Due to the bad road, the tractor walked slowly, and Liu Haobing, who was sitting in the carriage, was in pain.

Branch secretary Xi Niuwa said embarrassedly: "Township Chief Liu, the road is not good, it's too bumpy, it's really not good, you put this behind your buttocks!" After speaking, he took off a coat on his body and handed it to Liu Haobing.

Liu Haobing looked at Xi Niuwa's black face and beard and said, "Xi Zhishu, don't be upset, you hurry up and put it on, don't catch a cold!"

Xi Niuwa's attitude made Liu Haobing feel indescribable all of a sudden.

"Xi Zhishu, why don't you repair this road, I see that the main roads in other towns and towns have basically been repaired, why don't we repair Goushi Township, how can we walk on such a road when it rains?"

Xi Niuwa said after hearing this: "Township Chief Liu, how can our Goushi Township be compared with other townships, other townships can bring benefits to the county, that is, the provincial and municipal leaders go to other townships and towns for inspection, our Goushi Township is located in a remote area, the farmers are poor, and the leaders above do not come to this place for inspection, so slowly the county leaders will forget about this place, so even if the provinces and cities have certain policies and projects, they are close to other townships, how can they think of the abandoned Goushi Township." ”

Liu Haobing nodded, Xi Niuwa is right, the current leaders pay the most attention to political achievements, the so-called political achievements, is the achievements that leaders can see, since the leaders of this place do not even come, no matter how beautiful the construction is, no matter how good it is, the leaders will not come, isn't it a waste of money, it is better to use good steel on the blade, and it can also contribute to their own promotion.

Liu Haobing thought of this and knew that it was precisely because the leaders had such thoughts that the peasants here were suffering.

Liu Haobing looked at the bare mountains, there was not a single tree on them, and it could be said that there was not even a little grass growing in some places.

"Secretary Xi, does it rain a lot?"

As soon as Liu Haobing asked about the rain, Xi Niuwa said: "Township Chief Liu, last year was stronger, but this year it hasn't rained a drop, you see that the grass on the mountain is about to die as soon as it emerges, and if it goes on like this, the villagers won't even have water to drink?"

Whether there is water or not, Liu Haobing can see from the face of the branch secretary Xi Niuwa, and he can clearly see that Xi Niuwa doesn't seem to have washed her face for a few days.

However, as soon as Xi Niuwa mentioned drinking water, Liu Haobing asked: "Secretary Xi, what do you mean when you say that it doesn't rain and the villagers don't have water to drink?"

After hearing this, Xi Niuwa took out a cigarette pot from her body, handed it to Liu Haobing and said, "Take a sip!"

Liu Haobing shook his head and said, "No, you smoke!"

Xi Niuwa loaded the tobacco leaves, lit the fire and took a few puffs, highlighting the circle of smoke, and said: "Township Chief Liu, the soil here is too thick, the groundwater is too little, and besides, it can't rain a few times a year, so it is basically impossible to dig water when digging a well. For this reason, it has also delayed the human, material and financial resources of our village for nearly two years, making our already poor Xijia Village even poorer. ”

"And what kind of water do you eat?"

"Cellar water!"

"Cellar water?" Liu Haobing said in surprise.

Cellar water is the water stored in the water cellar, generally used for drinking, such a water cellar is generally built in the area of water shortage, the water cellar at home will accumulate rainwater for drinking in the coming year, the general farmer has two water cellars, one a year, which is extremely common in some places on the Loess Plateau in our country, and now some places continue to use water cellars, however, the water cellars have changed the muddy water cellars of the past to cement water cellars, in comparison, the cement water cellars are much more sanitary than the muddy water cellars of the past. And our Goushi Township is such an arid area, not only the farmers need rain from the sky, but also the masses also need rain from the sky to drink.

Last year, the rainfall in Goushi Township was not bad, and the water cellars of every family were filled, but so far this year, there has not been a drop of rain, and there is no water in the reservoir, how can the masses live!

Liu Haobing had seen this kind of water shortage in books before, but he didn't expect that the living reality was about to be placed in front of him.

"Xi Zhishu, can't this be solved?"

Xi Niuwa shook her head and said: "Township Chief Liu, there is no way, I don't know how many people die every year in this place because of thirst for water, other places have a good year, there is no shortage of food and clothing, we have a good year here, there is no shortage of water to drink, Township Chief Liu, the people of Goushi Township are pitiful!"

Liu Haobing nodded, yes, a place can't even solve the problem of drinking water, it's really pitiful, at this time he thought of Majia Village in Lishan Town, it is precisely because of the lack of water that a series of things have happened, but, no matter how poor that village is, drinking water can still be solved, but there is no clean drinking water in this place at all, the villagers drank all the rain that they gathered together last year, through their own purified rainwater, after drinking such water, can the safety of the masses be guaranteed?

Liu Haobing secretly made up his mind that this problem must be solved, but he knew that this was an arduous project, and it was not something that he could solve at once.

The tractor rushed forward quickly, Liu Haobing slowly learned about the life of the people in Goushi Township from the mouth of the party secretary of Xijia Village in the tractor compartment, if he knew that the life of the people in Goushi Township was so poor and the life of the leaders headed by Miao Lingnian, Secretary of the Party Committee of Goushi Township, was extremely arrogant and lascivious, he might have exploded his lungs.

At this time, Liu Haobing was very anxious, and asked Xi Niuwa, the party secretary of Xijia Village, how far away was Xi Niuwa, the party secretary of Xijia Village.

After a few more turns, Xi Niuwa finally said: "Township Chief Liu is almost here, and you will be there after turning this corner." ”

Liu Haobing thought to himself, schools are generally built in densely populated places, which is conducive to children going to and from school, but from Xi Niuwa's mouth, he knew that he would go to the school after turning this corner, but how could there not even be a single family in this place, and there were bare hills everywhere.

"Secretary Xi, how many families do you have in Xijia Village, where do they all live, why did you walk all the way and not even see a single family?"

As soon as Liu Haobing's words were finished, Xi Niuwa said: "Township Chief Liu, Xijia Village is a relatively poor place in Goushi Township, but the population is the largest in Goushi Township, with a population of about 20,000 people in the village, but our land area is also the largest, and the people living in it are relatively scattered. ”

Liu Haobing nodded and said, "What should children do when they go to school?"

"The children who are closer live at home, and the children who are farther away basically live at school?"

"Live in school, do you live in elementary school too?"

"Yes, living in the school, the children in our village basically go to primary school, as for the middle school, they have to go to Goushi Township Middle School to study, one is because each family is relatively poor, and the other is because there is no atmosphere of learning, and the children will go home to help the family work as soon as they finish primary school. ”

Education is the hope of a country, and at the same time, education is also the hope of a village, this village collective does not attach importance to education, how can there be hope, Liu Haobing silently muttered in his heart, it seems that this is also the focus of his work in Goushi Township.

The tractor turned a corner, and Liu Haobing saw several dilapidated houses standing not far away, and there were also some dilapidated courtyards on both sides of the road.

Xi Niuwa pointed to a courtyard in the distance and said, "Township Chief Liu, the school is in front, you listen to the voice inside." ”

Liu Haobing took advantage of the direction of the wind to hear that there was really noise and crying, and he shouted: "Hurry up and go to school." ”

The tractor master seemed to have stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and the tractor made a cow-like cry and galloped towards the front.

The noise was getting closer and closer, and the tractor finally stopped, at this time, Liu Haobing took the lead in jumping down from the tractor compartment and hurriedly ran towards the noise.

Liu Haobing ran to the front of the school, the scene in front of him was indescribable, half of the dilapidated classroom collapsed, there were broken walls everywhere, desks, chairs and benches with broken arms and legs, and a group of parents holding their children were crying, there were more than 100 people, making the already small school even more crowded, and the whole school was a mess.

Liu Haobing's arrival did not arouse the minds of these people, at this time the secretary Xi Niuwa appeared in front of him, and the child's parents suddenly saw the branch secretary Xi Niuwa appear in front of them, and hurriedly surrounded him, shouting: "Branch secretary, save my child, hurry up and let the tractor take the child to the hospital, it's too late!"

Liu Haobing knew that the situation was serious, and when he left, he had already asked his traffic officer Yang Xuewen to go to the township health center to call doctors and ambulances, and their tractors had arrived, why hadn't these bastard doctors arrived yet.

Xi Niuwa walked up to everyone and said, "Don't make any noise, Township Chief Liu is here." After speaking, he pointed to Liu Haobing next to him.

At this time, the parents of the children in the school paid attention to the young man in front of him, he was so young, he turned out to be the head of the township, these parents were a little unconvinced.

Liu Haobing walked forward: "Fellow villagers, I am Liu Haobing, the head of Goushi Township, don't be afraid, I, Liu Haobing, came here to solve the problem." He turned to Xi Niuwa and said, "Secretary Xi, hurry up and count, how many children are injured, and which ones are seriously injured?"

At this time, a voice like a yellow warbler shouted: "Township Chief Liu, there are a total of twenty-two injured children, and five are seriously injured. "This person is Hou Lu, a teacher at Xijiacun Primary School.

Liu Haobing looked back, but he didn't see the hospital's ambulance coming, and shouted: "Secretary Xi, hurry up and put these five children on the tractor and go to the hospital for treatment." ”

With the arrival of Liu Haobing, Xi Niuwa seemed to have a backbone all of a sudden, and he did whatever Township Chief Liu asked him to do, he quickly asked people to carry the five children to the tractor, and let the parents of the five children follow them to the hospital for treatment.

Liu Haobing said: "Secretary Xi, who is your village director?"

At this time, a dark and thin middle-aged man came over and said, "Township Chief Liu, I am Xi Guanglu, the village director of Xijia Village!"

"Then you get on the tractor now and take these children to the hospital for immediate treatment, and after you go, tell the director of the hospital, it is what I said, let the hospital try its best to treat it, if there is any problem with the child due to prevarication, I will definitely let his director not protect him." ”