Li Rui wanted to ask again to learn more about the situation, and then Yang Hongwang and Cui Guangming, the village party secretary, came over.

Seeing Cui Guangming in a hurry, Li Rui took a breath, calmed down, and asked, "What's going on with this family?" ”

Cui Guangming pointed to the girl by the door and replied: "Her name is Ji Chunhua, her father Ji Dakui, is an alcoholic, every time she gets drunk, she beats her wife, three years ago, her wife couldn't help but run away, Jia Lianxing drank every day, went home one night, stumbled and rolled down the mountain and fell to her death, only this pair of orphans are left, and my sister is still a fool." ”

Li Ruiqiang held back the anger in his heart and asked coldly, "Isn't there anyone to care about them?" ”

Cui Guangming saw that Li Rui's tone was a little serious, smiled flatteringly, and explained: "The village is also poor, how can you take care of it?" The people of the village saw that the two sisters were pitiful, and often gave them a little food, and that's it. ”

Li Rui found that Cui Guangming was talking, and his eyes were still glancing at Ji Chunhua's chest that was exposed outside, and the anger in his heart suddenly rose, and he wanted to get angry, but a gust of mountain wind swept by, the little girl trembled, and Li Rui's heart suddenly swelled with a burst of sourness. He remembered that the year of his mother's death was also winter, and he stayed by his mother's side alone, also shivering, his eyes full of horror and confusion. He didn't care about reprimanding Cui Guangming, he quickly took off the jacket on his body and draped it on Ji Chunhua's body, and pulled her into the house, "Little sister, is it cold?" ”

Seeing this, Cui Guangming hurriedly stepped forward to take off Li Rui's jacket, and said flatteringly: "Secretary Li, this can't be done, and your clothes must not be soiled." ”

Li Rui knocked away his outstretched hand and said angrily: "Get out of the way, get out of here!" ”

Cui Guangming was taken aback by Li Rui's sudden anger, touched the place where he was beaten, and said at a loss: "Secretary Li...... You, I mean ......"

Ji Chunhua suddenly took off the jacket on her body, ran quickly to the edge of the haystack, and said to her sister who was hiding in it and shivering: "Peach blossom, come, sister will dress you." ”

At this scene, Li Rui's eyes blurred suddenly, and he turned his head and said loudly: "Tian Min, go, bring two coats over, and then bring all the food over." ”

"Hey!" Tian Min answered, wiped his tears, turned around and ran outside.

After a short time, Tian Min was holding two military coats, and Ding Junfeng followed behind, carrying the bread and mineral water that he was going to carry when he came out to satisfy his hunger on the road.

Li Rui took the coat, put it on each of them, and then handed over the food, "Hungry, eat." ”

Ji Chunhua glanced at Cui Guangming with an uneasy expression, swallowed her saliva, snatched the horse clip bag suddenly, picked up a loaf of bread, and stuffed it into her mouth, and at the same time did not forget to tear off half of it and hand it to her sister, who was only seven or eight years old. Seeing the sisters gobbling up, Li Rui couldn't stand it anymore, turned around, and walked away without looking back.

The others hurriedly followed, but everyone didn't speak, and silently returned to the village committee office all the way, and the warm charcoal fire could not warm the chill in Li Rui's heart. He didn't even have the interest to reprimand Cui Guangming and other village cadres, listening to their reports is equivalent to not listening, and the previous villages are all the same, even the existing problems are the same, the solution is one word: none!

Tomorrow, the party secretaries of the other five villages will be convened to hold a meeting here, and Li Rui, Yang Hongwang, Tian Min, and Ding Junfeng will live in Yide Village. Before going to bed at night, Yang Hongwang said to Li Rui: "This Cui Guangming is really a fucking bastard, and he is not unclean with many little daughters-in-law in the village, which makes the villagers very angry." Today, when he saw the tragic situation of Ji Chunhua and Ji Taohua, he felt a lot in his heart, and he was indignant when he helped those village cadres say good things two days ago.

"Is this true?" Li Rui asked calmly. In fact, when he was on the way back, he had already made up his mind, since he wanted to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, then this chicken was Cui Guangming.

Yang Hongwang nodded affirmatively and said, "We can find out from this master." ”

The owner of the house where they stayed was an old man in his sixties, and his son was a carpenter, who had been decorating houses for others in Pengcheng all the year round, and there was a group of people under him, who was a small bag foreman. The economic conditions of the family are good, and the people also have a sense of justice, after listening to their intentions, they said angrily: "Cui Guangming looks like a party member and cadre!" He was simply a hooligan bandit, many young people in the village went out to work, and his daughter-in-law stayed in the house, and he went to knock on people's doors in the middle of the night. ”

"Won't you villagers report him?" Li Rui asked.

"To whom? I didn't pay attention to the government. The old man said angrily.

Li Rui asked Yang Hongwang: "Is there such a thing?" ”

Yang Hongwang looked very embarrassed and didn't say anything until he returned to the house, and then said to Li Rui: "There were people in the town to react the year before last and last year. When Secretary Chen heard this, he said, 'The matter in the crotch of the pants will be solved by Mayor Cui'. found Mayor Cui, Mayor Cui said, 'Who cares about these things now, the Commission for Discipline Inspection can't take care of it, men engage women, voluntarily, why didn't I come?' So no one cares about this matter, Cui Guangming is becoming more and more bold, and he dares to come to harass him during the day. ”

"How can such a cadre stay and be used any longer?" Between the words, Li Rui and even Chen Shiwei blamed him.

Yang Hongwang sighed and said: "No one on the mountain wants to be a cadre, and those who have the ability have gone out to work, and it is estimated that Secretary Chen and Mayor Cui also gave in for this reason." ”

Li Rui felt the seriousness of the problem and said solemnly: "This is not good, if we go on like this, the people on the mountain may make trouble one day, the examples of Xiaoquan Village and Jiangbian Village are in front of us, the common people are the best at learning from each other, we must be vigilant." ”

Yang Hongwang nodded sympathetically.

Li Rui continued to ask: "Is there really no one on the mountain who wants to be a cadre?" ”

Yang Hongwang tightened his eyebrows and said: "It's not that I don't want to, the main thing is that the treatment is too low, the economic strength of the village is too weak, it is too difficult to do things, all kinds of work in the town are pressed to the village, and there are more things and less pay, this is a pair of contradictions." ”

"Well, we have to think of a way to treat the symptoms and the root cause." Li Rui groaned, thought for a while, slapped the table and said, "However, a cadre like Cui Guangming must be resolutely taken!" Tomorrow, he will announce that he will be dismissed from his post as secretary of the Yide village branch, and the village director will temporarily act as secretary. By the way, is the village director Xu Jun a party member? ”

"Xu Jun is a party member." Yang Hongwang nodded and hesitated: "But ...... Secretary Li, are you talking to Mayor Cui? ”

Ventilation? Hearing this, Li Rui's heart was uncomfortable, paralyzed, Lao Tzu is the secretary! Top Pick! Who else do you need to talk to remove a village party secretary? Could it be that kid Cui Yongheng still dares to shout? At the beginning, it was even more difficult for the Coal Management Bureau to get it, and Lao Tzu still didn't make them all obedient. waved his hand and said very domineeringly: "This matter is so decided." ”

Because of the relationship between Li Rui and Chen Shiwei, Yang Hongwang has known Li Rui for a long time, and he also knows more about his situation, knowing that this master not only has a backstage but is also very arrogant, so he quickly nodded yes.

Then, Li Rui said: "The treatment of village cadres is indeed low, how can it be that the horses run and not eat grass?" I have thought about it, and I am going to raise their salaries, 12 is too low, and how hard it is in the mountains, the monthly salary of the secretary and director is at least 400, and the deputy and accountant, women's director, etc. 300 to 305, encourage one to shoulder multiple positions, get more salary, and the village does a good job, and there is a bonus at the end of the year. ”

Hearing this, Yang Hongwang looked at Li Rui in horror, and even couldn't believe his ears, and stammered: "Secretary Li, this is ...... Is that okay? Where does this money come from? ”

Li Rui said with a smile: "This is just my current idea, it still needs to be discussed and demonstrated, the policy is only applicable to the cadres of these six villages on the mountain, and the mountain is still implemented according to the current policy, so it will not be more than a few dollars a year." ”

Yang Hongwang had to nod, but he was secretly saying in his heart: This method is good, but the question is whether it can be passed?

The next day, the party secretaries and directors of the other five villages gathered in Yide Village for a meeting. Li Rui called them all to Ji Chunhua's door, "Let's go and see, these are two orphans without a father and mother, what kind of life they live." ”

This different form of meeting aroused everyone's interest, and they all went into the dilapidated room to watch, and after a while, they all shook their heads and came out.

Cui Guangming's face was uneasy, Xu Jun looked ashamed, and Li Rui looked at them one by one.

The Ji Chunhua sisters didn't know who made the temporary remedy yesterday, and they had already put on two clothes that looked passable, so they could see people at this time. But seeing so many people coming to their door together, the sisters were very frightened, and their four eyes were like frightened mice, dodging.

Li Rui sighed secretly, he knew that it was cruel to the two sisters to do this, it was equivalent to peeling off their wounds and taking them out for exhibition, but how could he touch the souls of these village cadres if he didn't do this, and at the same time, it was also to help them get out of their current predicament, at least no longer starve and freeze.