The winding and undulating mountain roads, if it weren't for the recent sunny days, I'm afraid these dirt roads wouldn't even be able to get a car up, Chen Xing and his entourage parked the car on a flat land on the top of a small hill, and then up, there is a hundred meters of path to walk.

The cadres of the town acted as a guide, leading the way in front, and after walking a few steps, the village party secretary and the village chief had already brought people down to greet them, although most of the people in Chishan Village had already moved out, but in this small village, there were still more than 200 people, mainly the elderly and children, because even if they did not move their families, young people have gone out to work.

The village is small, but there is still a village committee, the so-called village committee, in fact, there are only two people, a village party secretary, a village head, usually there is any census and family planning work to be done in the town, and no one in the town staff is willing to come in.

"Mayor Chen, this is Liu Laoshi, the village party secretary of Chishan Village, and Liu Baogen, the village head." Zhang Mingfang, secretary of the Yuanshan Town Party Committee, told Chen Xing that he, the secretary of the town party committee, actually didn't know the two village party secretaries and village chiefs of the most beautiful small mountain village in the town before, and this was because the mayor was going to come to inspect because of the notice from above, so Zhang Mingfang asked the two to come to the town and gave some instructions, so they knew each other.

"Liu Laoshi, Liu Baogen, these two names are good and very simple." Chen Xing smiled, stretched out his hand and held it with the two, both of them were a little nervous and restrained, Chen Xing couldn't help but smile gently, "The mayor is also a person, according to age, you are still my elders, and Liu Zhishu and Village Chief Liu just treat me as a junior." ”

Liu Laoshi and Liu Baogen were both smiling, their hands were full of calluses, Chen Xing sighed slightly, he knew that these people who stayed in the mountains were born by farming, and the thick calluses made Chen Xing, a person who was born in the city and had never really done farm work, felt a little touched inexplicably.

The reason why Chen Xing returned to Chishan Village today to inspect was because he saw a newspaper report on Nanzhou City, the most remote mountain village, some time ago, so he decided to visit this mountain village, and at the same time, he asked the city to arrange for some people from social welfare organizations to participate, in addition to bringing some condolences that are more needed in the mountains, and at the same time to provide some help as much as possible.

"The people in the village are very happy to know that the big leaders of the city are coming." Liu Laoshi was held tightly by Chen Xing, and he didn't know what to say, but under the signal of Zhang Mingfang, the secretary of the town party committee next to him, he held back a sentence.

Liu Laoshi and Liu Baogen are undoubtedly the first time to see such a big official, not to mention the county magistrate before, even the deputy county magistrate has not seen it, and the secretary of the town party committee is also the first time to see it a few days ago.

With a group of people to the village, the small village with a small population seemed to be very lively, Liu Laoshi only talked a little more at this time, and said, "There is nothing to entertain in the village, many people heard that a big leader is coming, and they are vying to catch their chickens and ducks and kill them." ”

Liu said honestly, glanced at Chen Xing and the others, for fear that these people from the city would not look down on them, and hurriedly said, "Mayor, our chickens and ducks here are different from the outside, they are all born and raised in the mountains, and they are all fed their own food. ”

"Our villagers here took their chickens and ducks to the town to sell, but they were easy to sell, and everyone heard that they were local chickens and ducks from Chishan Village, and they all rushed to get them, even if we sold them a little more expensive, they were sold out quickly." Liu Baogen, the village head, interjected a sentence, with some pride in his words.

"Yes, then today we have to taste the native chickens and ducks in the mountains." Chen Xing laughed, "But we don't eat for nothing, how many chickens and ducks you kill, see how you sell them outside, and we will settle them for you at the market price." ”

"Mayor Chen, how can this collect your money, you come to visit the villagers, the villagers should entertain them." Zhang Mingfang, secretary of the town party committee, hurriedly said, with a smile on his face.

"Why, you usually go to the countryside to eat the common people, and you eat and drink for nothing?" Chen Xing glanced at Zhang Mingfang.

Zhang Mingfang's smile froze a little, he didn't expect Chen Xing to suddenly say this, in his opinion, the leader came down, and the people in the village deserved to give good hospitality, and he should feel honored, and he never thought of paying.

His gaze stayed on Zhang Mingfang's face for a moment, Chen Xing turned his head to Xiao Yuanqing and said, "Yuanqing, wait a minute, you have to remember how many chickens and ducks the villagers have killed, and how much money they need, you have to give a lot of money." ”

"Don't worry, mayor, I'll arrange it." Xiao Yuanqing smiled and nodded.

Xu Qingnian stood beside Chen Xing and glared at Zhang Mingfang secretly, saying in his heart that if he can't speak, don't stand up and pat his ass.

"Mayor, the villagers are willing to entertain us, we can't take money, although we are poor, we haven't gotten into the eyes of money." Liu honestly blushed.

"Liu Zhishu, we pay, but we don't mean to look down on you, this is our rule, when you go to the people's homes to eat, you can't eat and drink in vain, otherwise you will be punished, you won't deliberately want us to be punished." Chen Xing smiled and patted Liu Laoshi's hand, Chen Xing didn't have any shelf for these simple mountain people, and he had a natural good impression.

Liu Laoshi and Liu Baogen looked at each other, they didn't know whether what the young leader in front of them said was true or false, and muttered in their hearts that the bigger the official, there was this regulation? I've never seen the occasional people in the town come down so politely before, and the attitude is still very arrogant.

Chen Xing smiled and asked Xiao Yuanqing to arrange for someone to move all the condolence items brought from the city, the village chief Liu Baogen stayed behind to help arrange the distribution of condolence items, and Chen Xing and the others were taken by Liu Laoshi to visit the situation in the village.

The houses in Chishan Village are all mud-walled and wooden tile houses, and if it weren't for the fact that every household has electricity, it would even make people think that it is an ancient mountain village.

Even if it is electrified, the electric lights in every household are still the kind of incandescent lamps that have almost been eliminated, and around the mountain village, there are surrounding terraced fields, some have been deserted, and some are still being planted, Chen Xing sighed, as Xu Qingnian said, if there is really a large-scale road construction here, but there is no economic development value, so it is unrealistic after all, and the plan Xu Qingnian said may be the most suitable way.

After going around the village, it was already five or six o'clock, and the mountain road that had just entered the mountain had been walking for an hour, and it was already close to four o'clock when I arrived in the village.

The people in the village eat early, and they start to eat dinner at five or six o'clock, the village party secretary Liu Laoshi and the village chief Liu Baogen are already beckoning to eat, Chen Xing asked the rest of the people to go first, and he and Xu Qingnian stood at a col in the village and looked down.

"The air here is really like adding sugar, and it makes people feel refreshed when you take a breath." Chen Xing said with emotion.

"This village is in the deepest part of the mountains, surrounded by mountains, full of forests, and there are no factories, so the air here is really not polluted." Xu Qingnian said with a smile.

"Yes, there is no pollution, if the transportation here is convenient, I don't know how many times more comfortable it is to live here than in the city." Chen Xing shook his head and smiled, "Now most of our development is at the expense of the environment in exchange for development, now it seems that it is a road that has to be taken, but in the future, maybe our children and grandchildren will poke our backbone." ”

"Mayor, this development is always needed, otherwise society will not be able to progress, the process of industrialization will replace manual labor, this is the inevitability of history, environmental pollution is also inevitable, no matter what you gain, you have to pay the corresponding price, I think this is also the truth that there is something to gain and something to lose." After Chen Xing came to Nanzhou, he repeatedly emphasized on different occasions that economic development and environmental protection should be grasped with both hands, and that development and the environment are not a matter of choosing between each other, but there must be a balance point, and Xu Qingnian knows that the young mayor's attention to the environment is not just superficial.

"You are right, you must lose something, but it depends on whether it is development at the cost of blindly destroying the environment." Chen Xing smiled slightly, "Qingnian, your Xinghua County is the most economically backward county in Nanzhou, but it is also a county with the best environment, I hope you can find a path of ecological development." ”

"Mayor, we'll try." Xu Qingnian's face was solemn, knowing that this was pinning Chen Xing's expectations.

Not far away, Ma Linping, the deputy mayor who was already starting to eat, was sitting around the cauldron, Ma Linping vomited some when he was in the car just now, this will be hungry for a long time, Chen Xing just said that he didn't need to wait for him, Ma Linping would not wait stupidly, eating with a bowl, Ma Linping's eyes fell on Wang Yanchun from time to time, looking at the high and bulging scenery of the other party's shirt, Ma Linping couldn't take his eyes off it, and at night he heard Chen Xing's meaning to spend the night in the mountains, so everyone lived separately in the villagers' houses, distributed them casually, and went down the mountain tomorrow, Chen Xing said that he wanted everyone to experience life in a mountain village, Ma Linping scoffed at this, although he didn't want to stay for a moment, but Ma Linping also knew that Chen Xing didn't leave, and he couldn't leave.

Glancing at Wang Yanchun, Ma Linping pondered about the night's accommodation, waved his hand and called the secretary over, and whispered on his mouth, after speaking, Ma Linping stared at Wang Yanchun again, his heart was itching, he asked the secretary Wan Xiaoming to find a way to arrange for the two to live next door at night, whether Wan Xiaoming can do it is Wan Xiaoming's business, he just needs to see the result.