"It's hard, but as long as you put your heart into it, you'll definitely get a reward." Ma Xiaoyao said lightly: "Now Xiaoqiao Township will usher in an opportunity to get rid of poverty and become rich, if the scale of the copper mine discovered by the Wulitun Village Law is large, then Xiaoqiao Township will have the capital to get rid of poverty and become rich." ”

"I hope God can favor Xiaoqiao Township once." Buyong nodded.

After nearly an hour of bumps, Ma Xiaoyao finally came to Wulitun Village, as soon as he got off the car, Ma Xiaoyao's brows were furrowed, under his feet was a piece of yellow earth, surrounded by some dilapidated and old houses, most of the houses were built with stones, the workmanship was very rough, a group of men, women and children wearing dirty old clothes stood in front of the house, quietly watching Ma Xiaoyao and Buyong and others.

"This is Wulitun Village?" Ma Yao asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, this is Wulitun Village." Buyong nodded.

Ma Xiaoyao stretched out his hand and pointed at the men, women and children standing in front of the dilapidated houses: "They are all villagers of Wulitun Village? ”

"Yes." Bu Yong nodded again.

Ma Xiaoyao's brows furrowed more and more: "There are still such backward and poor villages in Dongcheng County!" ”

"Wulitun Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the geographical location is very remote, the water that usually drinks is salty, because the water is salty, so it can not be watered crops, if the wind and rain are smooth, the villagers can harvest more food, life is better, if you catch up with the drought, the harvest of food is very little, sometimes even food and clothing can not be solved, because it is too poor, many villagers have moved away from Wulitun Village, the rest of these villagers are old, poor health, can not do tiring work, can only stay in Wulitun Village to continue to suffer from poverty...... Bu Yong said helplessly.

"In a poor village like Wulitun Village, how many are there in Xiaoqiao Township?" Ma Xiaoyao asked.

"The situation in other villages is better, only Wulitun is so poor because of its remote location...... Bu Yong replied.

"The life of the villagers in Wulitun Village is so difficult, why don't you Xiaoqiao Township Party Committee and Township Government take care of it? Just watching these villagers live a hard life? Ma Xiaoyao's face became gloomy, and Ma Xiaoyao couldn't see the people suffering the most.

"Anyway, every year we will allocate funds to Wulitun Village to help ......" Bu Yong hurriedly said: "It's just that Xiaoqiao Township is not rich, and there are several villages in need of relief, so we can......'t take care of it at all."

"Since you can't take care of it, why don't you ask the county for help?" Ma Xiaoyao asked with a calm face.

"Why didn't you ask for help!" Bu Yong smiled bitterly: "Every year, I ask the county for help, but the county has never given a reply." ”

Ma Xiaoyao raised his eyebrows: "The county didn't give you an answer?" Who do you turn to for help? ”

"I just wrote a request for help and handed it to the county magistrate." Buyong said.

"Li Ming?" Ma Xiaoyao's eyes narrowed: "The rescue application was handed over to County Magistrate Li Ming?" ”

"This year's application for help was handed over to County Magistrate Li, and the application for help in previous years was handed over to Du Haiming, the previous county magistrate." Buyong explained: "After so many years, I have never received an answer. ”

Ma Xiaoyao's face twitched: "Since you can't get an answer, then you won't go to the county magistrate to ask?" ”

"I asked Du Haiming, the previous county magistrate, and he said that he was studying it and asked me to go back and wait for the letter...... I waited for several years and still didn't get a reply...... Now that the county magistrate has changed, I thought there was a play, so I submitted an application for help again, but several months have passed, and there is still no reply......" Bu Yong said helplessly.

"Damn!" Ma said freely: "As the county magistrate, I am not responsible at all for such a procrastination!" ”

Hearing Ma Xiaoyao criticize the county magistrate, Bu Yong's expression suddenly became embarrassed, I don't know what to say, Ma Xiaoyao may not care about the county magistrate, he can criticize the county magistrate for inaction in front of everyone, but Bu Yong didn't dare to do this, he is just a small township party secretary, people speak slightly, where dare to say bad things about the county magistrate?

"I'll take care of that." Ma Xiaoyao calmed down his anger and said: "I will do my best to give you an answer, and if you encounter something similar in the future, you can find me directly, and you don't have to go to County Magistrate Li Ming." ”

"Yes, yes." Hearing that Ma Xiaoyao took the initiative to take care of the affairs of Wulitun Village, Bu Yong was immediately overjoyed, with Ma Xiaoyao's words, Wulitun Village saw hope.

At this time, a man in his fifties ran from the opposite side, this man had gray hair, wore a large horse coat on his upper body, a pair of washed white linen pants on his lower body, and wore a pair of worn cloth shoes on his feet, and ran panting in front of Ma Xiaoyao and Buyong.

"Deputy County Magistrate Ma, he is the village party secretary of Wulitun Village, Lei Yunshan, oh, he also serves as the village chief." Bu Yong introduced on the side: "Lei Zhishu, this is Deputy County Magistrate Ma. ”

"Ah, Deputy County Magistrate Ma, hello, hello." Lei Yun Shan greeted Ma Yao respectfully.

"Hello, Lei Zhishu." Ma Xiaoyao held Lei Yunshan's rough big hand and shook it slightly: "I have seen the situation in Wulitun Village, don't worry, I will definitely find a way to help Wulitun Village get rid of poverty and become rich, so that the villagers can live a comfortable and prosperous life." ”

"Thank you, Deputy County Magistrate Ma, on behalf of all the villagers in Wulitun Village, I would like to thank Deputy County Magistrate Ma......" Lei Yunshan said excitedly, looking forward to it for so many years, and finally saw hope, which made Lei Yunshan very excited.

The other villagers of Wulitun Village were also excited, their lives had been really hard over the years.

"Lei Zhishu, could you please take me to see the newly discovered copper mine?" Ma Xiaoyao said.

"Okay, I'll take you there." Lei Yun Shan nodded, and led Ma Yao towards the hill where the copper mine was located.

Ten minutes later, Ma Xiaoyao climbed up a hill and saw the discovered copper mine, which was an irregular deep pit, the pit was black, and there was no bottom in sight.

"Deputy County Magistrate Ma, there is some danger down there, let's let others go down," Bu Yong hurriedly persuaded......

"Yes, Deputy County Magistrate Ma, it's really too dangerous down there." Zhao Qi also followed and persuaded him.

No matter how Bu Yong and Zhao Qi persuaded them, Ma Xiaoyao was determined to go down to see, but in the end there was no way, Bu Yong and Zhao Qi could only accompany Ma Xiaoyao into the deep pit, and half an hour later, Ma Xiaoyao, Bu Yong, and Zhao Qi came up from the deep pit, and the faces and clothes of the three were covered with dust.

"Yes, there are a lot of copper lumps down there...... This should be a copper mine, and as for how much copper is underneath, it is necessary to find a professional to investigate. "The discovery of an undeveloped copper mine in Dongcheng County made Ma Xiaoyao feel good.

At noon, Ma Xiaoyao accepted the invitation of Leiyun Mountain and stayed in Wulitun Village for dinner.

The meal is simple, sautéed eggplant, cold cucumber, shallot dipping sauce, steamed tofu...... In addition, a pot of soup was made, and although the meal was simple and unpretentious, Ma Xiaoyao ate it with relish and praise.

Originally, Lei Yunshan was worried that Ma Xiaoyao would not be used to eating these rough meals, but now seeing Ma Xiaoyao eating with relish, Lei Yunshan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time nodded secretly in his heart: This deputy county magistrate Ma is not the same as other cadres, which makes people have a sense of closeness!

Just as the big guy was eating, there was a sudden muffled sound in the courtyard outside, and then a man's voice sounded: "Dad, I'm back!" Had a good harvest today, caught a wild boar...... This wild boar is really fat, enough for us to eat for half a month...... Hey...... There aren't many wild boars in the mountains now, but I didn't expect to run into one, so I'm really lucky......"

"It's my son who has returned." Lei Yunshan said embarrassedly: "My son went hunting in the mountains early in the morning...... I didn't expect this kid to be lucky, and he actually hit a wild boar...... Over the years, there have been fewer and fewer wild boars, and they can't be touched between them. ”

"Wild boar?" Ma Xiaoyao became interested: "It is said that wild boars are fat and strong, several times stronger than the pigs raised at home, I don't know if the rumors are true." As he spoke, Ma Yao stood up and walked towards the door, apparently wanting to see the appearance of the wild boar.

Bu Yong, Zhao Qi, and Lei Yunshan hurriedly got up and followed Ma Xiaoyao out of the house.

"It's really strong!" Ma Yao came out of the house, and at a glance saw a strong pig lying in the yard, with a very long body, a large head, a large mouth, a larger nose, a layer of black hair on his body, and thick and powerful limbs.

"Dad, there's a guest at home?" Next to the wild boar stood a young man with a tiger's head, this young man looked like a stout, round head, big eyes, high nose, mouth open to reveal a mouthful of white teeth, shoulders were very broad, the buttons of the jacket were unbuttoned, revealing a layer of black chest hair, holding an iron rod more than a meter long in his left hand, holding a ball of rope in his right hand, wearing a pair of blue pants underneath, the trouser legs were pulled up high, revealing two thick and powerful calves, which were covered with dense hair, and a pair of broken cloth shoes were worn on the feet. He is not short, and it is estimated that he can be about 1.8 meters.

What a sturdy lad! Ma Xiaoyao's eyes lit up, from the first time he saw it, he had a good impression of this tiger-headed young man, some people are very pleasing to the eye at a glance, and some people are very annoying, this is a visual feeling, which cannot be explained in words.

"Da Zhuang, these are all leaders of the county and township, why don't you hurry up and say hello." Thundercloud Mountain greeted.

Big Strong? It turns out that the young man in front of him is called Da Zhuang? Ma Xiaoyao nodded secretly, it is just as the name suggests, and the young man in front of him is indeed very strong.

The young man who was called Da Zhuang threw away the iron rod and rope in his hand, strode over, and said to Ma Xiaoyao and the others: "Hello leaders, my name is Lei Da Zhuang, you can call me Da Zhuang." ”