Rebirth as an official

"Don't turn on the lights at night. What's the rule of Uncle Liu's family?" Li An was very curious. After all, there are all kinds of strange rules in the countryside.

"It's not about being particular, it's just that I'm afraid of wasting electricity." Chen Shanhe shook his head, smiled bitterly, and then started talking.

Uncle Liu's real name is Liu Hongjun. He is 52 years old this year. His family has been very poor until he was in his 30s before he married his wife. However, within two years, his wife thought their family was too poor and left their son who was under one year old and ran away.

Liu Hongjun and his son depended on each other until last year when his son went to the south to work, leaving this lonely old man alone in the village.

Fuqiang Village is originally a mountainous and mostly flat land. In addition, due to the policy of returning farmland to forests over the years, the family now only has 3 acres of land. The old man's income from farming alone is pitiful, so he has to be extra economical.

When the village was electrified in 2000, Liu Hongjun was originally unwilling to do so. In his opinion, it was too wasteful to have to pay for electricity.

Later, the village had to persuade me to turn on the electricity, so the light bulbs at home were basically just decorations and would not be turned on unless absolutely necessary.

"Then you talk to Uncle Liu, why don't you just pay the electricity bill?" Li An suggested.

"I did, but he couldn't understand what I said, and I couldn't understand what he said." Chen Shanhe said helplessly.

Only then did Li An react and couldn't help but shake his head.

Although the dialect in Linjiang belongs to the northern language family, Yangdong is at the junction of three provinces, so the dialect is mixed with dialects from other places.

The dialects spoken by people in the village now are actually improved, but the older people always speak the oldest local dialect, so it is very difficult to understand.

"Didn't you talk to the village party secretary? Let him communicate with Uncle Liu." Li An thought for a while and said.

"I told Wu Zhishu, but he kept saying he was unavailable." Chen Shanhe replied.

"No time?" Li An felt a little strange, why did he shirk the matter in just one sentence?

But now that I'm here, I can't let my friend's house continue to be in darkness.

"Haha, I'll take care of this for you." Li An turned around and left the room.

"Uncle, I will give you Buddha..." Li An's voice sounded outside the house, and his authentic dialect surprised Qin Fangfang next to him.

"Commander Li, you still talk about what we say here."

"Then what can't you say? I'm from Linjiang too. I'll be able to listen to a few words from you." Li An looked a little proud of Qin Fangfang's expression.

It's not surprising that Qin Fangfang was surprised. Although they all belong to the Linjiang area, the speech in each place is still different. Outsiders may not be able to hear it, but locals can clearly distinguish it.

Li An's authentic Yangdong dialect doesn't look like he just learned it.

Of course, it was impossible for Li An to explain to him that he had stayed in this place for five years in his previous life.

"People who have gone to college are different." Qin Fangfang muttered.

Well, girl Fangfang, who couldn't explain this phenomenon, attributed the reason to having gone to college.

"But why can't that Cadre Chen pinch me?"

The girl's mind was stuck in an endless loop at this moment.

"Fangfang, I just made an agreement with Uncle Liu. If you pay 30 yuan for electricity a month and let Chen Shanhe turn on the lights at night, you can pay [-] yuan first." Li An's voice sounded.

"Why did I give it?" Qin Fangfang immediately became alert when she heard the money was given.

"Oh, I was in a hurry and forgot to bring it with me. You put it on first and I'll give it to you when I get back."

Li An was unspeakably amused when he saw the little girl acting like a miser.

"Why are you laughing? Why do you always go out without money?"

Qin Fangfang saw the teasing expression on Li An's face and became angry.

"Okay, okay, it's my fault." Still not teasing the little girl.

Li An smiled and turned around and walked back to Chen Shanhe's house.

"Hey, I'm really not used to it in an era without mobile payment."

After having long been accustomed to the convenience brought by technology, suddenly returning to this era does require re-adaptation.

Returning to Chen Shanhe's house, he touched the long light cord next to the door through the dim light.

Pull hard. With a "click" sound, a powerful rebound was fed back to the hand through the light cord.

It’s been so many years since I turned on the lights like this, I really miss it.

The lights were on, and the incandescent bulbs on the beams emitted a dim yellow light. The wattage of the bulbs was very small, and they could barely illuminate the room.

After a while, many small flying insects appeared around the light bulb.

Li An walked to the table curiously, wondering what Chen Shanhe was looking at so fascinatedly.

"Information Form for Poor Households in Fuqiang Village, Guanmiao Township, Yangdong County" and "Report on the Economic Situation of Fuqiang Village, Guanmiao Township", these two documents on the wooden table caught Li An's attention.

Is this guy studying this thing all night long?

Li An shook his head slightly. He knew how much moisture there was in such a report without even looking at it.

Seeing how serious Chen Shanhe was, it was hard for him to attack him. After all, the "Three Supports and One Support" implemented by the state had just begun.

These college students who came here have no experience to draw from, so they can only cross the river by feeling their own way.

"You are still working so hard so late. You are worthy of being named one of the top ten student leaders for three consecutive years, an outstanding graduate of Jinling University, and a national scholarship winner."

Li An is very familiar with Chen Shanhe's past.

"You know me?" Chen Shanhe was a little surprised.

"Of course I know you. Not only do I know you, but I'm very familiar with you. You're familiar enough to be arrested and imprisoned." Li An muttered silently in his heart.

"Haha, I saw your information before when I was working in the Linjiang Municipal Party Committee Office." Li An made up a random reason.

"I admire you very much for giving up the superior conditions in the south to work on poverty alleviation here. The city leaders all praise you very much and think you have a bright future."

Everyone likes to be praised, and this is also the best way to bring people closer.

Especially when you want to get to know someone, collect information in advance and then use an opportunity to praise them, so that the acquaintance will not appear abrupt.

However, this kind of praise must be based on facts. If it is vain and naked flattery, it will only make people feel uncomfortable and counterproductive, and make you feel that you are very hypocritical.

As soon as Li An met, he gave him a series of well-founded compliments, which made Chen Shanhe's face slightly red. However, the effect was obvious, and Chen Shanhe looked at him much more kindly.

With a good start, and both of them being of the same age, they immediately became familiar with each other after a few words of conversation, and there was no longer any sense of restraint between them.

"Shanhe, this time you came to help the poor, did the county or township give you any tasks or targets?" Li An casually looked at the "Information Form of Poor Households in Fuqiang Village, Guanmiao Township, Yangdong County" on the table. .

"There are no specific tasks." Chen Shanhe shook his head, and then thought of something and continued: "The director of the county's Poverty Alleviation Office said, let us first understand the situation in the village. As for how to help the village get rid of poverty and other policies from above, Say it again."

Li An nodded, the county was right to do this.

A newly graduated college student has no social experience at all. It would be unrealistic to guide the village on how to get rid of poverty. It must first understand the local situation.

Li An feels that the country’s decision to allow college students to work at the grassroots level in rural areas is very forward-looking and far-sighted.

Basically, the vast majority of college students who are willing to respond to the country's call and come to the countryside hope to pursue an official career.

These college students who have lived at the grassroots level for two years will develop very well after entering the job.

First, they have personal experience and understanding of grassroots life, and can work more down-to-earth in future positions;

Second, it can exercise management skills, coordination skills, communication skills, speech skills, etc.;

Third, having a resume at the grassroots level will give you an advantage in future job promotions.

"Shanhe, how are you going to get familiar with the situation?" Li An asked.

"I think since it is poverty alleviation, we must start with understanding the poor households, so I plan to visit the poor households in Fuqiang Village who are on the list." Chen Shanhe pointed to the list in Li An's hand.

"Do you want to visit all the poor households on this list?" Li An asked.

"Yes, only by knowing the true situation of these poor households can we find ways to help them get out of poverty." Chen Shanhe said matter-of-factly.

"Where did you get this list?"

Li Anyang showed the list in his hand, and he probably understood why Party Secretary Wu would find him a place to live with Uncle Liu, who had language barriers.

"Where did the county poverty alleviation office come from? Is there any problem?" Chen Shanhe noticed that Li An looked a little strange.

"Is this list the list for distributing poverty alleviation funds?" Li An wanted to confirm again.

Chen Shanhe nodded and said: "Yes, I think this list has names, ages, addresses, and the information is relatively complete, so I asked someone from the Poverty Alleviation Office to ask for it."

"That's no wonder." Li An muttered to himself, then asked with a smile: "Did you tell Party Secretary Wu about your plan to visit every household in difficulty on the list? It turned out that Party Secretary Wu or other cadres in the village were all in different ways. Is there any reason why I can’t take you with me?”

"Hey, yes." Chen Shanhe sighed subconsciously, suddenly lost consciousness and asked doubtfully: "Hey, how did you know about this? Who told you."