Early the next morning, Organization Minister Ning Wanli asked Li Xiaoning to get in his car and drive to Pingshan Town.
Pingshan Town is actually only more than 40 miles away from Dongping County, but not long after the car left the county, the road came to an end. After walking for a while, the road became worse and worse, and became narrower and narrower. There were potholes on the road one after another.
A pit, a big pit within a small pit, Ning Wanli's Santana was like a small boat floating on the sea, swaying here and there. Several times, Li Xiaoning almost hit his head on the glass by accident.
After walking for more than 40 miles and walking for three and a half hours, the car finally arrived at a shabby small town.
Through the car window, Li Xiaoning had a panoramic view of the town. There was almost no building with more than two floors here. Many houses were even half brick and half adobe structures. The roofs did not even have tiles and were directly covered with roofs.
Thatch, and occasionally you can see one or two bungalows, which are considered magnificent buildings.
Various slogans were painted with lime on the walls of the houses facing the street, such as "Adhere to the Four Basic Principles", "Strive hard to realize a moderately prosperous society", etc., but more of them were "Down, down, down."
Come down, stay, just don’t give birth!”, “Drink the medicine without taking the bottle, hang yourself with a rope, I would rather have one more grave than one more person” and other horrifying family planning slogans.
Although he knew in advance that Pingshan Town was the poorest town in Binhai, Li Xiaoning still couldn't hide his disappointment when he saw this scene. In order to stabilize his mood, he took out his cigarettes, handed one to Ning Wanli, and then said silently
He lit it on the ground and took a deep breath, letting the nicotine anesthetize his nerves.
The car continued to move forward and finally entered a yard with red brick walls. Several signs came into view immediately. The most eye-catching ones were the red "Pingshan Town Committee of Dongping County, Dongping County" and the black "People's Government of Pingshan Town, Dongping County".
Next to it are the signs of the Ministry of Human Resources and Armed Forces, the Discipline Inspection Commission and the Presidium of the National People's Congress. In the corner of the yard, there is also a sign - Pingshan Town Police Station. Due to the passage of time, the wooden sign has begun to crack, revealing the fragments inside.
After Ning Wanli got out of the car, he rubbed his waist and butt vigorously. This trip made him miserable. If it weren't for the fact that Li Xiaoning was a "second-generation official", he wouldn't have come to this place where nothing matters.
Woolen cloth.
After exercising for a while, Ning Wanli took Li Xiaoning into the party and government office. There were four tables in the room, and a dozen villagers gathered around one table, seemingly applying for documents. A fat man
A woman was sitting at the table knitting a sweater, and another man in his thirties was on the phone, "Mayor He, Secretary Pang said, today the county organization director is coming in person, you can come back in a hurry or not. What?"
What time is it? I guess it must be afternoon anyway!"
After the man finished making the call, he sat down. There was a "squeaking" sound, and the chair bent under the pressure, as if it was about to fall apart. It turned out that one of the legs of the chair was broken, and it was covered with cloth.
Just wrap the strips up and use them.
Ning Wanli walked up to the man and said condescendingly: "Where are Pang Weidong and Zhang Erwa?"
The man did not answer Ning Wanli's question. He just picked up the enamel cup on the table and took a sip of water before asking slowly, "Who are you? This is the party and government office. What are you calling?"
Ning Wanli's face suddenly turned red and he said angrily: "I am Ning Wanli."
"Have you never heard that you are awesome?" The man continued to drink tea leisurely and said. It is rare for Pingshan Town to have a leader all year round, and Ning Wanli has never been here even once, so the people in this room
People don't know him at all.
Seeing that Ning Wanli was about to get angry, Li Xiaoning hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Comrade, I'm here to report. Please call Secretary Pang and Mayor Zhang."
The man looked Li Xiaoning up and down, and then said with a smile: "You still know some courtesy. Judging from your gentle and quiet appearance, you are the newly assigned teacher, right? Go to the education office next door to register.
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Li Xiaoning smiled slightly and said: "I am not a teacher, I come to work for the town government."
"You come to work at the town government?" The man frowned, turned around and asked the fat woman: "Have you heard that people are coming in?"
The middle-aged fat woman shook her head and said: "I haven't heard of it, Director Zhao." As she spoke, she looked Li Xiaoning up and down, and said domineeringly: "This is Director Zhao of the Party and Government Office. If the government wants to hire someone, he will definitely
I know, are you mistaken?"
Ning Wanli couldn't bear it anymore. He slapped the table and said angrily: "Asshole! This is the new deputy mayor Li Xiaoning. I am Ning Wanli, the county organization director. Quickly call Pang Weidong and Zhang Er.
Baby, get out of here."
After hearing this, Director Zhao and the middle-aged fat woman realized that the person in front of them was really "awesome", and they stood up in fright. In fact, they also knew that a new deputy mayor was coming.
, but I didn’t expect that it would be Li Xiaoning, because Li Xiaoning is too young. Director Zhao is in his thirties, and he just became a low-ranking director. Who would have thought that the young man in front of him, who was in his early twenties at most, would already be there.
Is he "high up" in the position of deputy mayor?
At that moment, Director Zhao didn't even bother to apologize and hurriedly ran back to call the town party committee secretary and the mayor.
Pang Weidong, Secretary of the Party Committee of Pingshan Town, has also received the notice. However, because the roads around Pingshan Town are too difficult to walk, and he does not know when Minister Ning and his party will arrive, he did not bring the main members of the two teams in advance.
Meet at the gate of the town government.
After listening to Director Zhao's report, Pang Weidong immediately called the mayor Zhang Erwa and rushed to the front. He stretched out his hands and planned to shake hands with Ning Wanli. He said at the same time: "Welcome Minister Ning to come to Pingshan Town for guidance.
Work!".
Because Ning Wanli was angry just now, he did not shake hands with Pang Weidong at the moment. Instead, he said with a stern face: "Don't say any unnecessary words. Let's go to the conference room first."
Pang Weidong retracted his hand nonchalantly, waved it back and said, "Minister Ning, please."
Li Xiaoning had already taken advantage of this time to take a closer look at his two immediate bosses. Pang Weidong, secretary of the town party committee, looked to be in his mid-thirties, tall and thin, with a scholarly air about him. He probably came from the government agency.
The mayor of the town, Zhang Erwa, is a different story. He is in his forties, a bit stooped, and has big yellow teeth. At a glance, he can tell that he is a grassroots cadre who was born and raised.
Everyone gathered around Ning Wanli and entered the conference room. Without saying a word, Ning Wanli took out the red-headed document from his briefcase and announced the appointment of Li Xiaoning. After organizational research and decision, Comrade Li Xiaoning was appointed as the deputy town of Pingshan Town.
long.
Just like the situation in Dongping County, as soon as Ning Wanli finished speaking, everyone in the conference room focused their attention on Li Xiaoning. The conference room was like a stone falling on the calm water. Everyone whispered to each other and speculated about this young man.
What is the origin? They couldn't help but think wildly. When Party Secretary Pang Weidong came down, he was only sent to take office by the deputy director of the County Organization Department. Li Xiaoning was just a deputy mayor. Why could he enjoy the privileges of even the town Party Secretary?
What about the treatment that he cannot enjoy? And he is too young. Even if he searched the entire Pingshan Town, he could not find such a young cadre, let alone the deputy mayor. Even a blind man could tell that the background behind Li Xiaoning was not simple.
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Ning Wanli coughed loudly twice, and the conference room immediately became quiet again. Ning Wanli continued to say businesslikely: "Comrade Xiaoning is an outstanding young cadre specially sent by the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee. He is not afraid of hardships that make you the poorest person."
The spirit of working in towns and villages is noble, and everyone must support his work. I believe that our party committee team in Pingshan Town is a united and combative team, and will definitely cooperate well with Comrade Xiaoning. The meeting is adjourned!"
Probably because he still hadn't calmed down, after the meeting, Ning Wanli ignored Pang Weidong's lunch invitation, got in the car and left, regardless of the fact that it was already lunch time.
As soon as Ning Wanli left, Pang Weidong's face immediately darkened. He was also considered a person who came down from above. Before becoming the Party Committee Secretary of Pingshan Town, he worked in the county government for more than ten years, and finally relied on giving
The deputy secretary of Dongping County got such a position only because of a jade bracelet passed down from his family. And Li Xiaoning was young, handsome, educated and had a "background", which was a huge irritation to him, and he felt a deep affection for Li Xiaoning in his heart.
Feeling of rejection.
The mayor Zhang Erwa also has no good impression of Li Xiaoning. He is a native-born grassroots cadre. What he hates most in his life is these gilded cadres who come down from above. He does not help at all and only causes trouble for himself. Pang Weidong and
The deputy mayor who was just castrated before is a typical example. One doesn't know anything and gives random orders all day long, and the other has no regard for reality and only knows how to act recklessly. People like Li Xiaoning are probably even more unreliable than Pang Weidong.
.So, he didn’t give Li Xiaoning a good look at all.
Li Xiaoning didn't expect that he would be put on the unpopular list by his two immediate bosses just after he took office. He was still immersed in the longing for the new job and new environment, so he walked over to Pang Weidong and Zhang Erwa
, "Secretary Pang, Mayor Zhang, I'm young, inexperienced, and new here. I'll have to ask the two leaders to take care of me in the future!" With that, he took out Su Yan from his pocket and asked Pang Weidong and Zhang
Erwa handed it over.
Pang Weidong snorted coldly and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know how to smoke." After saying this, he turned around and returned to the office without waiting for Li Xiaoning's answer.
Zhang Erwa also said with a smile: "I am from a rural background. I am used to rolling cigarette leaves into white paper and smoking. I can't smoke your expensive cigarette." As he spoke, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and used it.
I lit the cigarette rolled out of notebook paper, blew out a big stick, and then turned around and left.
Li Xiaoning's hand froze in mid-air awkwardly, and he didn't react for a long time...