Looking at the excited people, Li Xiaoning said unhurriedly: "I can hide from the first day of junior high school, but I can't hide from the fifteenth." I still understand this truth. I've just taken office, and if my words don't count, I guess you won't be able to let me continue to do it. The house in the back is my home in Pingshan Town, and if you can't get the money tomorrow, you can tear down my house and let me sleep on the street. ”

Everyone saw that Li Xiaoning's face was sincere, and his words were interesting, and their feelings eased up again. The middle-aged man with glasses spoke: "Mayor Xiao Li, I believe you are a good official, give you a night to prepare, and we will come back tomorrow." After speaking, he turned his head and shouted to the crowd behind him: "Folks, we believe that Mayor Xiao Li will go back first, everyone will go back first, now it is cold, and it is also freezing here at night." ”

Most of these ordinary people are still relatively simple, and the reason why they all came to besiege the town government in a swarm is because He Dongliang did go too far, and on the other hand, because of the herd mentality, watching other people come, in order not to be excluded, they also followed. In fact, they are still a little afraid of the government in their bones, and they have always been wary of the siege of the town government. Now that their leader has spoken, he is naturally happy to get off the donkey. I don't know who took the lead, and the others followed, and after a while, the thousands of mouthfuls slowly dispersed.

Li Xiaoning breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He was actually very nervous just now, and he was sweating in the late autumn season.

Zhang Erwa walked up, frowned and said to Li Xiaoning: "Mayor Li, you shouldn't have said it so dead just now, where is this money so easy to return......

Li Xiaoning said sternly: "The people have been around for most of the day, if you don't give them a satisfactory answer, how can things be calmed down?" If you don't handle it well, it will be a big mess. Besides, it's just that the money received is returned to the people, what's so difficult? ”

Zhang Erwa sighed and said, "Hey, I can't tell you a word or two, let's go into the house and talk about it." ”

At this time, the members of the government who had been trapped in the house for most of the day also came out. Everyone enthusiastically gathered around and greeted the new mayor Li Xiaoning, and their greetings were sincere, because Li Xiaoning was equivalent to saving them. Only He Dongliang's expression was a little complicated, but after hesitating for a long time, he still stepped forward to say hello to Li Xiaoning.

Thinking of the cold faces he saw when he first came, and then looking at the enthusiastic faces in front of him, Li Xiaoning couldn't help but sigh a little. But he still nodded enthusiastically to everyone, and then said, "Everyone has worked hard today." But I can't let everyone go back to rest, and I have to continue to work hard, because we have to return the people's fund-raising money tomorrow, and we must sort out the details tonight, verify that they are correct, register and make a record, and ensure that the one-time return is completed tomorrow. The members of the party group came first to have a meeting, and the others had a meal first and rested. Aihua and Dengke, you two go to the shop to buy some instant noodles for everyone. ”

Li Xiaoning entered the state very quickly, and has begun to arrange work very skillfully. Most of the party members, including Zhang Erwa, have no objection to this, because Li Xiaoning's expression just now is enough for them to regard Li Xiaoning as the backbone. Although He Dongliang was still a little unhappy in his heart, he couldn't say anything, after all, Li Xiaoning was now his boss, and if Li Xiaoning hadn't lifted the siege just now, he really didn't know if he would have been caught and beaten to death by the people.

Entering the conference room, Li Xiaoning took the lead and said: "Mayor He, you can talk about the fundraising first." ”

He Dongliang moved his buttocks and coughed twice before saying: "Mayor Li, you don't know, there are so many people in our town, they are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and they always like to make some unsightly actions among the masses, fanning the flames, and causing some backward masses to be dissatisfied with the leaders of the town government. That Hou Siyan is a typical ......"

Li Xiaoning interrupted him coldly and said in a deep voice: "I asked you to talk about fundraising, why are you talking about this?" ”

He Dongliang has always walked sideways in Pingshan Town, before Pang Weidong and Zhang Erwa were polite to him, but now he was reprimanded by Li Xiaoning in front of so many people, his face was a little unbearable, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then continued: "The matter of fundraising is discussed collectively by the party committee, and all preparations should be said to have been fully done." According to the previous budget, each family needs to raise at least 5,000 yuan, considering that the people in Pingshan Town are indeed poor, so we set to pay it in three installments, and the first time to pay 2,000 yuan. The common people are also more active, if you want to get rich first build roads, this is after all a good thing for the people of Pingshan Town to get rid of poverty and become well-off. Who knows, but someone deliberately fanned the flames in the back, and it turned out to be like this. I didn't think of it either. If only I had known ......"

Li Xiaoning tapped the table with his fingers and said impatiently, "Talk about the point." How many families have been collected, how much money has been collected, and where is the money now? ”

He Dongliang's eyes were a little distant, and he said vaguely: "I can't remember the specific number, it's almost more than one million." The ledger is not with me. ”

"Where's that?" Li Xiaoning asked coldly.

"In Kobayashi." He Dongliang avoided Li Xiaoning's gaze and said.

"Let him come. Right away. Li Xiaoning said undoubtedly.

"Hey." He Dongliang agreed listlessly, got up and went out to call someone.

Soon, a twenty-eight or nineteen-year-old girl followed He Dongliang into the conference room, and said timidly to Li Xiaoning: "Mayor Li, you call me." ”

Li Xiaoning's tone was slightly slower, and he asked, "This fundraising, you kept the accounts?" ”

"Yes." The girl replied nervously.

Li Xiaoning said: "Then you report to everyone." ”

"Hey!" The girl took out a notebook and read, "In the past few days, all the cadres and workers of the town have gone down to the village to collect funds under the leadership of Mayor He, and up to now, a total of 764 households have paid the fund-raising funds, some have paid all of them, and some have paid part of them, totaling 1,235,300 yuan. Sixty-four sheep, seventy-three pigs, and two oxen. ”

When Li Xiaoning heard that the accounts were still clear, his face softened, and he asked again, "Where is the money now?" Prepare it, and I will return it to the people tomorrow. ”

The girl said, "The money is in our treasury, but it is not enough to pay it back." ”

Li Xiaoning frowned and asked, "Why is it not enough?" ”

"Because there aren't that many." The girl said innocently.

"How much less? Where did it go? Li Xiaoning's face sank again.

The girl said: "The two hundred and twenty-eight are missing, and they were taken away by Mayor He." ”

Li Xiaoning's gaze shot at He Dongliang, and he said coldly: "Mayor He, explain!" ”

He Dongliang's shoehorn with slanted facial features was sweating on his face, and he said with a flickering eye: "This money has been used up......"