1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 433 Some Changes
As a liaison officer assigned by the DZ city's competent authority to Dahua Company, Xiang Hui seems very excited these days.

According to the information "inadvertently" revealed by Ye Tao, after returning, Mr. Zhao expressed his recognition and praise for the economic construction and spiritual civilization construction work in Dezhou several times at the meeting.

At this juncture when the tax-sharing system is about to be implemented and all major county-level cities are seeking to upgrade, Mr. Zhao's approach undoubtedly expresses his attitude clearly and unmistakably.

In other words, as long as nothing goes wrong, Texas will be promoted to a prefecture-level city if all basic data meet the standards.

amount……

This statement is not entirely correct. There are still no clear and rigid standards for upgrading counties to prefecture-level cities due to too many complex factors that need to be considered. Even if some of Texas' data are still a little off, it is not difficult to be upgraded to a prefecture-level city in the short term if it has sufficient industrial advantages, economic vitality and development prospects, and someone speaks for it.

Of course, as the name of DZ City has become gradually known to the public across the country, more and more people are going to Texas for tourism, work, investment, and wholesale trade. Driven and demonstrated by the Dahua Industrial Park Commercial Demonstration Zone, a business engine, even a blind person can see the development potential of DZ City today.

Therefore, under such a favorable situation, the team members including Ye Tao could not help but have the ambition to "become the second and hope to be the first".

"Second place" is easy to understand. As long as Dezhou does not make any major mistakes in the next year, it is highly likely to be promoted to a prefecture-level city.
As for "Looking One";
Ok,
We are all people with ideals and pursuits. Who doesn’t want to strive for the qualification of a separately planned city? Don’t you think so?
Don't say it's impossible.

Dezhou borders Hebei Province; to the west, it is only about 300 kilometers away from Henan Province; to the north, it only takes two or three hundred kilometers to reach Tianjin and the imperial capital.

As long as you open the map and take a look, you will understand that from the perspective of land economy, Dezhou, which is itself a transportation hub with relatively developed railway and land transportation lines, definitely has a location advantage second only to Tianjin and Changshan in North China... In the words of Eggplant Girl as relayed by her father, Dezhou is the most valuable strategic point of the economic northern line and part of the economic western line in the "Four Line Theory"!

Therefore, as long as the Dezhou area can truly form a strong industrial cluster and economic vitality, and form an effective 300-kilometer economic radiation zone, it is not inconceivable that it will become a separately planned city.

But no matter whether it is a stroke of luck and becomes an independently planned city, or is simply promoted to a prefecture-level city, the future of secretary Xiang Hui is bright.

What is foreseeable is that when Texas is close to being promoted, it will be the time for him to be transferred and reused.

Therefore, seeing that the broad road full of light and challenges is becoming more and more clear before him, Xiang Hui is now full of energy. In addition, Dahua Company has countless opportunities for him to gain experience. Therefore, he now wishes to use all his skills to add a few more noteworthy past events to his resume.

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buckle buckle~
Following a polite knock on the door, Xiang Hui appeared at the door of an office of the investment promotion company.

"Lao Xiang, didn't I tell you that we don't care about so many rules here? If you have anything to say, just come in. There's no need to knock."

Yang Mo, who was listening to Zhuomali's next stage publicity plan, sighed tiredly, then stood up, waved his hand, left his desk, and went directly to the tea table.

Seeing this, Xiang Hui just smiled humbly: "Boss Yang, thank you for your kindness, but coming in without saying hello... is not in accordance with etiquette."

It is obvious that although Xiang Hui can be regarded as Ye Tao's representative to some extent, he always puts himself in a subordinate position... After so many years in the agency, he knows very well what attitude he should show in front of different people.

Seeing this, Yang Mo didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and nodded at him a few times: "Old Xiang, Old Xiang, what are you doing... Well, forget it, sit down and have some tea together. It just so happens that Minister Zhuo gave me a cake of good tea two days ago, and I haven't had time to open it before. You are in for a treat today."

Xiang Hui greeted Zhuo Mali with a smile, then sat down without refusing.

Although it stands to reason that a third-party representative like him appeared in Yang Mo's office, it must be because he had something important to report, and people like Zhuo Mali who were not very important should avoid it.

But after spending some time together, he also discovered that although Yang Mo was overbearing, he was very caring towards those who were already on board. Unless it was confidential information that really could not be known by others, he would never ask people to leave in such occasions... In fact, if it was really a confidential matter that was not convenient for others to know, Ye Tao should have communicated directly with Yang Mo over the phone, and there would be no need for Xiang Hui to relay the message in the middle.

"By the way, Lao Xiang, how come you, a busy man, have the time to come to my place today?"

While Yang Mo was watching Zhuo Mali sitting in the main seat very consciously to boil water and make tea, he was looking at Xiang Hui with a smile.

As Ye Tao's representative and an important external liaison for the Isolated Island II project, Xiang Hui, who has been in charge of the coordination between Dahua Company and various units, has been very busy during this period... There is no other way. In this era, "creating demand" is not something that can be accomplished with just money and ideas. There are many tasks that require the help of a "third party" to clarify and coordinate.

Xiang Hui habitually glanced at a certain outsider after hearing this, and after a moment of hesitation, he lowered his voice and said, "Boss Yang, this morning, the matter of the landing of the Solitary Island II project in Dezhou has been formally discussed at the meeting... According to the news reported by Secretary Liu, the discussion at the meeting was quite pleasant."

At this point, Xiang Hui placed his hands neatly on his knees, with a bright smile on his face: "Congratulations, Mr. Yang. If nothing unexpected happens, the Solitary Island II project will soon enter the preparation and coordination stage!"

Generally speaking, for a secretary, keeping one's mouth shut is the most basic professional quality. Therefore, before a formal document is formed, it is absolutely impossible for him to say something like congratulations in advance.

So it is obvious that this statement came from Ye Tao.

From this, it can be seen that the discussion at this morning's meeting was indeed very smooth... At the very least, the participating teams had to reach a unity of thought, so Ye Tao dared to take advantage of the halftime break to have someone pass the letter out in advance.

Therefore, after hearing this, Yang Mo was overjoyed at first, but then he became a little confused: "Old Xiang, are you sure... that our thoughts have been unified?"

For a super-large project like Solitary Island No. 2, whose initial investment scale is as high as more than one billion, there are too many things involved in all aspects - this thing can't be regarded as a commercial project at all, nor is it an infrastructure project in the pure sense. Strictly speaking, this thing is a super-large industrial supporting project, and it is a core project with industrial driving force.

The implementation of the Isolated Island II project is extremely sensitive as it concerns the future industrial construction, development and adjustment of the Texas region. It is no wonder that Yang Mo is so confused... This is indeed beyond his expectations. He originally thought that this matter would at least have to wait until the end of the Asian Games, and until the business volume of a series of originally designed commercial projects reaches a peak and creates a large enough gap in raw material demand, the implementation of this project will be possible to achieve a breakthrough.

Xiang Hui naturally understood what Yang Mo was wondering about, but he immediately laughed: "Boss Yang, you underestimate the economic forecasting ability of our DZ City authority, and you also underestimate the courage of the team."

"As DZ City becomes more and more well-known, the number of people traveling to DZ City for tourism, work, investment and business has increased exponentially. The business vane role of Dahua Industrial Zone Commercial Street 1, Street 2 and the Commodity Trading Center has also been increasingly recognized by all sectors of society;"

"For example, a series of products that require a large amount of raw cotton and high-quality chemical fibers, such as Panpan dolls, plush toys, sanitary napkins, PVC plastic products, sportswear, and sports equipment, although the overall sales have not yet reached the peak, the experts and teachers of the Texas Economic Research Office have made predictions... When the Asian Games are successfully held, the concept of national sports will surely be accepted by the Chinese people, and products related to sports and the Asian Games concept will inevitably cause a new wave around the world."

"With this wave of concept trends, coupled with the unique model market screening mechanism of the commercial demonstration zone, and the principle of gross profit transparency that Dahua has always pursued, if things go as expected, the number of domestic and foreign companies and units that come to wholesale and act as agents for these products will be extremely terrifying;"

"So, according to the calculations of the teachers in the Economic Research Office, by that time, without affecting the existing business, the raw cotton raw material gap in Dezhou will exceed 6 tons this year; and the gap of various chemical fibers represented by polyester will exceed 4 tons; as for various plastic products represented by PVC and PE, due to the vast rural grassroots market to undertake, the gap of their raw materials will be even more terrifying... conservatively estimated, it will not be less than 20 tons."

At this point, Xiang Hui sighed and groaned, "There is a gap of at least 28 tons of various raw materials. This is the estimated gap base this year under the current scale. With the further development of the domestic economy, the further expansion of the influence of related industries in Dezhou and the market sedimentation, this gap will only get bigger and bigger... How could the leaders of the team not realize the urgency of the implementation of the Solitary Island No. project?"

He looked at Yang Mo with a complicated look in his eyes. "In fact, during this period, many manufacturers of related products could only seek support from the nearby Tianjin Petrochemical due to fruitless requests for help. In the form of [Group Order Opening], they asked for a large number of various special polyester and PVC raw materials from it, which has made the class committee members in Dezhou feel great pressure... There are not many industries in Dezhou that can be called industrial pillars. It is possible to make high-quality chemical fiber production a pillar through the hot sales and wholesale of various commodities, but in the end, Tianjin took over. How can everyone be willing?"

When Yang Mo heard this, he laughed.

It was originally part of his plan to let those manufacturing companies that needed a large amount of chemical fiber and plastic raw materials work together to purchase raw materials from Tianjin Petrochemical, in order to make the DZ city authorities realize the necessity and urgency of the implementation of the Isolated Island No. 2 project.

Although from Xiang Hui's tone it seemed that many class committee members were dissatisfied with his deliberate action, but at least... the effect was achieved.

Thinking of this, Yang Mo nodded slightly, indicating that he already knew about this matter.

He turned around and fell into deep thought. He did not expect that the Isolated Island No. 2 project would have a breakthrough earlier than he expected, and it was a very significant breakthrough.

If, as Xiang Hui said, the team of DZ City has really reached a consensus on this matter, then the preparatory work for the Isolated Island No. 2 project will at least start two or three months earlier than expected... In other words, at the latest before the New Year, or even without waiting until the New Year, this project will be approved in Dezhou, and then the Dongying Command will have to transfer the first phase of funds and go through the capital verification procedure.

For him, this was news that brought about some major changes in some sense.

You know, according to the original plan, the implementation of the Isolated Island No. 2 project had made a substantial breakthrough, which would be around November, and the project would be approved and established close to the New Year.

Don’t think that it’s no big deal if it’s just two or three months earlier than expected. The difference is huge.

The simplest point is that if everything goes as Yang Mo originally expected, then the funds from the command center will not be transferred until after the beginning of the year... This is also what the command center would like to see most.

But if things develop as they are now, the command center must transfer the first phase of funds within this year.

Although for a super project like Solitary Island II, even the first phase of funding is an astronomical figure, this money is actually not a big deal for the command center. It can be squeezed out and cut off from here and there.

But this incident had a significant impact on Yang Mo.

If the headquarters transfers the first phase of funds this year,

So with this sudden huge amount of money that will not be spent for the time being...

Should I make some appropriate adjustments to my other plan?
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Just as Yang Mo was thinking about something with a normal expression, Xiang Hui's voice came: "By the way, Mr. Yang, I came here today, in addition to congratulating you in advance, I also have something to ask you."

Yang Mo came back to his senses, picked up the tea that Zhuo Mali had just passed to him, and raised it gently as if in a toast: "Lao Xiang, what's the matter, tell me."

Xiang Hui picked up the hot teacup and said softly, then took a sip: "Boss Yang, this is what happened. Just this week, villagers in Xiaozhuang Village, Shanghe and Jianao Village, Xiajin, each raised the price and refused to allow investment companies to continue to expand factories on the idle industrial land that was originally agreed upon at the original price... After several mediations failed, the villagers even built illegal buildings on the industrial land overnight. If the company is unwilling to pay the demolition compensation for these additional buildings, then they will not be allowed to build factories there."

After a slight pause, Xiang Hui explained: "Due to the significant increase in the popularity of Dezhou during this period, many people have come here to invest and build factories. As a result, the prices of industrial land suitable for building factories have gradually been driven up. Some people even treat it as a business and run around in various villages all day long. As long as investors need it, they can always help them find a relatively suitable piece of industrial land;" "The investment projects of Xiaozhuang Village and Jianao Village were finalized as early as April this year when Dezhou was not yet popular, and they are also supporting investments for the derivative projects of the Commercial Demonstration Center. Therefore, although the price agreed upon at the beginning was already very good, and could even be used to buy shares; but compared to the current price that rises every three days, it is really a big difference. Therefore, some villages can't resist the temptation and want to regret, which is actually understandable."

At this point, Xiang Hui sighed, "We can't control Xiaozhuang Village. After all, it is Shanghe River, not Dezhou. But Jianao Village is a bit troublesome... The biscuit factory under construction in this village is not only a project invested by Dahua Company, but also Xialiu Sales Agency and Qingfeng Food have shares in it."

"What's more troublesome is that this matter has been known to the foreign media that are wandering around the Texas area. Not only have they reported it in the newspapers, but it seems that they are going to continue to follow up on the report."

After explaining the cause and effect of the incident, Xiang Hui looked at Yang Mo seriously and said, "Boss Yang, this is a commercial dispute, with a little civil dispute at most. I don't need to report it to you."

"But you also know that the reason why Dezhou has been able to achieve such good investment results through publicity in the past two months is actually mainly because we have praised Dezhou's business environment to the sky;"

"According to the original practice, the city has always held an attitude of promoting peaceful mediation between the two parties in this kind of dispute, and will be relatively biased towards the local villagers; but Jian'ao Village's investment is from three star companies: Dahua Company, Qingfeng Food, and Xialiu Marketing Agency, and it is now being watched by those foreign media;"

"So, Executive Director Ye believes that since the business environment is currently the most effective card in Dezhou, he wants to play this card as well as possible. So Executive Director Ye asked me to come and ask for your opinion on this matter, to see if we can use this incident as an opportunity to redefine the standards and make it a [rule] in the future... After all, the project in Jian'ao Village involves Dahua Company, so your opinion is very important."

Yang Mo frowned slightly when he heard this.

As a child from the countryside, he certainly knows that there are indeed many problems in today's grassroots rural areas. Among them, short-sightedness caused by greed for money is one of the most obvious manifestations.

He was not a moral saint, and he never thought that there was anything wrong with these people who had suffered all their lives being tempted by money.
But one thing is for sure, we should have a bottom line as human beings. Putting aside the role these projects will play in driving the future economy of the village, since you agreed to those cooperation conditions in the first place, and the company is not going against its conscience to give you an unacceptable low price, then a man of six feet should stick to his word and abide by the promise and contract.

But what's the matter with you raising the price now?

After a moment of silence, Yang Mo asked, "Boss Yan and his team have always been in charge of this aspect of the work. What does he think?"

Xiang Hui did not hesitate at all: "Mr. Yan's idea is that since such serious dishonesty has occurred, the comprehensive scores of Xiaozhuang Village in Shanghe and Jianao Village in Xiajin should be lowered from the original C+ to E, and their names should be removed from the list of villages supported by the drilling company. In the next five years, no business relationship with them will be considered;"

"In addition, Mr. Yan is also inclined to make these two villages a [precedent], providing a benchmark and reference answer for handling related types of disputes in the future... However, if this matter is to be resolved through formal procedures, there are too many departments and contents involved. Therefore, he prefers that the competent unit take the lead in organizing and formulating a solution, and then their Xialiu Sales Agency coordinates the implementation. This way, everyone can be silenced."

Yang Mo glanced at Xiang Hui without any emotion.

Although Yan Laoxi is a wild person, like most of the older generation of grassroots rural cadres in Qi and Lu, he still has a sense of awe and obedience to the organization in his bones. He knows this.

But Ye Tao asked Xiang Hui to come over to seek his opinion. His purpose was unlikely to be as simple as the secretary said.

Ok……

All I can say is that as the possibility of Texas becoming a prefecture-level city becomes higher and higher, some things are indeed undergoing some subtle changes.

Thinking of this, Yang Mo laughed: "Oh? Since it is going to be a [regular rule], has the old man discussed with you about any satisfactory solution?"

Xiang Hui heard this without any hesitation and immediately took out a document from his briefcase and handed it over: "Boss Yang, after research and discussion, we have this to consider:"

"1. To avoid escalation of conflicts, immediately disband the company's factory protection team and immediately stop the forced demolition and confrontation;"

"2. Establish a united front leading group for the demolition of illegal buildings, with township-level cadres as the group leader. Conduct a survey of illegal buildings temporarily built on industrial land, identify how many illegal buildings there are and register them one by one, and find out the scale and number of illegal buildings and the direct beneficiaries of illegal buildings."

"3. Simultaneously establish an information communication and early warning mechanism, and promptly report the disposal plan and progress to the superiors and relevant leadership departments, so that the relevant leaders and departments can grasp the progress of the situation at any time. The team leader will be stationed in the village and be prepared to stay there for 7X24 hours, showing the attitude of not leaving until the illegal construction incident is properly handled;"

"4. According to the principle of attracting a group, uniting a group, and cracking down on a group, we will divide the direct beneficiaries of the illegal buildings who [gather together for warmth] internally."

“Our idea is to release a three-tier compensation mechanism;”

"In the first tier, those who demolish the buildings themselves within the prescribed period (e.g. 10 days) will be given a subsidy of RMB *** (including but not limited to cash, materials, etc.), and a green administrative channel will be set up in the approval process of future agricultural project applications (such as chicken farms) to provide fast approval; the number of places is limited, accounting for only one-third of the total number of illegal building registrations;"

"The second-tier compensation mechanism is for self-demolition within the second specified date (20 days), with a lower subsidy standard, but the green administrative channel for agricultural project application procedures is still available;"

"The third tier is for those who fail to demolish their buildings within the prescribed period (25 days), and will be demolished by force and their subsidies and green approval channels will be cancelled. If the anti-demolition crowd commits a crime, they will be dealt with severely and quickly in accordance with the law;"

"In short, the purpose of this policy is to psychologically divide the illegal construction crowd so that the anti-demolition crowd is no longer a monolithic group."

“5. The direct and collateral blood relatives of the second and third groups of people for four generations will stop going through the procedures for five-guarantee households/low-income households, and the township collective will stop issuing relevant certificates for them. When the village collective needs to issue political review materials for civil service examinations, military service, scientific research, and going abroad, the illegal construction, violent resistance to demolition, and various illegal and criminal activities caused by the violent resistance to demolition will be explained in detail (uploaded to the archives)”

“6. Coordinate with the power, postal and telecommunications, and supply and marketing systems to cut off electricity, mail, and non-agricultural supplies to farmers involved in illegal construction. The township collectively issues a notice to detain and fine villagers who illegally provide temporary electricity access to farmers involved in illegal construction in accordance with the crime of violating public order and other criminal offenses;”

“7. Mobilize and talk to the core network of direct beneficiaries (husband and wife, father and son, uncle and nephew, aunt and nephew, etc.) listed in the illegal building register who are within the system or under the system’s jurisdiction; if the direct beneficiaries are village cadres, their evaluation and promotion will be suspended, and the publicity period will be postponed indefinitely, but they will not be suspended from their posts… If the daily conversation time of township cadres takes up half of the day’s working time, then these people will need to work overtime every day to handle work, and the core network of direct beneficiaries will pay the price for this;”

"8. Conduct limited public opinion control, with villagers who have completed ideological education as the main body, to conduct one-on-one communication and ideological guidance for reporters from other places who come to the village to investigate, and guide them to report fairly and impartially. As long as they don't talk nonsense, no matter what they write in the newspaper, we can turn a blind eye;"

“9. Ask the writers of the county and township authorities to intervene and report on the handling of public opinion and illegal buildings, and compile them into news and manuscripts that can be released by news organizations, and [closed-door meeting] materials that can be reported internally to relevant leaders and departments, so as to provide reference solutions for the handling of public opinion crises in the region in the future.”

At the end, Xiang Hui concluded: "To sum up, the working ideas can be summed up in twenty words: [United front, internal division, unite a group, win over a group, and strike a group]!"

Hearing this familiar solution, Yang Mo's eyes twitched: "It seems that Executive Ye is really going to create a business environment at all costs...Have you discussed this plan with Old Yan and the others?"

Xiang Hui nodded: "I have already communicated with Mr. Yan and his team. In fact, some of the details were optimized by Mr. Yan and his team."

Seeing a hint of hidden displeasure flash across Yang Mo's eyes, Xiang Hui suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead.

The more he got along with Yang Mo, the more he could sense the formidability of this young section chief who was usually inconspicuous. Dezhou was able to become so popular in just half a year, and even had the potential to be promoted after getting the approval of Mr. Zhao. In this process, Yang Mo was definitely the key figure among the keys.

According to Ye Tao, since others can lift you up, it is not impossible for them to make you fall back to where you were.

Besides, even if they don't give you a helping hand and shift their focus to other cities, it will still be a loss that Texas cannot afford today... Don't forget, regardless of other places, Lanling is eagerly looking forward to this lord going there and taking root.

So, in the words of Executive Ye, although Yang Mo is a man of wild and willful character, he always hides his emotions deeply. Outsiders have no idea what makes him happy or angry... and once you inadvertently anger him, the consequences will definitely be extremely serious.

Thinking of this, Xiang Hui, who had just caught a hint of displeasure in Yang Mo's eyes, felt as if a thorn had grown under his butt, and his whole body stiffened... What a joke, not to mention other things, just looking at the current booming commercial demonstration center; and the 5 billion light and heavy industrial products exchange plan in the future that is likely to be approved and will be enough to reconstruct the industrial structure of Texas; if Yang Mo becomes dissatisfied and alienated because of such a small matter, then being torn into pieces by five horses would be considered a light punishment.

But after several months of getting along with him, he had some understanding of this man's temperament. If he changed his words immediately after observing his expression, he was afraid that not only would he fail to restore his impression of him, but it would be counterproductive... In someone's words, I can accept that you are bad, but I cannot accept that you are incompetent; I can accept that you do whatever it takes, but I cannot accept that you have no opinion.

Just when Xiang Hui was sweating from anxiety, he suddenly remembered something, and quickly adjusted his tone, adding lightly: "I forgot to mention that this plan was also consulted with Manager Lu, and generally speaking, Manager Lu does not object."

Oh?
Sure enough, after hearing Tugou's name, Yang Mo's expression changed a little: "Manager Lu has also seen this solution?"

Xiang Hui nodded confidently: "Manager Lu said that in troubled times, severe punishments should be used. Although this solution does seem a bit excessive in many places, the problems existing in some rural grassroots are also obvious... It is better for one family to cry than for everyone to cry. In order to optimize the business environment in the entire Dezhou area, it is actually acceptable to do a little too much."

Yang Mo thought for a while after hearing this, and then nodded gently: "Since that girl also thinks so... well, let's follow your plan and make a rule!"

After these words were spoken, not only Xiang Hui could not help but be overjoyed, even Zhuo Mali, who was quietly helping to make tea, could not help but show a hint of strangeness in her eyes.

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night.

Yang Mo, who had taken off his shirt and was facing the electric fan, scooped up the watermelon with a spoon while telling Miss Mu that the Isolated Island No. 2 project was very likely to be approved and approved ahead of schedule.

"Comrade Yaer, since Dahua Company is likely to suddenly have a large amount of additional funds on its books in a month or two...so, do you want to consider making some adjustments to your plan?"

Yang Mo put a big spoonful of the cold melon pulp into his mouth, then smiled and said, "Although the funds are special funds and are linked to a special account, you should know that some things are not so absolute... Besides, after the capital verification, the funds actually have nowhere to go in the short term."

After hearing this, Mu Liya pondered for five minutes, then shook her head gently: "Forget it, the uncertainty of this fund is too great. I am different from you. I don't have such a strong gambling nature, nor do I have such strong confidence to deal with various sudden variables... So, I'd better follow the original plan."

Seeing this, Yang Mo thought about it and said indifferently: "It's up to you. Anyway, you are the one who is responsible for that matter. As for how to go, you have the final say."

Mu Liya glanced at him, suddenly chuckled, and then put her arms around Yang Mo's waist: "Yang Mo, thank you for giving me a chance to perform on stage!"

Yang Mo, however, grinned and pushed the watermelon in his hand away: "Hey, hey, hey, you're not afraid of the heat by sticking to me on such a hot day... I'm warning you, I'm very angry recently, if you don't let go, I'll throw you on the bed!"

Mu Liya glanced at him, and a hint of tears flashed in her eyes, which seemed to be both angry and shy: "Pooh...!"

(End of this chapter)