The mountain people said, "A few more, one is enough." The year before last, there was still a teaching old office in the village primary school, but later after the national reform, the old office was cleared, and the village primary school was merged into the township center primary school. ”

Another mountain man interjected: "The conditions of the township central primary school are much stronger than the village primary school, but it is too far, the school is too expensive, the village family cannot afford the accommodation fee and canteen meals, the babies are still too young, and it is not possible to work in the city, and it is not a matter of the wild mountains all day long. ”

Everyone was silent, they didn't expect the children of Wild Boar Yu to be in such a state of survival, Liu Ziguang walked out of the courtyard gate, and the dogs around the door dispersed, but the children surrounded them, looking at Liu Ziguang curiously, their clothes were very torn, their hands were frostbite, their heads were unkempt, and their faces were red, but their eyes were surprisingly clear.

"Kids, do you want to go to school?" Liu Ziguang asked with a pleasant face.

"Yes!" The children replied in unison.

"Then tell me, what's the good with going to school?"

"When I go to school, I can go to the city to work and help my family make money."

"When I go to school, I can eat meat like a hairy boy."

The children gossiped that although the motivation for going to school was different, the purpose was the same, that is, to live a better life than now, simple words, clear eyes, so that Liu Ziguang realized that this was not taught by adults, but the children's heartfelt wishes, and life in the mountains was too bitter.

"Okay, I'll help you find a few teachers when I go back, and I'll also cover the book money and stationery!" Liu Ziguang boasted about Haikou, the children's eyes widened and couldn't help but be happy, and the adults also glanced at each other, their faces full of surprise.

"I packed the tables, chairs and benches!" Zhuo Li stood up and said.

"I wrapped the school uniform, a full set of clothes, shoes and hats, the same as the children in the city!" Bei Xiaoshuai was not to be outdone.

Xuanzi was anxious, jumped up and shouted: "The renovation of the school building is mine, no one should fight with me!" ”

Everyone talked and laughed about the affairs of the Wild Boar Yu Primary School, and at this time the wine was almost drunk, and the mountain people arranged for the guests to stay, and led them to a fairly flat house, where the beds had been made, and the bedding was clean, and everyone was drunk and fell asleep, and the snoring shook the sky.

The next day, a childish singing woke everyone up from their dreams, rubbed their sleepy eyes, and leaned on the window to see that the children of the village were standing in the courtyard, singing the national anthem to the rising five-star red flag, they obviously had no formal training, the salutes were varied, and the march of the volunteers was also absurd in their mouths, only the eyes were solemn, as if they were carrying out the most sacred things.

A few men lying by the window felt that their noses were a little sour, these uninhibited and heroic men in the rivers and lakes actually showed that they also had a fragile side, and the national flag that was usually seen on weekdays seemed to have a different meaning at this moment.

Everyone washed up, the mountain people served cakes and wheat porridge wrapped in grain noodles, and when everyone was feasting, suddenly a villager ran out of breath and said: "Director Zhou, the township is calling for you." ”

Zhou Wen hurriedly followed him to answer the phone, the call was from Township Chief Gao, and his voice was very eager: "Director Zhou, the county is looking for you everywhere, please hurry up and call back." ”

Zhou Wen hurriedly called the bureau, and the office said that the county government had something to do with him yesterday, and it seemed to be more important.

"Why didn't you let me know sooner?" Zhou Wen blamed.

"Your phone has no signal, and we can't help it." The other party shirked his responsibility, and Zhou Wen knew that he was still in the township yesterday, and the mobile phone signal was on, but the gang in the bureau deliberately delayed it because they wanted to harm themselves.

He didn't have time to dwell on this matter, so he called the county again and directly found the deputy county magistrate Tang in charge of the economy, and the deputy county magistrate Tang said: "Xiao Zhou, the opportunity has come, there is an international tour group coming to our county, you come back quickly, the county party committee and county government have mobilized, and you are the only one." ”

Putting down the phone, Zhou Wen hurriedly found Liu Ziguang and Lao Chengtou, saying that there was something in the county to go back quickly, but everyone had just arrived here, so they had to find two mountain people to send Zhou Wen to the township, and then the township sent a car to the county seat.

……

Zhou Wen rushed back to the county seat and came to the compound of the county party committee, where the economic work conference was being held, the top leaders in the county were all here, the big conference room was quiet, the participants were carefully taking notes, the secretary of the county party committee Zhang was making an important speech, and the deputy county magistrate Tang saw Zhou Wen coming in from the side door, and quietly left the table to pull Zhou Wen to the outside corridor to talk to him.

"Xiao Zhou, the opportunity of your tourism bureau is here, after receiving the notice of the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office, the elderly search tour group hosted by the Ono Foundation of Japan will arrive in our county in the afternoon, the Ono Foundation is very powerful in Japan, the current president has a lot of feelings for China, and he has entertained them well, and the matter of attracting investment in our county is not a problem, and I will be able to take off the hat of the national poor county in one fell swoop next year, I have been following this matter for half a year, and I must do a good job! You are a cadre from the city, you have seen the world, you have to bear the burden of the reception task, where you want to go, you must make proper arrangements as soon as possible, if there is a problem, I will only ask you. ”

Deputy County Magistrate Tang patted Zhou Wen's shoulder very affectionately, turned around and went back, but Zhou Wen was confused, what kind of Japanese tour group, he hadn't done his homework at all, but it was too late, so he could only catch the ducks on the shelves.

The meeting ended quickly, the county party secretary Zhang took the leaders of the four sets of teams in the county to drive to the county border to meet the search group, because Nantai County is a national poor county, many mountain villages have bad roads, in order to facilitate the leadership of the countryside inspection, specially equipped with some off-road vehicles with more suitable performance, Secretary Zhang's car in addition to a 1.8 displacement of the low-profile Audi, there is also an imported Ankere, but the household registration is hung in the name of the county poverty alleviation office.

At the county border, the red flag was displayed, the gongs and drums were noisy, and a group of leaders of the county party committee and county government were wearing navy blue suits, ties of different colors, shiny heads and leather shoes, standing in a row to greet the distinguished guests.

The strength of the Ono Foundation is also very well-known in the world, the comrades of the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office and the Tourism Bureau attach great importance to this activity, and specially send personnel to participate, the members of the search group took off from Tokyo Narita International Airport, and after landing at the provincial airport, the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office contacted the Railway Branch and used a carriage to transport these international friends, because the plane was slightly delayed, so the train schedule was also extended accordingly, these trivial details show the meticulous and meticulous attitude of the comrades of the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office.

The search group changed cars in Jiangbei City, and the Jiangbei City Foreign Affairs Office and the Municipal Party Committee's car squad sent several modified Toyota Coasters, and the Municipal Public Security Bureau sent police cars to open the road all the way to Nantai County.

The guests finally came, the three Toyota Coasters stopped steadily, the hydraulic glass door slowly opened, first the staff of the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office came down, and then took care of a few elderly international friends.

The leaders of the county party committee began to applaud and welcome, under the leadership of Secretary Zhang, the leaders showed a warm and unpretentious smile on their faces, unhurriedly tapping the palm of their left hand with their right hand, the action was reserved and natural, and the official authority was inadvertently revealed, as for the other low-level cadres were full of smiles and applauded desperately, for fear that the voice would not be loud enough.

Secretary Zhang personally stepped forward to shake hands with the honorary head of the search group, this is a late old man in a wheelchair, his head and beard are all white, but his waist is straight, and he is wearing a meticulous three-piece suit, although his age is not forgiving, the momentum is still undiminished, Secretary Zhang shook hands with him cordially and asked about the health of the old man, the female translator bowed down and whispered Secretary Zhang's greetings, and the old man bowed to him at a small angle to show his gratitude.

Another important guest is the president of the Ono Foundation, 68-year-old Ono Ko, who is also dressed in a strict black three-piece suit, not tall but spirited, revealing the shrewdness of a businessman and the old-fashioned of the Japanese.

Secretary Zhang also expressed his greetings to President Ono and personally sent him to the car, and then the police car of the county traffic police brigade took over the task of opening the road, sounded the siren and drove towards the county seat.

The Japanese friends sat in the Toyota van and enjoyed the scenery on both sides of the road, and only the old man in the wheelchair keenly noticed the fierce and fierce look on the faces of the motorcyclists, usually only on the faces of battle-hardened soldiers.

The old man gently called the female interpreter to him and asked her, "What is this, what are you doing?" ”

The female translator said: "This is a convoy sent by the county government to protect us." ”

The old man asked, "What part of their work is theirs?" ”

The female translator glanced at these motorcyclists, who were wearing bea-green clothes, wearing white armed belts, and wearing white steel helmets, like traffic police but not traffic police, like the army but not the army, she was also a little confused, and then looked carefully, only to see four small words on the side of the steel helmet: administrative law enforcement.

"Mr. Hashimoto, they are from the county ** team." The female translator said happily.

"That's not right!" Old Hashimoto stubbornly shook his head and said: "Even the guys who graduated from the Nakano School of the Self-Defense Forces don't have such fierce eyes, these people must be special forces sent by the authorities to spy on us, their clothes can deceive people, but their temperament can't deceive me." ”

The beautiful female translator had no choice but to say weakly: "Hai." ”

In order to show the new style of Nantai, the convoy deliberately detoured, from Zhang into the county, the wide road on both sides of the magnificent county office building, trees and lawns green, fountains dingdong, specially listened to the class waiting here hundreds of primary and secondary school students dressed in festive costumes, holding bouquets of flowers on both sides of the road, the little face has been frozen red, seeing the arrival of the convoy, it jumped up under the supervision of the leaders of the Education Bureau and the teachers of the school, waving the bouquet while jumping, rhythmically shouted: "Welcome, welcome, warm welcome." ”

The old Japanese men and ladies in the van also waved politely, and the three Toyota Coasters slowly walked forward in a sea of streamers and flowers to the door of the most luxurious Jinfan Hotel in the county.