Chapter 16: Returning Home (Three Watches)
Lin Jinhong and the three returned to the van, took out the instant noodles and boiling water that had been prepared, and the three of them sat in the car and snorted and sweated profusely. The driver, Lao Chen, said to Lin Jinhong while eating noodles: "Deputy Mayor Lin, I have been driving in the town for more than 20 years, and it is the first time I have seen a cadre like you. ”
"Hehe, Yamaguchi Village is poor, try not to trouble them if you can, sometimes one meal is enough for them to eat for several days!" Lin Jinhong smiled indifferently.
Wang Xi raised the instant noodle bowl in his hand, "Deputy Mayor Lin, I, Wang Xi, have taken it, and I will replace the wine with soup, and I will toast you!" ”
"Yes, yes! I also salute Deputy Mayor Lin with a cup! Lao Chen also stepped forward to join in the fun, and the two of them drank the noodle soup with a "hiss", and the sweat on their faces was pouring out.
Lin Jinhong shook his head and smiled bitterly, doing this by himself is like putting on a show, but what about showmanship, when people come to this road, they still have to do it if they have the opportunity to put on a show, even if it is to accumulate a little reputation for themselves. Of course, there must be a degree of showmanship, if it is excessive, it will be the opposite, disgusting, but not beautiful.
After eating noodles, the three of them rested in the car for a while, until the village cadres of Yamaguchi Village came out, and everyone entered the village again and held a brief meeting in the office of the village committee, at which Lin Jinhong briefly summarized the problems found during the inspection of Yamaguchi Village and the requirements for the future work of the village committee.
The meeting did not last long, and Lam's speech at the meeting was short and crisp, not as long as others. Half an hour later, the meeting ended, and at the same time, Lin Jinhong also finished the inspection work of Shankou Village and set off for the next stop, Shaoyuan Village. On the road at the entrance of Shankou Village, Lin Jinhong's car left with the wave of everyone.
Shaoyuan Village is next door to Yamaguchi Village, about five or six minutes by car, Shaoyuan Village is much better than Yamaguchi Village, a wide cement road leads directly to the end of the village, although it is not done at the door of the house, but it is estimated that there are seven or eight percent of the family in front of the road. After the van entered the village, it headed straight for the office building of the village committee.
When they arrived at the ground, people from the village committee were standing at the door to greet them, "Warmly welcome Deputy Mayor Lin to come to Shaoyuan Village to inspect and guide the work in his busy schedule!" As soon as he got out of the car, the village party secretary grabbed Lin Jinhong's hand and shook it vigorously, with a constant smile on his face.
"Second Uncle Yu, don't be Deputy Mayor Lin, just call me Jinhong, I'm not here to inspect the work today, I'm here to learn from you!" Lin Jinhong stepped forward as he said and shook hands with everyone one by one. He also introduced Wang Xi and the driver Lao Chen to everyone.
"Jinhong can be regarded as returning to his hometown, whether to talk about work first, or go home first, let your grandfather be happy first!"
"No, let's have a short meeting first! Second Uncle Yu, let's say okay first, I don't need to prepare dinner, I haven't been home for a long time, and I have to go back to have two drinks with my grandfather! Lin Jinhong said with a serious face.
"It's okay, Jinhong is out from his own village, so we're welcome, let's have a meeting!"
Fifteen minutes later, Lin Jinhong's so-called brief meeting ended, and he took Lao Chen and Wang Xi out of the village committee office building and returned to his home.
Pushing open the door of his yard, his grandfather was watching TV in the living room, and when he saw Lin Jinhong coming in, he lowered the voice of the TV, "Are you back?" ”
"Yes!" Lin Jinhong nodded and let the two companions into the house, "Grandpa, this is Secretary Wang of the Comprehensive Office, and this is the driver Lao Chen!" ”
"Hehe, come, come, sit down and talk!" Grandpa was very polite to the two, and after the two sat down, he asked Lin Jinhong to pour tea, and after some hecticism, the four of them sat down on the sofa.
"Grandma's not home?"
"Knowing you're coming back, I'm going grocery shopping with your mother."
"My mom is back, too?"
"Well, I came back with a special leave!"
Seeing this, Lin Jinhong simply got up and walked out of the living room, and after walking around the yard, he went to the courtyard next door, the door of the old man's house was locked, and the doors and windows were full of dust, obviously he never came back. The girl once said that the old man was going to live in Yanjing for a period of time, and the old man lived in Yanjing before he retired, so the girl's parents forced the girl to be admitted to Yenching University.
Standing at the door of the old man's house and thinking for a while, Lin Jinhong shook his head and smiled bitterly, I haven't seen the girl for a long time, I haven't talked back to the old man for a long time, hey, I still miss the old days.
The family had a hearty dinner, and there was nothing to entertain in the village, so they had to sit in the living room and watch TV and chat. Chatting and chatting, the grandfather and grandson chatted about work, Wang Xi and Lao Chen got up with interest and said that they were going to go outside.
"Grandpa, there are a total of three people running for deputy mayor this time, one is my friend, he is the son of Deputy Secretary Luo of the county party committee, and the other is an old cadre with rich work experience, I heard that I am a relative of a certain leader in the county, I have no advantage compared with them at all, why did I win in the end?" Lin Jinhong waited for Wang Xi and the two to leave, and said the doubts held in his heart. This question has been held in my heart for a long time, and this question can't be asked to Luo Fei and others, doesn't it make people doubt that they are showing off.
"Oh, Deputy Secretary Luo's son, it's a bit of a background!" Grandpa shook his head and laughed.
Or is it just a nod? He's a lot more from a lot than I am! Lin Jinhong muttered in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it. At home, who is Lin Jinhong most afraid of? Do you still need to ask, the most afraid is of course grandpa. He can make jokes about his parents indiscriminately, and he can also face Old Man Zhou's anger without fear, but he doesn't dare to say a word in front of his grandfather no matter what.
"You don't need to ask about this question, you just need to work with peace of mind. You've also been to Yamaguchi Village, and you were born in Shaoyuan Village, and the situation of Daliao Village and Yamaguchi Village, your next destination, is not much different, do you have any plans? ”
"Trying to improve their standard of living?"
"How to improve?"
"If you want to get rich, you must first build roads!"
"Where does the money come from? How did they get rich after building roads? ”
"Ask Secretary Ma for money! As for how to bring them to get rich after the road is built, this remains to be verified, after all, today is also a matter of sightseeing, how can it be possible to come up with specific measures. ”
"That's nonsense! Do things one step at a time, without overall planning, you can never do things well! Being an official is not something that can be done well with just a lot of blood, I only say one word, think twice before doing anything! ”
Lin Jinhong didn't speak, silently chewing the weight of these seven words in his heart, thinking twice about everything, it's easier said than done. He is no longer entangled in this issue, and if he wants to really achieve these seven words, he has to slowly comprehend them himself. Lin Jinhong told his grandfather about Ma Wei and Xiao Zhiyuan asking him at the same time if they were party members.
Grandpa squinted his eyes when he heard this, and only said after a while: "In the next two years, you don't have to think about joining the party committee, you can do things with peace of mind, make some achievements, and the matter of joining the party committee will naturally come naturally." You are still young, and you have been training in the township for a few years, which will only be good for your future. Don't look at the township is the lowest level of government in China, but the struggle here is by no means worse than other places, and it is here that people's abilities can be tempered the most! ”