The next morning, Li Tianyi and Lin Huayong took Zhuge Tongkai's car and drove all the way to Zhangjia Village, Tenglong Town, Fangshan County.

When their car arrived in Tenglong Town, they inquired about the way to Zhangjia Village, and the car couldn't drive down anymore after driving halfway.

Because Tenglong Town itself is located in a basin surrounded by mountains, to get to Zhangjia Village, you need to drive four or five kilometers east from the basin, and the road is a very bumpy rural dirt road. It is in disrepair and full of potholes.

Zhuge Tong found a relatively spacious place, parked the car on the side of the road, and the three of them could only walk there.

When they had walked four or five kilometers, they looked up and saw a towering mountain range standing in front of them.

The three of them climbed up the winding mountain path, and after they had walked 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 that lead to the top of the cliff.

The wind is strong in the mountains, the fog looms, and sometimes, a gust of mountain fog blows, and when you raise your head, you can't see the figure of a person more than ten meters away.

Looking at the steep cliff and the ladder that was barely put together with thick and thin wood, Li Tianyi suddenly felt that his heart was dripping blood.

In such a harsh environment, is there anyone still living on it?

Li Tianyi and the others stood at the bottom of the cliff and did not rush to climb up, Li Tianyi fell into deep thought at this moment.

At this moment, there was a heavy pant behind them.

Zhuge Tong looked back and saw a villager in his 50s, carrying two bags of cement, crawling up with a snort.

Seeing Li Tianyi and the three of them standing in front of him, the villager with a face full of vicissitudes put down the cement on his back, wiped the sweat on his forehead, smiled sincerely, and said, "Are you going to our village?"

Li Tianyi nodded, looked at the villager and said, "This uncle, I want to ask, is it Zhangjia Village above?"

The villager nodded and said, "That's right, this is our Zhangjia Village." What are you going to do in our village?"

Lin Huayong said: "This is Li Tianyi, the executive vice mayor of our Nanping City, and Mayor Li plans to go to your village to conduct research. ”

When this villager heard Lin Huayong say that Li Tianyi turned out to be a deputy mayor, his face showed a shocked look and said, "No, how can the deputy mayor come to our Zhangjia Village to investigate?"

Li Tianyi asked with some surprise: "Why, haven't you been to the municipal leaders before?"

The villager showed a bitter smile on his face and said: "How can the leaders of the municipal party committee come to us to investigate, not to mention anything else, even if we are the ladder, those fat mayors can't climb up."

Not to mention the city-level leaders, even the county-level leaders have never climbed our Zhangjia Village. ”

Hearing this, Li Tianyi's face turned gloomy at that time, and he said, "Haven't you even come to Zhangjia Village with a deputy county magistrate?"

The villager smiled bitterly and said: "Don't say it's the deputy county magistrate, even the deputy mayor has never come to our Zhangjia Village, in the past 20 years, the only official who has entered our Zhangjia Village is an assistant to the town mayor 15 years ago, at that time he had just graduated from college, and heard that we were relatively poor here, so he came to conduct research, but since he left, he has never returned." ”

At this, the villager's face was full of disappointment.

Li Tianyi said with a heavy heart: "Uncle, I want to ask, what do you think of the city's poverty alleviation work, and has the city or county made any achievements in your Zhangjia Village's poverty alleviation work?"

When the villager heard Li Tianyi call him uncle, he raised his head suddenly, stared at Li Tianyi and said, "How old are you?"

Li Tianyi said: "I am about 30 years old this Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

The villager immediately said with a hint of anger: "Remember, don't call me uncle, I'm only 39 years old this year, you can call me anything, just don't call me uncle." ”

When Li Tianyi and the others heard this, they all looked at this villager with shock, could it be that he was really only 39 years old? Seeing that his face full of vicissitudes was full of wrinkles, and his mouth had a lot fewer teeth, how could he not look like a 39-year-old man.

Li Tianyi is a person who knows his mistakes and corrects them, he quickly changed his words and said: "Then big 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 eldest brother seemed to have experienced vicissitudes, but the words he said were so realistic and heart-piercing.

Li Tianyi patted his chest and said, "Big brother, don't worry, if I were that kind of person, I wouldn't have come to your Zhangjia Village today to conduct research." ”

The villager glanced at Li Tianyi with slanted eyes, turned around and 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, what you want to say, I Zhang Xiaohua will tell you." ”

When Li Tianyi heard the name Zhang Xiaohua, he couldn't help laughing, because he never thought that such a big and three thick man would be called Zhang Xiaohua.

This also reminded Li Tianyi of a writer friend of his, who is also a handsome and awe-inspiring man, a five-year-old and three-thick northwest man, who also has a pen name Zhang Xiaohua.

It seems that China is vast and rich, and people with heavy names are like carp crossing the river.

Just when Li Tianyi was stunned, Zhang Xiaohua had already climbed the wooden ladder almost straight up and down with the two bags of cement on his back.

A gust of mountain wind blew, Zhang Xiaohua's body was swayed by the mountain wind, Zhang Xiaohua hugged the wood on the ladder tightly with both hands, motionless.

After the fierce mountain wind had subsided, he continued to climb the ladder.

Seeing this, Li Tianyi did not hesitate at all, stepped forward directly, stretched out his hand to hold the ladder, and began to climb step by step.

Behind Li Tianyi, Lin Huayong's face was pale and his legs trembled, but he still resolutely followed behind Li Tianyi and climbed up.

Zhuge Tong is at the forefront.

After climbing a few steps up, Li Tianyi faintly felt the state of Lin Huayong behind him, he turned his head and said: "Xiaolin, you lack physical exercise, climbing this kind of ladder is more dangerous, you wait here, don't climb up." ”

Lin Huayong said resolutely: "Mayor Li, you dare to climb as a leader, as your secretary, if I don't even dare to suffer this little bit of hardship, if I don't feel cold at this danger, then my secretary is really unqualified."

Don't worry, no matter where you go, I, Lin Huayong, will go with you without regrets. ”

Hearing Lin Huayong say this, Li Tianyi didn't say anything more, but nodded lightly and continued to climb up.

But deep in Li Tianyi's heart, he has a little more heartfelt appreciation for Lin Huayong.

It can be seen from today's incident alone that Lin Huayong not only has great wisdom, but also great courage and courage, and such talents are 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, he was still full of gratitude to Li Tianyi.

Because he knew that before climbing the ladder, his character had the shortcomings of weakness and fear of difficulties, but when he really 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.

The steep cliffs, the dense fog that gathered and dispersed from time to time, the wind that came and went, and the rickety wooden ladder, it took a full hour and a half for the group of four to climb to the top of the mountain.

After Zhang Xiaohua climbed to the top of the mountain, she looked at Li Tianyi and the three of them who climbed up behind her, her eyes showed a look of shock, and she gave Li Tianyi a thumbs up directly, and said: "Brother, you are so amazing, in the past four or five years, you are the only outsider I have seen enter our Zhangjia Village." I'm curious, are you really the deputy mayor of Nanping City? When did these officials dare to risk their lives to do research?"

Li Tianyi smiled and said, "What is the deputy mayor or not the deputy mayor, I am 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, you can just ask, we mountain people speak more realistically, if you don't like to hear any words, you don't care, because we don't understand the whiskers and horses." ”

Li Tianyi nodded and asked, "Brother Zhang, what do you think of the poverty alleviation work in the city or county? Are there any leaders from the city, county, or town who have personally come to your Zhangjia Village to help the poor?"

Zhang Xiaohua said with contempt: "Brother Li, with all due respect, your so-called poverty alleviation work is simply a showcase, not to mention anything else, just take our Zhangjia Village as an example, this time I went out to buy cement, and I watched TV outside with a county leader who made a shocking sound, saying that he personally went to our Zhangjia Village to investigate and work, said that he was not afraid of hardships and devoted himself to the people, and what was helping us Zhangjia Village get rid of poverty and become rich."

This is simply nonsense, full of cannons.

I don't dare to say that in the past eight years, there will never be a county-level leader who has ever come to our Zhangjia Village. The living conditions of our villagers in Zhangjia Village have always been in a stage of natural change. There is no influence of any external force at all.

Therefore, I think that your so-called poverty alleviation work should be just a prop for those leaders to put gold on their faces. For the villagers of our Zhangjia Village, it is of no use, and it has nothing to do with our eight poles. ”

Hearing Zhang Xiaohua say what he thought in his heart, Li Tianyi's face became gloomy at that time.