Crime and Punishment: Female Secretary

Chapter 14 Jumping off a building to prevent demolition

When Lin Ruonan returned to the work unit, it was already the next morning. As soon as Lin Ruonan arrived at the work unit, he first went to the secretary Li Chaozheng's office, reported to him the situation of the trip, and told him about the "Long Xiang" jointly established by Gong Xiaolong and Cheng Xiang. Li Chaozheng reported to him the specific situation of the chemical plant. After listening to it, Li Chaozheng slapped his thighs and said happily: "Okay, Mayor Lin, this trip is really rewarding!" Li Chaozheng's eyes were so happy It narrowed into a line.

But then Li Chaozheng also told Lin Ruonan a very frustrating thing. During the last city family planning inspection, Pilong Township was labeled as a key management township.The document had just been distributed to various townships. Lin Ruonan was very sad when he heard it, and asked, "Didn't the inspection feedback say that there were no problems? Why are you suddenly wearing the title of key management township now?"

Li Chaozheng shook his head, and said helplessly: "Whoever inspects this time will be unlucky. Eleven counties randomly inspect eleven townships, and nine key management townships have to be designated. Can we not wear them under such circumstances? The status quo, no one knows."

When Lin Ruonan heard this, she panicked, although everyone knew that relying on the current old-fashioned inspection method would only waste people and money, and encourage the prevalence of fraud.But there is no way, the official rank crushes people to death
After Lin Ruonan returned to work, she started busy with the half-yearly inspections of various departments at the county level.

Every time Lin Ruonan hears inspection visitors, Lin Ruonan can't help but frown slightly. Seeing Lin Ruonan's helpless look, Li Chaozheng always smiles and says: "This is the case with township work. Every inspection department is a master. You have to wait on me well, most of the current work depends on relationships and favors, this is the market, it's the same everywhere."

Lin Ruonan smiled wryly and said, "Can't this situation be changed? I feel that I didn't have many days to take office in Pilong Township, but at least half of my days were spent dealing with various inspections. Could it be that each department is doing a good job in which township? Can you still not know if it’s bad? You have to go down every time to check to be sure?”

Li Chaozheng said: "You don't understand this. To show power lies in the full use of power."

Lin Ruonan shook her head with a helpless expression.

Li Chaozheng comforted: "Don't worry too much. I heard that the county will have a big change in this year's assessment plan. A few days ago, when I went to the county for a meeting, I heard Secretary Zhao talk about a point, saying that some departments The assessment work does not need to go down to the grassroots at all. It only needs to be compared with the documents issued at the beginning of the year, and it can be evaluated according to the work progress of each unit in the past year, and the scores are made public to ensure fairness. Talk about the helplessness of dealing with the superiors when I was working in the township."

When Lin Ruonan heard what Li Chaozheng said, she felt a little more at ease. The inspection during this period gave her a real headache. You have to eat, drink, and chat with me. Usually, the inspection lasts for an hour, and the rest of the day is the most important thing. The headache is accompanied by drinking.Feelings are deep and stuffy, feelings are shallow and licking.All visitors are guests, and the inspectors are distinguished guests. Which emotion can you understand?Lin Ruonan had to bite the bullet, open his posture, and accompany him.

Lin Ruonan had just arrived in the township, she followed the principle of being a man, and she drank very honestly, she didn't know how to cheat at the wine table, so every time she drank, she was very disheveled.When Lin Ruonan was working in the Youth League Committee, he had few social activities, so sometimes he could not understand some social phenomena at all. It was not until today that he came to the leadership position of the township that he deeply understood the saying that people often say: People are in the rivers and lakes, and they cannot leave. Wine; people are floating in the rivers and lakes, how can they not drink high.

Every time Lin Ruonan was fed up with alcohol, he would feel the helplessness of the township leaders.

Back and forth, the inspection work of various departments lasted for nearly a month. During this month, Lin Ruonan stayed in the township and did not go home once. He just called her husband the next day to check on the child's condition.

On Saturday, I finally finished the inspections of various departments before I was free to go home to spend time with my children and family members.

After dinner, Lin Ruonan's family of three went for a walk in the nearby Yijiang Park hand in hand.

The park has recently undergone some renovations and artificial carvings. Compared with the original, it is much more refreshing and beautiful. The atmosphere of decay and desolation in previous years has long since disappeared. Now the garden is full of greenery and vitality. Visiting, resting, and There are more people exercising than before. There are people chatting, exercising, and rejuvenating everywhere on the grassland, the banks of river embankments, pavilions, corridors, and lakesides.Guardrails have been built on the embankment, with a green-themed park on one side and the sparkling Ganjiang River on the other.The river is sparkling, reaching the embankment of the river, rolling from east to west. Under the reflection of the setting sun, it glows with golden light. Picture perfect.There is a row of willow trees on the embankment, and the willow branches hang down on the slope of the embankment, like a green silk screen, half covering the interior of the park, as if hiding a shy beauty who wants to speak and express affection, which makes people feel a little bit more Mystery and yearning.There are many camphor trees, metasequoia, and many unknown evergreen trees planted in the garden. Rows and rows, clusters of red flowers and shrubs and green trees are inlaid in the green grass, making the garden full of greenery all the time. Vitality, the cobblestone-paved path outlines the green space and flower beds in a patchwork manner.

Lin Ruonan held his daughter's little hand, and admired the beautiful scenery in front of him. Unexpectedly, in a few months, the scenery in the park had already taken on a new look. It seems that Secretary Zhao said that he would build Ganning into a picturesque small town It's not big talk.

After Lin Ruonan took office in Pilong Township, it was the first time that he had such leisure time to visit the park.From the changes along the banks of the river and the interior of the park, Lin Ruonan believes that in the near future, Gan Ning's living environment will become more and more beautiful and better.

"Ruo Nan, since you took office, it's the first time we've gone for a walk. It feels like it's been a century since our family of three went out for a walk." Husband Wu Haijun said.

"Yeah, I haven't had such a comfortable feeling for a long time. I didn't feel anything when I stayed in the county. Only when I went deep into the towns did I know that the township cadres are not easy. I don't have much time to reunite with my family. I often do things by myself. No master." Lin Ruonan sighed.

"Yes, Mom, after you went to Pilong, my homework is all tutored by my father, and my father cooks and does laundry for me every day. It's hard work." The daughter yelled.

Hearing this, Lin Ruonan felt very guilty, especially towards her husband. Thinking that she almost did something stupid in Haizhou, she felt lingering fears. Fortunately, at the most critical moment, Lin Ruonan defeated herself with reason. How helpless and sentimental, but as long as there is no physical betrayal, I still feel a lot more at ease.Lin Ruonan couldn't help but think of Zhao Feiyang, what is he doing at this time, since Lin Ruonan returned to the village, he has never been on the Internet, and he doesn't know what he is up to recently, she knows that he is a man with excellent self-control , For so long, he only called her once, just to tell her that Gong Xiaolong will come to Ganning County for inspection after a while, that's all.

On Monday morning, when Lin Ruonan was holding a regular township cadre meeting, he suddenly received a phone call from his younger brother Lin Ruoqiang, saying that his mother had jumped from a building because she was preventing the demolition of the building and was injured in the hospital.

Lin Ruonan was shocked when she heard the news, she never imagined how her mother would do such a drastic thing.Lin Ruonan hurriedly asked Secretary Li Chaozheng for a leave of absence, left the venue halfway, and quickly asked the driver to drive her to the county hospital.

When Lin Ruonan arrived at Ward 15 of the inpatient department of the county hospital, she saw her mother with a bandage on her head and an IV on her hand.Husband Wu Haijun stood beside the bed, while his younger brother stood beside him wiping tears.

"Mom, what's the matter with you, is your head still hurting?" Lin Ruonan asked nervously.

Lin Ruonan's mother shook her head, while her younger brother said from the side: "Sister, the doctor just said that my mother's injury is not serious, it's just that she broke her scalp and bled a little."

"Why did mother jump off the building?" Lin Ruonan asked puzzled

"The demolition office came today and said that we were the first to demolish our house, because according to the contract, we were the first to receive the 5 yuan in compensation, but when the demolition office came today, my mother firmly disagreed. They asked for an additional 20 yuan before agreeing to the demolition. How could the other party agree? They said they had already signed and pledged. Excited, I ran upstairs and jumped down. At that time, the people in the demolition office were terrified. They didn't expect that my mother would come to this trick. They hurriedly sent my mother to the hospital and called me in a hurry, so I I quickly asked for leave and came here, but fortunately the building is not high, it just scratched the scalp." Lin Ruoqiang explained.

"Mom, what's going on here? Didn't you agree to demolish it? Why are you asking for so much money all of a sudden?"

But the mother turned her face away, did not look at Lin Ruonan, and did not answer this question.

The unfinished building where my mother lives is a well-known slum area in Ganning County. The buildings here are dilapidated and the ground is potholed. , This matter has been stranded, and the land expropriation price proposed by the people living in the unfinished building is extremely high.In this regard, Lin Ruonan has persuaded her mother many times, it's almost fine, it's not a problem for you to stay there like this all the time, what's the point of living in this crappy building every day.But Lin Ruonan's mother said disapprovingly, what do you know, and said that even if I agreed to sign, other people would not agree, the government wanted to plan, but it couldn't.

After the new secretary Zhao Jiyang arrived, he made the planning of the unfinished building area the top priority in Ganning County.After learning about the situation in the unfinished building area, he held a special meeting to study the compensation of residents in the unfinished building area.At the meeting, Secretary Zhao made a decision that stunned all the participants: sign the land acquisition contract within one month, and each household can get double the land use compensation in the eastern suburbs of the county according to the original area, and get housing construction funds Compensation fee: per 5 yuan/100 square meters of construction area.This was beyond everyone's expectations. The original plan of several leaders was to compensate the area on a one-to-one basis.Secretary Zhao explained at the meeting that he had learned about all the housing units. The original area of ​​each household was less than 60 square meters, and the living standards of the households were struggling below the poverty line. The government should make appropriate concessions.

As soon as the plan came out, it created a huge sensation immediately, and all the residents in the unfinished building signed the contract within a week.

Originally, things went smoothly, but when the demolition office came to demolish the house, the people in the unfinished building strangely "united" and said no to demolition, on the condition that the compensation for building the house would be increased to 20 Yuan.For this ending, other county-level leaders and some cadres in Ganning County were very dissatisfied, saying that it was the result of the unprincipled compromise of the county party committee. The secretary of the county party committee was also under a lot of pressure. He made such a big decision at the meeting. As a result, things still fell by the wayside.

When Lin Ruonan heard the news, she rushed to her mother's house and repeatedly persuaded her not to ask for such a high price. The government paid such a high price to build a good living environment for everyone.But the mother said that it was none of her business, and she agreed to the demolition.At that time, my mother promised to take the lead and let the demolition office be the first to move their house.How could this jump off the building?

Seeing that her mother was silent, Lin Ruonan turned her eyes to her younger brother Lin Ruoqiang. Lin Ruoqiang wiped away tears for a long time before whispering, "Sister, let's talk."

Walking out of the ward, Lin Ruoqiang said with a choked voice, "Mom never asked me to tell you, but it was my mother who took the lead in proposing to increase the compensation for housing construction costs to 20 yuan this time."

Lin Ruonan was even more astonished, and asked puzzledly, "Why did mother make such excessive demands?"

"Mom does everything for me."

"For you?" Lin Ruonan was even more surprised.

"My mother found a girl for me not long ago. The girl's family put forward a condition, that is, to have a new house and a gift of 8 yuan." Lin Ruoqiang said with his head down.

"What? 8 dowry gifts? Want a new house? She's robbing her! What kind of girl's house is this?" Lin Ruonan was very angry when he heard this, and Lin Ruoqiang lowered his head when he heard this.

Seeing her younger brother like that, Lin Ruonan suddenly realized that her words were too harsh. She also knew that her younger brother had been unable to find a partner because of his disabled legs. He had never had a girlfriend for so many years. Over the years, I feel ashamed of neglecting my brother's emotional needs, and at the same time understand my mother's approach.

"Mom told you about your girlfriend, why didn't you tell me about it?" Lin Ruonan said with a bit of complaint.

"Mom said, I don't know if this will happen yet, so I don't want to tell you. Besides, after you go to Pilong Township, you are very busy with work. Mom is afraid that you will be distracted from your work."

"How about that girl? Is she a lover of money? I'm afraid you will suffer in the future." Lin Ruonan asked with concern.

"Actually, that girl is very honest. She is a rural girl and she looks good. It's just that the woman's family is greedy and said that she must have a new house and 8 dowry before agreeing."

From his younger brother's tone, Lin Ruonan knew that his younger brother liked this girl very much.Lin Ruonan didn't say anything else, she just wanted to help her younger brother to the best of her ability, but it was absolutely inappropriate for her mother to do this.

It was nine o'clock in the evening when Lin Ruonan and her husband returned home from the hospital.Lin Ruonan sat next to her husband, paused for a while, and said with determination: "Hai Jun, I want to tell you something."

"What's the matter?" Seeing Lin Ruonan's seriousness, Wu Haijun was surprised.

"I want to take our house as a mortgage and go to the bank for a loan of 20 yuan."

"Loan? What are you borrowing so much money for?" Wu Haijun asked puzzled.

"Loan to my brother to make a house".

"I don't agree," Wu Haijun resolutely refused, with an expression that was never colder than before.When Wu Haijun and Lin Ruonan bought this house, they only needed 12 yuan, with a down payment of [-] yuan. Wu Haijun relied on the support of his family to make up the down payment.After that, Wu Haijun continued to pay off the mortgage until the year before last. It can be said that although Wu Haijun and Lin Ruonan bought the house together, it was actually paid by Wu Haijun alone. Lin Ruonan's salary was all supported by My natal family didn't get a penny back from the family at all, let alone repay the loan.Seeing that Lin Ruonan has been helping his natal family so much all these years, Wu Haijun felt a little resentful in his heart, but now Lin Ruonan actually proposed to use the house loan to build a new house for his younger brother, which is simply ridiculous.

Lin Ruonan told him the reason why her mother jumped off the building today and told him about her girlfriend. After hearing this, Wu Haijun shook his head and said, "I don't have so much money for now, so I can postpone the construction for a few years. Didn't the government provide them with housing for demolition and relocation?" Got a free rental?Besides, your mother's family has no debts now, and you can save it for a few years before doing it. If you have no money, why do you have to wear big shoes for small feet?
"But what about my brother, he has never talked to a girl for so many years, and finally a girl is willing to marry him, can I just sit back and watch?" Lin Ruonan was a little angry.

"Do you manage less? Over the years, have you paid a penny for the expenses of the family? It is all supported by my salary alone. This home is not your home? You have no obligation at all? We all I can only live in commercial housing, and I have no money to build it myself, and your brother’s family is not rich, so why bother spending so much money to build a new building?” Wu Haijun’s attitude gradually hardened.

"Compensation for that piece of land, according to the policy: the construction should start within one year and be completed within two years, and the building should be built in a uniform three-and-a-half-storey style. ?”

"Can't you let your younger brothers figure out their own way? Haven't you done little for your family these years? Why do you have to take our house as a mortgage? Ask yourself, have you paid a penny for this house? Anyway, I don't It is not negotiable to agree to take this house as a mortgage." After Wu Haijun finished speaking, he got up angrily and returned to the bedroom to rest.

Lin Ruonan looked up at the ceiling, feeling very angry. This was the first time since he married Wu Haijun that he had such an intense conflict. Wu Haijun had always let her go, but this time, his attitude was so decisive and without discussion room.Thinking of how guilty Lin Ruonan would be if his younger brother had no house and couldn't afford the bride price and the marriage died prematurely.But she couldn't come up with so much money for a while, and the private money she saved in her hand was less than 1 yuan, which was originally planned to be given to her younger brother for his wedding.But the bride price requested by the other family was 8 yuan, and the construction of a house would cost at least 25 yuan. Even if they received 5 yuan in compensation from the policy, there would still be a difference of 20 yuan.Lin Ruonan knew that his younger brother had just started working and had no savings at all, and his mother's family had to rely on Lin Ruonan for financial support all these years, and there was no spare money left.Thinking of this, Lin Ruonan had a terrible headache, but now her husband refused to support her, what should she do?

Lin Ruonan sat on the sofa in the living room for a long time before entering the bedroom and turning on the wall lamp. Her husband was sleeping on the other side with his back facing him. He didn't know if he was asleep or he was angry. Knowing that Lin Ruonan entered the room, he didn't Turning around to talk, Lin Ruonan saw her husband like that, so she changed into her pajamas, and fell asleep with her back facing her husband in great frustration.

Early the next morning, Lin Ruonan came to the hospital alone, and advised her mother to stop making trouble, and let the demolition office demolish it if they wanted to, and stop unreasonably obstructing it.Lin Ruonan promised her mother that she would find a way to solve the matter of the younger brother's building a house and the bride price.Lin Ruonan's mother could only nod helplessly when she heard her daughter's repeated persuasion.

Lin Ruonan immediately called the demolition office and told them to demolish the old house now, so as not to cause trouble in the future.

When the demolition staff arrived at Lin Ruonan's mother's house, Lin Ruonan had been waiting there for more than half an hour. She was looking up at the old building that she had lived in for decades. The things have already been moved to the rented house arranged by the government.

"Major Lin, thank you, thanks to you, otherwise we would not be able to demolish this house for a while." The director of the demolition office said gratefully.

"It's nothing, it's because my mother didn't do it right and caused you trouble." Lin Ruonan also knew the difficulty of demolition work. "If only everyone thought like you, our work would be much easier to carry out."

"You demolish it. I'm leaving. I've lived in this house for so many years. I want to take one last look at it before demolishing it." After Lin Ruonan finished speaking, she greeted the other staff of the demolition office and left first.

Lin Ruonan didn't take a few steps, and saw a bulldozer approaching from a distance.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Ruonan received a call from the director of the county party committee office, informing her to come to the county party secretary's office at 3 o'clock. Secretary Zhao had something to do with her.

At 2:55, Lin Ruonan arrived at the county party secretary's office on time.As soon as she stepped inside, she saw that Secretary Zhao was immersed in reviewing documents.When Zhao Jiyang saw Lin Ruonan coming, he showed a friendly smile on his face. Lin Ruonan was beating his heart, not knowing what happened, and asked Secretary Zhao to talk to her in person.

"Xiao Lin, sit down, why are you standing?" Zhao Jiyang greeted enthusiastically.

Lin Ruonan immediately sat down in response, and asked a little uneasy: "I don't know why Secretary Zhao came to me."

"Oh, it's nothing, just chatting casually. I don't have much time to communicate with you new batch of township chiefs, and I rarely see you reporting work on weekdays."

"When I first arrived at the new unit, I was overwhelmed, and many jobs have not improved much."

"Take your time, and don't put too much pressure on yourself, I trust you." Secretary Zhao comforted.

"Thank you Secretary Zhao for your trust." Lin Ruonan said gratefully.

"Oh, how is your mother?" Zhao Jiyang suddenly changed the subject and asked with concern.

"It's nothing, I just scratched my head, it's okay, how did Secretary Zhao know about it?"

"The director of the demolition office reported to me yesterday, and also told me what happened today."

"I'm sorry, our family has caused trouble for the government work."

"What can I say, I should thank you. If you support the work of the county committee, all the cadres and workers can be like you. The work in our county will be much easier to carry out."

"Such a large number of things are waiting for you to deal with. You must be under more pressure than others."

"Pressure is second. As long as you can do a few decent things for the people here in Ganning these few years, oh, there is one more thing I want to tell you, Mr. Zhao from Haizhou Jinfu Co., Ltd., they are the day after tomorrow Will come to our Ganning County, do you know?"

"Oh, is that so? A few days ago, Mr. Zhao called me and said that a Mr. Gong from Longxiang Chemical Company came to our county for inspection. I didn't hear that he would come too." Lin Ruonan heard this When the news came, she was very surprised and shocked, she didn't expect Zhao Feiyang to come to Haizhou in person, last time he called her, he didn't express his intention to come at all.

"At that time, put the things in hand first, and accompany them all the way."

"Okay." Zhao Jiyang then asked Lin Ruonan about some other things at work. After sitting for about half an hour, the director of the Urban Construction Bureau came in to report on the work. After greeting, say goodbye first.

After leaving the county committee compound, Lin Ruonan called Gong Xiaolong and asked about Gan Ning's visit. Gong Xiaolong told Lin Ruonan on the phone that he would come the day after tomorrow, and emphasized that Brother Zhao would also come.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Ruonan had mixed emotions in his heart. He was looking forward to seeing Zhao Feiyang, but he was also afraid of seeing him. He felt that there was an indescribable magical power in him, which would always make her unable to control it.Zhao Feiyang, this man with vicissitudes and bewilderment in his eyes, why does he bother him so much?
(End of this chapter)