: Things are getting big

Xue Huading asked to himself: "Is he out of public or selfishness? If it is public, then his thinking state is too good. But why does Zhang Huadong doubt him? Why is his current behavior so different from the rumors in society? But, if it is out of selfishness, what kind of selfishness is he?"

Xue Huading, who couldn't figure it out, fell asleep as he thought about it.

The next morning, to be precise, the second day after the fire - because it was already early in the morning when Xue Huading and the others met, Xue Huading was awakened by the roars outside. Xue Huading, who was confused, could only hear the screams outside:

"Give me back my child!"

"You are murderers!"

"Down with corrupt officials!"

...

The deafening shouts were very loud, and it sounded like there were many people, including men, women, old and few. When the slogans were neat, Xue Huading even felt the windows vibrating in their shouts. Several sparrows were so scared that they screamed and rushed out of their bird's nest and flew to the distance...

Xue Huading didn't know what was going on outside, so he hurriedly put on his clothes and shoes. When he rushed out of the door and came to the steps, Li Xibin, Zhang Huadong and the two drivers next door also ran out of their respective rooms in panic. Li Xibin was also worried about his identity and did not ask questions immediately, but just looked at the place where he made a sound in confusion. However, what rushed into their eyes were green leaves, soft poplar branches and gray-black walls behind several rows of poplar trees. Several people could only hear the shouts outside, but could not see the roaring crowd.

The young Zhang Huadong was naturally not as steady as Li Xibin. While tidying up the belt of his pants, he asked anxiously: "County Magistrate Li, Assistant Xue, what happened outside?"

Neither Xue Huading nor Li Xibin answered him. Instead, Li Xibin ordered him: "Director Zhang, go and check it out immediately, and come and report it after understanding the situation."

Zhang Huadong was a little timid when he heard the roars. He looked at Xue Huading hesitantly and rescued. At this moment, Lan Yongzhang, secretary of the Party Committee of Liangpao Township, walked over quickly and said a little angrily: "County Magistrate Li, the situation is not good!"

Li Xibin nodded, looked at Lan Yongzhang and asked, "Who are making trouble outside?"

Lan Yongzhang said: "It was the families of the deceased and some surrounding farmers."

Lee Xibin asked loudly: "Why are they messing around here? Who encouraged them?"

Lan Yongzhang glanced at Li Xibin in embarrassment, then looked at Xue Huading, but did not answer immediately.

Xue Huading said from the side: "Since the matter has happened, Secretary Lan, just say it boldly. County Magistrate Li is asking you what he said."

Lan Yongzhang said angrily: "It's because of the fire yesterday. I don't know if anyone is instigating now. They gathered around just dawn today, and at the beginning they were just standing outside. There were also a family who brought all the bodies that they sent home last night. There were all those people outside and watching the fun."

Lan Yongzhang said this, but his eyes looked at Xue Huading and muttered: "I knew it yesterday..."

After saying these words, Lan Yongzhang did not continue. After glanced at Xue Huading and Li Xibin, he slowly squatted down and faced the fucking court. After squatting for a while, he took out a cigarette and lighter from his shirt pocket and smoked cigarettes on the steps.

Li Xibin only received a notice from Zhu Henian yesterday. It was unclear that Xue Huading and Lan Yongzhang each had an idea yesterday afternoon. Now after hearing Lan Yongzhang's words and watching Lan Yongzhang's actions, he looked at Lan Yongzhang, Xue Huading, Zhang Huadong and others in confusion and scanned back and forth on the faces of Lan Yongzhang, Xue Huading, Zhang Huadong and others.

At that time, Lan Yongzhang's idea was based on the fact that these family members were going to cause trouble. However, this opinion was denied by Xue Huading, and the county party secretary Zhu Henian also agreed with Xue Huading's idea.

Although Zhang Huadong knew about the scene yesterday, he did not think of the information revealed by Lan Yongzhang's actions.

Xue Huading naturally knew that Lan Yongzhang had the intention of complaining about himself, and his actions clearly implied: Since you are all my leaders of Lan Yongzhang, you didn’t listen to my opinion yesterday, then I won’t express my opinion today, just listen to you.

Xue Huading said: "Secretary Lan, such a big incident happened in a township, it is impossible to hide it. We are not without prevention, but they still make trouble, which means that the centralized handling method you proposed yesterday will not work. We still need your help to solve this problem."

Speaking of this, Xue Huading asked a little strangely, "Secretary Lan, Secretary Zhu and the others went to comfort these families yesterday. They were very calm at that time and had no extreme words and deeds. Why do they do this today? What is the fault of our government?"

Lan Yongzhang said: "I heard from the cadres of the village group below that someone said that last night that the cause of the fire was because our government failed to inspect and supervise the work, allowing game halls that obviously do not meet safety regulations to be opened. If our government stopped the game hall from operating at that time, then this would not happen. This is equivalent to our government's indirect crimes, which led to the occurrence of this accident. These families were encouraged by others and came together to make trouble, demanding that our government provide huge compensation for theirs, and also said that it was a punishment for our government's inaction."

After hearing Lan Yongzhang's words, some unsolved mysteries in Xue Huading's mind were solved yesterday: After the fire broke out, whether it was Lan Yongzhang, Zhu Henian or Tian Guofeng, they immediately realized that the responsibility for the fire was not only on the owner of the game hall, but also on the government responsible for the business management of the game hall. So Lan Yongzhang, who had been in the officialdom for a long time, came up with an idea Xue Huading thought it was very bad. Xue Huading, who had just entered the officialdom, not only thought that the idea had many shortcomings, but was also very inhumane.

It is also because the government has an unshirkable responsibility for this fire that Zhu Henian attached so much importance to the post-war reassurance work of this fire. Regardless of the city meeting and his own fatigue, he went from house to house to comfort the families of the deceased and the injured. It was late at night that he could not wait to summon relevant leaders and carefully arranged cadres at all levels to do the relevant aftermath work, and at the same time squeezed out money from the stressful finance to treat the injured and give subsidies to the deceased.

After all, Zhu Henian, Tian Guofeng, and Lan Yongzhang all have luck and are praying for the families of the deceased. The injured only concentrate their hatred on the game hall owners. What those people think of is that this fire was just a completely unexpected accident, and they will not think of causing trouble to the government. In this way, the government can stand on the standpoint of the middleman and mediator, do relevant persuasion work, and can truly advance or attack and retreat or defend.

However, there were still people with sharp eyes among the masses. In less than a few hours after the fire, smart people grasped the relevant situation and persuaded the families of the deceased to organize the government and dragged the government to the position of the parties involved. It was no longer possible to be so detached.

Xue Huading thought to himself: "If I were the victim, I would probably have to do this. What money can the owner of that game hall have? A boss who only dares to open a game hall in the village but not into the county town must not have much money. Maybe the storefront and those game consoles are all his savings, and it is even possible to operate the debt. Now a fire burns these things like this, even if the land and the house are sold together, it will not cure a serious injury.

According to the government's opinion, after catching the game hall owner, the only thing these deceased families and injured can do is to beat the game hall owner a few times to vent their anger. If they want to get compensation or medical expenses, the safest way is to find the government. Even if the government is right, the deceased family members have to look for it. Now that the government has such a big mistake, it is really unreasonable to not catch this and make a statement."

Thinking of this, Xue Huading sighed: "Hey, the county party committee and government may be really difficult to solve this matter!"

Just when Xue Huading was filled with emotion, no one noticed that Li Xibin's face turned pale, and the calm that he had just pretended to have disappeared.

Lan Yongzhang, who was squatting on the steps, said in pain: "Just just now, they proposed that each family of the deceased should compensate 300,000 yuan. In addition to fully reimbursing the medical expenses for treatment, each injured person also needs to arrange their future lives. County Magistrate Li, what do you think we should do?"

Li Xibin seemed not to hear Lan Yongzhang's question, and his eyes were still in a daze and panic.

Xue Huading asked, "Did you send someone to block them?"

Lan Yongzhang looked up at Li Xibin and said to Xue Huading: "It's okay for the time being. There are many police officers from the surrounding police stations and police officers from the county public security bureau who rushed over yesterday. In addition to the staff of our township government, we can basically guarantee that they will not rush in. They are waiting for our reply now and there is no intention of forcing them to squeeze in. I'm afraid that after the matter is a big deal, more and more people will come to hear the news. It's hard to say whether they can control the situation at that time."

Li Xibin suddenly asked, "Secretary Lan, who knows it is the one who started to cause trouble everywhere? You asked the people from the Public Security Bureau to arrest him for me."

Lan Yongzhang slowly stood up and faced Li Xibin spread his hands and said, "Do I dare to catch him? He is a relative of the deceased and a reporter. If I catch him, things will probably be worse."

"Reporter?" several people asked at the same time.

Lan Yongzhang did not answer them. In fact, it doesn't matter whether this person is a reporter or not. His words have been spoken out, and the families of the deceased have been motivated. The words of arresting him will not be of any benefit to the solution of the matter, but may cause other families of the deceased to do extreme things.

Xue Huading said to Li Xibin: "County Magistrate Li, I think it's better to report the situation here truthfully to Secretary Zhu, County Magistrate Hetian, while negotiating with the family of the deceased. The longer the time is delayed, the more passive we will be. If the reporter really wants to let the matter come to the media and let the provincial and municipal research teams come to know, there is no good result for us..."

Before Xue Huading finished speaking, Li Xibin unexpectedly interrupted Xue Huading's words and said sternly: "You are so naive! What are you talking about? Assistant Xue, I remind you that you should first correct your position! Don't you know that we are on the same side as their families? We are not both parties, because our government is also the victims of this fire. Now that the perpetrator has not been arrested, what can we talk about between ourselves? It's really a random piano player, and the matter is in chaos before the matter begins!"

Lan Yongzhang and others looked at Li Xibin who suddenly became angry in amazement.

Xue Huading naturally understood what Li Xibin said, but it was nothing more than a shirk to take responsibility for all the game hall bosses like before.

Xue Huading said sincerely: "County Magistrate Li, whether our government and the victim's family are from each other or not, we have to talk to them. Only by talking to them seriously can we calm their current emotions. Now that they have come to us in this way, it is impossible to turn a blind eye to their current actions. Their behavior is completely directed at our government. At least we must dispel their wrong ideas through communication. Besides, is our government really not wrong at all?"

Li Xibin said sternly again: "You don't believe that you are naive. It's the mistake of the game hall owner. What's wrong with our government? Even if there is any mistake, can we say it directly in this situation? Do you want to add fuel to the fire? I also ask you, how much money can our county spend to fill this hole? Just the medical expenses are a huge bottomless pit. Do you know? If you don't know the foundation of our county, you want to be a good person. Who doesn't want to do good people, but can you do it without this strength?"
Chapter completed!