"Cadre Li, can you just visit the poor households I know?" Wang Defu confirmed again.

"Yes, I wasn't sent down by the superiors to inspect. I just wanted to understand the actual situation. After all, I am a cadre stationed in the village and I can't just do nothing." Li An gave Wang Defu a reassurance.

"That's good, that's good."

Wang Defu's frown suddenly relaxed.

"Come to Gansan Li and eat cigarettes." The locals like to call smoking cigarettes, which always sounds weird.

Li An looked at the cigarette that Wang Defu handed over and thought about it before taking it.

You should still smoke, after all, smoking will be an indispensable part of socializing and socializing in the future.

Li An lit up a cigarette and chatted with Wang Defu for a few words. Before he finished smoking, he heard the door knocking.

Chen Shanhe walked out of the house with a backpack on his back. When he saw Li An, he quickly took a few steps with a slight embarrassment on his face.

"Oh, Li An, how long have you been here? Why didn't you call me? I'm so sorry for making you wait."

"We just arrived, let's go now." Li An also picked up the satchel on the ground.

"Cadre Li, which one should we go to first today?" Wang Defu swept away the depression he felt when he first arrived and became much more positive.

"Well, who's the poorest family in the village?" Li An asked after thinking for a while.

"Wu Xiao from Group 12 will go home first." Wang Defu thought for a moment and replied.

"Then let's go to this place first." Li An said.

"Okay, then follow me." Wang Defu nodded and walked towards the mountain road to the west.

"Li An, why did you persuade Director Wang to take us there?" Chen Shanhe asked Li An in a low voice. He had approached Wang Defu several times before, but was rejected by various reasons.

This Li An is very capable. He helped two people after only two days of knowing him. Chen Shanhe felt a little touched.

When Li An heard his old friend's question and the tone of his voice with a little admiration, his little vanity was satisfied.

Hmm...how to answer this question.

"Maybe Director Wang thinks I'm more handsome." Li An said, touching his chin.

"Uh..." Chen Shanhe had a dark look on his face. What kind of excuse could this be?

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"Fuqiang Village is 8 kilometers away from the Guanmiao Township Government and has 14 villager groups under its jurisdiction, with a total of 348 households and 1,206 people."

"Fuqiang Village covers an area of ​​11.2 square kilometers, including more than 1,800 acres of land. In 2005, Fuqiang Village reported 110 poor households with a total of 370 people."

"A large part of Fuqiang Village's income comes from migrant work. There are more than 300 migrant workers in the village."

"From the data, the poor people in Fuqiang Village account for nearly one-third of the total population of the village. It is a veritable poverty-stricken village."

On the way to visit poor households, Chen Shanhe was introducing to Li An his understanding of the situation in Fuqiang Village. This was all information obtained from the county and township.

After listening to Chen Shanhe's introduction, Li An nodded and said, "We are indeed very poor. As we walked along the way, most of the houses we passed by were adobe houses, and there were only a handful of brick houses."

The data obtained by Chen Shanhe are not too different from the appearance of Fuqiang Village in Li An's memory, and they can basically reflect the actual situation in the village.

"Director Wang, haven't the county and township thought about how to help the village get rid of poverty?" Li An asked Wang Defu.

"Hey~" Wang Defu sighed first, and then said slowly: "Our village is the most remote poor village in Guanmiao Township. There are no industries in the village and there is no cement road. The dirt road leading to the township government

It is difficult for large vehicles to get in. The basic conditions here are so poor that no one is willing to come to the village to invest and develop industries. The county and township only provide some subsidies every year, which is a drop in the bucket."

"If you want to get rich, build the road first, but you haven't thought of a way to build the road first," Chen Shanhe said from the side.

He majored in finance at university and is familiar with the basics of economic development.

"Building roads is not easy. I have asked someone to estimate before. If we build a road here, it will cost an average of 200,000 yuan per kilometer. There is an eight-kilometer road from the village to the countryside. It is roughly estimated that it will cost 1.6 million yuan. Which

There is so much money." Wang Defu smiled bitterly.

"Can't you find a solution with the township or county?" Chen Shanhe asked again.

"Shanhe, the annual fiscal revenue of a township here is only two to three million. How is it possible for the township to spend more than half of the year's fiscal revenue to build roads for a village?" Li An spread knowledge to Chen Shanhe, a novice.

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"What about applying in the county? The county must have the money." Chen Shanhe still felt that he could think of a way.

"County? Yangdong County is originally a poor county. Its annual income is only more than 200 million, but its expenditure is close to 300 million. It has to rely on fiscal transfer payments from the province every year to barely survive. How can it be possible to have money for the village?

Build roads.”

Li An was very clear about government affairs, so he explained everything in detail.

"This...is there no other way?" Chen Shanhe's ambitions that he had just gone to the countryside had been half destroyed by this blow.

Seeing his friend's discouraged appearance, Li An felt that he could no longer undermine his confidence, so he decided to give him some motivation.

"Last time I heard that the country has started to launch a road project in every village. I think it won't be too far away when every village will be connected to a road."

"Ah! Really? Cadre Li." Wang Defu was the first to become happy. He looked a little excited and said: "If the village is connected to a road, the life of the villagers will be much better."

"Of course this is true. This project is originally a national key project and is for the benefit of the people." Li An nodded and replied.

The three of them walked and chatted all the way and unknowingly arrived at the first poor household they visited today - Wu Xiaoxian's home.

In a mountain col, a dilapidated hut appeared in front of everyone.

If the house of Uncle Liu's house where Chen Shanhe stayed was considered shabby, this house could be said to be completely shabby.

The house is very small, with only one window and one door. The earthen walls have been cracked in many places, and the thatch on the roof is also somewhat incomplete.

The door was open, and there must be someone at home, but it was so dark inside that it was difficult to see what was going on inside.

"Auntie, are you at home?" Wang Defu shouted at the door.

"No!" (Who!)

An old woman's voice came from inside the house, and then after a burst of noise, an old woman with a wrinkled face walked out from inside.

She squinted her eyes to identify them and then said: "Oh, it's Defu here." After seeing Li An and Chen Shanhe behind Wang Defu, she asked doubtfully: "Who are these two young students?"

"Mother, these two are cadres sent from above. They came here specifically for a visit this time." Wang Defu leaned into the woman's ear and spoke loudly.

"He's a cadre from the city. Come in and sit down quickly." The woman greeted Li An and the two of them.

Walking into the house, the space inside is very small. There is a wooden table for eating, a wooden cabinet and nothing else. The ground is also uneven soil, but it has been stepped on very smoothly.

"This is Wu Xiaoxian's home, and this is his wife Wang Guifen, we all call her Wang Auntie." Wang Defu introduced the woman first, and then went to the back room.

"Wu Xiaoxian is in the back room. He suffered a stroke two years ago and was paralyzed in bed."

After hearing Wang Defu's introduction, Li An and Chen Shan walked to the back room, but as soon as they entered, an unpleasant smell hit their faces.

It has a strong smell of Chinese medicine and a pungent smell of urine, which makes you want to vomit.

Li An endured the discomfort in his stomach and walked in.

The small room was dark, damp, and smelled pungent.

An old man with white hair lay on a double bed, covered with a thin quilt. He was motionless, only his eyes kept moving.

After seeing the scene inside, Chen Shanhe couldn't help but asked: "Didn't you go to the hospital to check it out?"

At this time, Li An couldn't help but pulled Chen Shanhe and whispered: "Look at their family's situation, can they afford to go to the hospital for medical treatment?"

"I was rash." When Li An reminded Chen Shanhe, he immediately realized that he had said something wrong and scratched his head in embarrassment.

Li An pulled Chen Shanhe to the open space outside, and Wang Defu followed him out.

The light in the room was a bit dim, and it was not convenient for conversation.
Chapter completed!