The car quickly caught up with the van in front, and at the entrance of the shantytown community, Lu Zhengdong and Luo Fuli got out of the car and walked towards the shantytown. Every few steps, Lu Zhengdong would stop and stare in front of dilapidated houses and crowded alleys. Most of the coal mine workers and their families living here are low-income and difficult groups, and all of them are within the scope of the shantytown reconstruction.

Seeing that Lu Zhengdong was familiar with the road, the group couldn't help but be a little curious, Lu Zhengdong turned around and said lightly:

"I've been here before, but I didn't even have a face to report my name and identity at the time, so I couldn't open that mouth."

Lu Zhengdong paused and said:

"As long as there is a little way, they have all moved away from here, and those who remain here are families with very difficult families."

The faces of the group are a little solemn, looking at the alley, on both sides of the alley, every household is closely connected, in a narrow place, even two arms can not be stretched, and along the alley mouth to look in, there are dilapidated houses on both sides of it, the ground that has rained, walking on it is full of mud, Lu Zhengdong and the group turned from one alley to another, one foot deep and one foot shallow, all the way forward.

In the alley, a woman saw this group of people who didn't look like ordinary people walking towards her, and quickly turned her head to dodge. Lu Zhengdong stepped forward quickly and greeted her warmly:

"Auntie, can we go to your house and have a look?"

"This is Secretary Lu of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor Luo, who have come to inspect our shantytown."

As soon as she was introduced, this almost sixty-year-old aunt was called Xin Jinlan, and obviously came unexpectedly with such a group of people, which surprised the hostess who was standing outside the house, and was a little "caught off guard".

"Yes. But our home is too broken. ”

Xin Jinlan's hands wiped vigorously on her body a few times. It's a little embarrassing. But he still turned around and led Lu Zhengdong and the others into the door.

Lu Zhengdong looked at the house, the house was dark, the wires were intertwined, and asked:

"How big is this house, and how many people live there?"

"Forty square meters, all four of my family live here."

A living room, a bedroom, a makeshift kitchen. Together, it is less than thirty square meters, which makes up the whole of this home.

Xin Jinlan was answering when a drop of water clicked on one of the entourage's bodies.

"It rained yesterday, and the house was a little leaky, and I always wanted to repair it, but the old man's legs and feet were inconvenient, so I didn't repair it."

Seeing this situation, the hostess was even more embarrassed. Lu Zhengdong entered the side kitchen again, a low small kitchen of three or four square meters at most, on the ground. There was not much room for anything other than a stove and a gas canister. Lu Zhengdong walked into the kitchen, from the stove to the bed. From the cracked wall to the somewhat sunken foundation, Lu Zhengdong looked intently and reached out to caress it. Seeing that there were also people living in an unventilated corner, Lu Zhengdong's face revealed a different kind of concern, and then said to the other people who accompanied him:

"Seven people, it's a bit crowded."

Lu Zhengdong saw Xin Jinlan's wife's legs and feet, so he asked:

"What's wrong with Uncle's leg?"

"He has not been in good health, has diabetes and high blood pressure, and has had a stroke."

Listening to her introduce the members of the family, her wife diabetes is a disease of wealth, and there is a lot of money to spend, and her son has died. Lu Fuqin, the daughter-in-law who works in the neighborhood committee, supports the burden of the family and the children's studies alone, and.

"Uncle and aunt, how long have you been living here?"

Lu Zhengdong stood beside the old man and asked with a concerned face.

"It's been decades."

The man's voice trembled slightly.

"Jin Lan and I are educated youths, and the years since we came back are not long, and they have lived longer."

With the explanation of the man, the mystery was gradually solved, the man and the hostess were originally working in the countryside, and after retirement, the government helped solve the new household registration of Hui'an, and received a monthly pension, but there has been no fixed residence, only to live with his son and daughter-in-law.

"My mother is also a young intellectual, I followed my mother, I only returned to the city around 80 years, in the countryside those years educated youth were suffering a lot, I can understand your dedication and great sacrifices made back then, you have worked silently all your life, the party and the government have the responsibility for you to solve difficulties."

Lu Zhengdong said and looked at Lu Fuqin's son Yang Dong, who was at home, and asked:

"How's it going?"

"The study is not bad, in the city No. 2 middle school, I will graduate from high school next year."

Lu Fuqin hurriedly replied.

The No. 2 Middle School in the city is the focus of the province, obviously Lu Fuqin is full of pride, and obviously Yang Dong is the hope of this family. ”

Lu Fuqin's son Yang Dong stood quietly aside, somewhat shy, and Lu Zhengdong asked with a smile:

"What's your favorite university?"

"I want to go to military school. Military schools don't cost money, so you can reduce the burden on your family......"

Lu Zhengdong nodded:

"Well, yes, the children of poor families are in charge of the family early, the old man, you have a good daughter-in-law, so the grandson will be so filial."

said to Yang Dong again:

"The military school is actually quite good, my wife is also a soldier, and it seems that we still have a lot in common. Gorky said that suffering is a university, don't be crushed by suffering, let suffering sharpen you stronger, a life of life, ups and downs, only in this way will you walk more smoothly on the road of life, in order to go better......"

Lu Zhengdong continued: "I pinned the hope of the whole family on you, and in the future, after completing your studies, you will serve the country and society, and at the same time, you must also do your filial piety for your family -- it is not easy for your grandparents, and it is even more difficult for your mother, and from your mother, we have seen the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation for thousands of years." ”

Lu Zhengdong turned around as he spoke, and said to the family: "Today, the mayor and I are here to come to see the specific difficulties of everyone living here, not only the difficulties of life, but also your housing difficulties. ”

Lu Zhengdong said to the rest of the city and district:

"The masses of workers living here have made great contributions to the construction of the country, and we must do everything possible to solve the basic living problems of the workers in difficulty. It is necessary to find out clearly the situation of those workers who are in special difficulties, adopt effective relief methods, and earnestly solve their problems of living difficulties. Party committees and governments at all levels should do their best to formulate corresponding measures for contiguous shantytowns with extremely poor living conditions, make great determination to carry out the overall relocation, increase support for subsistence allowances in concentrated contiguous areas of absolute poverty, treat them differently, formulate and implement special policies, and fight a tough battle against poverty alleviation in cities. ”

Luo Fuli also said:

"The city is trying to find a way to solve the housing problem of the crackdown, it won't take too long, please rest assured, the city is smashing pots and selling iron, and this matter will also be done!"

The group looked at some of the other families and learned a little about them before climbing a nearby hillside overlooking a shantytown of thousands of residents, with large swaths of low, dilapidated houses and dark smoke from the chimneys. Seeing such a scene, everyone's mood was extremely heavy.

"If you don't come here, you won't know Anxin, just like we have prosperous cities like Pujiang, Beijing, Pengcheng, etc., and there are many poor areas in the west. I've been here for so long, this is the first time I've come, it's too bureaucratic, other cadres should also come to take a look, take a look at them and know that we really don't have the capital to warp our tails, and only then will I realize that I still have a lot of work to do, and only then will I deeply understand the urgency of this work. ”

Luo Fuli seemed to be very stimulated and seemed a little excited.

Lu Zhengdong also said:

"Look, this is the highest point of our Anxin City, from here to the west to the high-tech zone, across the river is the old city, there will be the next two to three years we will focus on the second and third phases of Anxin."

Look to the south, and that piece is already a tower crane forest, in the next few months, there will become a busy ocean, when the more than ten parcels of land are fully started, the first phase of construction can really be said to be fully rolled out, before the construction along the east of the road has been planned, but the day has not been officially launched, because according to the previous planning, the city construction to extend on both sides, but the construction is just beginning, some roads have not yet been completed, it is estimated that it will be until the first half of next year to basically complete the second phase of road infrastructure.

Look to the south, and that piece is already a tower crane forest, in the next few months, there will become a busy ocean, when the more than ten parcels of land are fully started, the first phase of construction can really be said to be fully rolled out, before the construction along the east of the road has been planned, but the day has not been officially launched, because according to the previous planning, the city construction to extend on both sides, but the construction is just beginning, some roads have not yet been completed, it is estimated that it will be until the first half of next year to basically complete the second phase of road infrastructure.

"But we can't forget the land that lies beneath our noses......"

Eugene Zhong was also a little shocked, he knew this place, but he had never been here before, and it could even be said that he deliberately avoided this place, he knew that the conditions here were very poor, but the stereotypical things in the official document were obviously not as strong as the scene in front of him.

Before coming here, he always thought that Secretary Lu and Mayor Luo were for these places, but now it seems that he was wrong, Secretary Lu seems to be gradually fine-tuning some things with the improvement of the city's economic situation, from the previous single-minded development to now should be the top priority of development, but also began to solve some problems related to people's livelihood that the city urgently needs to solve.

Lu Zhengdong also nodded:

"The work must be meticulous, and in the early stage, we must earnestly solve their current difficulties in life, and do everything possible to solve problems for the masses. All departments concerned should give special consideration to the masses with special difficulties and help them tide over the difficulties. Then, it is necessary to fully solicit the opinions of shantytown residents on the relocation and transformation, and then come up with a practical and effective plan. (To be continued......)