Chapter 502: Three fires for the new official to take office
Coming out of Liu Beibei's office, Zhao Sidong went to the offices of the No. 1 and No. 2 town party committees to report according to the rules, and in the surprise and vigilance of the other party, he talked a few words without being salty, and then went to the offices of several other leaders of the town party committee and the town government to pay a visit to the dock.
Among this group of town leaders, except for Liu Beibei, a member of the organizing committee, who was more enthusiastic about him, everyone else seemed polite and cold, or a little distant.
Because these people didn't understand his origin, especially the several deputy positions, in terms of administrative level, they were not as high as Zhao Sidong.
So for such a strange god, they all made up their minds not to offend if they didn't make friends, and they stayed away.
After a round of work in the town party committee and town government, he finally returned to Liu Beibei's office.
Because Liu Beibei had told him before that they would have a meal together at noon, and then send him to Zhaojia Village.
"Xiao Zhao, let's go eat, it's almost time now. Seeing him knock on the door and come in, Liu Beibei got up directly and said.
Zhao Sidong raised his wrist in surprise and glanced at the time, it was just eleven o'clock.
As if seeing his surprise, Liu Beibei explained with a smile: "Today is Friday, and there is basically nothing important, so everyone is used to going to dinner early, and then they can go home from work in the afternoon." Many people in our town have their homes in the county, and if you leave late, you won't be able to catch the shuttle back. If you go back by motorcycle, it is neither convenient nor safe. ”
Zhao Sidong nodded, signaling that he understood, this kind of thing is probably a common phenomenon, as soon as Friday, people's hearts began to slacken, even in the county, city and even province.
followed Liu Beibei out of the door, all the way out of the compound to the street.
Liu Beibei pointed to a restaurant not far in front of her and said: "Let's go, my sister will take you to taste the special chicken in the town today, let me tell you, the chicken in our Daling Town is the most delicious, and many people in the county and even the city will come all the way over on weekends and Sundays, for the chicken ...... in our town."
Hearing these words, Zhao Sidong's expression couldn't help but feel a little weird.
There's no way, the word 'chicken' has been linked to women in a special profession nowadays, and what Liu Beibei said is a bit coincidental, so he can't help but associate it.
Subconsciously set his eyes on the young woman beside him, although this Liu Beibei is a local in the town, but her body and skin are excellent, in jargon, she is smooth, beautiful, and decisively a beauty!
Especially if she is a married wife and a young woman, that kind of mature charm is incomparable to that of an unemployed girl, so the degree of temptation to men is also extremely high.
Didn't you see that among the pedestrians on the road, as long as they were men, from old men in their sixties and seventies to hairy children in their twelves and thirteens, they all tried their best to look this way?
However, Zhao Sidong has seen countless stunning colors, although this Liu Beibei is beautiful, but he can't get into his eyes, so along the way, his expression is very calm and his eyes are also very clear, which makes Liu Beibei, who has been secretly observing him, feel admiration, but also a hint of teasing.
For a woman, if you look at her hard, she may be shy and angry, but if you treat her as nothing, she will feel unwilling - is the charm of the old lady so bad?
After walking for a while, Liu Beibei led Zhao Sidong into the restaurant called 'Come Again'.
The owner of the restaurant was obviously very familiar with Liu Beibei, and as soon as he saw her come in, he immediately greeted her and greeted her with a smile: "Yo, Commissioner Liu is here, you are really a rare guest, what kind of wind blew you here today?"
Liu Beibei responded with a smile, "Boss Wang, I was blown by the spring breeze blown by the imperial capital today, let me introduce you, this is the newly appointed head of Zhaojia Village, Xiao Zhao, Zhao Sidong." He just came to report, and I thought about taking him to your place for a light meal, so that he could also taste the delicious food of our Daling Town. ”
Although Boss Wang looks a little big and three thick, he looks very straightforward, but he is very sleek, and when he heard this, he hurriedly owed to Zhao Sidong, and said with a smile: "It turned out that Village Chief Zhao is here, welcome!
The so-called private room, in fact, is a small room separated by a plate in the restaurant, not to mention how the decoration is, the sound insulation effect alone is enough.
But in such a small place, don't expect to have the luxurious private rooms of the big city, so make do with it.
An ordinary-looking girl came in with a pot of tea and poured it for the two, and said a few side dishes, and then withdrew, "Please use it slowly, two of you."
"This is Boss Wang's daughter, who graduated from high school this year, didn't get admitted to college, and didn't want to go out to work, so she helped out in the restaurant at home. Don't look at her average appearance, but she is very ingenious, and her cooking skills are not even below Boss Wang. It's just that her father thinks it's inappropriate for girls to let the fumes bubble in the kitchen every day, so he only let her work as a waitress in the store. Liu Beibei introduced while gently sipping tea.
It can be seen that she is indeed quite familiar with this place.
It's no wonder, after all, it's a local in the town, and after working here for so many years, it's normal to be familiar with people.
After chatting for a while about the roast duck and mutton shabu in the imperial capital, a few stir-fried dishes were served one after another.
The style of the dish is not very good-looking, but the taste is really good, Liu Beibei picked up the chopsticks first, and introduced how these dishes are famous in the local area.
Zhao Sidong, who doesn't know how much he has eaten, naturally doesn't feel any shock at these dishes, but since the taste of the dishes is very positive, it doesn't hurt to eat more.
After all, it is a place where the members of the people's organization committee are in person, and they can't help but give face to others.
After eating a few bites of food, after asking Zhao Sidong's opinion, Liu Beibei asked for another bottle of liquor.
The wine is a bud valley wine from a local distillery, which is not well-known, and even the packaging has a simple meaning, but the taste of the wine is extremely good.
Although Liu Beibei is a woman, the amount of alcohol is not bad, she and Zhao Sidong split half of a bottle of liquor in a catty, but in the end, there was not much drunkenness, and Zhao Sidong was straight at all.
After they were full of wine and food, the two went back to Liu Beibei's office to drink a cup of tea, and then Liu Beibei called and arranged a car to take the two to Zhaojia Village.
Naturally, the car was not a good car, just an old 212 Jeep.
Zhao Sidong opened the door of the passenger seat and let Liu Beibei sit, and he jumped into the back seat.
If it were an ordinary young person, most of them would let Liu Beibei sit in the back and sit in the passenger seat by themselves, but they didn't know that the good position of this jeep was in the passenger seat, and the back seat was not so comfortable.
The jeep drove for more than forty minutes on a bumpy road before it arrived at the place.
Zhaojia Village, located in the south of Daling Town, is a natural village with more than 200 households and more than 1,000 people.
The village is surrounded by mountains, and there are two passages in and out, one is the road from which Zhao Sidong and his family came, which enters the village from the north of the village, and the other is on the south side of the village, leading to a village in a neighboring city.
Because they got the news early, the cadres of the village committee of Zhaojia Village were waiting at the entrance of the village early, and when they saw the jeep in the town coming, they hurriedly greeted them.
With Liu Beibei, the organizing committee member, the task of introducing each other naturally fell on her shoulders.
After some greetings, everyone hugged Liu Beibei and came to the office building of the village committee.
It is said to be an office building, but it is actually a small two-story building, and it can be seen from the appearance that it has fallen into disrepair.
Liu Beibei didn't stay long, chatted with everyone for about half an hour, then got up to say goodbye and went back to the town in a jeep.
Zhao Sidong stayed, and after getting to know each other with the village party secretary and others, he officially took office.
According to the introduction, his predecessor was actually a college student village official, but because of a sudden accident at home, he was temporarily transferred, and the position of village chief has been vacant.
Before Zhao Sidong's arrival, he had been temporarily held by the village party secretary.
The village party secretary is almost sixty years old, not to mention his age, his health is not very good, and he usually doesn't take care of things much, so now the work of Zhaojia Village is basically in a state of suspension.
After learning more about the situation in the village, Zhao Sidong decided to start burning the three fires he had taken office.
It is said that new officials have three fires when they take office, which means that new officials must first do two or three things that are beneficial to the people when they start to take up their new duties.
This is a common saying made up from the things that the ancient county magistrates often did.
It is said that in ancient times, the county officials took office and had to do many things: to worship the temple and incense, the local Confucian Temple, Guandi Temple, Wenchang Temple, and Chenghuang Temple must be worshipped, in order to show that they respect Confucianism and Taoism, and even the local gods are very respectful; It is necessary to check the material depot clearly; it is necessary to inspect the prison and the city defense; it is necessary to check the books and check them one by one against the rosters of officials and attendants recorded in the books; to pass on the examination to the students, that is, to gather the local students and do an examination that they have personally written to understand the situation of the masses; to visit the squires, of course, the imperial relatives of the county, the retired officials of the same level as themselves, and even the wealthy families.
Finally, the new county posted a notice stating the month and day when it began to accept the lawsuit.
When doing the above series of things, the new official will inevitably choose two or three things and point fingers in an ingenious way, which is to burn the 'three fires'.
Common ones such as the dilapidated temples need to be overhauled, the city defense is not strong to repair the city wall to prevent theft, and the quality of students is not high, so they need to invite famous teachers from other places, etc.
After these 'three fires' that anyone can burn, it can be seen whether the new official has real kung fu, and only then can we know whether this person who has just become an official can really be an official!
What Zhao Sidong wants to burn now is the 'three fires' specially set for the current situation of Zhaojia Village.