If you don't have instructions, you shouldn't take the wrong path, because there is no fork in the mountain, there is only one way to go, and even if you get dizzy, you just have to go forward. The road is very flat, but in some places the slope is very large, not only curved but also undulating, and I am afraid that ordinary cars will not be able to pass.

Calculating the footsteps, Cheng Tianle has walked more than 50 miles, and he is still spinning in the steep mountains, and he still doesn't know where Wuling Township is! If there is a stranger like him who goes to Wuling Township, it is estimated that he will be more and more bottomless in his heart, because it is a road with no end in sight, and there are no traces of other people.

Just when he was thinking this, he suddenly heard the sound of a car motor, and there would be a car on this road! It was a four-wheel drive off-road vehicle, which was still far away on the winding mountain road, and it was not visible in the field of vision, but Cheng Tianle heard it. He wondered who would drive here, could it be a resident of Wuling Township? So I slowed down and listened.

Cheng Tianle's hearing was keen, beyond the imagination of ordinary people, the car drove closer and closer, in addition to the sound of the engine, he even heard two people talking.

One of them, who was supposed to be the driver, was muttering, "What the hell is this place, why doesn't there even have a street sign?" We set off early in the morning, and it was almost noon, so why was it still a mountain road, and we didn't see anything else? ”

Another said, "There is no fork in the road, just drive straight ahead." I've heard for a long time that this township is very remote, but I didn't expect it to be so remote! ”

Driver: "If only we knew we would bring something to eat on the road, there is no place to have lunch here." …… Secretary Wang, are you hungry? ”

Secretary Wang: "Listen to what you say. I was so hungry that I didn't expect the road to be so far, and I couldn't see the restaurant on the road. I think it's almost there, right? I called before I left, and it is estimated that the banquet has already been prepared. Let's eat it over there! ”

The driver said: "I'll stop the car first and find a place to relieve myself, Secretary Wang, do you want to make it convenient?" ”

Secretary Wang: "I'm really suffocated, I've been sitting since early in the morning." Is there any paper? I want to come to a big one. ”

Driver: "I have paper towels and mineral water ready at all times, and there is a box of prepared Moutai in the trunk, but I don't have anything to eat." ”

The two men got out of the car easily, and after a while continued to drive on the road. The driver said again: "In this place where even rabbits don't, how could Secretary Wang come to take office?" ”

Secretary Wang sighed and said, "It's not arranged!" My father and uncle both said that I was still young and needed to exercise more at the grassroots level, and the secretary of the township party committee was really lacking, after all, he was in charge of the overall work. In the future, it is very important in the evaluation of cadres. It doesn't matter how remote Wuling Township is. Anyway, there's never been much going on here. If it weren't for the fact that it was too remote and ordinary people were reluctant to go, I wouldn't be able to fight for it! As long as you work for a year and a half, you can transfer to the county and take up a real position when the time comes. No one can say anything. ”

The driver praised: "The old man really has a vision, no matter how small Wuling Township is." It is also a complete ethnic township, and the secretary is the number one, and this resume is too important, not everyone can win this real shortage. Originally, Wuling Township has always been appointed by local cadres, and you are still the first secretary to be sent abroad. It's just that the work place is too remote, and they can rush to help Tibet! We are familiar with the road this time, and Secretary Wang will not always have to stay in the township in the future, he will go back to the county seat to live when he is free, anyway, Wuling Township has never had anything to do, isn't it? ”

Cheng Tianle in the distance had already understood, it turned out that it was the new official of the township party committee secretary who took office. Listening to the tone of these two people's words, the young Secretary Wang was going to Wuling Township to be the number one, and someone arranged this real shortage for him, and he was a cadre parachuted above. In the history of Wuling Township, the township cadres have always appointed locals, and the foreign township officials are still the first.

This Secretary Wang either really wants to go to Wuling Township to do something, or he needs the work experience of the top party and government leaders at the grassroots level, and after a while, he will be arranged to be promoted to the county, which can be regarded as finding a good real job. These two people have never been to Wuling Township, and they have been driving along the mountain road for so long, and they probably feel a little hairy in their hearts.

At this time, the people in the car had already seen the back of Cheng Tianle on the side of the road in the distance, and the driver shouted: "Secretary Wang, look, there is a person in front of you, walking!" ”

Secretary Wang: "There is really a person, he is actually walking!" God, how far has this come from? ”

Driver: "Maybe he's from Wuling Township, coming out to collect medicine or digging mountain goods or something, and he's about to go back, see he's carrying a bag behind him." ”

Secretary Wang: "Then let's go over and ask, how far is Wuling Township?" ”

Cheng Tianle heard the horn of the car behind him, and then the off-road vehicle almost stopped close to him, and on the other side of him was a hundred-meter-deep cliff. Secretary Wang sat in the back row and didn't move, the driver leaned out of the window and asked, "Fellow, may I ask, is this the way to Wuling Township?" ”

Cheng Tianle replied in standard Mandarin: "Yes, there is only one way to Wuling Township, and it is clearly marked on the map." ”

Driver: "How far is it to get there?" ”

Cheng Tianle asked rhetorically: "Didn't you call and ask when you came?" ”

Driver: "I said I drove from the nearest village, a hundred miles, but we have been walking all morning, why haven't we arrived yet?" ”

Cheng Tianle smiled, it turned out that this road was a hundred miles, and he replied with a smile: "That's because you drive slowly, just over fifty miles, didn't you look at the odometer?" ”

Secretary Wang said in the back seat: "There is still half? It looks like I can't make it to lunch. ”

100 miles is equivalent to 50 kilometers, and if it is not a long road in the plains, it may only be a matter of a few feet of throttle if you take the high speed. However, for this kind of mountain road, the root of the car does not dare to drive fast and cannot drive fast, although the road is flat but not wide, and the winding and twisting in many places the root can not see the situation ahead, and the slope in some places is simply to the limit of off-road vehicle climbing. They drove here this morning, and the average speed was not as fast as that of a bicycle under normal circumstances, and they walked for more than 50 miles for so long.

If you drive an off-road vehicle, how long will it take to walk if you are an ordinary person walking? Maybe you have to walk for a few days and nights with dry food on your back, and the modern urban roots who are not in good health should not move this idea, and you have to guard against wild beasts when sleeping at night.

The driver felt a little bottom in his heart, and asked again: "May I ask if you are from Wuling Township?" ”

Cheng Tianle replied: "I'm not a local, I'm here for tourism, there is no bus here, I can only walk there, and it happens to be going to Wuling Township." …… If it's convenient, can you give me a ride? ”

The driver glanced back at Secretary Wang, but Secretary Wang didn't speak but his face was gloomy. The driver hurriedly said: "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm on official business, send the leader!" …… Wait, ask for the next car. As he spoke, he rolled up the window and continued to move forward, quickly leaving Cheng Tianle behind.

Cheng Tianle smiled, if he used the magic method on this kind of mountain road, it would be much faster than the off-road vehicle. In fact, others can not completely follow the road, just go through the mountains and ravines to the other end of the road that can be seen, and save a lot of detours in the middle. Cheng Tianle is cultivating the way of the gods on this road, and he is also enjoying the scenery that extends from his feet, so he is not walking fast, and he will be caught up by the off-road vehicle.

Since he touched this car, Cheng Tianle also quickened his pace slightly and followed far behind unhurriedly. And the two people in the car were talking about him, Secretary Wang said: "This barren mountain and wilderness, a person suddenly appeared, who knows if it is a gangster?" ”

Driver: "Secretary Wang is right, it's better to be careful when walking on this kind of road!" …… That person just now seemed to be going to Wuling Township on foot, if he really came to travel, he was too bold. ”

After talking a few words, the topic talked about Wuling Township again. The driver was a little angry: "Secretary Wang came all the way to take office, and Wuling Township didn't send anyone to pick him up!" ”

Secretary Wang: "Lao Li, you are the only one who will say this at the banquet later, and it is not good for me to order them directly." But as you saw today, it's not easy for them to come out, I'm afraid they have to drive for a day, and they won't be able to go back that day. I said yesterday that I wanted them to wait in the township, and I didn't expect the 50-kilometer road to be so difficult. …… I don't know what the conditions are like over there, and is it convenient to work and live? It seems that the lack of the number one leader in this township is also a chore. ”

Driver Lao Li: "I'm afraid I can't say that, as a leader in this township, maybe it's still a rare fat shortage." Outsiders never get a chance, Secretary Wang, you are the first. ”

Secretary Wang: "Oh? ”

Driver Lao Li: "This township is deep in the mountains, there are more than 600 people on household registration, but the resident population is only more than 200 people, most of whom do business outside all the year round, and it is said that they are quite rich." Over the years, the work assigned by the city and county has never been troubled in this township, and all of it has been completed smoothly. In a place like this environment, others will apply for poverty subsidies, but Wuling Township has never applied for it.

Look at this road, they raised funds to maintain it themselves, and the township also has electricity, telephone, Internet access, and mobile phone signal base stations, all of which they raised their own funds to make, and they did not ask for financial allocation. There has never been a problem with family planning work and various examinations, and there is no one who petitions, which shows that there is no shortage of money in that place! It's just that the emperor is far away, and the fertilizer and water have always been fertile and water-free, and now that Secretary Wang is the leader, I am afraid that the benefits are much more than imagined. ”

Secretary Wang smiled: "You said that I seem to be the emperor of the soil ascending the throne." ”

Driver Lao Li: "Isn't it, you can't underestimate that place!" And I also learned that the people in that place are very open, and there are many girls who have children before they get married, and they haven't made a mess yet. Some of them came back from working outside to give birth, and some of them gave birth in the township. As long as they don't violate the policy or pay a fine, they do as they please. ”

Secretary Wang's eyes widened, and he asked with great interest: "Oh, there is such a thing?" ”