The next morning, Li Tianyi and Lin Huayong took a car driven by Zhuge Tong and drove all the way to Zhangjia Village, Tenglong Town, Fangshan County.
When their car arrived at Tenglong Town, they asked about the way to Zhangjiacun. The car could not go any further after driving halfway.
Because Tenglong Town itself is located in a basin surrounded by mountains. If you want to get to Zhangjiacun, you need to drive four or five kilometers east from the basin, and the road is a very bumpy rural dirt road. It has been in disrepair and is full of debris.
Potholes.
Zhuge Tong found a relatively spacious place and parked the car on the side of the road. The three of them could only walk there.
After they had walked four or five kilometers, they looked up and saw a towering mountain range standing in front of them.
The three people climbed up the winding mountain path with difficulty. After walking for more than an hour, they saw a steep and straight cliff in front of them.
On the cliff, there are ladders made of wood scattered all the way to the top of the cliff.
The wind in the mountains is strong and the fog is looming. Sometimes, a burst of mountain fog blows, and when you raise your head, you can't clearly see the silhouette of a person more than ten meters away.
Looking at the steep cliff and the ladder barely made up of thick and thin wood, Li Tianyi suddenly felt his heart bleeding.
Can anyone survive in such a harsh environment?
Li Tianyi and the others stood at the bottom of the cliff and were not in a hurry to climb up. Li Tianyi fell into deep thinking at this moment.
At this moment, a heavy breathing sound came from behind them.
Zhuge Tong looked back and saw a villager in his 50s, carrying two bags of cement on his back and crawling up the mountain.
Seeing Li Tianyi and the other three standing in front of him, the villager with a vicissitudes of life put down the cement on his back, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with a sincere smile: "You are going
Our village?”
Li Tianyi nodded, looked at the villager and said, "Uncle, I would like to ask, is this Zhangjiacun up there?"
The villager nodded and said, "Yes, that's our Zhangjia Village up there. What are you doing in our village?"
Lin Huayong said: "This is Li Tianyi, our executive deputy mayor of Nanping City. Mayor Li plans to go to your village to conduct research."
When the villager heard Lin Huayong say that Li Tianyi was actually the deputy mayor, he looked shocked and said, "No way, how could the deputy mayor come to our Zhangjia Village to investigate?"
Li Tianyi asked in surprise: "Why, haven't there been any municipal leaders before?"
The villager showed a bitter smile on his face and said: "How could the leaders of the municipal party committee come to us for investigation? If nothing else, even the fat mayors can't climb up our ladder.
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Not to mention city-level leaders, even county-level leaders have never climbed up to our Zhangjia Village."
Hearing this, Li Tianyi's face darkened immediately and he said, "Don't you even have a deputy county magistrate from your Zhangjia Village?"
The villager smiled bitterly and said: "Not to mention the deputy county magistrate, not even a deputy town magistrate has ever been to our Zhangjia Village. In the past 20 years, the only official who has entered our Zhangjia Village was 15 years ago.
An assistant to the town mayor, he had just graduated from college at that time. He heard that our area was relatively poor, so he came over to conduct research, but since he left, he has never come back."
Speaking of this, the villager's face was full of disappointment.
Li Tianyi said with a heavy heart: "Uncle, I would like to ask, what do you think of the city's poverty alleviation work? Has the city or county made any achievements in poverty alleviation work in Zhangjia Village?"
When the villager heard Li Tianyi call him uncle, he suddenly raised his head, stared at Li Tianyi and said, "How old are you?"
Li Tianyi said: "I am about thirty this year."
The villager immediately said with a hint of anger: "Remember, you are not allowed to call me uncle. I am only 39 years old. You can call me anything you want, but you are not allowed to call me uncle."
When Li Tianyi and the other three heard this, they all looked at this villager in shock. Is he really only 39 years old? Look at his wrinkled face covered with vicissitudes of life, and there are many fewer teeth in his mouth. What do you think?
Why doesn't he look like a 39-year-old man?
Li Tianyi is a person who corrects his mistakes immediately. He quickly changed his words and said, "Brother, what do you think of the poverty alleviation work in the city and county?"
The villager glared at Li Tianyi and said, "You are an official. I won't tell you about your work, otherwise you will retaliate against me."
Li Tianyi smiled. This elder brother looked like he had gone through many vicissitudes of life, but what he said was so realistic and heartbreaking.
Li Tianyi patted his chest and said, "Brother, don't worry, if I were that kind of person, I wouldn't come to your Zhangjiacun for investigation today."
The villager glanced at Li Tianyi sideways, turned around, picked up the two bags of cement again, and said with a smile: "If you really want to hear the truth, then follow me to the top of the mountain and really walk into Zhangjia Village.
At that time, whatever you want to say, I, Zhang Xiaohua, will tell you."
Li Tianyi couldn't help but laugh when he heard the name Zhang Xiaohua, because he never thought that such a tall and thick man would be named Zhang Xiaohua.
This also reminded Li Tianyi of one of his writer friends, who was also a handsome and awe-inspiring man, a tall and sturdy man from the northwest, who also had a pen name of Zhang Xiaohua.
It seems that China has a vast territory and rich resources, and people with the same name are like crucian carps crossing the river.
Just as Li Tianyi was stunned, Zhang Xiaohua had already climbed up the almost straight up and down wooden ladder carrying the two bags of cement.
A gust of mountain wind blew, and Zhang Xiaohua's body was swayed by the mountain wind. Zhang Xiaohua hugged the wood on the ladder tightly with both hands and remained motionless.
After the fierce mountain wind disappeared, he continued to climb up the ladder.
When Li Tianyi saw this, he stepped forward without any hesitation, reached out to hold the ladder, and began to climb up step by step.
Behind Li Tianyi, Lin Huayong's face was pale and his legs were trembling, but he still followed Li Tianyi resolutely and climbed up.
Zhuge Tong walked at the back.
After climbing up a few steps, Li Tianyi faintly felt Lin Huayong's condition behind him. He turned around and said: "Xiao Lin, you lack physical exercise. Climbing this kind of ladder is more dangerous. Just wait here, don't
Climbing up."
Lin Huayong said resolutely: "Mayor Li, you as a leader dare to climb. As your secretary, if I don't even dare to endure this little hardship and don't catch this little danger, then I
This secretary is really unqualified.
Don't worry, no matter where you go, I, Lin Huayong, will follow you wherever you go without any regrets."
Hearing what Lin Huayong said, Li Tianyi didn't say anything more, but nodded gently and continued climbing.
But deep in Li Tianyi's heart, he has a more heartfelt appreciation for Lin Huayong.
Just from today's incident, we can see that Lin Huayong not only has great wisdom, but also has great courage and courage. Such a talent is worth cultivating.
Many years later, when Lin Huayong became the feudal official of a province, when he recalled today's journey to climb the ladder to heaven, he was still full of gratitude to Li Tianyi.
Because he knew that before climbing the ladder to heaven, his character had weaknesses and fear of difficulties. However, after he actually climbed up and down the ladder a few times, his heart suddenly became extremely strong, and
This is one of the basic qualities that can ensure that he can gradually grow from an ordinary mayor's secretary to a feudal official.
Steep cliffs, thick fog that gathers and disperses, strong winds that come and go, and the rickety wooden ladder, the four of them walked and stopped like this, spending a full hour and a half.
Just climbed to the top of the mountain.
After Zhang Xiaohua climbed to the top of the mountain, he looked at Li Tianyi and the other three who were climbing up behind him. There was shock in his eyes. He gave Li Tianyi a thumbs up and said, "Brother, you are so awesome.
In the past four or five years, you are the only outsider I have seen entering our Zhangjia Village. I am very curious, are you really the deputy mayor of Nanping City? When did these officials dare to risk
Are you risking your life to do research?"
Li Tianyi smiled and said: "What's wrong with the deputy mayor? I'm just an ordinary civil servant."
Zhang Xiaohua smiled and said: "No matter who you are, you have indeed done what I asked you to do. I admire you very much. If you have any questions, just ask. We mountain people speak more honestly. If
If you don’t like what I’m saying, don’t worry about it, because we don’t know how to flatter others.”
Li Tianyi nodded and asked: "Brother Zhang, what do you think of the poverty alleviation work in the city or county? Have any leaders from the city, county or town personally come to your Zhangjia Village to help with poverty?"
Zhang Xiaohua said with full of contempt: "Brother Li, with all due respect, your so-called poverty alleviation work is just a show. If nothing else, just take our Zhangjia Village as an example. This time I went out to buy cement and watched TV outside.
One county leader boasted loudly and loudly, saying that he personally went to our Zhangjia Village to investigate the work, that he was not afraid of hardships and devoted himself to the people, and that he was helping our Zhangjia Village get rid of poverty and become rich.
This is simply nonsense and full of nonsense.
I dare not say that there is absolutely no county-level leader who has visited our Zhangjia Village in the past eight years. And the living conditions of our Zhangjia Village villagers have always been in a stage of natural change. There is no influence from any external force at all.
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So I think that your so-called poverty alleviation work should be just a prop for the leaders to put gold on their faces. It is of no use to the villagers of Zhangjiacun and has nothing to do with us.
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Hearing Zhang Xiaohua express his thoughts, Li Tianyi's face darkened immediately.