Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

He remembered that when Secretary Wang first came to Shibalipu Village, he said he would lead the village out of poverty and into prosperity. He also recalled what Yu Xue had told him before, that Secretary Wang had given up the opportunity to go to the provincial capital because of a bet. He couldn't help but wonder if the bet Secretary Wang made was about leading Shibalipu Village out of poverty.

With Secretary Wang's abilities and talents, to be honest, if he just asked for a job, he could definitely leave Shibalipu Village and go to the provincial capital. Others would fight over such an opportunity, but if it were Secretary Wang, people in the province would probably be scrambling to take him.

"Who told you this? Xiaoxue?"

Secretary Wang couldn't help but ask, "No one in Shibali Village knows about this, so no one can talk about it everywhere. It can only be Secretary Wang's family."

"Ah ha ha……"

Li Xin gave an awkward smile: "Secretary Wang, you don't need to worry about this..."

Although Secretary Wang had already guessed that it was Yu Xue who said it, Li Xin couldn't admit it, because admitting it would truly be betraying Yu Xue.

"Little brat, don't spread rumors..."

Secretary Wang muttered something, then looked at Li Xin: "A bet? Do you think I'm the kind of person who acts impulsively?"

Is not it?

Li Xin muttered to himself, "Secretary Wang is good in every other way, except that he's a bit stubborn."

When Secretary Wang saw that Li Xin did not answer, he glared at him. Li Xin immediately said, "No, no, no, Secretary Wang, how could you act impulsively? You have always been the most sensible person!"

"That's more like it."

The expression on Secretary Wang's face softened somewhat.

Li Xin asked cautiously, "Then, Secretary Wang, why have you stayed in Shibalipu Village all this time?"

Secretary Wang said irritably, "What, you want to get rid of me?"

"No, no, no, how could I want to send you away! If I could, I would even like you to stay in Shibalipu Village forever!"

Li Xin spoke with deep sincerity.

In Shibalipu Village, the people Li Xin was closest to and respected the most were Secretary Wang and the village chief. The loss of either of them would be a huge loss for Li Xin.

"You want me to be the village party secretary for life?"

Secretary Wang glared at Li Xin again.

Li Xin was speechless, then slapped his own mouth: "No, Secretary Wang, that's not what I meant..."

Secretary Wang suddenly chuckled and said to Li Xin, "Just kidding."

Li Xin breathed a sigh of relief, then said, "Secretary Wang, you can joke too..."

"Yes, something that's been weighing on my mind for over twenty years is about to be resolved, and I'm in the mood for jokes now."

Secretary Wang smiled faintly.

"Secretary Wang, so you mean that bet was real?"

Li Xin asked Secretary Wang.

"There was no bet."

Secretary Wang spoke to Li Xin.

"what?"

Li Xin was stunned for a moment, and then he heard Secretary Wang say, "When the organization was indeed planning to send me to the province, Zhao Liqiu talked to me. It was because of this conversation that I gave up the opportunity to go to the province. But this was entirely my own choice, and it was not a momentary impulse, but the result of my careful consideration."

"Secretary Wang, what did you talk about with that person?"

Li Xin asked.

"Ah-Xin, let me ask you, are there more farmers or non-farmers in the Central Plains?"

Secretary Wang asked Li Xindao.

"Of course there are more farmers."

Li Xin answered without hesitation.

"Yes."

Secretary Wang nodded: "The Central Plains has a population of 1.2 billion, of which about 800 million are farmers. Farmers are the largest group in the Central Plains and the cornerstone of the Central Plains. Only by finding ways to make farmers rich can the Central Plains be considered truly prosperous and strong."

"So who was it that said that to you, Secretary Wang? So you came to Shibalipu Village to understand rural areas and farmers?"

"To be more precise, it's about finding ways to make farmers rich."

Secretary Wang nodded and said, "Shibalipu Village was my first stop. My original plan was to wait until Shibalipu Village became prosperous, then summarize the experience and submit it to the organization, and then go to the next place to continue poverty alleviation and summarize the experience... to go through all the impoverished rural areas in the Central Plains and summarize a systematic method to help impoverished rural areas escape poverty. But..."

As a result, they got stuck at the very first stop for more than 20 years?

Li Xin thought to himself.

Of course, Li Xin didn't dare say this directly. Instead, he flattered, "Although the process was somewhat tortuous, under your wise leadership, Shibalipu Village is about to become prosperous. The villagers of Shibalipu Village will never forget your contributions, Secretary Wang!"

"Is this my doing?"

Secretary Wang rolled his eyes at Li Xin, "Isn't this all thanks to your sleeping around?"

Li Xin chuckled awkwardly, not daring to respond to Secretary Wang's comment.

After a moment of silence, Li Xin asked Secretary Wang, "So, Secretary Wang, what are your plans for the future? Are you really planning to go to other villages to help them escape poverty once Shibalipu Village becomes prosperous?"

Secretary Wang's expression darkened, and he said to Li Xin, "I'm afraid that even if I go to other mountain villages, I may not be able to help them escape poverty."

Previously, Secretary Wang had always lived in the city, had studied abroad, and had read about the history of the Party. He had always held a strong bias against farmers, believing them to be simple, honest, and hardworking. It wasn't until he came to Shibalipu Village that Secretary Wang realized, well, the diversity of rural people.

That's why they say "bad people come from poor and remote places"—it's not just a saying.

Shibalipu Village is relatively good. Apart from the village chief being somewhat cunning, most of the villagers are still very simple and honest, and very united. The harsh living conditions force them to stick together in order to survive. The poverty is really due to the bad location.

As for the villages surrounding Shibalipu Village, they truly deserve to be so poor. They don't want to prosper themselves, nor can they bear to see others prosper. Some villages with better natural endowments than Shibalipu Village originally had outsiders contracting land in those villages to grow cash crops, but they were extorted by some lazy idlers in the villages. If they didn't pay, the contractors would be poisoned with pesticides, which successfully drove the contractors away.

The neighboring village was even more outrageous. The village chief colluded with a fellow villager named Lao Liu to lure people from the village to Hong Kong to work as gunmen.

Well, being a gunman is fine, and there's a price to pay, that's not a bad thing. But the problem is that Lao Liu betrayed people and sent them to jail just to make a little more money. Li Xin exposed this when he went back to Shibalipu Village last year.

Because of this incident, the families of the unfortunate villagers from the neighboring village who had been tricked into going to jail collectively went to the village chief's house to make a scene. However, after the village chief compensated each family with tens of thousands of yuan, the matter was settled. They even continued to send people to Lao Liu, only this time they had to put a price tag on them. Ha.

Secretary Wang felt that he really had no way to deal with that kind of village.

Li Xin suddenly remembered something and said to Secretary Wang, "By the way, Secretary Wang, I'm thinking of starting a school. What do you think?"

"Running a school?"

Secretary Wang was taken aback for a moment, and Li Xin immediately told Secretary Wang about his plan to build a school.

“Secretary Wang, you see, there are actually quite a few villages around us, and a lot of children, but because they live far from the town or the city, not many of them go to school. What do you think about building a few schools nearby so they can study close to home?”

Li Xin's plan greatly appealed to Secretary Wang.

Running a school...

To be honest, Secretary Wang had thought about this as well. He had collected some second-hand textbooks and set up a school in Shibalipu Village. He taught all the courses himself, but unfortunately, he only produced one student, Li Xin. The other children had no interest in studying and stopped coming after a few days, using the excuse of helping their families with farm work.

Besides the children's unwillingness to learn, Secretary Wang was overwhelmed with so many students on his own, and the fact that children of different ages were mixed together at different paces made the task even more difficult.

However, if a proper school could be established to bring together children from the surrounding rural areas for education, it would indeed solve the problem of children's access to education.

"But tuition and fees..."

"Of course it's completely free, plus a meal allowance, and those who excel in exams will even receive appropriate rewards."

Li Xin replied.

Li Xin, who comes from a rural background, understands rural people very well and knows how to motivate them to go to school.

Secretary Wang felt much more at ease. If that were the case, wouldn't the parents in the surrounding villages be scrambling to send their children to school?

"Great, great, Ashin, that's wonderful!"

Secretary Wang said "good" three times, clearly very satisfied with the plan proposed by Li Xin.

But soon, Secretary Wang expressed his doubts: "But this will cost a lot of money, right? Ah Xin, you can't keep asking Xiao Lei for money!"

"Cough cough!"

Li Xin coughed, his face flushed, and said to Secretary Wang, "Secretary Wang, what are you thinking? I have my own money to earn outside, and I can afford to pay for this myself!"

Honestly, I'm the famous "X" outside, an extraordinary powerhouse, so why am I always seen as a gigolo in China?

"Okay then."

Secretary Wang nodded slightly.

If the person in question is Li Xin, then he doesn't need to be polite.

Setting up a school can't be rushed. Putting aside the school building, there's still a ton of approvals to be made. And recruiting teachers willing to come to this poor, remote village of Shibalipu is no easy task. In short, there's a mountain of things to do, so Secretary Wang decided to let the New Year pass first.

After having something to do, Li Xin noticed that Secretary Wang's spirits had visibly lifted.

What people fear most is having no goals and living aimlessly, finding no joy in anything. Only when you have goals in your heart and move towards them will life become meaningful and fulfilling.

During lunch, everyone gathered together to eat, and Li Xin told everyone about the school he was going to build, sharing this good news with them.

"Ah-Xin, I'll put in a good word with the city about setting up the school. That way, things will be easier when building schools in the future."

Tears welled up in my eyes as I faced Li Xindao in my next life.

She decided not to donate the money, as Li Xin would feel guilty if she did, and besides, Li Xin already had enough money, but helping from other sources was still possible.

Li Xin nodded: "Then I'll have to trouble you, Xiao Lei."

"It's no trouble at all. I'm happy to be able to help those children."

Lai Sheng Lei smiled slightly.

Are you really helping those children? Or are you harming them?

Angel thought to herself.

But thinking about how the children in Shibali Village could just play all day while she had to go to school, do homework, and take exams, Angel felt a little resentful. She rolled her eyes and raised her hand to Li Xin, saying, "Uncle, I want to donate money to the school!"

Li Xin, of course, was unaware of Angel's "dark" thoughts. He simply assumed that Angel had come to regard the children of Shibali Village as good friends these days and wanted to do her part for them. He couldn't help but say with satisfaction, "Angel, you are such a good child!"

After saying that, he gave Angel a gentle pat on the head.

Seeing Angel receive praise from Li Xin, Ayane couldn't help but feel envious. She immediately said to Li Xin, "Brother Xin, I want to donate too! Not only that, I'll donate all my future earnings to the school!"

Li Xin was taken aback by Lingyin's words, then smiled and shook his head: "Donating some is fine, donating all the rewards afterward would be going too far."

Ayane was somewhat disappointed, but just as she was feeling disappointed, Li Xin placed his hand on her head and gently combed her hair.

“But I appreciate your kindness, Ayane. On behalf of the children of Shibalipu Village and the surrounding villages, thank you.”

Li Xin said softly.

Ayane blushed and lowered her head shyly.

With Angel and Ayane taking the lead, the others in the agency also offered to donate, and even Ai Haibara contributed money. Well, thanks to the "Black Organization's" ample research and development funds, Ai Haibara's savings are quite substantial.

Xia looked left and right, seeing that everyone else had donated money, but she had no money in her pocket, so she could only weakly say, "Um, I can work and earn money later, can I get a share?"

Li Xin laughed and said, "Alright, alright, alright!"

He knew that Kasumi's behavior was driven by herd mentality, a trait common among Japanese people. He knew that saying no would only cause Kasumi to have negative thoughts, so he verbally agreed first.

In just one meal, a considerable amount of money was raised for the children of Shibalipu Village and the surrounding villages. Li Xin was happy, but what truly made him happy was having a group of people around him who understood and supported him. He couldn't help but raise his glass of cola and say to everyone, "Thank you, everyone, cheers!"

"cheers!"

Everyone raised their glasses and toasted Li Xin.

Li Xin drank the cola, and the feeling of the energy rushing to his head made him feel incredibly comfortable and refreshed!

"I hope we can gather together like this next year!"

Li Xin put down the empty cup and said.

Angel was slightly taken aback, and said to Li Xin, "Uncle, what you're doing in the anime is called setting a flag, it's going to cause trouble!"

Li Xin couldn't help but laugh and said, "What flag? I don't believe in that stuff!"

Then he added, "It's the New Year, don't say such unlucky things, spit them out."

Angel: "..."

Uncle, didn't you say you didn't believe it?

Chapter 653 "A Life with Both Wife and Daughter"