Another gust of wind struck, the wind and clouds changed color, flying sand and rocks, and a large tree by the playground was uprooted by the wind, and fell on a section of the fence that had not yet collapsed, and the brick wall collapsed with a bang, and overwhelmed an electric pole outside the wall.

The cadres shouted loudly: "Protect the county magistrate!" A group of people immediately pounced on Zhou Wen and crushed him underneath, but Zhou Wen struggled out and yelled: "Leave me alone, protect the students!" ”

At this time, there were still more than a dozen students on the campus who had not been evacuated, and the cadres and parents escorted the crying children to the township agricultural machinery station not far from the central primary school, which is a two-story small brick and concrete structure that can withstand strong winds.

Closing the door and closing the window, everyone was shocked, Zhou Wen wiped the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief and said, "Count the students, are there any missing." ”

"It's all here, a lot." Principal Wang glanced at it for a week and replied that as the principal of the Central Primary School, he knew the situation of each student very well, who was sent to the hospital, who went home, and who was absent, he knew very well in his heart.

Outside, the wind howled, the wind sounded like the roar of a giant beast, the crown of the street trees was blown to the ground, and even the car parked on the road was overturned, the students were so frightened that they began to cry again. But there was no sound in the earpiece.

"County Magistrate Zhou, the wind is too strong, the mobile phone signal is gone, the telephone line is also blown off by the wind, and the county fire brigade can't be contacted." Huang Jinsong put down the phone and reported.

"Forget it, it's okay for the fire brigade to come, the power of nature is too strong, alas, ......" Zhou Wen stood at the window and looked sad, Nantai County has frequent natural disasters, floods and wind disasters are all factors restricting the local economic development, the county has no money, and even the salaries of primary and secondary school teachers cannot be released on time, let alone come up with funds to repair the school building.

But since the old Cheng Tou of Wild Boar Yu donated a huge amount of money, the problem of school buildings has been solved, Zhou Wen approved 500,000 funds from this special fund, which is specially used to repair the dilapidated houses of primary and secondary schools in the county, and the funds have already been in place, but Zhuwangzhuang Central Primary School still has this kind of thing, which is puzzling and angry.

Zhou Wen turned around abruptly, walked up to Principal Wang and asked, "The county's specially approved maintenance fund arrived last month, why didn't the school building be repaired in time, and the students were still allowed to attend classes in the dilapidated building?" ”

Principal Wang opened his mouth, but finally didn't say anything, squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, and tore his head in pain.

Zhou Wen knew what to expect, turned to look at Township Chief Huang, who was looking left and right, and asked, "Old Huang, where is the special maintenance fund allocated by the county used?" ”

Township Chief Huang avoided Zhou Wen's eyes, lowered his head and muttered: "The township's finances are ...... tight."

"I asked you where you used it, Huang Jinsong, you stood up straight for me, and said it loudly!" Zhou Wen was completely angry, as expected, the school building maintenance fund was spent by these grassroots cadres again, if the investigation is true, he will never tolerate it, and the relevant personnel must be severely punished by the law.

Township Chief Huang straightened his waist, his lips trembled: "County Magistrate Zhou, don't be angry, this money was not eaten and drunk by us, but bought cement yellow sand, bricks and stones, originally planned to renovate the school building, but the county suddenly gave an urgent task, let the road construction venue meet the leadership inspection, I thought that it was more important to attract investment, so I misappropriated the building materials of the central primary school, County Magistrate Zhou, if you want to punish me!" ”

Saying that, Huang Jinsong knelt down, and cried bitterly with a handful of snot and tears, three students and a teacher died, and someone must bear this responsibility, as the leader of the township government, he could not escape the responsibility.

Zhou Wen thought about it next day, a few days ago, it was he who put pressure on Huang Jinsong, asking him to build a viewing platform outside Xiamapo Village in the fastest time at any cost, and also to level the land, pull up the fence, and build a flat dirt road, all of which cost money, the township finances are stretched, and the county does not give money, no wonder Huang Jinsong will use his brain to the school building maintenance fund.

Township Chief Huang cried bitterly, full of remorse, being a township chief in a poor township is not a beautiful difference, he is less than fifty years old, his head is bald, he looks like a sixty-year-old man, Zhou Wen sighed, patted Huang Jinsong's shoulder and said: "Old Huang, get up and speak, your son graduated last year, right?" ”

Huang Jinsong was stunned for a moment, and didn't understand why County Magistrate Zhou suddenly mentioned this matter, but soon he understood, stood up and whispered: "My son graduated from the normal school last year, and he hasn't found a formal job yet, and now he is helping at the township animal husbandry station." ”

"Your son's work, I will find a way, the county education bureau will retire two people this year, and there is a ...... quota"

"County Magistrate Zhou, thank you, I understand." Huang Jinsong replied gloomily.

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The wind finally stopped, Zhou Wen asked Xiao Li to drive his own car to send the four lightly injured students to the hospital for first aid, and he rushed back to the county in the township van, and when he arrived at the Jinfan Hotel, it was already dusk, the parking lot was deserted, and all those Audis and Mercedes-Benz were gone.

In the hall, I met a tired Xu: "The leader left?" Did you say anything? ”

Xu: "This wind is really not the right time, the natural conditions of our Nantai County are poor, but this can't affect the determination of the leaders, Xiao Zhou, you can rest assured." ”

Zhou Wen was relieved, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart.

After the typhoon, Zhou Wen ran all over the county to inspect the disaster, went deep into the fields to comfort the victims, the eight-level gale caused huge losses, tens of thousands of acres of vegetable greenhouses were destroyed, hundreds of houses collapsed, the county died five people, dozens of injured, the county party committee and county government made timely deployments, opened up green emergency channels, free treatment of injured victims, put condolences money, and allocated special funds to repair school buildings.

The collapse of the central primary school in Zhuwangzhuang Township, the person responsible for the relevant incident was severely punished, and the township mayor Huang Jinsong was dismissed on the spot and transferred to the judicial organs for handling, but this could not calm the situation, the parents of the deceased students carried the child's corpse and came to the township to make trouble, but the township government had already closed the door and locked it, and the building was empty.

In desperation, the masses had no choice but to drive tractors and agricultural three-wheelers to the county to ask for explanations.

When hundreds of people wearing linen and wearing filial piety gathered at the gate of the Nantai County Government with banners in black letters on a white background, crying and beating their chests, it was noon, and a large number of onlookers who did not know the truth gathered without much effort, passers-by stopped their bicycles and stopped to watch, and women gathered together to chatter and comment.

Three huge black and white portraits are placed in front of the coffin, the children in the photos are still childish, with red scarves tied on their chests, incense, candles and fruits are placed in front of the portraits, some women with strips of cloth on their heads are sitting on the ground and slapping their thighs and crying, while the men are standing by with gloomy faces and smoking cigarettes.

The iron fence gate of the county government was closed, and the county public security bureau urgently dispatched 30 police officers to maintain order, and more and more people gathered at the gate, and the vehicles of the county government could not get in or out, and the cars on the road were gradually congested.

The window on the third floor of the county government, several deputy county magistrates are holding teacups and looking at the western scenery for a long time, Zhuwangzhuang Township is the main position for attracting investment, and it is also the township that Zhou Wen is personally responsible for.

"This is a very bad impact, someone has to come out and take responsibility." Deputy County Magistrate Zhu blew the hot air on the teacup and said gracefully.

"Yes, no matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education, and if the special funds are allocated, there can still be accidents, which can be seen...... Hmph, the mouth is **, it's not good to do things. Another deputy county magistrate with gray temples said with a sneer.

"Hey, it's just a few elementary school students who died, why are so many adults wearing linen and filial piety, this is wrong." Questions were raised.

Deputy County Magistrate Zhu explained: "One of the three students who died was a child from Xiamapo Village, this child is a young person, many people in the village are two generations below him, and the village chief Liang Zhongzhong is his nephew." ”

Everyone suddenly realized, and then deeply admired Deputy County Magistrate Zhu, who was a local cadre in Nantai County, and even the name of the township-level cadre could be said.

At this time, Zhou Wen had just returned from Dahe Township to comfort the affected people, he only felt that the bones of his whole body were going to be scattered, and after several days of running around and working, the psychological pressure was great, and no matter how young his physique was, he couldn't withstand this toss, and Zhou Wen, who was extremely tired, lay on the back seat of Santana and gradually snored, and waited until he arrived at the door of the county government before being awakened by the sound of car horns.

"Xiao Li, what's going on?" Zhou Wen got up and asked.

"The petitioner blocked the door again." Xiao Li said strangely, he has been a driver in the car class of Nantai County Government for five years, this kind of scene has been seen a lot, in the past, when Secretary Zhang and County Magistrate Tang were in power, this kind of thing had to come several times a year, it was not a new thing.

Zhou Wen looked through the car window, saw the white flags and black yarn, and immediately understood what was going on, he pushed the car door and was about to get out of the car, but was pulled by the office director sitting next to him: "County Magistrate Zhou, don't go over, these Diao people are looking for you." ”

"Looking for me? Take me even more. Zhou Wen asked.

The new office director's surname is Zhang, who used to be a clerk who did nothing, and was promoted after Zhou Wen took office, he regarded himself as Zhou Wen's descendant, and said earnestly: "County Magistrate Zhou, you can't go over now, otherwise these Diao people will have to make an inch and make unreasonable demands, the most appropriate way is to treat them coldly, hang them, and then send a cadre to talk when they are tired and tired, even scare and deceive, coax them back first, and then let the public security arrest people." ”

"That's how you used to deal with it?" Zhou Wen smiled, or pushed the car door down, the office director and driver Xiao Li hurriedly got out of the car and followed, but soon blocked the way by the surging crowd, and could only watch the county magistrate Zhou squeeze forward, so anxious that they beat their chests, but there was nothing they could do.

Liang Dazhong was very indignant, his uncle was only eleven years old this year, and he was crushed to death in the classroom of the township center primary school, which was already a dilapidated house, the walls were cracked and cracked, and he was usually supported by wood, everyone knew that something would happen when the wind blew, but no one cared, and it turned out to be a bad result, three dolls died, and a female teacher in her early twenties died.

When the father of this little uncle was working in the city eight years ago, the building caught fire and was burned to death, it was the widow's mother who pulled him to the scene with a handful of feces and urine, who knew that he died in the classroom, and at the end of the school only sent 5,000 yuan in pension, the people in the village couldn't swallow this breath, and he couldn't sit idly by as the backbone of the village head, so he carried the coffin to the township to say the law, and the other two bitter masters were from the neighboring villages, and they also followed the coffin to join the army, and the people were more courageous and stronger, and no one in the township took care of it and went directly to the county.

A group of people were confronting the police at the gate of the county government, when they suddenly saw a dusty man squeeze out of the crowd and stand in front of the statue.

"County Magistrate Zhou!"

Then he saw that County Magistrate Zhou took three sticks of incense, calmly lit them with a lighter, and naturally knelt down in front of the three statues.

For a moment, there was silence at the door of the county government.