After all the work was done, Li Rui let out a sigh of relief and said, "Secretary Song is not satisfied with the progress of our work. Ling Shuyao asked, "What did he say directly?" Li Rui shook his head and said, "No, I feel it." Ling Shuyao said: "So what?" Li Rui smiled bitterly: "There is no way, who calls poverty alleviation work difficult to do? We can't be in a hurry, we still follow the step-by-step process, step by step, and move forward in a down-to-earth manner." Ling Shuyao frowned and said, "We won't stay in Xiaolongwang Village all the time, right?" Li Rui said: "If you don't want to stay, you have to hurry up and get results, and you can go back to the city with the results." Ling Shuyao flattened her mouth, her expression was stupid, and she was very unhappy.

After the routine report, it was time for the two to go out to continue poverty alleviation.

Li Rui deliberately went to Shi Dayong's house first, pretending to care about him falling to the ground drunk last night, and really meant to spy on his injuries. As a result, when I saw his face, I knew that I thought about it again, he was not beaten by himself last night and vomited blood, but was scratched by the corn stalk at the corner of his mouth, and the blood just flowed through his mouth, only to be misunderstood by his weak heart that he was beaten by himself with internal injuries, after figuring out this situation, he really couldn't cry or laugh.

After the two came to the village committee, they found that Ai Guowei of the Municipal Transportation Bureau had invited a construction team to repair the classrooms of the village primary school immediately.

In private, Ling Shuyao said to Li Rui: "Hurry up, the Municipal Transportation Bureau will soon make poverty alleviation results, why don't we need it." Li Rui said: "Don't be in a hurry, and don't compare." Is their poverty alleviation achievement a serious achievement in poverty alleviation? Who have helped the rich?" Ling Shuyao pointed out unceremoniously: "This is because your thinking is too narrow-minded, who said that poverty alleviation work must be to help the rich? As long as it is beneficial to the people in poor areas, it can be regarded as poverty alleviation." Li Rui glanced at her angrily and said, "I found that you always turn your elbows outward, helping outsiders not helping me." Ling Shuyao snorted coldly: "I'm here to help but not to help my relatives." Li Rui smiled and said, "Don't help relatives, are we relatives?" Ling Shuyao glared at him and scolded: "Boring!"

"Hey, what are these little red fruits? There are so many of them, can you eat them?" Ling Shuyao looked at the large thorn bushes on the mountainside in front of her, and asked Hu Liquan with surprise and interest.

Hu Liquan smiled and said: "Director Ling, you don't even know this? What the hell are you from a big city, you haven't seen the dirt things in our poor ravine." This is a sour date!"

Ling Shuyao was surprised and exclaimed, "Ah, this is the sour jujube? Is this the sour jujube juice I usually drink brewed from this? It's the first time I've seen you." After saying that, he walked over happily.

Li Rui reminded with a smile: "Ling, there are thorns on the sour jujube tree, be careful to prick your hands." Ling Shu Yaoli ignored him and walked straight to the sour jujube bushes.

It was more than two o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun was just right, and the sun made people's bodies warm, even if they were not sleepy, they had endless sleepiness. More than an hour ago, Li Rui and Ling Shuyao came to Hu Liquan and further confirmed with him the details of breeding scorpions. After talking about business, Hu Liquan wanted to take the two of them to the mountain where they were located for sightseeing. The two readily agreed, and the three of them climbed up the mountain together.

This mountain is not big, it is only two or three hundred meters high, the radius may be about half a square kilometer, it is a lonely mountain, not far from the north is the majestic and continuous, magnificent Taihang Mountains. This hill also has a name, called "Xiaoling Mountain". The northern foot of this mountain, that is, where the mountain is located, is a dense pine and cypress, climb high and look at it, dark and gloomy, if it is the middle of summer, then it must be a good place to escape the summer; the southern foot of this mountain, where the rising sun is, is the village of the west half of Xiaolongwang Village, the angle of the hillside is gentle, suitable for climbing. The three of them climbed up the mountain from this side, behind the house of Hu Liquan's house.

Ling Shuyao ignored Li Rui's reminder, reached out to pick a big and red sour jujube, was scratched by the spikes on the branch, a pink blood mark appeared on the back of the hand, after feeling the pain of the fire, he hurriedly withdrew his hand, but was pierced into the most tender flesh of the wrist by the spike on another branch, "Ah" exhaled in pain, hurriedly stopped, his right hand was stuck in the gap between the branches, he didn't dare to advance, he didn't dare to retreat, he was very embarrassed.

Li Rui walked up a few steps, he had already seen this scene, not to mention more relief in his heart, he sneered secretly, and said in his heart that you should not rest assured that you will not take my reminder, you are arrogant and proud, and there is no one in your eyes, now you feel better, and I don't want to go up to help her, for fear that Hu Liquan will rescue her in the past, he deliberately grabbed him, turned around, pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said: "Brother Hu, the terrain of your house is very good, you never have to worry about being washed away by the flood." Hu Liquan said: "That's right, but the mountains are too poor, and there is nothing to do." You said that our Hanshui County is next to Xi County, and the mountains are full of coal, but there is no bullshit in our Hanshui Mountain. Alas, it's really incomparable......"

The two chatted nonsense, and no one took another step forward towards Ling Shuyao.

Ling Shuyao didn't expect the two to come to the rescue, she settled down, endured the pain, grinned, and used her other hand to gently push away the sour jujube branch where the thorn was inserted into the wrist of her right hand, and then looked at it, blood had flowed out of the injured place, this look was crying without tears, regretting that she didn't listen to Li Rui's words just now, she retracted her hands from the gap between the jujube branches stupidly, looking at the bright jujube branches, she was gluttonous and frightened.

At this time, it is the season when the jujube is ripe, the red is green and black, it is just ripe, the fruit is raw, hard, crisp, and the taste is good; the red is orange, it is ripe for a while, the fruit is old, soft, sweet, and the taste is soft and glutinous. No matter which one it is, when you eat it in your mouth, it is sweet and sour, refreshing.

Ling Shuyao faced this large piece of ripe sour jujube fruit, drooling but didn't dare to start, just like a monkey looking at roasted chestnuts in the stove.

Li Rui chatted with Hu Liquan for a while, and inadvertently looked back, and saw that Ling Shuyao was circling around the sour jujube tree, knowing that she had escaped from the predicament just now, after thinking about it, he decided to deliberately anger her for playing, so he turned around and walked over.

Others are tall and big, to the sour jujube tree with a stop, condescending, without much effort, you can pick the largest and reddest fruit, not a while, has picked four or five, sent to the mouth one, deliberately ate "chirp chir" made a sound, praised: "so sweet, really delicious, sweet and sour." ”

Ling Shuyao glanced over and saw that he was eating proudly, and his heart was jealous and angry, and he said that this person really has no quality, he wants to make such a loud noise when eating, he is really not afraid of being laughed at!

After her efforts, she also approached the sour jujube tree, picked a few down, put it in her mouth to taste, the taste was really good, I wanted to pick a little more, I didn't expect, greedy for a lifetime, I ignored safety, first was stung to the back of my hand by a yellow-green "spicy" (a kind of caterpillar, Qingyang local language), the pain was unbearable, tears were not bred in the eye sockets, turned around to withdraw, the foot was not careful, and slipped into a pit, the calf, knee and arm were broken by the rocks, and the surface clothes were unhindered.

The dirt pit is not big, and she can easily get up alone, but considering that she fell enough, Li Rui still walked over and stretched out a hand of friendship.

After Ling Shuyao was pulled out by him, not to mention how embarrassed he was, there were both scratches and punctures on his hands, as well as stings from Sao Laozi, and injuries on his arms and legs.

Li Rui admonished her very seriously on the surface: "Look at you, how many sins do you suffer for a few sour dates? You want to eat it, you say? You say I'll pick it for you." You haven't picked it yet, do you know how to pick it?" Ling Shuyao's tears swirled in her eyes, but they never flowed out, feeling the pain on her body, and said angrily: "Don't come again, it's disgusting!" Li Rui said: "Don't pick it yet, let's go up to the top of the mountain, and when we come down later, I'll pick some for you, and you just watch me pick it." Ling Shuyao snorted: "I let the caterpillar sting, it hurts so much, can it be cured with scorpion wine?"

Li Rui said: "I don't know, but even if it can be cured, I don't have scorpion wine at hand now." After speaking, he asked Hu Liquan and said, "Brother Hu, how do you deal with the spicy stings here?" Hu Liquan said with a smile: "Yes." Li Rui and Ling Shuyao listened to it at the same time, and glanced at each other, Li Rui asked, "What earthwork?" Hu Liquan didn't care about Ling Shuyao's feelings, and said with a smile: "Bear with it, it won't hurt for a day." ”

His words were exchanged for Ling Shuyao's ruthless and cold gaze, Li Rui couldn't help laughing, and said to her: "Bear with me first, wait a while to go down the mountain, I will take you to the clinic and ask Dr. Li, he must know how to treat it." Ling Shuyao had no choice but to snort in agreement.

The trio continued up the mountain.

As he walked, he saw that he had reached the upper part of the whole mountain, Hu Liquan casually asked: "Two leaders, do you want to play in the cave?" Li Rui asked: "What cave? Hu Liquan said: "It is said that the air-raid shelter was dug by the People's Liberation Army back then. Li Rui asked in surprise: "Dig an air-raid shelter in this mountain?" Hu Liquan said: "You don't know? The entire Taihang Mountain has been dug from north to south. Li Rui said excitedly: "Yes, if it's convenient, you can go in and have a look." After speaking, he asked Ling Shuyao: "What do you say?" Ling Shuyao endured the pain and said, "Whatever." Hu Liquan said: "Okay, then you wait, I'll go back and find the torch." It's too dark in the cave to go without torches. He turned to leave.