal with your son's job. Two people from the County Education Bureau will retire this year, and there are quotas..."
The wind finally stopped. Zhou Wen asked Xiao Li to drive four students with minor injuries to the hospital for first aid in his own car. He rushed back to the county in a village van. When he arrived at the Jinfan Hotel, it was already dusk and he parked the car.
The venue was deserted, and all the Audis and Mercedes-Benzes were gone.
Meeting Secretary Xu who looked tired in the hall, Zhou Wen quickly asked: "The leader left? Did you say anything?"
Secretary Xu understood what Zhou Wen meant and replied: "This wind came at a really bad time. Our natural conditions in Nantai County are poor, but this will not affect the determination of the leaders. Don't worry, Xiao Zhou."
Zhou Wen felt relieved, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart.
After the wind disaster, Zhou Wen traveled throughout the county to inspect the disaster situation and went deep into the fields to express condolences to the victims. The eight-level wind caused huge losses. Tens of thousands of acres of vegetable greenhouses were destroyed, hundreds of houses collapsed, and five people died in the county.
There were dozens of injured people. The county party committee and government made timely arrangements, opened green emergency channels, treated the injured victims free of charge, issued consolation funds, and allocated special funds to repair school buildings.
In the Zhuwangzhuang Township Central Primary School collapse incident, those responsible for the incident were severely punished. The township chief Huang Jinsong was dismissed on the spot and transferred to the judicial authorities for handling. However, this did not calm the situation. The parents of the dead students carried the bodies of their children in a majestic manner.
I came to the township to cause trouble, but the township government had already been closed and the buildings were empty.
In desperation, the masses had no choice but to drive tractors and agricultural three-wheelers and rush to the county to ask for an explanation.
When hundreds of people wearing sackcloth and mourning gathered at the gate of Nantai County Government with banners with black characters on a white background, crying and beating their chests and feet, it was noon. In a short time, a large number of onlookers who did not know the truth gathered.
People and passers-by stopped their bicycles and stopped to watch, and women gathered together to chatter and comment.
Three large black-and-white portraits were placed in front of the coffin. The children in the photos were still childish and wore red scarves on their chests. There were incense, candles and fruits in front of the portraits. Some women with cloth strips on their heads sat on the ground and stretched their thighs.
They were crying and howling, while the men stood aside smoking cigarettes with gloomy faces.
The iron gate of the county government was closed tightly, and the county public security bureau urgently dispatched thirty police officers to maintain order. More and more people gathered at the gate. Vehicles from the county government could not get in or out, and the cars on the road gradually stopped.
There was congestion, whistles, noises, and cries mixed together, creating as much chaos as you wanted.
At the window on the third floor of the county government, several deputy county magistrates were holding teacups and looking at the Western scenery leisurely. Zhuwangzhuang Township is the main position for attracting investment, and it is also the township that Zhou Wen is personally responsible for. At this juncture, the school building was blown down by the wind.
Of course, County Magistrate Zhou was the most uncomfortable with the heavy casualties. The deputies headed by Deputy Magistrate Zhu had been suppressed by the young new county magistrate for a long time, and finally had a chance to feel proud.
"This impact is quite bad. Someone must take responsibility." Deputy County Magistrate Zhu said leisurely while blowing the hot air from the teacup.
"Yes, no matter how poor you are, you can't afford education. Even if the special funds are allocated, something can still happen. It shows... humph, you can't do your job well." Another deputy county magistrate with gray hair on his temples said with a sneer.
"Hey, it's just a few elementary school students who died. Why are there so many adults wearing sackcloth and mourning? This is not right." Someone raised a question.
Deputy County Magistrate Zhu explained: "Among the three students who died, one was a child from Xiamapo Village. This child was older than his juniors. Many people in the village were two generations younger than him. The village chief Liang Dazhong was his nephew."
Woolen cloth."
Everyone suddenly realized and immediately admired Deputy County Magistrate Zhu deeply. After all, he was a local cadre of Nantai County. He could even name the names of township-level cadres.
At this time, Zhou Wen had just returned from Dahe Township to express condolences to the victims. He felt that all the bones in his body were falling apart. After working hard for several days, the psychological pressure was great. No matter how young his body was, he could not withstand this kind of torment. He was extremely exhausted.
Zhou Wen gradually snored while lying in the back seat of Santana. He was awakened by the sound of a car horn when he arrived at the gate of the county government.
"Xiao Li, what's going on?" Zhou Wen jumped up and asked.
"The petitioners have blocked the door again." Xiao Li said with no surprise. He has been working as a driver for the Nantai County Government's small bus team for five years. He has seen this kind of scene many times. In the past, when Secretary Zhang and County Magistrate Tang were in power,
This kind of thing happens several times every year, it's nothing new.
Zhou Wen looked through the car window and saw the white flags and black gauze. He immediately understood what was going on. He opened the door and was about to get out of the car, but was grabbed by the office director sitting next to him: "County Magistrate Zhou,
Don't go there, these thugs are looking for you."
"Looking for me? You need to get more from me." Zhou Wen asked.
The new office director's surname was Zhang. He used to be a mediocre clerk. He was promoted after Zhou Wen took office. He considered himself a direct descendant of Zhou Wen and said sincerely: "County Chief Zhou, you can't go there now, otherwise these unruly people will
They will even push themselves further and make unreasonable demands. The most appropriate way is to treat them coldly, leave them alone, and then send a cadre to talk to them when they are tired. They will use threats and lies to coax them back first, and then let the police arrest them.
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"Is this how you handled it before?" Zhou Wen smiled, then opened the door and got out. The office director and the driver Xiao Li quickly got out of the car and followed, but they were soon blocked by the surging crowd, and they could only watch.
County Magistrate Zhou pushed forward with all his strength. They were so anxious that they beat their chests and stamped their feet, but there was nothing they could do.
Liang Dazhong was very angry. His uncle, who was only 11 years old this year, was crushed to death in the classroom of the rural central primary school. That classroom had long been a dilapidated building, with several cracks in the walls. He usually used wood to prop him up. Who could
Everyone knows that something will happen when there is a strong wind, but no one cares about it, and the consequences are terrible. Three children and a female teacher in her early twenties died.
When this uncle's father was working in the city eight years ago, a fire broke out in his building and he was burned to death. It was his widowed mother who pooped and urinated on him. Who knew he died in the classroom? In the end, the school only sent
The people in the village couldn't swallow the five thousand yuan pension, and he, the backbone of the village chief, couldn't just sit back and do nothing, so he carried the coffin to the village to ask for an explanation. The other two victims, who were from neighboring villages, also carried the coffin.
When the soldiers were in one place, they became more courageous when there were more people. No one in the village cared about them, so they went directly to the county.
A group of people were confronting the police at the gate of the county government. Suddenly, they saw a dusty man squeeze out of the crowd and come to stand in front of the portrait. Liang Dazhong was shocked and his cigarette butt fell out of his mouth.
"County Magistrate Zhou!"
Then he saw County Magistrate Zhou take three sticks of incense, calmly light them with a lighter, and naturally kneel down in front of the three portraits.
For a moment, there was silence at the gate of the county government.