"What rumors?"

Zhang Li reacted as soon as she finished asking, looked at Lin Tao with beautiful eyes, frowned slightly, and said, "Some people don't know the situation so they talk nonsense, do you believe those words that chew the root of the tongue?" ”

When Lin Tao was about to speak, Zhang Li continued to rush to say: "I know that some people are unbalanced when they see me as the director of the office, so they deliberately slander me. In fact, I'm not afraid to tell you honestly, the reason why I was able to become the director of this office is that Li Xiangfeng's father played a great role in it. ”

Lin Tao nodded thoughtfully, in fact, he listened to Li Xiangfeng's words at the dinner table last night, and roughly guessed the reason why Zhang Li was able to become the director of the Listing City Office, and Li Xiangfeng's father played a great role in it.

It seems that he did misunderstand Zhang Li before, and he was disgusted with Zhang Li for this reason, and even deliberately embarrassed Zhang Li to massage himself.

Thinking about it like this, Lin Tao felt a little sorry for Zhang Li.

"How do you want me to help you?" Lin Tao looked at Zhang Li and asked softly.

Zhang Li saw that Lin Tao meant to help him, and suddenly his face showed joy, and said: "Chang Youxian asked me to accompany him to the province on weekends, saying that it was casual to go around, but in fact, the purpose was obvious, just to make me ......" Speaking of this, Zhang Li paused and went straight to the point: "I hope you can stay here on weekends, so that Chang Youxian will not dare to beat my idea for the time being." ”

Lin Tao smiled and asked, "Are you so sure that Chang Youxian will give up dating you because of me?" ”

Lin Tao used the word 'dating' so that Zhang Li couldn't help but glare at him, and then sighed faintly: "Of course he doesn't dare to ask someone in front of you, speaking of which he is a mayor, but he is only the mayor of a county-level city, for your backstage Governor Jiang, he is not even a fart, he dares to offend you?" ”

Lin Tao explained helplessly: "Governor Jiang is not my backstage. ”

"Won't it?" Zhang Li looked at Lin Tao curiously and said, "Then how could he call Chang Youxian in person and ask Chang Youxian to cooperate with you in poverty alleviation?" ”

Lin Tao said: "The relationship between me and him is not something that can be explained clearly in one or two sentences, so you still don't inquire about the subtleties." ”

Zhang Li nodded, stared at Lin Tao with beautiful eyes, and said, "Then are you willing to help me?" ”

Lin Tao was a little embarrassed, "If I leave on weekends, I have to stay here for three more days, which will delay too much time." ”

Zhang Li hurriedly said: "No, you can investigate Yongquan Village more carefully!" ”

Lin Tao glanced at Zhang Li with a wry smile and said, "Director Zhang, are you funny?" I'm just going to help the poor, and not to develop the village's economy in the past, as for so many days of investigation? ”

Zhang Li explained: "Although Yongquan Village is not big, the village is surrounded by rolling mountains, although the living environment is difficult, but the natural environment is still good, the air is fresh, the food is natural and pollution-free, and staying for two more days can also purify your body and mind!" ”

Lin Tao: "......"

"It's not easy for you to let me stay for a few more days, and you can pull out this kind of shabby reason."

"So are you going to help?" Zhang Li looked at Lin Tao nervously.

Lin Tao said: "Let me think about it." ”

After speaking, he drove in the direction of Anping Town again.

After about a quarter of an hour, the car arrived at the town of Anping.

Zhang Li turned her head to Lin Tao and asked, "Do you want to go to Zhenzhen Mansion?" ”

"No, these township cadres only know how to drink, it's not much use, they can't help us, let's go straight up the mountain!"

"It's very dangerous to get on the road, are you sure you don't want to find someone who is familiar with mountain roads to take us up?"

Lin Tao shook his head and said, "I went up once a few days ago, and when I was halfway up the mountain, because there was still mud on the mountain, I was afraid that something would happen to my brother, so I didn't continue to go up." Although this mountain road is a bit dangerous, it is still within the acceptable range, so you can follow me later. ”

Zhang Li asked a little nervously, "Is it really okay?" ”

Lin Tao looked at Zhang Li with a smile and said, "Didn't Chang Youxian say that you are very familiar with the situation in Yongquan Village?" You don't look like you've ever been to Yongquan Village, right? ”

Zhang Li was embarrassed by Lin Tao's question, she didn't want to hide it from Lin Tao, nodded stupidly and said: "At that time, Chang Youxian said that I knew the situation in Yongquan Village in order to send me to you, think about it, I have been living in the city, how can I go to a place like Yongquan Village." ”

Lin Tao's car slowed down a little when it passed by the town guest house, looked at Zhang Li and said, "If you are afraid, why don't you stay in the guest house first, don't go up with me, and come to you when I come out of Yongquan Village?" ”

"No, I'll be with you!" Zhang Li pursed her lips and smiled: "Poverty alleviation is a very meaningful thing, even if you have to take some risks, it is worth it." ”

"Well, okay." Lin Tao jokingly said: "For the sake of poverty alleviation, you are willing to take risks in person, you can be regarded as a good official." ”

Zhang Li laughed and said, "It's the first time I've heard someone say I'm a good official!" ”

"Comfortable, isn't it?"

"Okay, why don't you say it again?"

The two talked and laughed along the way, and soon arrived at the foot of the mountain leading to Yongquan Village, the car could not continue to drive forward, so Lin Tao parked the car under a big tree, and then the two hiked into the mountain.

The first half of the mountain road is not difficult to walk, it takes about half an hour to reach the halfway up the mountain, and when you reach the halfway point of the mountain, the mountain road suddenly narrows, and you can only go up the mountain against the cliff.

When Zhang Li saw this mountain, her face turned pale with fright, and her legs shook uncontrollably, Lin Tao stretched out a hand to grab her arm, and comforted: "Don't worry, you follow me, it's okay." ”

Zhang Li pursed her lips, nodded, and stared at the soles of her feet without saying a word, for fear that one would accidentally step on the air and fall off the cliff.

"What do you think of these villagers, they have to live a good life under the mountain, but they have to stubbornly stay in the mountain, there is no electricity and no communication facilities, how difficult the life on the mountain is!"

The mountain road gradually got better, Zhang Li relaxed a little, and said to Lin Tao.

Lin Tao can actually understand the villagers of Yongquan Village, after all, he has followed the old man in the mountains for more than ten years, if people get used to the life of a place, they will not feel awkward, that kind of life close to nature will make people's minds more empty, and the body and breath are closer to nature, and the feeling of close contact with nature is not at all understandable by those people in the city who have a bad nightlife.

"Actually, it's not difficult to understand, they are just used to life there and don't want to leave." After a pause, Lin Tao continued: "To give a very simple example, many old buildings are demolished, and the developer allocates them spacious new houses, which should be more comfortable to live in than their dilapidated houses, right? So why are they reluctant to demolish? Isn't it because I'm used to living in my old building, I have feelings, and I don't want to leave. ”

Zhang Li disagreed with Lin Tao's statement and defended: "That's not necessarily, as far as I know, most of the nail households are dissatisfied with the compensation for demolition, not the reluctant old house as you say." ”

Lin Tao glanced back at Zhang Li, and said angrily: "Director Zhang, will you raise the bar with me?" I'm just giving an example, and besides, you dare to say that the situation I'm talking about doesn't exist? ”

Zhang Li thought that there were still things to ask Lin Tao for, so she didn't argue with Lin Tao, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I won't raise the bar with you, what you said is reasonable, right?" ”

The two walked and chatted, diverting a lot of Zhang Li's attention, she was no longer as nervous as before, as soon as her mood relaxed, she felt that the mountain road was going very smoothly, and soon the outline of the entire Yongquan Village appeared in the eyes of the two.

"Ah, it's almost there!"

Zhang Li saw Yongquan Village in the distance at a glance, and immediately showed an excited expression.

However, Lin Tao looked at the village situation in Yongquan Village, and couldn't help sighing: "This village is indeed too barren, almost all of the whole village are mud houses, and it seems that none of them are brick houses." ”

Zhang Li sighed and said, "Living in the deep mountains, it is inconvenient to transport bricks and tiles, so they can only live in mud houses. ”

"Is it possible to pave a wider road to the bottom of the mountain? As long as the transportation is convenient, their lives will be improved. ”

Zhang Li shook her head with a wry smile and said: "Impossible, you also saw on the way here, the whole mountain is too steep, and the trees in the mountain forest are dense, it is impossible to open the road at all, if you really want to forcibly pave the road, it will be a very big price." It's a bit ...... to spend a lot of money for a small village with less than 50 households."

"Waste of resources?"

"Well, although this is a bit inhumane, but it is true, if you forcibly pave the road for the villagers of Yongquan Village, assuming that the total cost of a paving fee is 30 million, then do you know how many poor mountain villages can be helped by these 30 million?"

Lin Tao nodded, feeling that what Zhang Li said made sense, although he wanted to alleviate poverty, Lin Tao would not be stupid enough to spend tens of millions to open the way for a small village with less than fifty households, the price was too great.

"You're a government official, and you know more about these things, how do you think I can help them?"

Zhang Li thought for a while and said: "The big deal you can do is to improve their lives, and when it comes to improving their lives, it is inevitable to provide them with living materials, such as quilts, clothes, food, etc." But ......"

"But what?" Lin Tao saw that he had already walked to the entrance of Yongquan Village, so he stopped and looked at Zhang Li suspiciously.

Zhang Li stopped, pointed to the majestic mountain behind her, and said with a wry smile: "Look at this mountain road, how do you transport daily necessities?" ”

"Then you still have to build the road before you can transport the supplies?"

"Of course, without roads, how can supplies be transported to the village? Those quilts and clothes are not something that can be carried up from the foot of the mountain by manpower. Zhang Li glanced at Lin Tao with deep meaning and said: "As a successful businessman, it is normal for you to want to contribute to the society and engage in poverty alleviation, but why did you only go to Yongquan Village first?" The government of this village has no way to solve the problem of barrenness, and the natural environment is too bad. ”

Lin Tao realized at this moment that Governor Jiang's recommendation of him to come to Yongquan Village for poverty alleviation was completely a trick for him, and he immediately couldn't help but scold angrily, "This old guy is really enough to hold grudges, is there no end?" ”

"Who are you scolding?" Zhang Li saw Lin Tao's sudden angry expression, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

Lin Tao said with a smile: "Governor Jiang! ”

Zhang Li smiled, instantly shut up and lowered her head. Just kidding, how dare she, a petty official like Sesame Mung Bean, talk about Governor Jiang? Isn't that the old birthday star hanging, tired of it!

Seeing that Zhang Li was so cautious, Lin Tao couldn't help laughing, and said disdainfully: "What are you doing? Even if Governor Jiang is a feudal official, but birds don't here, even if you scold him a few words, he won't hear it! ”

"Woe comes from the mouth, so forget it." Zhang Li sneered in her heart, I won't fall for you and leave you a handle to threaten me.

After the two finished gossiping, they were about to walk towards the village, when suddenly a questioning voice came from behind, "Stop, who are you, why did you come to our village?" ”

Lin Tao was stunned, then turned around and looked, and saw an old man with a hoe on his face, staring at him and Zhang Li with an angry face and a vigilant face.

Seeing this, Zhang Li hurriedly took the initiative to take a few steps forward, showed a gentle smile, and introduced himself: "Hello old man, I am Zhang Li, director of the Taiping Municipal Government Office, and I came to your village to ......."

"Stop talking nonsense, get out of our village!"

Before Zhang Li finished speaking, the old man had already raised his hoe and smashed it down on Zhang Li's body......

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