Ji Yanran and Zheng Jiguo went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to go through the divorce procedures on the seventh day after marriage, and in the eyes of the staff, the two walked out of the Civil Affairs Bureau building and walked to the front of the car, Ji Yanran took out a check for 100,000 yuan from her bag and handed it to Zheng Jiguo: "Mr. Zheng, I can only help you so much, I believe you will make a comeback, goodbye!" ”

Seeing Ji Yanran's car leave, Zheng Jiguo shook his head with a wry smile, put the check in his pocket, and walked away with firm steps.

Jiang Tao stayed at home for three days, and he was really tired of the people coming and going, so he said to Jiang Yingying: "Yingying, I think it's better to go to work, I really can't stand it." ”

"Brother Tao! Me too, today we're going to move back to the villa. Jiang Yingying said.

In the afternoon, Jiang Tao talked nonsense with his parents, and moved back to Zhangning's Huayuan Community with Jiang Yingying on the grounds that he had a job.

Jiang Tao still has a few days of marriage leave, and now the work of the county government is on the right track, and the deputies are busy with their own work step by step, Jiang Tao has no urgent way to work now, so he wants to use this rare few days to walk around the county, after all, he is still thinking about the new plan of the county seat.

Jiang Yingying had breakfast and went to work in Shuangjiang Group, Jiang Tao said hello to Aunt Jiang and went out on a bicycle.

Jiang Tao walked around aimlessly, watched, and unconsciously came to the door of the county iron and steel plant.

Jiang Tao is no stranger to this factory, when he was a child, he often heard the name of this factory, in the era of planned economy, all materials were allocated, the life of the county iron and steel plant was very good, and the steel bars produced were not worried about sales, at that time, people were proud to enter the steel plant. After the reform and opening up, steel mills were gradually eliminated by the market due to their single product and high energy consumption. Hundreds of workers now live on loans and county financial support.

After Jiang Tao took office, he also went to this factory to do several investigations, but there has been no good solution.

Opposite the county steel plant is the dormitory building in the factory, these more than ten buildings were built in the fifties and sixties, but from the appearance can be seen that the room area is small. The red bricks outside the building have peeled off a lot, and from a distance it looks like a broken bunker full of holes, and the roof of the building is covered with artemisia grass.

Jiang Tao rode his bicycle into the dormitory area, as soon as he entered, he almost vomited, the whole dormitory area was filled with a pungent stench, due to the disrepair of the sewer breakage, the corridor between the buildings, overflowed a lot of sewage. The people who lived in it put some broken bricks in the sewage to make it easier to walk, and the people who came and went seemed to be performing acrobatics, jumping from brick to brick.

Jiang Tao only felt that his nose was sour, he didn't expect that the workers in the steel factory would be so miserable and the living conditions would be so poor. Jiang Tao also noticed that the people who came in and out were very dazed, and they did not show affection for each other living in the same community, not to mention that they were still colleagues in the same factory.

When Jiang Tao rode his bicycle to the last building, he saw a large number of people gathered in front of the westernmost unit, and there was a faint cry inside.

At this time, an old lady came over with tears in her eyes, Jiang Tao got off the bicycle and asked, "Auntie, what's going on over there?" How are there so many people. ”

"Young man, you're not from the factory, are you?" The eldest lady asked.

"Well, I'm here to visit relatives." Jiang Tao replied.

"I said look at your eyes, alas! You're asking about the old Wei family in the west, right? It's miserable, the two lives are gone, they are all *. The eldest lady wiped her tears again and said.

"Auntie, what's going on?" Jiang Tao asked.

"Alas, Lao Wei and his family are both employees of our steel plant, it turns out that they are still advanced workers, but it is a pity that good people are not rewarded, and they are born with a disability, and they are all fools, and they have seen a lot of hospitals and are not optimistic, when the form is good, the family can make do, but in recent years, the factory only pays some living expenses every month, just enough to buy firewood, rice, oil and salt, where is there money to buy medicine for his son, sometimes even living expenses can't be paid, you say that they are all from a factory, the situation is the same, who to borrow? Lao Wei's daughter-in-law may be afraid of dragging Lao Wei down, no! She bought dichlorvos and fed it to her child, and she herself committed suicide by drinking dichlorvos. Alas! Miserable, two lives. The eldest lady wiped her tears and said the details.

Jiang Tao was stunned by the news, this kind of thing would happen in our country. Caught up in life*, choose to commit suicide!!

"Auntie, didn't they report the situation of their family to the factory leaders?" Jiang Tao asked.

"Leader! Those bastards don't know where to go to enjoy their happiness for a long time, and it's useless to say it, people don't care about it. The eldest lady scolded angrily.

"Don't the leaders of your factory live here?" Jiang Tao asked strangely.

"Hehe, young man, do you think this is still like a place where people live? Those officials have villas, and they won't come to this place if they let them come. The eldest lady smiled and pointed to the sewage under her feet and said.

"Auntie, I have some money here, please bring it to the old Wei family, I will come back." Jiang Tao took out a few thousand yuan from his pocket and put it in the hands of the eldest mother.

Where has the eldest lady seen so much money? For a while, he was stunned, "Young man, you, you don't have a relationship with Lao Wei, why do you want to follow such a generous favor?" The eldest lady's hand with the money trembled.

"Auntie, please tell Lao Wei that people can't be resurrected after death, and someone will take care of his affairs." Jiang Tao turned the front of the car, flew on the bicycle, and pedaled away.

"Good man, now Lao Wei can bury his daughter-in-law and son well." The eldest lady turned around and went back and sent money to Lao Wei.

The anger in Jiang Tao's heart slowly accumulated as the wheels turned.

When he got home, Jiang Tao called Ma Zonghan and asked him to come to the villa to pick him up. He also called the office of the county party committee and asked that all deputy county magistrates be immediately notified to attend a meeting in the conference room, that no one be allowed to ask for leave, and that the top leaders of the Civil Affairs Bureau, the Public Utilities Bureau, and the Public Security Bureau be notified to attend the meeting.

The clerk of the county party committee office heard that Jiang Tao's tone was not good, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly called Jiang Tao according to Jiang Tao's request, and added a sentence at the end: County Magistrate Jiang is angry.

When Jiang Tao rushed to the meeting room of the county government, the participants had already arrived.

The people attending the meeting were very strange, wasn't County Magistrate Jiang on marriage leave? Why did you suddenly hold a meeting?

Jiang Tao walked to his seat, but he didn't sit down, Jiang Tao looked around, and everyone felt that Jiang Tao was different from before, this time there was a knife in his eyes, which made people dare not look directly.

"Comrades! Let me tell you a story, there is an old couple in our county, who used to be advanced workers in the factory, but unfortunately gave birth to a child who was born with mental retardation, and the original life can be maintained, but in recent years, due to changes in the situation, the factory can not pay wages, and there is nowhere to borrow, * is really impossible, the child's mother ran to the street, with only a few yuan in her pocket, bought a bottle of dichlorvos, and poured it into the child's mouth after returning home, she also committed suicide by drinking medicine. Her purpose in doing this is simple, she wants the living to live. Comrades, when I heard the news, I was shocked that this kind of thing could happen in our socialist country, and that the masses would be killed by life, and it was a shame for us to be officials! Saying this, Jiang Tao slapped the table fiercely, which frightened everyone, and several teacups were shaken and jumped up, fell to the floor and shattered.

Everyone was also shocked by Jiang Tao's words, and they didn't know what to say or do for a while. Just looking at Jiang Tao blankly, they found that a trace of tears flashed in the corners of Jiang Tao's eyes.

"Comrades! Please come with me. Jiang Tao turned around and walked out of the conference room.

Everyone followed Jiang Tao downstairs, and got on the minibus parked in the yard, no one spoke, and the atmosphere in the car was so solemn that they could wring out water.

"Steel mill dormitory." Jiang Tao said to the driver.

The car quickly drove to the door of the steel mill dormitory, Jiang Tao got out of the car first, and the others also got out of the car, a pungent smell came, and Han Xiuqin, the deputy county magistrate, took out a handkerchief from his pocket and covered his mouth and nose.

Walking to the door, Jiang Tao didn't pay any attention to the sewage under his feet, waded through the smelly sewage, and walked straight to the last row of buildings. When the others saw that Jiang Tao had gone away, they also waded into the water to chase after him, Han Xiuqin gritted her teeth and went into the water, scolding Jiang Tao in her heart, you are fucking rich, you can buy new shoes when you go back, and the old lady will throw away these shoes in vain.

Jiang Tao and his entourage had already alarmed the people in the dormitory, and they all stopped to look at Jiang Tao and the others, and some even ran down from the upper floor. Seeing Jiang Tao and others walking to the back row, they also followed behind one after another, watching the excitement. Someone in the crowd recognized that this was a gang official, and hurriedly hid to the side and secretly made a phone call.

Jiang Tao walked straight to Lao Wei's house, and when the old lady saw Jiang Tao from afar, she shouted: "Wei Zi, the person who sent you the money is back again!" ”

When Lao Wei heard that the person who gave the heavy gift was coming again, he hurriedly ran out of the house, and when he saw Jiang Tao, he fell to his knees with a thud, splashing with sewage, "You are the great benefactor of my family, thank you, thank you." Lao Wei kept kowtowing as he spoke.

Jiang Tao picked up Lao Wei hard, and said with guilt on his face: "Uncle Wei, it should be that we said I'm sorry, we're late, let's go, go into the house and have a look." ”

Some people around recognized Jiang Tao and whispered: "It's County Magistrate Jiang who is here, and now we have hope." ”

Lao Wei also heard the discussion, and when he learned that the young man in front of him was the county magistrate, the expression on his face froze for a while.

"County Magistrate Jiang, don't go in, the house, the house is dirty." Lao Wei hurriedly stopped Jiang Tao.

"Uncle Wei, you see that I'm like this, are you still afraid of getting dirty?" Jiang Tao pointed to his lower body and said.

Lao Wei looked down at Jiang Tao's trousers and shoes, didn't say anything, and reached out to invite Jiang Tao and the others into the house.

When the masses saw the leader, they hurriedly walked out of the house to make room for Jiang Tao and the others. Lao Wei lived on the first floor, and the light was very dim. Jiang Tao entered the house, his eyes adjusted for a while, and then he saw the furnishings in the house, the small living room was empty, and there was a small eight immortals in the middle, a few Maza, Jiang Tao saw two corpses covered with white cloth on the bed in a bedroom at a glance, the whole house, Jiang Tao did not see a single household appliance.

"County Magistrate Jiang, sit down, I'll turn on the lights." Lao Wei said and stretched out his hand to turn on the electric light, in fact, it makes no difference whether the light is turned on or not, a five-watt light bulb is like a person with pink eye. Jiang Tao's eyes were moist, and his daughter-in-law and son were reluctant to turn on the lights when they died.

The others were also stunned by the sight in front of them, they didn't expect that there would be such a poor family under their noses.

Dou Dongyun, director of the Civil Affairs Bureau, walked up to Jiang Tao with a guilty face, "County Magistrate Jiang, it's me who didn't do a good job, you criticize me." ”

"Director Bean, you can't tell me this." Jiang Tao's face was expressionless.

"Comrade Lao Wei, we didn't do our job well, don't worry, I'll arrange your affairs when I go back." Dou Dongyun wiped the sweat on his face and said.

"County Magistrate Jiang, I will immediately ask someone to repair the pipeline here, in fact, in fact, the steel plant was originally in charge." Li Jinliang, director of the Public Utilities Bureau, muttered.

Jiang Tao didn't say anything, just looked at Dou Dongyun and Li Jinliang coldly.

At this time, a rough voice outside the door shouted: "County Magistrate Jiang, you are here, why don't you say hello?" ”