Chapter 389 Touchstone (Please give me a monthly ticket for the first update!)
When Lu Rui opened the glass jar held by a student, he was stunned for a moment, and the inside was slowly filled with pickles.
"Child, why do you bring so many pickles?" Lu Rui asked softly.
Standing in front of him was a girl about ten years old. She looked at Lu Rui with some timidity, nodded after the labor accompanying him, and said in a low voice: "This week, I will rely on it to make a meal."
Lu Rui's face changed, he looked at the labor beside him and said, "Director Labor, this..."
Labor sighed: "County magistrate, the students' families are poor. I can find a way to pay for tuition and miscellaneous fees and book fees. What else can I do?"
Lu Rui fell into silence. Jinfu County's economic backwardness is obvious. The most prosperous shopping mall in the county is equivalent to a community supermarket in a big city. Even Lu Rui walked around the street last night and couldn't find a few decent hotels. What's even more funny is that except for the one row of buildings facing the street, there are rows of bungalows in other places in the county, and you can even see dirt houses.
This was in 2004, and it was hard for Lu Rui to imagine that there was such a place.
"Director Lai, thank you for your hard work over the years." Lu Rui stood up slowly, holding the hand of labor and sighed deeply.
In the mouths of those teachers, Lu Rui learned about the deeds of labor over the years. In the past ten years, labor began to become the director of the county education bureau. In addition to the daily needs, the annual salary was all on the students in the school. Those poor students who could not afford to study had saved up the annual tuition, miscellaneous fees, and book fees.
In the past ten years, labor lost a lot of things. From a young man in his early twenties to a middle-aged man in his thirties who seemed to be in his forties. In ten years, he had not been married and even refused several marriages. Other officials at the level of the department were all very interesting. Only this education director could not even afford a pound of meat during the Chinese New Year.
Hearing Lu Rui's words, Lao Du smiled and said, "County Magistrate, I'm nothing. I'm a bachelor, and the whole family is not hungry if I eat alone. These children really want to study."
After sighing, Lu Rui fell into silence. He never expected that Jinfu City's education had collapsed to such a level. With the dedication of labor and a group of teachers, many children still had to drop out of school and go home. Older people went out to work, and younger people could only help their parents with some farm work at home.
As for the high school in the county, there are not even any. Now there are only five high school students in the county who are studying in Muyang City, and they are all funded by labor. Of course, Lu Rui knew very well that the children of rich people and officials were not within this calculation range.
"Director Lai, is there no education fund in the city's annual financial allocation?" Lu Rui frowned tightly and spoke in a deep voice.
Lao Du smiled, but did not answer Lu Rui's question, but sighed.
Lu Rui immediately understood. It seemed that there was something unheard of outsiders. However, after thinking about it carefully, he realized that this kind of misappropriation of funds is really too common for the grassroots of China, especially the Qingshui Office of the Education Bureau, which is not valued. It has long been common for relevant departments to misappropriate education funds for other things.
He had a secret concern in his heart. Lu Rui looked at Zhan Quan, director of the county government office accompanied by him to inspect. It seemed that his first county magistrate's office meeting in Jinfu County would probably not be calm.
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"County magistrate, what are you doing?" When Lu Rui took out all his cash from his handbag, Lao Dao and others were frightened. Several older teachers stopped him repeatedly. In their opinion, it was rare for the county magistrate to come and inspect. If he asked him to pay for it again, it would be too unreasonable.
Lu Rui waved his hand and said calmly: "As for me, my family is considered to have some money, and I don't spend much money on it. This money is just used to buy some school supplies for the children. In addition, I will provide tuition and living expenses for those children who are studying in high school in other places in the future. My salary is 5,000 yuan per month, which is exactly 1,000 yuan per child." After a pause, Lu Rui looked at Lao and said: "Director Lai, believe me, it will take less than half a year to let the children in Jinfu County live a normal study life, so that you, the Education Director, deserve your reputation."
After saying that, Lu Rui walked to a child, touched his head, and said softly: "Uncle is not a bad person. Uncle doesn't know the situation. Uncle has apologized to Uncle Lao just now. Are you willing to forgive uncle?"
The child looked at Lu Rui, raised his little face, and said in a tender voice: "Thank you uncle, I understand."
The nose felt sore, and as the sky was getting dark, Lu Rui's expression became even more dim. He knew that these children were going to bed because a teacher just said to him: "Students can't eat enough at night, and going to bed early can keep hunger."
"Education is the foundation of the country. Even if you go out to work, laborers with higher education levels will be more likely to find jobs and their income levels are significantly higher. It must be admitted that improving education levels is an effective means to help the poor get rid of poverty." Lu Rui said to the people around him.
And the same goes for the same thing, Lu Rui reiterated the old story at the first county government office meeting where he took office as county magistrate.
"No matter how poor we are, we can't be poor in education, and no matter how hard we are, we can't be hard in children, but I see that the children in Jinfu County live a heartbreaking life. If we don't want to be pointed at the backbone in the next few decades, then this situation must be changed."
Lu Rui glanced at the deputy county magistrates attending the county government office meeting and said lightly.
Several deputy county magistrates looked at each other, but no one was the first to speak.
Lu Rui frowned slightly. Jinfu County did not look like it was not big and the population was small, but there were quite a few officials. The national famous article stipulated that a county government could set up "one chief and three deputy chief". Each place had roughly three to five deputy county magistrates according to its own situation. However, Jinfu County was better. There were nine deputy county magistrates sitting in a conference room full of people. It looked quite spectacular. In fact, it was unknown how much it could have.
"Deputy County Magistrate Lao, you are the executive deputy county magistrate. Let me tell you what should I do about this matter?" Lu Rui looked at the deputy county magistrates and slowly spoke to the executive deputy county magistrate model workers.
The model worker smiled awkwardly. He naturally knew that the issue of education should not be ignored, but there were too many things involved. The former county magistrate also tried to solve this matter, but in the end it was futile. Although Lu Rui had a good starting point, it was obviously unrealistic to mention this matter at this time.
After thinking about it, the model worker still felt that the young county magistrate was a little reckless. After hesitating for a moment, he said slowly: "County magistrate, I think this matter should be done first, right to take a look at the preliminary investigation work? Without investigation, there is no right to speak. Only by understanding the specific situation can we better plan for the education cause in the county."
Lu Rui's face changed. Unexpectedly, this model worker actually had an official accent with him.
He looked deeply at the Deputy County Mayor Lao who was still patting his chest in the office yesterday and said he would support him. Lu Rui had already divided him into an untrustworthy column.
However, Lu Rui knew very well that the reason why model workers were willing to be a turtle to offend him at this time must have two considerations. On the one hand, it was because he was alone in the Standing Committee. To be precise, it was because he did not show the power to impress him. People in the officialdom have always followed the strong. As the acting county magistrate, the county magistrate is a bare commander. Who dares to lean against him? All morning, except for labor reporting on the education situation in the county, no one in the county directly under the county came to report to him. The top leaders were probably waiting to see the jokes of the baby county magistrate.
On the other hand, Lu Rui saw an unusual meaning from the flashing words of the model worker and the somewhat fearful expressions of these deputy county magistrates.
"It seems that there are other people here." Lu Rui thought to himself.
With a smile, Lu Rui turned his head and looked at Zuo Mei, the deputy county magistrate in charge of culture, education and health: "Deputy County magistrate Zuo, how much does the city allocate annual education funds to our county?"
Zuo Mei is an old deputy county magistrate. Because she is a lesbian, her status in the county government has become much higher. Lu Rui has also become much more kind to her.
After looking at Lu Rui in embarrassment, Zuo Mei replied slowly: "County Mayor Lu, the city has allocated 1.4 million yuan to our county this year to improve teachers' salaries and teaching facilities in education."
Lu Rui nodded and calculated that although the money was not much, it would be enough if it was used to renovate the school building.
"Then has the money been paid?" Lu Rui continued to ask.
Zuo Mei gritted her teeth and nodded, "It's been sent." She thought of the thing the person said at her home last night, looked at Lu Rui in front of her and said unexpectedly, "But the Finance Bureau said that she would need Deputy Yang to sign it before sending it down."
Everyone was stunned. Is this woman Zuo Mei crazy?
Only the model worker looked at Zuo Mei thoughtfully, thinking of the long-standing rumors, he was slightly stunned for a moment, but didn't say anything.
Not only him, but also the face of Zhan Quan, the director of the county government office, who had been attending the meeting and taking notes, also changed. He glanced at Zuo Mei and said nothing, but the moment he lowered his head, an inexplicable light flashed in his eyes.
Lu Rui raised his eyebrows, and he had already seen the reactions of everyone in the office. He looked at Zuo Mei in surprise and felt a little moved in his heart. It seemed that Zuo Mei said this, not aimlessly. The county government's education allocation actually requires the signature of Yang Shan, deputy ***, the Party Committee deputy ***.
"Haha, it seems that this Deputy Yang is quite capable." Lu Rui smiled coldly in his heart. The county magistrate is in charge of finance, and he must take the position of the finance director, but now there are no available talents on hand for the time being, so it would be a bit troublesome if he takes action rashly.
Chapter completed!