Shiqiao Town is located in the northeast of Yangjiang County. The AAAA-level scenic spot Tianlinggang is only 20 kilometers away from there.

In recent years, Shiqiao Town has changed a lot in the hands of Cheng Wei. The streets have been remodeled and widened, the town hall buildings have been renovated, and every alley in the town hall has been paved with concrete roads, so that, in the words of the local people, you can't get your shoes wet on a rainy day. Street lights are installed in every alleyway and even every corner, and they are as brightly lit at night as the county seat. These achievements have left Cheng Wei with a good reputation among the local people.

There are three government buildings, one in the middle of which is four storeys high and two storeys on both sides. The yard is full of greenery, except for the two old camphor trees, which are newly planted metasequoia and osmanthus trees. Osmanthus trees can be found almost everywhere. It is conceivable that in the eighth and ninth months of the lunar calendar, when the osmanthus flowers are in full bloom, the fragrance of the entire government compound is overflowing, which is refreshing.

Let's go inside. Everyone who came towards them nodded to Cheng Wei.

The layout of the hall is also very standard, with public intentions, welcome speeches, and government function cards.

Cheng Wei's office is on the fourth floor.

"Why do you set up your office building on the fourth floor, and you are not tired of climbing the stairs every day?" Jin Limei gasped.

"You don't understand that," I said, "Gao, you know, right?" ”

"What do you mean?" Cheng Wei asked.

"High up."

"Go."

"I think it makes sense. You see, the office of the director of our hospital is at the highest level, and the office of the head of many schools is also located at the top level. Jin Limei said.

"However, the office building of our civil affairs director is on the second floor." Hao Junqi said.

"Low-key. That's called low-key. Civil affairs are close to the peasant people. I said.

"What's the truth? If we want to talk about being close to the peasant people, isn't our government at the bottom closer? Cheng Wei said.

We talked about this, and before we knew it, we were in Cheng Wei's office. The door to his office had long since opened, and a young man was inside.

This office is the size of our surgical office, if not a little more. We have more than a dozen desks in our surgical office. In addition to an oversized boss table in the center and a swivel chair that is taller and larger than an ordinary chair, there is only a set of sofas and a square glass coffee table.

"Xiao Zhang, are the tea and fruits ready?" Cheng Wei asked.

"It's all set. Do you want to make tea? "The lad is submissive.

"Soak it up. Go inside and get some good tea. Also, later, you will go to the Shiqiao Tucai Restaurant on the street to book a private room, and then notify Deputy Secretary Wu and Mayor Zhang to accompany the guests. I also want to call Deputy Township Chief Wang. ”

"Okay."

We sat down on the couch. The whole set of sofas consists of three small sofas, one for three seats, one for two seats, and one for one seater. The cortex looks good.

Xiao Zhang made us tea and left the office.

"I said Secretary Cheng, what kind of office are you, it's a presidential suite." Jin Limei sighed.

"You're right. One of the inside was my bedroom. Cheng Wei said with a smile.

"Is there another one in there? It's also too extravagant. ”

"That's how corrupt administrative officials are." I say.

"It should be said that the top officials of the administrative officials are so corrupt. Ordinary employees have no chance of being corrupt if they want to. Hao Junqi said.

"Even Sister Junqi thinks of me like this?" Cheng Wei said.

"Facts speak louder than words."

"But how can this be about corruption? Sail brother, don't you know, it's not easy for us to climb to this step, swallow our anger, grovel, self-practice, if you want to say how miserable it is. Don't look at me high up here, we are not even as good as our grandson when we go to the county for a meeting. "Cheng Wei and we are called grievances.

"That's an exaggeration." Jin Limei said.

"It's not an exaggeration at all. You haven't seen the scene where the leader in charge reprimanded us. Therefore, in your own territory, take care of him, and treat yourself well. Otherwise, people don't die of grievances? ”

"In other words, it's what you pay for." Hao Junqi said.

"It's still Sister Junqi who understands me."

Hao Junqi smiled silently.

"Secretary Cheng, we won't sit here in the morning and drink tea, chat, and eat fruit, right?" "You have to take us around town." ”

"I think it's nice to sit here and talk." Hao Junqi said.

"Do you want to go out for a walk? What do you mean by setting sail? Cheng Wei looked at me.

"Isn't it going to be hot outside now?" I looked out the window.

"It's only nine o'clock, so it shouldn't be very hot. Sister Hao, let's go for a walk? It's hot, can you come back to 'comfort'? Jin Limei said to Hao Junqi.

"Let's go, then." Hao Junqi said.

We walked out of the government compound. Although it was nine o'clock, the sun was already strong. We walked along the paths in front of the shops on both sides of the street, and as we walked on such paths, the sun barely shone on us.

Cheng Wei recounted the changes here with us as he walked. According to Cheng Wei's account, the street has been widened twice, more than 40 old houses have been demolished, and the demolition subsidy is more than 1 million. Demolition and relocation face the greatest difficulties. It is very difficult to do the ideological work of the common people. There was a nail shop that didn't compromise until the whole street was formed.

At present, this street is a model street at the township level in Yangjiang County. The higher-level leaders brought many township and town leaders to study.

"My brother's work is still courageous." I say.

"It's not enough to be bold enough to do these things, because demolition and relocation hurt the interests of the people. Therefore, the core problem is how to get funds to make up for the losses of the relocated households. ”

"Makes sense." I say.

"If the funds can be put in place, and the demands of the demolition households can be met, things will be much easier."

That's why you're successful. Think about what the people think. ”

"It's not that great." Cheng Wei laughed dryly.

At the end of the street, we saw a river. The river is not wide, and the water looks blue and secluded under the sunlight, so it is inferred that the river is relatively deep. This section is the water mitigation area. A stone bridge is erected over the river.

We walked up the stone bridge. The history of the bridge seems to be very old, as can be inferred from the damaged railings. The bridge deck is relatively flat, about three meters wide and thirty or forty meters long.

Standing on the bridge deck, you can see the lush rice fields in front of you and the lush mountains in the past of the rice fields.

The river breeze blows. The sun doesn't seem to be shining on me anymore.

The town of Stone Bridge originated from this stone bridge.

There is also a legend about this stone bridge.

Cheng Wei narrated it like this: According to legend, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Shiqiao Town was already inhabited, but it was not called Shiqiao Town. At that time, the market was very prosperous, and many merchants gathered here. At the same time, it is also the capital of medicine. Villagers from dozens of miles around come here to buy medicine. And all the people who come here have to cross the river at the edge of the village.

At that time, there were no cement and steel bridges, no stone arch bridges, not even wooden plank bridges, and they all came and went by a ferryboat. The village is dedicated to an old man to support the ferry. That year, the old man who supported the ferry died suddenly, so the pedestrians who came and went supported the ferry by themselves.

On this day, a young couple came from afar, and his wife was sick, and the young man brought his wife here to get medicine. To his dismay, when they reached the riverbank, they found the ferry on this side of the village. It was noon, there was no one on either side of the river, and his wife was about to lose his hand.

The young man immediately knelt on the bank of the river, bowed to the heavens, and made a vow that if God let the ferry come from the other side, so that he could take his wife to take medicine and cure his illness in time, he would build a stone bridge here.

Strange as it may seem, before the young man could finish speaking, a strong wind suddenly rose, and immediately it was dark, and they saw the ferry coming in their direction from the opposite shore.

The young man was so happy that when the ferry came to shore, he helped his wife onto the boat, and reached the other side of the river, where he went to the village to find a doctor to treat the sick and get medicine.

When his wife's illness was cured, the young man immediately set about building a stone bridge. The hard work paid off, and it took him a total of five years to finally build the stone bridge. In the first three years, he raised money everywhere, and in the last two years, he asked stonemasons to build bridges.

In order to thank the young man, the villagers changed the name of the village to Shiqiao Village. With the stone bridge, it was easier to come and go, so the village market became more prosperous, and merchants came and went. It is said that the emperors of the time visited here. Cheng Wei continued.

"It's legendary." Hao Junqi said.

"There is another saying. In order to build the stone bridge, the stonemasons looked for stones everywhere, but the stones on the nearby mountains were too tender and not hard enough. Just when everyone was worried, the nearby mountain suddenly burst into flames, and the next day, the stonemasons went to check again, and found that all the stones had increased their hardness and were just right for the construction of the bridge. Cheng Wei continued to add.

"It seems that the spirit of the young man has moved the heavens." Jin Limei said.

"What do you think is the most touching thing about this story?" Hao Junqi suddenly asked.

"I think it's the honesty of the lad that touches me the most." Cheng Wei said.

"I think it's the boy's persistence that is most admirable. Five years before and after. Jin Limei said.

"Where's my brother?"

"I thought it was the young man's love for his wife that was the most touching." I said, "All of this stems from the young man's unyielding love for his wife." ”

"Zheng Yidao looks at the problem from a different angle." Jin Limei said.

"Because we are all hurters of love."

Everyone was silent.

After a while, Hao Junqi said, "And I hurt love." ”

We looked at Hao Junqi. Jin Limei's eyes were full of puzzlement. She didn't know Hao Junqi's experience yet. Looking at Cheng Wei's appearance, he seems to know something.

"Hehe, this topic seems too heavy." Cheng Wei broke the silence, "I think we'd better go back to my office and sit." It's not early, it's getting hotter. Why don't you go straight to the restaurant? He pulled out his phone to check the time.

"It's only ten o'clock. I recommend going to the other side of the river for a walk. The embankment is full of trees. Walking along the embankment, it is estimated that it will not be too hot. Hao Junqi said.

"Since Sister Junqi suggested so, let's go again." Cheng Wei said.