industrial overlord

Chapter 268 Hope Project
"Little Lin, what's the matter with you!"

In the corridor of the township hospital, Jiang Manqing reprimanded Lin Zhenhua with an angry face.

Gu Enyuan was lying in the ward of the outpatient clinic with salt water hanging. Just as the restaurant owner said, he had stomach bleeding and high blood pressure.When everyone sent him to the health center, the doctor was very angry when he heard about it, and gave Lin Zhenhua and his party some supercilious looks.It seems that everyone is aware of Gu Enyuan's problem.

"Xiao Lin, you were not such a person in the past. How could you go so far this time? Think about it, Secretary Gu, no matter what, let your age be here? Even if you respect the elderly, you can't punish others like this. ?” Jiang Manqing babbled.

Since Lin Zhenhua became the vice president of the group, Jiang Manqing has always regarded him as his superior, and he always speaks with a bit of respect.But this time, Jiang Manqing was really angry. He felt that Lin Zhenhua had turned back to the naughty half-grown child at this time, and he wanted to teach him a lesson as an elder of Hanhua Factory.

"Manager Lin, why do I feel that you seem to have some prejudice against Secretary Gu?" Sun Xiaodong also whispered.Sun Xiaodong also felt very dissatisfied with Lin Zhenhua's performance today, but he couldn't train others like Jiang Manqing.

Lin Zhenhua knew that he had played too much, he lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, I'm really emotional, and I didn't expect this to happen."

"What the hell happened? Didn't we think that Secretary Gu was a good person at first? You see, when we were eating today, there were not many dishes on the table. Secretary Gu himself basically didn't eat much, and he kept persuading us. Eat. What else can you say about a township cadre doing this?" Jiang Manqing said.

Lin Zhenhua said: "You don't know something. Before I had dinner today, I heard a farmer talk about such a situation..."

As he said that, he whispered to the two of them that Gu Enyuan asked the hired migrant workers to pay the management fee on a monthly basis. Only then did Jiang Manqing and Sun Xiaodong know where Lin Zhenhua's opinion on Gu Enyuan came from.

"I didn't expect him to do this." Sun Xiaodong muttered, "Isn't this plucking the wild goose's hair?"

Jiang Manqing sighed, and said: "Xiao Lin, it's because you are too impulsive. This kind of thing is inevitable everywhere. In a poor township like them, if you don't get some money from these places, where will the township's office funds come from?" Come?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "There is a shortage of office funds, can't we eat less wine? If he doesn't receive us today, I have no complaints at all. But he squeezed money from migrant workers, and then used it like this. I'm so pissed off."

As soon as the words were said, there was a commotion, and a woman rushed in from outside the hospital.When she saw Lin Zhenhua and his party, she angrily stepped forward and asked loudly, "Who is it! Who is forcing my old Gu to drink!"

Lin Zhenhua could tell from the other party's tone that she should be Gu Enyuan's wife, so he answered bravely, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I made a joke with Secretary Gu."

"Are you kidding?" Mrs. Gu said angrily, "Are you guys kidding me? I've already asked, and it's what you said, that if Lao Gu drinks a bowl of wine, you'll get one more quota, isn't that true?"

"Yes."

"You know that Old Gu is so focused on his work. He told me yesterday, how can you find a way to get you to recruit more people. Isn't it killing him if you bet with him like this? What's wrong with leaving a few more people? You have a recruitment quota in your hand, whether you give it or not, can you bully people like this?" Mrs. Gu said while sobbing and crying.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Sister-in-law, I'm really sorry about this matter. However, you said that Secretary Gu is devoted to work and just wants young people to leave more. I don't agree with it."

"What do you disapprove of?" Mrs. Gu asked.

"Since his whole heart is for the benefit of young people, what about the management fee?" Lin Zhenhua said, "Don't tell me that you don't know."

"Management fee?" Mrs. Gu was taken aback, "That's why you forced my old Gu to drink?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "I'm just complaining about this matter. After all, these workers will be my employees in the future. I can't control the affairs of the village. It's okay to call them wrong."

"So it's because of this." Mrs. Gu showed a sad smile on her face: "So you, a young man, want to be Bao Qingtian and treat my old Gu as a treacherous minister. Well, you guys come with me, and I'll tell you What is Lao Gu collecting the money for?"

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Gu walked out of the hospital on her own. Lin Zhenhua and the others gave each other a puzzled look, and followed her out.

Several people left the hospital, walked a hundred steps on the dark street, and walked into a courtyard.There are several buildings in the yard, and there are dim lights in them.Mrs. Gu led Lin Zhenhua and others directly to the door of a room, without knocking on the door, just pushed the door open and entered.

"Ms. Gu, why are you here?" The people in the room asked strangely.

Lin Zhenhua followed Mrs. Gu into the door. When he saw the furnishings in the room, he realized that this should be a teacher's office, because there were triangles on the wall and piles of homework on the desk.

"He is Zou Zhijun, the principal of our township middle school. You can ask him to see where Lao Gu got the money." Mrs. Gu pointed to the person in the room and said to Lin Zhenhua. After speaking, she turned to Zou Zhijun Said a few words.Zou Zhijun showed some joy on his face, and said to Lin Zhenhua:
"Oh, you are the leaders who came to recruit workers, right? Thank you so much. Secretary Gu came to me yesterday and told me that you are going to recruit 20 people from us, and the township will be able to raise 1200 yuan in management fees from them next year. Secretary Gu said that all the money will be given to our school to repair the school buildings. Comrade, do you know that our school buildings are all dilapidated buildings now, and my heart beats when it rains.”

"Maintenance of the school building?" Lin Zhenhua felt as if he had been hit hard with a stick. He only felt that his intestines were about to turn green.

"Comrade, you don't know that our village is poor, and sometimes the township government can't even pay wages. The old secretary said that no matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education. He also said that if our township wants to become rich in the future, it depends on these children The township government has invested all the money it can get into the school, but even so, the conditions of the school are still the same." Zou Zhijun said.

"Principal Zou, can you show us the school building?" Lin Zhenhua asked timidly.

"Of course, the students are all studying by themselves in the evening. You are welcome to guide the work."

As Zou Zhijun said, he took out a flashlight, led Lin Zhenhua and his party out of the office, and walked towards the classroom.

What kind of classrooms are these? The bricks on the walls are already mottled, and there is almost no intact glass on the windows. They all rely on plastic paper and newspapers to block the cold wind of winter nights.The tables and chairs in the classroom are all dilapidated, and many tables are nailed with small wooden strips horizontally and vertically to keep the tables from falling down.In the middle of each classroom, there is a 40-watt incandescent lamp hanging. This light looks so bleak in the classrooms of Nuo Da.

Each classroom is a grade, with about 40 seats, half of which are filled with students.Zou Zhijun explained that children whose homes are relatively close to the school do not need to come to study at night. They can read books and do homework at home by themselves.The children who are currently doing self-study in the evening all live very far away from home. They live in the school and only go home once a weekend.

"The students work very hard." Zou Zhijun said in a low voice, "It's a pity that our teachers are limited. The conditions here are too harsh to keep good teachers. If we can have two better teachers, one for mathematics and one for Chinese, Taking care of the graduating class, we should be able to have two or three children admitted to the county middle school a year."

Seeing a group of unexpected guests, the children raised their heads and looked at Lin Zhenhua and the others curiously.Lin Zhenhua walked slowly along the aisle between the desks, looking at the homework books on the students' desks, feeling overwhelmed.

"This kid is called Jiang Jie. He is an orphan and is usually supported by his uncle. If the old secretary hadn't done the work himself, his uncle would have asked him to drop out of school." Zou Zhijun pointed to a half-grown boy and whispered to Lin Zhenhua Said.

Lin Zhenhua walked over, stood beside Jiang Jie, and looked at him carefully.Jiang Jie turned his head and gave Lin Zhenhua a childish smile.

"Did you make this lamp yourself?" Lin Zhenhua asked, pointing to a wax lamp on Jiang Jie's desk.The base of the lamp was a large bicycle bell cover filled with yellow wax, and a strip of cloth dipped in the wax served as a lamp twist.The flames from the burning wax lamps are very bright, making up for the lack of light in the classroom.

Jiang Jie said, "I made it myself. These waxes were obtained from the health center. They are the wax shells that wrap the medicine."

"It's really smart." Lin Zhenhua said with a smile.

"This wax lamp can illuminate and warm the fire. It kills two birds with one stone." Jiang Jie said mischievously.As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to the side of the wax lamp, making a gesture of warming himself by the fire.

With a thought in his mind, Lin Zhenhua stretched out his hand to touch Jiang Jie's body, and couldn't help being surprised: "It's such a cold day, why are you wearing a single shirt?"

"I'm not cold." Jiang Jie replied, "It's like this every year, I'm used to it."

Lin Zhenhua clearly saw that Jiang Jie's lips were turning blue from the cold, so without hesitation, he took off his military padded jacket and put it on Jiang Jie's body.

"Uncle..." Jiang Jie was taken aback, and quickly excused himself.

Lin Zhenhua tucked up the jacket for Jiang Jie, and said, "This jacket is for you. You wear it during the day and cover it at night. Do you understand?"

Jiang Jie wanted to say something else, so he spoke to Zou Zhijun who was behind Lin Zhenhua: "Jiang Jie, uncle gave it to you, just accept it and say thank you."

"Thank you, Uncle." Jiang Jie looked at Lin Zhenhua with sparkling eyes and said.

Lin Zhenhua and others walked out of the classroom. Lin Zhenhua looked into the classroom through the window and asked Zou Zhijun, "Principal Zou, are there still orphans like Jiang Jie in the school?"

Zou Zhijun pointed to a girl in the front row, and said, "There is another one, Miao Xiaoqiong, that girl. It's strange to say that the whole class only counts the two of them as having good grades, just like the old saying , a filial son comes from a poor family."

Lin Zhenhua took out a handful of money from his pocket, stuffed it into Zou Zhijun's hand, and said, "Principal Zou, you take the money first. I will be responsible for the living expenses of these two children. Please take care of them for me. Let them eat well and dress warmly. When I go back, I will send money again."

"How is this possible?" Zou Zhijun felt embarrassed, but Lin Zhenhua's kindness was aimed at the two orphans, and it was not convenient for him to refuse.

Lin Zhenhua did not argue with Zou Zhijun on this topic, but asked, "Principal Zou, when do you plan to start repairing the school building? How much will it cost?"

Zou Zhijun said: "Secretary Gu told us yesterday that the money will not be available until the 20 workers go to work, and it can only be paid to us in installments. We plan to repair the students' education after getting about 400 yuan. The dormitory, the student dormitory is the most dangerous now, if there is a heavy snowfall, it may collapse. The classroom can last for a while."

Lin Zhenhua said: "Principal Zou, you should contact the bricklayer immediately and start repairing as soon as possible. All classrooms and dormitories must be repaired. Within 5 days, I will ask the driver to send you 5000 yuan. Do you see if it is enough?" .”

"Enough, enough!" Zou Zhijun was overjoyed, "How do we calculate this money? How can we pay it back?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "You don't have to pay it back. This is the Hope Project Fund set up by Hanhua Heavy Industries, which is specially used to fund education in mountainous areas. Principal Zou, Secretary Gu is right, no matter how poor you are, you can't afford poor education. In the future, we will give you money regularly. Subsidize part of the education expenses. As for Jiang Jie and Miao Xiaoqiong, even if they are my adopted students, I will cover all their tuition and living expenses."

"Then I will thank you on behalf of all the students." Zou Zhijun took a step back and bowed deeply to Lin Zhenhua and the others.

"Manager Lin...you are a good person." After witnessing the whole scene, Mrs. Gu couldn't help feeling a little fond of Lin Zhenhua.She knew that the grievance between Gu Enyuan and Lin Zhenhua was actually just a misunderstanding.

"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I misunderstood Secretary Gu. I thought..." Lin Zhenhua said shamefully.

Zou Zhijun had already listened to Jiang Manqing's account of the incident at this time, and when he heard Lin Zhenhua's apology, he leaned forward and said, "Manager Lin, you really misunderstood Secretary Gu. Secretary Gu is a good person, you don't know, this time You recruited migrant workers, his son Gu Xiaojun could have taken part, but he insisted on not letting his son sign up."

"Why?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

Mrs. Gu sighed: "This stubborn person, he said that your leader said that if the recruits are all the children of rural cadres, you have to reduce the number of places. He said that if Xiaojun is asked to sign up, you will turn around. Knowing that he is our child, there will be misunderstandings. In fact, when Xiaojun was studying, his grades were the best, and he could pass the exam without relying on connections."

"Sister-in-law, I was wrong." Lin Zhenhua said to Mrs. Gu sincerely, "Well, you give me a chance to correct my mistakes. I will take away your little army. I will definitely arrange a good job for him."

　This chapter is written in a somewhat idealistic way, and this can be regarded as a dream of Chengzi: I hope that our country will be full of good people.Good luck to all good people.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)