Song Tan's Notes

Marriage is a union of two families.

According to convention, Secretary Xiao Zhu is likely to marry someone in the same circle. The advantage is that both sides know the limits and can help each other. The disadvantage is that both sides may have different political views, and she will need to sacrifice in the end...

In this case, it is better to choose a suitable one yourself.

The momentary attraction she felt for Qi Lin was nothing compared to her political career.

But it just happened to be the right time.

But it would be too hurtful to say this, so she would have some basic manners. But she thought Song Tan would understand.

really.

Song Tan thought about it for a moment and thought it was okay: "Don't you have any plans to have children?"

Secretary Zhu laughed, "Twenties and thirties are the time to work hard. According to my family's and my plan, I will probably end up living in various poor areas, villages and towns. If I remain unmarried, the upper echelons will take various practical factors into consideration, and I may lose a lot of opportunities."

Once you work in those places, having children cannot be included in your plans.

When she is over 30, her political prospects are vague, she has a stable family, solid achievements, and children at the right time... or even no children, all of which will be the best time.

Song Tan laughed: "That's good. I think you have the ability."

She was not exaggerating but really felt that Secretary Xiao Zhu was capable.

Anyone who has worked at the grassroots level knows that the more difficult the environment, the harder it is to carry out the work.

In the eyes of the public, rural people are labeled as honest, simple and hardworking, but sometimes, some of them are stubborn and only seek immediate benefits. Because they have lived in this small world all their lives, and they can only see this small world forever.

For example, in Shitoupo, where Song Tan rented the land, there was actually a chance to get rich. At the outskirts of the village, there was a family living halfway up the mountain next to the road.

When the road was first built, as long as the road passed through his tea field, it could connect the entire village. Even if the person in charge applied for it, it could be directly connected to the hillside of the village.

It was a hillside stretching for thousands of acres, covered with wild chestnuts grown in the early years, and every household had its own area. But it was hard work to collect the improved chestnuts, not to mention the wild ones, which needed to be carried down in baskets.

As young people left the village, the hillside gradually lost its economic value.

But as long as the road to the top of the hillside is connected, no matter what they plant, they don’t have to ride a motorcycle or carry the crops along the long mountain road.

But the family didn't want to.

They asked for an exorbitant amount of money from the construction team, so they took a detour and started to build the road. Not only did they have to build the road to the planned length, but they also lost the compensation for land occupation that they wanted.

So many years have passed, and the cement roads connecting every village have gradually been replaced by asphalt, but they still live the same life.

Two years ago, that family's child got married and they planned to rebuild their house. All the bricks, stones and cement had to be slowly pushed into the house using a wheelbarrow.

This is the norm for many grassroots jobs.

Secretary Xiao Zhu has only been here for more than a year, and most of the villagers spend even more time working outside. But even so, whatever she says now, the villagers have to do it immediately, or they can do it again after regretting, hesitating, and missing the opportunity.

Whether it was the sky-high price of 10 yuan per seedling at the end of last year, or the quick signing of a lease contract in the spring to rent the abandoned land to the crew for planting... With her promotion, everything went smoothly. The two who regretted not wanting the seedlings are still depressed at home, waiting for their chance next year.

She is really good at it.

Secretary Xiao Zhu also smiled and said, "I came to you at first because I wanted to see if the good things you have are universal. At that time, I didn't think it through."

"But now it seems that it doesn't have to be universal. You can already benefit the village."

"In a few years, if you are determined to develop, you can even become the new landmark of the entire Cloud City."

However, this is unlikely, because if Song Tan really wanted to plan for profit, he could just choose any species from his home, plant it on a large scale, and put up a brand name, and it would have become famous all over the world by now.

It’s not like nowadays when you have to send a courier secretly and the address can only be filled in the courier station in town.

Song Tan laughed and did not give a direct answer. Instead, he said to Secretary Xiao Zhu, "This is my wish. I fulfilled it as early as last year when my work and life were on track."

"Now I just hope that after you are transferred, you can continue to find someone reliable."

Otherwise they will be a little troubled.

Secretary Zhu laughed out loud: "How can it be so fast? I haven't made any achievements worth writing about here! This is my first proper post, I have to work hard and take root here."

"It just so happens that your family has many people coming from all over the world, so let me observe them more and make a good selection."

"As for the people who come after I leave... unless they are fools, no one will offend the famous local employer casually - even if they are really fools, it's okay, just bring them to your living room and admire your photo wall."

The two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.

At this time, Lu Chuan knocked lightly on the door frame, and when Song Tan looked over, he smiled and said, "The crew has set a date for their arrival, April 4.18th."

"Because it's an important turning point, and the director may have other ideas, quite a few people came this time, about 200 people."

"Secretary Zhu, the director said he hopes you can communicate with the hotel in town. They need to book it, but they hope you can go and say a few words and have the infrastructure inspected."

After all, there is only one hotel in the town, and in the three-story building built by themselves, even the air conditioner is an old model from many years ago, and I don’t know if the water heater is broken.

  Secretary Xiaozhu was cheered up: Two hundred people!

Zhang Yanping's B&B made a lot of arrangements for the crew in the early stages. It can accommodate a small half and another large half in the town. That's almost enough!

She immediately touched the car keys and said, "I'll go to the hotel later and contact the police station and town government in our town."

Then he looked at Lu Chuan again, remembered the other party's price positioning, and turned to look at Song Tan: "Can the B&B open on April 4?"

Song Tan nodded: "Don't worry about Zhang Yanping's work. They have actually set a trial opening date of April 4.16."

  good good!

Secretary Xiao Zhu was smiling happily, but now he was annoyed: "Alas! The news came too late. I communicated with the villagers and asked them to plan to grow vegetables, but it was not in time yet!"

By then, I’m afraid only some fast-growing vegetables will be available.

  Damn it, this overwhelming wealth has been snatched away by the town’s vegetable market again!

Song Tan was very relaxed: "What are you afraid of? My canteen on the mountain also needs to harvest vegetables." (End of this chapter)