Crime and Punishment: Female Secretary

Chapter 7 Visiting the Countryside
In the early morning, the first ray of sunlight sprinkled on the curtains, shining the whole room instantly bright.Lin Ruonan opened her blurred eyes, feeling a bit illusory, where she sleeps, this is not a home, nor a hotel, but the place where her new starting point in life is.

Lin Ruonan got out of bed, opened the curtains, opened the window, and the fresh air rushed in. Behind the dormitory was a continuous green hill with overgrown vegetation, and the sound of running water came from the mountain stream. The stream flows slowly from east to west, and the town surrounded by green hills is full of green vitality.

The rural scenery is simple and the air is sweet. Lin Ruonan stood in front of the window, sighed for a while, and then went back to the bathroom.

After washing for a while, Lin Ruonan opened the door and walked to the corridor. Lin Ruonan looked around to the right, and saw the secretary Li Chaozheng standing in front of the corridor, stretching his arms forward.

"Secretary Li, good morning, wake up so early to exercise." Lin Ruonan greeted Li Chaozheng at a glance.

"Well, yes, Mayor Lin, you're early too, did you sleep well last night?" Li Chaozheng asked with concern.

"Well, it's okay, the air here is good."

"Of course the air in the countryside is good. This is the only place we can take comfort in in Pilong Township. Mayor Lin, what do you plan to do today?"

"When I first came here, I wanted to go around the villages and have a look."

"Well, that's good. I'll ask Zhang Gongzhu to take you around the villages and towns later. Zhuzi is from Pilong Township. He has stayed in the village for many years, and he knows all aspects of the township very well."

"Okay, Secretary Li is going to the county for a meeting later today, right?"

"Well, yes, it's another investment promotion work meeting. I have a headache after this meeting, and the pressure is really great." When Li Chaozheng said this, there was a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

Lin Ruonan had just finished breakfast and walked out of the cafeteria when he saw a 30-year-old man of medium build and dark complexion walking towards him.

"Major Lin, which village should we go to first in the morning?" The man facing him asked when he saw Lin Ruonan.

"Is your name Zhang Gongzhu?" Lin Ruonan asked.

"um, yes."

"Let's go to the farthest villages first. How do you usually go to the countryside?" Lin Ruonan asked.

"We all go to the countryside by motorcycle. Although this place is not far from the county seat, the village committees are relatively scattered, and most of them are located in remote mountain pits."

"Okay, then I'll take your motorcycle."

"Major Lin, are you joking? Are you going by motorcycle? Isn't there a rotten jeep? Can't we go to the countryside by that car?" Zhang Gongzhu asked incredulously.

Seeing Zhang Gongzhu's surprised face, Lin Ruonan smiled lightly and said, "Well, yes, but that car is a gas-eating tiger, and it's too costly to drive it, save it, let's go by motorcycle. "

Hearing this, Zhang Gongzhu felt awe in his heart. He could feel from a trivial matter that although Lin Xiangzhang and the former female secretary Qin Yao were equally youthful and beautiful, they didn't like to put on a show like her, and appeared more peaceful and simple.

Zhang Gongzhu rode a motorcycle to Lin Ruonan in a "beep" manner, and Lin Ruonan had already changed into sports and leisure clothes.

"Major Lin, which village shall we go to first?"

"Which village is the farthest?"

"Jiangkou Village is the farthest, 15 kilometers away from the township, but it is the closest to the county seat. It is located on the west side of the south area of ​​the county industrial park. This village is also the village with the worst economy in the township."

"Well, let's go to Jiangkou Village first." After speaking, Lin Ruonan sat sideways on the back seat.

"Major Lin, let me call the secretary of Jiangkou Village first."

"Don't fight, let's go to some villagers' homes first, and then we will go to the village after we are done."

"That's good." Zhang Gongzhu started the car.

The road in Jiangkou Village is a sandy road, and Zhang Gongzhu drove Lin Ruonan all the way to Jiangkou Village in a bumpy and dusty way.

In about half an hour, we arrived at Jiangkou Village.

Zhang Gongzhu stopped his motorcycle on a high hillside at the intersection of entering the village.

Lin Ruonan jumped off the motorcycle, stood on the hillside, and had a bird's-eye view of the village in front of him.

The village surrounded by mountains looks quiet and peaceful. Rows and rows of adobe houses are scattered among the mountains, fields and empty fields.A three-meter-wide river runs through the village. The houses of the villagers are scattered rather than clustered. You can always see three or two ducks in front of and behind the houses, bending their necks, as if looking for something in the grass.There is a large pond in the middle of the village, which is connected to the crossing river. A few white geese perch in the center of the pond, wandering leisurely, as if telling visitors that the splendor outside has nothing to do with it.

"Major Lin, this is Jiangkou Village. You can see the southern district of the county within a short distance, and the rows of houses in the distance are the factories in the southern district." Zhang Gongzhu pointed to the front and said.

"Yes, this place is so close to the county seat, but why is this village so poor?" Lin Ruonan asked with a puzzled expression. It stands to reason that the closer the village is to the county seat, the better the economic conditions, whether it is growing vegetables Or other agricultural and sideline products, which are easier to transport to the county.

"Jiangkou Village is relatively low-lying. You see, it is surrounded by mountains. Although the mountains are not high, they form a valley basin. You can see that there is a large reservoir on the other side of the mountain. The reservoir is connected to the small river in the village. During the rainy season, The water is going to rise here, so there are often floods here. There are not many villagers here who go out to work, and their main income is to grow rice and agricultural by-products. Floods often cause villagers’ harvests to decrease, and naturally family income will be affected.”

"That's right, let's go for a walk in the village."

Lin Ruonan and Zhang Gongzhu walked into the village, because it was almost ten o'clock, and most of the young villagers went to work in the fields and hills, and the people guarding the house were children, women and the elderly.As long as there are people in the house, Lin Ruonan will go in and chat with the villagers at home. Lin Ruonan found that there are many old, weak, sick and disabled people in Jiangkou Village. The most common problem they confide is that they hope the government can provide financial help.After walking around, Lin Ruonan concluded with one word: poor.

After a circle, Zhang Gongzhu took Lin Ruonan to a dilapidated two-story building in the center of the village, and told Lin Ruonan that this was the village committee of Jiangkou Village. After speaking, Zhang Gongzhu took out his mobile phone and made a call.

"Hey, Secretary Zhong, where are you? Ah, it's upstairs at the village committee. Okay, okay, Township Chief Lin is here, come down."

After Zhang Gongzhu hung up the phone, he said to Lin Ruonan: "Major Lin, Jiangkou Village Secretary Zhong and the others are upstairs, let's go up."

"Well, good." Just as Lin Ruonan and Zhang Gongzhu stepped into the dilapidated building, they saw a tall, dark and thin man coming downstairs.

Zhang Gongzhu quickly introduced: "Secretary Zhong, this is our new village head Lin from Pilong Township. Township Chief Lin, this is Secretary Zhong from Jiangkou Village."

Secretary Zhong of Jiangkou Village quickly reached out to shake hands, and said humbly: "Major Lin, hello, hello, welcome to Jiangkou."

Lin Ruonan smiled slightly and said, "Secretary Zhong, hello." After speaking, he followed Secretary Zhong upstairs.

Secretary Zhong led Lin Ruonan to an upstairs office with an area of ​​80 square meters. There was a long round table for meetings in the middle and many chairs around it. Three men and one woman were sitting in the office.Seeing Lin Ruonan and the others come in, several people inside quickly got up.

Secretary Zhong quickly introduced to Lin Ruonan: "These are members of the village committee of Jiangkou Village, this is Director Zhong, this is Accountant Zhong, this is Company Commander Zhong, this is Director Zou Xiaoxiang, and the women's director of the village. This is the new head of our Pilong Township, let's get to know each other."

After Lin Ruonan shook hands with several people in the office, he sat down on a chair beside the table.

Secretary Zhong told Lin Ruonan that the city's half-year family planning inspection had begun, and they were preparing relevant materials at the village committee.

Lin Ruonan heard from Li Chaozheng yesterday that the city will send out five working groups the day after tomorrow to inspect the family planning work in all counties of the city.Li Chaozheng said that apart from attracting investment, the family planning work is the most troublesome thing. Regarding this work, Li Chaozheng did not discuss this work with Lin Ruonan in detail last night.Although Secretary Li didn't go into details, Lin Ruonan also knew the complexity and helplessness of family planning work. In the first year of work, Lin Ruonan participated in the family planning inspection work as a resident cadre. Knowing beyond words.

Secretary Zhong and the others told Lin Ruonan about all the hardships in the accounting and inspection work, and then introduced the basic situation of the village to Lin Ruonan.

There are 2300 villagers in Jiangkou Village, covering an area of ​​8 square kilometers. There are no mineral resources, no village-run enterprises, and no industrialization. The villagers here rely on rice planting as their main income. at last.Because of poverty, although the building of the village committee is dilapidated, but because the village can't afford the money to build it, they can only work here.

At the village committee, Lin Ruonan talked with Jiangkou village officials for nearly two hours. At noon, Lin Ruonan and Zhang Gongzhu stayed at Secretary Zhong’s house for dinner. Only then did he return to the Pilong Township Government.

When the motorcycle drove into the compound, it was already dark, and the lights in several buildings in the courtyard were already flickering, and the sound of playing cards and shouts came from several rooms. In their spare time, the cadres of the village either huddled in their rooms to watch TV, or gathered in twos and threes Play cards together.

After riding a motorcycle for a day and walking a lot, Lin Ruonan felt a little tired. After saying goodbye to Zhang Gongzhu, she went straight into her room.

Lin Ruonan closed the door, drew the curtains, went into the bathroom, took off her clothes, turned on the faucet, closed her eyes slightly, and let the rain-like warm water spray all over her body
Lin Ruonan wrapped her wet hair in a towel and walked out of the bathroom, feeling much refreshed all over her body. After changing into clean pajamas, the original sense of burnout disappeared without a trace.

Not feeling sleepy, Lin Ruonan decided to go online.

Turning on the computer, Lin Ruonan opened some literature websites as usual, but for some reason, Lin Ruonan couldn’t calm down and read the articles as usual. Lin Ruonan kept clicking on the titles of interesting articles, but only read two lines. It was closed again, so I logged into QQ, only the netizen "Xianran Shiren" added yesterday was online in the QQ profile picture.

Lin Ruonan, who was bored in every possible way, took the initiative to send a smiling emoji.In the quiet night of Wan Lai, people will take off their masks and restore their truest selves.I don't know if it's because he's new to the work unit, or because he saw too many helpless eyes struggling on the poverty line today, Lin Ruonan felt that something was stuck in his heart.

After visiting several villages, Lin Ruonan once again felt the heavy burden on her shoulders. At this time, she wished so much to find someone to confide in, even if the person in front of her had never met.

"Nan Nan, are you okay?", a cordial greeting from "Xian Ran Shiren" appeared in the chat box.

"Nan Nan", what a kind title, Lin Ruonan really likes someone calling her that, and his heart gradually warms up, just because of a simple greeting, Lin Ruonan feels like he has become his closest person, Lin Ruonan's husband I never called her "Nan Nan", but only called her "Ruo Nan".

"I'm fine, thank you for your concern." Lin Ruonan immediately replied in the chat box.

"Last night, I'm sorry, I left it in a hurry. I felt that you were very preoccupied yesterday. Are you feeling better today?"

"It's nothing. I feel a lot of pressure when I first arrived in a new unit. It may be a symptom of discomfort."

"Oh, that's right, you need to adjust well. There will be a process of adapting to the new environment. Don't think too much. Take some things slowly."

"Yesterday, I saw that you were in such a hurry to log off, did you encounter something?" Lin Ruonan thought of the "Xianran world" who said there was something urgent in the middle of the night and was very surprised, so he asked.

"Oh, a little thing about my friend has been resolved, it's okay."

"That's good, do you often surf the Internet?" Lin Ruonan remembered how he ran into this netizen named "Xianran Shiren" as soon as he went online tonight.

"No, not much, I only learned to chat on QQ in April this year. What about you?"

"QQ chat, I have been able to do it for a long time, but I rarely log in. Occasionally, I just chat with friends and colleagues I know well, and rarely chat with people I don't know."

"Oh, so I was an accident?"

"That's it."

"Then why did you think of breaking into our forum to chat last night?"

"Cough, it's hard to say." Lin Ruonan thought that he never chatted with strange netizens. Last night, in order to meet a few Haizhou friends, he took the initiative to go to other people's forums, but he didn't want to be kicked out by others. Lin Ruonan didn't want to chat again. Thinking about being "kicked" last night, he changed the subject and asked, "What do you do, what industry are you in?"

"The liquor seller."

"Oh, a liquor seller? Then you must be very good at drinking."

"No one can make me drunk, so I stopped drinking"

Seeing this sentence, Lin Ruonan knew that the other party was hiding something, and felt that the "leisurely world" in front of her was a bit interesting, and her competitive heart made her immediately reply: "What a Dugu Qiuzui! Find a chance, let's learn from each other? "

"It seems that I have a drink when I have time. Where is the restaurant?"

"Follow the fragrance and enter."

"What's the appetizer?"

"God makes good."

"Looks like I'm drinking again, haha."

"As long as you are willing to"

"The best wine must be tasted."

"Haha, maybe it's a jar of sour wine." Lin Ruonan sent out this line of words, and then sent several emojis covering her mouth and laughing.

"Sour wine nourishes the stomach and nourishes the life.".
For some reason, Lin Ruonan likes to chat and make fun with this netizen named "Xianran Shiren". In front of "him", Lin Ruonan completely loses her usual image of an orthodox lady, and looks like a little demon.

This night, Lin Ruonan chatted with "Xianran Shiren" until twelve o'clock in the middle of the night before going offline. For the first time, Lin Ruonan discovered that online chatting is really interesting.

But when Lin Ruonan was beaming and typing on the keyboard on the network cable, Zhao Feiyang was also sitting in front of the computer with a smile on his face, with the corners of his mouth raised and typing on the keyboard. Most of the women's communication stays on the surface of the body, and there is little resonance in the soul.Although he just met "Nan Nan", Zhao Feiyang felt that a small flame in his heart was slowly rekindling.

(End of this chapter)