Xu Qinglian thought that Hu Xiaotian was too angry to speak out, so he said seriously: "Xiaotian, I can only give you one month. If you can't raise the funds to repair the bridge within one month, I'm afraid I will also..."
Hu Xiaotian interrupted him and said: "Master Xu, you are you and I am me. I am responsible for my own affairs. You don't need to protect me from the wind and rain. If the superiors really want to pursue me, you don't have the ability."
"Uh...this..." Xu Qinglian choked and his face turned red.
Hu Xiaotian smiled and said: "Since I have taken on the task of repairing Qingyun Bridge, I will definitely do it well."
Xu Qinglian said: "There is no basis for what you say!" He approached step by step, trying to push Hu Xiaotian into the trap he had already set.
Hu Xiaotian, however, refused to be fooled by him. Do you want me to give you a military order like a dog? You have no connections, and you are not worthy. Hu Xiaotian said: "Sir, as Qingyun's parents, we should share the worries and solve the problems of the people.
Rather than imposing burdens on the common people, don’t you think so?”
Xu Qinglian nodded: "I think so too."
Hu Xiaotian looked at Xu Qinglian with a sneer, how weird! Aren’t you known as the sky is three feet high? You eat the plaintiff and eat the defendant. The people in Qingyun County are not complaining about you. Now you are pretending to be a good person in front of me. Hu Xiaotian said:
"Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. If we want people to donate money smoothly, we should set an example and lead by example to convince others, don't you think?"
Xu Qinglian somewhat understood what Hu Xiaotian meant. This boy wanted officials like them to take the lead in donating money. Xu Qinglian was born with a stingy temperament. It was harder for him to pay than to cut his flesh. He coughed and said: "
Xiaotian. I must not agree with your proposal, but you also know that our annual salary is really pitiful. It is just enough to support our family. How can we have any extra money to donate, even if each of us donates
A few silver coins are just a drop in the bucket and cannot solve the fundamental problem."
Hu Xiaotian said: "Attitude! What the people want is nothing more than an attitude from us. A glass of water is just water, a little makes a lot, and sand makes a tower. If you are right, don't do good deeds even if they are small. If we are not willing to do it, what will happen to the people?
How can you take out the money willingly?"
Xu Qinglian coughed twice more and said, "This matter needs to be discussed with your colleagues. Don't rush it yet."
Hu Xiaotian had long seen that this guy was a stingy guy who was not worthy of publicity. He immediately cupped his hands and said: "Sir Xu, I hope you will publish this announcement as soon as possible to prevent people from spreading rumors and affecting my personal reputation. The impact is small.
It’s a big problem for the public trust of the entire yamen.”
Xu Qinglian nodded. Watching Hu Xiaotian's retreating figure, another sneer appeared on his lips involuntarily.
Hu Xiaotian walked out of the lobby and saw a gray figure suddenly hiding at the corner of the wall on the right. Although he was very fast, he still couldn't escape his eyes. Hu Xiaotian walked over with a smile. He walked around the corner of the wall.
I saw the chief clerk, Guo Shouguang, hiding there with an embarrassed look on his face. Guo Shouguang’s right eye was still black and blue, which was the result of being kicked by Hu Xiaotian yesterday. He remembered the scene where he was kicked to the ground and beaten by Hu Xiaotian last night.
, Guo Shouguang was still itching with hatred at this time. Although he was just a chief clerk in Qingyun, and his official position was not high, he could still be said to be highly respected. Hu Xiaotian made him lose face in front of so many people, and Shi Ke could kill him.
It cannot be humiliated. It is not a gentleman not to avenge this kind of hatred.
There are many kinds of people in this world. Some people never regard themselves as gentlemen, but some people do despicable and shameless things, but they insist on treating themselves as gentlemen. Guo Shouguang obviously belongs to the latter group. Seeing Hu Xiaotian, he felt hatred in his heart.
On the one hand, fear is on the other hand, so Guo Shouguang hid.
Hu Xiaotian's eyes were so sharp. Even though it was just a quick glance, he already recognized Guo Shouguang, followed him quickly, and said with a playful smile: "Master Guo, are you hiding from me?"
You are so big, Guo Shouguang cursed angrily in his heart, but he definitely did not dare to say such words easily. He had already experienced Hu Xiaotian's black feet yesterday. This guy is obviously a scoundrel who does not know how to respect the old and care for the young. What's more,
What makes Guo Shouguang depressed is that he is actually his boss. Guo Shouguang lowered his head and made a very perfunctory bow: "Master Hu, you are polite to humble yourself."
Hu Xiaotian felt secretly happy when he saw Guo Shouguang's half-panda-eyed look, and then remembered the scene yesterday when he kicked this guy into a urine pit, and a big feeling of joy immediately emerged in his heart. Hu Xiaotian has never been willing to be inferior to others when it comes to hypocrisy.
Pretending to say: "Mr. Guo, what's wrong with your eyes?"
Guo Shouguang silently greeted the eighteenth generation of Hu Xiaotian's ancestors in his heart. Aren't you asking questions knowingly? If you hadn't kicked me in the eye last night, would I have ended up like this? He sighed: "Last night
Mr. Hu, don’t you remember what happened?”
"What happened last night..." Hu Xiaotian looked confused and pretended to be thinking hard. After a while, he scratched his head and said: "I seem to remember some of what happened last night. Mr. Xu poured me a few glasses of wine.
Then...it seemed like you came over to toast, and then we seemed to go to the toilet together...and then...I don't remember..."
Guo Shouguang was so angry that he just gritted his teeth and said, "You selectively forget, you forget everything that is not good for you. You are just pretending."
Of course Hu Xiaotian was pretending, and he was pretending in a decent way: "Well... Mr. Guo, I didn't do anything beyond etiquette after drinking last night. If I was rude, I hope that Mr. Guo
Please bear with me."
No matter how angry Guo Shouguang was, he knew that there was no way to reason this time. As Hu Xiaotian said last night, no one else was present when he beat him. No one could testify for him. The beating was most likely in vain.
The county magistrate Xu Qinglian also advised him to endure his anger for a while. It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge after ten years. It is no problem to deal with a fledgling kid.
Hu Xiaotian said: "Mr. Guo, I just told Mr. Xu, and Mr. Xu agreed. Later, you can help me disseminate the announcement widely. Please!"
Guo Shouguang was confused and said: "What announcement?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "You will understand clearly when you meet Mr. Xu."
Guo Shouguang watched Hu Xiaotian leave, and then hurried to the lobby to meet Xu Qinglian, who was looking through the files there. He told what happened to Hu Xiaotian just now. Xu Qinglian nodded and handed over the announcement that Hu Xiaotian had just drafted.
Let Guo Shouguang take a look.
After reading this, Guo Shouguang lowered his voice and said, "Do you agree to post this notice widely?"
Xu Qinglian said: "I'm afraid his life is not easy now, right?"
Guo Shouguang whispered: "Everyone shouts to beat the rat crossing the street!"
Xu Qinglian chuckled and said: "Shou Guang, you still have more ideas. Let him build the Qingyun Bridge. Just raising funds is enough to give him a headache."
Guo Shouguang said: "Did your Excellency set a deadline for him?"
Xu Qinglian shook his head and said: "This kid is quite cunning. I haven't figured out his origin yet, so he is not suitable for doing things too badly."
Guo Shouguang lamented: "Can't you see that this son is ambitious and has been coveting your position since the first day he took office? You must not be too kind, otherwise you will be harmed."
Although Xu Qinglian didn't like Hu Xiaotian, he didn't think he was a big threat to him. He had been running Qingyun for two years, and just when he was deeply rooted, a young man who had just arrived wanted to shake his foundation.
Afraid that it would not be that easy, he said casually: "Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. You must find out his background before taking action."
Guo Shouguang said: "This man is arrogant and unreasonable. Last night I kindly accompanied him to the toilet, but he suddenly hit me behind the back. After I fell, he kicked me in the eyes. You have to make the decision for your humble job."
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Xu Qinglian said: "I asked him about this matter, and he denied it, Shouguang! After all, no one was present at the time, and without certification, I couldn't convict him. To say that this kid still has some sense, he actually figured it out.
Let’s be the first to donate money and lead by example.”
Guo Shouguang knew the stingy temperament of the county magistrate very well. He sighed and said: "Sir, the salaries in our county government are really meager. Everyone is powerless. Even if they insist on donating, they can't.
We can’t come up with much money, and that little money is just a drop in the bucket compared to the money needed to repair the bridge!”
Xu Qinglian felt the same way and said, "That's not true!"
Guo Shouguang said: "He wanted to use this incident to gain limelight and did not consider the feelings of his colleagues at all."
Xu Qinglian nodded, and his fingers fell on the gavel involuntarily. He picked it up but remembered that it was not the time for the church to be held. Then he put it down gently and whispered: "What are your ideas?"
Guo Shouguang took a step closer to him: "Since he agreed to build the Qingyun Bridge, he got a hot potato. It's easy to get it, but he wants to throw it away... Hehe..." He sneered and said: "This bridge is not that good.
It's easy to build. If he can't raise the money and can't complete the task you gave him, it's only right to punish him. If he raises the money and successfully builds the bridge, he will still be dissatisfied by the people. When the time comes, as long as someone sues him
It’s a fabricated pretext, it’s called donating money but it’s actually about making money, do you think Xiezhou Prefecture will just sit back and ignore it?”
Xu Qinglian laughed and stroked his long beard under his chin with his dry fingers: "Let's put the announcement first."
Guo Shouguang said: "I will put up the notice recruiting river workers and masons first."
"Sign his name and let him stamp it with the official seal." Xu Qinglian was determined to make things difficult for him to the end.
Guo Shouguang was left with a psychological shadow because of the beating he received from Hu Xiaotian. He whispered: "Sir, he is very rude. If he comes to trouble me again..."
Xu Qinglian sneered and said: "Don't worry, I have my support to support you. I'm sorry he doesn't have the guts."
It's strange that Guo Shouguang believed him. He was at Xu Qinglian's residence when he was beaten. Why didn't he see him standing up for him?
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