Officialdom: The beautiful leader took me to the top

Fortunately, Grandma Li stepped forward to help Li Dong out. "Okay, everyone, stop talking nonsense."

"Officer Li didn't make any mistakes. He was honored and promoted by his superiors."

“Water flows to high places, people flow to low places.”

"Police officers like Officer Xiao Li should have a broader stage."

"Officer Li's uniform can't just serve the people of Hexi Village."

"There's a much wider world out there for people, and the people out there are looking forward to seeing a good police officer like Officer Xiao Li!"

"Before he was transferred, Officer Li was able to help us in Hexi Village to deal with the local tyrants and restore our green mountains and clear waters. This is a blessing for the people of Hexi Village."

"As a human being, you must never be ungrateful..."

After hearing what Grandma Li said, all the elders and villagers fell silent.

Grandma Li stretched out her skinny fingers and stroked the patch on the edge of the banner. "Officer Li, there are few young people in the village, and there haven't been any weddings in recent years. We can't find any red cloth."

"This piece of red cloth was cut for my wedding that year."

"I used one of the pieces to make a red flag for the village primary school."

"I patched up the remaining piece and used it here and there, and I have kept it until now."

"Although there are no children attending the village primary school now, we cannot move the national flag."

"So, I used this piece of red cloth to make this banner."

"These words above were created by the wives of the village after staying up all night to show off..."

The moment the old man shook out the banner, Li Dong's pupils contracted instantly.

On the faded red cloth, the gold thread suddenly reflected a dazzling light.

Looking at this plain banner, for some reason, Li Dong suddenly remembered the party flag he saw when he took the oath of allegiance on the day he joined the party!

Especially the big words "Officer Li Dong, your kindness is as heavy as a mountain", which were more like a sledgehammer, hitting Li Dong's chest hard!

Li Dong was moved and said, "Thank you all for your kindness to me."

"It's just that... I, Li Dong, can't afford this banner..."

It’s not that Li Dong deliberately avoided sentimental scenes, but rather that he felt guilty for not being able to fulfill his promise.

Last time, when the Huaxi Group was planning to build a tourist resort in Hexi Village, the village chief colluded with local tyrants to occupy the villagers' collective farmland and withhold compensation.

Although after his efforts and exposure, the local tyrant was defeated and the problem was resolved to a certain extent.

Song Ci also helped find a suitable lawyer and provided free legal aid to the villagers of Hexi Village.

But this dispute involving intercepted funds, coupled with a lawsuit against the township government, is not so easy to resolve.

Especially with the mysterious death of the village chief Liu Guozhong, the whereabouts of this money has not been clarified until now.

Although the township government has advanced part of the compensation, 17 households have not yet received their compensation.

Therefore, Li Dong felt unworthy of this banner.

Grandma Li said, "Officer Li, this is not your fault."

"These villagers in our village don't understand the law and don't have such high standards. At that time, for a little bit of profit, they helped those local tyrants to act as accomplices to the evildoers. They even almost drove you and Officer Xiao Ding out of the village."

"Thinking about it now, we were so foolish back then. How could we have been deceived by those local tyrants?"

"You can help us recover our farmland by putting aside past grudges. This is repaying evil with kindness. It is a blessing that Hexi Village has earned in a past life."

"As for compensation, no one dares to blame you for this."

"Without you, we would have suffered even greater losses."

"If you are not even worthy of receiving this banner, then no one else is qualified."

"I know you're going to be transferred, and we ordinary people don't have much ability."

"This banner is a token of our gratitude from all the villagers."

"I hope you can reach a higher leadership position in the future, and I also hope you don't forget that there are still a group of fellow villagers in Hexi Village who miss you so much!"

Other villagers followed suit and said, "That's right, Officer Li is a good policeman."

"The lamb that was lost by the Zhang family at the village entrance was rescued by you after running around for half a month from the bandits."

"You were the one who mediated Widow Liu's homestead dispute while squatting on the ridge of the field..."

"Please accept this banner!"

Li Dong took a deep breath, straightened his police hat, and then saluted solemnly to the elders and folks present.

When he spoke again, Li Dong's voice had a certain maturity and steadiness that didn't belong to his age. "Thank you everyone!"

"Thank you all for your love and trust in me."

"Honestly, the reason I don't dare to accept this banner is not only because the issue of farmland occupation has not been completely resolved, but also because I really feel unworthy of it."

"Don't worry about being laughed at, but when I graduated from the police academy and first came to work in the police village, I did feel a huge gap in my heart."

"I feel I have the ability and talent, and as an outstanding graduate of the police academy, I am fully qualified for a more demanding job, have a better future, and absolutely deserve a more glamorous position."

"In the end, I was assigned to a police township. This made me feel that my future was bleak. I gave up and lived in a daze every day."

"Not only do I look down on my job as a rural police officer, I even feel like this is the end of my life."

"Even later on, I worked incredibly hard, hoping to earn merit and receive awards, hoping to be transferred out of Minjin Township."

"But it wasn't until later that I realized I was wrong, and very wrong!"

Li Dong's voice trembled slightly as he scanned every weathered face before him. "It was these elders of Minjin Township who taught me a lesson: the police badge is worn on your chest, not for your superiors to see."

"It reminds me that I should always keep the Party and the country in my heart, and I should always keep the people in my heart."

"No matter what position I hold, as long as I work wholeheartedly for the people, the Party and the country will see it, and the people will see it too."

"Because our people are the best people in the world, and they are the people who should least be let down."

"That time when Uncle Liu's cow got lost, the whole village held torches and helped me find it until late at night."

"And Aunt Zhang. When I was dealing with a dispute, it was raining. To bring me an umbrella, Aunt Zhang walked three miles on a muddy road in the rain and almost fell down the hillside."

"And Grandma Li, you kept this piece of red cloth for forty years and were reluctant to use it, but you used it to make a silk banner for me."

"Until now, I have come to understand more deeply that the organization sent me to the grassroots level not to bury my talent, but to let me gain experience here."

"If a people's policeman can't take root in the soil, what kind of people's policeman is he?"

"As long as the word 'people' is engraved into my bones, I, Li Dong, will be worthy of this police uniform!"