On this day, Li Xiaoning had just returned to the town government from the road construction site, and before he entered the hospital, he found that a large group of people were gathered at the entrance of the town government, chattering, and talking loudly to the staff inside the door.

"Coming to besiege the town government again?" Li Xiaoning was startled, and approached quietly, standing on the periphery of the crowd, listening to what they were arguing about. The villagers were anxious to argue with the staff inside, and they didn't notice that the mayor had come behind them.

After listening to it for a while, I probably understood. It turns out that these villagers are all from Xiaoyangzhuang Village, and the cemetery of their village is just on the design route of the highway being built, involving a lot of graves, a total of 83, including 11 ownerless graves, 72 main graves, and the tomb owners are all deceased old people in Xiaoyangzhuang Village.

Li Xiaoning couldn't help frowning, because the solution to this matter had already been discussed at the town party committee. On the basis of not occupying cultivated land, the cemetery of Xiaoyangzhuang Village was moved to a wasteland at the foot of the mountain, and the town government gave compensation of 3,000 yuan for each grave, and the town government moved the ownerless graves. The deputy mayor Yang Dachuang is in charge of this matter, because he is a cadre from Xiaoyangzhuang, which is convenient for communication with the villagers.

Li Xiaoning also agrees with this treatment plan, although the subsidy of 3,000 yuan per grave is not a lot, but considering that the per capita annual income of Pingshan Town is only 2,100 yuan, this is already a fairly high compensation standard. In addition, the road construction was originally for the good of these people, in this case, if the people still come to make trouble, it is really a bit unreasonable.

Li Xiaoning squeezed through the crowd, walked in, and found that the deputy mayor Yang Dachuang was blocking the crowd at the door, and he was already busy, and when he saw Li Xiaoning coming in, he hurriedly said with a sad face: "Mayor Li!" You're finally back, look at what this is going on......"

Li Xiaoning raised his hand to stop Yang Dachuang's explanation, turned around and shouted at the villagers: "Everyone listen to me first!" ”

"What else is there to say?" A middle-aged villager in the front row didn't know Li Xiaoning, and wanted to break in, so he stepped forward and grabbed Li Xiaoning's arm, trying to push Li Xiaoning away, but who knew that Li Xiaoning, who didn't look very strong, seemed to take root under his feet, and under the push of the middle-aged villagers, not only was he not pushed away, but he was firmly rooted at the door, not moving.

The middle-aged villager frowned, and pushed Li Xiaoning's chest again, but he still didn't push!

Li Xiaoning spread his hands, smiled at the middle-aged villager and said, "I said big brother, don't push it!" If you push me down, knock me down, and the thing is not done, but you end up with a crime of intentional injury, then you can't commit it! ”

The middle-aged villager was stunned, he made a second move, and he had already used all his strength, but Li Xiaoning still didn't move, it didn't seem to be a good stubble, so he let go, crossed his hands on his waist, and said with undiminished momentum: "Then tell me, how are you going to solve this matter?" ”

Li Xiaoning glanced at the villagers in front of him a few times, raised his voice, and said: "I know that everyone came to the government to reason, there must be a reason, and there must be something wrong with our work, which makes everyone dissatisfied." However, you can't solve any problems by making such trouble! Hundreds of people are gossiping and coercing, what can be negotiated? Well, you can elect a few delegates and we will sit down and have a good talk. I promise you that if it is true that the government is not doing something right, we will correct it immediately. ”

When the villagers heard Li Xiaoning say this, most of them felt reasonable, and some people had already recognized Li Xiaoning, so they stopped shouting, but there were still a few stabbing people, some of them were not convinced, and shouted loudly: "Don't fall for him, let's elect the leader, and he will know who to arrest." Moreover, the crows in the world are as black as the crows, what is there to talk about with these officials? ”

Li Xiaoning's face turned cold, and he pointed to the thorn and said in a deep voice: "I have also been to Xiaoyangzhuang several times, I don't know you, but I have seen many of you, and I have also come to your house to drink water and chat, you should also have some understanding of what kind of person I am." You're here to solve the problem today, not to make trouble, and if the matter gets bigger, what's in it for you? On behalf of the town government, I would like to express my stance here, and I will never pursue those who make normal demands, but those who deliberately make trouble will be severely punished. ”

At this time, a few people in the crowd spoke, "I know Mayor Xiao Li, he is indeed different from other officials, and this road is also built by him, tell him well, it must be right." ”

Seeing that everyone was willing to calm down and listen to him, Li Xiaoning was a little relieved and continued: "Our government is the people's government, which is to safeguard the interests of the big guys and help everyone improve their lives. As long as the masses are not satisfied, no matter who is right or wrong, the government cannot escape its responsibility! Therefore, I believe that everyone comes to reason with the government because they believe in the government, not to make trouble unreasonably, right? ”

When the villagers saw Li Xiaoning put his posture so low, their anger gradually subsided, and they began to talk about it.

"This is Mayor Xiao Li? Just heard about it, but I only saw the real person today, but it's different from other officials! ”

"It turns out that Mayor Xiao Li is so young! He looks a little younger than my family. ”

"Don't look at his age, but people are really level, you listen to what people say, it just makes people feel comfortable!"

"This Mayor Li is quite handsome! I don't know if there is an object. Third, that girl in your family is almost twenty, right, find someone to make peace with Mayor Xiao Li? ”

"Pure! Mayor Xiao Li is from a big city, how can he take a fancy to our rural girl! ”

"That's not for sure, looking at Mayor Xiao Li like this, it's not like other people in the city, maybe they are willing to find a rural girl."

"His fourth aunt, don't be blind, Mayor Xiao Li has an object, I've seen it, that's called a Jun!"

Everyone was talking about it, and the topic unconsciously turned to Li Xiaoning, and the tense situation was eased.

Hearing that the villagers began to worry about their marriage, Li Xiaoning couldn't cry or laugh, this group of villagers was really cute.

Li Xiaoning hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, comforted everyone a few words, asked everyone to stay calm, and elected a few representatives to enter the room to negotiate, and the others rested in the rooms on both sides first, so as not to obstruct the normal office order of the government.

This time, everyone happily accepted, and soon elected ten representatives to follow Li Xiaoning into the negotiation, and the others also gave way to the road in front of the town government.

After inviting ten villager representatives into the conference room, Li Xiaoning personally poured water for everyone, and asked someone to call Zhang Erwa, secretary of the town party committee, and then took the lead in saying: "I have a general understanding of the purpose of everyone's visit this time, that is, they are not satisfied with the relocation of the grave. I would now like to find out more about what is the reason for everyone's dissatisfaction? ”

Yang Dachuang interjected on the side: "What else can there be? It's just that I want to take the opportunity to ask the government for more money! ”

"Mayor Yang, don't talk nonsense, we never said we would ask for more money!" A middle-aged peasant representative said angrily. He has an angular face, a lean head, and dark cheeks, although he is a typical peasant face, but from his eyes, Li Xiaoning faintly saw the spirit of a scholar, maybe he is a university leak, Li Xiaoning thought.

"That's it! Don't think of us ordinary people with the crooked intestines of your officials! An old man followed suit.

"That's right! We never wanted to slander you. ”

Seeing that everyone was going to quarrel again, Li Xiaoning knocked on the table and said, "Everyone said one by one, arguing like this can't be a problem at all." Big brother, what's your name? Let's start with that. Li Xiaoning pointed at the middle-aged representative. He has already seen that this person is the leader of the villagers, and if he wants to deal with this matter satisfactorily, he must first conquer this person.

"My name is Yang Chengcai." The middle-aged representative said, "We don't want a penny from the government, we just don't want to move graves." ”

Li Xiaoning frowned and said, "Then there must be a reason, right?" ”

Yang Chengcai said: "As the old saying goes, 'The rich don't change their doors, and the poor don't move their graves.'" It is said that the relocation of graves is a big event, and the graves should not be moved lightly! As the saying goes, 'The dead are great, and the earth is safe.' The grave is full of our ancestors, and it is not to be disturbed. ”

Listening to Yang Chengcai's words, Li Xiaoning couldn't help but be stunned, he grew up with a scientific education, and he has always been disdainful of these feudal superstitious thoughts, and although he is also a child from the countryside, his hometown has been greatly affected by reform and opening up, and the rural funeral reform has also been done very well, and cremation has long been popularized, including his father. So he didn't expect that the reason why the villagers of Xiaoyangzhuang were reluctant to move the graves was because they were afraid of disturbing the dead ancestors.

Li Xiaoning asked the other villager representatives for confirmation suspiciously: "You all didn't move the grave because of this?" ”

"That's right! That's why! The villager representatives nodded in unison.

This time, Li Xiaoning felt a little big, since he stepped into the officialdom, he has also encountered a lot of difficulties, but he has relied on his wisdom, bravery and luck to resolve them one by one, but the problem in front of him made him feel powerless. People don't want money, they just don't want to. What tricks can you have? Hard relocation? Isn't that the same as those forced demolitions?

After being stunned for a while, Li Xiaoning said to Yang Chengcai: "I have heard a poem, which was also written by the ancients, 'The three emperors and five emperors of morality, the famous Shang and Zhou after the summer, the five tyrants and seven heroes make trouble in the Spring and Autumn Period, and they rise and fall in an instant. There are a few lines of names and surnames in the history, countless barren hills in the north, the fields of the predecessors and the descendants of the people, and it is said that the dragon fights for the tiger! This poem is about the high morality of his three emperors and five emperors, or the fame and fortune of the Shang and Zhou dynasties after the summer, but in the end it is nothing more than a few lonely graves and a pile of barren grass. Death is like a lamp going out, death is dead, what is there to be disturbed? He saw that this Yang Chengcai liked to quote scriptures, so he also dragged the text.

Yang Chengcai didn't give any face, and immediately pushed back: "What Mayor Li said is not right. ”