Arriving at the door of the village chief and secretary Huang Changgen's house, Zhong Mian said to Zhang Huawei: "Secretary Zhang, this is the home of Huang Changgen, the village chief and secretary of Tianti Village."

Zhang Huawei took a look at Huang Changgen's home and saw that it was no different from other villagers' homes. It was still a thatched house with earth walls and several large cracks in the wall.

Zhong Mian stood at the door and shouted loudly: "Secretary Huang, Secretary Huang, are you at home?" As soon as Zhong Mian's voice fell, a woman's voice came from the room: "Who is in trouble again? Huang Changgen is not here."

, died outside."

Following the voice, a woman in her forties or fifties came out of the room. When she saw this and Zhong Mian, her stern face suddenly showed a smile: "It turns out to be Cadre Zhong. I thought it was Mr. Zhong who came here again."

We are looking for Lao Huang to resolve the matter. Mr. Zhong, please come inside and sit down. Lao Huang is at home."

After hearing his wife's voice, Huang Changgen also walked out of the room. When Huang Changgen came out, he said humbly to Zhong Mian: "Mr. Zhong, why did you come to our place? You see, we didn't make any preparations."

Huang Changgen and Zhong Mian were talking but his eyes kept glancing at Zhang Huawei. He felt that he had never seen this young man in the countryside. He didn't know if it was a reporter sent from above to interview him. If he was really a reporter, then he

But you have to deal with it carefully.

Seeing Huang Changgen's eyes always glancing at Zhang Huawei, Zhong Mian said to him: "Secretary Huang, let me introduce to you. This is the new Secretary Zhang in the township. Secretary Zhang is here to investigate in your village this time."

Zhang Huawei stretched out his hand and said to Huang Changgen: "Hello, Secretary Huang, I am Zhang Huawei." Huang Changgen was shocked beyond words by Zhong Mian's introduction just now. This young man who looked not even older than his daughter was the township secretary.

?

He reached out his hand in confusion and shook Zhang Huawei's hand before he realized. Isn't the secretary of the township Secretary Chen? Why is this young man the secretary again? Could it be the secretary of the Youth League Committee from the township? If he is the secretary of the Youth League Committee, he is of this age.

It makes sense.

It's no wonder that Huang Changgen didn't know that the township secretary had changed. He hadn't been to the township for several months. He said to Zhong Mian: "Isn't the township secretary Chen Secretary? Is he Secretary Zhang?"

When Zhong Mian heard what Huang Changgen asked him, he remembered that he hadn't been to the village for a long time. He didn't know what happened in the village yet. He couldn't tell Huang Changgen that something had happened to Secretary Chen, so he had to tell Huang Changgen that something had happened to Secretary Chen.

Huang Changgen said: "Secretary Chen has been transferred, and now Secretary Zhang is in charge of the township."

After receiving Zhong Mian's affirmative reply, Huang Changgen was confused. This is the secretary of the township. The secretary of the township has never been to Tianti Village for so many years. Why did Secretary Zhang come to our Tianti Village as soon as he came?

I must complain more later and see if Secretary Zhou can give more relief food to the village.

Huang Changgen wiped his hand on his clothes a few times, then grabbed Zhang Huawei's hand and shook it, saying: "Secretary Zhang, you are welcome to come to our village to inspect the work. You see, you didn't inform us first when you came to our village. We really

There was no preparation at all, and we didn’t even have any arrangements for dinner at night.”

Putting down Zhang Huawei's hand, he loudly said to his wife who was standing aside in a daze: "Why are you still standing here? Go kill a chicken and entertain Secretary Zhang tonight."

Zhang Huawei quickly said to Huang Changgen: "Secretary Huang, there is no need to kill the chicken. I will eat whatever you eat." Huang Changgen said: "How can that be done? Secretary Zhang is a distinguished guest. How can he eat the same thing as us? Zhang

The secretary is dissatisfied with you and says that you are the biggest leader in our village. No secretary has ever come to our village before. This is a great event and I must entertain you well today."

For Zhang Huawei, it doesn't matter what he eats, but he knows that people here may not be willing to kill a chicken to eat even during the Chinese New Year. So he said to Huang Changgen again: "Secretary Huang, there is really no need to kill the chicken.

, I can just follow you and eat before. Why can’t I eat what you can eat? I just want to eat what you usually eat."

Seeing Zhang Huawei insisting like this, Huang Changgen looked at Zhong Mian with some embarrassment, because in Huang Changgen's impression, although the township cadres rarely came to the village, they would treat him like this whenever they came to the village. Unexpectedly, Secretary Zhang insisted on following

To eat together by themselves, Huang Changgen didn't know what to do.

When Zhong Mian saw Huang Changgen looking at him, he said to him: "Just follow Secretary Zhang's arrangements. Whatever you eat at home tonight, we will eat the same."

Huang Changgen nodded and said, "Okay then, I'll let Secretary Zhang eat with us tonight, and wait until tomorrow when all the village cadres are gathered to entertain Secretary Zhang."

Because there was no electricity here, we had dinner very early. By this time, dinner at Huang Changgen's house had been prepared. Huang Changgen and his wife were already preparing to have dinner, so Zhong Mian and Zhang Huawei came.

Huang Changgen said to Zhang Huawei: "Secretary Zhang, please sit down in the room. Dinner will be served soon. It's just that the food at home is really bad, and I'm afraid that Secretary Zhang won't be used to it."

Zhang Huawei said: "It doesn't matter, I am also from a rural area, and I ate everything when I was a child."

After entering the room, Zhang Huawei saw that there was only a plate of pickled radish shreds on the table, which meant that there were no other dishes. Huang Changgen wiped his hand on the bench a few times and said to Zhang Huawei: "Secretary Zhang, please sit down."

After Zhang Huawei and Zhong Mian sat down, Huang Changgen brought a large bowl of potatoes to each of them. Zhang Huawei's eyes went straight when he looked at the bowl of potatoes in front of him. He originally thought that no matter how bad it was, it would be porridge.

But they didn't expect that Huang Changgen and the others would only eat potatoes for dinner.

Although Zhang Huawei doesn't like eating potatoes, he has already said that he will eat with Huang Changgen and the others, and he will eat whatever others eat. Now that the potatoes have been placed in front of him, it is impossible not to eat them.

Zhang Huawei picked up the potatoes in front of him and started eating them in big mouthfuls. Zhang Huawei ate all the potatoes in the bowl in one breath. He didn't dare to stop because he was afraid that once he stopped, he would never be able to eat again.

Zhang Huawei really didn't expect that after so many years of reform and opening up, the people here still eat the same food. When his family was poor before, they never ate potatoes like Huang Changgen and others. It can be said that his family has gone back ten years.

At that time, Huang Changgen and the others were eating better than they are now.

Seeing Zhang Huawei eating a large bowl of potatoes in one go, Huang Changgen and his wife were very happy. They were worried that Secretary Zhang wouldn't be able to eat such a meal, but Secretary Zhang seemed to be eating quite well.

Huang Changgen was full of affection for this Secretary Zhang who had no official airs. From the issue of eating, he could feel that this Secretary Zhang was different from those officials in the past. In the past, the cadres from the township would come to the village once a year, every time.

I will definitely not eat this kind of food when I come here.

While chatting with Huang Changgen after dinner, Zhang Huawei asked: "Secretary Huang, why are you two the only ones in the house?" "My eldest daughter is already married, and my younger daughter is studying in high school in Linshan and will not come back until the holidays."

Zhang Huawei asked again: "Secretary Huang, do people here eat potatoes a lot?" When talking about this question, Huang Changgen sighed and said: "Secretary Zhang, you don't know that our family can have potatoes every day.

In fact, we only account for two-thirds of the households in our village, and one-third of the households cannot even afford to eat potatoes every day. We are really too poor here."

Zhang Huawei said: "Haven't you ever thought about changing the current situation?" Huang Changgen said with a wry smile: "Everyone wants to change the current situation, but there is really no way. Secretary Zhang, you are here.

I also saw that our village didn’t even have a road leading to the outside, and there were very few fields in our village, and the rest were mountains. Even if we wanted to plant something in the fields, there was no place to plant anything.

"

Zhang Huawei asked: "Hasn't the government thought of ways to support you in recent years?" Huang Changgen didn't know how to answer Zhang Huawei's question, and he looked at Zhong who was sitting aside.

Mian, after all, he and Zhong Mian need to be familiar with each other. He is afraid that Secretary Zhang will be unhappy if he returns to the wrong subject on such a sensitive issue.

Zhong Mian knew that Zhang Huawei wanted to know the real situation, so he said to Huang Changgen: "Just say whatever Secretary Zhang asks you. Secretary Zhang wants to know your true situation."

Seeing what Zhong Mian said, Huang Changgen said: "A few years ago, the government asked us to plant pear trees and raise silkworms. When the government asked us to plant pear trees, they said they were excellent varieties, and we harvested three saplings for each sapling.

Yuan. At that time, most families in our village planted the high-quality pear trees mentioned in this practice. Many families borrowed money from everywhere to buy saplings. The government

When we planted the pear trees, we promised that they would be sold in due course. As a result, the trees began to bear fruit two years later, but the pears they produced were indeed sour and astringent. Not to mention selling them, even we ourselves

We refused to eat, so we went to the government, but the government said that the soil here was not suitable for growing such pear trees, so in the end we had to cut down all the pear trees and use them as firewood."

"Later, the government asked us to plant mulberry trees to raise silkworms, and said that a company would come to buy the cocoons. But when we raised the silkworms, the cocoons still couldn't be sold. Alas! We ordinary people actually believed that what the government said was correct.

, who knew it would be like this! No one believed what the government said later, and we were all scared of being deceived."

Hearing this, Zhang Huawei understood that these were all the ideas thought up by people sitting in offices, and they were caused by random orders without considering the actual situation in these places.
Chapter completed!