743 , the far away Wuling is far away, a hundred miles away
You should not take the wrong path without instructions, because there is no fork in the mountains, and there is only one road to walk. Even if you go around, you can just move forward. This road is very flat, but the slope in some places is very large, not only curved but also undulating, and ordinary cars may not be able to get through.
After calculating the journey, Cheng Tianle has walked more than fifty miles and is still wandering among the steep mountains. He still doesn’t know where Wuling Township is! If there are strangers like him who go to find Wuling Township, he will probably feel less confident the more he walks, because it is just a road that cannot be seen, and no traces of other people are seen.
Just as he was thinking this way, he suddenly heard the sound of a car motor. There was a car coming on this road! It was a four-wheel drive off-road vehicle, which was still far away on the curved and rounded mountain road and could not be seen in sight, but Cheng Tianle heard it. He was curious who would drive here. Could it be the resident of Wuling Township? So he slowed down and listened carefully.
Cheng Tianle's hearing is so keen that it is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. The car is getting closer and closer. In addition to the sound of the engine, he even heard two people talking.
One of them should be the driver, muttering, "What the hell is this? Why don't there even be a street sign? We set off early in the morning, it's almost noon, why is it still a mountain road and I haven't seen anything else?"
Another person said, "There is no fork in the road, just drive straight forward. I have heard that this village is very remote, but I didn't expect it to be so biased!"
Driver: "I would have known we would have brought some food to the road. There was no place to have lunch here... Secretary Wang, are you hungry?"
Secretary Wang: "I'm really hungry after hearing what you said. I didn't expect the road to be so far and I couldn't see the hotel on the way. I think it should be almost there, right? I called to notify the other side before departure. I guess the banquet was ready. Let's go there and have a meal!"
The driver said again: "I'll stop the car first and find a place to solve it. Secretary Wang, do you want it to be convenient?"
Secretary Wang: "I'm really so tired. I've been sitting since early morning until now. Is there any paper? I want to have a big one."
Driver: "I have all the tissues and mineral water at any time. There is also a box of prepared Moutai in the trunk, but I don't bring any food."
The two of them got off the bus and continued to drive on the road after a while. The driver said again: "How could Secretary Wang come to take office when he doesn't even have rabbits?"
Secretary Wang sighed and said, "It's not an arrangement yet! My father and uncle both said that I am still young and need to train more at the grassroots level. The township party secretary is the top leader, and after all, he is a resume for presiding over the overall work. In the future, it is very important in cadre assessment. It doesn't matter no matter how biased Wuling Township is. Anyway, nothing has happened here. If it's not that it's too biased and most people are not willing to go, I can't fight for it! It's enough to work for a year or two, and then I will be transferred to the county and take a real position. No one can say anything."
The driver praised: "Young man is really good at seeing. Wuling Township is also a complete ethnic township. The secretary is the top leader. This resume is so important that not everyone can win this real problem. Originally, Wuling Township has always been local cadres, and you are the first secretary to be sent out. The work location is too remote and you can catch up with Tibet! We are familiar with the road this time, and Secretary Wang doesn't have to stay in the village in the future. He goes back to the county town when he has time. Anyway, Wuling Township has nothing to do, right?"
Cheng Tianle in the distance had already understood that it was the new secretary of the township party committee. Hearing the tone of the two of them, the young Secretary Wang was going to be the top leader in Wuling Township, and someone arranged this fact for him, and he was a cadre parachuted from above. In the history of Wuling Township, township cadres have always appointed local people, and foreign township officials are still the first.
This Secretary Wang is either going to Wuling Township to do something, or needs the work history of the top leaders of the grassroots party and government. After a while, he will be arranged to be promoted to the county, so he can find a strong real-time job and be gilded. These two people have never been to Wuling Township. After driving along the wild roads in the mountains for so long, I guess I feel a little embarrassed.
At this time, the people in the car had already seen Cheng Tianle's back on the roadside in the distance. The driver shouted: "Secretary Wang, look, there is someone in front of you who is walking!"
Secretary Wang: "There is really someone who is walking! God, how far has he walked?"
The driver: "Maybe he is from Wuling Township. He came out to collect herbs or dig mountain goods. He was about to go back, but he saw that he was carrying a bag behind him."
Secretary Wang: "Then let's go over and ask, how far is Wuling Township?"
Cheng Tianle heard the sound of the car horn behind him, and then the off-road vehicle almost stopped close to him, and the other side was a cliff of 100 meters deep. Secretary Wang sat in the back row and did not move. The driver rolled the window and looked over and asked, "Messenger, is this the way to Wuling Township?"
Cheng Tianle replied in standard Mandarin: "Yes, there is only one way to Wuling Township, and the map is clearly marked."
Driver: "How far is it to get there?"
Cheng Tianle asked back, "Didn't you call me when you came?"
Driver: "It was said that we drove over from the nearest village entrance, which was a hundred miles away, but we had been walking for a whole morning, why haven't we arrived yet?"
Cheng Tianle smiled. It turned out that the road was one hundred miles long. He replied with a smile: "That's because you drive slowly. You've just passed fifty miles. Haven't you looked at the odometer?"
Secretary Wang said in the back seat: "Half is there? It seems that I can't catch up with lunch."
One hundred miles is equivalent to fifty kilometers. If it is not a long road in the plain area, it may be just a few steps to the accelerator. However, for such mountain roads, cars dare not drive fast and cannot drive fast. Although the road is flat, it is not wide, and the winding and twisting places cannot see the situation ahead at all. The slopes in some places are simply at the limit of off-road vehicles climbing. They drove over this morning, and the average speed is not as fast as the bicycles under normal circumstances. They walked for more than fifty miles.
This is the case with driving an off-road vehicle. If it were an ordinary person walking, how long would it take? Maybe he would have to walk with dry food on his back for a few days and nights. Modern urban people with poor physical strength should not have this idea at all. They have to be on guard against wild animals when sleeping in the open at night.
The driver felt a little relieved and asked again: "Are you from Wuling Township?"
Cheng Tianle replied: "I am not a local, I am here for a tour. I can only walk here without a bus. It just so happens that I will go to Wuling Township... If it is convenient, can I take a ride to take me with me?"
The driver looked back at Secretary Wang, but Secretary Wang didn't say anything but looked gloomy. The driver quickly said, "Oh, sorry, I'm doing official duties, I'm sending him to the leader!...Wait a little longer, ask about the next car." As he said that, he rolled up the window and continued moving forward, quickly leaving Cheng Tianle behind.
Cheng Tianle smiled. If he used the magical method on this mountain road, it would be much faster than the off-road vehicle. In fact, he himself could not walk along the road completely, just pass through the mountains and valleys to the other end of the visible highway, which could save a lot of detours in the middle. Cheng Tianle was practicing the way to control the gods on this road, and was also admiring the scenery paintings extending from his feet, so he didn't walk fast, so he was caught up by the off-road vehicle.
Since he encountered this car, Cheng Tianle also accelerated his pace and followed far behind. The two of them were discussing him in the car. Secretary Wang said: "A person suddenly appeared in this wilderness. Who knows if he is a gangster?"
Driver: "Secretary Wang is right. It's better to be careful when walking on this kind of road!... The man just now seemed to be walking to Wuling Township. If he really came to travel, he would be too brave."
After talking about Cheng Tianle, the topic talked about Wuling Township again. The driver said a little angrily: "Secretary Wang came to take office from afar, and Wuling Township did not send anyone to pick him up!"
Secretary Wang: "Old Li, you will only say this at the banquet later. I'm not good at ordering them directly. But you saw it today. It's really not easy for them to go out. I'm afraid they have to walk for a day and I can't go back that day. I said yesterday that if they want them to wait in the village, I didn't expect that the 50-kilometer road is so difficult... I don't know what the conditions there are and whether work and life are convenient? It seems that the actual shortcomings of the top leaders of this village are also a chore."
Driver Lao Li: "I'm afraid I can't say that. Being the top leader in this village may still be a rare fat. Outsiders never get opportunities. Secretary Wang, you are the first one."
Secretary Wang: "Oh?"
Driver Lao Li: "This township is in the deep mountains, with more than 600 people on the household registration, but the permanent population is only more than 200. Most of them do business outside all year round, and it is said that they are quite rich. In recent years, the work assigned by the city and the county has never been troubled and all of them have been completed smoothly. In places like this, if others apply for poverty subsidies, but Wuling Township has never applied for it.
Let’s take a look at this road. They raised funds and maintained them by themselves. They also had electricity, telephones, Internet access, and mobile phone signal base stations. They also raised funds themselves and did not require financial appropriations. Family planning work, there has never been any problem with various inspections, and no one petitioned, which means that the place is quite short of money! It’s just that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and it has always been rich and does not flow to outsiders’ fields. Now Secretary Wang is the leader, and the benefits are probably much more than imagined.”
Secretary Wang smiled: "You said that I was like a local emperor ascended the throne."
Driver Lao Li: "That's right, you can't underestimate that place! And I also learned that the customs of that place are very open. There are many girls who have children before they get married and have not even made trouble. Some have come back from working outside to have children, while others have children in the village. As long as they do not violate the policies or pay fines according to regulations, they will do whatever they want."
Secretary Wang widened his eyes and asked with great interest: "Oh, is there such a thing?" (To be continued)