Entering the officialdom by mistake and getting promoted quickly

For dinner, I fried pine mushrooms with bacon. As Director Mei said, this thing is absolutely delicious.

Coupled with the canned food prepared in advance by the driver, Zhao, and a large pot of fragrant wheat porridge, everyone was full of praise for the food. Even Minister Mei couldn't help but eat a little more.

According to rural rules, children are not allowed on the table when adults are eating. However, Minister Mei is kind-hearted, and Xia Shuo sympathizes with the poverty of Liu Laogen's family, so he strongly requests that children be included.

Xia Shuo took matters into his own hands and dragged the two older girls to the table. Then he chose a slightly smaller child and let the child sit on his lap.

His gentle gesture touched Minister Mei's heartstrings, so Minister Mei also picked up a child and kept picking up food for the child with a gentle face.

As for the last child, because he was too young and had not yet been weaned, he was held by Liu Laogen's wife and lay obediently in his mother's arms.

During this meal, the laughter spread far and wide.

However, while eating, Liu Laogen's wife suddenly shed tears and said with a sad face: "This is the first full meal for our family in more than five years."

Looking at the sorrow on her face, everyone felt sad in their hearts. Minister Mei glanced at Xia Shuo and said solemnly: "Poverty alleviation work cannot be delayed. By this time next year, I hope to see the people no longer shed tears."

Xia Shuo nodded solemnly and stretched out his arms to hug the child on his knees. He felt the child's skinny bones and couldn't help but murmured: "Now I understand a little bit why officials must benefit everyone. I finally understand the book Why should officials be the parents of the people?"

The child on his knees raised his head, looked at Xia Shuo's face, and said timidly: "Uncle, my mother said you are a good official. The aunties in the village also said you are a good official..."

Xia Shuo gently stroked the little girl's forehead and said softly: "I am not an official yet, just a staff member, but I promise you that I will be a good official."

Minister Mei saw this scene in his eyes and nodded approvingly.

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After the meal, a symposium was held.

Not only did both members of the village committee arrive, but many people in the village also came after hearing the news. Because Liu Laogen's yard was too small, the people simply sat on the wall.

As a member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee, Minister Mei should have chaired this symposium. However, Minister Mei pushed Xia Shuo out and asked Xia Shuo to tell everyone about pine mushroom poverty alleviation.

Common people are all familiar with pine mushrooms.

However, when they heard that this thing could be sold for money, almost all the villagers did not believe it.

Therefore, this meeting was not a success.

No matter how Xia Shuo described the prospects, no matter how he made guarantees, the villagers always remained skeptical and expressed that they could not give up their farm work at home.

In fact, it is now nearing the end of the busy farming season, and every household has finished harvesting sweet potatoes. However, in the face of Xia Shuo's proposal, almost no villagers expressed support.

The symposium lasted until past 1 o'clock in the evening, and in the end only 10 villagers agreed to pick pine mushrooms.

With only 34 villagers, it would definitely not be able to form a scale. Xia Shuo was very disappointed and felt that it was a bad start.

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Three full days have passed, and Xia Shuo has been running around the village, constantly communicating with the villagers, constantly doing ideological work, trying to persuade the people to participate in pine mushroom picking.

However, the results were still minimal.

It wasn't until Minister Mei secretly reminded him and asked him to look at the problem from the perspective of the common people that Xia Shuo gradually realized that the villagers were worried that there would be no benefits after their efforts.

This is caused by historical reasons!

Due to the poverty and backwardness of Qingshan Township, the government has to carry out poverty alleviation work every year. However, due to the perfunctory response of those cadres in the past, the poverty alleviation work every year is a formality.

The common people have been tortured and scared.

I no longer want to believe that the government is playing a big pie.

This situation is not only true for the people of Songlin Village, but also for almost the people of Qingshan Township. Although Xia Shuo has a good reputation in the village, the people are still suspicious.

It's just that the people don't doubt Xia Shuo himself, but the Qingshan Township government's sincerity in poverty alleviation.

After understanding this point, Xia Shuo had new ideas about poverty alleviation work. Since the people were afraid of being tormented and worried that this year's poverty alleviation would be formalistic, he first had to let the people taste the benefits.

How to let the people taste the sweetness?

Only the people can receive money on the first day of picking pine mushrooms.

In ancient times, there were allusions about buying horse bones with a thousand catties, and there was also a legend about Shang Yang standing up trees to gain integrity. Now Xia Shuo is going to use the same method. He wants to use his own money to buy pine mushrooms.

Xia Shuo immediately reported this idea to Minister Mei.

Minister Mei was very approving and strongly supported Xia Shuo to go ahead and do it. Minister Mei also made a special trip back to the county seat that day, and when he came back, he brought a full 1 yuan.

Xia Shuo looked at this huge amount of money and felt a little surprised. He couldn't help but ask: "Minister Mei, did you help me get poverty alleviation funds?"

Unexpectedly, Minister Mei shook his head and said with a smile: "This is what I have accumulated from more than ten years of work, and my entire possessions are only this little money. I will lend it to you temporarily to pay for the purchase of pine mushrooms..."

Xia Shuo was even more surprised and subconsciously blurted out: "How can I use your money?"

Minister Mei said sincerely: "As the leader of the county party committee, I don't have to help you like this, but as the person in charge of this targeted poverty alleviation, I see your desire to solve the problems of the people wholeheartedly, so I am willing to help you. "

As Minister Mei said, he pointed at the 2 yuan in front of him and joked with a smile: "Did you see that I exchanged it all for you for 0 yuan? You have to be more careful and don't lose all my savings." .”

Xia Shuo was moved. He stared at the large pocket of money in front of him and found that all the money was in the form of 1 yuan and 5 yuan bills, and none of the bills were in denominations of 10 yuan.

Although hundred-dollar bills were not common in those days, you could certainly exchange them for Minister Mei. However, Minister Mei deliberately exchanged all 2 yuan for zero dollars. This was obviously to facilitate Xia Shuo's payment for the purchase of pine mushrooms to the people. .

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With such support from the leader, Xia Shuo was very motivated. In the following time, he ran around the village again, almost going door to door to do mobilization work.

Since 2 yuan was used as project funds and was firmly placed in the village committee, the villagers finally believed that this time the government was really for poverty alleviation.

That afternoon, the whole village mobilized. Men, women, old and young picked up their backpacks and walked eagerly towards Mengshan Mountain behind the village.

Since ancient times, people have depended on the mountains. However, the poverty of ancestors for generations is precisely because of this mountain. The villagers have hated and cursed them, but it is difficult to leave their hometown, and they are unwilling to leave their hometown after all.

Now government cadres came to help the poor and put forward the slogan of asking for wealth from the mountains. The mountains that originally made the villagers hate and love them suddenly gave them hope for life.

Picking pine mushrooms.

Asking for wealth from the mountains...

The entire foothills of Mengshan Mountain stretch for hundreds of miles. There are pine forests all over the mountains and plains. There are pine mushrooms in any pine forest.

Even a child can pick more than ten kilograms in one day. After cleaning and drying, he can harvest about two kilograms of dry goods.

There are 207 households in Songlin Village, with a population of 1681. All villagers except the elderly who cannot move participated in the picking.

A large wooden scale is placed directly at the entrance of the village committee, and the village party secretary personally weighs the pine mushrooms picked by each family.

The driver, Lao Zhao, was a former soldier. He had a loud voice and was responsible for calling the scale. Whenever the village party secretary weighed a portion of pine mushrooms, Lao Zhao would shout out the weight loudly.

Xia Shuo is responsible for distributing money, personally handing each banknote to the villagers. Occasionally, when he encounters a child who comes to hand over pine mushrooms, he will give an extra 1 cents or 1 cents.

At the same time, he rubbed the child's hair, or kicked his butt lightly, and deliberately smiled and scolded: "Don't spend it randomly, this is Uncle Xia's reward for you, let your mother save it for you, and pay for college tuition in the future." …”

The children were already familiar with Xia Shuo, and they all made faces at him and ran away, shouting from a distance: "Uncle Xia, my sister wants to be your wife. Are you free tonight? Can you come to my house for dinner? no?"

The villagers burst into laughter.

At this time, Minister Mei also smiled faintly. The county committee standing committee member looked at the harmonious scene between Xia Shuo and the villagers from a distance, and his eyes would inadvertently reveal his approval of Xia Shuo.

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The purchase price of dried pine mushrooms is tentatively set at 8 cents per catty. This is not because Xia Shuo’s pricing is harsh, but because the economy in these years is too underdeveloped.

In fact, for the villagers, everyone is extremely satisfied. The dried pine mushrooms can be sold for 8 cents per catty, which is a large income for each household.

For example, a family of 8 people go up the mountain to pick pine mushrooms. In one whole day, they can pick at least a hundred kilograms of mushrooms. After cleaning and drying, the amount of dry goods is about 1 kilograms.

The purchase price of 20 kilograms of dried pine mushrooms is 16 yuan. After working for a month, the family’s income is at least 1 yuan.

This kind of income was unimaginable before.

In the past, the average monthly income in Songlin Village was less than 20 yuan. Now, it has increased by 25 times.

The only pity is that Xia Shuo's total capital is only 1 yuan, and due to the high energy of the villagers, his capital is dwindling rapidly.

In less than a month, 1 yuan has been spent.

It turned into nearly 25000 kilograms of dried pine mushrooms.

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The money is gone and it’s time to get going!

This day, early morning.

There is a long line of cars at the entrance of the village, loaded with large sacks.

These ground trains are responsible for transporting goods. They have to transport all the pine mushrooms to the county town, and then contact trucks in the county town to transport the goods to the city's train station.

Then, Xia Shuo was escorted by the car, heading straight to the big cities in the south to sell the goods with the people's dream of getting rid of poverty.

All the men, women and children in the village stood at the entrance of the village to see him off.

Liu Laogen's wife took a baggage and handed it to Xia Shuo, who was at the front of the motorcade, and warned: "Brother Xia Shuo, don't go hungry when you go out. These are the coarse grain pancakes I baked. You can use them as dry food on the road."

Then another woman came forward, holding a can in her hand. She handed it to Xia Shuo and said, "Director Xiao Xia, everyone knows that you have spent all the money. But in order to find out for the village Road, we have to go to the big cities in the south..."

"I heard that food in the south is expensive, and my aunt was worried that you wouldn't have money to eat there, so she fried some pickles for you overnight. You can make do with it as a side dish when you eat."

Then a third woman came forward, presented some clothes, and warned: "I heard that it's hot in the south, so you need to change your clothes frequently. These are the coats and trousers from my family. Brother Xiaoxia, please take them with you as replacements." "

Then, there was another woman...

The simplicity of the villagers was vividly demonstrated at this moment.