Yang Chengming's family lives in the northeast corner of the town, entering from a sidewalk paved with cinders, crossing the bridge, and slipping flat tile houses along both sides of the road.

Shen Huai didn't know what Tan Qiping said to Xiong Wenbin in the office, he saw that the cement bridge was very steep and narrow, so he asked Xiao Chu to park the car on this side of the bridge, and he walked across the bridge with He Qingshe, Huang Xinliang, and Xiao Chu, holding the New Year's goods of condolences.

"Secretary Shen, Yang Chengming's house is the third in it. Huang Xinliang and Yang Chengming have worked together in Meixi Middle School for six years, recognized Yang Chengming's house, walked up the steep bridge, and first pointed out the location of Yang Chengming's house to Shen Huai.

The water of the Tongtang River under the bridge is turbid, with white foam in the black, and a faint fishy smell floats up, but the color seems to be lighter than before, Shen Huai asked Chu Qiang: "Over there in the weaving and dyeing factory, has it been polluted in the past few days?"

"During the day, Lao Hu and I would take a look from time to time, but we didn't see any sewage. Chu Qiang said.

Shen Huai nodded, the key is to supervise the environmental protection equipment on the weaving and dyeing factory and use it.

When he came out and called the cold air to blow, Shen Huai's mood was much happier.

Although Tan Qiping is likely to directly affect his perception of his "father" after contacting him, and it is likely that he will be indifferent to his future career development and will not give strong support, but Shen Huai calmed down and thought that he was already the secretary of the Party Committee of Meixi Town, and he already had the decision-making power to manage and improve this land.

Even if Tan Qiping will be indifferent to him from now on, it is obviously impossible to step on him twice, even if he no longer regards him as a confidant, it is impossible to directly kick him out of the circle, so what is there to worry about?

Standing at the bridgehead, Shen Huai breathed a sigh of relief and walked in with He Qingshe, Huang Xinliang, and Xiao Chu.

After crossing the bridge, I saw that there were also sidewalks paved with cinders on both sides of the embankment, and people on both sides raised a lot of local dogs. These earth dogs don't recognize the secretary of the party committee, the mayor or the director of the party and government office, and when they see strangers coming, they bark in front of them, Huang Xinliang leads the way in front, and Xiao Chu is on guard against these earth dogs in the back, and turns two small alleys before arriving at Yang Chengming's house.

Yang Chengming's house is a three-room flat brick house, and a small courtyard is enclosed by the back wall of the house in front of him, and the courtyard wall near the alley is lime peeling, and the eaves are still hanging and broken down.

Pushing open the courtyard door, Yang Chengming was supervising his daughter's homework in elementary school in the courtyard.

Although the temperature outside was not high in the heart of the sun, Shen Huai trotted over in a down jacket, and felt that his hands and feet were a little stiff.

The little girl carried a chair in the yard, sitting on a small bench to do her homework, wearing an old cotton jacket, round, her little face was frozen white, she was a shy little girl, she was distracted when she was writing her homework, and she turned her face to see Shen Huai coming in from outside the courtyard gate, and her face was blushing when her eyes met.

Yang Chengming transferred to the town health center, and when Shen Huai went to visit, he saw the little girl and said with a smile: "Xiaopu is doing her homework?" The little girl blushed and didn't say anything, just nodded.

Yang Chengming turned around and saw Huang Xinliang leading Secretary Shen and Mayor He in, and was startled, but the gauze on his face was not completely removed, and it was inconvenient to open his mouth to speak, so he pointed to his mouth and smiled humbly.

Yang Chengming's wife ran out listening to the movement, holding a pair of chopsticks in her hand, her face was full of surprise, and she still stuffed food in her mouth, and whimpered and said, "Why did Secretary Shen and Mayor He come over?"

"I originally called to visit Teacher Yang at the health center today, but I heard that Teacher Yang insisted on being discharged today, so I came over casually," Shen Huai said with a smile.

He Qingshe saw that Yang Chengming's wife was still eating, and asked suspiciously: "It's three o'clock, why do you eat?"

"I took Cheng Ming home at noon, but I forgot to be busy with lunch, and I felt hungry at this time. Yang Chengming's wife swallowed the food in her mouth, spoke embarrassedly, and invited Shen Huai, He Qingshe, Huang Xinliang and Chu Qiang to sit in the house with Yang Chengming.

Yang Chengming's home is very simple, with a kitchen room outside the three bungalows, and Yang Chengming's wife and daughter live with Yang Chengming's father. The mud floor in the hall was shiny and cold, and in addition to the square table and rice tank, there were two old bicycles in the hall.

Yang Chengming's wife was eating, and the food was all on the table: a bowl of boiled vermicelli with black greens, a small bottle of milk curd, and a bowl of tea and rice—this is almost a typical cold life in Meixi Town.

Yang Chengming's wife cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, because it was inconvenient for Yang Chengming to speak loudly, so she rushed back to accompany the chat and be Yang Chengming's translator.

Shen Huai still listened to He Qingshe on the road, and only then did he know that Yang Chengming's wife was also a small worker in Meixi Town, named Zhang Xiuyun, who used to be a girl in a big city, married to Meixi Town, and looked beautiful and white.

Yang Chengming's daughter has been doing homework outside, and after a while, a classmate came to look for her, listening to the conversation outside, and asked her to go to the town to buy clothes together.

Yang Chengming's daughter returned to her classmates outside and said, "My dad was just discharged from the hospital today, and I won't go shopping." Go ahead, and I'll be with you next time. Yang Chengming's wife Zhang Xiuyun listened to the words, and walked out, and after a while, she heard Yang Chengming's daughter whispering outside: "Dad and grandpa still have to buy medicine to eat, so it's okay if I wear this dress for the New Year......

Yang Chengming turned his face sadly, and Shen Huai felt sour in his heart when he heard it.

Yang Chengming and his wife's combined income is also seven or eight hundred yuan per month, which is not good or too bad in Meixi Town, and they should be able to add a new dress to their daughter for the New Year. However, Yang Chengming's father has always been in poor health, he is a medicine jar, and there is no unit reimbursement, so Yang Chengming's family background is poor among teachers.

Shen Huai and He Qingshe sat for a while and left, in addition to the New Year's goods of condolences, they also asked Huang Xinliang to leave 400 yuan of condolences, which is almost the highest standard that the town can give.

Some topics naturally would not be said in front of Yang Chengming and his wife, and when they got out of the courtyard, Shen Huai stood there and discussed with He Qingshe: "Yexin Bank has placed a Chinese medicine pharmacy and called 900,000 yuan; I think this 900,000 years ago will be spent by surprise!"

"How to spend?" He Qingshe asked.

"I remember Lao He, you said last time that the primary and secondary school teachers in the town have not increased their salaries for two years, which is a big difference with other townships, and the teachers have great opinions and have no heart to teach well. I didn't feel much at first, but when I went to Yang Chengming's house, I felt very deeply. He and his husband are also middle-level in the school, and the situation of ordinary teachers should be even worse," Shen Huai said, "I want to raise the salaries of primary and secondary school teachers in the town to the same level as other towns and towns during the New Year, and make ......up for the salaries of teachers in the past two years in the past few days."

"900,000 yuan is in it, the money is almost enough, do you want to find Secretary Li and Secretary Tang to sum it up?" He Qingshe said.

"If you think it's okay, we'll make a decision on it. The town immediately gathered the heads of various schools and did a good job before the Chinese New Year," Shen Huai said, "As for the year-end bonus for government personnel, I will tell everyone according to last year's standard, and I will make up ......for everyone next year."

He Qingshe has worked in Meixi Town for a long time, and now he is also the director of the education office, so he knows the situation of teachers in the town very well.

The salaries of primary and secondary school teachers in the town have not increased for three or four years, but in the past three or four years, prices have risen very sharply, and ordinary teachers live on more than 200 dead wages every month, which is very embarrassing.

Although Huang Xinliang was a member of the party committee, Shen Huai didn't mean to ask him for his opinion, so he could only stand aside and listen. However, he also had to admit that Shen Huai was very capable of buying people's hearts. Shen Huai's clap can buy the hearts of more than 400 teachers and staff in the town.

This time, the basic salary of the town's teachers and staff was adjusted to be on par with that of other townships and towns, and the salary that had been raised in the previous two years was once again made up, and Yang Chengming and his wife were able to make up the salary of 5,000 yuan at a time, which is undoubtedly a huge wealth for the poor family.

As for the staff in the town, as long as the year-end bonus is not less than last year, there will not be much resentment.

"Okay," He Qingshe was also happy, and it was not a violation of policy to pay back salaries to the teachers and staff in the town, and Shen Huai was the first time to officially make a decision as the secretary of the party committee, he was naturally happy to follow, and said, "Yang Chengming's lover is the finance of the town, and the workload is not ......small to calculate and send the salary before the year."

"Then it's hard work," Shen Huai said with a smile, "At the end of the year, there are idle manpower in the town, so you can ......use all of them."

Shen Huai and He Qingshe discussed good things, Huang Xinliang was quick with his hands and feet, and pushed the door into Yang Chengming's house again.

Yang Chengming and his wife looked surprised, thinking that something had fallen behind Shen Huai and them.

He Qingshe said: "Secretary Shen has just made a decision to immediately raise the basic salaries of primary and secondary school teachers and staff in our town, on par with the surrounding towns and towns, and to make up the arrears of wages in '92 and '93 years before the year......

"Really," Yang Chengming and Zhang Xiuyun felt incredulous, the news was too sudden, and asked suspiciously, "The Education Bureau does not allocate funds, where does the money come from?"

Zhang Xiuyun is the finance of the town, and she knows that the money allocated by the Education Bureau has not increased in the past few years, but she does not know the twists and turns of the local finance, and she does not know that the money allocated by the Education Bureau is actually the taxes paid by the townships, but there will be a balance between the rich and the poor among the townships and towns in the county.

Since Meixi Town has to be set aside, it implements a large financial contract. The tax quota paid by Meixi will not increase, nor will the various funds allocated by the county increase, and the salary of teachers and staff will be raised, and it will all depend on the town's own adjustment.

The salaries of the teachers and staff in the town have increased in the past two years, not because the county education bureau has not increased the allocation, but because the town has not made efforts to make up for it.

He Qingshe naturally did not explain these detours to Yang Chengming and Zhang Xiuyun clearly, but said very boldly: "There is no need for the Education Bureau to increase the allocation, Secretary Shen has decided that all the salaries of teachers and staff will be repaid by the town." ”

"......" Yang Chengming and Zhang Xiuyun were so excited for a while that they didn't know what to say, they really wanted to make up for the salary that had been raised for two years, and they could breathe a sigh of relief on this tight day, looking forward to the salary increase, looking forward to the stars and the moon, but they didn't expect their wish for more than two years to be just a matter between Shen Huai's thoughts.

At the same time, he wondered: Isn't Shen Huai the deputy secretary of the party committee? How could He Qingshe say that this matter was a decision made by "Secretary Shen" on an ad hoc basis? For such a big matter, the more than 400 teachers and staff in the town have to pay nearly one million salaries at a time, and he, a deputy secretary, can make a decision?

Although Yang Chengming and Zhang Xiuyun had doubts, Shen Huai, He Qingshe and Huang Xinliang were all present, and they didn't think it was a joke, so they didn't ask anything.

"If you want to pay your salary back before the year, you have to run today," He Qingshe said, "I remember Zhang Xiuyun, you are the finance of the town elementary school, can you help you go to the house of Principal Chen and Principal Xiao of the town elementary school, and go to the town education office for a meeting at night." If you want to calculate all the wages, I'm afraid that everyone will have to work hard for three or four days, and Mr. Yang will have someone to take care of?"

"I'm fine. Yang Chengming pointed to his face, waved his hand and said hard.

When he came out of Yang Chengming's house, Shen Huai no longer thought about the phone call from "his father" in the afternoon, and thought to himself: Even if he forgets them in this corner from now on, he has the ability to do something, and he can also change the lives of so many people......