Me! A high-ranking official!

The call was quickly connected, and Guo Nanguo's hearty laughter came from the other end: "Jianguo, I just submitted the proposal, why are you calling again? What's up?"

He smiled and said, "Director Guo, I wanted to ask if you have time today. The village's infrastructure construction has made a lot of progress these past few days, and I would like to go over in person to report on the progress to you."

"Hahaha, you little rascal, what a coincidence!" Guo Nanguo laughed loudly on the phone. "Guess what I'm going to do now?"

Hearing Guo Nanguo say this, he was startled, remembering that Guo Nanguo had mentioned coming to visit him this week, and couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Director Guo, you're not already on your way here, are you?"

"You guessed right! I was planning a surprise inspection to see what kind of trouble you'd been up to while you were away from the bureau, but I didn't expect you to call me so soon." Guo Nanguo said with a smile, "Judging by the time, I'll be at the entrance of your Luo Family Village in about fifteen minutes!"

"That's wonderful!" he exclaimed with delight. "Director Guo, please drive slowly. I'll be waiting for you here!"

After hanging up the phone, he immediately strode outside and shouted to Liu Zhijun, who was putting away the trash, "Zhijun, stop what you're doing! Our bureau's big boss will be here soon. Quickly help me sweep the yard inside and out again and tidy it up!"

Upon hearing that the leader was coming, Liu Zhijun immediately perked up, nodded hurriedly, grabbed a large broom, and began to busily work.

Seeing this, Yang Zhenhai, who was seeing patients nearby, stopped acupuncture somewhat awkwardly and asked hesitantly, "Brother Jianguo, your leaders are here for an inspection. Is it too chaotic for me to be here? Should I take the elderly folks to another place?"

"No need, you can stay here!" He stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder, and laughed, "Not only do you not need to leave, you're also a living testament to your abilities. Just stay here and focus on your treatment; it's perfectly fine!"

After calming Yang Zhenhai down, he picked up his phone again and quickly dialed the number of village chief Luo Shuishan to inform him of the bureau leader's visit. After all, Luo Shuishan was the top leader of Luojia Village. Regardless of any previous power struggles, it was only right and proper to inform him of the visit from higher-ups. He also sent a message to Luo Ming, who, despite his previous mistakes, was still officially the village chief and should be present.

After finishing all that, he walked alone to the entrance of the village committee and gazed into the distance at the dirt road leading into the village.

Less than ten minutes later, a light dust rose from the dirt road in the distance, and a black sedan steadily drove toward them. He recognized it at a glance as the bureau's official vehicle and hurriedly strode over to wave.

The car stopped directly in front of the village committee. Guo Nanguo got out with a smile, and then Xu Ling, the director of the personnel department of the bureau, got out of the driver's seat. She was actually acting as the driver today.

As soon as Xu Ling got out of the car, she looked Zhao Jianguo up and down and couldn't help but tease him, "Hey, Secretary Zhao! You've gotten quite tanned these past few weeks! But you look much more energetic than you did back in the bureau's office building, like a real go-getter!"

He quickly went to greet him, smiling familiarly, "Director Xu, you're just teasing me. I've gotten darker and rougher, but you haven't changed at all; you're still so young and beautiful!"

"You're getting more and more cunning!" Xu Ling laughed and rolled her eyes at him. "I'm almost fifty, and you're still trying to fool me with that 'young and pretty' thing."

Guo Nanguo stepped forward, patted Zhao Jianguo's arm, and pointed to the lively courtyard, laughing, "Jianguo, is this your village committee? There are so many people inside, it's quite lively."

He pointed in the direction Guo Nanguo was pointing to and reported with a smile: "Director Guo, this is the village committee where we usually work. The people sitting in the courtyard are all villagers. Our Luojia Village has never had a proper clinic, so it is extremely inconvenient for the villagers to go to the town to see a doctor and buy medicine. The young man under the tree is Xiao Yang, a general practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine whom I persuaded to come to the next village these past two days."

He paused, then continued, "I was just about to have him take over as the head of our village clinic. Since the paperwork is still being processed, we'll have him make do here in this courtyard for now, providing medical care to the elderly villagers who have difficulty walking!"

Guo Nanguo looked at the group of smiling elderly people queuing up, nodded with satisfaction, and gave Zhao Jianguo an appreciative look: "It's clear you've truly put your heart and soul into this!"

"It's all part of the job." He stepped aside, gesturing slightly, "Director Guo, Director Xu, please come in!"

The three men stepped into the courtyard, and the villagers, seeing that there were officials arriving by car, all stood up curiously.

Zhao Jianguo walked to the center of the courtyard and raised his voice to introduce, "Fellow villagers, this is Guo Nanguo, Deputy Director of our county's Culture and Tourism Bureau! Today, Director Guo has come to Luojia Village specifically to conduct research, see everyone, and also to help solve practical difficulties in our village!"

The dozen or so villagers below were stunned for a moment, then burst into enthusiastic applause.

An old man who had just been receiving acupuncture shouted, "Oh my! Thank you, Director Guo, for arranging such a talented person as Secretary Zhao to come to our poor village! Secretary Zhao has only been here for a little over half a month, and he has already solved several major problems for our village!"

"That's right, Director Guo!" another auntie chimed in loudly, "Can't your bureau do something about keeping Secretary Zhao here with us? Our village is counting on him for the future!"

One elderly man, trembling with fear, exclaimed excitedly, "Secretary Zhao is the only official I've ever met who truly cares about the people!"

Hearing these heartfelt expressions of gratitude, Guo Nanguo couldn't help but turn around and give Zhao Jianguo a deep look, his eyes filled with undisguised satisfaction.

He turned around and addressed the villagers loudly, "Thank you all for your strong support of our village-based cadres! Comrade Jianguo has always been a capable member of our Culture and Tourism Bureau, and a young cadre we highly value! Sending him here this time was a difficult decision for the bureau; the reason we placed him in Luojia Village was that we hoped he could hone his skills on this fertile ground at the grassroots level and truly do some practical things for everyone!"

Guo Nanguo's tone became sincere: "Of course, these achievements are absolutely inseparable from everyone's understanding and cooperation. If the village wants to develop and turn its life around, we still need to work together. I also hope that everyone will continue to give Comrade Jianguo the most support in our future work! Here, I not only thank everyone on behalf of Jianguo, but also on behalf of the leadership of the Culture and Tourism Bureau, I bow to everyone!"