Marry a female star at a bargain price

Chapter 211 210. Who is the dog official?

Time is tight.

After Lin Xiao learned the whole story from the village director, the villagers and workers on the scene had almost been evacuated.

But those who come to watch the fun won't stay away.

Everyone just didn't gather at the door of the old house anymore. Instead, they stood on the open space and canal a few meters away, and were still getting closer.

Lin Xiao couldn't care less.

He immediately took two steps towards Zheng Xiuying who was standing at the gate, glanced at the shovel she was waving in her hand, her disheveled face, and the oil drums scattered on the ground. A pungent smell of diesel wafted in his face as the summer heat evaporated.

Lin Xiao frowned, realizing that this old lady was really risking her life.

But it's not surprising.

Rural people are generally very honest in the city, but they are very confident in their own territory, so they are likely to risk their lives when they encounter any problems.

But it's basically just a scare tactic.

Like Aunt Zheng, her son is young and promising and has not yet married. She has been a widow for decades and finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel. How could she easily burn herself to death?

Lin Xiao quickly integrated this information and felt a little relieved.

He immediately stepped forward and comforted her, "Auntie, I am the deputy mayor of Chaobai Town in charge of rural tourism development. My name is Lin Xiao. I am in charge of the ancient village tourism development work of our Jiajia Village. If you have any opinions or ideas, let's calm down and sit down and talk slowly, okay?"

The tone is calm and soothing.

However, Zheng Xiuying was furious when she heard his self-introduction.

"Did you come up with this road and house construction?!" the old lady asked harshly in an octave-high voice.

"Yes, it's me. This project..."

Lin Xiao plans to explain the benefits of this project to the environment and people's livelihood in Jiajia Village from both macro and micro levels.

However, before he could finish his words, Zheng Xiuying unilaterally ended his speech and started to speak.

"You are a dog official who lacks moral integrity. Who told you to repair this shabby house?!"

Zheng Xiuying became more and more hysterical, waving a shovel and shouting, "There are so many young people in the village waiting to build houses, and the fields and land are not allowed to be moved. There is no land left, so these old houses are waiting to be demolished! You are a wicked person, why do you want to develop rural tourism? Who would come here to travel?
"Oh my God, anyone can be an official now. You have a young man who hasn't even grown all his hair yet and is in charge of things. These rotten houses will collapse if touched. They leak when it rains. There's no point in repairing them. It would be a good idea to tear them down and build new ones. How much money did you, a black-hearted official, take from the village committee..."

Lin Xiao was stunned by the barrage of scolding.

Village director Jia Guanghua was standing by, listening to the woman's unbridled abuse and was so anxious that he almost stuck a feather duster into the spot.

He immediately waved his hands like chicken wings and shouted in panic: "Zheng Xiuying, you may have something to do, but keep your mouth shut in front of the deputy mayor! Your Junwen is also a promising young man in the village, but you are acting like a madman. You are not letting down your own people, but your son's people!"

Just one sentence actually made Zheng Xiuying shut up.

Lin Xiao was surprised, but then he realized that for a mother, a child is her soft spot, and for a crazy mother, a child is the only tranquilizer.

He immediately realized that his official language had gone astray.

He smiled and took two steps towards Aunt Zheng who was standing on the doorstep, which made her hold the shovel tighter.

"Auntie, your son is a programmer in Hangzhou, right?" he asked patiently.

"..."

Zheng Xiuying looked at him warily and did not answer.

Lin Xiao knew that this breakthrough was indeed useful and laughed.

"You raised such a promising son, so as a mother, you are definitely not someone who makes trouble for no reason. What happened today was really forced upon you. You didn't mean to cause trouble, right?"

Lin Xiao asked the village director Jia Guanghua.

Jia Guanghua understood immediately and slapped his thigh, saying, "Mayor Lin is right. There are 5,000 people in the whole Jiajia Village, but when it comes to honesty, no one can compare to Xiuying. She has never fought or competed in her life, and has never even had a quarrel with anyone. She is definitely not one of those unreasonable people with an appetite that can swallow the sky!"

"I think so!"

Lin Xiao nodded excitedly and turned to Zheng Xiuying, "Aunt Zheng, your son is a well-known person. If you make such a fuss, how difficult it will be for your son to live? Come down first, let's sit down and talk slowly, okay?"

Zheng Xiuying did hesitate for a moment.

But it was only a brief moment, and the intensity in her eyes immediately revived and became even more crazy.

She waved the shovel in her hand and shouted, "You bastard official, don't try to fool me! I'm risking my life today. If you don't give me an explanation, I won't give up! If you want me to stop, you can ask the crane driver to tear down this house. I'm going to build a new one here. Otherwise... I'll burn this house down and you won't get a penny!"

This stubborn attitude really irritated the village director Jia Guanghua, who jumped up and was about to swear.

But he was stopped by Lin Xiao.

He was not angry when being called a "dog official". Instead, he realized that it would be impossible to expect this "honest man" as the village director called him to give up easily after causing such a big fuss.

Lin Xiao thought about it and adjusted his strategy again.

He smiled softly: "Auntie, you want to burn the house, right?"

Zheng Xiuying's face was full of determination: "You think I dare not lie? I tell you, my own house will burn down if I say so!"

As he spoke, he took out a lighter that he had prepared long ago from his pocket and tried clumsily to light the cigarette. It took him several tries before it finally lit.

Jia Guanghua was so frightened that his face was distorted.

The onlookers also wanted to watch the fun and moved forward a few meters.

Among the crowd, only Lin Xiao remained calm and said with a smile: "If you dare, I believe you! Burn it, burn it now!"

These sudden words not only stunned Jia Guanghua, but also Zheng Xiuying who was holding a lighter.

Several people stared at each other.

Seeing that she didn't dare to move, Lin Xiao smiled and said, "You also saw the notice posted in the village last month. Now these dozens of old houses are all county-level protected houses approved by the county... Do you know what a protected house is? It's a treasure! Don't say that you, as the daughter-in-law of this family, have no right to move. Even if the owner of this house crawls out of the ground, he can't demolish it without the county's permission!"

Lin Xiao threatened.

Before Zheng Xiuying could do anything, Jia Guanghua had a constipated expression on his face. He bumped into him and said hesitantly, "Lin Zhen... The owner of this house is not dead yet. Her old man is over 90!"

"Forehead……"

Lin Xiao was very embarrassed. Everything that happened in this village was really unexpected.

"Anyway, no one can move, not even the king of heaven can do anything!"

"Stop scaring me!"

Zheng Xiuying was ready to risk everything. "I'm not afraid of death, so why should I be afraid of this from you? I'll burn it, and see what you can do to me."

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "Then you try! Your son's household registration has been moved to Hangzhou. If you set the fire and burn yourself to death, your family will no longer have household registration in the village. Even if this house is burned down, it will not be your son's turn to build a house."

He paused and said calmly: "If you are not burned to death, you are suspected of intentionally damaging a national protected building. I will call 119 and then 110 to arrest you!"

Zheng Xiuying opened her mouth to refute.

Lin Xiao did not give her a chance to refute, and said coldly: "Are you trying to say that you are not afraid of death, so why would you be afraid of being arrested? I tell you, this matter is really not a question of whether you are afraid or not.

"Your son has such a respectable job, the company must regularly review the actual situation of his family members. If they find out later that his mother has a criminal record, just wait, your son will be fired immediately!"

When talking about her son, Zheng Xiuying's face, which was brave and fearless just now, immediately became panicked.

Lin Xiao knew that this trick worked, so he continued to attack her: "This matter will not only affect your son! When he gets married and has children, and when they graduate from college and want to take the civil service exam, you just wait and see. The civil service political review will review three generations of direct relatives.

"You have a criminal record. Your grandson will have no chance of taking the civil service exam in the future... Think about it yourself. How are you going to explain this to your sons and grandsons? How are you going to explain this to your father a hundred years from now?"

After a series of attacks, including bluffing and intimidation, he hit the vital point accurately.

Zheng Xiuying had been fearless just now, but now she was so frightened that she couldn't even hold the shovel in her hand.

Seeing the opportunity, Village Director Jia Guanghua rushed over, snatched the shovel, and kicked the oil barrel on the ground away.

However, this kick just happened to overturn the oil barrel.

The turbid diesel immediately rolled out, scaring everyone.

Fortunately, the villagers rushed over and pulled Zheng Xiuying out of the house, thus defusing the crisis. Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Zheng Xiuying, who was pulled by the crowd, went crazy again after a brief shock, and shouted hysterically: "You are a dog official who lacks great virtue, your whole family will not die well... I have worked hard all my life just to build a new house for my short-lived ghost, and to build a new house for my son, why can't I do it... You will not die well, your son will be born without anus, and your whole family will be hit to death when you go out..."

Dirty words are heard all the time.

Extreme curse, shocking to the heart.

No matter how much Lin Xiao sympathized with the hardships of a middle-aged widow, at this moment, listening to the hysterical curses, his face still turned red and he felt very uncomfortable.

My previous unwavering determination to build the countryside was deeply shaken at this moment.

At this time, the town mayor Qin Zhenggang and deputy town mayor Jia Minglu came together.

Seeing that the problem was almost solved, I breathed a sigh of relief.

He noticed that Lin Xiao's face looked strange and thought that he was just frightened by this incident. Without saying much, he patted his shoulder and told him to go back to town and rest.

Qin Zhenggang went to the village committee to resolve the follow-up of the matter.

Lin Xiao returned to town.

Along the way, he was reviewing what had just happened and realized that he had made a fatal mistake this time.

That's being too self-righteous.

Last time, after the bidding results of Jiajia Village came out, several young people in the village gathered and went to the town to petition.

The person in charge of letters and visits work is Deputy Mayor Qiao Xuyang.

After Qiao Xuyang received this group of villagers, they came to his office to see the joke and to see how Deputy Mayor Lin would solve the matter.

At that time, Lin Xiao was having a conflict with his wife.

So, with a nameless anger, he gave Qiao Xuyang a lesson and analyzed the actual needs of the villagers in Jiajia Village and the various policies of the country.

The conclusion is that the villagers' demand for building new houses is not in conflict with the project of protective development of ancient village tourism.

Lin Xiao's theoretical basis at that time was:

Unmarried young men had to buy houses in towns and counties before they could get married, so there was no demand for building houses;
Married young men who have not built a house can also buy a house in the town or county for their children's schooling, and the demand for building a house can be transferred;
Only a small number of married young men who cannot afford to buy a house need to consider building a house.

The needs of these people can be solved by finding vacant land to build houses for them through a patchwork approach.

But after what happened today, Lin Xiao realized that his understanding of the real situation in rural areas was far from enough.

If it weren’t for the thrilling scene today.

Even if Lin Xiao knew about Zheng Xiuying in advance, he would directly classify her and her son as those who “have no need to build a house”.

Even in the category of "not eligible to build a house", it will not be considered at all.

But now, Lin Xiao understood.

Whether the villagers have the qualifications and needs to build houses and their urgency to build houses are two completely different things.

Maybe there were only a dozen people who visited last time.

But there are dozens of people who want to petition.

Perhaps Zheng Xiuying was the only one causing trouble this time.

But she was not the only one who wanted to cause trouble, it was just that she was the only one who was forced into a "dead end".

Lin Xiao realized all this belatedly, and discovered that although he was also born in the countryside, he still did not know enough about the real "needs" of farmers.

He couldn't help but begin to waver: Is it really feasible to develop rural tourism and help them increase their income at the expense of the villagers' need to build houses?

Or ask this way: If we help the villagers generate income but they don’t seem to appreciate it, is there still any point in doing so?

Lin Xiao was suddenly in a dilemma. He had worked hard for half a year and for the first time he doubted the value of his position.

……

Qin Zhenggang and Jia Minglu worked on the case in Jiajia Village until the afternoon.

Qin Zhen had experience in this matter, and Jia Minglu and Zheng Xiuying were not even remotely related, so after a discussion, they decided that the final outcome was to resolve a major issue into a minor one. In the end, no loss was caused anyway, so no responsibility was pursued.

In the afternoon, Zheng Xiuying's son Jia Junwen came back from Hangzhou. Accompanied by the village director Jia Guanghua, he went to the town to apologize to the relevant mayors and deputy mayors one by one.

I went to Qin Zhenggang and Jia Minglu’s house first.

The last stop was Lin Xiao’s office.

After knocking on the door, before either of them spoke, Lin Xiao took one look at the bookish young man next to Director Jia and guessed in one second that he was Jia Junwen.

After Jia Guanghua’s introduction.

Jia Junwen immediately stepped forward, held Lin Xiao's hand, his face full of apology and excitement, and for a moment he didn't know how to start talking.

It took Jia Guanghua a long time to comfort him before he could speak normally.

Jia Junwen said sincerely: "Lin Zhen, thank you so much for what happened today. If you hadn't immediately persuaded my mother, if something irreversible had happened, our family would have been completely finished... Thank you so much!"

As he said that, he reached into his pocket and took out an envelope.

Lin Xiao was so frightened that he almost jumped up on the spot. He was even more nervous than he was at the scene in the morning.

"You, you, you...if you have something to say, just talk it over nicely, don't make trouble!"

"???"

Jia Junwen was full of confusion. He opened the envelope, but what he took out was not a bank card and money, but a piece of letter paper.

Lin Xiao looked surprised and amazed.

Jia Junwen said with emotion: "I learned from Uncle Guanghua on the high-speed train that it was you who persuaded my mother with your righteousness. I was very emotional at the time, and I couldn't call you directly to thank you, so I wrote this thank-you letter on the high-speed train... You must accept it!"

Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

After taking over the economic development work for half a year, he has experienced too many scenes of people taking out envelopes due to disagreements, which has given him PTSD.

In fact, what should be put in the envelope is the letter, not money!

Lin Xiao was in a state of self-doubt for a long time, until he received this thank-you letter, and then he finally felt enlightened.

Jia Junwen said excitedly: "Lin Zhen, today's matter really caused you trouble! My mother...she is not like this usually. She has been frugal all her life to support my studies. She has endured hardships and been looked down upon. She has never had a conflict with anyone. I never thought that she would do what she did today just to build a house..."

Jia Junwen said, sighing guiltily: "To be honest, the main responsibility for this incident lies with me. After graduating from graduate school, I directly settled in Hangzhou through the company without discussing it with my mother. It was only last year that I found out that my father died when he fell to his death while repairing the old house...

"So over the years, building a new house at home has become my mother's biggest obsession besides my marriage. It's my fault that I didn't understand her. Once the household registration was moved, it directly cut off her thoughts, so... I'm really sorry for causing trouble to you, the village and the town..."

Jia Junwen's eyes welled up with tears as he spoke. Although he was several years older than Lin Xiao, he did not show any arrogance to this young deputy mayor and his gratitude came from the bottom of his heart.

Lin Xiao finally understood why Zheng Xiuying was so crazy about building a house.

He hurriedly said, "You, as a son, didn't understand your mother's painstaking efforts, and we, as the parents, didn't understand the real needs of the villagers. We are all wrong and should be punished with fifty lashes!"

His tone was calm and it was obvious that he would not take the matter too seriously.

Only then did Jia Junwen and Jia Guanghua feel relieved.

We chatted a few more words and then left.

After the office door was closed, Lin Xiao sat down again and picked up the handwritten thank-you letter and read it word by word.

Jia Junwen's handwriting was not very beautiful, but the two sheets of paper were filled with writing, and he used the letter paper used on the high-speed train, which shows how excited he was at the time.

Lin Xiao felt this emotion and felt deeply moved.

Because I was scolded in the morning, I began to doubt the value of my work, but now I feel that the storm has passed.

Lin Xiao sighed in his heart: Whether an official is a crooked official or not, it turns out that this is also something that needs to be viewed dialectically!

(End of this chapter)